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Bee's Knees!

Stop by the Library and learn about the importance of bees in all aspects of the food we eat. This traveling display from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will be visiting our Library until December 7th.

No. 128

A Northern Water-Thrush, aka The Water-Wagtail, graciously allowed us to add him to the Library's Catalog of Birds this September when he was spotted by Librarian Brad Snelling. Of the water-thrush, it is written ... "This species always has a yellowish tinge to the under parts and the stripes beneath are narrow, but prominent. These Warblers are found in tangled underbrush near water. They have a habit of continually flirting their tails, thus giving them the local name of Water-Wagtail. Their call is a sharp metallic "chink ”; their song a loud , liquid “quit-quit-quit-que-quewe-u.” Breeds from the northern edge of the U. S. northwards; winters south of U. S."

Source: Text & Image from: Reed, Chester. Bird Guide: Land Birds East of the Rockies. [1915].

Cultivating Ant-Racism in Childhood

Racism influences the development of all children, including White children. In this talk, Dr. Taylor Hazelbaker will discuss what children know about race, how they learn about race at home, at school, and in the media, and how we can teach them to challenge racism and embrace anti-racism.

Library - Raven Room

Friday, February 9th

3:40 p.m.

Meeting at the Crossroads

Sharon Obst will present a snapshot of her dissertation research on the intersection of students with disability & membership in a historically marginalized group. She will describe her researcher positionality and the needs for her research.

Library - Raven Room

Friday, March 3rd

3:40 p.m.

Singing Community and Creation

Ethnomusicologist Dr. Elyse Carter Vosen explores the sounds, spiritual purposes, and social force of Avodat Lev (roughly translated as "work of the heart"), a recently developed form of intimate, imaginative, and contemplative Jewish prayer service made up of song, chant, meditation, and poetry, as an outgrowth of the Jewish farming movement.

Library - Raven Room

Friday, April 19th

3:40 p.m.