Saturday, Jan. 13
St. Paul: Opening of “The 1968 Exhibit” on “MLK Saturday,” featuring activities including screenprinting activist posters, performances from students of Walker West Music Academy, and packing personal hygiene kits for Catholic Charities of St. Paul and the Dorothy Day Center in Minneapolis. Noon to 4 p.m. Minnesota History Center, 345 W. Kellogg Blvd. Admission $6-$12. mnhs.org/calendar
Sunday, Jan. 14
St. Paul: Hope and Healing Cabaret to remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through music and theatrical performances. A collaboration of the Minnesota Historical Society and the African American Interpretive Center of Minnesota. 6 to 8 p.m. James J. Hill House, 240 Summit Ave. $20. mnhs.org/calendar
Monday, Jan. 15
St. Paul: 32nd annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, with the theme “Life’s most persistent question is, “What are you doing for others?” 8:30 a.m., doors open for youth rally; 9 a.m., youth rally begins; 9:30 a.m., doors open for celebration program; 10 a.m. to noon, celebration program, with remarks from Gov. Mark Dayton, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter and state Rep. Ilhan Omar, DFL-Minneapolis. Hosted by Brandi Powell, KSTP-TV anchor, and featuring music by the Billingsley School of Music & Arts, Stokley Williams and Maria Isa. Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, 345 Washington St., St. Paul. Free and open to the public. facebook.com/mnmlkholiday
Minneapolis: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Breakfast. Keynote speech by actor David Oyelowo, who played King in the movie “Selma.” Music by Sounds of Blackness. Sponsored by the General Mills Foundation and the United Negro College Fund. 7 a.m. at the newly renovated Minneapolis Armory, 500 S. Sixth St. The event is sold out but will be streamed online at TPT.org at 8 a.m. mlkbreakfast.com
Other communities: East-metro viewing of Holiday Breakfast program (above) sponsored by Interfaith Action of Greater St. Paul. Live broadcast of the event, a hot breakfast and local programming. 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., except as noted. Mount Olivet Baptist Church, 451 W. Central Ave., St. Paul; Faith United Methodist Church, 1530 Oakdale Ave., West St. Paul; White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church, 328 Maple St., Mahtomedi; Kagin Commons at Macalester College, 1600 Grand Ave., St. Paul (7:30-9:30 a.m.); McMillan Building at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, 3000 Fifth St. N.W., New Brighton; St. Peter’s United Church of Christ, 111 E. Orleans St., Stillwater; St. Bridget Catholic Church, 211 E. Division St., River Falls, Wis. Additional sites in Brooklyn Center, Duluth, Minneapolis and Red Wing. $5 for breakfast in most locations. To register, go to interfaithaction.org/mlk.
St. Paul: Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration with the theme “Not a Myth but a Man.” 9 a.m. speech by the Rev. Kenneth Wheeler, a retired pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America who has served as an anti-racism trainer in the Greater Milwaukee Synod and on the board of the Commission for Multicultural Ministries; 11 a.m. worship; and noon community lunch. Olson Campus Center, Luther Seminary, 2481 Como Ave. No RSVP required. https://www.luthersem.edu/calendar/. 651-641-3416.
St. Paul: Martin Luther King Jr. Day Service Project, packing personal hygiene and cold-weather kits for Catholic Charities, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. Museum exhibits open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with admission $6-$12. Minnesota History Center, 345 W. Kellogg Blvd. mnhs.org/calendar
Minneapolis: Convocation with featured speaker Roxanne Manning, a certified trainer for the Center for Nonviolent Communication and a licensed clinical psychologist. 1 p.m. Foss Center, Augsburg University, 2211 Riverside Ave. Open to the public. augsburg.edu/convo/mlk
Minneapolis: A Conversation of Afro-centric Art in the Twin Cities. Ta-coumba Tyrone Aiken, Brittany Moore and Ron Brown lead a discussion about artists of color navigating the current landscape of being black in America. Artwork on display. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Innovation Artist Laboratories, 609 S. 10th St.
