“Are we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations will think so. How else to explain our imaginative failure in the face of global warming? In his first major ...

Over this weekend, the Mayor’s office canceled a meeting with EPNI scheduled for Monday, August 25th, to discuss an amendment to the purchase agreement for the Roof Depot site, which EPNI proposed on ...

Donna Neste is retiring from her many years of service as the Coordinator of Neighborhood Ministries at Mount Olive Church 31st and Chicago Av. Donna has served Mount Olive and the neighborhood ...

Dr. Kirby Spencer, one of Minneapolis”' first dentists, is generally credited with providing the money to start Minneapolis”' Athenaeum* which functioned as the city”'s first public library.

The American Indian Movement will open its first exhibit telling the story of its history on May 10 th at the All My Relations Gallery. Planning for the exhibit has been underway for months, as ...

The Letter to the Editor, “Omissions and distortions abound in libraries, too,” by Berman Sanford in The Alley Newspaper February 2019 is an admirable undertaking; to have things listed at libraries ...

Roosevelt, Taft, politicos, prostitution, Titanic dominate headlines by Sue Hunter Weir Alice Mathews led a rather ordinary life except for one thing: she was murdered. On Saturday, March 23, 1912, ...

I recently read The Cross and Lynching Tree by James Cone. Cone was one of the first and most respected Black Liberation Theologians who emerged in the 1960s and 1970s, arguing that the dominant ...

Welcome back to the Phillips Community Oral History Project monthly update! This regular Column is an important part of the Project’s outreach to the Phillips Community. It is a space where we will ...

All information listed here is accurate as of September 26th, 2025. For the most recent information, check out the library website at https://www.hclib.org. Drop in for fun and creative STEAM (science ...

Think investing is only for the super-rich? Think again. You don’t need millions—or even thousands—to start growing your money. Whether you’re saving for something in the near future or planning for ...

South Minneapolis is facing a persistent crisis: opioid addiction and homelessness often go hand in hand. Many in our community live without housing because of addiction, and this is not new. These ...