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Revisiting Twain's Mississippi: Photos by Chris Faust May 4–June 22 See photos of Mississippi River sites associated with Mark Twain by local contemporary photographer Chris Faust. Compare his photos with 1890s-era cyanotypes made by Henry Bosse, which also will be displayed. Sponsored by the Council of Regional Public Library System Administrators; presented in collaboration with Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography.  Tell a Friend
Gay Pride Month Display June 1–July 1 Join HCL in celebrating Pride 2013. The display will feature quotes from the local GLBTQ community expressing their library experiences and related materials from the collection. Tell a Friend
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Contemporary American Indian Art From the Upper Midwest Exhibit July 7–August 24 The Twin Cities is becoming a center for contemporary American Indian art. This exhibit displays artwork by prominent regional voices such as Ahmoo Angeconeb, Frank Big Bear, Jim Denomie, Pat and Gage Kruse, Star Wallowing Bull and Francis Yellow. On view will be drawings, collage works, paintings and sculpture. The artists work with a variety of traditional western materials such as color pencil, acrylic, ink, paper, canvas as well as traditional indigenous materials such as birchbark and red willow. Presented in collaboration with the Bockley Gallery. Tell a Friend
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Conversation Circles
Room Location: N-402
Thursday, June 20, 4–6 p.m.
Saturday, June 22, 1–3 p.m.
Sunday, June 23, 1–3 p.m.
Tuesday, June 25, 4–6 p.m.
Wednesday, June 26, 4–6 p.m.
Thursday, June 27, 4–6 p.m.
Saturday, June 29, 1–3 p.m.
Sunday, June 30, 1–3 p.m.
Tuesday, July 2, 4–6 p.m.
Wednesday, July 3, 4–6 p.m.
Saturday, July 6, 1–3 p.m.
Sunday, July 7, 1–3 p.m.
Tuesday, July 9, 4–6 p.m.
Wednesday, July 10, 4–6 p.m.
Thursday, July 11, 4–6 p.m.
Saturday, July 13, 1–3 p.m.
Sunday, July 14, 1–3 p.m.
Tuesday, July 16, 4–6 p.m.
Wednesday, July 17, 4–6 p.m.
Thursday, July 18, 4–6 p.m.
Saturday, July 20, 1–3 p.m.
Sunday, July 21, 1–3 p.m.
Tuesday, July 23, 4–6 p.m.
Wednesday, July 24, 4–6 p.m.
Thursday, July 25, 4–6 p.m.
Saturday, July 27, 1–3 p.m.
Sunday, July 28, 1–3 p.m.
Tuesday, July 30, 4–6 p.m.
Wednesday, July 31, 4–6 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 1, 4–6 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 3, 1–3 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 4, 1–3 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 6, 4–6 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 7, 4–6 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 8, 4–6 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 10, 1–3 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 11, 1–3 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 13, 4–6 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 14, 4–6 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 15, 4–6 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 17, 1–3 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 18, 1–3 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 20, 4–6 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 21, 4–6 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 22, 4–6 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 24, 1–3 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 25, 1–3 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 27, 4–6 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 28, 4–6 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 29, 4–6 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 31, 1–3 p.m.
Non-native English speakers: practice your English and make new friends in an informal, volunteer-led setting, and learn about the library, too. Call 612-543-5669 for more information in English or, in Hmong, 612-543-8845; in Somali, 612-543-8756; in Spanish, 612-543-8510.
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Baby Storytime
Room Location: Children's Library
Thursdays, June 6–Aug. 22, 10:30 a.m.
For children from birth to 24 months. Delight and stimulate your baby's senses with books and music. Build brain power.
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Wind Energy Science -- Hands On!
Room Location: Children's Library
Thursday, June 20, 2 p.m.
Register Online or call 612-543-8000.
Entering grades 4-6. Design and test your own wind turbine blades. You will learn about designing efficient turbine blades to generate the most voltage. Well-designed blades will be able to light up small light bulbs or power a water pump!
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Wind Energy Science -- Hands On!
Room Location: Children's Library
Thursday, June 20, 2 p.m.
Register Online or call 612-543-8000.
Entering grades 6-8. Design and test your own wind turbine blades. You will learn about designing efficient turbine blades to generate the most voltage. Well-designed blades will be able to light up small light bulbs or power a water pump!
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Gay Pride: Gen Silent Screening and Panel Discussion
Room Location: Pohlad Hall
Thursday, June 20, 7–9 p.m.
Register Online or call 612-543-8000.
This critically acclaimed film documents how oppression in the years before Stonewall affects LGBT seniors today. It puts a face on what experts in the film call an epidemic: lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender elders so afraid of discrimination by caregivers or bullying by other seniors that many simply go back into the closet to survive in the care system. A panel discussion will follow the screening.
This project is funded with money from Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
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Family Storytime
Room Location: Children's Library
Fridays, June 7–Aug. 23, 10:30 a.m.
For children age 2 and up. Share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement with your children.
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Adult Homework Help
Room Location: New Americans Center
Saturday, June 22, 10:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Sunday, June 23, 1–3 p.m.
Saturday, July 13, 10:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Sunday, July 14, 1–3 p.m.
Saturday, July 20, 10:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Sunday, July 21, 1–3 p.m.
Saturday, July 27, 10:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Sunday, July 28, 1–3 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 3, 10:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 4, 1–3 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 10, 10:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 11, 1–3 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 17, 10:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 18, 1–3 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 24, 10:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 25, 1–3 p.m.
Trained volunteer tutors will help adults with college homework assignments in any subject. Also open to adults working to improve their English, prepare for the GED, occupational, citizenship and driver’s exams.
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Gay Pride: Celebrating Our Family Stories
Room Location: Doty Board Room
Saturday, June 22, 10a.m. – noon
Register Online or call 612-543-8000.
Birth-kindergarten. Share stories and songs and create art that celebrate families in all their forms in a safe and fun place. See related materials for further information. Find more by searching the library catalog or Ask Us.
This project is funded with money from Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
Presented in collaboration with Family Equality Council, Rainbow Rumpus and COLAGE. Partner: Urban Arts Academy.
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eBook Basics
Room Location: Best Buy Learning Lab
Saturday, June 22, 10a.m. – noon
Register Online or call 612-543-8000.
Learn how to search for, select, download and use eBooks from the HCL website on your personal eReader device or computer.
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Talk of the Stacks With Colum McCann
Room Location: Pohlad Hall
Monday, June 24, 7–8:30 p.m.
McCann is a National Book Award-winner, an internationally best-selling author ("Let the Great World Spin") and has published in 35 languages. He's also been named one of Esquire's “Best & Brightest,” is a contributor to the New Yorker, New York Times Magazine, Atlantic Monthly and Paris Review. "Transatlantic," his newest book, is a profound meditation on identity and history -- connecting a series of narratives spanning 150 years and two continents. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Seating is first-come, first-served. Doors open at 6:15 p.m.
A program of the Friends of the Hennepin County Library. Presenting sponsor: The Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank. Additional support: Dorsey and Whitney LLP, MinnPost, Magers and Quinn Booksellers and the Marquette Hotel.
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Genealogy Assistance
Room Location: 4th Floor
Tuesday, June 25, 5–8 p.m.
Wednesday, June 26, 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Thursday, June 27, 5–8 p.m.
Tuesday, July 2, 1–4 p.m.
Tuesday, July 2, 5–8 p.m.
Wednesday, July 3, 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Saturday, July 6, 1–4 p.m.
Tuesday, July 9, 5–8 p.m.
Wednesday, July 10, 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Thursday, July 11, 5–8 p.m.
Tuesday, July 16, 5–8 p.m.
Wednesday, July 17, 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Saturday, July 20, 1–4 p.m.
Tuesday, July 23, 5–8 p.m.
Wednesday, July 24, 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Thursday, July 25, 5–8 p.m.
Tuesday, July 30, 5–8 p.m.
Wednesday, July 31, 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 3, 1–4 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 6, 5–8 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 6, 1–4 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 7, 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 8, 5–8 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 13, 5–8 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 14, 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 17, 1–4 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 20, 5–8 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 21, 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 22, 5–8 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 27, 5–8 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 28, 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Genealogy volunteers will help you get started or offer suggestions for your genealogy project. No appointment necessary. Volunteers will assist on computers with dedicated genealogy resources in the McCarthy Genealogy Collection area.
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