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Family Storytime at Lake Crystal Public Library

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Lake Crystal Library at Lake Crystal
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Pre-K

Join us for some stories and songs with Ann at the Lake Crystal Public Library! 

Library Branch: Lake Crystal
Room: Lake Crystal Library
Age Group: Pre-K
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for some stories and songs with Ann at the Lake Crystal Public Library! 

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Art Corner

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Youth Services at Mankato
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Youth

Join us every Tuesday for a fun craft or activity! You bring your creativity, and we will provide the supplies.  

Ages 6-12 

Library Branch: Mankato
Room: Youth Services
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Join us every Tuesday for a fun craft or activity! You bring your creativity, and we will provide the supplies.  

Ages 6-12 

Brad taylor wearing a black leather jacket posing next to his book "Shadow Strike." The background is a dark emerald green.

Virtual Author: Brad Taylor

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Author Visit
Age Group:
Adults

Join us in conversation with acclaimed author Brad Taylor on his latest work, Shadow Strike, book 20 (yes, you read that right!) of the bestselling Pike Logan series. 

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Visit
Event Details:

Join us in conversation with acclaimed author Brad Taylor on his latest work, Shadow Strike, book 20 (yes, you read that right!) of the bestselling Pike Logan series. 

More Information

ACHF

This program is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant provided by the Traverse des Sioux Library Cooperative, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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Community Storytime

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Blue Earth County Historical Society at Off Site
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Pre-K

Join your local librarians for Community Storytime, an interactive early literacy program for young children and their caregivers.

Library Branch: Off Site
Room: Blue Earth County Historical Society
Age Group: Pre-K
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join your local librarians for Community Storytime, an interactive early literacy program for young children and their caregivers.

Blue sky-like background with a white cloud in the middle. Cartoon kids are smiling and dancing all around the cloud, and in the center of the cloud, "Storytime" is written in all caps in red text.

Community Storytime

Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
River Hills Mall at Off Site
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Pre-K

Join your local librarians for Community Storytime, an interactive early literacy program for young children and their caregivers.

Library Branch: Off Site
Room: River Hills Mall
Age Group: Pre-K
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join your local librarians for Community Storytime, an interactive early literacy program for young children and their caregivers.

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LEGO Club

Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Youth Services at Mankato
Program Type:
STEAM
Age Group:
Youth, Tweens

Calling all LEGO Masters! Come by the library to create the LEGO-land of your dreams. LEGOs will be provided.  

Ages 6-12

Library Branch: Mankato
Room: Youth Services
Age Group: Youth, Tweens
Program Type: STEAM
Event Details:

Calling all LEGO Masters! Come by the library to create the LEGO-land of your dreams. LEGOs will be provided.  

Ages 6-12

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Art Corner

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Youth Services at Mankato
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Youth

Join us every Tuesday for a fun craft or activity! You bring your creativity, and we will provide the supplies.  

Ages 6-12 

Library Branch: Mankato
Room: Youth Services
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Join us every Tuesday for a fun craft or activity! You bring your creativity, and we will provide the supplies.  

Ages 6-12 

Blue sky-like background with a white cloud in the middle. Cartoon kids are smiling and dancing all around the cloud, and in the center of the cloud, "Storytime" is written in all caps in red text.

Community Storytime

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Blue Earth County Historical Society at Off Site
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Pre-K

Join your local librarians for Community Storytime, an interactive early literacy program for young children and their caregivers.

Library Branch: Off Site
Room: Blue Earth County Historical Society
Age Group: Pre-K
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join your local librarians for Community Storytime, an interactive early literacy program for young children and their caregivers.

Author Miranda Cowley Heller in salmon-colored shirt posing next to her book of poems "What the deep water knows." The background is a deep purple with clouds.

Virtual Author: Miranda Cowley Heller

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Author Visit
Age Group:
Adults

Award-winning and bestselling author Miranda Cowley Heller takes us on an intimate journey through the life stages of a woman in her new poetry collection, What the Deep Water Knows.

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Visit
Event Details:

Award-winning and bestselling author Miranda Cowley Heller takes us on an intimate journey through the life stages of a woman in her new poetry collection, What the Deep Water Knows.

More Information

ACHF

This program is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant provided by the Traverse des Sioux Library Cooperative, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Blue sky-like background with a white cloud in the middle. Cartoon kids are smiling and dancing all around the cloud, and in the center of the cloud, "Storytime" is written in all caps in red text.

Community Storytime

Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
River Hills Mall at Off Site
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Pre-K

Join your local librarians for Community Storytime, an interactive early literacy program for young children and their caregivers.

Library Branch: Off Site
Room: River Hills Mall
Age Group: Pre-K
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join your local librarians for Community Storytime, an interactive early literacy program for young children and their caregivers.

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Nonfiction Book Club

Friday, April 24, 2026 at 12:15pm - 1:15pm
Blue Earth County Historical Society at Off Site
Program Type:
Book Discussion
Age Group:
Adults

Join us at the Blue Earth County Historical Society to discuss Tiny Gardens Everywhere: The Past, Present, and Future of the Self-Provisioning City by Kate Brown.

Grab your copy at the library! 

Library Branch: Off Site
Room: Blue Earth County Historical Society
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Event Details:

Join us at the Blue Earth County Historical Society to discuss Tiny Gardens Everywhere: The Past, Present, and Future of the Self-Provisioning City by Kate Brown.

Grab your copy at the library! 

More Information

ACHF

This program is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant provided by the Traverse des Sioux Library Cooperative, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Yellow background with colorful bricks and black text that says "LEGO Club"

LEGO Club

Saturday, April 25, 2026 at 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Youth Services at Mankato
Program Type:
STEAM
Age Group:
Youth, Tweens

Calling all LEGO Masters! Come by the library to create the LEGO-land of your dreams. LEGOs will be provided.  

Ages 6-12

Library Branch: Mankato
Room: Youth Services
Age Group: Youth, Tweens
Program Type: STEAM
Event Details:

Calling all LEGO Masters! Come by the library to create the LEGO-land of your dreams. LEGOs will be provided.  

Ages 6-12

Blue sky-like background with a white cloud in the middle. Cartoon kids are smiling and dancing all around the cloud, and in the center of the cloud, "Storytime" is written in all caps in red text.

Family Storytime at Lake Crystal Public Library

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Lake Crystal Library at Lake Crystal
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Pre-K

Join us for some stories and songs with Ann at the Lake Crystal Public Library! 

Library Branch: Lake Crystal
Room: Lake Crystal Library
Age Group: Pre-K
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for some stories and songs with Ann at the Lake Crystal Public Library! 

cream background with doodles around text that says "Join us for Tuesday Art Corner"

Art Corner

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Youth Services at Mankato
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Youth

Join us every Tuesday for a fun craft or activity! You bring your creativity, and we will provide the supplies.  

Ages 6-12 

Library Branch: Mankato
Room: Youth Services
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Join us every Tuesday for a fun craft or activity! You bring your creativity, and we will provide the supplies.  

Ages 6-12 

Blue sky-like background with a white cloud in the middle. Cartoon kids are smiling and dancing all around the cloud, and in the center of the cloud, "Storytime" is written in all caps in red text.

Community Storytime

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Blue Earth County Historical Society at Off Site
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Pre-K

Join your local librarians for Community Storytime, an interactive early literacy program for young children and their caregivers.

Library Branch: Off Site
Room: Blue Earth County Historical Society
Age Group: Pre-K
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join your local librarians for Community Storytime, an interactive early literacy program for young children and their caregivers.

Blue sky-like background with a white cloud in the middle. Cartoon kids are smiling and dancing all around the cloud, and in the center of the cloud, "Storytime" is written in all caps in red text.

Community Storytime

Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
River Hills Mall at Off Site
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Pre-K

Join your local librarians for Community Storytime, an interactive early literacy program for young children and their caregivers.

Library Branch: Off Site
Room: River Hills Mall
Age Group: Pre-K
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join your local librarians for Community Storytime, an interactive early literacy program for young children and their caregivers.

Author Jason Reynolds posing next to his book "Coach." The background of the image is a magenta pink with black thin chevron detailing around the border.

Virtual Author: Jason Reynolds

Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Author Visit
Age Group:
Adults

Join us in an online conversation with bestselling author Jason Reynolds as we discuss his latest work, Coach, the fifth–and last–entry in the highly popular Track series.

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Visit
Event Details:

Join us in an online conversation with bestselling author Jason Reynolds as we discuss his latest work, Coach, the fifth–and last–entry in the highly popular Track series.

More Information

ACHF

This program is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant provided by the Traverse des Sioux Library Cooperative, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Library Board Meeting

Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Conference Room at Mankato
Conference Room
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Mankato
Room: Conference Room

Memorial Day

All Day
Mankato, Lake Crystal, Mapleton
Closing
Branches:
Mankato, Lake Crystal, Mapleton

Juneteenth

All Day
Mankato, Lake Crystal, Mapleton
Closing
Branches:
Mankato, Lake Crystal, Mapleton

Independence Day

All Day
Mankato, Lake Crystal, Mapleton
Closing
Branches:
Mankato, Lake Crystal, Mapleton

Independence Day

All Day
Mankato, Lake Crystal, Mapleton
Closing
Branches:
Mankato, Lake Crystal, Mapleton

Library Board Meeting

Thursday, July 9, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Conference Room at Mankato
Conference Room
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Mankato
Room: Conference Room

Labor Day

All Day
Mankato, Lake Crystal, Mapleton
Closing
Branches:
Mankato, Lake Crystal, Mapleton