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such as Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein</description></item><item><title>The Pratt Celebrates the Live, Music and Work of Frank Zappa</title><link>http://www.prattlibrary.org/about/press_releases.aspx?id=69741</link><pubDate>2011-09-13</pubDate><description>Annual celebration honoring the music and legacy of Frank Zappa with concerts, a Zappa Family symposium and a special award to David Simon and Nina Noble</description></item><item><title>Mencken Day Celebration 2011</title><link>http://www.prattlibrary.org/about/press_releases.aspx?id=69644</link><pubDate>2011-09-08</pubDate><description>Featuring a new exhibition and a lecture by Pulitzer Prize winner  and Washington Post book columnist Michael Dirda</description></item><item><title>Pratt Library Career Center Helping Patrons Find Jobs</title><link>http://www.prattlibrary.org/about/press_releases.aspx?id=69613</link><pubDate>2011-09-07</pubDate><description>FREE Resources and Programs Available at the Pratt Library as Baltimore’s Unemployment Rate is at 11.2%</description></item><item><title>Septmeber is Library Card Sign-Up Month</title><link>http://www.prattlibrary.org/about/press_releases.aspx?id=69292</link><pubDate>2011-08-31</pubDate><description>Get your kids ready to head back to school at the Pratt Library</description></item><item><title>eReaders Available for Check-Out at the Pratt</title><link>http://www.prattlibrary.org/about/press_releases.aspx?id=68678</link><pubDate>2011-07-28</pubDate><description>Nooks will be available for check-out at the Reisterstown Road and Waverly Branches</description></item><item><title>The Civil War In Your Attic</title><link>http://www.prattlibrary.org/about/press_releases.aspx?id=68677</link><pubDate>2011-07-07</pubDate><description>Preserving the legacy of Maryland and the Civil War</description></item><item><title>Pratt Library Receives $475,000 Donation From Former Patron</title><link>http://www.prattlibrary.org/about/press_releases.aspx?id=68676</link><pubDate>2011-07-07</pubDate><description /></item><item><title>Sizzling Summer of Authors at the Pratt</title><link>http://www.prattlibrary.org/about/press_releases.aspx?id=68439</link><pubDate>2011-06-28</pubDate><description>Best-selling authors include Hill Harper, Dhani Jones and Ben Mezrich </description></item><item><title>Congressman Elijah Cummings Presents a Town Hall Meeting with Elizabeth Warren at the Pratt Library</title><link>http://www.prattlibrary.org/about/press_releases.aspx?id=68435</link><pubDate>2011-06-28</pubDate><description /></item><item><title>Verizon Foundation Awards $20,000 Grant to the Pratt Library's Summer Reading Program</title><link>http://www.prattlibrary.org/about/press_releases.aspx?id=68440</link><pubDate>2011-06-06</pubDate><description>Funds provide free programming for children and teens across Baltimore City </description></item><item><title>Summer Reading 2011: One World, Many Stories</title><link>http://www.prattlibrary.org/about/press_releases.aspx?id=68438</link><pubDate>2011-06-01</pubDate><description>Free and fun programs for all ages </description></item><item><title>Celebramos Comunidad: Feria Latina!</title><link>http://www.prattlibrary.org/about/press_releases.aspx?id=68433</link><pubDate>2011-05-16</pubDate><description>A Latino Resource Fair </description></item><item><title>A Tribute to Manning Marable</title><link>http://www.prattlibrary.org/about/press_releases.aspx?id=68434</link><pubDate>2011-05-02</pubDate><description>The Pratt Library along with Michael Eric Dyson and Marc Steiner pay tribute to Manning Marable on the day he was scheduled to be at the library to discuss his landmark book, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention. </description></item><item><title>Ralph Nader is Coming to the Pratt Library</title><link>http://www.prattlibrary.org/about/press_releases.aspx?id=68429</link><pubDate>2011-04-27</pubDate><description>The former presidential candidate discusses his new book, Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us! </description></item><item><title>Rapper Prodigy at the Pratt Library</title><link>http://www.prattlibrary.org/about/press_releases.aspx?id=68432</link><pubDate>2011-04-25</pubDate><description>One of the biggest names in rap discusses his book, My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy </description></item><item><title>Schaefer Memorial Service Viewing at the Pratt</title><link>http://www.prattlibrary.org/about/press_releases.aspx?id=68428</link><pubDate>2011-04-25</pubDate><description>Watch the Memorial Service on the Central Library’s Jumbo Screen </description></item><item><title>CityLit Festival 2011</title><link>http://www.prattlibrary.org/about/press_releases.aspx?id=68430</link><pubDate>2011-04-15</pubDate><description>2010 National Book Award winner and Baltimore native Jaimy Gordon headline the 8th Annual CityLit Festival </description></item><item><title>Mayor Rawlings-Blake Announces Restoration of Enoch Pratt Free Library Funding</title><link>http://www.prattlibrary.org/about/press_releases.aspx?id=68425</link><pubDate>2011-04-13</pubDate><description>Mayor promised to restore funding if state aid to Baltimore City better than anticipated </description></item><item><title>Forest Park Branch 100th Anniversary Celebration</title><link>http://www.prattlibrary.org/about/press_releases.aspx?id=68426</link><pubDate>2011-04-12</pubDate><description>Centennial celebration highlights community commitment in West Baltimore </description></item><item><title>Herring Run Branch Reopens with Six Times More Public Computers</title><link>http://www.prattlibrary.org/about/press_releases.aspx?id=68431</link><pubDate>2011-04-03</pubDate><description>The Branch also has a new children’s interactive play area and refurbished foyer </description></item><item><title>The Roots of Jazz in Baltimore</title><link>http://www.prattlibrary.org/about/press_releases.aspx?id=68424</link><pubDate>2011-03-30</pubDate><description>A multimedia look at the movers & shakers and music makers of Baltimore’s jazz age </description></item><item><title>Fairy Tale Festival 2011</title><link>http://www.prattlibrary.org/about/press_releases.aspx?id=68413</link><pubDate>2011-03-30</pubDate><description>FREE events throughout the "Pratt Kingdom" all month long including magicians, puppet shows, Pets on Wheels and Fairy Tale Balls! </description></item><item><title>The Circus is Coming to the Pratt</title><link>http://www.prattlibrary.org/about/press_releases.aspx?id=68414</link><pubDate>2011-03-28</pubDate><description>Performers from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will present "Science of the Circus" </description></item></channel></rss>

