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300 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN 55401-1992

952-847-8107

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300 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis MN 55401-1992

Revisiting Twain’s Mississippi

Daily until June 22

Featuring prints of 19th century blue cyanotypes and modern-day photos.
Gay Pride Month Display

Daily until July 1
Bookawocky

Daily until August 17

Featuring live performers, book clubs, storytelling, acting workshops, crafts, movies, and more at 40 libraries. For a complete schedule, visit www...
Local History Round Table

7:00 p.m. June 18

With Walt Bachman, author of Northern Slave, Black Dakota.
Gen Silent

7:00 p.m. June 20

Screening and panel talk.

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Talk of the Stacks: Calvin Trillin

By Melissa Wray | Wed, December 05, 2012

Prolific American journalist, comic, memoirist, food writer, poet, and novelist Calvin Trillin will be in Minneapolis this Thursday. His résumé includes a longtime stint as a staff writer at The New Yorker, and work as a deadline poet for The... More »
Talk of the Stacks: Geoff Dyer

By Linda Shapiro | Wed, November 14, 2012

I first collided with the British writer Geoff Dyer in a travelogue/essay titled Yoga for People Who Can't be Bothered to Do It. His writing turned my literary vices — rampant digression, meandering prose — into an art form. Dyer's prose has been... More »
Spotlight on Milkweed Editions: An Evening of Travel, Politics, and Prose

By Melissa Wray | Wed, December 07, 2011

This Thursday, Friends of the Hennepin County Library will wrap up its series spotlighting local presses with Milkweed Editions' Christopher Merrill. The author will be reading from and discussing his newest book, The Tree of the Doves: Ceremony,... More »
Talk of the Stacks: Will Hermes

By Dylan Hicks | Wed, November 09, 2011

Will Hermes is a senior critic at Rolling Stone, a contributor to All Things Considered, and a former City Pages writer-editor (disclosure: Hermes and I are casually acquainted). His first book, Love Goes to Buildings on Fire (Faber & Faber),... More »
Spotlight on Coffee House Press: Ed Bok Lee and Bao Phi

By Melissa Wray | Wed, September 21, 2011

Tonight, Friends of the Hennepin Country Library debuts its new series, Spotlight on Local Presses, featuring Coffee House Press, Graywolf Press, and Milkweed Editions. First up is Coffee House with an evening of spoken word from Bao Phi and Ed... More »
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maryfromtheprairie82 | Minneapolis, MN | 6 Reviews

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2009 | Best Place to Read a Book

Architect Cesar Pelli went über-mod on his design for this downtown gem. Some traditionalists think it's showy, but open up a book inside this space and you can understand that everything about this building is geared toward words. The desks along the windows on the upper floors make great spots to study. Perfect little swivel chairs adorn the first floor. And everything about the place is light, which filters through high windows covered in pixilated frost. The building makes reading... More »
2008 | BEST LIBRARY

A recent study by Central Connecticut State University declared Minneapolis to be the most literate city in America, finally edging out Seattle as king of the bookcase. It comes as no surprise, then, that the Minneapolis Central Library is such a jewel. Designed by Cesar Pelli, who also gave us the Wells Fargo Center just a few blocks away, the Central Library is as beautiful as it is useful. It sports a soaring atrium with a green roof to reduce energy consumption. Each year visitors take... More »

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Minneapolis Central Library

300 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN 55401-1992

952-847-8107

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Revisiting Twain’s Mississippi

Daily until June 22

Gay Pride Month Display

Daily until July 1

Bookawocky

Daily until August 17

Local History Round Table

7:00 p.m. June 18

Gen Silent

7:00 p.m. June 20

Talk of the Stacks: Calvin Trillin

By Melissa Wray | Wed, December 05, 2012

Talk of the Stacks: Geoff Dyer

By Linda Shapiro | Wed, November 14, 2012

Spotlight on Milkweed Editions: An Evening of Travel, Politics, and Prose

By Melissa Wray | Wed, December 07, 2011

Talk of the Stacks: Will Hermes

By Dylan Hicks | Wed, November 09, 2011

Spotlight on Coffee House Press: Ed Bok Lee and Bao Phi

By Melissa Wray | Wed, September 21, 2011

maryfromtheprairie82 | Minneapolis, MN | 6 Reviews

2009 | Best Place to Read a Book

2008 | BEST LIBRARY

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