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2019 Summer Reading Program

The 2019 Summer Reading Program Kickoff will be 3:00-6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 5th. Join us to explore A Universe of Stories this summer!

Adult Summer Reading Program

Join us for the Owatonna Public Library's Adult Summer Reading Program, June 5-August 24, 2019.

Pick up a reading log in adult services (or print one from the OPL website) and start tracking your reading time! Books, ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and more...

Movies at the Library

THURSDAY, AUGUST 22ND AT 2:00 PM

POMS is an uplifting comedy about Martha (played by Diane Keaton), a woman who moves into a retirement community and starts a cheerleading squad with her fellow residents, Sheryl (Jacki Weaver), Olive (Pam Grier) and Alice ...

Minnesota's Most Haunted Places

Popular author Chad Lewis returns to OPL for a program about "Minnesota's Most Haunted Places." Lewis is a researcher, author, and lecturer on topics of the strange and unusual. He holds a Bachelor and a Master's degree in Psychology. For the pa...

Author Susan Foote

Susan Foote will discuss her award-winning book, The Crusade for Forgotten Souls: Reforming Minnesota's Mental Institutions, 1946-1954. The book recounts Minnesota's reform movement that broke the stigma surrounding mental illness, publicized the painful ...

Author Kristal Leebrick

Throughout the twentieth century, department stores ruled the retail landscapes of downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul. More than just shopping centers, stores like Dayton's, Powers, Donaldson's, Young-Quinlan, the Emporium, and the Golden Rule were centers...