On the Edge Film Festival is tomorrow, Jan. 17, at Backus Auditorium at 7 p.m. Admission is $2 and a donation for the Food Shelf. Films are appropriate for teens and above. For more information contact Diane at the library.
The Wii and PS3 are now available for use anytime the meeting room is available. Check out a game and remotes and play! We have a wide variety of games available for all ages. Games vary from one to four players and we have four remotes or controllers for each machine. So bring the family or a group of friends to the library and have some fun.
The library is working with the Koochiching County Law Library to better serve all the residents of the county. The law library is currently located in the courthouse and only available during business hours. The trustees of the law library are working to update the collection, divide it into resources primarily for trained lawyers and resources for the general public needing to represent themselves or just wanting more information. he resources to assist non-lawyers will be housed at the public library and available whenever the library is open.
At this time these resources won’t be available for checkout, but the library owns a number of resources that are available for checkout. We will also be receiving a computer connected to a printer with access to a variety of online legal sites to further assist you in your research. The library staff are not lawyers and cannot provide anyone with legal advice. We can however, assist you in finding resources for you to help yourself. We hope this change will benefit everyone.
Museum passes are back! The current batch of tickets are good until the end of March and include Boise Forte Heritage Center in Tower, the Carlton Historical Society in Cloquet, the Duluth Depot and Lake Superior Railroad Museum, Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth, The Ely-Winton Historical Society in Ely, the Forest History Center and Judy Garland & Children’s Museum in Grand Rapids, the Minnesota Discovery Center in Chisholm, the North Shore Commercial Fishing Museum in Tofte and the Split Rock Lighthouse Historic Site in Two Harbors. We also still have a few passes to the Storyland Exhibit at the Duluth Children’s Museum which are only good through this weekend.
The library will be closed on Monday, Jan. 21, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Regular library hours are Monday and Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday, noon to 8, Thursday and Friday, 10 to 6 and Saturday, 10 to 3. The junior room is open Monday, Thursday and Friday from 10 to 6, Tuesday from 10 to 8, Wednesday from noon to 6 and Saturday, 10 to 3.
Don’t forget to pick up information about our winter reading programs now in progress and running until March 2! Winter is a great time to read (I know I say that about every season, but it is true). Find and enjoy a great book today! Reading is for everyone.
