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Arts, History, and Cultural Programs in Viking Library System
These projects are funded in part or in whole with monies from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage fund.
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November
In-person program
Past Lives: Movies@the Library
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they reunite in New York City for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and life choices.
Tuesday, November 21 | 6:00 pm
218.739.9387
Additional funding for this screening provided by the Friends of the Fergus Falls Public Library.
December
In-person program
Barbie: Movies@the Library
Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans – and Barbie suffers a crisis that leads her to question her world and her existence.
Tuesday, December 12 | 6:00 pm
218.739.9387
January 2024
In-person program
Mission: Impossible, Dead Reckoniong, Part One: Movies@the Library
As enemies encroach from all sides and old alliances sour with betrayal, the skilled Impossible Missions Force agent Ethan Hunt faces the twilight hour of his storied career as he knows it. Cautioned against pursuing his course of action, Hunt continues to fight for what he believes to be right. Along the way, the agent faces overwhelming odds, new threats, and former flames in his tireless quest for justice.
Tuesday, January 30 | 6:00 pm
218.739.9387
February
Art exhibit
TESTIFY: Americana, Slavery to Today
This powerful exhibit features selected pieces from the Diane and Alan Page Collection of African American art and artifacts, presented as a large-format, high resolution photo display. The aim of the exhibit is to help bridge divides, deepen dialogue, and encourage action on justice.
Thursday, February 1 - Thursday, February 29 | During library hours
218.385.2436
In-person program
Film Presentation: Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
A companion program to the TESTIFY Exhibit
Interweaving lecture, personal anecdotes, interviews, and shocking revelations, The Who We Are Project founder Jeffery Robinson draws a stark timeline of anti-Black racism in the United States, from slavery to the modern myth of a post-racial America.
To register, call 218.385.2436 or go to www.nympubliclibrary.org.
Friday, February 2 | 6:30 pm
218.385.2436
In-person program
Black History of Otter Tail County
A companion program to the TESTIFY Exhibit
Missy Hermes, Education Coordinator for the Otter Tail County Historical Society, delves into the County’s unique and proud African America history that dates back to the first Black people to live in Minnesota, the Bonga family. The community of Fergus Falls actively recruited African Americans to live and work there in the 1890s. Pride in this history sometimes overlooks challenges of being Black in rural Minnesota.
To register, call 218.385.2436 or go to www.nympubliclibrary.org.
Saturday, February 10 | 10:30 am
218.385.2436
In-person program
Book Discussion: All American Boys
A companion program to the TESTIFY Exhibit
In this award-winning novel by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely, two teens – one black, one white – grapple with the repercussions of a single violent act that leaves their school, their community, and ultimately the country bitterly divided by racial tension
To register, call 218.385.2436 or go to www.nympubliclibrary.org.
Monday, February 26 | 3:00 pm and 6:30 pm
218.385.2436
Updated November 27, 2023