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All branches closed for Labor Day, September 6.
Library News
It's Not Too Late!
The annual Summer Reading Program (SRP) at Great River Regional Library (GRRL) ends Aug. 14. It's not too late to take part, win prizes and have fun reading.
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MAKE A SPLASH ACTIVITIES GALORE AT THE BELGRADE LIBRARY
June promises a lot of activity at the Belgrade Library.
Saturday, June 19 the Guthrie presents Acting Games for Beginners from 10:00 - 11:20 a.m. for 13 to 17 year olds. The Guthrie's Duke it Out Intro to Stage Combat is from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for ages 11 and up.
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Thousand Print Summer Visits Clearwater Library
Children thought it was awesome when the ArtOrg steamroller rolled over their projects at the Clearwater Library on June 9.
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1,000 Prints at GRRL
A major art project, “The Thousand Print Summer,” is visiting seventeen Great River Regional Library (GRRL) branches in June.
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Mapboxes Program Puts Story In a Box
Children who attended the Mapboxes program at the Annandale Library on Wednesday, June 9, learned how to make big-impact art on a small, small scale.
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Minnesota ZooMobile Draws Crowd in St. Cloud
It was standing room only at the St. Cloud Public Library when the Minnesota ZooMobile visited on Tuesday, June 8. The combination of a rainy day and animals made the library a super hot spot. The zoo brought a tarantula, a beautiful and chatty blue parrot, an armadillo, a skink and a possum. Staff member Justine S. helped out.
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SRP Begins June 14
Registration for the annual Summer Reading Program (SRP) at Great River Regional Library (GRRL) will begin June 14. Events, challenges and prizes will continue throughout the summer, ending August 14.
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We Love These Dresses
How much can spectacular dresses add to a movie? Would the Trevi Fountain scene in "La Dolce Vita" be less memorable without Anita Ekberg’s stunning off –the-shoulder black dress? Would Vivien Leigh’s Scarlett O’Hara be somehow diminished without her heavy green velvet and cherry red costuming?
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State Library Services Seeking Strategies for Helping Unemployed Patrons Find Work
Libraries across Minnesota are preparing to share and receive information on how to better assist job seekers. Two representatives from Minnesota’s State Library Services attended the Project Compass Summit this week in Denver. Project Compass is a national initiative to share strategies for helping unemployed patrons find work.
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Audiobooks in June
There’s something almost primal about listening to a good story. Before books, this is what our ancestors did. Around the campfire and at celebrations, storytellers would weave the oral history and mythology of their times.
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