If you were a child of the 70's and 80's like me, you may have grown up with Free to Be... You and Me, the book and music album that Marlo Thomas produced to help families think about how to raise children free of gender stereotypes. The stories and songs are funny, thought-provoking, and touching. If you have never listened to the album, please do.
Are you interested in the local history of the Nation’s Capital? Are you interested in African American history? Are you interested in the architecture of Washington D.C. and its history? Special Collections of the D.C. Public Library is excited to present a program to the community that combines these interest areas. Please join us for a screening of the DVD film documentary entitled, Master Builders: A Documentary Featuring African American Architects in the Nation’s Capital and a talk by the Executive Producer, Michele Jones.
When: Monday, March, 18, 2013 at 7 p.m.
You don’t have to be Irish to join in the fun this Saturday, March 16! We’re having a St. Patrick’s Day celebration at 3 p.m. in the Children’s Room at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.
Favorite stories featuring giants, leprechauns and dust bunnies will be told as we celebrate the magic of Irish literature.
Calling all local poets! Join us at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library on Monday, March 25 at 6:30 p.m. for an open mic poetry reading. Come and have fun while sharing your talents and creativity with your fellow D.C. library patrons. All are welcome. We only ask that everyone keep their poetry clean.
If you do not wish to participate by reading, please come and enjoy the skills and passion of other local poets. Who knows? Perhaps you will hear the early works of the next Maya Angelou, Richard Blanco, or even the newest Pablo Neruda.
On Wednesday, March 13 at 4 p.m., join the group in Teen Space to discuss seeing and perceiving and the art of Jacob Lawrence. In his book The Age of Insight, neuroscientist Eric Kandel focuses on how we see and perceive, and how we respond to works of art. Viewers are attracted to an artist's use of line, color, exaggeration of features and limbs, and absence of boundaries between subject and background.
Pop! Street Fashion is an experimental collection of patron street fashion at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. It is devoted to photographically documenting the sartorial narratives of patrons who visit the library. Please email My Nguyen for more information.
Meet Jamela.
Gorgeous hair + a rad band t-shirt are an unbeatable equation in comfortable cool. Jamela, 26, does it with untouchable elegance. A D.C. native and aspiring TV producer, she has written for a Youtube comedy series called "The Lunch Break," and prefers Biggie over Tupac. Read more after the jump.
Please join us in the Black Studies Center on March 26, 2013 at 6:30 PM for this very special author talk.
New York Times correspondent Rachel Swarns,will read from her critically acclaimed book, American Tapestry.
As most folks know (unless you’ve been asleep for the last week or so) Pope Benedict XVI retired as head of one of the world’s oldest institutions – The Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Pope to retire from the Office of Peter since Pope Gregory XII in 1415, and the first Pope to leave of his own volition since Pope Celestine V in 1294.
If you have never viewed Michael Apted's monumental Up documentaries, now is the time to do it.
Beginning in 1964, when they were 7 years old, Apted has visited with and filmed the same group of 14 people every seven years since, and now they are 56. 56 Up is currently in the theaters (well, theater), and if you act fast, you can check 7-49 out of the library before watching the current chapter on the big screen.
