Sisters in Crime: Minnesota Not So Nice - TONIGHT!

Wednesday, May 12th

7:00-8:00pm

The Savage Library and Twin Cities Sisters in Crime present Minnesota Not So Nice: A Mystery & Suspense Author Panel via ZOOM. Hear authors Steven Hoffman, Thekla Madsen, Sherry Roberts and Timya Owen explore what defines our legendary "Minnesota Nice" and why bad behavior sometimes has it's own rewards.

Panelists include mystery and suspense authors and editors of the latest Sisters in Crime chapter anthology, Minnesota Not So Nice: Eighteen Tales of Bad Behavior. Registration required in order to receive a link to the program. There is still space available!

Tuesday, May 25th

7:00-8:15pm

The Prior Lake Library 'Good Book' Club reads and discusses a different book selection each month. We meet on the fourth Tuesday of the month and invitations to our Zoom meeting are available upon request at pllibrary@scottlib.org or 952-447-3375. Stop in at the Prior Lake Library to sign out or reserve a copy of this month's selection: The Railwayman's Wife by Ashley Hay. A reading guide is also available. We read good books and welcome new members!

Thursdays, May 13th and 27th

All Day

Meet with a volunteer attorney for 30 mins to discuss a civil legal issue (this can include family law, conciliation/civil court, protective orders, simple probate/estate questions, etc.). Advance registration required.

All events listed below are presented by CareerForce, and require advance registration.

Job Interviewing: Presenting Your Best Self, Thursday, May 13th, 1:00-2:00pm - This workshop offers some practical suggestions of what you can do before, during, and after the interview. It covers such issues as: research, listening, asking appropriate questions, attitude and follow up. The aim is to help master some elements of presenting your best self that could lead to a successful interview.

Microsoft Word for Job Seekers, Tuesday, May 18th, 9:00am-12:00pm - In this class we will focus on the Word skills involved in formatting clean, professional cover letters & resumes. We will explore paragraph & line spacing settings, bullet points & columns, borders & shading, and tab stops. We will also learn about using appropriate font type & size, margins & orientation. Students should have basic MS Word Skills such as creating and saving a document.

Creative Job Search: Identifying Your Skills, Job Applications and Work Portfolios, Tuesday, May 18th, 10:00-11:00am - Can you list the top 5 skills that you can market to a potential employer? If that list doesn’t come to you easily, don’t worry, this session will help you identify what you have to offer, beyond job titles and employment dates. We will also discuss Applications and what to put in a Portfolio (hint: it’s not just for artists!).

Computer Basics Online Workshop, Tuesday, May 18th, 2:00-4:00pm - Do you have little or no experience with computers? In this hands-on workshop, get an introduction to computers and software.

This week's challenge: Calvin and Hobbes Good luck!

Love the comic Calvin and Hobbes? Then this trivia, by Kyle in New Prague, is for you! The multiple choice challenge is timed, so the faster you respond, the more points you get! You have until Tuesday, May 18 at noon to take the challenge.

We’ve built our trivia challenge in Kahoot!, but there’s no need for you to create an account. Just click the link, spin for a randomly-generated player name, and play!

For those of you who remember your "name" in the 2021 Oscars trivia two weeks ago, here are the final standings:

Perfect scores:

Rounding out the top 5:

The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library, in their role as the Center for the Book for Minnesota, have announced the 2021 Minnesota Book Award winners. To be eligible for the award, writers must be current residents of Minnesota. Submissions are accepted in the fall, and finalists are announced in January. Judges are selected from across the state to include a diversity of professional experience, educational background, ethnicity, age, and gender.

Below are the winners in the six adult book categories, with links to print copies in the library catalog. (Be sure to check on Libby to find eBook or eAudiobook formats.) Check out the young adult and children's winners, and winners of special awards, as well as the 2020 and past years' finalists and winners on the Minnesota Book Awards webpage.

Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl by Jonathan C. Slaght - As a fledgling birdwatcher, Slaght had a chance encounter with one of the most mysterious birds on Earth, the Blakiston’s fish owl. His five-year journey searching for this enormous, enigmatic creature in the remote forests of eastern Russia provides a rare glimpse into the everyday life of a field scientist and conservationist and serves as a reminder of the beauty, strength, and vulnerability of the natural world.

The Deep, Deep Snow by Brian Freeman - Deputy Shelby Lake was abandoned as a baby, saved by a stranger who found her in the freezing cold. Now, years later, Shelby is the one who must rescue a missing child, but the case is growing cold. When a tantalizing clue comes to light, Shelby must confront a dark lie that will leave no one’s life untouched – including her own.

Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify: Essays by Carolyn Holbrook - Holbrook’s life is peopled with ghosts – of the girl she was, the selves she shed and those who have caught up to her, the spirits she’s encountered, and also the beloved souls she’s lost and those she never knew. Holbrook has heeded the call to tell the story of her life, and to find among its chapters, the lessons and necessary truths of those who have come before.

Minnesota's Geologist: The Life of Newton Horace Winchell by Sue Leaf - Tracing Newton Horace Winchell’s path to becoming a leading light of an emerging scientific field, Minnesota’s Geologist recreates the early days of scientific inquiry in Minnesota, when one man’s passion for learning could unlock secrets of the state’s distant past and present landscape. This first telling of Winchell’s life story is set against a backdrop of Minnesota’s geological complexity and splendor.

Sharks in the Time of Saviors: A Novel by Kawai Strong Washburn - In Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, seven-year-old Nainoa Flores falls overboard a cruise ship into the Pacific Ocean. When a shiver of sharks appears in the water, everyone fears for the worst. Instead, Noa is delivered to his mother in the jaws of a shark, marking his story the stuff of legends. Folding tales of Hawaiian gods into a family saga, this is a story of exile and the pursuit of salvation.

Homie: Poems by Danez Smith - Homie is a bright elegy, a friendship diary, a war cry. It comes out of the search for joy and intimacy within a nation where both can seem scarce and getting scarcer. Smith acknowledges that in this country, in a body defined by race, queerness, and diagnosis, it can be hard to survive, but the collection is an ode to the friendships that offer salvation.