Columbia Heights Library Adult programs

Columbia Heights Library, 3939 Central Ave. NE. For more information, call 763-706-3690 or visit chplmn.org. Registration required for most programs and opens 4 weeks in advance. 

Blooming Sunshine Tour with HeightsNext: Tues., June 10, 5:30-6:30 pm and Tues., Aug. 12, 5:30-6:30 pm. Join the library and members of HeightsNext on a tour of the Blooming Sunshine gardens. Blooming Sunshine is a food forest where the community works together to grow food, learns gardening skills and gathers to enjoy the produce that grows.” 80 39th
Ave NE.

Engage Community Workshop: Wed., June 11, 5-7 pm. This is a Collaborative Songwriting Workshop which includes a discussion of songs we love, education on songwriting, sharing about what brought us to the community, and a recording of themes that emerge into a song idea. Attendees will have a musical warmup before collaborating as a group to choose the feel and the lines that form the song and write, improvise, practice, record, and share. Registration required; registration opens 4 weeks in advance.

Mapping Prejudice and the History of Racial Covenants: Wed., June 25, 5:30-6:30 pm. Rebecca Gillette, community engagement lead, will provide an in-depth introduction to the
Mapping Prejudice Project, an initiative based at the University of Minnesota Libraries. She will explore how racial covenants historically shaped housing policies and practices, laying the
groundwork for systemic racial inequalities over the past century. Drawing from her own family’s experiences, Gillette will offer a compelling narrative to illustrate the mechanisms of these
covenants and their enduring impact on subsequent generations.