Hennepin County Library - Minneapolis Central Branch

Free with open seating to the public. In 1989, author Will Weaver received the Minnesota Book Award for Best Fiction for A Gravestone Made of Wheat & Other Stories. Sixteen years later screenwriter and director Ali Selim adapted the title short story from this collection to create the critically acclaimed ... (more)movie, Sweet Land. Sweet Land received numerous awards including Best Narrative Feature Film at the Hamptons International Film Festival and the Film Independent's Spirit Award for Best First Feature, and it was named one of the Ten Best Films of 2006 by over a dozen critics. Shot on location in Southern Minnesota, Sweet Land is the story of immigrant America, “a visually indelible movie… of extraordinary tenderness (Entertainment Weekly).” In this unique installment of Talk of the Stacks, together Selim and Weaver will discuss fiction writing, film making, and the process of adapting a short story to a feature-length movie. For more information: 612-630-6174 or www.friendsofmpl.org.

Presented by Gunter Dittmar, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota School of Architecture. A Working Through Architecture Series Lecture, sponsored by The Friends and the University of Minnesota School of Architecture. Peter Zumthor (b.1943) is a Swiss architect who, through his work, explicitly ... (more)explores what is known as a phenomenological approach to architecture: issues of being, place, time and timelessness. Working out of a small office in Switzerland, he has developed an international practice and a worldwide reputation as one of the leading contemporary architects.

Presented by Renée Cheng, Associate Professor and Head, School of Architecture, University of Minnesota. A Working Through Architecture Series Lecture, sponsored by The Friends and the University of Minnesota School of Architecture. Frank Gehry (b.1929) has become well known architect producing high ... (more)profile buildings through out the world. This lecture will describe some of the techniques used to build his fluid forms. While the tools are avant-garde, the mind-set has parallels with the master builders of the Gothic era. The lecture will use examples from recent projects such as the Experience Music Project in Seattle and our own Weisman Art Museum.

Presented by Thomas Fisher, Professor Dean, College of Design, University of Minnesota. A Working Through Architecture Series Lecture, sponsored by The Friends and the University of Minnesota School of Architecture. Ralph Rapson (b.1914), who led the School of Architecture at the University of Minnesota ... (more)for 30 years and who still practices with his son at the age 93, brought Modern Architecture to Minnesota in 1954. Over his long career, Rapson produced a large body of work, both buildings and furniture, that have an inventiveness and playfulness that very few Modernists ever achieved. Come hear the Dean of the College of Design talk about the work of the true "dean" of Modern Architecture in Minnesota.

Requires advance registration. Have you ever wanted to learn more about the history of your house, your neighborhood, or a piece of land that you own within the Minneapolis city limits? Join Heather Lawton, Special Collections Librarian at the Minneapolis Central Library, and John Lawton, Assistant Librarian ... (more)at the University of Minnesota’s John R. Borchert Map Library, as they explain how to research property history utilizing resources available throughout the city. This workshop is free but space is limited so please register online at http://www.Mplib.org/calendar.asp. Questions? Please call: 612-630-6350.

Novelist Arthur Phillips and blues band Scrapomatic will both appear at the event - reading, concert, joint discussion...

Novelist Arthur Phillips and blues band Scrapomatic will both appear at the event - reading, concert, joint discussion...