Fearless and Friendly Knitting Group

For people at all skill levels. Make new friends while creating your own handmade masterpieces! Drop in or stay the entire time. Learn how to knit or practice new techniques. Bring your own needles and yarn, please. Other needlecrafts welcome!

Connect and Play

For children ages birth to 5 years old and their caregivers. Connect with your child during this drop-in program exploring interactive early literacy activities. Siblings welcome.

Fearless and Friendly Knitting Group

For people at all skill levels. Make new friends while creating your own handmade masterpieces! Drop in or stay the entire time. Learn how to knit or practice new techniques. Bring your own needles and yarn, please. Other needlecrafts welcome!

Seed Growing 3-Part Series: Part I - Foundational Terms and Concepts

Seed growing has been done for thousands of years. Learn the basic steps, terms and concepts on how to grow seed for your family and other families. For this session, we will focus on easy seed explorations. Collaborator: Seed Sages.

City of Minneapolis Small Business Support

Meet with a representative from City of Minneapolis Small Business Team to learn about their resources for small business owners and entrepreneurs. No appointment necessary. Collaborator: City of Minneapolis Small Business Team.

Baby Storytime

For children from birth to 24 months and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, write, and play together. Share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement in a format especially designed for babies. Siblings welcome.

Family Storytime

For children ages birth to 5 years old and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, write, and play together. Share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Siblings welcome.

Fearless and Friendly Knitting Group

For people at all skill levels. Make new friends while creating your own handmade masterpieces! Drop in or stay the entire time. Learn how to knit or practice new techniques. Bring your own needles and yarn, please. Other needlecrafts welcome!

Seed Sorting Party

Help sort and label donated seeds for the Nokomis Community Seed Library! A seed library is a collection of community-donated seeds that can be borrowed from the library and planted at home. Volunteer while learning more about seed saving and gardening. Collaborator: S......More

Help sort and label donated seeds for the Nokomis Community Seed Library! A seed library is a collection of community-donated seeds that can be borrowed from the library and planted at home. Volunteer while learning more about seed saving and gardening. Collaborator: Seed Sages.

55+ Book Club

Join our discussion of new and interesting titles. Bring along your recommendations for future meetings. Lending copies may be picked up at the information desk prior to meeting. December 3: James by......More

Join our discussion of new and interesting titles. Bring along your recommendations for future meetings. Lending copies may be picked up at the information desk prior to meeting. December 3: James by Percival Everett January 7: The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin February 4: The Women by Kristin Hannah

Nokomis Library Writing Group

Join fellow writers for encouragement, feedback, and to help each other take writing to the next level. Bring works in progress, paper and a pen. You will explore different ways to think about writing.

Chess Club

For all ages. Chess it out! Have fun learning the basics of chess, improving your game, mastering strategies, and meeting other chess fans at all levels. Walk-ins welcome.

Nature Trading Place

Learn about natural history, biology and geology by trading items at the Nature Trading Place at Nokomis Library. Bring in your objects, drawings, or photographs of natural objects, and earn points in trade for other items in the collection.

Graphic Novel Book Club

Join our discussion of interesting graphic novels and comic books. Bring along your recommendations for future meetings. Lending copies may be picked up at the information desk prior to meeting.  December 11: ......More

Join our discussion of interesting graphic novels and comic books. Bring along your recommendations for future meetings. Lending copies may be picked up at the information desk prior to meeting.  December 11: Feeding Ghostsby Tessa Hulls January 8: It Rhymes With Takei by George Takei February 12: Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

Seed Growing 3-Part Series: Part II

Some seed crops are more difficult to grow than others. In Part II of the Seed Growing Series, we will dive into seed saving for the more complicated crops such as squash, flowers, biennials, and more. Collaborator: Seed Sages.