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A photo of the enthusiastic crowd at the book launch for Ghosts featuring Raina Telgemeier

Two recent events – one for a history loving crowd and the other for young and old alike (but mainly young!) – prove that great programs draw great audiences. Both award-winning authors, Joseph Ellis and Raina Telgemeier, delivered an inspiring message and memorable evening.

Pictured above: An enthusiastic crowd gathered to listen to Raina Telgemeier
at the book launch events for
Ghosts.


I think that I shall never see… a table lovely… it’s a tree!

Bay window at the Andersen Horticultural Library featuring a black walnut table by George Nakashima

If you haven’t visited the Andersen Horticulture Library at the Arboretum, be sure to put it on your itinerary for your next trip. Featured in a recent Southwest Journal – a story about the breathtaking tables commissioned for the space made from black walnut trees by George Nakashima.

Pictured above: Bay window at Andersen Horticultural Library
with a black walnut table by George Nakashima.


A photo is worth a thousand words

Libraries trading cards featuring subject specialists

In that spirit Libraries, liaisons (subject specialists for each discipline) and other staff are featured on trading cards. Intended primarily for the faculty and students each liaison or staff encounters, the cards connect a face with a name. Who could forget Andre and Carolyn?!

Pictured above: Cards featuring Andre Nault and Carolyn Bishoff are two
from the new series that highlights our liaison libraries.


Event highlight: The 53rd James Ford Bell Lecture

Photo of Joseph Ellis by Erik Jacobs

Kathryn L. Reyerson, Professor of History at the University of Minnesota, presents the 53rd James Ford Bell Lecture, “The Fifteenth-Century Mediterranean: Trade in a Transitional Time.”

 

This year's lecture is part of a multi-event series focused on Venice and the Eastern Mediterranean.

 

Thursday, October 20, 7:00 p.m.
Wilson Library, fourth floor

 

More info & reservations »

 


UPCOMING EVENTS

Brown Bag Lunch & Learn
Brushed Back to Life: Healing From Illness Through Intuitive Painting and Poems
Friday, October 14, Noon to 1:00 p.m.
Diehl Hall, Room 555
More info & reservations

Twin Cities Book Festival
Saturday, October 15, 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Minnesota State Fairgrounds
More info & schedule

Book Week 2016: Candace Fleming
Tuesday, October 18, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
McNamara Alumni Center, Memorial Hall
More info & reservations

The 53rd James Ford Bell Lecture
The Fifteenth-Century Mediterranean: Trade in a Transitional Time
Tuesday, October 20, 7:00 p.m.
Wilson Library, Fourth Floor
More info & reservations

Critical Conversations About Diversity and Justice Series
Queer and Indigenous People of Color: Changing the Face and Focus of the LGBTQ Movement
Friday, October 21, 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
Elmer L. Andersen Library, Room 120
More info & live streaming

Walk with the Libraries in the Homecoming Parade
Friday, October 21, Line up at 5:30 p.m.
Walter Library
More info & RSVP form

Malta Study Center Lecture
A Knight of the Italian Renaissance: Pietro Bembo and the Order of Malta
Thursday, October 27, 7:00 p.m.
Wilson Library, Fourth Floor
More info & reservations

Visit our website for more events »


Exhibit highlight: The Bembos of Venice

The Bembos of Venice exhibit image

The Bembos of Venice were notorious among the merchant families of the 15th century. Through skill, guile, and marriage they entered the highest echelons of Mediterranean society. Rare manuscript and print materials from the James Ford Bell Library and the Malta Study Center of the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library at St. John’s University illustrate the varied activities of this Venetian family.

Read More »

 

Through January 13, 2017
Wilson Library, T.R. Anderson Gallery
Gallery hours »

 


CURRENT EXHIBITS

The Beauty That Requires Health: Four Landscapes
Through December 16, 2016
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library
Hours & directions

The Bembos of Venice: Merchants, Diplomats, and a Knight of Malta
Through January 13, 2017
Wilson Library, fourth floor, T.R. Anderson Gallery
Hours & directions

Brushed Back to Life: Healing from Illness through Intuitive Painting and Poems
The new Art@Biomed exhibit
Through October 30, 2016
Bio-Medical Library, Diehl Hall, Second floor
Hours & directions

Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate
Through October 28, 2016
Elmer L. Andersen Library, Atrium Gallery
Hours & directions

Visit our website for upcoming exhibits »


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