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Location Closure The Light Street Branch is closed Tuesday, July 1 due to a facilities maintenance issue.

Announcement The Pennsylvania Avenue Branch is operating on a reduced schedule with limited services 10 am–4 pm until further notice, due to a facilities maintenance issue.

Location Closure The Brooklyn, Forest Park, Govans, Hamilton, Herring Run, Northwood, Reisterstown Road, and Washington Village branches are closed for facility improvements. Learn more here.

Holiday Closing All Pratt Library locations will be closed Friday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day.

About the Pratt Contemporaries

We’re a diverse group of cosmopolitans who seek to raise awareness of the Enoch Pratt Free Library as a vital part of Baltimore’s identity. Through bold, innovative programs and outreach efforts, the group provides a venue for emerging creative thinkers who want to establish a lifeline between their library, their city, and their communities. The Pratt Contemporaries programming also extends outside of the Library to offer members the experience of Baltimore’s cultural life in the community at large.

For more information about events and membership levels, email contemps@prattlibrary.org.

Pratt Contemporaries Black and White Party 2024 Theme Reveal night
Pratt Contemporaries Black and White Party 2024 Theme Reveal night
Pratt Contemporaries Black and White Party 2024 Theme Reveal night
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Pratt Contemporaries Board of Directors

Matthew Lengel, Chair (Johns Hopkins)Robert Leming (Exelon)
Kaitlin Pravetz, Vice-Chair (GWWO Architects)Seth Peichert (War Horse Cities)
Christopher Aceto (T. Rowe Price)Frances Platt
Wendy Bronfein (Curio Wellness) Neill Thupari (DLA Piper)
Caitlin Maloney Haus (McGuireWoods)Phillip Westry (Maryland Center for Legal Assistance)
Marissa Johnson (Brown Advisory)Amy Young (Stanley Black and Decker)

Founders


Kate Powell (Editor, Provision Policy)Chris Espenshade (Newmark Knight Frank)

Staff Liaison

Chris Lewis, Individual and Corporate Giving Manager, Institutional Advancement, clewis@prattlibrary.org