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Enoch Pratt Free Library

About The Library

Press Releases

These are the current releases published by the Enoch Pratt Free Library.

2010
- February
  - New Exhibit: Space, Swords and Dinosaurs: The Creation of Art for Children's Books 02/24/2010
  - New Fox-TV Show Past Life Filmed at the Pratt 02/04/2010
- January
  - President Obama Nominates Pratt CEO Carla Hayden to Key Administration Post 01/20/2010
  - Pratt's Annual Booklovers' Breakfast Featuring Hill Harper 01/19/2010
  - King Commemorative Lecture Presented by Dr. Barry Black, U.S. Senate Chaplain 01/12/2010
  - Pratt Contemporaries' Black and White Party 01/07/2010
  - Pratt Contemporaries' Donates to Newly Renovated Edmondson Avenue Branch 01/05/2010
  - Great Line-up of Authors Celebrating Black History at the Pratt 01/04/2010
2009
- December
  - Limited Branch Openings for Monday, December 21 12/21/2009
  - All Pratt Library Locations Closed Saturday, December 19 Due to Potential Snow Storm 12/18/2009
  - Free H1N1 Vaccines at Central 12/08/2009
- November
  - How Does White America Talk About Race? 11/30/2009
  - Pratt Pennsylvania Avenue Branch Goes Wireless 11/24/2009
  - Holiday Films at the Pratt 11/23/2009
  - Central Library Book Sale 2009 11/23/2009
  - Children's Book Celebration 2009: Lift Every Voice and Read 11/10/2009
  - Free Flu Shots at Central 11/02/2009
- October
  - An Evening with Taylor Branch 10/30/2009
  - Mayor Sheila Dixon Powers Up Citywide Library Card Drive for Ninth Graders 10/28/2009
  - Can We Talk About How Race Affects Our Classrooms? 10/27/2009
  - Halloween at the Pratt 10/26/2009
  - New Computer Commons Opening at Central Library 10/19/2009
  - Best-selling Author Cornel West at the Pratt Library 10/14/2009
  - The Pratt's Altered Books Competition Winners 10/08/2009
  - CBS News Correspondent Byron Pitts at the Pratt 10/01/2009
- September
  - Soul of a People: Writing America's Story 09/30/2009
  - Fabulous Fall of Authors at the Pratt 09/28/2009
  - PAWS to Read: A Special Reading Experience 09/21/2009
  - New Exhibit - NAACP Baltimore Branch: 97 Years and Counting 09/14/2009
  - NAACP President Ben Jealous at the Pratt 09/08/2009
  - New Renee Zellweger Movie Filmed at the Pratt 09/03/2009
  - Mencken Day Celebration 2009 09/03/2009
- August
  - The Pratt Remembers Woodstock 40 Years Later 08/28/2009
  - Pratt Library Blood Drive 08/17/2009
  - Pratt Library Reports 1.7 Million Visitors, 32% Increase 08/12/2009
  - New Mencken Exhibit: Treasures of the Saturday Night Club Music Collection 08/06/2009
  - Altered Books Competition at the Pratt 08/03/2009
- July
  - Special Storytime with Maryland First Lady Katie O'Malley 07/22/2009
  - Moon Landing Docudramas Showing at the Central Library 07/17/2009
  - Best-Selling Author Ben Mezrich at the Pratt 07/08/2009
  - Free Film Screenings Including the Worst Movie Ever 07/06/2009
  - Jackson Memorial Service Viewing at the Pratt 07/06/2009
  - Instant Message or Text Us A Question 07/06/2009
- June
  - July Jubilee at the Pratt Library 06/18/2009
  - New Public Service Hours at the Pratt Library 06/16/2009
  - Free Film Screening of STAND at the Pratt 06/10/2009
  - Summer Reading 2009 06/02/2009
- May
  - PBS Anchor Gwen Ifill and Law Professor Sherrilyn Ifill Kick-off a New Lecture Series at the Pratt 05/27/2009
  - Free Family Flicks at the Central Library 05/18/2009
  - Pratt Café Grand Opening 05/18/2009
  - Library Idol Returns to the Light Street Branch 05/14/2009
  - Writers LIVE! Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn at the Pratt 05/12/2009
  - An Evening with Author Michael Pollan 05/11/2009
  - Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk Coming to the Pratt 05/05/2009
- April
  - Free Nonprofit Management and Fundraising Classes 04/30/2009
  - El Dia De Los Ninos! 04/28/2009
  - Marvelous May of Authors at the Pratt 04/23/2009
  - Go Green, Baltimore! 04/21/2009
  - CityLit Festival 2009 04/08/2009
  - Pratt Library Wins Addy Award 04/03/2009
- March
  - Pratt Library Featured in WWE Public Service Announcement 03/31/2009
  - Fairy Tale Festival 2009 03/26/2009
  - 2008 Pulitzer Prize Winner Junot Diaz Coming to the Pratt 03/23/2009
  - The Pratt's Light Street Branch Goes Wireless 03/19/2009
  - Job and Career Help at the Pratt Library 03/11/2009
  - Pratt Office Supervisor Honored with Annual Lidinsky Award 03/09/2009
  - Get Your Game On at the Pratt Library 03/09/2009
  - Women's History Month 2009 03/05/2009
- February
  - Book Launch for Baltimore's own Laura Lippman 02/27/2009
  - New Exhibit - Golden Legacy: Original Art from 65 Years of Golden Books 02/17/2009
  - Free Screening of Academy Award Nominees Wall-E and Kung Fu Panda at the Pratt 02/13/2009
  - An Evening with Tavis Smiley 02/12/2009
  - National Book Award Winner Coming to the Pratt 02/05/2009
- January
  - The Pratt Celebrates Black History Month 01/29/2009
  - The 21st Annual Booklovers' Breakfast 01/28/2009
  - Pratt Library's Annual King Commemorative Lecture 01/14/2009
  - Inauguration Viewing at the Pratt 01/13/2009
  - New Exhibit - Edgar Allan Poe: More Than a Poet 01/12/2009
  - Author Randall Kennedy at the Pratt 01/09/2009
  - Rosa Parks Film Series at the Pratt Library 01/06/2009
  - Pratt Bookmobile Celebrates 60 Years of Service 01/02/2009

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