Quatrefoil Library

Fabulous Fridays! Board Games and Social Nights
2022-08-26 19:00 - 23:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
Join us for an LGBTQ+ social gathering with board games galore! We are excited to be continuing to host this each Friday in August.

Feel free to bring a snack, 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!
For more details and to RSVP, please visit the event series on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/329266035995033/329266052661698

Aging Out: A Reading of Short Works by Older LGBT+ Minnesotans
2022-09-14 19:00 - 20:30 | Quatrefoil Library: Spirit on Lake Community Room, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Come and be inspired by older LGBT+ writers reading from their original works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. This free reading is a celebration of the writers who participated in an 8-week creative writing class sponsored by Quatrefoil Library, and taught by teaching artist Brian Malloy (After Francesco, The Year of Ice). Chapbooks of student work will be available for purchase, with all proceeds benefiting Quatrefoil Library.
Teaching Artist Brian Malloy is a fiscal year 2022 recipient of a Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible e by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature; and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Prime Timers Dominoes
2022-09-18 12:30 - 17:00, 2022-10-16 12:30 - 17:00, 2022-11-20 12:30 - 17:00, 2022-12-18 12:30 - 17:00, 2023-01-15 12:30 - 17:00 | MN
Join the Prime Timers for an afternoon of dominoes. Feel free to bring a snack to share and your dominoes set, though not required.

Lesfic Book Club (VIRTUAL)
2022-09-21 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-10-19 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-11-16 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-12-21 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-01-18 19:00 - 20:00 | MN
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:
March – Writer’s Block by Ali Vali–RomanceApril – Undertow by Jazzy Mitchell—Fiction, romance, compelling characters and plotMay – Talented Amateur by Maryn Scott—Mystery, 2021 Goldie Awards Debut FinalistJune – The Dime by Kathleen Kent—Mystery (Jessie read it and LOVED it!)July – Santorini Setup by Becky Bohan—Mystery

Big, Queer Used Booksale!
2022-11-05 11:00 - 16:00 | Quatrefoil Library: Spirit on Lake Community Room, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Visit the library from 11-4 PM Saturday, November 5th for our big used book sale! There will be great deals on used books, DVDs, and more.
You can also sign up for your FREE Q card if you don’t have one yet.
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It’s a good time to start thinking about holiday gifts…

Transgender Day of Remembrance observance
2022-11-20 16:00 - 17:00 | Quatrefoil Library: Spirit on Lake Community Room, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Join OutFront Minnesota and Quatrefoil Library for a special observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance, featuring local artists, speakers, and poets.
You will be able to participate in a community art project 15 minutes before and 15 minutes after the event, so come early to connect.
All are welcome!
This event will be inside Quatrefoil’s community room.

More information may be found on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/841360873877892

Queer Voices Winter Reading
2022-12-09 19:00 - 20:30 | Quatrefoil Library: Spirit on Lake Community Room, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Join us for our first in-person reading since 2019! Queer Voices is a partnership with Hennepin County Library and Quatrefoil Library.

Co-Curators Sherrie Fernandez-Williams and LM Brimmer invite all to build community in person as we open a space from Queer Voices community members.

Masks encouraged.

RSVP (optional) on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/3258083807773881/

Older & Out: A Virtual Reading of Short Works by Older LGBTQ+ Minnesotans
2022-12-13 19:00 - 20:30 | Online Events
Come and be inspired by older LGBTQ+ writers reading from their original works of poetry,
fiction, and creative nonfiction. This free reading is a celebration of the writers who
participated in an 8-week creative writing class sponsored by Quatrefoil Library, and taught by
teaching artist Brian Malloy (After Francesco, The Year of Ice). Chapbooks of student work will
be available for sale at Quatrefoil Library, with all proceeds benefiting Quatrefoil (location and
hours: www.qlibrary.org/about-us/hours-and-location).

Claude Peck, board president, will host and introduce the event, which will be held on Zoom.
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84656812403?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 846 5681 2403
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Teaching Artist Brian Malloy is a fiscal year 2022 recipient of a Creative Support for Individuals
grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible e by the voters of
Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative
appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature; and by a grant from the National Endowment
for the Arts.

LIBRARY CLOSED (WEATHER)
2022-12-21 19:00 - 21:00, 2022-12-22 19:00 - 21:00, 2022-12-23 19:00 - 21:00 | MN
We have decided to close Wednesday, 12/21 through Friday, 12/23.
Stay safe!

LIBRARY CLOSED (WEATHER)
2022-12-24 10:00 - 17:00 | MN
The library will be closed Saturday, December 24th, due to the weather conditions in Minneapolis.
Stay warm & safe this holiday season!

Board Game Night
2022-12-30 19:00 - 23:00 | Quatrefoil Library: Spirit on Lake Community Room, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Join us for a special end-of-2022 board game night.
Feel free to bring a board game, snack or treat to share, and friends.
There is limited parking behind the library.

Programming Committee Meeting
2023-01-05 18:30 - 20:00 | MN
This will be a hybrid in-person at the library & virtual meeting (link forthcoming).
We are planning to discuss our programming goals for 2023 and plan for an event we’re hoping to host in February. Please feel free to come to the meeting with ideas for future events and/or feedback for us from events you’ve been to recently.

January Board Games/Social Nights at the Library
2023-01-06 19:00 - 23:00, 2023-01-13 19:00 - 23:00, 2023-01-20 19:00 - 23:00, 2023-01-27 19:00 - 23:00 | MN
Join us each Friday in January our LGBTQ+ board game/social night at the library! The library is open 7-9, but games/socializing can continue.

Feel free to bring friends and a snack or treat to share. The library has a collection of games, but you are welcome to bring your own, as well.

There is limited parking behind the library, off 13th street. Please enter through the back door or call the library at 612-729-2543 to be let in.
RSVP (not required) on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/894937218357209/894937228357208/

North Country Gaylaxians January meeting
2023-01-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Online Events
Please RSVP on Facebook, where you can find the Zoom link: https://www.facebook.com/events/560296032192220/

Queer Book Club: Little Fish
2023-01-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Quatrefoil Library: Spirit on Lake Community Room, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Join the TC 30+ Book Club to discuss Little Fish by Casey Plett. Anyone is welcome to join whether you’ve read the whole book or just skimmed a few pages.
It’s the dead of winter in Winnipeg and Wendy Reimer, a thirty-year-old trans woman, feels like her life is frozen in place. When her Oma passes away Wendy receives an unexpected phone call from a distant family friend with a startling secret: Wendy’s Opa (grandfather) — a devout Mennonite farmer — might have been transgender himself. At first she dismisses this revelation, but as Wendy’s life grows increasingly volatile, she finds herself aching for the lost pieces of her Opa’s truth. Can Wendy unravel the mystery of her grandfather’s world and reckon with the culture that both shaped and rejected her? She’s determined to try.
Alternately warm-hearted and dark-spirited, desperate and mirthful, Little Fish explores the winter of discontent in the life of one transgender woman as her past and future become irrevocably entwined.

RSVP (not required) on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1775471276154060?ref=newsfeed

Friday night board games at Quatrefoil Library
2023-02-03 19:00 - 23:00 | Quatrefoil Library: Spirit on Lake Community Room, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Join us each Friday in February and March for our LGBTQ+ board game/social night at the library! The library is open 7-9, but games and socializing can continue after the library has closed.

You are welcome to bring friends and a snacks to share. The library has a collection of games, but you are welcome to bring your own, as well.

There is limited parking behind the library, off 13th street. Please enter through the back door or call the library at 612-729-2543 to be let in.
For more details and to RSVP (optional), see Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/511057621185309/511057631185308/

Free, live phone call reading of Jerker
2023-02-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Online Events
Free, live phone call reading of Robert Chesley’s one-act play Jerker.
We loved when Maxe and Emmett performed this at Quatrefoil last year & highly recommend you give this a call/listen.
Details in the attached flyer; click here to view the Facebook post.
