Service Update: Week of February 14
Pine City Public Library is expanding their modified service schedule, so that Express Service and Computer Appointments are now available during all open hours. Curbside pickup will continue to be offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am-5:00pm.
June Events for the Kids!
East Central Regional Library is happy to continue its programming for kids through the virtual experience. The following is a rundown of events this month that youngsters and their families will not want to miss! Virtual Storytime Join us for Virtual Storytime every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM in June! […]
Closed for Inventory
These East Central Regional Library branch locations will be closed for inventory on the following days: Cambridge Public Library on Tuesday, December 4th Princeton Area Library on Thursday, December 6th Mora Public Library on Tuesday, December 11th and Wednesday, December 12th Aitkin Public Library on Wednesday, December 12th Pine City Public Library on Monday, December […]
Celtic holiday music with Laura MacKenzie
The community is welcome to free, holiday performances featuring traditional Irish and Scottish music beginning this weekend at select branches. Laura MacKenzie brings her Celtic holiday program, a celebration of Yuletide favorites, many with Celtic origins, presented on a unique array of wind-powered instruments like wooden flutes, whistles, concertina, various types of bagpipes, gemshorn and […]
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 […]
Storytime with Laura Purdie Salas
Join award-winning, Minnesota author Laura Purdie Salas during children’s storytime at the Cambridge Public Library on Wednesday, Sept. 19, starting at 10:30 a.m. Salas has written more than 125 books for kids, including “Meet My Family!,” “If You Were the Moon,” “Water Can Be…” and “BookSpeak!” Growing up in Florida, she now lives and writes […]
Raptor Center closes summer reading program; free tickets still available
East Central Regional Library is closing its 2018 Summer Reading Program – Reading Takes You Everywhere — with a presentation by The Raptor Center. In this free, family-friendly program, learn all about the raptors of Minnesota. Live raptors will be on hand during the presentation. Free tickets are required at all locations for this final event […]
Feel good music from the Heart of Africa
East Central Regional Library encourages kids and families to join Siama and his wife, Dallas, for songs and stories that bring Siama’s Congolese culture to life during performances at Chisago Lakes, Aitkin, Pine City, Wyoming, Cambridge and North Branch libraries. The program, Siama’s Congo Roots: Feel-good music from the Heart of Africa, engages both kids […]
Celebrated cook, Minnesota author coming to Pine City Library
Beatrice Ojakangas has authored a new book with timeless recipes for delicious breakfasts from Scandinavia to lands around the globe. This Minnesota author will discuss Breakfast with Beatrice: 250 Recipes from Sweet Cream Waffles to Swedish Farmer’s Omelets at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 21 at the Pine City Public Library.
‘Hot Reads’ Readers Recommend Great Books
Looking for your next good book? Check out what fellow readers are reading this winter and sharing for the Hot Reads for Cold Nights program! Fiction A Catered Birthday Party by Isis Crawford (2010). “Libby and Bernie own A Little Taste of Heaven, a bakery and catering store. They sleuth on the side with their father […]