Quatrefoil Library

Staged reading: Robert Chesley's 1986 play Jerker
2022-06-08 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | 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 | MN
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.

Prime Timers Dominoes
2022-05-15 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.

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 | MN
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 | MN
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 | MN
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, 2021-11-03 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, 2021-10-09 09:00 - 11:30 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States

Fabulous Friday Game Night
2021-11-12 19:00 - 22:30 | Quatrefoil Library: Spirit on Lake Community Room, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Boards games at the Qlibrary, 4 hours of gaming and good company. There’s parking in back of the library, all spaces are available to us.
We’ll be bringing:
• Cosmic Encounters
• Above and Below
• Pandemic
• Tokaido
and more! Please feel free to bring your own games too! Snacks are provided and we welcome offerings of chips and cookies.

Meet Up link: http://meetu.ps/e/Fn6wy/yyTF/f

Transgender Book Club
2021-10-31 13:00 - 15:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States

Happy Halloween!
2021-10-29 18:30 - 21:30 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Treats-Games-Fun
Join us at Quatrefoil Library for a haunted night of games, treats, costume contest and surprises!
COVID SAFETY Protocols : Show vaccination card or a recent negative test.
Questions? Email volunteer@quatrefoil.org

Twin Cities Prime Timers Book Club
2021-10-16 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.

"Carnival Lights" with Chris Stark
2021-10-15 19:00 - 20:00 | Online Events
In this free Zoom event, Chris Stark will read from and talk about her new novel “Carnival Lights.” It’s a rich series of interconnected narratives that switches between the 1890s and the 1960s, when two girls flee their reservation for the Twin Cities. Bestselling author William Kent Krueger said the Minnesota-set novel offers “a heartbreaking portrait of multigenerational trauma in the lives of one Ojibwe family. Read it and it may change you forever.”Stark (Anishinaabe and Cherokee) is an award-winning writer, researcher, visual artist and speaker. Her first novel, “Nickels: A Tale of Dissociation,” was a Lambda Literary Prize finalist.Here’s link to Oct, 15 Zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9861922720 Meeting ID: 986 192 2720

Volunteer Open House
2021-09-15 13:00 - 17:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
If you have ever wanted to volunteer at one of the best LGBTQ+ Libraries, that is celebrating our 35 TH Anniversary…
….We are looking for volunteers… We ask you to commit to at least ( One day a month, for 2-5 hours) That’s it ……..
Come by and see what our volunteers do, tours of the library will be available, and refreshments will be served.
Come by and meet some of our volunteers and Morgan, our Volunteer Coordinator and Vice-President.
any questions …please email:
volunteer@quatrefoil.org

North Country Gaylaxians Book Club
2021-08-31 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-08-17 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-08-03 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-07-20 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-07-06 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-06-22 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
North Country Gaylaxians website: http://www.ncgaylaxians.org/index.html
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NorthCountryGaylaxians/

Please read the book prior to attending the meeting.

Jonathan Katz book event
2021-06-18 19:00 - 20:30 | Online Events
In “The Daring Life and Dangerous Times of Eve Adams,” acclaimed historian Jonathan Ned Katz has recovered the extraordinary story of an early, daring activist. Drawing on startling evidence, carefully distinguishing fact from fiction, Katz presents the first biography of Adams, and his publisher reprints the long-lost text of Adams’s rare, unique 1925 book “Lesbian Love.” Join a free Zoom event to meet Katz and hear him discuss and read excerpts from his fascinating new book. Please register in advance for this meet-the-author and discussion event: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZUufuirrDovGdW0sSXfgRcvv_u…
