Madeleine BaranIf you want to check out a copy of the novel Fifty Shades of Grey from a Hennepin County library this summer, get in line. The erotic best-seller is the county’s most requested book right now.
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By Madeleine Baran
While some summer campers swim and eat smores, the kids at a summer camp in Hamel, Minn. will learn skills like “speaking to adults,” “having eye-contact,” and “telephone and cellular phone etiquette.”
The “Etiquette in Action” summeroffers a three-day crash course in manners, organized by the company Doors of Success.
Minneapolis residents know it’s summer when there’s a monster in the lake. Yesterday, it arrived.
Be prepared. Zombies are descending on Minnesota this weekend to eat your brains participate in a 5K obstacle course.
Got a library fine? Just read a book.That’s the message from the St. Paul Library. It kicked off a 30-day “Read down” challenge this week.
More than a thousand volunteers will be on hand to provide everything from dental exams to haircuts.