Baile latino para niños / Latin Dance for Kids

Los niños y sus cuidadores estrecharán sus lazos a través de la participación en bailes latinos como la salsa, la bachata y el merengue. Este programa de baile fomenta el movimiento y la autoexpresión, y crea recuerdos imborrables para las familias. El programa está di......More

Los niños y sus cuidadores estrecharán sus lazos a través de la participación en bailes latinos como la salsa, la bachata y el merengue. Este programa de baile fomenta el movimiento y la autoexpresión, y crea recuerdos imborrables para las familias. El programa está dirigido a familias con niños de 2 a 6 años (los hermanitos son bienvenidos). La clase se impartirá en español e inglés.Colaborador: Nela Dance. Este programa es financiado por el Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Children and their caregivers will bond by engaging in Latin dances such as salsa, bachata, and merengue. This dance program encourages movement and self expression, and creates core memories for families. The program is intended for families with children between the ages of 2-6 (siblings welcome). The class will be taught in Spanish and English. Collaborator: Nela Dance. This program is funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Loom-Knit Winter Wear

Learn all about loom-knitting, a technique which creates knitted fabric using pegs instead of knitting needles. You will learn to cast on, knit with pegs, and cast off to create a cup cozy, wrist warmer, or baby-sized beanie in this introductory class. Materials provid......More

Learn all about loom-knitting, a technique which creates knitted fabric using pegs instead of knitting needles. You will learn to cast on, knit with pegs, and cast off to create a cup cozy, wrist warmer, or baby-sized beanie in this introductory class. Materials provided. Collaborator: Textile Center. This program is funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Excelsior Book Club: A Forty Year Kiss

Join our discussion of interesting titles. The book club meets in-person on the second Thursday of each month. September 11: A Forty Year Kiss by Nicko......More

Join our discussion of interesting titles. The book club meets in-person on the second Thursday of each month. September 11: A Forty Year Kiss by Nickolas Butler October 9: The Mitford Affair by Marie Benedict November 13: No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister December 11: Beneath A Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan View complete book list from 2024 discussed by Excelsior Book Club. Copies of the book will be available to check out from Excelsior Library while supplies last. Participants can also request a copy of the book (print, eBook and/or eAudiobook) through www.hclib.org. If you would like assistance to place a hold or are struggling to get the book for discussion, Ask Us Services will help expedite this for you.

Family Storytime

For children of all ages and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, write and play together. Share books, stories, rhymes, music and movement.

Club Book With Nickolas Butler

Nickolas Butler is the internationally bestselling author of critically acclaimed novels like literary fiction mainstay Shotgun Lovesongs and suspenseful thriller ......More

Nickolas Butler is the internationally bestselling author of critically acclaimed novels like literary fiction mainstay Shotgun Lovesongs and suspenseful thriller Godspeed. His latest, A Forty Year Kiss, is a poignant story of second chances and rekindled love. Author talk followed by Q&A, book sale and signing. Collaborator: MELSA (Metropolitan Library Service Agency). This program is funded with money from Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. 

Family Storytime

For children of all ages and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, write and play together. Share books, stories, rhymes, music and movement.

Family Storytime

For children of all ages and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, write and play together. Share books, stories, rhymes, music and movement.

Excelsior Book Club: The Mitford Affair

Join our discussion of interesting titles. The book club meets in-person on the second Thursday of each month. October 9: The Mitford Affair by Marie Benedict Novembe......More

Join our discussion of interesting titles. The book club meets in-person on the second Thursday of each month. October 9: The Mitford Affair by Marie Benedict November 13: No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister December 11: Beneath A Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan View complete book list from 2024 discussed by Excelsior Book Club. Copies of the book will be available to check out from Excelsior Library while supplies last. Participants can also request a copy of the book (print, eBook and/or eAudiobook) through www.hclib.org. If you would like assistance to place a hold or are struggling to get the book for discussion, Ask Us Services will help expedite this for you.

Family Storytime

For children of all ages and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, write and play together. Share books, stories, rhymes, music and movement.