Features

  • The Ides of March

    Destined: Beware the Ides of March

    “Beware the Ides of March.” In Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar," a soothsayer uses this famous phrase to predict Caesar’s betrayal and assassination on March 15, 44 BCE. The stories featured here share themes of prophecies, curses, destiny and fate.

  • Author Nathan Harris next to the cover of his book "Amity"

    Club Book with Nathan Harris

    Join us at the Plymouth Library on April 1 for an evening with literary wunderkind Nathan Harris, the author behind the instant New York Times bestseller "The Sweetness of Water" and the recently released "Amity."

  • Get Married at the Library

    Celebrate your love at the library! This event offers 5 couples a free, legal wedding and brief reception on April 25.

  • Book shelves

    Legal resources

    Resources available online, in libraries and at Hennepin County Law Library for legal research, forms and help.

  • Loons

    The Resilient Loon

    The common loon, the state bird of Minnesota since 1961, is weather-hardened and quietly resilient, but when they call out, their powerful voice carries.

  • Fondly thinking

    Cargill Gallery presents: Fondly thinking…

    Hennepin County Library announces its next Cargill Gallery exhibit, Fondly thinking…, an exhibit that highlights the work of several Minneapolis based artists ranging in medium and thematics.