Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale

The Friends of the Cloquet Public Library will host their annual Spring Book Sale from 9 a.m.to 1 p.m., Sat., April 18, 2009. Everyone is welcome to come and browse through our ample selection of discarded library books as well as area donations, ranging in quality from used to next-to-new.

Proceeds from sales will go to library programs and new book acquisitions.

Join your friends at the Cloquet Public Library's Spring Book Sale. For more information, call 879-1531.

Memoir Writing Workshop

As part of the One Book, One Community read, the Cloquet Public Library is hosting a memoir writing workshop on Saturday, April 4 at 10 a.m. Katharine Johnson will conduct the workshop. This Memoir Writing Workshop is for everyone, no matter your age or your writing experience. A variety techniques will be used to fuse history and facts with memories, dreams, and emotional truths. Bring one or two photos that evoke an event or period in your life, also a notebook and your favorite writing
instrument.

If there are enough interested participants, the workshop could extend into a 3 or 4 week class.

Finlandia Beach book signing

Celebrate St. Urho's Day at the Cloquet Public Library. Jean Randall will be signing and selling the Finlandia Beach Cookbook on March 16 from 2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The eye of the beholder

Danielle Melin of Cloquet, a student at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, spent an afternoon at the Cloquet Public Library photographing a permanent exhibit, the library’s dollhouse. The elaborate dollhouse, constructed and donated by Helen Strom of Cloquet, fascinates Melin, who has a dollhouse of her own. Danielle describes herself as a traditional illustrator (many are digital nowadays). Does that mean she’d like to illustrate children’s books? “Possibly,” she smiles.