Club Book -- Spring 2012
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$56,375
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2012
End Date
June 2012
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Project Overview
Club Book brings acclaimed authors to local library communities across the metropolitan area. From Stillwater to Chanhassen and Minnetonka to Woodbury, Club Book establishes area libraries as vital, vibrant centers of literary programming and exchange. A collaboration of public libraries in the seven-county metropolitan area, this series presents best-selling and award-winning national and regional writers - proving that libraries may be the coolest club in town!
Project Details
1490
Competitive Grant Making Body
Project Details: 2012 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota for 2011 Chapter 6, Article 4, Subdivision 5
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$56,375
Other Funds Leveraged
$48,000
Direct expenses
$104,375
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Audiences throughout the Twin Cities experience and meet high-caliber national and regional authors from all genres - novels, mysteries, cookbooks, memoirs, children and teen.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Another stellar season of Club Book programs were hosted at twelve metro-area libraries. Audiences enjoyed local luminaries Lynne Rossetto Kasper, Larry Millett and Don Shelby; regional favorites David Rhodes, Julie Schumacher and Jennifer Holm; and long-time international blockbuster authors Rita Mae Brown, Isabel Wilkerson and Alexander McCall Smith. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDSYTcg8pIM
Source of Additional Funds
Friends of the Hennepin County Library
Project Manager
First Name
Chris
Last Name
Olson
Organization Name
MELSA
Street Address
1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 314
City
Saint Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55104
Phone
651-645-5731
Email
chris@melsa.org
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