December 2019 Event Calendar

December 2019 Sunday

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Monday

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6 pm: What’s New at UMD Archives (Green Room)

2 pm: Adult Crafternoon (Mt. Royal)

Tuesday

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10 am - 5:30 pm: Holiday Book Sale (MTR) 1 pm: Good Vibrations for Winter Wellness (Gold) 3:30: Crafternoons for Kids (West) 6 pm: Good Vibrations for Winter Wellness (West)

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12 pm: Book Bingo (Green Room) 6 pm: Good Vibrations for Winter Wellness (Mt. Royal)

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Thursday

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10 am - 3 pm: Holiday Book Sale (MTR) 10:15: Storytime (MTR) 11:30: Vegan Cookbook Club (MTR) 4 pm: Teen Scene (Green) 4 pm: Write On! R (Gold)

2 pm: Movie: The Painted Veil (Green Room)

10:15: Baby & Toddler Storytime (Gold Room) 10:30: Storytime (West) 11:15: Preschool Storytime (Gold Room)

10:15: Mt. Royal Storytime (Mt. Royal) 1 pm: Social Knitting Group (Mt. Royal)

2 pm: Movie: Don’t Let Go (Green Room) 3:30: Family-Friendly Movie: The Muppet Christmas Carol (Mt. Royal)

10:15: Baby & Toddler Storytime (Gold) 10:30: Storytime (West) 11:15: Preschool Storytime (Gold) 1 pm: Movies for Seniors (West) 3:45: Squad Car Storytime (YS) 5:30: Classics: It’s a Wonderful Life (MTR)

10:15: Storytime (MTR) 3 pm: Crafternoons for Kids (MTR) 3:30: LEGO® at the Library (West) 6 pm: Teen Anime & Manga Club (Gold) 6:30: DPL Book Group: Calypso (Gold)

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10 am - 7:30 pm: Holiday Book Sale (MTR) 10:15: Baby & Toddler Storytime (Gold) 10:30: Storytime (West) 11:15: Preschool Storytime (Gold) 1 pm: Movies for Seniors (West) 3:45: Squad Car Storytime (YS) 4:30: Winter Stories (MTR) 6:30: MTR Book Club (MTR)

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All Libraries Closed

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10:15: Mt. Royal Storytime (Mt. Royal)

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Saturday

All Libraries Close at 6:00 pm

Registration Required. Sign up online at Duluthlibrary.org or see a staff member.

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11 am: Zentangle® R Art for Kids (Green Room) 3 pm: Novel Writing Wrap-Up (Gold Room)

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10:30: Unicorn Day at the Library (Green Room)

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11:30: Minecrafternoons: Block Party (Green Room)

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10:30: Family Movie: Toy Story 4 (Green Room) 2 pm: Family Movie: Lion King (Green Room)

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Wednesday

EVERYONE

Free library programming made possible by:

STORYTIMES Baby and Toddler Storytime • Wednesdays at 10:15 am 20 minutes of simple stories & fingerplays for infants and toddlers from birth to 3 years.

Preschool Storytime • Wednesdays at 11:15 am 30 minutes of stories, songs & fingerplays for ages 3 to 5.

Squad Car Storytime • Stories read by a Duluth police officer.

Wednesdays, December 4 & December 18 • 3:45 pm • Youth Services 2 - What’s New at UMD Archives • 6:00 pm • Green Room • Aimee Brown, the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Archivist and Curator of Special Collections at the Kathryn A. Martin Library, will provide a general overview of the collections at the UMD Archives and highlight materials that are useful for genealogical research. There will be a Twin Ports Genealogy Meeting after the presentation.

3 - Good Vibrations for Winter Wellness • 1:00 pm • Gold Room Music can lighten the holiday blues, bring warm feelings to a cold winter day, and calm to a stressful time. Christina Cotruvo will play and discuss the American-Celtic harp, a hi-tech Harp Ukulele and a therapy harp. She will share the history of the songs she performs from a variety of genres and how they work toward wellness.

5 - Teen Scene • 4:00 pm • Green Room • Games, crafts, movies, book discussions, and more. You choose what you want to do! Pizza will be served while it lasts. For teens in grades 6-12.

5 - Write On! • 4:00 pm • Gold Room • Calling all young writers!

Whatever your genre, Write On is the place for you to launch your next writing piece. Write On is a series of workshops designed for young writers, ages 10-18. You do not need to bring any completed writing to attend, but the option to share and receive feedback will be provided. There will also be brain food (pizza!) while supplies last. R 6 - Movie: The Painted Veil • 2:00 pm • Rated PG-13; 2h 7m 7 - Zentangle® Art for Kids • 11:00 am • Green Room • Calling all young artists! Join us as we draw beautiful, intricate line patterns “one stroke at a time” using the Zentangle® method of pattern drawing.

Certified Zentangle Teacher Esther Piszczek will teach kids as they create beautiful art on 3.5” x 3.5” paper tiles using pen and ink. No previous drawing experience necessary. For kids in K-5th grade. R 7 - Novel Writing Wrap-Up • 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm • Gold Room • You did it! So how is that manuscript? Rough and done is better than nothing - now it’s time to refine what you’ve written and look ahead to the next steps. Gather with other writers who took part in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) for a moderated but informal workshop that will include a chance to share snippets of your work.

13 - Movie: Don’t Let Go • 2:00 pm • Rated R; 1h 47m 14 - Unicorn Day at the Library • 10:30 am - 12:30 pm • Green Room Join us for a magical day of unicorn fun at the library! Create unicorn crafts during our drop-in craft time. Visit the Youth Services desk to complete the unicorn scavenger hunt for a prize!

16 - Book Bingo • 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm • Green Room • If you like bingo, you’ll love book bingo – instead of numbers we draw book titles! Play to win a gift card to Barnes & Noble.

19 - Teen Anime & Manga Club • 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm • Green Room Anime. Cosplay. Games. Pizza (while it lasts!). For teens in grades 6-12.

19 - DPL Book Group: Calypso by David Sedaris • 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm • Gold Room • New members welcome! • If you’ve ever laughed your way through David Sedaris’s cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you’re getting with Calypso.

You’d be wrong. When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, Sedaris envisions long, relaxing vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves most. And life is exactly as idyllic as he imagined, except for one tiny, vexing realization: it’s impossible to take a vacation from yourself.

21 - Minecrafternoons: Block Party • 11:30 am - 1:00 pm • Green Room • Minecraft + Crafternoons = Minecrafternoons. Bring Minecraft to life by crafting your own world, one block at a time.

Take home your Minecraft themed paper folding crafts including chests, in-game characters, and a treasure’s trove of different blocks.

28 - Family Movies: Toy Story 4 • 10:30 am • Green Room • Rated G; 1h 40m 28 - Family Movies: Lion King • 2:00 pm • Green Room • Rated PG; 1h 58m 31 - Noon Year’s Eve • 11:00 am - 12:30 pm • Green Room • Kids want to party like it’s 2020 too! Celebrate the New Year at noon instead of midnight! Drop-in for a dance party, crafts, bubbles, and a noon countdown to a shower of balloons.

Holiday Book Sale

Tuesday, December 3 10:00 am to 5:30 pm Wednesday, December 4 10:00 am to 7:30 pm Thursday, December 5 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

STORYTIMES Storytime • Wednesdays at 10:30 am 20-30 minutes of stories, songs, & fingerplays for children from birth through age 5.

3 - Crafternoons for Kids • 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm • Kids, join us for a fun make-and-take craft project. No experience or sign-up required!

3 - Good Vibrations for Winter Wellness • 6:00 pm • Gold Room Music can lighten the holiday blues, bring warm feelings to a cold winter day, and calm to a stressful time. Christina Cotruvo will play and discuss the American-Celtic harp, a hi-tech Harp Ukulele and a therapy harp. She will share the history of the songs she performs from a variety of genres and how they work toward wellness.

4 - West Duluth Movies for Seniors: A Dog’s Way Home • 1:00 pm • Rated PG; 1h 37m 16 - West Duluth Book Club • 3:00 pm 18 - West Duluth Movies for Seniors: The Upside • 1:00 pm Rated PG-13; 2h 5m 19 - LEGO® at the Library • 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm • Bring your imagination and the library will supply the LEGO® bricks!

STORYTIMES Mount Royal Storytime • Thursdays at 10:15 am 20-30 minutes of stories, songs, & fingerplays for children from birth through age 5.

4 - Winter Stories: UMD Students Present Stories by Jan Brett 4:30 pm - 5:15 pm • University of Minnesota Duluth literature students will be acting out two of Jan Brett’s winter stories as an interactive and entertaining event for families with children of all ages! Students are presenting these stories as part of a school project.

4 - Mt. Royal Book Club • 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm • Meet monthly to discuss fiction and nonfiction titles. This month: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles.

5 - Vegan Cookbook Club • 11:30 am - 12:30 pm • Share great recipes and meet new friends! Bring one or more vegan cookbooks and one or more recipes to share.

9 - Adult Crafternoon • 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm • Crafts aren’t just for kids! Drop-in for a make & take project. Supplies are provided.

No registration or experience necessary.

12 - Social Knitting Group • 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm • Social knitting has health benefits, supports well-being, and creates a sense of community. This group is open to all who love to knit or crochet.

All skill levels are welcome.

13 - Family-Friendly Movies: The Muppet Christmas Carol • 3:30 pm • Rated G; 1h 29m 16 - Good Vibrations for Winter Wellness • 6:00 pm • Music can lighten the holiday blues, bring warm feelings to a cold winter day, and calm to a stressful time. Christina Cotruvo will play and discuss the American-Celtic harp, a hi-tech Harp Ukulele and a therapy harp. She will share the history of the songs she performs from a variety of genres and how they work toward wellness.

18 - Classics: It’s a Wonderful Life • 5:30 pm • Rated PG; 2h 15m 19 - Crafternoons for Kids • 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm • Drop-in for a make-and-take craft project. Supplies provided. No experience required.

Good Vibrations for Winter Wellness

Music to bring warm feelings to a cold winter day.

December 3 Main Library Gold Room • 1 pm December 3 West Duluth • 6 pm December 16 Mt. Royal • 6 pm

520 W. Superior St. 105 Mt. Royal Shopping Cir. DuluthLibrary.org 5830 Grand Ave.