From Emmy Woods:

We are looking forward to coming together in solidarity to raise funds for mutual aid in our community! Please join:

• MARY CUTRUFELLO

• THOMAS STICHA

• EMMY WOODS

And the AMAZING folks at 56 Brewing for some music, community, good brews & food! Artist cut of the door will be going to the mutual aid fund at Smitten Kitten, where it’ll be distributed to neighbors who need our support. In the meantime, be kind to yourselves and each other and stay warm out there. SEE YOU THERE!

Songs For Solidarity
Sunday, May 3 •7 – 9 PM • $15 door
56 Brewing (3055 NE Columbia Ave. Ste 102)

From MN Music Resistance:

MN Music Resistance presents MAYDAY! MAYDAY! Featuring: Venus DeMars, Los Pinches Gueyes, Cindy Lawson, Surly Grrly, and Mary Cutrufello. The Minnesota Music Resistance presents our second annual awareness and fundraising event supporting the ACLU-MN: Mayday! Mayday! Join us for music and community for an important cause. The Minnesota Music Resistance is a volunteer-run organization dedicated to pushing back on authoritarianism and supporting critical community organizations focused on upholding civil and human rights.

Mayday! Mayday! ACLU Benefit
Friday, May 1 •5pm doors, 5:30 music
Hook & Ladder (3010 Minnehaha Ave)

From the Office of Council Member Elizabeth Shaffer:

Each month I've worked to find topics of broad community interest where we can gather together and do a deep dive. In February we heard from educators responding to Operation Metro Surge. In March we talked about renters' rights, and in April we'll be discussing public safety in Uptown. Full details to be announced soon, but please mark your calendars for Thursday, April 30—hope to see you there!

Coffee with Katie
Thursday, Apr. 30 • 5:30 – 6:30 PM
Grace-Trinity Community Church (1430 W 28th St)

From Celtic Junction Arts Center:

This mutual aid concert is your chance to come together with some of the Twin Cities’ best bluegrass and country musicians—and help raise money for immigrant neighbors still struggling in the aftermath of recent events:

The heartbreak we feel during this time in our state’s history is immense and will be lasting. And, as lovers of bluegrass and country music, we don’t shy away from heartbreak. We’re inspired by ordinary Minnesotans coming together in a million creative ways to speak up for peace, justice, and the rule of law. To sing, laugh, cry, show we care, and offer tangible support to those in need.

Many of our immigrant neighbors are facing eviction, and we want to make sure they’re housed and cared for until they can get back on their feet. All proceeds from this event will go to the Indigenous Roots’ MniSota Community Action Network and Zion Community Commons/Open Market MN.

You’ll want to bring cash to spend in the lobby at our community-led resistance art marketplace where you’ll find upcycled screen printed clothes, posters, stickers, buttons, and more! There will be a food truck, as well as beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages available.

Youth 18 years and under receive free admission at the door. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. If you can’t afford a ticket, reach out to Ivy at ivyandbean@proton.me and we’ll make sure you can join us.

Rebel Loon of MN Keep on Shining
Sunday, Apr. 26 •5–10 PM • $25–$100 benefit ticket
Celtic Junction Arts Center (836 Prior Ave N. in St. Paul)

From Heart of the Park:

Raise a glass, lift up our community! This event is organized by a group of St. Louis Park neighbors. Join us to support our neighbors and local businesses by raising funds for local nonprofits. Register below with a suggested donation of at least $30. There will be at least five stops on the bar crawl throughout SLP. Stay tuned to the @HeartofthePark Instagram page for the most up-to-date information. Questions? Email heartoftheparkSLP@proton.me. 

Heart of the Park Bar Crawl
Saturday, Apr. 25 •2–8 PM • $30 minimum benefit ticket
St. Louis Park locations

From Cloudland Theater:

An annual gathering in celebration of the Life and Music of Grant Hart, local artists pay tribute to his iconic catalog of original songs with Husker Du, Nova Mob and his solo albums for a good cause. Proceeds from this show will be donated to MIRAC.

Grant Hart Tribute: MIRAC Benefit
Thursday, Apr. 23 •6:30 PM doors, 7 PM show
Cloudland (3533 E Lake St)

From the Office of Attorney General Keith Ellison:

Join AGs working to uphold the rule of law and defend democracy—AG Ellison (Minnesota), AG Raoul (Illinois) and AG Rayfield (Oregon). Hear an update about their work and share your stories and questions.

Over the last year, Attorneys General across the country have been working together to protect democracy and uphold the rule of law. Attorney General Ellison has invited his colleagues to join him for a town hall forum to provide an update about the nearly 60 lawsuits the AGs have filed. This will also be a time where you can share your questions about this work and your stories and about how you've experienced federal overreach.

The following security measures will be in place:

• Free tickets for this event are required. You will receive a ticket when you register for the event here.

• The address for the forum will be provided 48 hours in advance to those who pre-register.

• Registration ends April 22 at 10 a.m.

• We ask participants to leave large bags at home or in their car, with exceptions for medical reasons.

Attorneys General Town Hall
Wednesday, Apr. 22 • 6–8 PM
Minneapolis Location TBA (emailed to registrants)

From The Reasonable Doubts:

A benefit concert for Legal Aid. The Reasonable Doubts began as a way to bring people together and relieve stress, “because music and art are so good for people.” The name is a nod to the legal standard of proof in criminal cases because most shows are to entertain people in the legal profession and support free legal services for those who cannot afford an attorney. The band plays covers ranging from AC/DC to Elvis to Beyoncé. The only rule at a Reasonable Doubts show is that you get up and dance.

Southern MN Regional Legal Services presents The Reasonable Doubts
Tuesday, Apr. 21 •7–10 PM
Turf Club (1601 University Ave W)

From Indigenous Roots:

Stop by Indigenous Roots and pick up some art to help us support our East Side Families with emergency relief, such as rent assistance and mutual aid through Indigenous Roots.

WE ARE ACCEPTING ART/CRAFT DONATIONS! Personal tables available for BIPOC artists. Fill out Form to submit!

The East Side of St. Paul has been hit hard, but one thing about us we swing back harder every time! Indigenous Roots has been working tirelessly to support our families who are being directly affected. Help us help them lighten the load. Peace & Love

East Side Resistance Art & Craft Market
Saturday, Apr. 18 •11AM – 6PM
Indigenous Roots (788 E 7th St, St. Paul)

From Amsterdam Bar & Hall:

Catch some burlesque for a good cause: Smutty Minnesota Wolf Bird: A Heated Fundraiser To Melt Ice!

MN Wolf Bird: Heated Fundraiser to Melt ICE
Friday, Apr. 17 •5pm doors, 5:30 music
Hook & Ladder (3010 Minnehaha Ave)

From Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO):

Join us for a guided sound bath experience that invites you to connect with the mind and the river, beginning with a pause that invites stillness and listening. The human body is made of nearly 60% water, mirroring the river’s own flowing nature. In this session, you’ll be guided into stillness, turning your attention inward to notice subtle movement, breath, and rhythm.

The river’s flow creates sound as water meets rock. The crystal singing bowls, formed from earth, stone, and crystal, carry these same elemental origins. As their tones fill the space, gentle vibrations move through the body, bringing inner and outer waters into into confluence, resonating through the body. In this shared sound and stillness, we return to a natural rhythm, remembering a sense of presence that has always been there.

This immersive workshop offers a moment of rest, reflection, and sensory connection that encourages you to slow down, listen deeply, and reconnect with both yourself and the river.

Sound Bath Workshops
Mar. 7, 3 – 5 PM • Apr. 11, 10 AM – 12 PM
MWMO Stormwater Park & Learning Center
Free, but registration is required

From Monarca:

Every family deserves safety, dignity, and the peace of going to work or school without fear. Yet right now, enforcement and intimidation tactics are being used to divide our communities. Raids and targeted actions are tearing families apart and weakening entire neighborhoods across Minnesota. We are coming together to protect one another, build people-powered safety, and make sure no one faces this moment alone.

Monarca Upstander Training
Monday, Apr. 9 • 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Midway, St. Paul (location will be emailed 1–2 days before the event)

From Indivisible Twin Cities, MN AFL-CIO, MN 50501 and Women’s March MN:

We have the power and are claiming it together. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. This event will highlight the amazing efforts of the people of the state and of the Twin Cities as we resisted Operation Metro Surge by saying loudly, “ICE Out of Minnesota!”

Join us for a march and rally at the MN State Capitol. Marches will kick off at 12pm, with the rally following at 2pm. March gathering locations to be announced.

No Kings 3 Twin Cities
Saturday, Mar. 28 •12 PM march, 2 PM rally
MN Capitol (75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, St. Paul)

From Twin Cities Coalition for Justice:

We Demand Accountability! From ICE to MPD, community control can help us hold state agents accountable for harming our communities. It is more clear than ever that the system is set up to benefit ICE/MPD at the expense of the people. Come for a discussion about the need for police accountability, the inadequacies of our current system and the promise of community control to bring about real change.

We Take Care of Us: Community Fundraiser
Sunday, Mar. 22 • 4:30 PM
Lucy Parson’s Center (4100 S 28th Ave)

From the Twin Cities DSA:

Join us for a Celebration of Women in Resistance! We will illustrate the importance of international women’s history and how women have always understood internationalism, socialism, and anti-imperialist resistance as intertwined. There will be a few guest speakers who are based in action. They will highlight the exceptional work of contemporary feminist grassroots organizers, demonstrating the enduring relationship between feminism, and the international class struggle. In our current context here in Minnesota, women and femmes are on the frontlines of the resistance against ICE and protecting our immigrant communities. The intent of this event is to respond to the liberal discourses that make feminism just about identity recognition, and women participating in capitalism. We hope as socialists we can remind people that the day was led by those in struggle that led to the 1917 Revolution. More importantly— highlighting how women have always played a central role in fighting against fascism, imperialism and colonization.

We Take Care of Us: Community Fundraiser
Sunday, Mar. 22 •2 PM • lunch provided
MFE59 Union Hall (67 8th Ave NE)

From Misfit Coffee:

📢We need to dance y’all! And our Northside neighbors need our support!

Our Rent Party is intended for love, movement, and joy–all communal and consensual intimacies as needed as the crisis of federal occupation leaves its mark on our communities.

All the ticket sales will be donated to Northside families impacted by ICE. Let’s be together and heat the place up ❤️‍🔥

Rent Party
Saturday, Mar. 21• 6–10 PM•$20 door (Venmo, no cash)
Misfit Coffee (207 N Humboldt Ave)

From Twin Cities Coalition for Justice:

Join us for a family-friendly afternoon of solidarity, creativity, and community! Come learn about prison abolition, make art, and write letters to our incarcerated friends. A simple letter can mean the world to someone behind the wall, it reminds them they are not forgotten and not alone.

• 🖍 Make art

• 💌 Write letters of encouragement

• 📚 Learn about prison abolition

• 🍪 Snacks provided

Bring the kids, bring a friend, and bring your heart for justice. Together we build connection, care, and resistance.
From the outside to the inside… freedom is built together.

Letters 4 Liberation
Saturday, March 21 • 1 – 3 PM
Lucy Parsons Center (4100 S 28th Ave)

From the Grief Room:

Next month, I am delighted to facilitate a drop-in community art ritual in the new Grief Room studio space exploring ways we can honor what is breaking/has broken/needs to break in this collective moment, right alongside what is bringing us together.

I love art and the way it invites us out of our heads and into our bodies and sensations with tangible form. I love ritual, and Katherine May’s definition of reclaiming ritual in our everyday as a ‘conscious, intentional, and repetitive action that embeds meaning into daily life, allowing us to connect with our surroundings and process emotions.’ Together, we’ll explore both.

Looking forward to tending with you,
–Kenlee, The Grief Room

Tending Together
Thursday, Mar. 19• 4–7 PM open hours•free, no registration
The Grief Room (1854 Grand Ave, St. Paul)
All ages welcome and wanted (the littles are some of our best teachers!)

From Educators for Justice in Palestine UMN:

⚠️ SHOW UP on Sunday, March 15th at 1:30 PM to say NO the US-Israeli war on Iran, Lebanon, Palestine, and ICE violence in Minneapolis!

📍MPLS (exact location TBA)

🇱🇧 IN LEBANON - Israeli forces have displaced 500,000 residents in the South, as they escalate a ground invasion.

🇮🇷 IN IRAN - over 1,000 civilians have been slaughtered by US-Israeli forces, including 183 children.

🇵🇸 IN PALESTINE - Israeli occupiers just closed the Rafah crossing, the ONLY viable entryway for Gazans to access food and medical supplies. Gaza is being STARVED.

🦅 IN MINNESOTA - A collaborator with the IDF, ICE continues its presence in our state, and most recently, is responsible for the death of Emmanuel Damas, who was denied medical care in ICE custody.

Protest Against the US-Israeli War Machine
Sunday, Mar. 15 •1:30 PM
Minneapolis (Location TBA)

From Sappho’s Social Club:

Sappho’s Social Club is a community based group in the Twin Cities dedicated to creating a space of inclusivity and safety for anyone who identifies under the Sapphic umbrella. In order to create safe spaces for a historically overlooked community, we kindly ask you to attend if you align with any of the identities/terms under the Sapphic umbrella. We have zero-tolerance for non-inclusion or hateful ideology in this space. In contribution to this event, 100% of ticket proceeds will directly go to Copal MN.

Be Gay, Do Prom
Saturday, Mar. 14 •7 PM – 12 AM
Hook & Ladder (3010 Minnehaha Ave)

From Monarca:

Every family deserves safety, dignity, and the peace of going to work or school without fear. Yet right now, enforcement and intimidation tactics are being used to divide our communities. Raids and targeted actions are tearing families apart and weakening entire neighborhoods across Minnesota. We are coming together to protect one another, build people-powered safety, and make sure no one faces this moment alone.

Monarca Upstander Training
Saturday, Mar. 14 • 1 – 3 PM
Summit-University, St. Paul (location will be emailed 1–2 days before the event)

From Queer Space Collective:

Our Queer Youth Art Market & Gallery is now rescheduled for March 14! 💜 We thank you for your patience as we navigate the challenges and effects of ICE activity and Alex Pretti's death in our neighborhood.

Hosted by our Youth Leadership Committee, this event is free and open to the public to celebrate and support local Queer youth talent. Browse (and buy!) art from 20+ youth vendors filling our youth center with creativity, color, and Queer brilliance. 💫

No registration, just drop in and enjoy the market. Cash is encouraged as most vendors can only accept cash, Venmo, and/or PayPal payments.

There will also be a supply drive to support families in our community. Please consider bringing and donating diapers, baby wipes, baby formula, cleaning supplies, menstrual products, hygiene products, and non-perishable food.

Queer Space Art Market
Saturday, Mar. 14 •1 – 4 PM
Queer Space Youth Center (702 W Franklin Ave)

From Modist Brewing Co:

Come have an evening of fun and drink while supporting the community! Donation drop-off and silent auction at the event, which includes tattoos, beer, music, and food!

We Take Care of Us: Community Fundraiser
Friday, Mar. 13 •5 – 9 PM
Modist Brewing Co. (505 N 3rd St)

From MNAAC & MIRAC:

Hit the streets for International Women’s Day!

Stand with immigrant women and girls! Join the fight against ICE terror and gender-based violence! Demand trans liberation and abortion access for all! We deserve to live in a world where our bodies aren’t legislated and policed, where we can raise our children in dignity and safety—a world free from fear!

International Women’s Day March
Sunday, Mar. 8 •1 – 3 PM
LNE corner of Powderhorn Park (32nd St & 14th Ave)

From FRSO (Freedom Road Socialist Organization):

INTERNATIONAL WOMENS’ DAY 2026: STAND WITH IMMIGRANTS AGAINST ICE AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE! Hear from the brave and outstanding women who have been on the frontlines fighting to get ICE out of our communities, protecting abortion and gender affirming care, demanding police accountability, leading the labor movement, and beyond.

International Women’s Day Panel & Community Dinner
Saturday, Mar. 7 •Community meal: 6 – 7 PM, Panel: 7 – 8:30 PM
New City Center (3104 16th Ave S)

From Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO):

Join us for a guided sound bath experience that invites you to connect with the mind and the river, beginning with a pause that invites stillness and listening. The human body is made of nearly 60% water, mirroring the river’s own flowing nature. In this session, you’ll be guided into stillness, turning your attention inward to notice subtle movement, breath, and rhythm.

The river’s flow creates sound as water meets rock. The crystal singing bowls, formed from earth, stone, and crystal, carry these same elemental origins. As their tones fill the space, gentle vibrations move through the body, bringing inner and outer waters into into confluence, resonating through the body. In this shared sound and stillness, we return to a natural rhythm, remembering a sense of presence that has always been there.

This immersive workshop offers a moment of rest, reflection, and sensory connection that encourages you to slow down, listen deeply, and reconnect with both yourself and the river.

Sound Bath Workshops
Mar. 7, 3 – 5 PM • Apr. 11, 10 AM – 12 PM
MWMO Stormwater Park & Learning Center
Free, but registration is required