Level up your genealogy research skills and learn about DNA testing. DNA testing using services such as Ancestry.com or 23andMe can reveal insights into ethnicity, find relatives, identify inherited health risks or prove (or even disprove) relationships. This workshop will…
Join award-winning author and publisher Ryan Jacobsen to hear the behind-the-scenes story of how a biography of football star Adam Thielen came to be. Jacobsen will also share about the business of publishing including how authors can publish and sell…
Professor James Kaplan will share how Scandinavian crime thrillers offer readers a new way of experiencing Scandinavian culture and heritage. Dr. Kaplan, a professor emeritus at Minnesota State University Moorhead, will offer a background on the Påskekrim tradition, which is…
Join us for a performance by Mestifonía, a Minnesota-based band that blends Colombian, Bolivian, and American talent in a unique setlist of styles from the Iberian Peninsula and South America, bringing to life the sounds of fado, flamenco, cueca, tango,…
We’re celebrating the 100 year anniversary of Minnesota passing the 19th Amendment which gave women the right to vote. Join local expert Tom Mortenson for his presentation, Women’s Suffrage in Minnesota, featuring topics such as how women won the vote…
Join us for a free bus trip to Camp Ripley and the Charles Lindbergh Museum in Little Falls, Minnesota. Admission and transportation are available free of charge, thanks to funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Attendees will…
The Becker County Friends of the Library has scheduled a large sale of used books at the Detroit Lakes Library. The sale is scheduled Tuesday, August 6, 2019 from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Wednesday, August 7, 2019 from 9 a.m.-4…
Are you hitting the road this summer and listening to audiobooks or eAudiobooks from the library's collection along the way? We know that listening to books while traveling makes the miles fly by! Now our collection of audiobooks and eAudiobooks…
Join the Barnesville Public Library and the Breckenridge Public Library for a free bus trip to see a performance by the Church Basement Ladies at Theatre L’Homme Dieu in Alexandria, Minnesota. With plenty of crazy antics, loads of fresh laughs,…