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Build a Fort Use natural dens and animal dwellings as inspiration and let your imagination take the wheel. Work by yourself or with others to build creative forts using a variety of building materials. Presented by Now.Make.Art. For youth ages 6–10. Program will be held outdoors.
Date: Saturday, June 27, 2026
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Kids
Categories: Science & Animals
Make and Fly Your Own Bird Drop-in to make a three-dimensional bird of your own by using a variety of art materials. Presented by Caponi Art Park. For Youth ages 4–7. Siblings welcome.
Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Kids
Categories: Arts & Crafts
Group Discuss a variety of great books with other members of the community. This month’s title is "Anxious People" by Fredrik Backman. New members are welcome. For adults.
Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm L
ocation: Inver Glen Conference Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Adults
Categories: Books & Reading
Crafternoon Bring your own craft to work on while visiting with other makers and get help with individual projects and techniques on the third Thursday of the month. For adults.
Date: Thursday, July 16, 2026
Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Adults
Categories: Arts & Crafts
Waggin' Tales Read to trained therapy dogs in a supportive environment to help build literacy skills and confidence in reading out loud. Event will be held in the Children's Area. For youth ages 5–10.
Date: Saturday, July 18, 2026
Time: 10:00am - 11:00am
Location: Children's Area Library
Inver Glen Library
Audience: Kids
Categories: Books & Reading
The Alternate Universe: Creating Fictional Worlds Explore the art of writing and world-building. Learn how to create fictional, but vivid and detailed worlds that come to life and jump off the page. Presented by The Loft. Registration required. For youth ages 12-18. Date: Saturday, July 18, 2026
Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Location: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Teens
Categories: Writing
Balloon Cars Learn about wheels, axles and air movement then make and personalize your own balloon powered car. Projects made during the workshop will be sent with 4-H staff to be on display during the Dakota County Fair. Participants will be able to pick their projects up at the library after the fair. Registration required. For youth ages 6 and older. Presented in partnership with Dakota County 4-H.
Date: Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Kids
Categories: Science & Animals
Garden to Table: Cooking Your Harvest Join us for this hands-on class focused on using the harvested produce from the garden to create simple, delicious dishes. Learn how to clean, prepare and store fruits, vegetables and herbs. Explore simple recipes that highlight the flavors of fresh produce and gain confidence in adding fresh ingredients to everyday meals. Presented by Make with Sam. Registration required. For adults.
Date: Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Time: 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Location: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Adults
Categories: Home & Garden
Chemists in the Library Drop-in for hands-on chemistry activities lead by volunteers from the MN American Chemical Society. Participants will have an opportunity to experiment with a variety of activities. For youth ages 6 and older.
Date: Saturday, July 25, 2026
Time: 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Location: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Kids
Categories: Science & Animals
Book Bingo for All Abilities Play bingo for a chance to win books. Registration required. For adults.
Date: Thursday, July 30, 2026
Time: 10:00am - 11:00am
Location: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Adults
Categories: All Abilities
Mobile Sign Shop Drop in to create, carve, and paint your own customized wooden sign inspired by the cabin signs of Northern Minnesota, while supplies last. Event will be outside, weather permitting. Presented by artist Peter Haakon Thompson. Register if you would like an email reminder about the event. Geared for adults.
Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Time: 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Adults
Categories: Arts & Crafts
STEM Inspiration Stations Dig into the wonders of science by trying accessible, engaging activities that bring the inner child out of everyone. Have fun with electrifying gizmos or perfecting your engineering innovation. Presented by The Bakken Museum. For youth ages 5 and older.
Date: Thursday, August 6, 2026
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Location: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Kids Categories: Science & Animals
Blanket Stitch Rainbow Embroidery Create a cute rainbow decoration on a fabric patch or garment or accessory you bring from home. Learn the blanket stitch for decoration or for mending and edging all sorts of textiles. Presented artist Z Akhmetova. Registration required. For youth ages 12–18.
Date: Saturday, August 8, 2026
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Teens
Categories: Arts & Crafts
Inver Glen Book Discussion Group Discuss a variety of great books with other members of the community. This month’s title is "Brighter by the Day: Waking up to New Hopes and Dreams" by Robin Roberts. New members are welcome. For adults.
Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Inver Glen Conference Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Adults
Categories: Books & Reading
Todd 'n' Tina Join us for high energy, silly and funny music that will have you dancing and jumping uncontrollably. For youth ages 2 and older with their caregivers.
Date: Thursday, August 13, 2026
Time: 10:00am - 10:45am
Location: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Kids
Categories: Music, Dance & Theater
Read to trained therapy dogs in a supportive environment to help build literacy skills and confidence in reading out loud. Event will be held in the Children's Area. For youth ages 5–10.
Date: Saturday, August 15, 2026
Time: 10:00am - 11:00am
Location: Children's Area
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Kids
Categories: Books & Reading
Crafternoon Bring your own craft to work on while visiting with other makers and get help with individual projects and techniques on the third Thursday of the month. For adults.
Date: Thursday, August 20, 2026
Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Location: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Adults
Categories: Arts & Crafts
Inver Glen Book Discussion Group Discuss a variety of great books with other members of the community. This month’s title is "Retirement Plan" by Sue Hincenbergs. New members are welcome. For adults.
Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Inver Glen Conference Room
Library Inver Glen Library Audience:
Adults
Categories: Books & Reading
Storytime for Babies Read, play and sing along with your young child in this interactive storytime designed for newborns and babies. For youth ages birth to age 2 with their caregivers. Siblings welcome.
Date: Friday, September 11, 2026
Time: 9:30am - 10:15am
Location: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Babies
Categories: Storytime & Early Learning
Play and Learn Play, explore and create with a variety of toys, crafts and activities. Connect with your child during this drop-in program. For youth ages birth and older with their caregivers.
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Time: 6:30pm - 7:15pm
Location: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Babies Kids
Categories: Fun & Games
Storytime & Early Learning Crafternoon Bring your own craft to work on while visiting with other makers and get help with individual projects and techniques on the third Thursday of the month. For adults.
Date: Thursday, September 17, 2026
Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Adults
Categories: Arts & Crafts
Storytime for Babies Read, play and sing along with your young child in this interactive storytime designed for newborns and babies. For youth ages birth to age 2 with their caregivers. Siblings welcome.
Date: Friday, September 18, 2026
Time: 9:30am - 10:15am
Location: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Babies
Categories: Storytime & Early Learning
Read to trained therapy dogs in a supportive environment to help build literacy skills and confidence in reading out loud. Event will be held in the Children's Area. For youth ages 5–10.
Date: Saturday, September 19, 2026
Time: 10:00am - 11:00am
Location: Children's Area
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Kids
Categories: Books & Reading
Storytime for Babies Read, play and sing along with your young child in this interactive storytime designed for newborns and babies. For youth ages birth to age 2 with their caregivers. Siblings welcome.
Date: Friday, September 25, 2026
Time: 9:30am - 10:15am
Location: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Babies
Categories: Storytime & Early Learning
Author Meg Gorzycki Join us as author and historian Meg Gorzycki’s new book, “Remember the Main: The Gay Bar That Started a Movement in the Northland.” Hear the story of a generation who found their cause and their community at Jansen’s club. Weaving together oral history, biography, and social critique, Meg Gorzycki chronicles the highs and lows of the local fight for human rights, legal protection, and health care for LGBTQ Americans. “Remember the Main” is an engaging profile of a unique community and what its members did to improve lives through resilience, compassion, and belonging—with a few toasts along the way. For adults. Funded by MELSA.
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Adults
Categories: Books & Reading
Storytime for Babies Read, play and sing along with your young child in this interactive storytime designed for newborns and babies. For youth ages birth to age 2 with their caregivers. Siblings welcome.
Date: Friday, October 2, 2026
Time: 9:30am - 10:15am
Location: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Babies
Categories: Storytime & Early Learning
Drop-in: Book Edge Painting Breathe new life into your personal library with the art of book-edge painting. Bring your own book and learn the professional techniques for masking and painting the "text block" edges. Using markers, masking tape and brown paper to protect the covers, we’ll turn ordinary pages into colorful works of art. Register to receive an email reminder. Presented by Make with Sam. Register to receive an email reminder. For adults.
Date: Saturday, October 3, 2026
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Location: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Adults
Categories: Arts & Crafts
Books & Reading Registrations open at 10:00am Saturday, September 5, 2026 Read, play and sing along with your young child in this interactive storytime designed for newborns and babies. For youth ages birth to age 2 with their caregivers. Siblings welcome.
Date: Friday, October 9, 2026
Time: 9:30am - 10:15am
Location: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Babies
Categories: Storytime & Early Learning
Inver Glen Book Discussion Group Discuss a variety of great books with other members of the community. This month’s title is "The Spellshop" by Sarah Beth Durst. New members are welcome. For adults.
Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Inver Glen Conference Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Adults
Categories: Books & Reading
Play and Learn Play, explore and create with a variety of toys, crafts and activities. Connect with your child during this drop-in program. For youth ages birth and older with their caregivers.
Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Time: 6:30pm - 7:15pm
Location: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Babies Kids
Categories: Fun & Games
Storytime & Early Learning Crafternoon Bring your own craft to work on while visiting with other makers and get help with individual projects and techniques on the third Thursday of the month. For adults.
Date: Thursday, October 15, 2026
Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Location: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Adults
Categories: Arts & Crafts
Storytime for Babies Read, play and sing along with your young child in this interactive storytime designed for newborns and babies. For youth ages birth to age 2 with their caregivers. Siblings welcome.
Date: Friday, October 16, 2026
Time: 9:30am - 10:15am
Location: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Babies
Categories: Storytime & Early
Learning Waggin' Tales Read to trained therapy dogs in a supportive environment to help build literacy skills and confidence in reading out loud. Event will be held in the Children's Area. For youth ages 5–10.
Date: Saturday, October 17, 2026
Time: 10:00am - 11:00am
Location: Children's Area
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Kids
Categories: Books & Reading
Members Only Discover great deals on gently used materials and help support your local library. Sponsored by the Friends of Inver Glen Library.
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Time: 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: All Ages
Categories: Book Sale
Discover great deals on gently used materials and help support your local library. Sponsored by the Friends of Inver Glen Library. Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Time: 6:15pm - 7:30pm
Location: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: All Ages Categories: Book Sale
Friends of Inver Glen Library Book Sale Discover great deals on gently used materials and help support your local library. Sponsored by the Friends of Inver Glen Library.
Date: Thursday, October 22, 2026
Time: 9:00am - 4:30pm
Location: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: All Ages Categories: Book Sale
Friends of Inver Glen Library Book Sale Discover great deals on gently used materials and help support your local library. Sponsored by the Friends of Inver Glen Library.
Date: Friday, October 23, 2026
Time: 9:00am - 4:30pm
Location: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: All Ages
Categories: Book Sale
Sale Discover great deals on gently used materials and help support your local library. All the items you can fit into a bag for one set price ($3 per bag/box). Sponsored by the Friends of Inver Glen Library.
Date: Saturday, October 24, 2026
Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm L
ocation: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: All Ages Categories: Book Sale
Read, play and sing along with your young child in this interactive storytime designed for newborns and babies. For youth ages birth to age 2 with their caregivers. Siblings welcome.
Date: Friday, October 30, 2026
Time: 9:30am - 10:15am
Location: Inver Glen Large Meeting Room
Library Inver Glen Library
Audience: Babies
Categories: Storytime & Early Learning