A Conversation with Kao Kalia Yang

Date/Time:
Thursday, October 29, 2026
6:30 pm

Offer:
2 Free Tickets for Kao Kalia Yang at The O'Shaughnessy — One pass good for two free tickets to Kao Kalia Yang at the O'Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University on Thursday, October 29 at 6:30 p.m.

PLEASE NOTE: This pass is not a ticket. You must contact The O'Shaughnessy Ticket Office after placing your reservation to redeem your pass for a ticket. Your ticket is not reserved until you have contacted the ticketing office.

Thursday, October 29 at 6:30 p.m.
The O'Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University

Event Details:

Kao Kalia Yang is a Twin Cities-based, Hmong American teacher, speaker, and writer. She is the award-winning author of the memoirs The Latehomecomer, The Song Poet, Somewhere in the Unknown World, and Where Rivers Part. Yang co-edited the groundbreaking book What God is Honored Here?: Writings on Miscarriage and Infant Loss By and For Native Women and Women of Color. She is a librettist for The Song Poet opera, commissioned by Minnesota Opera.

Yang's work has been recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts, a recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and garnered seven Minnesota Book Awards. She is Star Tribune's 2024 Artist of the Year. Yang holds an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Carleton College. She is a McKnight, Soros, and Guggenheim fellow.

Learn More on the O'Shaughnessy Website

Location:
The O'Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University
2004 Randolph Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55105

Hours of Operation:
Tuesday - Friday 12-4 and two hours before show time on performance days.

Parking Information:
https://www.stkate.edu/oshaughnessy/plan-your-visit

Accessibility Information:
https://www.stkate.edu/oshaughnessy/plan-your-visit

Organization Details:

Located on the scenic campus of St. Catherine University, The O’Shaughnessy is one of the Twin Cities’ premiere arts venues. Since opening in 1970, The O’Shaughnessy has presented an array of both local and national performing arts companies. The O’Shaughnessy’s mission is to support St. Catherine University’s mission to educate women to lead and influence. It presents annually a world-class series of artistic offerings that center themes of social justice and women’s voices, produces University Events that invite the general public’s participation and broaden academic engagement, and hosts select community events. The venue is a meeting place between the campus community and larger region, and seeks opportunities to actively engage students in artmaking and broaden the campus dialogue through approachable art.

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Offer: 2 Free Tickets for Kao Kalia Yang at The O'Shaughnessy — One pass good for two free tickets to Kao Kalia Yang at the O'Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University on Thursday, October 29 at 6:30 p.m.

PLEASE NOTE: This pass is not a ticket. You must contact The O'Shaughnessy Ticket Office after placing your reservation to redeem your pass for a ticket. Your ticket is not reserved until you have contacted the ticketing office.

Thursday, October 29 at 6:30 p.m.
The O'Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University

Date/Time: Thursday, October 29, 2026 6:30 pm

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