Tomorrow, Saturday, April 20th, you can engage in two creative and therapeutic programs at Meinders Community Library. Join us for a Grief Writing Workshop with Lisa M Bolt Simons from 10:30am-1:30pm.
We also have Coloring Cafe from 2:30-4:00pm. Come relax and enjoy an afternoon of coffee and coloring with Sally!
Calling all baseball enthusiasts and history buffs! Join us at Meinders Community Library on Thursday, April 18th at 6:30pm to dig into Pipestone’s rich sports history with Trava Olivier and learn about the 1926 Black Sox, an African American baseball team based out of Pipestone for a season.
On Saturday April 20th at the library, we have a Grief Writing Workshop lead by Lisa M Bolt Simons. Lisa will guide participants through a series of writing prompts and activities designed to explore and express experiences with not only grief but also the lighthearted/humorous memories that remain when someone is gone. Register for this workshop through the contact form below or call the library at 507-825-6714. Visit Lisa’s website to learn more about the author and presenter: https://lisamboltsimons.com/
Thank you to everyone who stopped by the library or participated in our Facebook photo challenge for National Library Week. Our grand prize winner of the bonanza bundle of over $150 in local and regional gift cards is Teya Olson! Our two runner up gift card bundle winners are Karen Chatterton and Theresa Stangle! Winners can stop by the library during open hours to pick up their prizes. Thank you to the Pipestone Area Friends of the Library for providing the prizes!
We have more fun activities going on this week! Join us on Thursday 4/18 at 6:30pm to hear about Pipestone’s 1926 Black Sox baseball team from Trava Olivier.
On Saturday 4/20 at 10:30am, we have a Grief Writing Workshop with Lisa M Bolt Simons, where participants will explore their grief with heart and humor. Preregistration is requested.
It is with no small relief that I am able to write the title of this post. In fact, I will keep 99% of the words I want to write to myself because we have beautiful flyers to show you all the great things we have in store for the remainder of spring.
Make sure to scroll through all eleven flyers to find the one(s) that speak to you. Sign up for events that require registration, check out our clubs and groups that begin next week, and help us determine which programs we should continue offering.
Also, participate in National Library Week (April 7-13) to get entered into a prize drawing–courtesy of Pipestone Area Friends of the Library.
While the library isn’t 100% finished, we are well on our way to better serving you! Follow us on facebook or this blog to keep up to date on all our happenings!
If you’re like me and prefer a good book over a basketball game or an author talk over a sitcom, I’ve got a must-attend list of events to fill your social calendar in the upcoming month.
Though I would love to say that Emily and I are the rock stars who curated this amazing list, I can’t take credit for the awesomeness I am about to share with you. Kudos for that go to Arianna Rebolini at Literary Hub who did all the heavy lifting.
Please check out her post, 47 Virtual Book Events Worth Streaming This December, and pick and choose the author events that speak to you. Hint: as patrons, you’ve been reading many of these authors such as Ann Patchett, Brene Brown, Ruth Ware and Riley Sager to name but a few.
Also, don’t forget to finish our Community Read with Koa Kalia Yang and her virtual author discussion of The Song Poet. Supported by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, One Book | One Minnesota is a state-wide initiative to encourage communal reading and discussion of topics that will help us expand our world and make stronger connections with those around us.
Yang’s event takes place on December 9 at 7:00pm. While this event is free, registration is required. For personal viewing at home, register at The Friends One Book web page.
If you are interested in joining staff at Meinders Community Library for this virtual discussion, call or stop by the library to register by Wednesday, December 8.
As a public librarian operating on a limited budget, I would like to give so many shouts to the wonderful literary community who continues to provide content and opportunity to the general masses. You are the present day heroes in Carnegie’s dream of free access to all.
Thanks, Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, for providing great services and access to Greater Minnesota. Thanks, Pipestone Area Friends of the Library, for your continued support of our local community. We do good things with your help! Thanks to all who use our library services–virtual, digital, physical, books, programs, makerspace, education assistance, quiet spaces, games, etc. Without you, we would have no one to serve. And lastly, thanks to all who support us in any way–financially, promotionally, and the myriad ways we can’t begin to name.
In the true spirit of book clubs (which is really what author talks are), let’s continue these shared experiences and keep working toward the best community we can be!
happy reading (and listening)~ jody
Join award-winning Minnesota author, Allen Eskens, as he shares his newest book, “The Shadows We Hide.” This sequel to “The Life We Bury” will be released on November 13.
Refreshments will be provided by Pipestone Area Friends of the Library. Other sponsors of this program include the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage fund, as well as State Farm’s Neighborhood Assist grant.
Thanks to all who have made our Community Read possible.
Tomorrow, Joseph A. Amato will take us on a journey of Minnesota’s history and mythology to meet “‘Buffalo Man’– Minnesota’s last giant in a world that has no more room for giants.”
Support for this program comes from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage fund.
Stay tuned for more details!
