Saturday, January 23, 2010

McClure book talk joins Chamber of Commerce's Home & Business Expo


UMD professor Bud McClure will give a book talk and signing of his book, Divine Daisy, a Trans-personal Tale, at 11 a.m., Sat., March 27, at the Pine Valley Ice Shelter. The talk will be part of the Cloquet Area Chamber of Commerce's Home and Business Expo. The Cloquet Public Library will also have a table at the event, which runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The program is free of charge and open to the public.

His book, Divine Daisy, is the magical story of a dog whose special gift is awakened when she is kissed by a rabbit. It is a story of love, hope and truth told with heartbreaking honesty that does not gloss over the more difficult emotions of sadness and grief, according to McClure.

The story is also about our cosmic connection to something greater than ourselves—a world beyond logic and reason that resonates with how children see the world. Divine Daisy is an affirmation of the mystery of life and a book that will enchant children each time they read it.

McClure has taught courses in personal and transpersonal development, dreamwork and psychological transformation and the spiritual journey. He and his wife Dr. Deb McClure own the Cloquet Natural Foods store in Cloquet.

Divine Daisy was published by Bumblebee Hollow Press, another enterprise of the McClures. For more information, call 879-1531.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Nonviolent Communication session

Join Steve Backus @ the Library on Feb. 8 @ 6:30 p.m. for an hour long introduction to Nonviolent Communication, a process developed by Marshall Rosenberg that helps connect people through compassion, not contention. Steve, a teacher at St. Scholastica, will present an overview of NVC and share some central practices that help people create a more peace-centered, life-affirming consciousness. NVC provides people with strategies to defuse tense situations and disagreeable conflicts by moving from the head to the heart and from exasperation to empathy.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

The Sound of Science

Bring your lunch to the library on Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 12:30 p.m. and listen to Betty Braunstein on flute and Steve Highland on violin. How do the flute and violin make music? Join Betty and Steve as they explore the connection between sound and science with items like a tuning fork, slinky, and beaker of water! Hands on demonstrations, computer animations and live music show why music to your ears is also music to your brain. This presentation, part of the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra (DSSO) Music to You Program, is funded with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008, which dedicated funding to preserve Minnesota's arts and cultural heritage.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Winter story times for children

Preschool Story Times (ages 3-5) will be at 10 a.m., Wednesdays,
beginning January 13 through March 31.

LapSit Story Times (ages 0-2) will be at 10 a.m., Thursdays, beginning
January 14 through April 1.

Join us for stories, song, play and good times.

Monday, January 4, 2010

Online catalog to be updated

On January 6 & 7, the online catalog will go through an upgrade. The catalog will not be available during that time. The library will close at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 6.

From Finland to North America: Buildings, Landscapes, and Cultural Change

Professor Arnold Alanen will give a talk on the Finnish immigrant story and the world the immigrants built in North America, at 10:30 a.m., Sat., January 16, at the Cloquet Public Library. Among the most fascinating aspects of the Finnish immigrant experience is the transfer of cultural traits from Finland to North America. Included in this transfer were building traditions (especially the sauna), and ideas about the development and organization of the cultural landscape – settlements, farmsteads, fields, gardens, and so forth.

His program will offer numerous illustrations of historic Finnish buildings and cultural landscapes. Special attention will be given to the similarities and differences that existed between the environments Finns experienced and formed in their homeland and in North America.

The event is free of charge and open to the public.

Alanen is Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and current Finlandia Foundation Lecturer of the Year (LOY). He is also an author and most recently published the book Morgan Park: Duluth, U.S. Steel, and the forging of a company town, winning a Northeastern Minnesota Book Award in 2007. He is currently working on a book about the history of the Finns in Minnesota. He was named an Honorary Member of the American Society of Landscape Architects, one of the organization’s highest awards and was termed “a tireless advocate for the preservation of historic landscapes.”

For more information, call 879-1531

McClure Book Talk Rescheduled


UMD professor Bud McClure will give a book talk and signing of his book, Divine Daisy, a Trans-personal Tale,at 10:30 a.m., Sat. ,March 27, at the Cloquet Public Library.

The program is free of charge and open to the public.

His book, Divine Daisy, is the magical story of a dog whose special gift is awakened when she is kissed by a rabbit. It is a story of love, hope and truth told with heartbreaking honesty that does not gloss over the more difficult emotions of sadness and grief, according to McClure.

The story is also about our cosmic connection to something greater than ourselves—a world beyond logic and reason that resonates with how children see the world. Divine Daisy is an affirmation of the mystery of life and a book that will enchant children each time they read it.

McClure has taught courses in personal and transpersonal development, dreamwork and psychological transformation and the spiritual journey. He and his wife Dr. Deb McClure own the Cloquet Natural Foods store in Cloquet.

Divine Daisy was published by Bumblebee Hollow Press, another enterprise of the McClures. For more information, call 879-1531.