The Twin Cities Sisters in Crime are visiting the library TODAY! We’re all set up and ready to go. See you at 1:00 PM!
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DVDs
- Beasts of the Southern Wild (DVD FEATURE BEA)
- Blues Brothers 2000 (DVD FEATURE BLU)
- Dexter: The Sixth Season (DVD FEATURE DEX)
- The Gold Rush: A Film by Charles Chaplin (DVD FEATURE GOL)
- Harold and Maude (DVD FEATURE HAR)
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (DVD FEATURE HOB)
- The Laurel & Hardy Collection (DVD FEATURE LAU)
- Lincoln (DVD FEATURE LIN)
- Mask of Zorro (DVD FEATURE MAS)
- Les Miserables (DVD FEATURE MIS 2013)
- Monster House (DVD FEATURE MON)
- Princess Mononoke (DVD FEATURE PRI)
- Queen of Versailles (DVD 338 QUE)
- Red Dragon (DVD FEATURE RED)
- Rosemary’s Baby (DVD FEATURE ROS)
- Yoga Motion (DVD 613.7 YOG)
- Zero Dark Thirty (DVD FEATURE ZER)
Audiobooks
- One Shot at Forever: A Small Town, an Unlikely Coach, and a Magical Baseball Season, by Chris Ballard. (BOCD 796.35 BAL)
- Lunatics, by Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel. (BOCD FIC BAR)
- Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the Unites States, by Bill Bryson. (BOCD 420 BRY)
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory / Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, by Roald Dahl. (J DAB FIC DAH)
- On The Day I Died: Stories From the Grave, by Candace Fleming. (YA BOCD FIC FLE)
- Mouse Tales Audio Collection, written and read by Arnold Lobel. (J BOCD FIC LOB)
- Little Bear Audio Collection, by Else Holmelund Minarik. (J BOCD FIC MIN)
- Wonder, by R.J. Palacio. (J BOCD FIC PAL)
- The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain. (DAB 616 SAR)
- Growing Up Amish: A Memoir, by Ira Wagler. (BOCD 289.7 WAG)
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Teen Anime Club
Saturday, May 25th, 12:00 pm
We read manga, watch anime, eat Japanese food, and in general have a great time! All teens are welcome to attend, so stop by and give it a try!
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Posted in For Teens
Haiku Poetry Workshop
Thursday, May 23rd, 6:30 pm
The haiku poem is an ancient Japanese poetic form to describe an experience with the natural world, and traditionally limited to three lines and 17 syllables. The purpose of haiku is to attempt to evoke the awesome beauty AND the fleeting impermanence of everyday natural phenomena – “to find the extraordinary in the ordinary”.
At this workshop we will all write and share haiku poems to reflect a human interaction with nature. Terry Miller (Silver Bay) and his friends, Matsuo Basho’ (17th century), Yosa Buson (18th century), Kobayashi Issa (18th/19th century), and others, will provide an introduction and example haiku to get us started.
Temple bells die out,
the fragrant blossoms remain.
A perfect evening.
~Basho’
In nooks and crannies
cold remains:
Flowers of the plum.
~Buson
A perfect castle
of sand, a boy approaches,
a glint in his eye.
~T. Miller
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Posted in For Adults, For Teens
Rescheduled: Ellie the Elephant
Saturday, May 11th, 3:00 pm
The Duluth Playhouse Presents: Ellie the Elephant
(An original adaptation of the fable of the elephant and the blind men by Sarah Ruth Diener)
The Silly Shades Brigade is the coolest gang in town. Travelling the world in their signature stylish sunglasses, they love to explore and discover new things using all their senses except their sight. But when they meet Ellie, they have a problem agreeing on what kind of creature she is. How can an animal have a nose like a long spout, big floppy ears, strong feet, a tail like a wire brush and skin like old leather all at the same time? Will the Silly Shades Brigade let their disagreement break up their gang? Or will they be able to take off the shades and see Ellie for who she really is?
Admission to the event is free thanks to sponsorship by the Arrowhead Library System and funding with a grant from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
Birdwatching in Lake County
Monday, May 20th, 6:30 pm
Jim Lind, a local birding leader and coordinator of the Christmas Bird Count, will present a slide show and talk on Birdwatching in Lake County at 6:30 pm on Monday, May 20th. He will talk about great spots for birdwatching right around Two Harbors, what birds are frequently seen here, and some of the more special infrequent visitors.
So if you’ve ever wondered where to find a certain bird, or wanted to identify that particularly interesting bird you caught a glimpse of one day, this is a great presentation for you!
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Posted in For Adults, For Kids, For Teens
Crime Spree: Sisters In Crime
Saturday, May 18th, 1:00 pm
Sisters in Crime is an international organization with 48 chapters worldwide, working to promote women mystery writers. In Minnesota, the Twin Cities chapter of Sisters in Crime hosts events for writers, readers, and mystery lovers of every stripe, and offers networking, advice, and support to published and aspiring mystery authors. A group of three of these great ladies, all published authors, will be joining us as part of our Crime Spree!
Wendy Webb is the Minnesota Book Award-winning author of “The Fate of Mercy Alban” (2013, Hyperion), which is an IndieNext Pick and a Midwest Connections Pick, and “The Tale of Halcyon Crane” (2010, Henry Holt), which won the 2011 Minnesota Book Award for genre fiction, was an IndieNext Pick, a Midwest Connections Pick, a Great Lakes, Great Reads Pick and a finalist for the Prix des Lecteurs in France. When she’s not writing novels, she is the editor-in-chief of Duluth~Superior Magazine. For more about Wendy, see her website www.wendykwebb.com.
Pam Leonard, a native Minnesotan, is the author of the Zoe Lawrence mystery series: Death’s Imperfect Witness – a Midwest Book Award Finalist; Where Echoes Die – in which a good portion of the action takes place in the BWCAW; and her latest, Shadowland – praised by William Kent Krueger as “an experience you won’t want to miss.” Keep up with Pam’s books on her website, www.prleonard.com.
Susan Koefod’s debut mystery, Washed Up, was praised by Library Journal and made Library Journal’s debut novel list in October 2011. Her second book, Broken Down, was released September 2012 and a third (Burnt Out) is due out this fall. Her short story “Boys will be Boys” (set in Tofte, Minnesota) recently appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Her latest project is ‘big, cheesy novel.’ You can read the first chapter on her website, www.susankoefod.com.
Family Film Day
Friday, May 17th, 1:30 pm
We are showing another family-friendly film, popcorn and juice included! :)
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Posted in For Adults, For Kids, For Teens
Rescheduled: Friends of the Library Meeting
Thursday, May 16th, 6:30 pm
April’s Friends of the Library meeting was unfortunately cancelled due to a snowstorm. Therefore, we have decided to reschedule for Thursday, May 16th, at 6:30 PM. Hopefully this date is late enough in the Spring that the weather will cooperate. 
The meeting will include election of officers, an update on fundraising efforts, and the library’s remodeling.
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Posted in For Adults, Friends of the Library
Thursday Afternoon Book Group
Thursday, May 16th, 1:30 pm
This month we will be discussing “Enrique’s Journey” by Sonia Nazario.
This is the true story of a mother who left her son in Honduras while she looks for work in the United States. While she does manage to earn enough to feed Enrique better and to send him to school, it is not enough to bring the two together again. After eleven years pass, Enrique makes the decision to travel to the United States to find his mother, following the highly dangerous and illegal route of train hopping. Facing gangs, bandits, and corrupt cops along the way, Enrique only barely makes it with the help of the kindness of strangers.
Copies of the book are available at the library front desk; everyone is welcome to join in the discussion.
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Posted in For Adults
