Chess and LEGO® Play

For children and their families. Join us for an easy-going session of kids’ chess. Volunteers will be ready to teach all chess beginners how to play or facilitate play with other kids. Also, fun crafts, puzzles, and a large collection of LEGO® will be available to buil......More

For children and their families. Join us for an easy-going session of kids’ chess. Volunteers will be ready to teach all chess beginners how to play or facilitate play with other kids. Also, fun crafts, puzzles, and a large collection of LEGO® will be available to build and create. Materials provided. Just drop in for this informal activity.

Needlecraft

Bring your needlepoint, knit and crochet projects and get acquainted. Help us create an Uptown community of needle crafters. Drop in or stay the entire time. Everyone is welcome.

Queer Voices: Curators, Past and Present

Writer to Writer is a series featuring conversations between BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) writers. This program takes place at Quatrefoil Library. Join us during Pride month to celebrate the 32......More

Writer to Writer is a series featuring conversations between BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) writers. This program takes place at Quatrefoil Library. Join us during Pride month to celebrate the 32-year history of Queer Voices, a Twin Cities based LGBTQIA+ literary arts group that began with founding curators Andrea Jenkins and John Medeiros. Current curators LM Brimmer and Sherrie Fernandez-Williams will join Jenkins and Medeiros in a discussion of their writing lives and share stories about how the queer literary community in Minnesota creates space for all voices across our big, beautiful and bold rainbow. Followed by Q&A. Collaborators: More Than a Single Story, Queer Voices and Quatrefoil Library. This program is funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Andrea Jenkins is a soulful poet, educator, artist, respected historian and political powerhouse. In 2017 she became the 1st out Black Trans woman elected to public office in the United States. John Medeiros is a poet, memoirist, and lawyer living in Minneapolis. He co-curated the Queer Voices Reading Series from 2005 to 2018. LM Brimmer is an interdisciplinary artist living on Dakota land in Minneapolis, MN. A Randolph College MFA alumni, they are Artistic Director of Queer Voices of Minnesota. Sherrie Fernandez-Williams is a Black, Queer writer who earned her MFA from Hamline University. Sherrie is Operation Director of Queer Voices.

Walker Library Chess Club

Open to adult and teen chess players of all abilities from complete beginners to the more advanced. Play for learning or for friendly competitive play. Teaching new players is available upon request. Just come for fun. And note: you do not need to bring any game equi......More

Open to adult and teen chess players of all abilities from complete beginners to the more advanced. Play for learning or for friendly competitive play. Teaching new players is available upon request. Just come for fun. And note: you do not need to bring any game equipment since all chess material, including boards and pieces, will be provided.

Slime Table Fun

Entering K-grade 3. Youth create fun, gooey, sticky slime using safe materials. This is a simple introduction to colloids. Partner: America's Fun Science. This is a drop-in program, but please plan to arrive at least 15 minutes before the end to allow time to complete......More

Entering K-grade 3. Youth create fun, gooey, sticky slime using safe materials. This is a simple introduction to colloids. Partner: America's Fun Science. This is a drop-in program, but please plan to arrive at least 15 minutes before the end to allow time to complete the activity. Sponsor: MELSA (Metropolitan Library Service Agency).

Walker Library Chess Club

Open to adult and teen chess players of all abilities from complete beginners to the more advanced. Play for learning or for friendly competitive play. Teaching new players is available upon request. Just come for fun. And note: you do not need to bring any game equi......More

Open to adult and teen chess players of all abilities from complete beginners to the more advanced. Play for learning or for friendly competitive play. Teaching new players is available upon request. Just come for fun. And note: you do not need to bring any game equipment since all chess material, including boards and pieces, will be provided.

Chess and LEGO® Play

For children and their families. Join us for an easy-going session of kids’ chess. Volunteers will be ready to teach all chess beginners how to play or facilitate play with other kids. Also, fun crafts, puzzles, and a large collection of LEGO® will be available to buil......More

For children and their families. Join us for an easy-going session of kids’ chess. Volunteers will be ready to teach all chess beginners how to play or facilitate play with other kids. Also, fun crafts, puzzles, and a large collection of LEGO® will be available to build and create. Materials provided. Just drop in for this informal activity.

Needlecraft

Bring your needlepoint, knit and crochet projects and get acquainted. Help us create an Uptown community of needle crafters. Drop in or stay the entire time. Everyone is welcome.

Walker Library Chess Club

Open to adult and teen chess players of all abilities from complete beginners to the more advanced. Play for learning or for friendly competitive play. Teaching new players is available upon request. Just come for fun. And note: you do not need to bring any game equi......More

Open to adult and teen chess players of all abilities from complete beginners to the more advanced. Play for learning or for friendly competitive play. Teaching new players is available upon request. Just come for fun. And note: you do not need to bring any game equipment since all chess material, including boards and pieces, will be provided.

Siama's Congo Roots: Feel-Good Music From the Heart of Africa

Join renowned musician Siama Matuzungidi and singer/storyteller Dallas Johnson for an engaging musical journey to Siama’s happy hometown in rural Bas Congo. Brimming with catchy songs and captivating stories, this interactive program features spirited singing, Siama......More

Join renowned musician Siama Matuzungidi and singer/storyteller Dallas Johnson for an engaging musical journey to Siama’s happy hometown in rural Bas Congo. Brimming with catchy songs and captivating stories, this interactive program features spirited singing, Siama’s masterful acoustic guitar and traditional African instruments like thumb piano and balafon. Dallas encourages everyone to sing along in Kikongo and Lingala and the last song is a fun dance party! This charming show is great for kids and enjoyed by all. Don’t miss it! Collaborator: COMPAS. This program is funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.