Quatrefoil Library

Game Night
2018-03-23 19:00 - 21:00, 2018-03-09 19:00 - 21:00, 2018-02-23 19:00 - 21:00, 2018-02-09 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | BOOKS Will Fellows Talks About ‘Gay Bar’
Do you like playing games? Attend a Game Night at the Quatrefoil Library. There will be board games as well as card games. If you have a game you like to play, please bring it with you and share with others. Do you have any suggestions of games to play? If so, let us know what they are. Bring a friend with and come have some fun

Medicare Counseling
2018-03-20 10:00 - 14:00, 2018-02-20 10:00 - 14:00 | BOOKS Will Fellows Talks About ‘Gay Bar’
Programming for LGBT Older Adults
Counselors will be at Quatrefoil to provide information on Medicare and other health insurance options. These sessions are available on the 3rd Tuesday of each month between 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. To make an appointment, call the Senior LinkAge Line at 1-800-333-2433.

Women Who Write
2018-03-18 13:00 - 16:00 | MN
Women Who Write
When: Sunday, March 18, 2018, 1-4 p.m.
Where: Elmer L. Andersen Library, University of Minnesota West Bank
What: A free event co-presented by Quatrefoil library and the Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection

The popular annual get-together of women writers and their fans returns Sunday, March 18. Hear from novelists, poets, essayists and short story writers in literary fiction, creative non-fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, essay, Young Adult and romance.
The free reading at Andersen library is followed by a chance to meet the authors, get books signed and browse the Girlpond Pop-Up Shop. Those who will be reading include:
Catherine Friend
Catherine Friend is the author of romantic adventures ”The Spanish Pearl,” ”The Crown of Valencia,” ”A Pirate’s Heart,” “The Copper Egg,” and ”Spark.” She’s also written memoirs, nonfiction, and children’s books. She’s won a Minnesota Book Award, a McKnight/Loft Fellowship, the Alice B. Readers Appreciation Award, an Independent Book Publishers Association award, four Golden Crown Literary Society Awards, and has been a Lambda Literary Award finalist. She’s narrated two of her books for Dog Ear Audio. Catherine will read from her novel in progress, Ghost of the Heart.
Catherine Lundoff
Catherine Lundoff is an award-winning writer, editor and publisher from Minneapolis. Her books include Night’s Kiss, Crave, Haunted Hearths and Sapphic Shades: Lesbian Ghost Stories, Hellebore and Rue: Tales of Queer Women and Magic, Silver Moon and Out of This World: Queer Speculative Fiction Stories. She is the publisher at Queen of Swords Press, a new genre fiction publisher specializing in fiction from out of this world. Catherine will read from new fiction.
MB Panichi
MB Panichi is an author for Bella Books. Her books include “Saving Morgan” and the sequel, “Running Toward Home.” Both are sci-fi/romance/adventure stories. Her book “Choosing Love” is a present-day romance. She is working on the next book in the Shaine and Morgan series. MB lives with her wife and dogs in Richfield, Minnesota, and works as a Software Quality Assurance Analyst. When she isn’t working, she writes, reads obsessively, trains her dogs and occasionally takes her frustrations out on her drum kit. She will read from the next book in the Shaine and Morgan Moon Base series, tentatively titled “Blood and Roses.”
Melanie Hoffert
Melanie Hoffert is the author of the memoir, “Prairie Silence,” which won the 2014 Minnesota Book Award for Memoir and Creative Nonfiction. Her work has been published in the Baltimore Review and New Millennium Writings, where her essays won each publication’s non-fiction writing award. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Hamline University. She will read from a piece called “The Culinary Lessons of a Person Without Needs” which will be published in Fugue. The essay is about what happens when cooking replaces intimacy in a relationship.
Rachel Gold
Raised on world mythology, fantasy novels, comic books and magic, Rachel Gold is well suited for her careers in marketing and writing. She is the award-winning author of multiple queer and trans young adult novels—including ”Being Emily,” the first young adult novel to tell the story of a trans girl from her perspective. She has an MFA in Writing from Hamline University. She will read from the new edition of “Being Emily,” to be published in May with more current language and science, additional scenes, a new epilogue, an introduction by poet & Harvard professor Stephanie Burt and a new author’s note.
Stephani Maari Booker
Stephani Maari Booker of Minneapolis works on the page and on the stage with her multiple marginalized identities: African American, lesbian, lower-class, nerdy and sexy. Her speculative fiction has been published in Aphelion Webzine, The Future of Us: An Anthology andJalada 02: Afrofuture(s). She also has nonfiction, erotic fiction and poetry in many other publications. For more information about Stephani’s work, go to www.goodreads.com/athenapm. She will read a specially prepared monologue/excerpt from a new science fiction short story called “Adjudicated”
Paula Overby
In her book “The Transgender Myth,” Paula Overby writes about fighting for her rights as a transgender woman and a mother. She physically transitioned in 2009 while representing herself in a custody battle. Her experience in family court and the fight for marriage equality in 2012 led her into politics. She has twice run for the U.S. House of Representatives and is running for U.S. Senate against Amy Klobuchar. She is an ardent peace activist and believes it’s time for a major shift in public policy. She still views herself primarily as a mother to her three children.
The all-volunteer Quatrefoil library is open 7-9 p.m. weeknights, Wednesdays 1-5 p.m. and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekends. (612) 729-2543, follow Q on Facebook, or visit qlibrary.org.

Twin Cities Gay Men's Reading Club
2018-03-18 12:00 - 14:30 | BOOKS Will Fellows Talks About ‘Gay Bar’
A new book club at Quatrefoil Library,
March’s book will be The Evening Crowd At Kirmser’s by Ricardo J. Brown
Please read the book prior to attending the meeting.

Polyamory Book Club
2018-03-15 19:00 - 21:00, 2018-02-15 19:00 - 21:00, 2018-01-18 19:00 - 21:00 | BOOKS Will Fellows Talks About ‘Gay Bar’
MNPoly has joined forces with Quatrefoil Library to present a monthly polyamory book club! We will be reading and discussing books about polyamory. The format for our meetings will be flexible and we will try to accommodate as many people as possible.
The group will continue to discuss The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships & Other Adventures by Janet W. Hardy
Space is LIMITED Please sign-up by going to www.meetup.com or sign-up on your phone with the Meetup App. Our Meetup group is “MNPoly” Poly-Curious and Poly-Allies are always welcome

North Country Gaylaxians Book Club
2018-03-13 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
March’s book will be Magician’s Land by Lev Grossman
Please read the book prior to attending the meeting.

An Evening with Lisa Vecoli
2018-03-12 19:00 - 21:00 | BOOKS Will Fellows Talks About ‘Gay Bar’
In a free event at Quatrefoil library, Lisa Vecoli, curator of the Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies at the University of Minnesota since 2012, will share stories about her career, her life and her passion for books.
Vecoli first joined the Tretter Collection as a founding board member, an association based partly on her personal library of more than 4,000 books, including contemporary lesbian fiction and lesbian pulp fiction. At the Quatrefoil event, Vecoli will show images of some of the racy covers of those early lesbian books. She will talk about how books supported her coming out as well as the history of the “pulps” and the role they played for women in the pre-Stonewall era.
As curator of the Tretter Collection, Vecoli’s goal has been to continue working to preserve LGBTQ history and to diversify the voices in the archive. The Tretter Collection houses books, magazines, manuscripts, personal papers and organizational materials as well as objects (buttons, T-shirts, music, posters). While the collection is deep in Minnesota politics and history, its scope is international, with items in 58 languages. It is home to the Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, the largest effort of its kind in the world. In the past two years, the Tretter Collection has won national awards from the American Library Association and the Society of American Archivists.
The free event at 7 p.m. on March 12 includes a chance to ask questions. It will be followed by an informal reception in the library.

Price drop! Quatrefoil Book Sale
2018-03-10 11:00 - 16:00 | BOOKS Will Fellows Talks About ‘Gay Bar’
Shop the Quatrefoil Library Used LGBTQ Book Sale.
To help reduce our supply of surplus books, we will offer thousands of volumes at unbeatable prices: $1 for paperbacks (or 12 books for $10) and $2 for hardcover books (6 for $10). Excluded are large-format, art and photo books.
Girlpond Productions will also host their pop-up shop, with items including: Slouchy Beanies by Made in Minnesewta, Soy What?! Hand-Poured Scented Soy Candles, Queer Treehouse Press – Politically Expressive Buttons, more.
https://www.girlpondproductions.com/
If you have never been to Quatrefoil Library, this is a great opportunity to stop in, shop for some books, take a tour, and buy a membership ($40 annually for individuals, $25 for students). We look forward to seeing you! Check us out.

Senior/Friends Coffee Social,
2018-03-09 13:00 - 17:00 | BOOKS Will Fellows Talks About ‘Gay Bar’
You are invited for an afternoon of fun, while having coffee, playing board or card games and to do some socializing. This is great chance to learn about the library and to purchase a membership.

Bi + Book Club
2018-03-07 19:00 - 21:00 | BOOKS Will Fellows Talks About ‘Gay Bar’
Do you love to read and talk about books? Join Bisexual Organizing Project-BOP‘s new Bi+ Book Club, a place to read fiction, biography, creative non-fiction, history, theory, and activist works.
March’s book will be For Sizakele by Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene
Please read the book prior to attending the meeting.

Dungeons & Dragons
2018-03-04 11:30 - 17:00, 2018-03-03 11:30 - 17:00 | BOOKS Will Fellows Talks About ‘Gay Bar’
Action, adventure, and romance protecting the Dragon Empire from the Orc Lord’s minions – and whatever is driving them south.
We’ll use D&D fifth edition. The basic set is available free online at wizards.com and the full game is available at game and book stores everywhere.
Please contact Scott25@me.com for more information.
This group now meets twice a month

LGBT History Book Club - Cancelled
2018-03-03 10:00 - 12:00 | BOOKS Will Fellows Talks About ‘Gay Bar’
The Quartefoil Library is proud to present our first ever LGBTQ+ history book club! In this LGBTQ+ history book club “Understanding Our Roots” we will be learning about where are ancestors come from and we will be providing a very safe, welcoming, affirming, confidential, and awesome space for LGBTQ+ identified and or allied folk to come together and learn about the beauty and awe of our ancestor’s journey from topics such as “Ancient Greece and Homosexuality/Bisexuality, African Disaphora and Transgender Identity, The Latinx Bisexual Movement, The Asian Lesbian Movement, Ethiopia and the LGBTQ+ community, The Stonewall Riots of 1969, The AIDS Epidemic, The Days of Supervisor Harvey Milk, and much much more you can think of!
The book for the March meeting will be Not Straight, Not White by Kevin J. Mumford.
Please read the book prior to attending the meeting.

Food Drive Begins
2018-03-01 19:00 | BOOKS Will Fellows Talks About ‘Gay Bar’
Help Restock Local Food Shelves
The Quatrefoil Library will become a temporary drop-off site for the month of March, as part of the March Food Shelf Drive for the North Point Health & Wellness Center in Minneapolis.
Please consider making a donation of non-perishable food items at Food Drivethe library. Some suggested items to donate include canned goods such as tuna, chicken, vegetables, soups, and fruits. Other items needed include: spaghetti sauces, peanut-butter, dry pasta, salsa, and soy milk (shelf-ready). The library will be accepting donations during normal library hours. Please do not leave donations at the door.

The North Point Health & Wellness Center in Minneapolis is committed to providing nutritious, high quality foods to families in need.
The Quatrefoil Library and North Point Health & Wellness Center would like to thank you for taking part in this food drive.
The Quatrefoil Library is located at 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis MN 55407. The library is open Monday – Friday 7 to 9 pm and on Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 5 pm.

Transgender Book Club
2018-02-27 19:00 - 21:00 | BOOKS Will Fellows Talks About ‘Gay Bar’
This group will meet the fourth Tuesday of each month.
February’s book will be If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

2018-02-21 08:00 - 17:00 | BOOKS Will Fellows Talks About ‘Gay Bar’
Do you like playing games? Attend a Game Night at the Quatrefoil Library. There will be board games as well as card games. If you have a game you like to play, please bring it with you and share with others. Do you have any suggestions of games to play? If so, let us know what they are. Bring a friend with and come have some fun

North Country Gaylaxians Book Club
2018-02-13 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

Dungeons & Dragons
2018-02-11 11:30 - 17:00, 2018-02-10 11:30 - 17:00 | BOOKS Will Fellows Talks About ‘Gay Bar’
Action, adventure, and romance protecting the Dragon Empire from the Orc Lord’s minions – and whatever is driving them south.
We’ll use D&D fifth edition. The basic set is available free online at wizards.com and the full game is available at game and book stores everywhere.
Please contact Scott25@me.com for more information.
This group now meets twice a month.

Bi + Book Club
2018-02-07 19:00 - 21:00 | BOOKS Will Fellows Talks About ‘Gay Bar’
Do you love to read and talk about books? Join Bisexual Organizing Project-BOP‘s new Bi+ Book Club, a place to read fiction, biography, creative non-fiction, history, theory, and activist works.
February’s book will be,The Stars Change by Mary Anne Mohanraji.
Please read the book prior to attending the meeting.

LGBT History Book Club
2018-02-03 10:00 - 12:00 | BOOKS Will Fellows Talks About ‘Gay Bar’
The Quartefoil Library is proud to present our first ever LGBTQ+ history book club! In this LGBTQ+ history book club “Understanding Our Roots” we will be learning about where are ancestors come from and we will be providing a very safe, welcoming, affirming, confidential, and awesome space for LGBTQ+ identified and or allied folk to come together and learn about the beauty and awe of our ancestor’s journey from topics such as “Ancient Greece and Homosexuality/Bisexuality, African Disaphora and Transgender Identity, The Latinx Bisexual Movement, The Asian Lesbian Movement, Ethiopia and the LGBTQ+ community, The Stonewall Riots of 1969, The AIDS Epidemic, The Days of Supervisor Harvey Milk, and much much more you can think of!

February’s meeting will be a discussion to select a book for the March meeting.

LGBT History Book Club
2018-01-27 10:00 - 12:00 | BOOKS Will Fellows Talks About ‘Gay Bar’
The Quartefoil Library is proud to present our first ever LGBTQ+ history book club! In this LGBTQ+ history book club “Understanding Our Roots” we will be learning about where are ancestors come from and we will be providing a very safe, welcoming, affirming, confidential, and awesome space for LGBTQ+ identified and or allied folk to come together and learn about the beauty and awe of our ancestor’s journey from topics such as “Ancient Greece and Homosexuality/Bisexuality, African Disaphora and Transgender Identity, The Latinx Bisexual Movement, The Asian Lesbian Movement, Ethiopia and the LGBTQ+ community, The Stonewall Riots of 1969, The AIDS Epidemic, The Days of Supervisor Harvey Milk, and much much more you can think of!

https://www.facebook.co m/events/318484145320622/

The Video Variant Ep 2
2018-01-26 18:45 - 21:00 | BOOKS Will Fellows Talks About ‘Gay Bar’
The Video Variant is a film screening series that screens work exclusively made by LGBTQ+ filmmakers. Please come to our second screening to honor the work of local LGBTQ+ filmmakers!
Featuring the work of:
Nanne Sørvold
Nadia Honary
Jae Shin Cross
Emily Fritze
Paige Carlson
And kicking off the show will be The means., a local musician in the LGBTQ+ community.
This event is FREE, and is ADA accessible, but it is 18+. event.
For more information about this event, please visit:
https://www.facebook.com/events/497191234011099/

Lesbian Fiction Book Club
2018-01-17 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.

The book to be discussed at the January meeting will be Dragon Horse War: The Calling by D. Jackson Leigh.
