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Baseball: America’s Game

Daily from April 9 until June 15
Talk of the Stacks: Richard Ford

7:00 p.m. May 29

The author discusses Canada.
8th Annual Famous Dave's BBQ & Blues Festival

June 9

The 8th Annual Famous Dave's BBQ & Blues Festival is Saturday, June 9, Noon to 10:30pm at a NEW LOCATION in downtown Minneapolis. Located on Nicoll...
Gay Pride: Celebrating Our Family Stories

10:00 a.m. June 16

Share stories and songs that celebrate families in all forms.
Anthology of Poetry: Cung Tram Tuong

2:00 p.m. June 17

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 »

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), surv... 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 Bo... More »
Talk of the Stacks: Nuruddin Farah

By Melissa Wray | Wed, September 14, 2011

This Tuesday, exiled Somali writer Nuruddin Farah will appear at Talk of the Stacks. His most recent book, Crossbones (Riverhead), ties up a trilogy, this one starting with Links and continuing with Knots. The plot follows Malik, a war corresponde... More »