Learn about the Thanksgiving traditions and harvest festivals of cultures around the world on the Family Culture website. Find November events and festivals around the Twin Cities area.

Many of these Landmark Center events are multicultural, and offer a fun learning experience for the entire family! Events start at 1:00 p.m. every Sunday, and are free unless otherwise noted.

Learn more about Hispanic culture, and celebrate by attending one of the many local community events.

On Saturday September 26 at 1:30 pm, come and celebrate this popular Asian holiday at the Augsburg Park Library in Richfield, and on Sunday September 27 from 4-6 pm at the Landmark Center in St. Paul. The free festivities include stories, traditional dance, games, crafts, and lantern parades!

This fall, the Friends of the Edina Library are sponsoring the Great Decisions series focusing on global and multicultural concerns. The schedule includes Human Rights in a New Era (Sept 14 - registration open now), The Arctic Age (Oct 5 - registration begins Sept 6), and Egypt (Nov 2 - registration begins Oct 5). Register online or call 952-847-5425.

Learn about global trends in art museums, international journalism and more at these free library programs from The People's University, sponsored by the Library Foundation of Hennepin County and various community partners.

The annual two-day family oriented Dragon Festival  on July 11 -12 at the Phalen Lake Park, Saint Paul with colorful displays of cultural heritage , Asian treats and performances in an effort to increase cross-cultural understanding.

A celebration of the more than 90,000 refugees who have made Minnesota their home in the past 30 years with cultural performances, speakers, activities, food, and resources fair on June 20 at the Minnehaha Park

Spice and Slice of Asia: Get a glimpse of how cultural heritage influences the daily living and work of Asians and Asian Americans. Local artists and authors will show slides and discuss their work.
Vietnamese Legends and Rituals
Augsburgs Park Library: Saturday, May 2, 11 a.m.
Brooklyn Park Library: Saturday, May 9, 1 p.m. 

Looking for Asian America
Ridgedale Library: Wednesday, May 20, 7 p.m. 

Hmong Art, Photography and Writings:
Brookdale Library: Thursday, May 28, 6:30 p.m
 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently completed a multi-year redesign of the naturalization test. The revised test, with an emphasis on the fundamental concepts of American democracy and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, will help encourage citizenship applicants to learn and identify with the basic values we all share as Americans.
Go to the USCIS website , then choose the New Naturalization Test from the link on the left side.
An applicant who
**  files the Application for Naturalization, Form N-400, BEFORE October 1, 2008, and is scheduled for his or her naturalization interview ON or AFTER October 1, 2008 up until October 1, 2009, can choose to take the old test or the new test.
* * files the Application for Naturalization, Form N-400, ON or AFTER October 1, 2008, will take the new test.
**is scheduled for his or her naturalization interview ON or AFTER October 1, 2009, regardless of when he or she filed* the Application for Naturalization, Form N-400, will take the new test.

Runs: Jan.31-May 24, 2009 at Weisman Museum Art
As the first major touring exhibition to feature Vietnamese women artists in the U.S, the exhibition explores the roles of women in Vietnamese society and challenges the stereotypes they face. Changing Identity reveals these women in their historical and social contexts as artists, as Vietnamese, and as individuals. 

The NOMMO series is sponsored by the University of Minnesota and features authors reading and discussing their work, as well as the state of African American literature. John Edgar Wideman, two-time PEN/Faulk Award winner and National Book Award nominee, will be the guest author on February 5 at 7 pm at the Hubert H. Humphey Center's Cowles Auditorium.

Celebrate Hmong New Year in December at the Metrodome; Tet, Vietnamese New Year at Kennedy High School  and Asian New Year at Augsburg Park and Oxboro in January!


http://www.vietnam-minnesota.org/

November is National American Indian Heritage Month. Many Twin Cities organizations are hosting events including Metro State University, and the Minneapolis American Indian Center site has an extensive listing of local powwows, crafts, films and much more!

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. Learn more about the Latino culture and attend one of the many free events at the Hennepin County libraries!

Celebrate the most popular Asian family holiday! At Augsburg Park Library and Brooklyn Park Library, listen to moon tales, watch Vietnamese harvesting dances, make a paper lantern and join in a lantern parade. The Mall of America and the Landmark Center will also be having free events.

Celebrate by attending one of many local events, including author readings and a book and video sale at the Quatrefoil Library, and a festival, parade and more hosted by Twin Cities Pride!

Attend a Twin Cities event and learn about Native culture!

Our Lands and People online database, provides articles on countries, cultures, current events, and more.

Looking for info on a particular Culture?  Check out Yahoo! Cultures.  There are over 150 cultures to choose from in this large directory of links.  Choose by country, category or region.

February is African American History Month!  Explore, Discover, and Celebrate the History, Events, and rich African American Heritage that has contributed to U.S. history from slavery to freedom.

If you're looking for African American Authors, and others who write about African American life and culture, check out the library's "BookSpace"  webpage.  Here you will find comprehensive lists of authors from all backgrounds, genres, subjects, and more. 

 Attend one of the Library Free Events to celebrate African American history and culture!

For Black History Month, check out Denzel Washington's movie, "The Great Debaters."   The "Great Debaters" is based on a true story about  African American educator, writer, politician, and poet, Melvin Beaunorus Tolson, who inspires Black students to form the school's first debate team.  Go to Internet Movie Database for more information.

Looking for tips on how to begin researching your African Ancestral Lineage?  Let Afri Geneas help you.  They provide an interactive beginner's guide, searchable databases of surnames, group research through mailing list, chats, newsletters and internet.

Come remember and celebrate!  At one of the library's 
 Martin Luther King Day  programs, come to learn about the life and legacy of Dr. King.   All events are free and everyone is welcome to attend!

November is a great time to go the movies. The Movies Race and Ethnicity site provides information on diversity in both current and historical mainstream Hollywood movies. It also has an overview of current movies by filmmakers of color.

Join us at one of the Hennepin Library's many multicultural events. All events are free, and include Conversation Circles, cultural celebrations, puppet shows, storytelling and much more!