January 2020

January 2020 – how’s that? White and snowy for sure. It’s perfect weather for curling up with a good book, so you might as well join the Fosston Library’s Book Blizzard winter reading adventure, and you just might win a prize. Complete a reading log, available at the library, and every four books you read or listen to will put you in contention. You may also sign up online at larl.org/bookblizzard.

If you would like to know more about the Fosston Community Library Arts Association, here’s an opportunity for you.  The FCLAA will be holding its annual meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 8, at 7 p.m. The 2020 board of directors will be elected, and annual reports will be available. The public is invited to attend.

The library book club will meet Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 7 p.m. January’s book is After Anna by Lisa Scottoline. When Anna moves in with her mother and stepfather after years apart, things go terribly wrong. I have just gotten started reading this thriller and I can’t predict the ending, but it is holding my attention. We also get treats.

Kids’ Club will continue to meet on Wednesdays from 3:30-5 p.m. There will be crafts, Legos, games and bingo on a rotating basis. Children under the age of eight must be accompanied by an adult or older caregiver.

Writers’ group will meet Tuesday, January 28, at 7:30 p.m. If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to write that memoir, this might give you the motivation to get started on it. Bring a sample of your writing to share, or feel free to just come and listen. We are a pretty easy-going group.

Remember that the library is closed on Monday, January 20, for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. If you are in dire need of something to read, the digital library is available on-line 24-7. You may ask your local librarian for help with that.

 

December is here!

December is here, bringing snow, cold and the holiday season. At the Fosston Community Library Arts Center. December will bring several fun events.

On Sunday, Dec. 15, there will be music in the air as Dwana Carroll’s piano students present their Christmas recital at 2 p.m. Admission is free and I’m sure there will be refreshments.

A new exhibit will go up in the gallery on Friday, December 13, featuring ceramic sculpture artist Hana Bibliowicz of the Twin Cities. Bibliowicz was born in Columbia to Polish and Mexican Jewish parents. She obtained her bachelor’s degree from Albany State University and her master’s in sculpture from San Francisco State. She has participated in numerous shows, both in Colombia and the United States. There will be a reception that evening, and she will be teaching a class on Saturday, the 14^th. Watch for more details.

The library will be offering Kids’ Club activities every Wednesday from 3:30-5 p.m., with a special cookie decorating session on Dec. 11. Children under the age of eight are required to have a teen or adult supervisor with them.

The library book club will meet Tuesday, December 10, at 7 p.m. to discuss the book No Place I’d Rather Be by Cathy Lamb. I haven’t had a chance to read it yet, but the discussions are always interesting and the refreshments tasty.

The library will be closed on both December 24 and 25 for Christmas but will resume normal hours on Thursday, December 26. It will close at 5 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and will also be closed on New Year’s Day.

Writers’ group will not meet during December, but will resume its normal schedule (7:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month) in January.

In closing, I will leave you with the little poem I wrote for our last writers’ group session:

                 Thanks

For turkey and taters and red ripe tomatoes

For hard candy, hamburger hot dish and ham,

For apples and apricots, artichokes too

For nachos and nuts and Nutella, yum, yum

For kiwis and KitKats and ketchup in bottles.

Salads and sausages, seafood and scones.

Thank you for all these wonderful foods

Only a few that my diet includes.

What Will November bring?

Will we get an Indian Summer in November, or will we have full-blown winter? I couldn’t tell you, but I do know there are some things to be thankful for at the Fosston Community Library Arts Center.

First and foremost, there is a new library associate. Mavis Haugom has been hired to fill the position left vacant when Caese moved into the branch manager slot. Originally from Zap, North Dakota, Mavis has lived south of McIntosh for the last 26 years with her husband Gene. She says she has always wanted to work in a library, and after a career in nursing and then one in accounting, she finally has her dream job. Most recently she worked in the finance department at Essentia Health, retiring about a year and a half ago. Her hobbies including reading, playing the piano and knitting.

On Tuesday, Nov. 12, everyone is invited to the library open house from noon to 8 p.m. There will be treats, coffee, hot apple cider and door prizes. Whether you are a regular customer or have never set foot in the library before, you are welcome.

Also on Nov. 12, the library book club will meet at 7 p.m. This month’s book is One Plus One by Jojo Moyes. I haven’t read it yet, but apparently it involves a single mother, a chaotic family, a quirky stranger and a comic road trip. Other readers have told me they liked it.

Writers’ group will meet Tuesday, Nov. 26, at 7:30 p.m. New members are always welcome.

The November exhibit in the Sorenson Gallery will be “Trades of Hope” featuring handcrafted jewelry, scarves, bags and home décor from artisans worldwide. A reception will be held on November 22 from 5-7 p.m.. Items will be available for purchase at that time with proceeds going to the Theater Elevator Fund. Abby Pearson is coordinating the exhibit.

The Daisy Hagen Auction for the Arts is coming up on December 1. Watch your local paper for more information.

If you have used markers that should be discarded, bring them to the library as there will be a drop-off box to collect them and send them to the Crayola ColorCycle program. They do not have to be Crayola markers. Highlighters and dry erase markers are also accepted.

On last reminder – the library will be closed on Monday, November 11, for Veterans Day, and on Thursday, November 28, for Thanksgiving Day.