Events Calendar

Thursday, May 15

Small Business Workshop: Breakeven Analysis and Income Statement

6 - 7:30 p.m. - Rondo

Learn the basics of how to start or grow your business! Call Bonita Martin at 651-379-8429 to register or for more information. All classes are free!

Sponsored by the Neighborhood Development Center.

Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections

6:30 p.m. - Saint Anthony Park

The St. Anthony Park Library and St. Anthony Park Neighbors for Peace co-sponsor a free screening of Emmy-award-winning director David Earnhardt's film Uncounted, which documents challenges to the integrity of U.S. elections.

Refreshments will be served at 6:30 p.m., with the film at 7 p.m., followed by discussion.

Part of the Saint Paulitics series.

Hamline Midway History Corps Speaker Series:
Transportation History Along University Avenue

7 p.m. - Hamline-Midway

From hot air balloons and horses, railways and streetcars, to airplanes and automobiles, join University United Executive Director Brian McMahon as he shares his extensive research on University Avenue along with artifacts and historic images.

Saturday, May 17

Saturday Live

11:15 a.m. - Central Library

Circus Manduhai

Acrobatics, juggling, balancing, hula hoops and lots of audience participation.

Saturday Movie Matinee

2 p.m. - Hamline Midway
High School Musical 2 - It's summer vacation and a talent show is being held at a local country club.

Wolfquest

2 p.m. - Merriam Park
WolfQuest is an exciting interactive 3D wildlife simulation game created by the Minnesota Zoo and eduweb. WolfQuest players take on the role of a wolf living in Yellowstone National Park. In either single player or multiplayer missions players can hunt elk and rabbits, chase coyotes, and interact with other wolves.

Labor History Tour

2 p.m. - Sun Ray

Explore labor sites in the White Bear Lake area with local historian and Untold Stories regular Dave Riehle. Travel on a historic bus from Wildwood Amusement Park at the end of the streetcar line in Mahtomedi to Ramaley Pavilion on the west side of the lake, both sites of big labor events in the 19th century. Also view sites related to Native Americans and French Canadian (Metis) settlers in Centerville and Vadnais Heights.

Call 651-222-3242 to reserve your seat on the bus.

Part of the Untold Stories Labor History Series, sponsored by the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library.

Sunday, May 18

These Shining Lives

2 p.m. - History Theatre, 30 E. Tenth Street

These Shining Lives is a new play about workers at the Radium Dial Watch Company, and the suit filed against the company by the “Radium Girls,” who suffered anemia, bone fractures and death from exposure to radium. Watch the matinee show and take part in a post-show discussion and reception. Special union discount - mention your union affiliation or Untold Stories and get a half-price ticket for this show only!

Call 651- 292-4323 for tickets.

Part of the Untold Stories Labor History Series, sponsored by the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library.

Monday, May 19

Wolfquest

May 19, 3:30 p.m. - Highland Park Village View Room

WolfQuest is an exciting interactive 3D wildlife simulation game created by the Minnesota Zoo and eduweb. WolfQuest players take on the role of a wolf living in Yellowstone National Park. In either single player or multiplayer missions players can hunt elk and rabbits, chase coyotes, and interact with other wolves.

Small Business Workshop: Business Training Orientation

6:30 - 7:30 p.m. - Rondo

Learn the basics of how to start or grow your business! Call Bonita Martin at 651-379-8429 to register or for more information. All classes are free!

Sponsored by the Neighborhood Development Center.

Tuesday, May 20

Job Search Strategies Class

10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Rondo

How to get started, where to look, and how to apply.

Please call the information desk at 651-266-7400 to register in advance!

Trace Your Family’s Heritage

1:45 - 2:45 p.m. - Saint Anthony Park

Get tips on searching your family history using books, websites and databases. Sessions are drop-in style. Come with questions and curiosity. Call 651-642-0411 for more information.

Small Business Workshop: Website Development

6 - 8 p.m. - Rondo

Learn the basics of how to start or grow your business! Call Bonita Martin at 651-379-8429 to register or for more information. All classes are free!

Sponsored by the Neighborhood Development Center.

Friday, May 23

Family Chess Club

1- 3 p.m. - Saint Anthony Park

Students and families are welcome to play chess with other interested players. Bring your own chess boards, if you have one.

Saturday, May 24 - Monday, May 26

Memorial Day weekend.

All locations closed.

Tuesday, May 27

Chess and Checkers for Seniors

10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Hamline Midway

Join in a few friendly matches against your friends and neighbors!

Small Business Workshop: Customer Service

6 - 7 p.m. - Rondo

Learn the basics of how to start or grow your business! Call Bonita Martin at 651-379-8429 to register or for more information. All classes are free!

Sponsored by the Neighborhood Development Center.

Build a Box

7 p.m. - Highland Park Village View Room

Learn to fold and embellish your own little boxes using card stock and designer papers. You'll leave the class with patterns that you can take home to create more of these little cuties. Class is open to anyone. Younger children are welcome if accompanied by a helping adult. Please call 651-695-3700 to register.

Wednesday, May 28

Book Chat

12 noon - Central Library

Cool Reads for Hot Days - Librarian Jennifer suggests a variety of titles-new, new to you and classics.

Small Business Workshop: Demographics Now

6 - 8 p.m. - Rondo

Learn the basics of how to start or grow your business! Call Bonita Martin at 651-379-8429 to register or for more information. All classes are free!

Sponsored by the Neighborhood Development Center.

Thursday, May 29

Small Business Workshop: Cash Flow Projection

6 - 7:30 p.m. - Rondo

Learn the basics of how to start or grow your business! Call Bonita Martin at 651-379-8429 to register or for more information. All classes are free!

Sponsored by the Neighborhood Development Center.

Saturday, May 31

Graphic Novels

11 a.m. - Hamline Midway

Learn how to design your own graphic novel and share your anime with others. Hosted by guest graphic artist Teri Blauer.

Saturday Live

11:15 a.m. - Central Library

Illustrator Debra Frasier

Author and illustrator Debra Frasier will present her book, A Birthday Cake Is No Ordinary Cake. Come and see how Debra created a recipe that includes everything from 365 sunrises to a dash of sugar.

Tuesday, June 3

Trace Your Family’s Heritage

1:45 - 2:45 p.m. - Saint Anthony Park

Get tips on searching your family history using books, websites and databases. Sessions are drop-in style. Come with questions and curiosity. Call 651-642-0411 for more information.

Chinese Calligraphy

3:30 p.m. - Highland Park Village View Room

Discover the most popular Chinese characters and the techniques to write them. Leave with your own handwritten work on fine paper (materials provided). Space is limited. Call to register.

Small Business Workshop: Website Development

6 - 8 p.m. - Rondo

Learn the basics of how to start or grow your business! Call Bonita Martin at 651-379-8429 to register or for more information. All classes are free!

Sponsored by the Neighborhood Development Center.

Wednesday, June 4

Small Business Workshop: Industry Analysis

6 - 8 p.m. - Rondo

Learn the basics of how to start or grow your business! Call Bonita Martin at 651-379-8429 to register or for more information. All classes are free!

Sponsored by the Neighborhood Development Center.

Saturday, June 7

Annual Library Book Sale

9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Saint Anthony Park

Browse through a wide selection of used and donated books for all ages and interests.

39th Annual Art Fair

9:30 - 5:30 p.m. - Saint Anthony Park Library and Neighborhood

A popular annual neighborhood event that benefits the St. Anthony Park Branch Library. More than 100 artists are admitted by jury each year. The day includes entertainers, music, a kids' art activity tent, food, sidewalk sales, and more. Lots of fun…and not the crowds!

Play and Learn

10:30 a.m. - 12 noon - Arlington Hills

Share age appropriate books and toys with your child from birth to 5 years old. Drop in! No registration required. Sponsored by Resources for Child Caring.

Saturday Live

11:15 a.m. - Central Library

Summer Celebration

Preview activities available through Parks and Recreation and the Library. Sign up for this year’s Summer Reading Program, "Look What’s Cookin’ at your Library", and get reading!

Paw Pals

1 - 3 p.m. - Dayton's Bluff
An opportunity for children to read with dog and human teams. Ages 6 -12. More information ...

Teen Book Club

2 p.m. - Highland Park

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Coraline lives with her preoccupied parents in part of a huge old house, a house so huge that other people live in it, too. These other people live in an alternate universe and entice Caroline to stay and live with them forever. Coraline eventually returns to her real home only to find that her parents are missing -- they're trapped in the shadowy other world, and it's up to her to save them.

Sunday, June 8

Paw Pals

1:30 - 3:30 p.m. - Central Library

An opportunity for children to read with dog and human teams. Ages 6 -12.

More information ...

Tuesday, June 10

Trace Your Family’s Heritage

1:45 - 2:45 p.m. - Saint Anthony Park

Get tips on searching your family history using books, websites and databases. Sessions are drop-in style. Come with questions and curiosity. Call 651-642-0411 for more information.

Circuit Bending Workshop

2 p.m. - Arlington Hills

This Beatrix*JAR workshop transforms circuit board to sonic canvas and gives recycled toys a new life as unique new musical instruments. A direct result of experimentation and play, circuit bending requires very little technical know-how to get started. Please bring a battery-powered toy and extra batteries for the circuit bending workshop.

Small Business Workshop: Customer Service

6 - 7 p.m. - Rondo

Learn the basics of how to start or grow your business! Call Bonita Martin at 651-379-8429 to register or for more information. All classes are free!

Sponsored by the Neighborhood Development Center.

Let's Talk About It: Modern Marvels

7 p.m. - Highland Park

Will Eisner's A Contract with God

Set among 1930s Bronx tenements, these four stories capture the brutal, tender world of working-class Jews. In the title story, Frimme Hersh's daughter suddenly dies, sorely testing the "contract" this self-made man once entered into with God. In "Cookalein," Eisner casts a humorous eye on the amorous, social-climbing tendencies of young urbanites spending a summer in the Adirondacks. Wry, honest, and sad, these four stories showcase Eisner's unique ability to capture character with the quick stroke of his pen.

A series of discussions on graphic novels by Jewish artists, moderated by Professor Judith Katz.
A program of Nextbook and the American Library Association.

Register by emailing s-gang@umn.edu or calling 612-626-2281.  Presented by the University of Minnesota Libraries and Center for Jewish Studies, and The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library.

Wednesday, June 11

Park Square Theatre: Sherlock Holmes

7 p.m. - Saint Anthony Park

Park Square Theatre presents a discussion about its new production, Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, with actors Steve Hendrickson and Bob Davis as Holmes and Watson, as well as director Peter Moore.

Contact the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library at 651-222-3242 to receive a ½ price ticket offer with the library program.

Thursday, June 12

Central Library Book Club

10:30 a.m. - Central Library

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Power Tripping Around the Upper Midwest

10:30 a.m. - Sun Ray

Only have a few days to travel? Make it seem like a week by finding the best a destination has to offer -- festivals, living history, guided hikes, river cruises, outdoor concerts -- and planning an itinerary that includes it all.

Part of the Travel in the Upper Midwest series, presented by Beth Gauper.

Small Business Workshop: Breakeven Analysis and Income Statement

6 - 7:30 p.m. - Rondo

Learn the basics of how to start or grow your business! Call Bonita Martin at 651-379-8429 to register or for more information. All classes are free!

Sponsored by the Neighborhood Development Center.

Power Tripping Around the Upper Midwest

7 p .m. - Merriam Park

Only have a few days to travel? Make it seem like a week by finding the best a destination has to offer -- festivals, living history, guided hikes, river cruises, outdoor concerts -- and planning an itinerary that includes it all.

Part of the Travel in the Upper Midwest series, presented by Beth Gauper.

Saturday, June 14

Play and Learn

10:30 a.m. - 12 noon - Hamline Midway

Share age appropriate books and toys with your child from birth to 5 years old. Drop in! No registration required. Sponsored by Resources for Child Caring.

Saturday Live

11:15 a.m. - Central Library

Words and Music

This interactive program will take the audience on a fast-paced tour of musical traditions and instruments from around the world.

Presented by The Schubert Club in association with the Saint Paul Summer Song Festival.

Monday, June 16

Small Business Workshop: Business Training Orientation

6 - 7 p.m. - Rondo

Learn the basics of how to start or grow your business! Call Bonita Martin at 651-379-8429 to register or for more information. All classes are free!

Sponsored by the Neighborhood Development Center.

Tuesday, June 17

Tai-Chi at Rice Park

12:15 - 1 p.m.

Colin Snow, founder of the Natural Step School, will teach six FREE Tai-Chi lessons at Rice Park.

More information ...

Small Business Workshop: Website Marketing

6 - 8 p.m. - Rondo

Learn the basics of how to start or grow your business! Call Bonita Martin at 651-379-8429 to register or for more information. All classes are free!

Sponsored by the Neighborhood Development Center.

Wednesday, June 18

Slow Down and Stay a While

2 p.m. - Sun Ray

Go on vacation, but instead of zipping around, get to know a place: Exchange homes, take a course at a folk school, rent a city condo or country cottage.

Part of the Travel in the Upper Midwest series, presented by Beth Gauper.

Thursday, June 19

Traveling with Kids and Grandkids

7 p .m. - Merriam Park

The farther you go, the closer you’ll get. Find out about places that both children and adults love but don’t cost a lot of money.

Part of the Travel in the Upper Midwest series, presented by Beth Gauper.

Friday, June 20

From Page to Screen - Spellbound

dusk - Central Library

The popular outdoor movie series is back, starting off five weeks of films with Spellbound, Hitchcock’s 1945 film starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck, based on the John Palmer’s novel, The House of Dr. Edwardes.

Saturday, June 21

Arlington Hills Book Club

10:30 a.m. - Arlington Hills

Please join us for our very first meeting! Choose books to read and discuss this summer and enjoy complimentary refreshments. Book club is for adults and will meet on the third Saturday of the month beginning in June.

Saturday Live

11:15 a.m. - Central Library

The Earth Is No Ordinary Planet

How does the earth's spin and orbit affect the seasons? Through a series of demonstrations and hands-on activities, investigate and discover why the Earth is no ordinary planet! Presented by the Science Museum of Minnesota.

Monday, June 23

Special Places for Special Occasions

7 p.m. - Sun Ray

When it’s your anniversary or birthday, a Super 8 just won't do. How about a cabin on a waterfall, or a room in a lighthouse? Learn about extraordinary spots in every price range.

Part of the Travel in the Upper Midwest series, presented by Beth Gauper.

Tuesday, June 24

Chess and Checkers for Seniors

10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Hamline Midway

Join in a few friendly matches against your friends and neighbors!

Tai-Chi at Rice Park

12:15 - 1 p.m.

Colin Snow, founder of the Natural Step School, will teach six FREE Tai-Chi lessons at Rice Park.

More information ...

Let's Talk About It: Modern Marvels

7 p.m. - Highland Park

Art Spiegelman's The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale

The comic book transfigured, this graphic novel tells the story of Spiegelman's parents Vladek and Anna, Jews reaching maturity in a Europe on the verge of Nazism, and their terrifying history and eventual survival in the concentration camps. Spiegelman uses the broadest tools of the genre - Jews are drawn as mice, Nazis as cats, Poles as pigs, Frenchmen as frogs, and so on - to make vivid the unimaginable, both to the reader and to himself, appearing as a character in the book listening to his father's story.

A series of discussions on graphic novels by Jewish artists, moderated by Professor Judith Katz.
A program of Nextbook and the American Library Association.

Register by emailing s-gang@umn.edu or calling 612-626-2281.  Presented by the University of Minnesota Libraries and Center for Jewish Studies, and The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library.

Wednesday, June 25

Circuit Bending Workshop

2 p.m. - Rondo

This Beatrix*JAR workshop transforms circuit board to sonic canvas and gives recycled toys a new life as unique new musical instruments. A direct result of experimentation and play, circuit bending requires very little technical know-how to get started. Please bring a battery-powered toy and extra batteries for the circuit bending workshop.

Small Business Workshop: Your Product, Your Offer

6 - 8 p.m. - Rondo

Learn the basics of how to start or grow your business! Call Bonita Martin at 651-379-8429 to register or for more information. All classes are free!

Sponsored by the Neighborhood Development Center.

Thursday, June 26

Small Business Workshop: Cash Flow Projection

6 - 7:30 p.m. - Rondo

Learn the basics of how to start or grow your business! Call Bonita Martin at 651-379-8429 to register or for more information. All classes are free!

Sponsored by the Neighborhood Development Center.

Spokes, Sneakers and Shops

7 p .m. - Merriam Park

Some people like to bike and hike on vacation, but others just want to poke around town. How to make everybody happy? Head for a destination that will please everyone.

Part of the Travel in the Upper Midwest series, presented by Beth Gauper.

Friday, June 27

Family Chess Club

1- 3 p.m. - Saint Anthony Park

Students and families are welcome to play chess with other interested players. Bring your own chess boards, if you have one.

From Page to Screen - Jaws

dusk - Central Library

If you're headed to the beach, watch out. The outdoor movie series continues with Steven Spielberg’s classic Jaws, based on Peter Benchley’s novel.

Saturday, June 28

Saturday Live

11:15 a.m. - Central Library

Dino Dig

The Minnesota Children’s Museum comes to the library in this interactive program. Children can become paleontologists and explore the prehistoric world of dinosaurs.

Saturday Movie Matinee

2 p.m. - Hamline Midway

Chicken Run

Monday, June 30

Tails From an Iditarod Veterinarian: Vetting a 1049 Mile Sled Dog Race

7 p.m. - Highland Park Hillcrest Auditorium

Get the insider’s guide from a veterinarian on the magic and history behind the Iditarod, the 1049 mile "last great race" from Anchorage to Nome. Find out what veterinarians do on the trail, and how they take care of the dogs. Find out how many dogs they examine, how they stay warm at -40 degrees, and how they keep these great canine athletes healthy for this famous dog race! Meet Dr. Lee’s own dog JP (who isn't a sled dog), and see him dressed up in Iditarod dog gear.

Tai-Chi at Rice Park

12:15 - 1 p.m.

Colin Snow, founder of the Natural Step School, will teach six FREE Tai-Chi lessons at Rice Park.

More information ...

Friday, July 4

Independence Day

All locations closed.

Tuesday, July 8

Tai-Chi at Rice Park

12:15 - 1 p.m.

Colin Snow, founder of the Natural Step School, will teach six FREE Tai-Chi lessons at Rice Park.

More information ...

Let's Talk About It: Modern Marvels

7 p.m. - Highland Park

Ben Katchor's Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: Stories

Steeped in a melancholy, grey-tinted world of elevated trains, luncheonettes, and gently decaying tenements, Katchor's perambulating photographer Julius Knipl documents a rapidly vanishing urban netherworld. Peopled by men who map the migration of hairstyles and those who belong to the Amalgamated Panty-Waist Fitters Union, his cityscape is a familiar one, albeit with the touch of a demented fairy tale.

A series of discussions on graphic novels by Jewish artists, moderated by Professor Judith Katz.
A program of Nextbook and the American Library Association.

Register by emailing s-gang@umn.edu or calling 612-626-2281.  Presented by the University of Minnesota Libraries and Center for Jewish Studies, and The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library.

Friday, July 11

From Page to Screen - Mystery Men

dusk - Central Library

Based on Bob Burden's comic book series, stars Hank Azaria, Ben Stiller, William H. Macy, Janeane Garofalo and more as a group of inept amateur superheroes who try to save the day when a supervillian threatens to destroy a major superhero and the city.

Saturday, July 12

Teen Book Club

2 p.m. - Highland Park

Hawksong by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

Danica Shardae is an avian shapeshifter whose family has been at war with the serpiente, people who shapeshift into snake-like creatures, for many, many years. She and Zane Cobriana, a prince among the serpiente, strive to end the fighting by uniting in marriage. A noble goal, but will it work?

Tai-Chi at Rice Park

12:15 - 1 p.m.

Colin Snow, founder of the Natural Step School, will teach six FREE Tai-Chi lessons at Rice Park.

More information ...

Friday, July 18

From Page to Screen - Twelfth Night

dusk - Central Library

Watch Trevor Nunn's 1996 adaptation of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, starring Helena Bonham Carter, Sir Ben Kingsley and Imogen Stubbs. 

Tuesday, July 22

Tai-Chi at Rice Park

12:15 - 1 p.m.

Colin Snow, founder of the Natural Step School, will teach six FREE Tai-Chi lessons at Rice Park.

More information ...

Let's Talk About It: Modern Marvels

7 p.m. - Highland Park

Harvey Pekar's The Quitter

Ostensibly covering Pekar's early years, this dark graphic novel tackles everything from his brief stint in the Navy to jazz criticism and mid-century race relations. The gritty and atmospheric artwork by American Splendor collaborator Dean Haspiel perfectly captures Pekar's cantankerous tone. But a surprisingly hopeful message ultimately surfaces. It's possible to find your way in the world, Pekar suggests, even if it takes a lifetime to do it.

A series of discussions on graphic novels by Jewish artists, moderated by Professor Judith Katz.
A program of Nextbook and the American Library Association.

Register by emailing s-gang@umn.edu or calling 612-626-2281.  Presented by the University of Minnesota Libraries and Center for Jewish Studies, and The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library.

Friday, July 25

From Page to Screen - The Living Daylights

dusk - Central Library

The movie series closes with Timothy Dalton as 007, in 1987's The Living Daylights, based on one of Ian Fleming's stories.  Bond is at his most dangerous, attempting to stop an evil arms dealer from starting another world war, in this classic film.

Saturday, August 2

Teen Book Club

2 p.m. - Highland Park

Strays by Ron Koertge

Sixteen-year-old Ted prefers animals to people -- animals never lie and he understands them, unlike the kids at his school. When Ted loses his parents in a car accident and becomes a foster child, he identifies with strays most of all. But after landing in a new home and learning to rely on others, Ted's perception of people begins to change.

Tuesday, August 5

Let's Talk About It: Modern Marvels

7 p.m. - Highland Park

Joann Sfar's The Rabbi's Cat

After eating a parrot, an aged Algerian rabbi's cat develops the ability to speak and quickly declares his desire not only to be Jewish, but to have a bar mitzvah. The rabbi engages his pet in a spiraling debate, touching on topics such as spelling, parental love, and the very nature of Jewish identity.

A series of discussions on graphic novels by Jewish artists, moderated by Professor Judith Katz.
A program of Nextbook and the American Library Association.

Register by emailing s-gang@umn.edu or calling 612-626-2281.  Presented by the University of Minnesota Libraries and Center for Jewish Studies, and The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library.