Quatrefoil Library

Creative Writing Class for Older LGBT+ Adults with Brian Malloy
2022-07-23 11:00 - 12:30, 2022-07-16 11:00 - 12:30, 2022-07-09 11:00 - 12:30, 2022-07-02 11:00 - 12:30, 2022-06-25 11:00 - 12:30, 2022-06-18 11:00 - 12:30, 2022-06-11 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Chicago) | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Creative Writing Class for Older LGBT+ Adults

Not a kid anymore? Age 50 or better? Is it time to write? Then you’re invited! Yes, YOU!

In this class for absolute beginners and experienced writers wanting a refresher, we’ll be inspired by the works of older writers, engage in user-friendly lessons on the basics, experiment with writing exercises, and draft our own original works in poetry, fiction, and personal essay.

Our class will culminate in a celebratory public reading (you are not required to participate, but we hope you will), and publication of a chapbook of our poetry, fiction, and personal essays (you are not required to submit a work for the chapbook, but we hope you will). Our instructor is Minnesota Book Award winner Brian Malloy, lecturer with the University of Minnesota Creative Writing Program, and winner of the Loft Literary Center’s Excellence in Teaching Fellowship.

Sound good? It gets even better – the class is free! You don’t have to be a Quatrefoil member to enroll, but Quatrefoil membership is also free, so why not?

Join us – you KNOW you want to!
Saturdays, June 11 – July 30
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
In person at Quatrefoil Library (we’ll move to Zoom if public health recommendations require)
1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55407
(on MTC Bus Route 21)

TO ENROLL: Email malloywriter@gmail.com – just put Quatrefoil in your subject line, and provide your name, contact information, and age (this class is specifically for older adults). If the class is full, we’ll put you on a waiting list in the order your email was received.

Fabulous Fridays board game/social evenings
2022-07-22 19:00 - 23:00, 2022-07-15 19:00 - 23:00, 2022-07-08 19:00 - 23:00
Join us for an LGBTQ+ social gathering with board games galore!

Feel free to bring a treat, any games you would like to share, and friends. All are welcome.

There is limited parking at the back of the library (off 13th street). Please enter through the back door off the parking lot. The library will be open from 7-9 PM, but the games/socializing will go on!
More details & RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/412363990852144/412365230852020/

Narcan/Naloxone Training with Southside Harm Reduction
2022-07-19 18:30 - 20:00
Southside Harm Reduction will be coming to the library with Naloxone kits to train volunteers, members, and others interested.

Please RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/507815161080336/

Prime Timers Dominoes
2022-07-17 12:30 - 17:00, 2022-05-15 12:30 - 17:00
Join the Prime Timers for an afternoon of dominoes. Feel free to bring a snack to share and your dominoes set, though not required.

Derick Schultz poetry reading: "Redacted"
2022-06-17 19:00 - 20:30
Join us at Quatrefoil Library to meet Derick Schultz and hear some of his poetry from his new book, Redacted. Redacted is a collection of erasure and free-verse poems written and assembled over six years by a twenty-something queer.

Learn more about Derick and his work at https://percolatingpoet.com/

We encourage wearing masks at this free event. There will be a small reception after the event.

Please RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/787025575619362

Lesfic book club: Amateur City
2022-06-15 19:00 - 20:30
Quatrefoil is still not open on weeknights, so for the time being we will continue to meet virtually.
This link will be valid for all future book club meetings.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81206182864?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 812 0618 2864
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Until we can meet in person, Judy Kerr has set up Zoom for us. You can use Zoom on your phone, tablet or laptop. Download the app to your device. If you are using a laptop, depending on the browser, you may not be able to install the app. In that case simply copy the url and paste it into a browser window. You are welcome to attend even if you didn’t read the book, or didn’t like it. We enjoy staying in touch with our friends!
If there are any lesfic books you’d like to recommend we read, please let me know!
Remember that we meet virtually the third Wednesday of every month at 7pm.

UPCOMING BOOKS:
June-Amateur City Katherine Forrest (https://www.bellabooks.com/product/9781935226598/)
July-Pathway to Love Rad
Aug-Adventurous Desperados Lee Lynch
Sept-Perilous Obsession Carsen Taite
Oct-Pas de Deux EJ Noyes
Nov-Criminal Gold Ann Aptaker

Prime Timers Dominoes
2022-06-12 12:30 - 16:30
Usually they meet 3rd Sunday BUT for JUNE we will meet on 2nd Sunday.

Staged reading: Robert Chesley's 1986 play Jerker
2022-06-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Minneapolis-based artist Emmett Ramstad (he/him) will do a semi-staged reading of the 1985 play Jerker as part of a tour.
This will be a two-voice staged reading of the play about AIDS and phone sex, performed lived by transmasculine actors/artists.
This event will be in person at the library. More details will be available on our Facebook page closer to the event.
Learn more about the artist: www.emmettramstad.com

Board game/social evening at the library!
2022-05-27 19:00 - 22:00
Join us in our community room for an evening of board/card games and socializing! Also sign-up for your free Q card if you haven’t yet.
Feel free to bring a friend, a favorite game, and a snack or dessert to share! Note that this is a substance-free event.
Also feel free to leave a comment on the Facebook event page (https://www.facebook.com/events/417385443133287/417385449799953) or send a message with any questions.

Board game/social night at the library!
2022-05-13 19:00 - 22:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Join us in our community room for an evening of board/card games and socializing! Also sign-up for your free Q card if you haven’t yet.
Feel free to bring a friend, a favorite game, and a snack or dessert to share! Note that this is a substance-free event.
Also feel free to leave a comment on the Facebook event page (https://www.facebook.com/events/417385443133287/417385446466620) or send a message with any questions.

Queer Voices reading (on Zoom)
2022-05-13 19:00 - 20:15
Celebrate Queer Voices in a reading by five local writers that also launches a chapbook of their work developed over months of workshops together.

Board game/social evening at Q
2022-04-29 19:00 - 22:00
Join us in our community room for an evening of board/card games and socializing! Also sign-up for your free Q card if you haven’t yet.

Feel free to bring a friend, a favorite game, and a snack or dessert to share! Note that this is a substance-free event.

Also feel free to leave a comment or send a message with any questions.
For more information and to RSVP, see the Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/355091583306653/

Prime Timers Dominos
2022-03-20 14:00 - 17:00 | Quatrefoil Library: Spirit on Lake Community Room, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Prime Timers Minneapolis/St. Paul is a diverse social organization for the enrichment of gay and bisexual men at all stages of their lives. Our members embrace the Prime Timer’s commitment to Community, Connections, and Caring. We provide opportunities to socialize and build relationships that go beyond Prime Timers Minneapolis/St. Paul.

http://www.primetimersww.org/

Prime Timer's Book Club
2022-03-19 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.

http://www.primetimersww.org/ptmsp/index.php?option=com_content&view=featured&Itemid=101

Quatrefoil March Game Night/Social Night
2022-03-18 19:00 - 22:00
Join us IN PERSON for game/social night at the library.

Feel free to bring friends and/or a snack to share!

Please park in the back parking lot, as the front door will be locked.

RSVP on the Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1356064401484960/
Questions?
email: volunteer@quatrefoil.org
or call/leave a voicemail: (612) 220-6481

Prime Timers: Play Cribbage ( new group )
2022-01-04 14:45 - 17:00, 2021-12-07 14:45 - 17:00 | Quatrefoil Library: Spirit on Lake Community Room, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Most members know how to play Cribbage BUT, The organizer did say he would show any new people how to play.
Here is a video on :
How to play Cribbage:
https://youtu.be/bzRHjdS2VAE

Lesbian Fiction Book Club
2021-11-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Online Events
The Lesbian Fiction Book Club will meet every third Wednesday at 7:00 pm at Quatrefoil Library. Due to Covid, this club is meeting virtually until further notice. Go here to get on the club’s email list and view their upcoming book selections.

Queer History Book Club
2021-11-14 12:30 - 15:00 | Quatrefoil Library: Spirit on Lake Community Room, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
A newly formed book club, presented by J-Pride at Jewish Family and Children’s Services of Minneapolis, will explore history and culture. Coordinator Isaac Ezra Jennings says the club will provide “an unintimidating and welcoming space for members of the LGBTQ+ community to come together and learn about queer history.”
Here are the books for the first three months:

November – Queer: A Graphic History by Meg John Barker and Julia Scheele
December – The Stonewall Reader (edited by New York Public Library)
January – Transgender Warriors by Leslie Feinberg

Contact person: Isaac Ezra Jennings, ijennings@jfcsmpls.org
The book club plans to meet in person on second Sundays of each month, but may shift to virtual depending on interest / needs. There is free parking in the lot behind the building, with entry off of 13th Ave. South. Please bring your mask and proof of vaccination.

J-Pride Queer History Book Club
2021-11-14 12:30 - 14:30 | Quatrefoil Library: Spirit on Lake Community Room, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States

creative writing/interviewing workshop
2021-11-13 08:45 - 11:30 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
