Spend your summer with us! Discover free events, book clubs, and reading support all summer long: hclib.org/summer
Headed to the Prince sing-along on Saturday? Make a stop at any Hennepin County library and get your limited edition Prince library card! 💜
Calling all Minnesota musicians! MNspin, the library's free streaming music service, is accepting new submissions through May 17.
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Our patrons checked out nearly 12 million (and counting!) items in 2025. **That's one checkout every 2.6 seconds.** Find out if one of your favorites made this year's list of most borrowed books: bit.ly/HCLMostBorrowed2025
MNspin's 2025 catalog is here.
75+ new albums. 600+ total.
Ad-free. Minnesota music. Streaming now.
bit.ly/MNspin2025
You don’t have to be rich, and you don’t have to be cool. You just have to stop by your library and pick up the limited-edition Prince card.
Visit hclib.org/prince for all the details, including great library resources for music and more.
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today… to introduce a limited-edition Prince library card! Sign up for your first card, or replace your existing one, while supplies last. Learn more at hclib.org/prince or visit any of our 41 locations.
Adult and teen volunteers gave more than 22,800 hours of service to their libraries last year. To our 755 valued volunteers, thank you!
Learn more about their impact: hclib.org/about/news/2025/Ap…
Happy National Library Week!
Wonderful to reconnect with Linda and Glenn Goecke, whom I wrote about in 2023, when they finished visiting all 41 @hclib locations. As a result of their adventures, the library now has a passport that you can pick up (free!) to get stamped when you visit
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Wow! Hennepin County Library patrons checked out more than 11 million items in 2024. Find out if one of your favorites made this year's list of most borrowed books: bit.ly/HCLMostBorrowed2024.
ALT Graphic for the 2024 Most Borrowed Books, featuring a purple and blue background with glowing circles and a crown motif above the year 2024.
December 12 is International Bluegrass Music Appreciation Day. Celebrate with some homegrown Bluegrass from MNspin, the Library's free streaming music service: hclib.musicat.co/featured/pl….
New at the Cargill Gallery: "Flora and Fauna Illustrata" documents and celebrates the diversity of life at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. On display at Minneapolis Central Library through January 26, 2025. hclib.org/about/news/2024/De…
In the early ‘90s, the Surveyor newspaper’s recurring column, "Quality Dining on a Budget Buck,” highlighted restaurants near Elliot Park neighborhood in Minneapolis. Photos of these local eateries are now part of the #ArchivesFeast in the HCL Digital Collections.
ALT Chef Bahjat Subhi chopping vegetables at Gililano Gemma
ALT Rae Flugge and Kim Dale display the Chef Café's famous chicken wings
ALT Red Sea Restaurant owner Tsehaye Berheand chef Sadia Mohammed
ALT Tony Grundhauser serves a pita sandwich at Pick a Pocket
Join us on December 3 for an online author talk with Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, brought to you by Club Book! Details at facebook.com/events/13749895…
Are you stuck in a reading rut? MPR News spoke with Hennepin County librarian Jody Wurl and offered great advice about how to find your next great read.
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Historic Minneapolis library set to reopen after $6.9 million renovation kare11.com/article/news/loca…
New at the Cargill Gallery -- "Exhale: Reflections on Guaranteed Income." Artists reflect on the potential impact of guaranteed income on their communities, livelihood, and creative practice.
On display at Minneapolis Central Library through November 23: bit.ly/HCLCargill-Oct24
Minneapolis Stonehenge? No, bridge pilings for I-94 in downtown Minneapolis. This #ArchivesOnTheRoad photo from our Digital Collections is dated 1968 before the freeway connected Minneapolis to St. Paul. A state project is now considering the future of I-94 between the downtowns.
We’re looking back at all the fun we had this summer at Hennepin County Library. It was one for the books!
This quick recap includes resources to support your student throughout the new school year: hclib.org/about/news/2024/Se…
Celebrate Classical Musical Month with these selections from Minnesota artists on MNspin, your local music streaming service! bit.ly/MNspin-Classic24
