ECRL Reads: Celtic music with ‘Stringman’ Paul Imholte
Experience the sweet sounds of Celtic music with “Musical Stringman” Paul Imholte during a special ECRL Reads performance at the Mille Lacs Lake Community Library in downtown Isle. The performance will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25. Imholte performs Irish and Scottish reels and jigs on the fiddle and hammered dulcimer, sings traditional […]
ECRL Reads: Spotlight on the iron barons of Minnesota
Learn about the magnates of the Minnesota Iron Range in a historical presentation by Dale Blanshan at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6 at the Hinckley Public Library. Hear some familiar names and others that might surprise you. Blanshan, of Rochester, Minnesota, describes himself a man with a penchant for stories from days gone by. In […]
ECRL Reads: Make your memories last for future generations
Although our photographs and papers may not have much monetary value, a price cannot be put on what they mean to us. Learn how to make your photographs and documents stand the test of time for your children, grandchildren and community at a special archival workshop during the 2nd Annual ECRL Reads. Presenting will be […]
ECRL Reads: Preserve your family photos, history with Scan for Keeps
Preserve your collection of family history memorabilia with Scan for Keeps, a program during the 2nd Annual ECRL Reads. Start by bringing photos or letter-sized documents important to you or your family history to be scanned with professional equipment, provided by the Minnesota Digital Library. Then take home your original items as well as a […]
ECRL Reads: Finding Minnesota’s haunted and bizarre
Take a ghostly journey to some of the most haunted places in Minnesota with paranormal researcher, author, and lecturer Chad Lewis. From hunting vampires in Transylvania to chasing ghosts in Ireland castles, Lewis brings 18 years of paranormal experience to his presentations. In Minnesota’s Most Haunted Locations-The Scariest Places in Minnesota, Lewis will discuss phenomena […]
Ice-Out Author Visits Culminate ECRL Reads Program
The culminating event of the 1st ECRL Reads program is quickly approaching. Our ECRL Reads author Mary Casanova will be visiting four East Central Regional Library branches during November to discuss her book, Ice-Out. For the last 8 weeks community members throughout our six counties have come together through the reading and discussion of Ice-Out and by […]
Last Call in Lake Land: Prohibition in the North Woods
Speakeasies were illicit establishments that sold alcoholic beverages during Prohibition. Last call was meant to inform customers in a drinking establishment that closing time was approaching and that any further drinks should be purchased immediately. The Prohibition era and music go hand in hand. In many aspects, the banning of alcohol led to the establishment […]
History of Brewing in Minnesota
Join us at the Milaca Community Library on Wednesday, October 25 at 6:30 pm as Minnesota author Doug Hoverson stops by to talk about his book, The Land of Amber Waters that chronicles Minnesota’s rich brewing history. The ECRL Reads program taking place in East Central Regional Library’s six counties through November 16 includes programming […]
Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald Revealed
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul on September 24, 1896. He spent his formative years and early adult life in Minnesota. Although he considered himself a failure, Fitzgerald became one of the most popular writers of the 1920s and is probably best known for his novel, The Great Gatsby, published in 1925. The […]
Jazz of the 20s and 30s with Belle Amour
Jazz music played a significant part in the life and culture of 1920s Minnesota. But why did the Prohibition era and jazz go hand in hand? In many aspects, the banning of alcohol led to the establishment of speakeasies and eventually the evolution of jazz music in the 1920s. Jazz musicians were now able to […]