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March 30, 2021 - April 13, 2021 @ Blue Earth County Library
Storytime Online: Miss Kelly!2021-03-30T00:00:00Miss Kelly will read stories and lead early literacy activities for preschoolers!
Blue Earth County Library100 E. Main St.MankatoMN56001 Miss Kelly will read stories and lead early literacy activities for preschoolers!
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April 6, 2021 - April 20, 2021 @ Blue Earth County Library
Storytime Online: Dance Express!2021-04-06T00:00:00Miss Mitzi from Dance Express will read a story and lead a movement activity for preschoolers!
Blue Earth County Library100 E. Main St.MankatoMN56001 Miss Mitzi from Dance Express will read a story and lead a movement activity for preschoolers!
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April 8, 2021 - April 22, 2021
Storytime Online: "B" is for Bear!2021-04-08T00:00:00Miss Jennifer will discuss the letter "B," read three stories about bears and lead an early literacy activity for preschoolers! Learning kits are not available for this storytime.
Event LocationMankatoMN56001 Miss Jennifer will discuss the letter "B," read three stories about bears and lead an early literacy activity for preschoolers! Learning kits are not available for this storytime.
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April 11, 2021, All Day @ Blue Earth County Library
closed2021-04-11T00:00:00
Blue Earth County Library100 E. Main St.MankatoMN56001
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April 12, 2021, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM @ Blue Earth County Library
Maker Monday: Macrame Wall Hanging2021-04-12T18:00:00Learn how to create your own macrame wall hanging. The experts at Creativebug will guide you through the process with a step-by-step tutorial.
Registration required beginning on April 5; ages 10+
This program is made possible with money from Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and the people of MN for Library Legacy activities.
Blue Earth County Library100 E. Main St.MankatoMN56001 Learn how to create your own macrame wall hanging. The experts at Creativebug will guide you through the process with a step-by-step tutorial.
Registration required beginning on April 5; ages 10+
This program is made possible with money from Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and the people of MN for Library Legacy activities.
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April 13, 2021 - April 27, 2021 @ Blue Earth County Library
Storytime Online: Sister Rita Anne!2021-04-13T00:00:00Sister Rita Anne from Good Counsel's Learning Academy will read stories for preschoolers!
Blue Earth County Library100 E. Main St.MankatoMN56001 Sister Rita Anne from Good Counsel's Learning Academy will read stories for preschoolers!
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April 15, 2021, 8:00 AM - April 29, 2021 @ Blue Earth County Library
Storytime Online: Exploring for E's!2021-04-15T08:00:00Listen, learn and be entertained by Miss Jenni! In today's lesson we will go on a hunt for the letter E and our good friend Good Egg. Can you join us and try to find him? Stay tuned for the end when Gerald and Piggie will make an appearance and share with the kids how they can get a fun surprise!
Blue Earth County Library100 E. Main St.MankatoMN56001 Listen, learn and be entertained by Miss Jenni! In today's lesson we will go on a hunt for the letter E and our good friend Good Egg. Can you join us and try to find him? Stay tuned for the end when Gerald and Piggie will make an appearance and share with the kids how they can get a fun surprise!
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April 15, 2021, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM @ Blue Earth County Library
"Money Smart" webinar with Kaylee Phelps2021-04-15T18:00:00Kaylee Phelps, a Financial Advisor with Edward Jones, will discuss how to translate your vision for retirement into tangible goals. Whether you're 10 or 40 years from retirement, you'll learn investment strategies to design the retirement that you want.
Zoom meeting ID 941 5151 6729
Blue Earth County Library100 E. Main St.MankatoMN56001 Kaylee Phelps, a Financial Advisor with Edward Jones, will discuss how to translate your vision for retirement into tangible goals. Whether you're 10 or 40 years from retirement, you'll learn investment strategies to design the retirement that you want.
Zoom meeting ID 941 5151 6729
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April 16, 2021, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM @ Blue Earth County Library
National Poetry Month Reading Series: Michael Torres and Gwen Westerman2021-04-16T18:00:00April is National Poetry Month and we're celebrating at the BECLS! Join us (via Zoom) for weekly readings each Friday evening with acclaimed and emerging Minnesota poets—we hope you'll be inspired to write a few poems of your own!
Michael Torres is a former National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, a current McKnight Writing Fellow, and a 2021-2022 Jerome Hill Artist Fellow. His first collection, An Incomplete List of Names, was one of NPR's Best Books of 2020. Currently, he teaches in the MFA program at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and through the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop.
Gwen Westerman is an award-winning fiber artist as well as the author of Follow the Blackbirds and co-author of Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota, which won a 2013 Minnesota Book Award. She teaches American and Native Nations literatures, Technical Communication, and Humanities to undergraduate and graduate students at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Blue Earth County Library100 E. Main St.MankatoMN56001 April is National Poetry Month and we're celebrating at the BECLS! Join us (via Zoom) for weekly readings each Friday evening with acclaimed and emerging Minnesota poets—we hope you'll be inspired to write a few poems of your own!
Michael Torres is a former National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, a current McKnight Writing Fellow, and a 2021-2022 Jerome Hill Artist Fellow. His first collection, An Incomplete List of Names, was one of NPR's Best Books of 2020. Currently, he teaches in the MFA program at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and through the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop.
Gwen Westerman is an award-winning fiber artist as well as the author of Follow the Blackbirds and co-author of Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota, which won a 2013 Minnesota Book Award. She teaches American and Native Nations literatures, Technical Communication, and Humanities to undergraduate and graduate students at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
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April 18, 2021, All Day @ Blue Earth County Library
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Blue Earth County Library100 E. Main St.MankatoMN56001
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April 19, 2021, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM @ Blue Earth County Library
Maker Monday: Handmade Notebooks2021-04-19T18:00:00Learn to make your own notebook with Japanese side-sewn binding. Kids and adults alike can use the finished book to write in, draw in or tell a story!
Registration required beginning on April 12. Ages 5+
This project is made possible with money from Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and the people of MN for Library Legacy activities.
Blue Earth County Library100 E. Main St.MankatoMN56001 Learn to make your own notebook with Japanese side-sewn binding. Kids and adults alike can use the finished book to write in, draw in or tell a story!
Registration required beginning on April 12. Ages 5+
This project is made possible with money from Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and the people of MN for Library Legacy activities.
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April 20, 2021 - May 4, 2021 @ Blue Earth County Library
Storytime Online: Therapy Dogs!2021-04-20T00:00:00Therapy dog owners will read stories about dogs and let you meet their own therapy dogs!
Blue Earth County Library100 E. Main St.MankatoMN56001 Therapy dog owners will read stories about dogs and let you meet their own therapy dogs!
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April 22, 2021, 8:00 AM - May 6, 2021 @ Blue Earth County Library
Storytime Online: F is for Friends!2021-04-22T08:00:00Miss Jennifer will read stories about friendship and lead early literacy activities for preschoolers. There is no activity kit for this storytime.
Blue Earth County Library100 E. Main St.MankatoMN56001 Miss Jennifer will read stories about friendship and lead early literacy activities for preschoolers. There is no activity kit for this storytime.
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April 23, 2021, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM @ Blue Earth County Library
National Poetry Month Reading Series: Marlin M. Jenkins and Gretchen Marquette2021-04-23T18:00:00April is National Poetry Month and we're celebrating at the BECLS! Join us (via Zoom) for weekly readings each Friday evening with acclaimed and emerging Minnesota poets—we hope you'll be inspired to write a few poems of your own!
Marlin M. Jenkins was born and raised in Detroit and is the author of the poetry chapbook Capable Monsters (Bull City Press, 2020). He graduated from University of Michigan's MFA program in poetry. He currently lives in Minnesota.
Gretchen Marquette is the author of May Day (Graywolf Press, 2016.) Her poetry has appeared in Poetry, Harper's, the Paris Review, Tin House, PBS Newshour, and elsewhere. She lives in Minneapolis.
Blue Earth County Library100 E. Main St.MankatoMN56001 April is National Poetry Month and we're celebrating at the BECLS! Join us (via Zoom) for weekly readings each Friday evening with acclaimed and emerging Minnesota poets—we hope you'll be inspired to write a few poems of your own!
Marlin M. Jenkins was born and raised in Detroit and is the author of the poetry chapbook Capable Monsters (Bull City Press, 2020). He graduated from University of Michigan's MFA program in poetry. He currently lives in Minnesota.
Gretchen Marquette is the author of May Day (Graywolf Press, 2016.) Her poetry has appeared in Poetry, Harper's, the Paris Review, Tin House, PBS Newshour, and elsewhere. She lives in Minneapolis.
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April 25, 2021, All Day @ Blue Earth County Library
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Blue Earth County Library100 E. Main St.MankatoMN56001
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April 26, 2021, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM @ Blue Earth County Library
Maker Monday: Mothers' Day Gift2021-04-26T18:00:00Details will be coming shortly!
Blue Earth County Library100 E. Main St.MankatoMN56001 Details will be coming shortly!
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April 27, 2021 - May 11, 2021 @ Blue Earth County Library
Storytime Online: Mankato Clinic's Pediatric Therapy Services2021-04-27T00:00:00Stephanie Blume, a Speech Therapist with Mankato Clinic's Pediatric Therapy Services, will read a story and lead a language enrichment activity for preschoolers.
Blue Earth County Library100 E. Main St.MankatoMN56001 Stephanie Blume, a Speech Therapist with Mankato Clinic's Pediatric Therapy Services, will read a story and lead a language enrichment activity for preschoolers.
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April 27, 2021, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM @ Blue Earth County Library
Book Discussion Club Online2021-04-27T18:00:00Join us as we review THE GIVER OF STARS by Jojo Moyes. Please call 304 - 4023 to receive a copy of this book.
Zoom code 951 2362 4285
Blue Earth County Library100 E. Main St.MankatoMN56001 Join us as we review THE GIVER OF STARS by Jojo Moyes. Please call 304 - 4023 to receive a copy of this book.
Zoom code 951 2362 4285
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April 29, 2021 - May 13, 2021 @ Blue Earth County Library
Storytime Online: Shapes!2021-04-29T00:00:00Join Miss Jennifer for a discussion about shapes, stories about shapes and a fun early literacy activity!
There will be a kit for you to pick up after storytime!
Blue Earth County Library100 E. Main St.MankatoMN56001 Join Miss Jennifer for a discussion about shapes, stories about shapes and a fun early literacy activity!
There will be a kit for you to pick up after storytime!
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April 29, 2021, 8:00 AM - May 13, 2021 @ Blue Earth County Library
Storytime Online: The Moon and the Letter M!2021-04-29T08:00:00Miss Jennifer will read stories about the moon and lead early literacy activity for preschoolers. There will be no early literacy kits for this storytime.
Blue Earth County Library100 E. Main St.MankatoMN56001 Miss Jennifer will read stories about the moon and lead early literacy activity for preschoolers. There will be no early literacy kits for this storytime.
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April 30, 2021, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM @ Blue Earth County Library
National Poetry Month Reading Series: Candace Black and Open Mic Night2021-04-30T18:00:00April is National Poetry Month and we're celebrating at the BECLS! Join us (via Zoom) for weekly readings each Friday evening with acclaimed and emerging Minnesota poets—we hope you'll be inspired to write a few poems of your own!
Candace Black is the author of The Volunteer, Casa Marina, and Whereabouts. Her poetry and creative nonfiction has appeared widely, including in Pinyon, Great River Review, and War, Literature & the Arts. She teaches in the creative writing program at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
An open mic will follow Candace's reading: we invite patrons to celebrate National Poetry Month by writing some poems and sharing their work to cap off our month-long reading series.
Blue Earth County Library100 E. Main St.MankatoMN56001 April is National Poetry Month and we're celebrating at the BECLS! Join us (via Zoom) for weekly readings each Friday evening with acclaimed and emerging Minnesota poets—we hope you'll be inspired to write a few poems of your own!
Candace Black is the author of The Volunteer, Casa Marina, and Whereabouts. Her poetry and creative nonfiction has appeared widely, including in Pinyon, Great River Review, and War, Literature & the Arts. She teaches in the creative writing program at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
An open mic will follow Candace's reading: we invite patrons to celebrate National Poetry Month by writing some poems and sharing their work to cap off our month-long reading series.
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