Annual Events

First-Stop Pop-Up Shop

Metro and DC Public Library Present - First Stop Holiday Pop-Up Shop, November 30 - Dec. 21

Southwest Library Annual Bookmark Design Contest

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Sweet as Honey: Picture Books About Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

Is It Rosh Hashanah Yet? Book Cover

The 2025 Dublin Literary Awards

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Promoting Early Literacy Through DC Public Library's STAR Program

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Earth Day Reads

The Day the RIver Caught Fire

Top Ten Most Challenged Books of 2023

Don't let censorship eclipse your freedom to read. Right to Read Day, Apr. 8, 2024.

Personal Treasures, Preserved

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DC Public Library Centers Dr. King Week Events on Justice, Personal Responsibility and Action

It Starts with Me: Celebrating MLK Week 2024 with an image of the MLK Mural at the MLK Library

More than 3 Million Visits: Exhibits, Programs and Café Draw People to DC Public Library

Imagining the Future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the Mind of an Italian Genius