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Postal Customer <br />Inside <br />Arden Hills, MN . 55112-5734 <br />Paving Project Completed <br />Popular Annual Financial Report <br />State Fair Parking Reminders <br />Protect Your Garage and Vehicle from <br />Theft <br />The Rabata Cultural Center and <br />Daybreak Bookshop is a feast <br />for the eyes, the mind, and the <br />heart. Located in Arden Plaza <br />at 3533 Lexington Avenue N. in <br />Arden Hills, Rabata seeks to bring <br />residents together in an inviting <br />space dedicated to literacy, cultural <br />education, and the enrichment <br />of the community. The warm <br />and welcoming space hosts book <br />launches, readings, workshops, and <br />similar gatherings at their meeting <br />and conference space. <br />Rabata’s mission is <br />“creating positive <br />cultural change <br />through creative <br />educational <br />experiences,” and <br />this was recently <br />demonstrated at a <br />poetry showcase, <br />featuring two <br />dynamic poets on <br />Friday, June 11. <br />The two young <br />poets read from <br />their books, took <br />questions from the audience, <br />and explained the process and <br />development of their poems <br />and journeys to publication. <br />Refreshments were served after <br />the reading, and the poets were <br />available to sign books and enter <br />into further discussion with <br />attendees. The overall experience <br />of the event was one of positivity <br />and triumph; after a long stretch <br />of canceled events due to the <br />pandemic, it was exhilarating to <br />attend a poetry event live and in <br />person. <br />Check out Rabata’s calendar of <br />events and activities, and be sure <br />to stop in and shop their wide array <br />of books, including texts dedicated <br />to Islamic scholarship, women <br />writers, and beautifully illustrated <br />children’s books. Learn more at <br />rabata.org and facebook.com/ <br />daybreakpress. <br />ECR-WSS <br />PRST STD <br />U.S. Postage Paid <br />TWIN CITIES, MN <br />Permit #1962 <br />Independent Bookstore and Cultural Center Finds Home in Arden Hills <br />Councilmember Fran Holmes and her daughter, Carolyn, with <br />the founder of Rabata’s Daybreak Press Bookshop, Dr. Tamara <br />Gray (center), attend the June poetry reading at Rabata’s <br />Cultural Center.