Quatrefoil Library

Game Development Group
2017-07-01 10:00 - 12:00, 2017-04-29 10:00 - 12:00, 2017-04-15 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | BOOKS Will Fellows Talks About ‘Gay Bar’
Game development can be a powerful medium to tell a story, create an experience, or explore a possibility. The goal of this group is to bring developers of all skill levels together to share some coffee, time, and ideas. You can be an aspiring artist, a coder, or an animator; all are welcome!
Coffee and Bagels provided.
About me: My name is James, and I am a Software Engineer and Veteran. Most of my experience is in a factory/industrial setting, but I’ve worked in the Unity Game engine for two years building a game part time. My goal with this group is to share my experience and support like-minded folks interested in Software Engineering and Game Development.

MN Q Youth Storytelling Workshops
2017-06-28 11:00 - 13:00
More details about this event will be available soon.

Game Night
2017-06-23 19:00, 2017-06-09 07:00 - 21:00, 2017-05-12 19:00 - 21:00
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.

Primetimers Dominoes
2017-06-18 14:00 - 17:00

Girlpond Presents: Girlpond Night Live!
2017-06-16 18:00 - 21:00
Girlpond Presents
Girlpond Night Live! feat. Queer Press Tree House Press
Join the Scavos for a live recording of their homegrown, yet internationally-popular Les Talk! Girlpond podcast. Tonight’s guests wil be the co-founders of the very fresh and local Queer Tree House Press, a self-proclaimed “collective of activists, anarchists, feminists, scholars, queers… dedicated to the pursuit of radical knowledge.”
Come at 6pm for the sexy, Sapphic pre-show mingle for adult coloring, shopping the carefully curated Girlpond Shop (http://www.lestalkgirlpond.co m/girlpond-promotes.html) or discovering the Quatrefoil Library.
Recording begins at 7pm.
Tickets are $10 at the door (cash or card) and free for Quatrefoil Library members. Follow the event on Facebook to receive updates and share with friends! https://www.facebook. com/events/292989174486230/? ti=cl
All GP events are lesbian, bi, trans and queer-loving.

North Country Gaylaxians Book Club
2017-06-13 19:00 - 21:00
This GLBTQ Science Fiction/Fantasy book club meets the second Tuesday of each month at Quatrefoil from 7:00pm – 9:00pm

Golden Valley Pride
2017-06-11 12:00 - 18:00
This summer and fall, Quatrefoil Library will be exhibiting at regional Pride events (as well as Twin Cities Pride). One of our goal is to reach out to more local LGBT organizations and let other communities know about the excellent resources we have.
If you know people in these areas, be sure to tell them to stop by and see the Quatrefoil booth. And if you’re out and about this summer and fall, we’d love to see you!

For more information about Golden Valley Pride visit: http://www.goldenvalleypride.com/

Chippewa Valley Pride (Eau Claire, WI)
2017-06-10 12:00 - 17:00
This summer and fall, Quatrefoil Library will be exhibiting at regional Pride events (as well as Twin Cities Pride). One of our goal is to reach out to more local LGBT organizations and let other communities know about the excellent resources we have.
If you know people in these areas, be sure to tell them to stop by and see the Quatrefoil booth. And if you’re out and about this summer and fall, we’d love to see you!

For more information about Chippewa Valley Pride visit: http://www.cvlgbt.info/

Game Development Group
2017-06-10 10:00 - 12:00, 2017-05-27 10:00 - 12:00, 2017-05-13 10:00 - 12:00

Bi + Book Club
2017-06-07 19:00 - 21:00
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.

June’s book selection will be City Of Devi by Manil Suri. It is asked that you please read the book ahead of time.

East Central Minnesota Pride in Pine City MN
2017-06-04 12:00 - 17:00
This summer and fall, Quatrefoil Library will be exhibiting at regional Pride events (as well as Twin Cities Pride). One of our goal is to reach out to more local LGBT organizations and let other communities know about the excellent resources we have.
If you know people in these areas, be sure to tell them to stop by and see the Quatrefoil booth. And if you’re out and about this summer and fall, we’d love to see you!
For more information about East Central Minnesota Pride in Pine City MN visit: https://www.facebook.com/ECMNPride/

Dungeons & Dragons
2017-06-04 12:00 - 17:00, 2017-05-07 12:00 - 17:00
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.
We’ll have a maximum of six players who can commit to playing (the first Sunday) monthly.
The group is full, so please contact Scott25@me.com for more options.

Game Night
2017-05-26 19:00 - 21:00
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

Prime Timers Dominoes
2017-05-21 14:00 - 17:00

Girl Pond Live
2017-05-19 18:00 - 21:00
The Girl on Girl Game Show

Girls just wanna have fun! Come make Sapphic hygge & Girl on Girl fun with us! Come at 6pm to mingle, peruse the library or Girlpond Shop, and do some adult coloring.

Game Show begins at 7pm.

Interested in being a contestant couple? Yay! Apply online at http://www.lestalkgirlpond. com/contestant-application. html

Tickets $10 online or at the door (cash or card).
Admission free for Quatrefoil Library members.
Proceeds to benefit the library.
All GP events are lesbian, bi, trans, queer-loving.

Quatrefoil Library presents: Raise Our Voices
2017-05-13 13:00 - 15:00
Followed by panel discussion: how to balance writing and teaching, the impact of performance poetry, and the intersections of writing for healing and our audience
Mary Stein’s fiction can be found in Water~Stone Review, Caketrain, The Brooklyn Rail, Tin House Flash Fridays, and other journals. Her work has been nominated for New Stories from the Midwest, and she’s received a 2015 Minnesota Emerging Writers’ Grant from The Loft Literary Center, a Loft Mentor Series Award, and a 2017 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative grant for fiction. Mary is a content editor for Host Agency Reviews, and an instructor and board member of the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop. She’s has written a mess of stories and is currently working on her novel, “Wonderland Babies.” http://marycstein.com
Roy G. Guzmán was born in Honduras and raised in Miami, FL. His work has appeared in The Adroit Journal, Winter Tangerine, Juked, Superstition Review, Notre Dame Review and Poetry. His work has been anthologized in IMANIMAN: Poets Writing in the Anzaldúan Borderlands (Aunt Lute Books) and The Wandering Song: Central American Writing in the United States (Tia Chucha Press). Roy is a poetry editor forSundog Lit, and his work has been nominated for the Pushcart prize and Best of the Net. He is the recipient of a Minnesota State Arts Board grant and the 2016 Gesell Award for Excellence in Poetry. After the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, his poem “Restored Mural for Orlando” was turned into a chapbook with the help of poet and visual artist, D. Allen, to raise funds for the victims. www.royguzman.com
Wendy Brown-Báez is a writer, teacher, performance poet and installation artist. Her essays “Why We Write: The Wounded and Enduring” appeared in Poets & Writers Magazine and “Pilgrimage” won WNBA’s 2016 national contest. She is the author of the poetry books Ceremonies of the Spirit and transparencies of light and her poetry and prose appear in numerous literary journals and anthologies, including The Litchfield Review, Minnetonka Review, Mizna, Talking Writing, and The Heart of All That Is. Wendy was awarded McKnight and MN State Arts Board grants to teach writing workshops in non-profits. She has guided victims of domestic violence, homeless youth, incarcerated writers, HIV+ clients, cancer survivors and the grieving to tell their stories.www.wendybrownbaez.com

North Country Gaylaxians Book Club
2017-05-09 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.

May Day at Powderhorn Park
2017-05-07 10:00 - 18:00
Visit the Quatrefoil Library at the May Day Festival in Powderhorn Park on Sunday, May 7th. We’ll be located at a table in Information Alley and will have information about the library. We look forward to seeing you!
For more information at the May Day at Powderhorn Park click here.

Bi + Book Club - Not meeting in May
2017-05-03 19:00 - 21:00
The Bi + Book Club will not be meeting in May. See you in June!

Game Night
2017-04-28 19:00, 2017-04-14 19:00 - 21:00 | BOOKS Will Fellows Talks About ‘Gay Bar’

MN Q Youth
2017-04-19 16:00 - 18:00 | BOOKS Will Fellows Talks About ‘Gay Bar’
This will be a time for connecting, supporting, resource sharing and community conversations with a focus on LGBTQ Youth. For more information, contact Leigh Combs lcombs@ thefamilypartnership.org 612- 728-20179.

North Country Gaylaxians Book Club
2017-04-11 19:00 - 21:00 | BOOKS Will Fellows Talks About ‘Gay Bar’
The North Country Gaylaxians is a science fiction/fantasy book club that meets at Quatrefoil the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm.
