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Rooftop Concert Series at the MLK Library
This summer your library is a place to get loud with live music on the rooftop of the MLK Library with DC Public Library's DC Punk Archive Concert Series and the Go-Go on the Rooftop Concert Series.
DC Public Library is Shifting Hours Starting June 26
On June 26, DC Public Library is shifting open hours at neighborhood library locations across the District to enhance accessibility. The hours at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library and our co-located library locations will not change.
Great Reads to Celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month
This May, a young reader reached out and asked for a reading list for Jewish American Heritage Month! The library realized that it had not yet shared a list for this special month that recognizes Jewish-American families here in D.C. and across the nation. This list is specially curated for young readers. Jewish-American readers will be able to see themselves reflected in the stories and others will be able to identify with the characters as they learn about and better understand the experiences they go through.
The Phillips Collection, DC Public Library and The Nicholson Project launch DC Artists Fellowship
The Phillips Collection, DC Public Library, and The Nicholson Project launch new
fellowship for DC artists
2023 Haiku Contest Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Haiku Contest held in celebration of National Poetry Month
Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Atlanticus to be Displayed in the U.S.
-The DC Public Library is proud to announce that the exhibit "Imagining the Future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the Mind of an Italian Genius" featuring 12 original Leonardo da Vinci drawings from the Codex Atlanticus, will be on display at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. Presented by Confindustria, in partnership with Biblioteca Ambrosiana , the exhibit marks the first time the Codex Atlanticus has been displayed in the United States.