What kind of funding should the Kitchigami Regional Library System (KRLS) get and should it answer a Crow Wing County funding decision by eliminating funding for materials in Crosslake and Pequot Lakes?
That’s one of the questions back before the Crow Wing County Board March 12 as commissioners are asked to restore $20,000 in funding.
Last year, the board took $20,000 from the requested funding for the library and put it toward a new funding request by The Center, the senior activity center in Brainerd.

Carrie Vecchione and Rolf Erdahl, a husband and wife instrumental duo, will visit the Brainerd Public Library on Thursday, September 20 at 11:30am. They will present a recital of music through the ages up to the engaging new repertoire composed for them, with classical crossovers infused with jazz, tango, and folksongs. Hear Carrie Vecchione, oboe/English horn, and Rolf Erdahl, double bass, perform music that "grabs your ear as the ink dries, and sends you out the door humming a new tune!”

September Brainerd Public Library Events

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month
Throughout September when a child under 10 receives a new library card, a library football player will move one yard. Once the football player gets a touch down the library will have a football party! With thanks to a generous donation the children will also receive a free tote bag and book with their new card. Go Team!

adorable dogs pictures that decorate the children’s area! To celebrate we’ll have a fun dog story time. Come meet Buggles, a cute 3 year old bichon poodle therapy dog that kids can read a book to. Thanks to our Friends of the library, Thelen Heating and Roofing and public donations for making these fun additions possible.

Play from CLIMB Theatre preformed at the Brainerd Public Library August 9th at 11:30am

CLIMB Theatre will present The Tortoise and the Hare, especially for ages 3-8 and their families, with interactive fun. They will be at the Brainerd Public Library on Thursday, August 9th performing at 11:30am.

Eric Dregni is our seventh author in the Brainerd Public Library Brown Bag Lunch Summer Authors’ series. He will speak Monday, July 23rd from noon to 1pm at the Brainerd Public Library. His talk will focus on his latest book, Vikings in the Attic: In Search of Nordic America, published by the University of Minnesota Press.

The Brown Bag Lunch Summer Authors’ Series welcomes its fifth author, Margi Preus, on Monday, July 9th, from noon to 1pm at the Brainerd Public Library. Preus is an award-winning children’s author and playwright.

“Curtis and Loretta are in many ways the quintessential folk duo: finely honed vocal harmonies of multidimensional intrigue, abundant talent on an array of stringed instruments, deep traditional roots, great originals, and equally strong strains of gravity and playful irreverence,” Rick Mason wrote in the Minneapolis City Pages A-List. Curtis and Loretta will be at the Brainerd Public Library on Wednesday July 11 at 2:00pm.

The Friends of the Brainerd Public Library annual Brown Bag Lunch Summer Author Series hosts author Shawn Lawrence Otto on Monday, June 25 at 12:00pm.

Calling All Dreamers – Brainerd Library Launches Summer Reading Program

Readers of all ages will explore the night this summer as the Brainerd Public Library presents “Dream Big—READ!” during their summer reading program.

Activities may include programs on stargazing and moon lore, dreams and wishes, space exploration, nocturnal animals, an evening pajama story time, and more.