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LIBRARY
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Did you miss attending a recent library program such
as Antiques Roadshow with Carole Bode,
After Hours with Dave Gehrke, First Fridays
with Mayor Albrecht or Rep. Paul Torkelson, or the recent talk by
author Ed Micus? Well, don't despair,
you have more chances to see such events. They and
others are being re-broadcast by NuCAT (New Ulm
Cable Access Television). Use the pink NuCAT
button above to see their current broadcast
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AN
EVENING WITH DR. FRED DOTY |
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New Ulm Public Library and the Wanda Gag House Association
present An Evening With Dr. Fred Doty on Thursday, March 11
at 7 p.m. Dr. Doty, author of A Ministry
Remembered, will speak about his 60 years of experience as a
minister. This project is made possible by a grant
provided by the Traverse des Sioux Library
System and is funded in part, or in whole,
by the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage
Fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State
Legislature, with money from the vote of the
people of Minnesota on Nov. 4, 2008.
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REGIONAL
STORYTELLERS SERIES |
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Save
the dates for Traverse des Sioux's Storytellers series,
which
is funded in part, or in whole, by the Minnesota Arts &
Cultural Heritage Fund as appropriated by the Minnesota
State Legislature, with money from the vote of the people of
Minnesota on Nov. 4, 2008.
Thursday, April 8 at 7
p.m. - Baseball Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew,
Church of St. Peter (1801 Broadway Avenue, St
Peter)
Tuesday, May 4 at 7 p.m.
- National Geographic photographer Annie Griffiths Belt,
South Central College (1920 Lee Boulevard, North
Mankato)
Thursday, June 10 at 7 p.m. - Jeannette Walls,
author of The Glass Castle and Half Broke Horses, Martin
Luther College (1995 Luther Court, New Ulm)
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AN
EVENING WITH NICOLE HELGET |
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New Ulm Public Library and the Wanda Gag House Association
presented "An Evening With Nicole Helget" on Thursday,
February 18th. Ms. Helget, a native of the Sleepy Eye area,
is the author of The Summer of Ordinary
Ways and The Turtle Catcher. Nicole provided a
reading from her works; then spoke on the art of writing and
answered questions from an audience of about eighty people.
If you missed the event, it was filmed and will be broadcast
later on NUCAT. Check the NUCAT button at the top of this
page for a schedule.
This project was funded in part, or in whole,
by the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage
Fund .
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JOIN
THE LIBRARY BOOK GROUP |
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New
Ulm Public Library is starting an adult book discussion
group. Our first meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 5 at
7 p.m. in the adult fiction section of the library. We'll
discuss Sweeping Up Glass by Carolyn Wall,
a novel set in
Depression-era Kentucky. We have copies of the book
available, including one large print; stop by the library or
contact Kris at
359-8334 to get your copy today. |
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DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MnKnows? |
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MnKnows, or read it Minnesota Knows, if
you'd like, is a portal to Minnesota's
online library services (now including
MnLINK). We welcome you to
use and explore its various electronic
resources. Minnesota's
libraries cooperate to connect Minnesotans
with the world of information, the content
of their collections, and the expertise of
their staff members. MnKnows is provided by
Minitex, an information and resource sharing
program of the Minnesota Office of Higher
Education and the University of Minnesota
Libraries. |
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OFF THE SHELF |
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A weekly column
written by Library staff and published irregularly
since 1961. OFF THE SHELF provides library
news, book reviews and information on library
services. Check also our
2009 Archive of Articles ,
2008 Archive of Articles and
2007
Archive of Articles.We
hope you find these articles useful and enjoyable!
Mar 01, 2010 - Plug Into Energy Conservation
by Mary Schroeder & Kris Wiley
Feb 22, 2010 - Are You Tired of Winter? by
Larry Hlavsa
Feb 15, 2010 - Join the (Book) Club
by Kris Wiley
Feb 08, 2010 - Minnesota's Voices
by
JoAnne Griebel
Feb 01, 2010 - Short and Sweet
by Betty
Roiger
Jan 25, 2010 - The Winners are...
by Diane
Zellmann
Jan 18, 2010 - Antiques, Antiques, Antiques
by Linda Lindquist
Jan 11, 2010 - Conversations From the Cubicles
by Kris Wiley and Betty Roiger
Jan 04, 2010 - Have You Tried our 'Green'
Computers? by Larry B. Hlavsa
NOTE: This column also appears in
the New Ulm JOURNAL and is read on KNUJ-AM. |
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