Sometimes your teacher assigns a project or report that requires more than one print resource. Have you ever thought about using an encyclopedia? Although DC Public Library has a variety and wealth of print resources, sometimes the material desired is not available or there may only be one print source available.
As Black History Month comes to end and Women's History Month begins, take some time to read about the combined histories of women and people of African descent. Here are a few book titles that may interest teens.
In honor of National Craft Month, we will be joined by Deb Fuller for a lecture about the history of knitting.
Please join us as DCPL welcomes back the Adult Music Student Forum for a piano concert featuring music from Beethoven to Scott Joplin on the baby grand in the Great Hall at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 9.
The Adult Music Student Forum, established in 1988, has provided resources and encouragement to adult musicians striving for growth in musical skill and understanding for more than 20 years.
Welcome to Funbrain.com – where there’s no shortage of games for kids that are both entertaining and brain exercise. Half the games are pure fun, and can be found under the categories “Fun Arcade” and “Playground." The other half are not only enjoyable but educational, and fall under the headings “Math Arcade” and “Reading."
When Wall and Piece came out a few years ago, I did not know much about the graffiti artist Banksy, but I was intrigued. His work seemed both political and whimsical, witty and fun to look at. More recently, his movie Exit Through the Gift Shop opened my eyes to the world of urban graffiti artists and the lengths that they go to to create their pieces.
Did you know that Black men played a pivotal role in the oyster industry on Maryland's Eastern Shore?
Please join us on Monday, Feb. 25 for the revealing documentary, Black Captains of the Chesapeake, directed and produced by award-winning independent filmmaker and Howard University Professor, Steven Torriano Berry.
Mr. Berry will lead a discussion after the film, which starts at 6:30 p.m. in the Black Studies Center, Room 316.
DC Public Library is happy to partner with two Smithsonian Institution organizations for children programs during Black History month. The Smithsonian Institution National Museum on African American History and Culture will present its "Mission: Preservation" program at 11 branches. And the Smithsonian Associates Discovery Theater on Tour will present "How Old is a Hero?" at six branches in wards 7 and 8, facilitated by Class Acts Arts and funded in part by CapitalOne.
Part murder mystery, part art market indictment, The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq (pronounced wellbeck), chronicles the lives of artist Jed Martin; Michel Houellbecq, a retiring, alcoholic writer; and Detective Jasselin.
Jed lives a somewhat bohemian life in Paris, and is on the verge of an exhibition for which Houellbecq is to write the exhibition catalog essay. After Jed's stratospheric rise on the art market, he must help the police solve a brutal murder.
Have you been looking for that perfect cookbook that covers everything from kale chips to field dressing a deer to olive oil gummy bears? Look no further -- that book has finally been published!
