Sep 15th, 2007
Ten Year Vision
Quatrefoil Library (aka Q Library) is one of a few LGBT-specific libraries in the country. In the latest issue of the library’s newsletter, Karen Hogan, a longtime volunteer, offered her vision for where she sees Quatrefoil in ten years:
I see us in a bigger place…we will have a bank of computers, a coffee bar…we will host book clubs…Our Library will have more of a community feel and will be a gathering place — an alternative to the bars and political groups — that is also more than just books.
I also hope that my daughter is volunteering in 10 years. I hope that the Q can be a welcoming space for our queerspawn — to use Abigail Garner’s phrase for “culturally queer erotically straight” children of same-sex parents. I would like for these young adults to have a place at the Q.
Thanks Karen, for thinking about the long-term vision for your daughter and for all queerspawn. And thanks especially, for helping to push the idea into the collective consciousness.
Thank you!
Hope to see you at the Quatrefoil soon.
We’re also having an event on October 21st “Quatrefoil Turns 21″
Quatrefoil Turns 21: Celebrating and Looking Forward
Plan to honor the Quatrefoil’s 21st birthday at the October celebration. There will be awards, entertainment, wine and beer, and art by Howard Oransky, a noted painter and the Director of Planning for the Walker Art Center. The library is pleased to have the cooperation and association of the Form+Content Gallery for this celebration which will be held on October 21, 2007 from 4:00-7:00PM. Form+Content is located at 210 2nd Street in Minneapolis.