Long summer days remind us to slow down and look at the world around us. What better time to also look within?
On Tuesday, June 12 at 7 p.m., Karin Silverman of Science of Spirituality will present a workshop on Meditation for Healthy Living at the Georgetown Library.
Step Afrika! Reads promotes reading and literacy skills with a special story time, then invites kids to get up on their feet to participate in a mini workshop with the artists from Step Afrika!'s newest production, nxt/step at several of our library locations.
Seeking Serenity? Please join us for a workshop on Meditation for Everyday Living presented by William Smith of Science of Spirituality.
The program will take place on Tuesday, May 15 at 7 pm in the lower level of the Georgetown Library.
Celebrate the life of children's book author Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928-May 8, 2012), best known for Where the Wild Things Are, by checking out your favorite children's book written by the author.
The Children's Room is located on the library's lower level.
This May marks the 200th anniversary of the arrival 17-year-old George Peabody's in Georgetown with his older uncle and their establishment of a dry goods store on Bridge Street, today's M Street. Over the decades, Mr. Peabody became a multi-millionaire and in 1867 donated $15,000 to establish a library in Georgetown.
We will celebrate the anniversary and the return of his fully restored portrait -- damaged in the 2007 Georgetown Library fire -- with an author talk every Thursday in May, 6:30 p.m., Georgetown Library. The authors scheduled are:
Are you a D.C. young professional between 21 and 35? Do you like discussing books and drinking beer—preferably at the same time?
Come to the Young Prose Book Group, a casual and friendly gathering sponsored by the Georgetown and Tenley branches of the DC Public Library that meets the last Wednesday of each month. We meet at 7 p.m. at Public Bar, 4615 41st St. NW.
We are still busy counting down AFI's top 100 films of the last 100 years! Here is what we'll be showing on Tuesday afternoons in May:
May 1 @ 6 p.m. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939-NR)
May 8 @ 5 p.m. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962-NR)
May 15 @ 6 p.m. Some Like it Hot (1959-NR)
May 22 @ 6 p.m. Chinatown (1974-R)
Our May selection is Gang Leader for a Day: a Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets by Sudhir Venkatesh. The findings from Gang Leader for a Day inspired parts of the bestseller Freakonomics. It is the account of a naive grad student and his experiences with street gangs in Chicago. 
We will meet on Thursday, May 24th at 7 p.m. Registration is not required, and extra copies of the book are available for check-out at the library near the circulation desk.
Join the Graphic Novels Club at the Georgetown Neighborhood Library. We will discuss The Kindly Ones on Tuesday, May 1 at 6:30 p.m. The Kindly Ones is Volume 9 in Neil Gaiman's The Sandman series! The event is free and open to the public.
The Friends of the Georgetown Library proudly present their Spring Book Sale at the Georgetown Library (corner of Wisconsin and R. St. NW) on Saturday, April 28, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the downstairs meeting room. Special features will include a large selection of children's books, fiction, non-fiction, history and rare books. In addition, there will be lots of DVDs and CDs as well as foreign language books. Of particular interest, there will be a collection of renowned artist Robin Hill's rare books on Australian natural history and exploration. The Friends of the Georgetown Library look forward to seeing you there!
