Quatrefoil Library

Prime Timers Dominoes
2025-11-16 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | 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.

Queer Threads
2025-11-19 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Queer threads: a weekly intergenerational craft night for LGBTQ people of all genders
what: a weekly craft night for knitting, crochet, embroidery, mending, quilting, and other portable crafts
why: find community and camaraderie with other LGBTQ crafters
who: for all ages and genders. Kids are welcome, but childcare is not provided.
where: Quatrefoil Library at 1220 E Lake St Minneapolis.
when: Wednesday nights from 7-9 pm
accessibility: please wear a mask.
help us cultivate a welcoming group: crafting is for all gender identities and types of gender expression; ask for (rather than assume) pronouns; all types of yarn and materials, experience levels, and portable craft projects are welcome.

Twin Cities Lesbian Fiction Book Club (Online)
2025-11-19 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Online Events
Virtual Book Club that meets online via Zoom – please direct all questions and requests for the Zoom link to jchandlerauthor@gmail.com
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!
Book of the month:
2025
November—WATERLOGGED by Nance Sparks
December—THE SAFEKEEP by Yael Van der Wouden (in hardcover now, but will be out in paperback May 27th)
2026
January—SWITCH by Ann McMann

OFFSITE: Trans Day of Remembrance Rally & Vigil
2025-11-20 18:00 - 19:00 | Loring Park, 1382 Willow St., Minneapolis, MN, 55403, United States
This Trans Day of Remembrance, join us in honoring and fighting for our murdered trans siblings with a rally and vigil in Loring Park. Now is the time to show up for trans lives. More details to come.

OFFSITE: Weird Sapphics
2025-11-20 19:00 - 20:30 | MN
“The 80s: The greatest decade alive… unless you’re a dorky teenage lesbian, then it pretty much totally sucks!”
A campy sapphic comedy loosely based on the 1985 John Hughes classic “Weird Science.” Featuring a Frankenstein-ed beautiful woman, pure gay-ighties antics, and all the charm two loser high school lesbians can muster. Who’s ready to rock?!
Tickets are $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm. https://www.facebook.com/share/1ANngmm5J3/
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we’ll take care of the rest.

MNPoly Community Building Event
2025-11-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
*Rescheduled and hosted in the Library instead of the Community Room for November and December events*
Let’s bring the MNPoly community together on a monthly basis with some exercises designed to build connections.
We will have an ice breaker as a whole group, then break up into groups of 4-5 to perform a team building exercise that helps us really get to know each other a bit more. We’ll scramble the groups and do a second exercise. Then, we’ll get back together as one big group to discuss what might change for next time. To conclude the night we will finish with an open mingling session to hang with some of your new-found friends!

Quatrefoil Game Night
2025-11-22 18:30 - 21:30, 2025-12-13 18:30 - 21:30 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States

Transgender Book Club
2025-11-23 13:00 - 14:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
The Transgender Book Club meets the fourth Sunday of the month from 1-2pm to discuss books by and about trans people. We welcome people of all genders, orientations, and backgrounds!
2025 Meeting Calendar:
1/26 Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi2/23 Lunar Boy by Jes and Cin Wibowo3/23 Bluff by Danez Smith4/27 Pageboy by Elliot Page5/25 Girlmode by Magdalene Visaggio6/22 We Won’t Be Here Tomorrow by Margaret Killjoy7/27 A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell8/24 The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach9/28 Just Happy to Be Here by Naomi Kanakia10/26 Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman11/23 Marley’s Pride by Joelle Retener

Volunteer Committee Meeting
2025-11-24 17:30 - 18:30 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Our volunteer committee is responsible for recruiting and training volunteers. They also maintain our volunteer schedule, for operating hours and special events.
Anyone is welcome to stop in if interested in joining, or to share constructive ideas. You can also sign up via our volunteer form.
This meeting is held in the library space, with a virtual option available.

Programming Committee Meeting
2025-11-25 18:00 - 19:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Regular meeting of the Quatrefoil Programming Committee. Committee meets every second and fourth Tuesday in the library (with a virtual option available for committee members) from 6:00 – 7:00pm. Reach out to programming@quatrefoil.org if you are interested in joining.

OFFSITE - Twin Cities Queer Transplant Group
2025-11-26 18:30 - 20:30 | Pride Cultural Arts Center, 1201 Harmon Pl Ste 104, Minneapolis, MN, 55403
NOTE: The Twin Cities Queer Transplant Group is currently meeting at the Pride Cultural Arts Center.
The Twin Cities Queer Transplant Group is a new community meetup for folks who have recently relocated to the Twin Cities. Drop by to meet new people, learn about local LGBTQIA+ resources, chat, and share your favorite Twin Cities discoveries! Locals, partners, and family welcome. Meetings hosted every 4th Wednesday at PCAC.

Questions and information requests can be sent to TCTransplants@gmail.com

Q LIBRARY CLOSED
2025-11-27 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Q Library is closed on this day in observance of the holiday.

BiblioFemmes Book Club
2025-11-27 19:00 - 21:00 | MN
BiblioFemmes is a group of queer femmes who love books. We have a monthly book club at Quatrefoil and other events throughout the month, including pottery making, game nights, social hours, and more. We meet regularly with the express intention of creating a community, so if you are looking for a book club AND some new friends, we might be the right fit for you.

Everyone who describes themselves as a femme (small doses count) and who has done the reading is welcome to attend a book club (RSVPs appreciated but not required). If you are interested in the group, but want to meet without homework, please reach out to the email address listed below and we’ll add you to our Discord server and mailing list.

Contact: bibliofemmes.mn@gmail.com

R.O.M.E.O. Book Club
2025-11-30 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-12-14 10:00 - 11:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
A book club open to all! Named after the founder’s late grandfather’s lunch group “Really Old Men Eating Out.” This group meets twice monthly at the Library couch space to discuss our progress on our reading and enjoy the company of fellow queer people.
September: Assata by Assata Shakur
October: The Beet Queen by Louise Erdrich
November: Son of a Witch by Gregory Macguire
December: There There by Tommy Orange

Technology Committee Meeting
2025-12-02 19:00 - 20:30 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
The tech committee meets hybrid on the first Tuesday of each month. Contact technology@quatrefoil.org if you are interested in joining!

Queer Threads
2025-12-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Quatrefoil Library: Spirit on Lake Community Room, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Queer threads: a weekly intergenerational craft night for LGBTQ people of all genders
what: a weekly craft night for knitting, crochet, embroidery, mending, quilting, and other portable crafts
why: find community and camaraderie with other LGBTQ crafters
who: for all ages and genders. Kids are welcome, but childcare is not provided.
where: Quatrefoil Library at 1220 E Lake St Minneapolis.
when: 1st and 3rd Wednesday nights from 7-9 pm
accessibility: please wear a mask.
help us cultivate a welcoming group: crafting is for all gender identities and types of gender expression; ask for (rather than assume) pronouns; all types of yarn and materials, experience levels, and portable craft projects are welcome.

Quatrefoil Board Meeting
2025-12-04 18:30 - 20:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
The Quatrefoil Board meets monthly on the first Thursday of the month in the Community Room.

Religious Trauma Support Group
2025-12-06 11:00 - 13:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
A Monthly Religious Trauma Support Group Facilitated by an LGBTQIA+ Certified Peer Support Specialist
Are you navigating the aftermath of religious trauma, spiritual abuse, or the painful intersections of faith and identity? You’re not alone.
This peer-led support group offers a safe, affirming space for individuals who have experienced religious trauma—particularly those from LGBTQIA+ communities. Facilitated by a certified peer support specialist with lived experience and specialized training in both religious trauma and LGBTQIA+ issues, this group provides a judgment-free environment to share, heal, and grow.
Together, we explore topics such as:
Reclaiming identity and self-worth
Processing grief, fear, and shame
Deconstructing harmful beliefs
Navigating relationships with family and community
Cultivating new spiritual or secular paths
Whether you’re newly deconstructing or have been on this journey for years, you’re welcome here.
Confidential. Peer-led. Affirming. Healing.

OFFSITE: Red Undie Run
2025-12-06 13:00 - 15:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Join or support Quatrefoil Library’s Team as they participate in the Red Undie Run: a premier community event that brings awareness to World AIDS Day and the work of Aliveness Project, Minnesota’s leading community based organization of services, advocacy, and education for people living with or at risk for HIV. The route is just over a mile in your red undies. Every body is welcome!

Learn More: https://give.aliveness.org/event/red-undie-run-2025/e652566
Support Quatrefoil Library’s Team: https://give.aliveness.org/team/782775

Rainbow Reads
2025-12-07 11:00 - 13:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Queer reading party (not a book club) that meets in the Library on the first Sunday of every month. This group allows people to share what they have been reading and interested in, rather than discuss one book everyone has read.

Twin Cities Aroace Solidarity Group
2025-12-07 13:30 - 15:30 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Twin Cities Aroace Solidarity group is a joyful, embracing 21+ creative community for progressive aroace-spec (aromantic and/or asexual spectrum) and queer allies to share mutual aid and friendship. We gather to socialize and discuss queer media.
Find us on Meetup at: meetup.com/twin-cities-aroace-solidarity

Programming Committee Meeting
2025-12-09 18:00 - 19:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
*Programming is on break from December 2025- January 2026. We will resume regular meeting times in February. If interested in joining in the new year, reach out to Programming via email.*
Regular meeting of the Quatrefoil Programming Committee. Committee meets every second and fourth Tuesday in the library (with a virtual option available for committee members) from 6:00 – 7:00pm. Reach out to programming@quatrefoil.org if you are interested in joining.

North Country Gaylaxians Book Club (Online)
2025-12-09 19:00 - 20:30 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
The meeting of the Twin Cities chapter of the Gaylactic Network, an organization for the GLBT fan community, whether it be science fiction, fantasy, horror, comics, or gaming. We read and discuss books of speculative fiction with GLBT or similar content or by GLBT authors. We meet the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm on Zoom. Also, monthly gaming get-togethers in a private home.

Info on events can be found on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NorthCountryGaylaxians/

Moon Palace Queer Book Club
2025-12-10 19:00 - 20:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Event by Moon Palace Books
Public · Join us for Queer Book Club every second Wednesday from 7-8pm at Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN 55407! (Please note that in the summer we will only meet at Quatrefoil if it rains. Otherwise we will meet at Brackett Park.)

Queer Book Club April

Wednesday Apr 9th, 2025

7:00 PM

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8:00 PM

Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN 55407

Join us for Queer Book Club on Wednesday, April 9th, at 7:00pm at Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN 55407. We’ll be discussing Blood Orange by Mx. Yaffa. Anyone is welcome to join whether you’ve read the whole book or just skimmed a few pages. We meet the second Wednesdays of every month!
“Blood Orange” is a highly emotional, important and timely poetry collection by Mx. Yaffa (They/She), a trans Muslim displaced Indigenous Palestinian. Their writings probe the yearning for home, belonging, mental health, queerness, transness, and other dimensions of marginalization while nurturing dreams of utopia against the background of ongoing displacement and genocide of indigenous Palestinians.
This highly charged and cathartic body of work confronts the anguish and loss inflicted by genocide but also embraces a vision of a world free of it. The poems within “Blood Orange” were a means of working through and processing the grief caused by recent events and serve as an act of protest and defiance against settler colonialism as a whole.

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Radical Queer Tarot Reading Group
2025-12-13 12:00 - 14:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Radical Queer Tarot Reading Group is a space for novice to expert tarot readers to gather in non-hierarchical community to explore applying the wisdom of the tarot to apocalyptic times. We’ll focus on reading BIPOC/Queer/Leftist/Radical/Anti-Capitalist authors of tarot interpretation, discussing what we’re learning, & doing tarot spreads together to experience & interpret our new ideas. From tarot-curious to tarot master — if this offering speaks to you, please join us. Contact radicalqueertarotreadinggroup@gmail.com for more information.

Words for My Mother: A Poetry Reading and Pandemic Grief Discussion with Monica K. Allen
2025-12-13 15:00 - 17:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
On Saturday, December 13, 2025, Monica K. Allen (she/her) will read poems from her self-published chapbook, Words for My Mother, two days before the five-year anniversary of losing her mom. Kathleen L. Sloan died from Covid-19 on December 15, 2020. Additionally, pandemic poetry and cancer poetry from Monica’s upcoming full-length poetry collections (in progress) will be shared.

After the reading, there will be a short break, and then Monica will facilitate a Pandemic Grief Community Discussion. Participation is optional. Your presence for the entire event is requested even if not participating in the discussion, to listen and learn more from the people most impacted during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Event Location: Quatrefoil Library Community Room (1220 E. Lake St., Minneapolis)

Poetry Reading: 3-3:50pm CT
Pandemic Grief Discussion: 4-4:50pm CT

Accessibility offerings:
-N95/KF94/KN95 Masks Required.
-Masks will be available on-site for those who need one.
-One Medify Air Purifier will be running.
-Monica will speak slowly and loudly, and ask the poets to do the same.

Transportation and Parking:
–Metro Transit Trip Planner
-Parking lot in back of the building (north side), entrance off 13th Avenue.
-Street Parking

Please register below if you would like to receive future event and poetry information from Monica.

Monica K. Allen Bio:

Parent. Caregiver. Professional Organizer. Covid Bereaved Daughter. Breast Cancer Survivor. Connector. Amplifier. Advocate. Long Covid Survivor. White Cis-Woman. Poet.

Questions? Email monicakayallen@gmail.com.
