December events at Northeast Library

Northeast Library, 2200 Central Ave. N.E., 612-543-6775 / www.hclib.org/northeast

HelpNow: Free online tutoring for all ages. Get help from a tutor in English or Spanish. Online every day from 1 to 11 pm. Available on computers in the library or at home with your Hennepin County Library card. Visit https://apps2.hclib.org/auth/BrainFuse

Ask Us Reference services: Available by phone, email, or chat. Call 612-543-KNOW (5669) or visit https://www.hclib.org/contact/

Indigi-Nerd: A facilitated one-hour conversation relating to Indigenous Comics. Feel free to join an open-ended discussion anytime. Wednesday, Dec. 1, 7-8 pm.

Connect and Play/Aprendemos Juntos: For children ages 0-5 and their caregivers. Connect with your child during this drop-in program exploring early literacy activities. Masks are required for all patrons older than 5. Room capacity is limited, drop-ins will be accommodated as space is available. Wednesday, Dec. 1, 8 & 15, 4-7 pm. Hosted at Hosmer Library.

Para niños de 0 a 5 años y sus padres o cuidadores. Vengan a pasar la tarde con juegos e actividades que exploran la alfabetización temprana. Se requieren máscaras para todos los participantes mayores de 5 años. No hay registro, las familias serán admitidas por orden de llegada, según la capacidad de la sala.

Teen Tech Workshop: Grade 7-12. Create game designs using the Roblox Studio platform. Develop basic gaming and design principles to create your own game. Participants will need to have Roblox Studio downloaded on your computer. Hosted by Eden Prairie Library Teen Tech Squad. Sponsor: Friends of the Eden Prairie Library. Online event. Registration required. Thursday, Dec. 2, 5-6 pm.

Connect and Play: For children ages 0-5 and their caregivers. Drop-in program exploring early literacy activities. Masks are required for all patrons older than 5. Room capacity is limited, drop-ins will be accommodated as space is available. Hosted at Minneapolis Central Library. Thursday, Dec. 2 & 9,  10-11 am.

Exploring Home, Exile and What We Carry: Writing Memoirs: How can writing help you reclaim life, forge new languages and build a brighter future after experiencing exile or separation from one’s home? How can self-awareness expand our writing and self in increasingly stressful sociopolitical contexts? In this workshop, we will answer these questions and examine the ordinary events of our lives – our location, language, movements, dreams, memories, desires and more – and purposefully use writing as a tool to resist being a passive onlooker in our life and the world. Led by Beaudelaine Pierre. Collaborator: More Than a Single Story. Funded by Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Online event. Registration required. Friday, Dec. 3, 6-8 pm.

Queer Voices Writing Circles: Join Queer Voices curators Sherrie Fernandez-Williams and Lisa Marie Brimmer as they facilitate writing circles: collective space for community building, sharing, knowledge, and sharing work. This space is not about critique, but about the admiration of the sentences and more generative moments in the writing process. Come with your writing tools and something yummy to drink or eat. Spend two hours grounding in the archive, responding to writing prompts, and sharing back in community. This is a drop-in writing group. Online event. Link available on library website. Saturday, Dec. 4, 18, Jan. 22 and Feb. 5, 10-12 pm.

Theater Workshop: zAmJam!  zAmJam is a chill creative space that is open to all who are ready to Play.! People who’ve experienced housing instability especially encouraged to attend. Participants will play games, learn skills and generate content for zAmya’s fall season of Homeless Network NewZ. Tuesday, Dec. 7 & 14, 2:30-4 pm.

Live Virtual Play and Learn with Minneapolis Public Schools ECFE: Enjoy songs and books geared towards children birth-5 years old. Join at any time during the hour. Hosted by Minneapolis Public Schools ECFE in partnership with Hennepin County Library. Online event. Monday, Dec. 13, 9-10 am.

Teen Geekery Trivia and Gaming: Grades 6-12. Hang out, geek out, and test your skills against other anime, fandom, and gaming stans. Join the Brookdale Library Teen Geekery Club for Jeopardy-style trivia games, Jackbox, card games, and more. All activities finish with door prize drawings. Online event. Register online. Hosted by Brookdale Library. Sponsors: Friends of the Hennepin County Library, Anime Twin Cities. Monday, Dec. 13, 4-5 pm.

Book Club: Such a Fun Age: Discuss new and interesting titles. Hosted by Becky from Minneapolis Central Library. Online event. Registration required. The link to the live online discussion will be emailed to registrants in advance. Monday, Dec. 13, 7-8 pm.