Advocates call on City leaders to expand collections, update Rondo Library, continue digitization, and support “ConnectED” Presidential Initiative to get library cards in the hands of every student.
Read MoreThe Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library kicks off the 29th season of the Minnesota Book Awards. The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library is pleased to announce the launch of the 29th season of the Minnesota Book Awards with the opening of submissions for books published in 2016. The year-round Book Awards…
Read MoreAfter twenty-five years of service and growing the organization more than tenfold, Peter Pearson has announced his retirement as president of The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, effective December 31, 2016.
Read MoreAnnouncing “Great Lakes Reads,” a collaborative project of the Minnesota Center for the Book and other Centers for the Book bordering the Great Lakes. Created in 1977 by the Library of Congress, the Center for the Book promotes books, reading, literacy, and libraries.
Read MoreRenovated in 2014, Sun Ray Library is changing the way the community thinks about literacy, environmental stewardship, and youth leadership The Saint Paul Public Library was honored on May 26 at the 2016 Environmental Initiative Awards Ceremony for its unique partnership with the Children & Nature Network making Sun Ray Library a community hub of nature…
Read MoreSeventy-five years ago, 29 unionists and working-class socialists were prosecuted and labeled as dangerous revolutionaries by President Franklin Roosevelt’s Justice Department under the newly passed anti-radical Smith Act. Most were members and officers of the militant Minneapolis Teamsters Union that lead the historic 1934 truckers strikes. In Trotskyists on Trial: Free Speech and Political Persecution…
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