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Groundbreaking Reads to Change Your Life
Groundbreaking Reads to Change Your Life
By Eunice Anderson

Paws to Read: Why Kids Should Read Aloud to a Dog at the Library
Paws to Read: Why Kids Should Read Aloud to a Dog at the Library
By Stephanie Jarvais

Quoth the Raven: Volunteer!
Quoth the Raven: Volunteer!
By Lisa R. Kenyon, Guest Blogger

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  • Adult Summer Reading Kicks Off
    By Becky Hass
    Last Edited on 6/11/2013
    Every summer has a story, and this year each location of the Enoch Pratt Free Library is bringing its own unique twist to the Adult Summer Reading Program.  ...more
  • Monster Saturday At The Library
    By Ryan O'Grady
    Posted on 6/7/2013
    Get ready for the prequel in style! No, this is not The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit—it’s a screening of Monsters, Inc. in preparation for the launch of the prequel, Monsters University, later this ...more
  • Digging into the Summer Reading Program
    By Jessica Hoptay Brown
    Last Edited on 6/3/2013
    Though the official summer season doesn't begin until June 21, we’re already "digging into" summer at the Pratt Library with the start of our annual Summer Reading Program! ...more
  • Quoth the Raven: Volunteer!
    By Lisa R. Kenyon, Guest Blogger
    Last Edited on 5/30/2013
    On Wednesday, May 15, Enoch Pratt Free Library volunteers and staff gathered at the 1840's Ballroom for our annual volunteer luncheon. The Pratt Library has many types of volunteers, including individual ...more
  • Paws to Read: Why Kids Should Read Aloud to a Dog at the Library
    By Stephanie Jarvais
    Last Edited on 6/19/2013
    Reading is an important step in a child's life; it can open the doorway for many opportunities. There are many ways for a child to improve reading skills, and reading out loud is one of the most important. ...more
  • [Video] Fun and Educational Programs for the Next Generation of Readers
    By Ryan O’Grady
    Posted on 5/22/2013
    For more than 85 years, The Enoch Pratt Free Library has been offering free children's programming at all its branches, creating unforgettable memories for the next generation of readers. Children's programs ...more
  • Happy Blogiversary! Pratt Chat is One Year Old Today
    By Jessica Keyes
    Posted on 5/21/2013
    As we celebrate the first anniversary of Pratt Chat's launch, I would like to send a very warm and enormous Thank You to all the staff who have contributed posts and to all the readers who visit us here. ...more
  • Fairy Tale Tea Party at the Patterson Park Library
    By Meredith Veatch
    Posted on 5/16/2013
    I love Fairy Tale Festival. If the truth be known, I love it more than I love summer reading, mostly because it’s not as hot outside, but also because I adore fairy tales. But the main reason I love Fairy ...more
  • Celebrating the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf Launch
    By Becky Hass
    Last Edited on 5/14/2013
    The Enoch Pratt Free Library’s Reisterstown Road Branch was awarded the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf grant, one of only eight grants awarded in Maryland. The Muslim Journeys Bookshelf is a project of the ...more
  • Wreck-It-Up At The Library With Free Family Flicks
    By Ryan O'Grady
    Posted on 5/10/2013
    Line your pockets full of quarters and head on down to the Central Library this Saturday, May 11, to watch Wreck-It Ralph. This screening is part of the Library’s Free Family Flicks series, the once-a-month ...more
  • The Best Book Club Ever
    By Tonette Cherry, Guest Blogger
    Posted on 5/7/2013
    The best Book Club Ever meets at the Brooklyn Branch Enoch Pratt Library. Soda and coffee served as refreshments, an it is a comfortable and relaxed setting. There is a group of us ladies who meet every ...more
  • Real Talk about Writing with YA Author L. Divine
    By Melanie Townsend Diggs
    Last Edited on 5/3/2013
    On April 10, 2013, the author, L. Divine spent an hour at the Forest Park Branch talking with a group of teens and a few adults about her series, Drama High, and the art of writing. The group was very ...more
  • Young Makers are Building Circuits at Waverly Branch
    By Rose Anne Ullrich, Children's Librarian, Waverly Branch
    Last Edited on 4/30/2013
    On April 16, Waverly Branch hosted an exciting children's program called Chemistry in the Library, presented by Dr. Sandra K. Young, the Materials Research Engineer/Program Manager at the US Army Research ...more
  • Free Family Flicks: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
    By Ryan O’Grady
    Last Edited on 4/26/2013
    If you want an extra special film experience, come to the Central Library this Saturday, April 27 at 2pm, to watch E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. Whether you are revisiting this classic or seeing it for the ...more
  • Congratulations on the Launch, DPLA!
    By Diana Geis, Audience and Participation Workstream Coordinator and Jessica Keyes, participant
    Last Edited on 4/25/2013
    After 2 years of care and feeding, the Berkman Center, Harvard University, is ready to step back and push the little Digital Public Library of America bird out of the nest. And so, on Thursday, April 18, ...more
  • The Poetry Contest Winner: 'To the Bird That Wakes Me'
    By Shaileen B.
    Last Edited on 4/23/2013
    Ah, April! You may be the cruelest month, but in Maryland you're a month full of poetry and birdsong. Those two elements came together for Lori Powell, who won the Pratt Library's second annual Poetry ...more
  • [Photos] Fairy Tale Festival at Herring Run Branch
    By Karen Burdnell, Children's Librarian
    Last Edited on 4/22/2013
    This year the theme for our Fairy Tale Ball, which took place on April 11, was Fairies and Elves. I had a friend who planted a fairy garden in her back yard and I thought it would be fun to do something ...more
  • The Poetry Circle Celebrates at Reisterstown Road Branch
    By Becky Hass
    Posted on 4/18/2013
    There are so many ways to celebrate poetry! That was our goal for the April meeting of the Poetry Circle at the Reisterstown Road Library. ...more
  • Today is National Bookmobile Day!
    By Carlotta Young, Bookmobile Librarian
    Last Edited on 4/17/2013
    Held on the Wednesday of National Library Week, National Bookmobile Day began in 2010. This day recognizes the role of bookmobiles and direct delivery outreach services in fulfilling the mission of libraries. ...more
  • Birds of a Feather Double-Bill Together
    By Marc Sober, Guest Blogger
    Last Edited on 4/15/2013
    While planning my FILMTALK screening at the Central Library for April 20, I wanted to do something a little special, as it was to be the 10th anniversary of the Saturday morning program (see a list of ...more
  • Bicycles in Bloom
    by Brian Manning
    Last Edited on 4/4/2013
    Well, it’s spring time, and for many people it’s time to dust off the old bicycle and hit the road for some jovial jaunts and freewheeling flings. But before you hop on your bicycle and start peddling ...more
  • Fairy Tale Extravaganza This Weekend: Free and Fun for All Ages!
    by Teresa Duggan
    Last Edited on 4/3/2013
    This Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 7 we will be celebrating the 11th Annual Fairy Tale Extravaganza at the Central Library. The event will be taking over Central Hall as well as much of the children's ...more
  • Upcoming Book Discussions and Programs: The Value of Open Spaces
    By Brian DeLuca
    Last Edited on 3/20/2013
    The Roland Park Branch, in collaboration with the Open Space Campaign for Greater Roland Park, is hosting a three-part book discussion series this winter and spring. The books in this series were chosen ...more
  • Reflecting Reality: 'The City Through Our Eyes'
    Reposted with permission from Wide Angle Youth Media
    Last Edited on 3/18/2013
    Wide Angle Youth Media partners with the Enoch Pratt Free Library on the Baltimore Speaks Out! Program to provide youth ages 10-15 with free media education in their own community. ...more
  • Hopping on the Pratt Buck Bandwagon at Southeast Anchor Library
    By Ellie Mullen, Guest Blogger
    Last Edited on 3/15/2013
    Children at the Southeast Anchor Library are rolling in the dough... Pratt Bucks that is! Since the introduction of Pratt’s Read Down Fines initiative in January, the children’s department has seen a significant ...more
  • Read Down Fines: The Adventure Continues
    By Lamar Pinkett, Guest Blogger
    Last Edited on 3/15/2013
    The Pratt Library's new initiative to help young readers Read Down Fines is an innovative approach to get our children and teen customers back to reading and checking materials out. Since the start of ...more
  • Sports Journalism 101 with Stan Charles
    By Linda Schwartz, Brooklyn Branch
    Posted on 3/7/2013
    For more than 20 years Stan "the Fan" Charles has kept his finger on the pulse of local Baltimore sports. The Ravens, the Orioles, the Terps, he's covered them all. Currently he is the publisher of the ...more
  • Supreme Justice Sotomayor Inspires Pratt Audiences
    By Jessica Keyes
    Last Edited on 3/4/2013
    Last night, an audience of 900 people packed the Main Hall and Wheeler Auditorium at the Central Library to hear Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor read from her memoir, My Beloved World, and speak ...more
  • Poetry & Conversation: Karen Garthe's CHARTER
    by Shaileen B.
    Last Edited on 2/28/2013
    The arrivals and departures of boats make such beautiful subjects for poems, which are always abandoning or landing at places inside ourselves. Think of "Where Go the Boats?" by Robert Louis Stevenson, ...more
  • Drumming with Doc Gibbs at Forest Park Branch
    By Melanie Townsend Diggs
    Posted on 2/26/2013
    In honor of Black History Month, Leonard "Doc" Gibbs, a notable African-American musician, presented the musical program, Drum, Dance and Percussion, at the Forest Park Branch on February 6, 2013. Although ...more
  • [Video] African Drum, Dance, and Percussion at Reisterstown Road Branch
    By Lamar Pinkett, Guest Blogger, Reisterstown Road Branch
    Posted on 2/20/2013
    The Reisterstown Road Branch Library is excited to be hosting a plethora of programs for the month of February in celebration of Black History Month. On February 5, 2013 local performing artist Doc Gibbs ...more
  • National Children's Dental Health Month
    By Jessica Hoptay Brown
    Posted on 2/19/2013
    Many of us associate words like “root canal,” “cavity,” “crown,” and “extraction” with our teeth and going to the dentist. While none of these things are particularly pleasant, many are preventable. Keeping ...more
  • Poetry & Conversation: Chris Mason's Poems about Places
    By Shaileen B
    Last Edited on 2/12/2013
    Even in these days of e-books and electronic communication, the Pratt Library continues to thrive as a set of lovely, historic buildings where people encounter one another face to face. Take the upcoming ...more
  • On Display Today Only: Presidential Appointment Signed by Lincoln
    By Roswell Encina
    Last Edited on 2/12/2013
    On February 12, 2013, Lincoln's 204th birthday, the Enoch Pratt Free Library is displaying a Presidential Appointment signed by Abraham Lincoln in the Main Hall of the Central Library. The display will ...more
  • Two Hundred Years of Pride and Prejudice
    By Meredith Veatch
    Last Edited on 2/7/2013
    The first time I heard of Jane Austen, I was twelve years old. It was 1996, and the famous Pride and Prejudice miniseries starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth had just aired for the first time on American ...more
  • Plagued by Library Fines? Kids & Teens can Wipe the Slate Clean
    By Brian Manning
    Last Edited on 3/15/2013
    There are some things I immediately and pleasantly associate with childhood, including: my first crush; collecting and reading comics; playing baseball until after dark; and the wonder of exploring the ...more
  • Watch The Oscar-Nominated Flick ParaNorman
    By Ryan O’Grady
    Last Edited on 2/1/2013
    The Oscars will not air on television until Sunday, February 24, but before then you can catch a screening of one of the nominees right here at the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Nominated for the best animated ...more
  • Poetry & Conversation: Sue Ellen Thompson's 'Blue Blanket'
    By Shaileen B
    Posted on 1/29/2013
    "Heavens, I recognize the place, I know it!" says Elizabeth Bishop in the middle of one of my favorite poems, as she realizes that a painting by a stranger shows a countryside where she has been in real ...more
  • We Have a Winner: Naming the Girl in the Window
    By Anjanette Wiggins
    Last Edited on 1/24/2013
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  • Poetry & Conversation: Talking with Poet Kathleen Hellen
    By Shaileen B
    Last Edited on 1/24/2013
    Umberto's Night: doesn't that have a terrific ring to it? This darkly musical phrase is the title of a new book by Kathleen Hellen, whom we welcome to the Pratt Library on January 30 for the first Poetry ...more
  • Wipe Your Slate Clean: Read Down Fines!
    By Roswell Encina
    Last Edited on 1/24/2013
    The Enoch Pratt Free Library is launching a year-long campaign called Read Down Fines to help children and teens reduce or eliminate their library fines. ...more
  • Enjoy A Free Family Flick
    By Ryan O'Grady
    Posted on 1/2/2013
    If you are looking for some free entertainment in the new year, check out Free Family Flicks at the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Come celebrate the fourth anniversary of the series, which has been running ...more
  • [Video] An Evening of Classical Music at Reisterstown Road Branch
    By Greg Fromme, Reisterstown Road Branch
    Last Edited on 12/20/2012
    On Wednesday, December 12, the Reisterstown Road branch had the privilege of hosting two extraordinary Baltimore area musicians for an evening of classical music. ...more
  • Film Event: December's Double-Thrill Double Bill
    By Marc Sober and Tom Warner
    Last Edited on 12/13/2012
    Marc Sober in the Humanities Department has been hosting "FilmTalk," a once-a-month Saturday morning film and discussion series, for almost 10 years. Tom Warner, in the Sights & Sounds Department, has ...more
  • Craft your own Fall Poem at the Poetry Circle
    By Becky Hass
    Last Edited on 11/19/2012
    I love fall—the colors, the crispness in the air, and the excuse to turn on the oven and bake. As I was planning for the first meeting of the new Poetry Circle at the Reisterstown Road Branch, I thought ...more
  • Growing Imaginations and Sharing Stories: Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the National Association of Black Storytellers
    By Jessica Hoptay Brown
    Last Edited on 11/16/2012
    Libraries are known for keeping and providing access to the printed word, whether it’s on the page or the screen. What we’re really keeping, though, is more than words. We’re keeping stories. ...more
  • The Promise of Pennsylvania: The Renewal of a Neighborhood Branch
    By Anjanette Wiggins
    Last Edited on 11/16/2012
    When the Pennsylvania Avenue Branch first opened to the public on January 15, 1953, the former director of Pratt Library, Joseph Wheeler, commented that "It's the finest public library (branch) in the ...more
  • sophiajacob Lecture Symposium
    By Brittney Baltimore
    Last Edited on 11/2/2012
    This Saturday, November 3rd from 1-5 at the Enoch Pratt Free Library Poe Room, sophiajacob, a contemporary art space dedicated to a continuous program of exhibitions by emerging and established artists, ...more
  • The Vow to be Cool: Meeting Writers at Bookfest
    By Meredith Veatch
    Last Edited on 11/1/2012
    If you’re a regular Pratt Chat reader, or if you tried to drive through Mt. Vernon during the last weekend of September, you probably already know about the Baltimore Book Festival. Still being relatively ...more
  • Photography Exhibit: One View Of The World
    By Ryan O’Grady and Danni Downing
    Last Edited on 10/26/2012
    The Fine Arts and Recreation Department is hosting an exhibit called One View of the World, featuring photography by Danni Downing. The exhibit runs through December 9th at the Central Branch/State Library ...more
  • Digital Photography 101: A Walk Around Town
    By Ryan O’Grady
    Last Edited on 10/26/2012
    Do you have an artistic fire burning in you? Maybe you have a nice new DSLR camera that someone in your family gave you, and it has just been sitting on your shelf for the past year. Or maybe you own a ...more
  • Baltimore: My City, My Home
    By Harriet Lynn, Producer/Artistic Director of Heritage Theatre Artists' Consortium
    Last Edited on 10/19/2012
    My mother, Ruth Garbis (née: Rochkind), was a gifted poet who did not take her work seriously. However, she was passionate about the written word, and would literally surround herself with books. The Enoch ...more
  • Hallowe’en with Poe
    By Becky Hass
    Last Edited on 10/18/2012
    One of my first Baltimore memories comes from one of my dad’s infamous road trips. He would ask, “Do you want to go for a drive?” and you never knew where you’d end up. On this trip, we ended up in the ...more
  • Pratt Contemporaries Celebrate Banned Books
    By Roswell Encina
    Last Edited on 10/16/2012
    What do Harry Potter, Holden Caulfield, Jay Gatsby, Atticus Finch and Christian Grey have in common? All are characters from banned and challenged books. ...more
  • Pierrot Centenary Project and the Lunar Ensemble
    By Bill Jones, Assistant Manager of the Fine Arts and Music Department
    Last Edited on 10/5/2012
    The Pratt Library will host a special afternoon concert and lecture on Saturday, October 6: A Centenary Celebration of Pierrot Lunaire* with Paul Mathews and the LUNAR Ensemble (*Pierrot lunaire is a ...more
  • It's All About the People at the Govans Fall Celebration
    By Jessica Hoptay Brown
    Last Edited on 10/4/2012
    Many years ago when I was a bright-eyed, eager graduate student, my mentor librarian asked, “Why do you want to work in libraries?” I had about forty different reasons in my head, and I quickly scanned ...more
  • The Warmth of a Cold Nose
    By Ryan O'Grady
    Last Edited on 10/2/2012
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  • Cover to Cover at the Bookfest: All's Well That Ends Well
    By Ryan O’Grady
    Last Edited on 10/2/2012
    What a book-tastic success! The Enoch Pratt Free Library tent at the Baltimore Book Festival this year was all about technology. We had eReaders on display for visitors to learn how to use, on Friday I ...more
  • Baltimore Book Festival: the Foodie Edition
    By Becky Hass
    Last Edited on 10/1/2012
    The first time I went to the Baltimore Book Festival I had a crab taco. It was love at first bite, and I’ve been back every year since. This year I’m looking forward to helping at the library’s tent, but ...more
  • Baltimore Book Festival: Find a good book, stump a librarian, and more!
    By Cindy Kleback
    Last Edited on 10/2/2012
    The Baltimore Book Festival kicks off on Friday, September 28, and for the first time, the Pratt Library will have a tent at the Festival. We’re looking forward to being a part of the festival and sharing ...more
  • Enoch Pratt’s Birthday Celebration
    By Cherlane Harris, Guest Contributor
    Last Edited on 9/21/2012
    I thought I knew everything there was to know about Enoch Pratt, but the 204th birthday celebration held at the Reisterstown Road Branch Library proved me wrong. There is nothing like an hour spent with ...more
  • Living With Henry, And Waltzing With David: Mencken Day 2012
    By David Donovan and Ryan O'Grady
    Last Edited on 9/20/2012
    I was born in the northeast of the USA and so H. L. Mencken was somewhat of a mystery to me when I moved to Baltimore six years ago. Working at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, every day I have the privilege ...more
  • Baltimore Speaks Out! with Wide Angle Youth Media
    By Deborah Taylor, Young Adult Librarian
    Last Edited on 9/14/2012
    One of the most successful program partnerships in Young Adult Services in recent years has been the ongoing presence of Wide Angle Youth Media, a non-profit organization that provides Baltimore youth ...more
  • News Know-how Campaign: News Literacy Project at the Pratt Library
    By Roswell Encina
    Last Edited on 9/12/2012
    The same time you are reading this there is probably a big flashing sign on your TV or on news websites announcing: "Breaking News" or "Just In" or "Exclusive." Everyday it feels like we are hit with a ...more
  • Virtual Supermarket: Delivering Groceries to your Neighborhood Library
    By Laura Fox, Baltimore City Health Department
    Last Edited on 9/11/2012
    "Get your groceries at your local library" is not something that most people think of when they think of their local library. The Baltimarket Virtual Supermarket Program is a partnership between the Enoch ...more
  • Building Strength in Difference with The Weinberg Place
    By Becky Hass
    Last Edited on 9/10/2012
    You never know when an outreach opportunity might present itself. This one started at my book club where I met Cindy Zonies, Director of Service Coordination for the Weinberg Senior Living. Ms. Zonies ...more
  • Event: Celebrate the Sage of Baltimore on Mencken Day
    By Vince Fitzpatrick, Curator of the H.L. Mencken Collection
    Last Edited on 9/7/2012
    H.L. Mencken (1880-1956), a talented and prolific journalist known fondly as the Sage of Baltimore, had a long and friendly relationship with the Enoch Pratt Free Library . As a child, he used the branch ...more
  • Get Carded: September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month
    by Roswell Encina
    Last Edited on 9/6/2012
    September is “Library Card Sign-up Month.” It’s a time when the Pratt Library reminds parents that the most important school supply of all is a library card. But nowadays, it gives you more than just  ...more
  • Wii Fun! My Volunteer Experience at the Pratt
    By Melissa Chalmer, Volunteer
    Last Edited on 8/17/2012
    As a member of the Nintendo Generation, I was ecstatic to learn that the Pratt Library Wii system was going to make its debut at the Roland Park Branch. I was asked to pilot the three-day Teen Wii program ...more
  • Baby Olympics 2012 in Highlandtown!
    By Cindy Kleback and Edwin Perez
    Last Edited on 8/15/2012
    On Your Mark... Get Set... Go!  ...more
  • Summer Reading Program Finales at the Reisterstown Road Branch
    By L. Scott, Lamar Pinkett, and Becky Hass
    Last Edited on 8/14/2012
    What are YOU saying about the Summer Reading Program this year? ...more
  • Photos: Light St Branch Altered Book Contest Winners
    By Melanie Jacobs, Light Street Branch
    Last Edited on 8/13/2012
    Through the years, the Friends of Light Street Branch have made significant contributions to the library. The group has purchased a book drop, given $500 to enhance the children’s book collection, and ...more
  • Hammering Through the Brick Wall: 3 Tips for New Genealogists
    By Claire Wang
    Last Edited on 8/10/2012
    It’s a fact: Regardless of skill level, experience, or serendipity, all family historians will encounter dead ends in their research. ...more
  • Urgh! Two Perfectly Overdone Rockumentaries
    By Tom Warner
    Last Edited on 8/8/2012
    On August 11, the Central Library will host a special 30th anniversary screening of Urgh! A Music War (1982), director Derek Burbidge’s cult concert film that many consider the best-ever "Rockumentary." ...more
  • Get Fit @ Your Library
    by Ann Marie Lalmansingh, Waverly Branch
    Last Edited on 7/18/2012
    Get Fit @ Your Library began at the Waverly Branch library three years ago. The line dancing classes led by Frances Spears and Ann Marie Lalmansingh, staff at the branch, whose commitment to promoting ...more
  • Caribbean Heritage Month at the Pratt
    By Ann Marie Lalmansingh and Becky Hass
    Last Edited on 7/17/2012
    June marked the seventh year of celebration of Caribbean American Heritage Month. The celebration also marked the 50th anniversary of independence for Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. Three Pratt branches ...more
  • Dry Ice, Graduated Cylinders, Test Tubes, and Science in the Summer at Pratt
    By Jessica Hoptay Brown
    Last Edited on 7/16/2012
    It’s no secret that we’ve got literacy covered at the Pratt. Books and media are kind of our thing. What might be a surprise to some is that we’re also doing science in the library! Hands-on, real life ...more
  • Summer Fun for Teens
    By Anjanette Wiggins
    Last Edited on 7/10/2012
    Every summer, teens at the Pennsylvania Avenue Branch can expect two sure things: teen summer reading, and a variety of fun programs. These programs nurture teens’ interest in arts and crafts, community, ...more
  • Palimpsests to Grangerism: Altered Books at the Pratt
    By Melanie Jacobs, Light Street Branch
    Last Edited on 7/6/2012
    Have you ever considered altering a book and transforming it into a work of art? Accidentally dropping a book in a puddle of water doesn't count! ...more
  • Video: Stuffed Animal Sleepover and Treasure Hunt
    By Stefanie Thomas and Melissa Gnibus, Roland Park Branch
    Last Edited on 7/5/2012
    It is summer reading time at the Roland Park Branch, and this year, some very special friends got a chance to “Dream Big”! Many of our young readers dropped off their favorite stuffed animal friends on ...more
  • Librarians from Colombia Visit the Pratt
    By Cindy Kleback and Edwin Perez
    Posted on 6/22/2012
    The Southeast Anchor Library recently hosted a delegation of librarians from Colombia on the first stop of their tour of American libraries sponsored by the Department of State’s International Visitor ...more
  • Photographer Cheryl Atkins At The Pratt
    By Ryan O'Grady
    Last Edited on 6/18/2012
    The Fine Arts Department and The Maryland Department at The Enoch Pratt Free Library have a photography exhibit on display until mid-July, 2012. It features the work of Cheryl Atkins, whose first solo ...more
  • Summer Reading Recommendations for All Ages: We've Got You Covered
    By Teresa Duggan
    Last Edited on 6/18/2012
    Have you heard about Summer Reading at the Pratt Library but you're not sure what to read next? Well, you're in luck. Our librarians have compiled book recommendations for all ages, from babies and toddlers ...more
  • Sailabration 2012 With The U.S. Navy
    By Ryan O'Grady
    Last Edited on 6/14/2012
    Excitement down at the Inner Harbor was in full swing when Commander Kimsey and the crew of the USS Maryland presented Pratt CEO Carla Hayden copies of the book Yardarm to Yardarm—(also titled The War ...more
  • It's a Super Summer at the Library
    By Jessica Hoptay Brown
    Last Edited on 6/14/2012
    Any person under the age of 18 can tell you exactly how many school days, week days, total days, minutes, even seconds stand between them and their summer vacation. Even as adults we are always vaguely ...more
  • Our New Poet Laureate, Natasha Trethewey
    By Shaileen B, Librarian, Fiction Department
    Last Edited on 6/18/2012
    Here's how a woodpecker strikes you if you're Natasha Trethewey, who has just been named the new U.S. Poet Laureate: "So insistent" at pecking, she says, this bird must be looking for more than "beetles ...more
  • A Visual Feast in the Graphic Canon
    By Becky Hass
    Last Edited on 6/6/2012
    Think about the first piece of literature you ever loved. What did it look like in your mind’s eye? Three years ago editor Russ Kick made a wish list of tales from world literature and went about contacting ...more
  • Kicking Off Summer Reading With A Bang!
    By Ryan O’Grady
    Last Edited on 6/5/2012
    On the morning of Monday, June 4, the Central Library kicked off Summer Reading 2012 with an explosion of excitement, and it wasn’t just the confetti raining down from above that grabbed everyone’s attention. ...more
  • Librarians Between the Covers...of Books!
    By Cindy Kleback and Brian DeLuca
    Last Edited on 6/5/2012
    This past Saturday, we held our first ever live “What Do I Read Next?” event at the Central Library to kick off our 2012 Adult Summer Reading Program. People in the audience shared the latest titles they ...more
  • Summer Reading is HOT at the Pratt Library
    By Cindy Kleback
    Last Edited on 6/1/2012
    The warm weather may have you thinking that summer is already here, but at the Pratt Library, summer starts tomorrow. Saturday, June 2 is the official kickoff of our Summer Reading Program, so if you’re ...more

 

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