Winona Public Library

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  • Historic Library Tour

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    Winona Public Library 151 W. 5th, St, Winona, MN, United States

    Step inside a living piece of Winona history with a guided tour of the city’s beloved historic public library. Journey through its rich past while discovering the architectural details and design touches that have shaped this landmark through the decades. Tours run approximately 30 to 45 minutes and begin outside the original 5th Street entrance. […]

  • Historic Library Tour

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    Winona Public Library 151 W. 5th, St, Winona, MN, United States

    Step inside a living piece of Winona history with a guided tour of the city’s beloved historic public library. Journey through its rich past while discovering the architectural details and design touches that have shaped this landmark through the decades. Tours run approximately 30 to 45 minutes and begin outside the original 5th Street entrance. […]

  • Stories of Winona’s Past

    Winona Public Library 151 W. 5th, St, Winona, MN, United States

    Merle Hanson and Joe Hughes share stories of Winona’s past at the Public Library’s Central Exchange Room. Tales of Charley Goddard, Leon Bronk, Anton Pehler, the Mississippi House, Gabrych Park, and audience favorite Lena Weinberg have been told. Who knows who we’ll learn about next?

  • Historic Library Tour

    Recurring
    Winona Public Library 151 W. 5th, St, Winona, MN, United States

    Step inside a living piece of Winona history with a guided tour of the city’s beloved historic public library. Journey through its rich past while discovering the architectural details and design touches that have shaped this landmark through the decades. Tours run approximately 30 to 45 minutes and begin outside the original 5th Street entrance. […]

  • St. Yon’s Youth Strings Mini-Concert

    Winona Public Library 151 W. 5th, St, Winona, MN, United States

    As the season changes and the flowers bloom, St. Yon’s Youth Strings want to share with the community their hard work and passion for music in the Winona Public Library’s Central Exchange Room. Under the direction of Zoraida Oyola-Rebaza, these dedicated young performers will showcase a mini-concert featuring popular tunes from the classical repertoire. Don’t […]

  • Flashback Flicks: An Interactive Movie Experience

    Winona Public Library 151 W. 5th, St, Winona, MN, United States

    🎬✨ Flashback Flicks is rolling it back to the 80s… Sit, shout, and maybe even dance in the aisles at this interactive movie night inside the library after hours. 📼 Tonight at 5:45PM💘 Featuring a romantic, whimsical 1987 classic 🍕 Pizza + light drinks provided🎟️ Registration required Grab your spot and find out what’s playing:👉 […]

  • Artist Talk: “The Seasons of Winona”

    Winona Public Library 151 W. 5th, St, Winona, MN, United States

    Throughout April, local photographer, Jizhang Liu, will have his work on exhibit at the Winona Public Library. He will hold an artist talk in the Bell Art Room. Liu worked as a photojournalist in Shijiazhuang, China. He has captured vivid images of each season of Winona, photographed with his cell phone on daily walks around […]

  • History Talk: Fancy Dancers of the Ojibwe

    Winona Public Library 151 W. 5th, St, Winona, MN, United States

    Robert Armstrong (Dr. Bob) will discuss powwow gatherings and the history of fancy dancing. After the discussion, there will a fancy dancer marionette performance. Armstrong, a master puppeteer, has been building this marionette over the last six month. He is also a member of The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe.

  • Galentine’s Day at the Library

    Winona Public Library 151 W. 5th, St, Winona, MN, United States

    Celebrate your lady friends this Galentine’s Day, at the Winona Public Library from 6:30-8pm. This is a free event and the first 150 attendees will receive free goodies from the library. Galentine’s Day got its start on the TV show Parks and Recreation with the episode titled “Galentine’s Day,” all about celebrating lady friends and […]

  • Opening Reception: The Community Photo Project

    Winona Public Library 151 W. 5th, St, Winona, MN, United States

    Throughout December, the Community Photo Project will be on display in the Winona Public Library’s Bell Art Room. The exhibition features the photography of seven Winona residents with theme “What Community Means to Me.” On Saturday, December 6th from 11AM-1PM there will a reception with the photographers, activities with the theme of “community”, and light […]

  • Sandbar Storytelling Festival: Tales & Tunes – Feat. Rev. Robert Jones, Sr.

    Winona Public Library 151 W. 5th, St, Winona, MN, United States

    🎶 Storytime & Music Morning at the Winona Public Library! 📖✨ Bring the kids for a fun, family-friendly morning with Robert Jones Sr., a nationally recognized storyteller and musician. With 40+ years of experience, he brings history to life through blues, spirituals, and American folk music that kids (and grown-ups!) will love. After the stories, […]

  • Friends of the Library Host Author Michael Perry

    Winona Public Library 151 W. 5th, St, Winona, MN, United States

    📚 Author Event at Winona Public Library! The Friends of the Winona Public Library welcome New York Times bestselling author Michael Perry in the Central Exchange Room at the Winona Public Library. This event is free and open to the public! Michael Perry is a Wisconsin farm kid turned celebrated author, humorist, first responder, and […]

  • Balkan Blue

    Winona Public Library 151 W. 5th, St, Winona, MN, United States

    🎻✨ Experience Balkan Blue! 🎶🌍 Join us for an all-ages musical adventure with Balkan Blue, a Santa Fe trio known for groovy melodies and dance-able acoustic beats from the Balkans and beyond. 🌿🌊 From the mountains and rivers of Eastern Europe to the roots of American Blues and Jazz, they blend Balkan and Romani traditions […]

  • “Oh, Winona! Watercolor Paintings” by Faye Schoen

    Winona Public Library 151 W. 5th, St, Winona, MN, United States

    A discussion with Local artist Faye Schoen’s, who's watercolor paintings—capturing Winona’s town, river, lakes, backwaters, and hills—will be showcased in the Winona Public Library’s Bell Art Room throughout June. Over 20 years, Schoen has honed her craft through classes with renowned painters and a weekly painting group at Mississippi Mornings Studio in LaMoille. She’s also […]

  • Kim Weitkamp Family Storytelling Event

    Winona Public Library 151 W. 5th, St, Winona, MN, United States

    The Sandbar Storytelling Festival is excited to welcome back award-winning storyteller, author, singer-songwriter, and all-around humorist Kim Weitkamp for a three-day residency in Winona this weekend. If you caught her at the 2023 festival, you’ll remember how she had the audience laughing one minute and tearing up the next, sharing everything from childhood tales and […]

  • Author Event: Danny Klecko, Polish Bread Maker

    Winona Public Library 151 W. 5th, St, Winona, MN, United States

    The Friends of the Winona Public Library will host their annual meeting on Thursday, April 10th at 6:30 p.m. in the Library’s Central Exchange Room. This year’s featured guest is Danny Klecko—Midwest Book Award-winning poet, baker, and F. Scott Fitzgerald scholar. Klecko will share insights from his book Hitman-Baker-Casketmaker, a moving collection of poems about […]

  • Author Visit: The War At Home by Greg Gaut

    Winona Public Library 151 W. 5th, St, Winona, MN, United States

    Author Greg Gaut will present his latest book, The War At Home: Minnesota During the Great War, 1914–1920, in the Central Exchange Room of the Winona Public Library. The Winona County Historical Society will offer copies of the book for sale during the event. Published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press, The War At Home […]

  • Galentine’s Day @ the Winona Public Library

    Winona Public Library 151 W. 5th, St, Winona, MN, United States

    Celebrate your lady friends this Galentine’s Day, Thursday, February 13th at the Winona Public Library from 6:30-8:30pm. This is a free event and the first 200 attendees will receive free goodies from the library and SEMCAC Clinic. Gather your friends to make memories a the photobooth. Make some crafts – friendship bracelets, light bulb terrariums, […]

  • Stories of Winona’s Past

    Winona Public Library 151 W. 5th, St, Winona, MN, United States

    Merle Hanson and Joe Hughes are telling tales of Winona’s past in the Winona Public Library’s Central Exchange Room every fourth Thursday of the month at 5 PM. Their stories have included tales of Charley Goddard, Leon Bronk, Anton Pehler, the Mississippi House, Gabrych Park, and audience favorite Lena Weinberg. Who knows who we will […]

  • Author Teresa Wilhelm Waldof: “Before Oppenheimer, There Was Wilhelm”

    Winona Public Library 151 W. 5th, St, Winona, MN, United States

    Teresa Wilhelm Waldorf, Minnesota Book Award Winner and author of Wilhelm’s Way, will be at the Winona Public Library, to share the captivating story of Dr. Harley Wilhelm, the Iowa Chemist who saved the Manhattan Project. The event is free and open to the public. Teresa Wilhelm Waldof is the world’s leading expert on the […]

  • Stories of Winona’s Past

    Winona Public Library 151 W. 5th, St, Winona, MN, United States

    Merle Hanson and Joe Hughes tell tales of Winona’s past in the Winona Public Library’s Central Exchange Room.  Tales of Charley Goddard, Leon Bronk, Anton Pehler, the Mississippi House, Gabrych Park, the Morgan Block, and audience favorite Lena Weinberg have been told. Who knows who we will learn about next?

  • Flippin’ for Books

    Winona Public Library 151 W. 5th, St, Winona, MN, United States

    Join the Winona Public Library for a fun-filled morning of early literacy activities for children from birth to age 5! Enjoy storytimes every half hour, craft tables, a free book for each child, a special visit from Pete the Cat, and more! This free, drop-in event allows you to come and go as you please. […]

  • Local Author Panel

    Winona Public Library 151 W. 5th, St, Winona, MN, United States

    Join us in the Winona Public Library’s Central Exchange Room, and attend a panel featuring three local authors: John T. Umhoefer – author of the fiction book Trempealeau, Ruth Anfinson Bures – author of the nonfiction book Musical Chairs: a True, Forgotten Tale of Love, Music and Furniture, and Jenny Baertsch -author of children’s book Junkyard […]

  • Tales by Terry: The Pearl Button and Clamming Industry

    Winona Public Library 151 W. 5th, St, Winona, MN, United States

    The Winona Public Library and Sandbar Storytelling Festival are partnering to bring Terry Visger of Tales by Terry to the Winona Public Library. Terry will tell the tale of the pearl button and clamming industry. Clamming was a major industry along the Mississippi River from 1890 through the 1920s and beyond. Fortunes were made by […]

  • Historic Library Tour

    Winona Public Library 151 W. 5th, St, Winona, MN, United States

    Travel along through time as you take a guided tour of Winona’s historic public library and learn its history and architectural development. Tours will be a half hour to 45 minutes and will meet outside at the base of the original entrance on 5th Street. In the case of rain, tours will meet in the […]

  • Winona Public Library Speaker Series: J. Ryan Stradal

    Winona Public Library 151 W. 5th, St, Winona, MN, United States

    Author J. Ryan Stradal will be at the Winona Public Library on Tuesday, June 11th at 7PM. Stradal will discuss his books – Saturday Night at The Lakeside Supper Club, The Lager Queen of Minnesota, and Kitchens of the Great Midwest. Stradal is originally from Hastings but currently resides in Los Angeles, CA. He likes books, craft beer, […]

  • Friends of the Winona Public Library Annual Meeting w/Chef JD Fratzke

    Winona Public Library 151 W. 5th, St, Winona, MN, United States

    Originally from Winona, Fratzke is a chef and restaurateur in the Twin Cities. You may, also, recognize him from Season 16 of the television show Top Chef. Chef J.D. Fratzke is the featured guest speaker at the Friends of Library’s Annual Meeting in the Library’s Central Exchange Room. He will talk about how Winona, Mississippi River, […]