City Council Meeting

March 26, 2019, 6:00 PM @ Council Chambers

Create a Family Crest

March 30, 2019, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Faribault Diversity Coalition Director Gordon Liu will guide this class as we research, discover, design and create unique symbols for our families. Participants will explore cultures, family histories, storytelling and graphic design. This class meets for three afternoon Saturday sessions in the Library’s Third Floor Makerspace. Everyone is welcome. Please stop by or call the Library’s Information Desk at 507-334-2089 to register.

Discussing Diversity: Community Stories

March 25, 2019, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM @ Great Hall

This is a series of dialogue discussions hosted by the Faribault Public Schools, Faribault Diversity Coalition and Buckham Memorial Library. The event is open to the public. Please come and join us for delicious food, moving stories and insightful information.

Boomerang Bags Sewing Bees

March 26, 2019, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM @ Makerspace (3rd floor)

Do you love to sew or would you like to learn to sew? We need your help! Come to a Boomerang Bags Sewing Bee and help us create cloth tote bags for our community's Boomerang Bags initiative! Boomerang Bags is a grassroots, community-driven movement tackling plastic pollution at its source. Volunteers from all walks of life get together to make reusable ‘boomerang bags’ using recycled materials, as a means to provide a sustainable alternative to plastic bags. Seamsters under 12 years old must be accompanied by an adult sewing companion. No registration required. Come and sew!

Faribault Ukulele Network (F.U.N.) Jam Sessions

March 28, 2019, 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM @ Buckham Memorial Library

F.U.N. jam sessions are for ukulele players 16 and older. Participants must bring a ukulele, a tuner, and music stand and must know how to play at least 5 ukulele chords to attend these jam sessions. An option for less experienced players is the Library's Open Uke Hours where ukuleles and instruction for all ages is available. Please see other event announcements for this program: Uke Can Make Music.

Edible Books Festival 2019

March 30, 2019, 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM @ Buckham Memorial Library

Buckham Memorial Library is excited to sponsor the library’s annual Edible Books Festival, taking place on Saturday, March 30. The Edible Books Festival is an International literary event where all entries must represent literature, using only edible food items in the design. The design could be a book, a character in a book, a book title, a play on words of a book title. It could be a cake, cupcakes, a sandwich—any kind of food can be used, but only food. No toothpicks, cardboard etc. Although the displays must be made of edible items, they will not be judged on taste and will not be eaten by the judges. They will be judged on design and how closely they follow a literary theme. Come in to the library for more information, rules and an entry form beginning March 1st.

Spring Break @ Your Library

March 22, 2019, All Day

The library is a great place for youth and their caregivers to hang out during spring break! Stop in anytime between 3/18-3/22 to get a "to do" list of fun and free activities to complete at the library. Do one or more of the suggested activities and return the list to any library staff person to be entered into a drawing for a small prize. Winner will be notified by phone on 3/25.

Storytime

March 26, 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM @ Children's Programming Area

STORYTIME is intended for children ages birth - 6 years old with an actively participating adult caregiver. Storytime takes place in the children's area of the library on Tuesdays at 6:30pm, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 10:30am Join us in the children's area at the library for stories, songs, and fun! Storytime encourages language development and fosters a love of books and a lifetime of learning. Parents and caregivers will learn about early literacy and get tips on how to help their child become ready to read. Siblings and guests are always welcome. Storytimes for 2019 begin on January 8 and continue through April 25. After a break, storytime will resume for the summer in June.

Storytime

March 27, 2019, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM @ Children's Programming Area

STORYTIME is intended for children ages birth - 6 years old with an actively participating adult caregiver. Storytime takes place in the children's area of the library on Tuesdays at 6:30pm, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 10:30am Join us in the children's area at the library for stories, songs, and fun! Storytime encourages language development and fosters a love of books and a lifetime of learning. Parents and caregivers will learn about early literacy and get tips on how to help their child become ready to read. Siblings and guests are always welcome. Storytimes for 2019 begin on January 8 and continue through April 25. After a break, storytime will resume for the summer in June.

Storytime

March 28, 2019, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM @ Children's Programming Area

STORYTIME is intended for children ages birth - 6 years old with an actively participating adult caregiver. Storytime takes place in the children's area of the library on Tuesdays at 6:30pm, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 10:30am Join us in the children's area at the library for stories, songs, and fun! Storytime encourages language development and fosters a love of books and a lifetime of learning. Parents and caregivers will learn about early literacy and get tips on how to help their child become ready to read. Siblings and guests are always welcome. Storytimes for 2019 begin on January 8 and continue through April 25. After a break, storytime will resume for the summer in June.

Pizza & Pages

March 25, 2019, 4:30 PM - 5:15 PM @ Youth Activity Area

Pizza & Pages is an informal book club for youth in grades 6-12. We meet monthly during the school year in the library’s Youth Activity Area to discuss books we’ve chosen to read from an assigned topic or genre. The March meeting will be on Monday, March 25 from 4:30-5:15 p.m. in the library's Youth Activity Area. To prepare, read any book with a one word title. Come prepared to discuss your selection while we eat delicious cheese pizza. All future meeting dates and reading assignments will be announced in advance on the library’s website and Facebook page.