Stories with the Miss Red Wing Royalty

Stop by tonight on your way to the Holiday Stroll and enjoy stories read by the Miss Red Wing Royalty as well as cider and cookies provided by the Friends of the Library (4:00pm in the story well of the library)

Holiday Stroll

Downtown Red Wing's annual Holiday Stroll is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 28 from 4:00 to 8:00pm. There will be "live musicians and caroling, chili, lighting ceremony, horse-drawn wagon rides, chestnuts and refreshments available at businesses." And don't forget to stop by the library while you're out and about!

New at the library

Minnesota residents Karin Winegar and Judy Olausen have created a "beautifully illustrated tribute to rescued animals who have profoundly affected the people who saved them." Saved: Rescued Animals and the Lives They Transform contains a foreword by Jane Goodall and a preface by Temple Grandin. A beautiful and moving book.

Best books of the year

It's the time of the year when the "Best Books of the Year" lists start coming out. We'll be highlighting some of them each week, starting with a rather lengthy list from Publishers Weekly

Library closed on Thanksgiving Day

...but we will be open regular hours on Friday, Nov. 29 (10-6) and Sat. Nov. 30 (10-4).

National Book Award winners

The 2008 National Book Award winners, announced on Wed., are:

Shadow Country, by Peter Matthieson (fiction)
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family, by Annette Gordon-Reed (non-fiction)
What I Saw and How I Lied, by Judy Blundell (young people's literature)
Fire to Fire: New and Collected Poems, by Mark Doty (poetry)

Author program canceled

Due to a death in her family, author Dianne Gray has been forced to cancel her talk at the library scheduled for this Saturday, Nov. 22. The Friends of the Library hope to reschedule this event at a later date.

Lighten the load...

...of your mail delivery person. Use the Catalog Choice web site to reduce the number of unwanted catalogs you receive. It's a win-win-win situation: businesses save money by not sending unwanted catalogs, you save time and declutter your mailbox, and the environment is helped out through the decreased use of resources. Give it a try and for other useful consumer information, see our Consumer Information web page.

Author visit

Come hear Dianne Gray, Minnesota Book Award winner and author of "Tomorrow the River" speak at the library this Saturday, November 22. The program, sponsored by the Friends of the Library, will be held at 10am in the Foot Room at the library and is free and open to the public.

Magazines and newspapers

Did you know that the Red Wing Public Library subscribes to over 20 newspapers, including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, and to well over 200 magazines for children, teens and adults? (not to mention the thousands and thousands of full-text newspapers, magazines and journals available through our Proquest and EBSCO databases). Come and browse!

New DVDs

Newly arrived at the library:

Iron Man (Rotten Tomatoes rating 93%)







The Great Debaters (Rotten Tomatoes rating 79%)







Comanche Moon (Critically acclaimed miniseries and sequel to Lonesome Dove)

Highway 61

Just arrived at the library is Tales of the Road: Highway 61 by Minnesota Public Radio's Cathy Wurzer. In this book, companion to the television documentary, Cathy Wurzer "unearths stories about places [along Highway 61] and more as she travels down the road and into the past, spotlighting famous and fascinating locations, many of them little remembered today. Learn about bootleggers crossing the St. Croix by ferry or importing hooch from Canada onboard vessels designed in White Bear Lake." It even includes a tale about Red Wing - but you'll have to check out the book to learn what it is!

Veterans Day

The library will be closed on Tuesday, Nov. 11 for Veterans Day.

25 years of live music

New at the library is the 5 DVD set Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music. The set includes a incredible range of performers, including The Grateful Dead, Snoop Dogg, Spinal Tap, The Dave Matthews Band, Metallica and many, many more. Come check it out!

Election results

For Minnesota results (including local Goodhue County races), visit the Secretary of State's website; for national results, try CNN's Election Center.

Voting information - one more time!

We've been getting lots of questions about where and when to vote tomorrow, so we are re-posting the information on our blog. The Secretary of State's website has information on how to register and where to vote. The library has copies of sample ballots for Goodhue County. All Goodhue County polling locations are open from 7am to 8pm except for Belle Creek Town Hall (the voting location for Belle Creek Township) which is open from 10am to 8pm. Check out our elections and voting page or just give us a call at the reference desk (651-385-3645) if you have any questions. And please don't forget to vote!