Reoccurring Weekly Events

Storytime

10:30-11:00 am, Wednesdays

For Children and their Caregivers, Children's Area

Enjoy a few stories and a craft or activity.

 

The Teacher Is In: Adult Education Office Hours

9:30 am-12:00 pm, Wednesdays

For Adults, Library Meeting Room

Visit with Deann about completing your GED, gaining basic computer skills, increasing reading, writing, and math abilities, improving your English language skills, preparing for college, and more.

 

Game Day for Adults with Community Partners

1:00-3:00 pm, Wednesdays

For Adults, Library Meeting Room

Chess, cribbage, cards, and more! Adults are invited to a drop-in game afternoon. Light refreshments will be provided. We are excited to present this series in collaboration with Community Partners.

 

October 1-4

Home Downsizing Workshop: Don’t Know Where to Begin? We’ll Get You Started from Mike Ivankovich

Thursday, October 3, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm

Library Meeting Room and Zoom

You've spent a lifetime accumulating antiques, collectibles, and other household contents. Now you’re ready to declutter or downsize. What do you do with the items that you no longer want or need? In this presentation Mike will show you how you can sell your excess personal property for the greatest amount of cash...with the least amount of work...in the shortest amount of time...in today's rapidly changing market. Email thpl@alslib.info for a Zoom link to this session, or join us for a live watch party in the Library Meeting Room. This program is a part of the Lake County Big Read and funded through the Victory Fund.

 

Friends of the Library Fall Booksale

Thursday, October 3, 4:00-6:00 pm Member Preview (can join at the door)

Friday, October 4, 10:00 am-6:00 pm

Saturday, October 5, 10:00 am-1:00 pm $7 Bag Sale

All Ages, Aspirus Lake View Hospital Conference Room

 

Autumn Ink Cards

Friday, October 4, 1:00-2:30 pm

Ages 12 and up, Library Meeting Room

Use acrylic ink, calligraphy pens, and paint to create autumn-themed cards. Due to limited supplies sign up is required. Each week will have a different theme.

 

October 7-11

“Aging with Gusto” Community Discussion on Aging

Monday, October 7, 10:00-11:30 am

For Adults, Library Meeting Room.

Aging with Gusto strives to ignite more positive views of aging. Join us in conversation in conjunction with the Lake County Big Read. Refreshments provided. Support for this program comes from the Victory Fund.

 

Moving or Downsizing? 50 De-cluttering and De-Personalizing Tips… And… 50 Things You Can Throw Away… Today! from Mike Ivankovich

Thursday, October 10, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm

Library Meeting Room and Zoom

If you’re contemplating a move, usually the first thing a Realtor will suggest is that you “De-Clutter” and “De-Personalize” your home. In this light & fun program Mike will explain De-Cluttering and De-Personalizing … and then share 50 things you can throw away … today. Email thpl@alslib.info for a Zoom link to this session, or join us for a live watch party in the Library Meeting Room. This program is a part of the Lake County Big Read and funded through the Victory Fund.

 

Autumn Ink Cards

Friday, October 11, 1:00-2:30 pm

Ages 12 and up, Library Meeting Room

Use acrylic ink, calligraphy pens, and paint to create autumn-themed cards. Due to limited supplies sign up is required. Each week will have a different theme.

 

October 14-18

Morning Book Circle

Monday, October 14, 11:00 am-12:00 pm

For Adults, Library Meeting Room

Discussing: Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal

Join us the second Monday of each month. Limited copies are available at the front desk.

 

Community Creations

Tuesday, October 15, 4:00-6:00 pm

For Adults, Library Meeting Room

Join Naturalist to unwind and create art using ethically harvested natural items such as pinecones, feathers, and more! Materials provided and you can take home your art. Feel free to bring items from home. This session is targeted towards adults since there will be hot glue guns and small craft supplies not suitable for young children.

 

Books and Brews

Tuesday, October 15, 6:00-8:00 pm

For Adults, Castle Danger Brewery Taproom

Book lovers will gather the third Tuesday of the month at the long table in the taproom and discuss what we’re reading. Castle Danger will give you $1 off your first drink if you show them your book on Books and Brews night.

 

Home Downsizing Workshop: What’s Hot & Not from Mike Ivankovich

Thursday, October 17, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm

Library Meeting Room and Zoom

In this session Mike will explain why many of the things you own may be worth less than you thought. But don’t despair because he’ll also reveal those categories that are probably worth more than you thought. And he’ll wrap it up with 50+ things you can toss as soon as the program is over. Email thpl@alslib.info for a Zoom link to this session, or join us for a live watch party in the Library Meeting Room. This program is a part of the Lake County Big Read and funded through the Victory Fund.

 

Short and Sweet Book Club

Thursday, October 17, 6:00-6:45 pm

For Adults, Library Meeting Room

Discussing: “Preserve Protect Defend” by Thayer Tolles, Marica F. Vilcek Curator, The American Wing

Grab your copy at the front desk!

 

Autumn Ink Cards

Friday, October 18, 10:30 am-12:00 pm

For Ages 12 and up, Library Meeting Room

Use acrylic ink, calligraphy pens, and paint to create autumn-themed cards. Due to limited supplies sign up is required. Each week will have a different theme.

 

Moose-sterious Megafauna

Friday, October 18, 1:30-2:30 pm

For Ages 2-14, Library Meeting Room

What a tongue twister! Mega-fauna means, large animals. And boy, are moose LARGE! We will learn about the bodies of moose and why they are so important to the First Nations of Minnesota. Join Naturalist Mic for a fun time with a craft! Children under the age of 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

 

Talk to a Naturalist

Friday, October 18, 2:30-4:00 pm

For All Ages, Library Meeting Room

Stop and visit with State Park Naturalist Mic! They'll be available to answer any questions you might have about nature.

 

October 21-25

“Aging with Gusto” Community Discussion on Aging

Monday, October 21, 10:00-11:30 am

For Adults, Library Meeting Room.

Aging with Gusto strives to ignite more positive views of aging. Join us in conversation in conjunction with the Lake County Big Read. Refreshments provided. Support for this program comes from the Victory Fund.

 

Friends of the Library 25 Cent Sale

Tuesday, October 22, 12:00 pm-5:00 pm

All Ages, Library Meeting Room

Bargain hunters rejoice! All items in this special sale are only 25 cents. All proceeds benefit the Friends of the Two Harbors Public Library.

 

Your Children Don’t Want It. What Can You Do? 15 Tips from Mike Ivankovich

Thursday, October 24, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm

Library Meeting Room and Zoom

We hear it every day. “My Children Don’t Want It. What Can I Do?”. And it’s happening all over America. In this session Mike will give you 15 Tips & Strategies designed not only to help you deal with your “Stuff”, but hopefully help you make some good money when selling it. Email thpl@alslib.info for a Zoom link to this session, or join us for a live watch party in the Library Meeting Room. This program is a part of the Lake County Big Read and funded through the Victory Fund.

 

ATLAS (At The Library After School)

Thursday, October 24, 3:20-4:30 pm

Two Harbors High School Library

For Middle-Schoolers

Join us on our kickoff day! We’ll have free snacks, a homework focus area, and a themed day which changes every week. We’ll rotate STEAM, art, games, and comic activities. Starts during homeroom hour.

 

Quarterly Friends of the Library Meeting

Thursday, October 24, 5:30 pm-7:00 pm

For Adults, Library Meeting Room

Learn more about the Friends of the Two Harbors Public Library at the quarterly meeting.

 

Autumn Ink Cards

Friday, October 25, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

For Ages 12 and up, Library Meeting Room

Use acrylic ink, calligraphy pens, and paint to create autumn-themed cards. Due to limited supplies sign up is required. Each week will have a different theme.

 

October 28-November 1

Spooky Ink Cards

Tuesday, October 29, 5:00-6:30 pm

For Ages 12 and up, Library Meeting Room

Use acrylic ink, calligraphy pens, and paint to create Halloween-themed cards. Due to limited supplies sign up is required.

 

Crazy 8s Club

Join Crazy 8s, a totally new kind of math club. You’ll get to race across a map, hunt for hidden pirate treasure, launch your very own origami star, and more! Math will never be the same.

Tuesdays and Thursdays

3:30-4:30 pm

10/29 to 11/21

Grades 3-5

Space is limited. Sign up required. Must attend majority of sessions.

 

ATLAS (At The Library After School)

Thursday, October 31, 3:20-4:30 pm

Two Harbors High School Library

For Middle-Schoolers

Join us for a special Halloween theme! We’ll have free snacks, a homework focus area, and a themed day which changes every week. We’ll rotate STEAM, art, games, and comic activities. Starts during homeroom hour.

 

How to Say North with the Sutter Brothers

Friday, November 1, 10:00-11:00 am

For Adults, Library Meeting Room

The Sutter Brothers present a program that blends poems from Bart’s new book, Cotton Grass, with Ross’ versions of songs and tunes from the American, Celtic, and Scandinavian folk traditions. Best known for his singing, Ross also plays guitar, button accordion, dulcimer, and Irish drum. A three-time winner of the Minnesota Book Award, Bart has given hundreds of readings and had four plays produced. Come hear The Sutter Brothers offer praise for a farm wife famous for kindness and butchering chickens, ragtime lyrics for a river otter, an original hymn to Lake Superior, and much more about our region. This free program is 50 minutes long and is geared towards adults. This program, sponsored by Arrowhead Library System, was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund (ACFH).

 

November 4-8

Author Talk: Dean Hovey

Thursday, November 7, 1:00 pm-2:00 pm

For Adults, Library Meeting Room

Dean Hovey’s Pine County and Whistling Pines books are set in rural Northeastern Minnesota communities and tap into local history, politics, and current events. Whistling Wedding came out August 2024 and is humorous mystery set in a Two Harbors retirement community.

 

ATLAS (At The Library After School)

Thursday, November 7, 3:20-4:30 pm

Two Harbors High School Library

For Middle-Schoolers

Join us to chill and hang out! We’ll have free snacks, a homework focus area, and a themed day which changes every week. We’ll rotate STEAM, art, games, and comic activities. This week is STEAM.

 

Next Steps: Anxious Generation

Thursday, November 7, 5:30 pm-6:45 pm

For Teens and Adults, Library Meeting Room

In August, the community gathered to discuss The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, and participants left fired up to continue the conversation on youth mental health and technology. This is a part 2 conversation. Participants do not need to have read the book or attended the August program to attend.

 

Author Talk: Anna Farro Henderson

Friday, November 8, 1:00 pm-2:00 pm

For Adults, Library Meeting Room

Climate scientist and policy expert Anna Farro Henderson embarks on a remarkable narrative journey in Core Samples, exploring how science is done, discussed, legislated, and imagined. Through stories both raucous and poignant—of far-flung expeditions, finding artistic inspiration in research, and traversing the systemic barriers women and mothers face in science and politics—she brings readers into the daily rhythms and intimacies of scientific research and political negotiation.

 

November 11-15

Monday, November 11th

Closed in observance of Veterans Day.

 

Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?

Virtual Book Discussion

Thursday, November 14 12:00 pm-1:00 pm

For Adults, Zoom. (Email thpl@alslib.info for Zoom link.)

Join us in conversation for our first Lake County Big Read! Copies of the book will be available at the front desk beginning September 1. Support for this program comes from the Victory Fund.

 

Night Flyers Bats and Moths

Friday, November 15, 1:30-2:30 pm

For Ages 2-13, Library Meeting Room

Join us as we learn night flyers with State Park Naturalist, Mic. Children under the age of 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

 

November 18-22

Books and Brews

Tuesday, November 19, 6:00-8:00 pm

For Adults, Castle Danger Brewery Taproom

Book lovers will gather the third Tuesday of the month at the long table in the taproom and discuss what we’re reading. Castle Danger will give you $1 off your first drink if you show them your book on Books and Brews night.

 

ATLAS (At The Library After School)

Thursday, November 21, 3:20-4:30 pm

Two Harbors High School Library

For Middle-Schoolers

Join us to chill and hang out! We’ll have free snacks, a homework focus area, and a themed day which changes every week. We’ll rotate STEAM, art, games, and comic activities. This week is games.

 

Short and Sweet Book Club

Thursday, November 21, 6:00-6:45 pm

For Adults, Library Meeting Room

Discussing: Siddhartha: Part One: The Son of the Brahmin by Hermann Hesse

Grab your copy at the front desk!

 

Teen Advisory Group

Friday, November 22, 2:00-2:30 pm

For Teens ages 12-18, Library Meeting Room

Calling all teens! Help design library programs, earn volunteer hours, and make your voice heard.

 

November 25-29

Thursday, November 28 and Friday, November 29

Closed in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

 

December 2-6

 

ATLAS (At The Library After School)

Thursday, December 5, 3:20-4:30 pm

Two Harbors High School Library

For Middle-Schoolers

Join us to chill and hang out! We’ll have free snacks, a homework focus area, and a themed day which changes every week. We’ll rotate STEAM, art, games, and comic activities. This week is STEAM.

 

Gunflint Falling: Blowdown in the Boundary Waters

Author Talk by Cary J. Griffith

Friday, December 6, 10:00 am-11:00 am

For Ages 10 and up, Library Meeting Room

Minnesota author Cary J. Griffith will be visiting area libraries for presentations focusing on his latest book, Gunflint Falling: Blowdown in the Boundary Waters. On July 4, 1999, in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), a bizarre confluence of meteorological events resulted in the most damaging blowdown in the region’s history. Gunflint Falling tells the story of this devastating storm from the perspectives of those who were on the ground before, during, and after the catastrophic event—from first-time visitors to the north woods to returning paddlers to Forest Service Rangers. Griffith is a recipient of the Minnesota Book Award and the Midwest Book Award. This program, sponsored by Arrowhead Library System, was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund (ACFH).