Quatrefoil Library

January Board Games/Social Nights at the Library
2023-01-27 19:00 - 23:00 (America/Chicago) | 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/

Friday night board games at Quatrefoil Library
2023-02-03 19:00 - 23:00, 2023-02-10 19:00 - 23:00, 2023-02-17 19:00 - 23:00, 2023-02-24 19:00 - 23:00, 2023-03-03 19:00 - 23:00, 2023-03-10 19:00 - 23:00, 2023-03-17 19:00 - 23:00, 2023-03-24 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.

Queer Book Club: Giovanni's Room
2023-02-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Quatrefoil Library: Spirit on Lake Community Room, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Join us for Queer Book Club on Wednesday, February 8th, at 7pm at Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN 55407. We’ll be meeting to discuss Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin. Anyone is welcome to join whether you’ve read the whole book or just skimmed a few pages.
In the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality.
David is a young American expatriate who has just proposed marriage to his girlfriend, Hella. While she is away on a trip, David meets a bartender named Giovanni to whom he is drawn in spite of himself. Soon the two are spending the night in Giovanni’s curtainless room, which he keeps dark to protect their privacy. But Hella’s return to Paris brings the affair to a crisis, one that rapidly spirals into tragedy.
David struggles for self-knowledge during one long, dark night—“the night which is leading me to the most terrible morning of my life.” With a sharp, probing imagination, James Baldwin’s now-classic narrative delves into the mystery of loving and creates a deeply moving story of death and passion that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart.
We meet the second Wednesdays of every month!
RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/784662299294082?ref=newsfeed

The Engagement: A conversation about the fight for marriage equality with Sasha Issenberg
2023-02-11 15:00 - 17:00 | Quatrefoil Library: Spirit on Lake Community Room, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Join us at Quatrefoil Library on Saturday, February 11th, at 3pm for a conversation with author, reporter, and professor Sasha Issenberg. Just in time for the 10-year anniversary of gay marriage’s legalization in Minnesota, Issenberg will discuss his book The Engagement: America’s Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage. Moderated by Telling Queer History’s Founder and Executive Director, Rebecca Jean (RJ) Lawrence, this conversation will dive deep into the ways in which smaller, local battles set the stage for the Obergefell decision in 2015.

A reception with light refreshments will follow the conversation.
Registration is free, but required: https://bit.ly/theengagementqlibrary

Sasha’s Bio:
Sasha Issenberg is the author of three previous books, on topics ranging from the global sushi business to medical tourism and the science of political campaigns. He covered the 2008 election as a national political reporter in the Washington bureau of The Boston Globe, the 2012 election for Slate, the 2016 election for Bloomberg Politics and Businessweek, and 2020 for The Recount. He is the Washington correspondent for Monocle, and has also written for New York magazine, The New York Times Magazine, and George, where he served as a contributing editor. He teaches in the political science department at UCLA.

RJ’s Bio:
Rebecca Jean (RJ) Lawrence is the Founder and Executive Director of Telling Queer History. They are also a photographer, working primarily with nonprofits and the LGBTQ+
community to document events and make portraits for the last 10 years.
Rebecca was raised in Minneapolis and attended college at Seattle University in Washington. They have worked with many companies to connect with LGBTQ+ community and history, including Twin Cities Public Television (TPT), Minnesota Opera, Kaleo, Metro Transit, and Metro State. Rebecca also spends a lot of time cooking, reading about queer history, gardening, learning and practicing herbal medicine, dancing, and listening to podcasts.

North Country Gaylaxians Monthly Meeting
2023-02-14 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-03-14 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-04-11 19:00 - 21:00 | MN
North Country Gaylaxians Book ClubThe Twin Cities’ chapter of the Gaylactic Network.We read and discuss Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror and other speculative fiction with LGBTQ+ or similar content or by LGBTQ+ authors.We meet the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pmQuatrefoil Library 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN 612-729-2543Due to Covid-19 pandemic, this meeting will be conducted online via Zoom MeetingJoin Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86548507595…• Meeting ID: 865 4850 7595 • Passcode: [REDACTED]

Check us out on Facebook under North Country Gaylaxianshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/196936024304/ or visit ncgaylaxians.org,
join the mailing list for regular gaming notices; or FFI: 651-307-4239; d-lena@umn.edu

Coming in Fall 2023, the return of ConFABulous: (10/20 – 10/22/2023) an in-person event featuring panels and gaming at the Crowne Plaza Suites in MPLS. www.confabulous.org

Lesfic Book Club (VIRTUAL)
2023-02-15 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-03-15 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

Prime Timers Dominoes
2023-02-19 12:30 - 17:00, 2023-03-19 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.

LIBRARY CLOSED (WEATHER)
2023-02-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Due to the expected snowstorm in Minneapolis, we will be closed Wednesday, February 22nd.

Stay tuned for an update about Thursday.

We hope everyone stays warm and safe during this weather!

LIBRARY CLOSED (WEATHER)
2023-02-23 19:00 - 21:00 | MN
The library is closed Thursday, February 23rd due to weather and road conditions.

We hope everyone stays safe and warm — use the time to catch-up with a good book!

LIBRARY CLOSED (WEATHER)
2023-03-09 19:00 - 21:00 | MN
Due to low visibility & anticipated further snowfall, we’ve decided to close the library tonight.
Stay safe everyone!

Volunteer Committee meeting
2023-03-23 19:00 - 20:00 | 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 in person unless otherwise communicated.

Board Office Hours
2023-03-25 11:00 - 13:00 | MN
Are you interested to meet the Quatrefoil Library board members? Do you have questions or would like to share an idea? Or maybe you are interested in serving on the board?
Stop by from 11-1 the last Saturday of each month to meet current Board President Paul Kaefer (he/him) and other board members, availability permitting.

Trans Book Club
2023-03-26 13:00 - 14:00 | MN
We have hybrid meetings the 4th Sunday of every month from 1pm – 2pm on the couch by the window at Quatrefoil Library and online.
Virtual meeting link: https://meet.jit.si/QuatrefoilBoneshakerTransBookClub

March 26: Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier
April 23: The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
May 28: And Then I Got Fired by J. Mase III
July 2: Magical Boy by The Kao
July 25 : Subject to Change: Trans Poetry and Conversation edited by H. Melt
August 27: The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia
September 24: Growing Up Trans: In Our Own Words edited by Lindsay Herriot
October 22: A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall
November 26: Pride Puppy by Robin Stevenson

LIBRARY CLOSED (WEATHER)
2023-03-31 19:00 - 21:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Due to anticipated heavy snowfall, we have decided to play it safe and close the library Friday, March 31st.

Technology Committee Monthly Meeting
2023-04-03 19:00 - 20:00 | MN
The Technology Committee manages all things tech at Quatrefoil. This includes keeping computers up-to-date, purchasing new items to support the library’s operation and events, and exploring new software.
We meet virtually. Details coming soon; feel free to email technology@quatrefoil.org with questions or to join.

Programming Committee meeting
2023-04-06 19:00 - 20:30 | MN
We’ll plan on having a hybrid meeting for now, but might pivot to an all-virtual meeting, depending on the weather.
Zoom Link for Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87495919178?pwd=[REDACTED]

Friday night board games at Quatrefoil Library
2023-04-07 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 April 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/140072325491011/140072332157677/?ref=newsfeed

Quatrefoil Library Board of Directors Meeting
2023-04-13 19:00 - 20:30 | MN
Our Board of Directors meets monthly in a hybrid format (in person + over Microsoft Teams). Board meetings cover a range of topics including operational updates, strategic direction of the library, and proposals for new initiatives/projects.
Our board meetings are open to volunteers, members, and the wider community. Meeting guests (non-board members) are expected to be respectful of our agenda and policies, and are welcome to share their feedback and ideas. We also have regular board office hours, which serve as an another forum for transparency and discussion with the board.
Please email Paul Kaefer (he/him) at president@quatrefoil.org for additional information or to get the hybrid meeting link. You may also email Paul or complete this form to express interest in joining the board.
