Intro to Tenango Embroidery

Traditional Mexican embroidery, known as Tenango, can be used to add texture and color to your embroidery projects. Learn different Tenango embroidery stitches – including Otomí, Chamula, and Tzotzil – each with their own texture and style and create your own embroider......More

Traditional Mexican embroidery, known as Tenango, can be used to add texture and color to your embroidery projects. Learn different Tenango embroidery stitches – including Otomí, Chamula, and Tzotzil – each with their own texture and style and create your own embroidered napkin. Materials provided. Collaborator: Textile Center. This program is funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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.

Family Storytime

For children of all ages and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, write and play together. Share books, stories, rhymes, music and movement.

Connect and Play

For children of all ages and their caregivers. Connect with your child during this drop-in program exploring early literacy activities.

Intro to Rosemaling

Learn the basics of rosemaling – a traditional Norwegian folk art originating from the rural, working-class people of Norway in the 1700s. Use basic brush strokes to create beautiful flower patterns, great for handmade gifts and cards. Led by COMPAS Teaching Artist Kat......More

Learn the basics of rosemaling – a traditional Norwegian folk art originating from the rural, working-class people of Norway in the 1700s. Use basic brush strokes to create beautiful flower patterns, great for handmade gifts and cards. Led by COMPAS Teaching Artist Katrina Knutson. Materials provided. Collaborator: COMPAS. This program is funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Read With an Animal

Grades 1-3. Cuddle up with a certified therapy animal and practice reading aloud. Most libraries host dogs but you can call ahead to see if other animals will be visiting. Call Rogers Library at 612-543-6050 to sign up in advance or sign up when you arrive for a 15-min......More

Grades 1-3. Cuddle up with a certified therapy animal and practice reading aloud. Most libraries host dogs but you can call ahead to see if other animals will be visiting. Call Rogers Library at 612-543-6050 to sign up in advance or sign up when you arrive for a 15-minute slot. Collaborator: PAWS to READ is a program of North Star Therapy Animals (NSTA). All handlers are required to be trained in an additional children's reading program that focuses on utilizing registered therapy animals.

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.

Family Storytime

For children of all ages and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, write and play together. Share books, stories, rhymes, music and movement.

Connect and Play

For children of all ages and their caregivers. Connect with your child during this drop-in program exploring early literacy activities.

Poetry Lovers Converge

Join us once a month to find inspiration and/or inspire others with poetry. Read your own poem or listen to poems from others and share in the experience.

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.

Family Storytime

For children of all ages and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, write and play together. Share books, stories, rhymes, music and movement.

Connect and Play

For children of all ages and their caregivers. Connect with your child during this drop-in program exploring early literacy activities.