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Libraries across Minnesota expand in-person services as COVID pandemic wanes
Library locations in the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota are inching closer to normal.
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After a year of minimal and modified operations due to COVID-19, some of the state s biggest library systems are reopening, moving closer to a resumption of normal services.
“As we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, libraries are here for people
to reconnect, learn, and find joy in being together in community with neighbors after a year in which distance has been the norm, said St. Paul Library Director Catherine Penkert in an announcement Wednesday.
That library system expanded open hours and the in-person services available at its 13 library locations across St. Paul this week, shifting resources away from virtual offerings toward more normal operations. Patrons can browse the collection without a time limit, meeting rooms are available (though a limited number), and visitors will find furniture and
There are three things I really love in life: my family, awesome music and a good book. For years and years I spent hundreds (thousands?) on e-books to read on my Kindle.
Medcalf: Antiracism book club explores caste in America May 15, 2021 3:41pm Text size Copy shortlink:
In Chris Rock s 2008 comedy special, Kill the Messenger, he discusses the limited diversity in his affluent neighborhood in Alpine, N.J. At the time, the high-profile actor and comedian lived near a handful of Black celebrities including Jay-Z and Eddie Murphy who had also achieved great success in their careers. But Rock s punchline highlighted a condition that money and status could not erase. Do you know what the white man that lives next door to me does for a living? Rock asks. He s a . dentist.
While Rock offered this example with a humorous tone, the statistical rarity of his rise, the weight of inequity and the limitations of ascribing our challenges according to race and class are detailed in Isabel Wilkerson s illuminating book Caste, the first book for the Mary Ann Key Book Club, a partnership w