MINNEAPOLIS -- What do Mao Zedong, J. Edgar Hoover, Batgirl and Casanova have to do with the new Minneapolis Central Library? They're part of an edgy new ad campaign from the Friends of the ...

I live in East Phillips, near the Smith Foundry. For years, it spewed black smoke and acrid smells. For years, we asked our city and state agencies to take action. Illegal pollution was making us sick ...

Dinkytown book junkies might need a new place to get their fix. A recent study analyzing current needs of Minneapolis Public Libraries suggests that a new location be found for the system’s southeast ...

Students, employees and library patrons are reacting to news that the Southeast Community Library at Fourth Street Southeast and 13th Avenue Southeast will close in early January due to budget ...

Libraries across the metro are accessible to patrons with pre-registration for extended hour usage, with more branches offering the service later this summer and fall. Just after noon one cloudy ...

Carpet and fixtures at the Brookdale Library are wearing out. Tall stacks block sightlines and make it difficult for patrons to reach materials on the top shelves. The technology in meeting rooms and ...

Don’t rush to the library to pick up a copy of Ann Patchett’s “Run.” The bestseller has a waiting list a mile long — or more precisely, 585 readers long (484 people in the Hennepin County system and ...

There was bad news for one of the best things that happened in Minneapolis this year. Bike thieves hit the new Minneapolis Cargo Bike Library last week. The venture allows people to borrow cargo bikes ...