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May 2022
The Heart Breaks to Get Bigger
Prague-based poet Lucien Zell will guide participants in this writing workshop on a personal tour of the literary touchstones of grief and healing. Propelled to Europe by the hurricane gust of his brother’s death, Zell found solace and strength in the power of poetry to acknowledge loss and embrace transformation. Now 30 years an expatriate, Zell returns to share the vivid insights his road has given him. Born in Los Angeles and raised in Seattle, Zell now lives in Prague.…
Find out more »Jun 2022
An event every week that begins at 10:15 am on Wednesday, repeating until Jun 29, 2022
Outdoor Storytime
An event every week that begins at 10:15 am on Wednesday, repeating until Jun 29, 2022
Geared toward kids 0-5. Books, songs and fingerplays. The focus will be on having fun and learning essential early-literacy skills. Storytimes are subject to location change or cancellation, depending on current public health guidelines and weather. Call (218)730-4200 (option 4) for the most current event information.
Find out more »An event every month that begins at 6:30 pm on day First of the month, repeating until Dec 7, 2022
Mount Royal Book Club
An event every month that begins at 6:30 pm on day First of the month, repeating until Dec 7, 2022
The Mount Royal Book Club meets on the first Wednesday of each month to discuss fiction and nonfiction titles. Meeting are held online. To join, email Emily Blomberg at eblomberg @ duluthmn.gov for the Zoom link.
Find out more »Olga Walker Awards and Author Event
Join members of the Duluth Library Foundation for a reception honoring library donors. The evening will feature Angeline Boulley, author of the No. 1 New York Times Bestselling young adult novel Firekeeper’s Daughter.
Find out more »Staci Lola Drouillard “Seven Aunts” Book Launch
Staci Lola Drouillard launches her new book, Seven Aunts. A descendant of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Anishinaabe, Drouillard lives and works in her hometown of Grand Marais. Her first book, Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe, won the Hamlin Garland Prize in Popular History and the Northeast Minnesota Book Award for nonfiction and was a finalist for a Minnesota Book Award. About Seven Aunts: They were German and…
Find out more »AICHO’s Food & Art Market Opening Day
The American Indian Community Housing Organization is hosting 21 local food and art vendors in the parking lot at One Roof Community Housing. Artist Sam Zimmerman will also be on hand for a book signing, and there will be a drum group honor song. Entrepreneurs will be selling items such as garden-grown produce, frozen meats, smoked white fish, wild rice, fermented foods, Indigenous teas, maple syrup, jams and jellies, herbs, honey, wild rice cupcakes, salves and cannabidiol products. Artwork on…
Find out more »Staci Lola Drouillard Presents Seven Aunts
Zenith Bookstore hosts this author event with Staci Lola Drouillard, who will present her new book Seven Aunts. Drouillard, a descendant of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Anishinaabe, is the author of Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe, which won the Northeast Minnesota Book Award for nonfiction. Proof of Covid-19 vaccination is required to attend this event, as is the wearing of face masks over nose and mouth. Seven…
Find out more »Jul 2022
John Teschner Presents “Project Namahana”
Zenith Bookstore hosts this in-store author event with John Teschner, who will present his debut novel Project Namahana. Project Namahana takes readers from Midwestern, glass-walled, corporate offices over the Pacific and across the island of Kauai; from seemingly idyllic beaches and mountainous inland jungles to the face of Mount Namahana; all the while, exploring the question of how corporate executives could be responsible for evil things without, presumably, being evil themselves. John Teschner was born in Rhode Island and grew…
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