140 Lbs -How Beauty Killed My Mother by Susan Lieu will be staged in an online live broadcast by Theater Mu on March 26.  The play describes intergenerational trauma, ; parent-child relationships; body insecurity and shame; repression and healing from personal loss; lack of accountability in the medical system; Vietnamese folkloric practice of spirit channeling. […]

A national vigil to remember the victims of the Atlanta shooting will be held Friday, March 26,  6:30 to 7:30 p.m. CST  (7:30 to 8:30 p.m. ET). The event #StopAsianHate National Day of Action and Healing, will be held at the Korean American Association of Greater Atlanta, and livestreamed.  To RSVP for this event, go […]

Two Minnesota editors of an anthology of adoptee stories will read and discuss their adoption journey stories  in a virtual event sponsored by the Minnesota service and educational organization Adoptee Hub. Author/activists Jane Trenka and Sun Yung Shin will read excerpts from this second edition of essays, fiction, poetry and art from the perspective of […]

A rally to speak out against hate crimes targeting Asian Americans will be held  Sunday, March 28 at 5 to 8 p.m. at the Minnesota State Capitol.  The event is for Asian Americans and allies to remember the victims of the Atlanta shooting and to demonstrate solidarity and support for one another  with performances, speeches, […]

AdopteeBridge will hold its monthly peer-led discussion OurHistory on Sunday, April 11, 3 p.m. It is intended for adult transracial adoptees.

KoreanAmericanStory will hold its ROAR Story Slam, an annual event, in virtual format this year, on April 30 at 6:30 p.m. CST (7:30 p.m. EST), in which six contestants compete for prizes of up to $1,000.

A virtual book launch will be held Tuesday, May 4, 7 p.m. CST for a new collection What We Hunger For: Refugee and Immigrant Stories about Food and Family, edited by Minnesota poet and author Sun Yung Shin. Through 14 contributors, this book relates, in individual stories, how newcomers to Minnesota bring their own culinary […]

Adoptee Hub will hold a virtual writing workshop led by adoptee and author Mei Hwang, who wrote 100,000 Cranes for My Mother, Saturday, May 8, at 1 p.m. (CST).  The workshop will be a letter-writing exercise for transracial adoptees, or any adoptees, who will address the letter to their birthmothers. Hwang will address the range […]

The MSP Film Society presents the 40th Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival May 13-23, sponsored by the MSP Film Society.  The MSPIFF is one of the largest and longest-running film festivals in the U.S. The festival will showcase more than 150 films representing more than 100 cultures. This year, MSPIFF40 will be a hybrid festival, with […]

Adoptee Bridge will hold a Twin Cities retreat for transracial adult adoptees focused on healing, set for May 14-16, with guest speakers.