Quatrefoil Library

North Country Gaylaxians Book Club
2020-06-09 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | BOOKS Will Fellows Talks About ‘Gay Bar’
*Meeting online due to COVID-19*
Email for Skype info.
This GLBTQ Science Fiction/Fantasy book club meets the second Tuesday of each month at Quatrefoil from 7:00pm – 9:00pm

Queer Chronic Illness Support Group--postponed
2020-06-13 15:00 - 16:30, 2020-07-11 15:00 - 16:30, 2020-08-08 15:00 - 16:30, 2020-09-12 15:00 - 16:30, 2020-10-10 15:00 - 16:30, 2020-11-14 15:00 - 16:30, 2020-12-12 15:00 - 16:30 | Quatrefoil Library: Spirit on Lake Community Room, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
*postponed-due to COVID-19*
Queer Chronic Illness Support Group

Twin Cities Lesbian Fiction Book Club
2020-06-17 19:00 - 21:00 | BOOKS Will Fellows Talks About ‘Gay Bar’
The Lesbian Fiction Book Club will meet every third Wednesday at 7:00 pm at Quatrefoil Library.

We’ve switched the March and June 2020 books to make it easier for these authors to chat with us. March is now Invisible, As Music by Caren Werlinger. Caren would like to chat with us, and we’re working on making that happen! Addison Conley also wants to chat but couldn’t do March, so she is switched to June.
UPCOMING BOOKS:
March: Invisible, as Music by Caren Werlinger (hopefully have author chat)
April: Big Girl Pill by KD Williamson (author chat)
May: Quest for Redemption by Jessie Chandler (author attending)
June: Beyond the Checkpoint, Addison Conley (author chat)
July: Black Friday by Judy M Kerr (author attending)
August: Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence by Nancy Manahan
September: The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite
October: River Walker by Cate Culpepper
November: One Walk in Winter by Georgia Beers (author chat)
December: If the Shoe Fits by EJ Noyes

Zoom event : Ty Bo Yule "Chemically Enhanced Butch"
2020-09-18 19:00 - 20:00 | Online Events
7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18
Free Zoom event for Ty Bo Yule’s 2020 remarkable, combustible and funny memoir “Chemically Enhanced Butch.” Yule talks about and reads from the book, then answers questions from participants. RSVP at Quatrefoil’s Facebook page or go here:
Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAud-qgrTsoHt1MhT1_k2Hhr7CfB8Jl8yAW

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Sep 18, 2020 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Queer Voices -Roy Guzmán, Junauda Petrus-Nasah and Ty Bo Yule
2020-10-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Online Events
Three Twin Cities writers – Roy Guzmán, Junauda Petrus-Nasah and Ty Bo Yule – each with a new book out, will read and answer questions.

Roy G. Guzmán (they/them/theirs) was born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and grew up in Miami, Florida. Roy is a 2019 National Endowment for the Arts fellow. Their debut poetry collection, “Catrachos,” was published by Graywolf Press in May 2020.

Junauda Petrus-Nasah (she/her/hers) is a writer, pleasure activist, abolitionist, filmmaker and performance artist of Black-Caribbean descent, born on Dakota land in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her work centers around wildness, queerness, Black-diasporic-futurism, ancestral healing, sweetness, shimmer and liberation. Her first YA novel, “The Stars and The Blackness Between Them,” received a Coretta Scott King Honor Award. She lives in Minneapolis with her wife, child and family. She is currently working on her second novel about a young, queer Black girl studying circus and learning about ancestral liberation.

Ty Bo Yule (he/him/his) is a scruffy, middle-aged, retired queer bar owner living in Minneapolis. After getting his mother’s hopes up by getting a Master’s of Theological Studies from Harvard, he is currently an unemployed bartender who writes things. His memoir, “Chemically Enhanced Butch,” is the coming of age story of an old school butch dyke who always wanted to be a superhero, but transitions later in life and is happily gay-married. Chemicallyenhancedbutch.com is where you can find his blog or buy his book.

Queer Voices is presented by Quatrefoil and Hennepin County Libraries. It is curated by Lisa Marie Brimmer and Sherrie Fernandez-Williams.

Register in advance for this free Zoom meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcoceigqjMjE9X14daLt4B1ueGfV...

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Book Launch with John Medeiros
2021-04-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Online Events
Minneapolis writer John Medeiros launches his new book, “Self, Divided,” (Howling Bird Press, 2021) in a free Zoom event. Please join us.

Medeiros and his identical twin brother participated in a gene therapy study in which the HIV-positive twin was infused with billions of genes from the HIV-negative twin. This memoir details, from a firsthand perspective, a time in our recent history when the world had to reckon with the emergence of a seemingly undefeatable virus. SELF, DIVIDED explores the dysfunctional yet enduring relationships that surround this pivotal moment in Medeiros’s life and family, brilliantly capturing how we all are connected, in one way or another, to those around us.

Book Launch With Brian Malloy
2021-05-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Online Events
In his new novel “After Francesco,” acclaimed Minneapolis author Brian Malloy (“The Year of Ice”) brings insight, humor, and the authenticity of his own experiences as a member of the AIDS generation to this universal story of love and loss set in New York City and Minneapolis at the peak of the AIDS crisis.
“After Francesco” is both a tribute to a generation lost to the pandemic as well as a powerful exploration of heartbreak, recovery and how love can defy grief.
After Malloy reads from his just- published novel, he will discuss it with writer Christopher Bram (“Gods and Monsters”) and Claude Peck of Quatrefoil, and take questions. The virtual event is presented by Quatrefoil and Moon Palace books.
Book Launch with Brian Malloy
Time: May 27, 2021 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Queer Voices Writing Circle
2021-06-05 08:00 - 17:00 | Online Events
Ongoing. Writers gather virtually to learn from Lisa and Sherrie and each other. Writing prompts, real-time writing exercises, feedback and support are all part of the circles. All are welcome, it’s free. Here is the link to the meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81238547345#success

Q Reopens!
2021-06-05 12:00 - 17:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Quatrefoil is happy to open its doors after being closed due to the pandemic. For starters, we will be open noon to 5 p.m. on Saturdays (beginning June 5), with safety precautions (masks, distance, limited capacity). We hope to open on more days later in the summer and fall. Come visit, say hi, and get your new FREE Q Card.

North Country Gaylaxians Book Club
2021-06-08 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-06-22 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-07-06 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-07-20 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-08-03 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-08-17 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-08-31 19:00 - 21:00 | BOOKS Will Fellows Talks About ‘Gay Bar’
This GLBTQ Science Fiction/Fantasy book club meets the second Tuesday of each month at Quatrefoil from 7:00pm – 9:00pm
North Country Gaylaxians website: http://www.ncgaylaxians.org/index.html
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NorthCountryGaylaxians/

Please read the book prior to attending the meeting.

Queer Voices Pride Reading
2021-06-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Online Events
Queer Voicers co-curators Lisa Marie Brimmer and Sherrie Fernandez-Williams host a reading celebrating LGBTQIA+ writers Donte Collins, Carla-Elaine Johnson, Dr. Simi Kang, Kara Olson and Mimi Iimuro Van Ausdall. The series is presented by Quatrefoil Library and Hennepin County Libraries. Register here for this free event via Zoom:
http://bit.ly/qvpridereg

Jonathan Katz book event
2021-06-18 19:00 - 20:30 | Online Events
In “The Daring Life and Dangerous Times of Eve Adams,” acclaimed historian Jonathan Ned Katz has recovered the extraordinary story of an early, daring activist. Drawing on startling evidence, carefully distinguishing fact from fiction, Katz presents the first biography of Adams, and his publisher reprints the long-lost text of Adams’s rare, unique 1925 book “Lesbian Love.” Join a free Zoom event to meet Katz and hear him discuss and read excerpts from his fascinating new book. Please register in advance for this meet-the-author and discussion event: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZUufuirrDovGdW0sSXfgRcvv_u…

Volunteer Open House
2021-09-15 13:00 - 17:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
If you have ever wanted to volunteer at one of the best LGBTQ+ Libraries, that is celebrating our 35 TH Anniversary…
….We are looking for volunteers… We ask you to commit to at least ( One day a month, for 2-5 hours) That’s it ……..
Come by and see what our volunteers do, tours of the library will be available, and refreshments will be served.
Come by and meet some of our volunteers and Morgan, our Volunteer Coordinator and Vice-President.
any questions …please email:
volunteer@quatrefoil.org

Creative Writing/Interviewing workshop
2021-10-09 09:00 - 11:30 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States

"Carnival Lights" with Chris Stark
2021-10-15 19:00 - 20:00 | Online Events
In this free Zoom event, Chris Stark will read from and talk about her new novel “Carnival Lights.” It’s a rich series of interconnected narratives that switches between the 1890s and the 1960s, when two girls flee their reservation for the Twin Cities. Bestselling author William Kent Krueger said the Minnesota-set novel offers “a heartbreaking portrait of multigenerational trauma in the lives of one Ojibwe family. Read it and it may change you forever.”Stark (Anishinaabe and Cherokee) is an award-winning writer, researcher, visual artist and speaker. Her first novel, “Nickels: A Tale of Dissociation,” was a Lambda Literary Prize finalist.Here’s link to Oct, 15 Zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9861922720 Meeting ID: 986 192 2720

Twin Cities Prime Timers Book Club
2021-10-16 12:30 - 15:00 | Quatrefoil Library: Spirit on Lake Community Room, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
This monthly book club is a subgroup of the Twin Cities Prime Timers Club, which is affiliated with the state and national organizations. It meets each third Saturday of the month at Quatrefoil from 1:15pm – 3:15pm.

Happy Halloween!
2021-10-29 18:30 - 21:30 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Treats-Games-Fun
Join us at Quatrefoil Library for a haunted night of games, treats, costume contest and surprises!
COVID SAFETY Protocols : Show vaccination card or a recent negative test.
Questions? Email volunteer@quatrefoil.org

Transgender Book Club
2021-10-31 13:00 - 15:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
