[Crowd noise and live music plays] Presenter: Welcome to the Cedar-Riverside Time Machine.

[ Applause ] Many of you may have heard of Bohemian... Jessie: The Time Machine event is a neighborhood storytelling event.

We started it last year as a way to share some of the history of the neighborhood.

[Presentor]... buildings like Dania Hall which was built in the late 1800s.

- With all these different eras, there were all these characters over time and different phases of migration and immigration to the neighborhood.

The first time I came here from Anchorage, I went to Palmer's and I went to Hard Times and I felt really at home.

It feels like fringe friendly, like you can be a little bit of a weirdo.

You don't need to be too polished.

I feel like the West Bank is just kind of a place you can be a little bit messier.

Kevin: Community-based events, history events like this, they're fairly rare and I find it exciting and energizing that so many people are turning out and really actively participating in that history.

Some of the people who are organizing this event are students who've been in public history classes as graduate students and undergrads and it's really nice to see those relationships extend and expand.

Students are coming to the university and they don't really know very much about the community in which it resides and the people that it serves and it's a really good opportunity for students to sort of really understand those connections and to learn about the place that they're studying in.

I think students really appreciate trying to create different kinds of relationships where they're learning about the neighborhood and also making contributions to that neighborhood.

Samira: I really enjoy the community aspect.

I also physically just enjoy the fact that everything is really close so you can walk.

You don't need to drive from one end to the other.

And just the people in general.

I think they have a rich history and everyone's really welcoming.

This little hub is kind of really cool to see the print that Somali people have left here and still have here in such a short amount of time.

Learning from elders and hearing from the people who've come before us and how they've maneuvered and just gone through life is helpful and important for those of us who are still navigating this world.

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