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SUMMARY:Being Ellen: Gleaning Authenticity 2.0
DESCRIPTION:In her highly regarded talk\, “Getting to Ellen: Gleaning Authenticity from a Moment of Truth\,” Ellen (Ellie) Krug shares about a specific event that forced her to pivot and live authentically. As a result\, at age fifty-two\, Ellie transitioned from male to female. \nWith this talk\, “Being Ellen: Gleaning Authenticity 2.0\,” Ellie brings listeners along on all that happened in the fifteen-plus years from when she got the chance for a complete life do-over\, a second chance\, to live as her true self. \nHer arduous journey of self-discovery included learning all the formal and hidden rules of womanhood and working to erase the vestiges of her former male life. She also discovered what love and allyship truly meant\, and how others\, including her best male friend from eighth grade\, never wavered in their support. \nBut not everyone was willing to accept Ellie\, including her oldest daughter\, Emily. But with persistence and love\, Ellie left her heart open for Emily and others\, hoping that they too would find enlightenment and someday return. \nEllie’s second chance also allowed her to finally live as an idealist working to make the world a better place\, not only for transgender and queer people\, but also for everyone else. In the process\, she became a national speaker on human inclusivity\, a nonprofit director\, radio/podcast host\, award-winning columnist and activist\, and author. \nHers is a story of finally finding one’s voice and resonating with the Universe. Isn’t that what we each yearn for? \nCome join Ellie as she shares about her womanhood journey and what she found—the love\, the loss\, and the rewards—by living true to herself. It’s a story for everyone\, regardless of identity\, life station\, or anything else that separates us. \n  \nA Brief Bio for Ellie Krug: In 2009\, when she was a civil trial attorney in Cedar Rapids with 100+ trials\, Ellen (Ellie) Krug transitioned from male to female; she later became one of the few attorneys nationally to try jury cases in separate genders. The author of Getting to Ellen: A Memoir about Love\, Honesty and Gender Change (2013) and Being Ellen: A Second Chance at Life (2025)\, Ellie has trained on diversity and inclusion to court systems\, law firms\, Fortune 100 corporations\, and colleges/universities on more than 1000 occasions. A hopeless idealist\, Ellie has presented across North America with the goal of making the world better for all humans. She is the recipient of a number of awards and recognition\, including the 2023 Stonewall Award from the American Bar Association\, a 2019 OutFront Minnesota Legacy Award\, and Advocate Magazine naming Ellie as one of “25 Legal Advocates Fighting for Trans Rights.” She is also a columnist for Minnesota Women’s Press and a weekly radio host on AM950 radio\, with her show\, “The Illegal Trans Woman.” Her monthly e-newsletter\, The Ripple\, reaches 9000+ readers and can be found at www.elliekrug.com . In November 2022\, Ellie was elected to her local school board in a rural-urban county outside the Twin Cities\, making her one of a handful of transgender school board members in America.
URL:https://qlibrary.org/event/being-ellen-gleaning-authenticity-2-0/
LOCATION:Quatrefoil Library\, 1220 East Lake Street\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55407\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:National Day of Reading Event
DESCRIPTION:Human Rights Campaign Minnesota in collaboration with Transforming Families is happy to announce that we will be celebrating National Day of Reading on Saturday\, February 28th! Please join us at Quatrefoil Library from 10:30am to 12:30pm where we will have a special guest read from a selection of LGBTQ+ themed children’s stories\, including Marley’s Pride by Joëlle Retener\, with a discussion following it.  \n  \nFamilies with children are encouraged to attend\, but anyone who supports and celebrates LGBTQ+ stories are more than welcome as well. Light refreshments and snacks will be provided. We hope to see you there!
URL:https://qlibrary.org/event/national-day-of-reading-with-the-human-rights-campaign/
LOCATION:Quatrefoil Library\, 1220 East Lake Street\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55407\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:OFFSITE: Story Time for Grown Ups Fundraiser
DESCRIPTION:The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are hosting their second annual Story Time for  Grown-Ups event\, reading off some humorous / parody children books and auctioning them off after with all proceeds going to the Quatrefoil Library. The date is Sunday\, January 11th from 2-4pm at the Saloon Disco Bar. Quatrefoil volunteers will be sharing information about the Library and selling books at this event. More details to come\, we hope to see you there to hear hilarious stories and support Quatrefoil Library!
URL:https://qlibrary.org/event/offsite-story-time-for-grown-ups-fundraiser/
LOCATION:The Saloon MN\, 830 Hennepin Ave\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55403-1803\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:Words for My Mother: A Poetry Reading and Pandemic Grief Discussion with Monica K. Allen
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, December 13\, 2025\, Monica K. Allen (she/her) will read poems from her self-published chapbook\, Words for My Mother\, two days before the five-year anniversary of losing her mom.  Kathleen L. Sloan died from Covid-19 on December 15\, 2020.  Additionally\, pandemic poetry and cancer poetry from Monica’s upcoming full-length poetry collections (in progress) will be shared.\n\nAfter the reading\, there will be a short break\, and then Monica will facilitate a Pandemic Grief Community Discussion.  Participation is optional.  Your presence for the entire event is requested even if not participating in the discussion\, to listen and learn more from the people most impacted during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.\n\n\nEvent Location: Quatrefoil Library Community Room (1220 E. Lake St.\, Minneapolis)\n\nPoetry Reading: 3-3:50pm CT\nPandemic Grief Discussion: 4-4:50pm CT\n\nAccessibility offerings:\n-N95/KF94/KN95 Masks Required.\n-Masks will be available on-site for those who need one.\n-One Medify Air Purifier will be running.\n-Monica will speak slowly and loudly\, and ask the poets to do the same.\n\n\nTransportation and Parking:\n–Metro Transit Trip Planner\n-Parking lot in back of the building (north side)\, entrance off 13th Avenue.\n-Street Parking\n\n\nPlease register below if you would like to receive future event and poetry information from Monica.\n\n\nMonica K. Allen Bio:\n\nParent. Caregiver. Professional Organizer. Covid Bereaved Daughter. Breast Cancer Survivor. Connector. Amplifier. Advocate. Long Covid Survivor. White Cis-Woman. Poet.\n\nQuestions? Email monicakayallen@gmail.com.
URL:https://qlibrary.org/event/words-for-my-mother-a-poetry-reading-and-pandemic-grief-discussion-with-monica-k-allen/
LOCATION:Quatrefoil Library\, 1220 East Lake Street\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55407\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:OFFSITE: Why Do We Need a Queer Holocaust History?
DESCRIPTION:Hájková – November 13 (4)
URL:https://qlibrary.org/event/offsite-why-do-we-need-a-queer-holocaust-history/
LOCATION:Queermunity\, 3036 Hennepin Avenue\, Minneapolis\, MN\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:Book Reading: Alchemy from Ashes
DESCRIPTION:A reading and book signing with author\, Kevin Hutchison. He will discuss\, Alchemy From Ashes\, his journey through the darkness of self-rejection into the wholeness and light of self-acceptance and love. Please join us!\nMore info is also available on the website alchemyfromashes.com.
URL:https://qlibrary.org/event/book-reading-alchemy-from-ashes/
LOCATION:Quatrefoil Library\, 1220 East Lake Street\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55407\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:OFFSITE - Minnesota Writers Off the Page - The Lonely Veteran’s Guide to Companionship
DESCRIPTION:Hosting by the Minnesota Humanities Center\, the event will show how in the collection of interrelated essays\, a queer veteran explores companionship\, the role of the outsider\, and the myriad ways we navigate aimlessness while searching for stability and meaning.
URL:https://qlibrary.org/event/offsite-minnesota-writers-off-the-page-the-lonely-veterans-guide-to-companionship/
LOCATION:Minnesota Humanities Center\, 987 Ivy Ave E\,\, St Paul\, MN\, 55106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:Write in Our Midst: Brian Malloy (Online)
DESCRIPTION:Washington County Library welcomes author Brian Malloy on Wednesday\, February 26\, at 6:30 p.m. as part of WashCoLib’s 2025 Write in Our Midst author series. Virtually via Microsoft Teams\, Brian will be discussing his work. There will be time reserved for questions. \n  \nInformation & Registration Link: https://washcolib.libcal.com/event/13441610?hs=a \n 
URL:https://qlibrary.org/event/write-in-our-midst-brian-malloy-online/
LOCATION:Online Events
CATEGORIES:Online Events,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250123T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250123T200000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading Event with Aurora Masum-Javed\, Chavonn Shen\, Halee Kirkwood\, & Su Love
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Quatrefoil Library for a poetry reading with four different poets! \nPresented by Su Love in collaboration with Quatrefoil Library. Su Love is a fiscal year 2024 recipient of a Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. \n  \nAurora Masum-Javed is a poet\, educator\, and writing coach. A former public school teacher\, she holds an MA in Education from George Mason University and an MFA from Cornell University\, where she also taught courses in creative non-fiction\, short story\, poetry\, and composition. Her work can be found in various journals including Nimrod\, Black Warrior Review\, Aster(ix)\, Winter Tangerine\, Frontier\, Jaggery\, and Callaloo. She has received fellowships from places such as the MacDowell Colony\, the Millay Colony\, Caldera Arts\, Vermont Studio Center\, Kundiman\, Callaloo\, BOAAT\, the Community of Writers\, and Pink Door. A recent Philip Roth Resident and Hub City Writer in Residence\, she is currently working on her first collection of poems. auroramasumjaved.com \n  \nChavonn Williams Shen (she/they) is from Minneapolis\, Minnesota. She was a 2022 McKnight Writing fellow and a first runner-up for The Los Angeles Review Flash Fiction Contest. She was also a Best of the Net Award finalist\, a Pushcart Prize nominee\, a winner of the Loft Literary Center’s Mentor Series\, a fellow with the Givens Foundation for African American Literature\, and an instructor for the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop. A Bread Loaf\, Tin House\, VONA\, and Hurston/Wright workshop alum\, her writing has appeared in: Diode\, Anomaly\, AGNI\, and others. Her first book\, Still Life with Rope and River\, is published with Finishing Line Press (2024). chavonnwshen.com \n  \nHalee Kirkwood is a poet\, teaching artist\, and bookseller living in Minneapolis\, MN. Kirkwood is a 2023-2025 Jerome Hill Artist Fellow\, and has received fellowships and grants from In-Na-Po (Indigenous Nations Poetry)\, The Loft Literary Center’s Mentor Series program\, and the Minnesota State Arts Board. The winner of the 2022 James Welch Prize\, published with Poetry Northwest\, Kirkwood has work published or forthcoming in Poetry Magazine\, December Magazine\, Ecotone Magazine\, The Florida Review\, Gulf Coast Journal\, Water~Stone Review\, Poem-A-Day\, and others. Kirkwood earned their MFA in poetry from Hamline University. They are a direct descendant of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe. hskirkwood.wordpress.com \n  \nOf Su Love’s five published books of poetry\, Weight of Light (Laurel Poetry Collective\, 2004) was nominated by Jim Moore for the 2005 Pushcart Editors’ Book Prize\, and Buddha\, Proof (broadcraft press\, 2011\, reprinted by Red Dragonfly Press\, 2013) was a finalist for the 2012 Minnesota Book Award. Most recently\, The Memoir of Mona Lisa\, was published by the Irish press Salmon Poetry (2019). Su’s current work centers on legacies of nuclear power. Fully funded residencies awarded to Su include Vermont Studio Center\, Tofte Lake Center\, and twice as a Pine Needles Artist in Residence at the St. Croix Watershed Research Station\, a program of the Science Museum of Minnesota. She has received additional funding from the Minnesota State Arts Board\, Metropolitan Arts Council\, and Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council. Prizes include the Jane Kenyon Poetry Prize\, selected by Elizabeth Alexander\, and the Joy Harjo Poetry Award\, selected by Dorianne Laux. Su co-directed the small literary press Laurel Poetry Collective\, which was honored by Literary Witnesses. sulove.org \nQ reading announcement-corrected logos
URL:https://qlibrary.org/event/poetry-reading-event-with-aurora-masum-javed-chavonn-shen-halee-kirkwood-su-love/
LOCATION:Quatrefoil Library\, 1220 East Lake Street\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55407\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:National Coming Out Day Reading & Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:National Coming Out Day Reading & Open Mic\, an afternoon of readings from 2SLGBTQIA+ authors followed by a queer voices open mic. Open to All! Saturday October 12th from 3:30-5:00.
URL:https://qlibrary.org/event/national-coming-out-day-reading-open-mic-2/
LOCATION:Quatrefoil Library\, 1220 East Lake Street\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55407\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:Book Reading: In the Evening
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a poetry reading by local author William Reichard with poet and novelist Raymond Luczak. The event will have an ASL interpreter. \nAt the close of his title poem\, William Reichard declares that he will “let silence speak in my stead” – which in this case mean giving voice to the silent dead (such as those lost in two politicized pandemics)\, or stepping aside for others to be heard\, like his “American Saints” mostly martyrs to homophobia\, or his heart taking the form of birds. He derives his themes of evening and silence from the Austrian poet Georg Trakl\, and this collection includes a cycle of “mistranslations” in dialog with Trakl’s verse. In some respects less personal than Reichard’s previous collections (“I was not going to say anything / about love” – but of course he does\, being “stupid in love”)\, it nevertheless is infused with hope of being “sustained / by love\,” opening with possibility\, and offering these lines in remembrance of another poet\, Jonathan Williams: “history is made of old men\, / fragile\, human\, full of flaws and wonder and lust\, / before time’s half-truths transforms them\, and they / turn into the impossibly perfect heroes we praise.” \nhttps://www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/in-the-evening-poetry-by-william-reichard
URL:https://qlibrary.org/event/book-reading-in-the-evening/
LOCATION:Quatrefoil Library\, 1220 East Lake Street\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55407\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240929T140000
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SUMMARY:Book Reading: Bodies in Transition
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a book reading by local poet G. Gazelka! \nBodies in Transition is a collection of poems about the transition of spaces and bodies. Capturing memories as early as childhood\, G. Gazelka covers fundamental periods of development in their queer and trans identity and reckoning with social justice. In 2006\, their father\, at the time a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives\, introduced a bill to define marriage as between one man and one woman while they were just discovering their queer identity. He sent them to a clinic which has been accused of practicing conversion therapy. Unchanged\, their parents kicked them out of the family. They spent 10 years away from their family’s home struggling to find systems of support\, survive\, and become a man. Many of these poems deal with their social and physical transition after they returned to Minnesota in 2017. Due to the issues of legality surround trans identities\, one of the poems “Everyone Bleeds” even references how they were sent out of state to North Dakota for a diagnosis of mental illness after speaking to reporters about how they had and were experiencing conversion therapy for their sex and sexual identity. At the forefront of the fight for equality\, G. Gazelka believes these poems dealing with discrimination\, longing for love\, and belonging will resonate with their readers. \nhttps://www.magersandquinn.com/product/BODIES-IN-TRANSITION/27012950 \n 
URL:https://qlibrary.org/event/book-reading-bodies-in-transition/
LOCATION:Quatrefoil Library\, 1220 East Lake Street\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55407\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading
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