Michael Van Rooy -- Night Table Recommendations by McNally Robinson - Wednesday, Sep 01, 2010 at 9:29am

I'm always reading different things and I love to juggle books - subjects and concepts - in order to see what comes up! That means my night table books tend travel from room to room in the house and with me to the offices and wherever I end up during the day.

That's my apology for the chaos of this list!

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Story Time in Saskatoon by Sarah Gritzfeldt - Tuesday, Mar 23, 2010 at 7:13pm

Drop by for story time in the Children's Department!

Every Tuesday 10:30 to ll:00 am we have story time for children ages 3 - 5. Join us at the Circle of Trees, where our expert storyteller will treat you to a half hour of fun and imagination. For further information, please ask at the Children's Desk upstairs.

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McNally Robinson (Saskatoon) Freedom to Read Photo Contest Winners! by Nicole Berard - Monday, Mar 08, 2010 at 4:18pm

The votes are in and Ken Greenhorn's photo "Quiet Moment" has won first place in the 2010 McNally Robinson (Saskatoon) Freedom to Read Photo Contest!

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Small Works Series by D - Tuesday, Mar 02, 2010 at 9:57am

Small Works Series in Prairie Ink Restaurant & Bakery

Starting March 10, McNally Robinson will host monthly art exhibitions in Prairie Ink Restaurant. Each show will consist of approximately two dozen works that will hang for one month. The first three one-person shows will feature Winnipeg artists Keith Wood, Roger LaFrenière, and Brigitte Dion.

The first evening of each show, McNally Robinson will host a reception where the artist will speak about the works shown. Works will be on sale throughout the month. The small works display space in Prairie Ink is dedicated to art pieces no deeper than 30".

Keith Wood, who exhibits regularly at Ken Segal Gallery in Winnipeg and at Ossington 129 in Toronto, will open his show on March 8 at 7:30 pm. Wood is an accomplished abstract impressionist who works primarily in encaustic (pigmented molten wax). For the Prairie Ink show he will exhibit a series of pieces on literary themes titled Books/les livres. www.theartofkeithwood.ca

Roger LaFrenière, an established artist and graphic designer, alternates between abstraction and landscape in his acrylic paintings. His show, opening on April 5 at 8 pm, will present both styles. www.rogerlafreniere.com.

Brigitte Dion's show will open on May 10. Dion is undertaking a new direction in her art and this show will be the first to represent her new body of work.

For years the wall space in Prairie Ink has been dedicated to a gallery of photographs of writers who have won McNally Robinson literary awards. These photos will be moved from the restaurant to a prominent bulkhead in the middle of the bookstore, where there will be space for more authors as the McNally Robinson prizes (which have been presented for 15 years) are awarded in the future.