The Benning Branch of the D.C. Public Library was erected at 3935 Benning Road N.E. as the sixth in a series of branch libraries funded under the D.C. Public Works Program. The building was designed by architect Clark T. Harmon in cooperation with the...Read more
10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
National Mall (between 3rd and 7th streets N.W.)
The 10th Annual National Book Festival "Celebrating a Decade of Words and Wonder." Visit the DC Public Library booth in the Pavilion of States tent for a free prize while supplies last. Sponsored by the Library of Congress.
Reading workshops, film viewings, and arts and performances will be held in libraries across the city. For more information, visit kidseurofestival.org.
The DC Public Library will host the 2010 D.C. Election Candidates' Forum, at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library on September 7, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
The candidates' forum is a nonpartisan educational outreach to the public on statehood, democracy and civil duties. The forum will feature invited candidates for the offices of the Mayor, Council Chair and U.S. Representative who are listed on the official ballot for the 2010 Primary Election by the DC Board of Elections and Ethics.
The moderator is radio personality Jerry Phillips. The event is being organized by Stand Up! for Democracy in D.C. Coalition.
The DC Public Library is presenting this debate as a non-partisan educational event.
The Martin Luther King Library's Children's Division has been Making a Splash this summer, with singers, storytellers, art and ice cream. Before the school year begins, we’d like to give one last “Aloha to Summer!”
This Saturday, beginning at 10:30 a.m., you can watch some of your favorite "under-the-sea" cinema, play games, hear stories and more! We'll also have some back-to-school information/tips for parents and teachers. Join us as we say good-bye to the beach and hello to the books!
In recognition of Constitution and Citizenship Day, the DC Public Library will host a lecture by Jeffery Rosen on Tuesday, September 7, at 12 noon. Rosen will discuss the U.S. Supreme Court and how the judicial branch of government works.
Rosen is a professor of law at The George Washington University and the legal affairs editor of The New Republic. His most recent book is The Supreme Court: The Personalities and Rivalries that Defined America. He also is the author of The Most Democratic Branch, The Naked Crowd, and The Unwanted Gaze.
Rosen's essays and commentaries have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, on National Public Radio, and in The New Yorker, where he has been a staff writer. The Chicago Tribune named him one of the 10 best magazine journalists in America.
The lecture will take place at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in the Great Hall. For more information, please contact the Social Sciences Division 202-727-1261
Please join the DC Public Library for a lecture by Wayne Karlin on September 18 at 1 p.m. in the Philosophy, Literature, and Sociology reading room, room 220, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.
In his new book, Wayne Karlin tells the story of Vietnam veteran Homer Steedly Jr., who was overwhelmed by killing a man in 1969 on a jungle path in Vietnam. Steedly came to terms with this by searching for the man’s family and returning documents he had taken from the body and helped locate the remains.
Wandering Souls paints a vivid portrait of the terrible price of war on soldiers and families.
An award-winning writer and Vietnam veteran, Karlin has been involved in reconciliation efforts with Vietnam, helping Vietnamese authors get their works translated and published in the United States and using the profits generated by some of those works to help build schools in poor areas of Vietnam.
For more information about this program, please call the Social Sciences Division at 202-727-1261.
As many of you already know, the children's room at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library has been holding an ice cream program daily for the past few weeks. Now we are posting the recipe for anyone who either missed the program or just wants the chance to make it at home.
Impress your friends with our simple recipe!
Do-it-yourself Vanilla Ice Cream
Ingredients
1 cup of milk or half-and-half
1 1/2 to 2 tablespoons sugar (depending on desired sweetness)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 tablespoons ROCK salt
4 cups of ice
1 sandwich-size ziplock plastic bag
1 gallon-size ziplock plastic bag plastic
toppings of your choice
Before you start, remember to have a parent or guardian help you!
Directions
1. Open the small plastic bag and pour in the 1 cup of milk.
2. Add the 2 tablespoons of sugar and the 1 teaspoon vanilla.
3. Fasten the bag closed while trying to remove most of the air.
4. Open your large plastic bag.
5. Add all of the ice and the rock salt.
6. Place the small bag of milk into the larger bag and seal the large bag closed.
7. Now shake!
Depending on how hard and fast you shake, your dessert should be ready in about 5 to 10 minutes. If you get tired, have a friend, sibling or parent help shake for a while. Once the ice cream is frozen, dip or pour it into your bowl. Top with your favorite treats and don't forget to share!
This is the perfect activity to do outside on a hot summer day.
On July 20, please join the DC Public Library for a lecture by Mitchell Battle, Director of Humane Law Enforcement at the Washington Humane Society and Dr. Megan Rave Rave Lankenau, former President and Founder of Astana Animal Rescue Foundation. Battle and Lankenau will discuss animal cruelty in general, and the link between crimes of animal cruelty and other violent crimes.
The Washington Humane Society (WHS) is the only congressionally-chartered animal welfare agency in the United States. It has been the area’s leading voice for animals since 1870. It operates the only open-access shelter in the nation’s capital. The Washington Humane Society provides comfort and care to over 30,000 animals each year through its broad range of programs and services, including sheltering, adoption, spay and neuter, CatNiPP, humane law enforcement, lost and found, human–animal therapy programs and humane education.
The Washington Humane Society enforces all of the District's animal laws under an 1870 congressional charter, and all animal control laws under contract with the D.C. government.
Please join us at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Room 220 at 6 p.m. on July 20.
Learn to use one of the most popular search engines to identify potential jobs and to post your résumé and cover letter for potential employers to consider. Also, learn how to apply to job postings, using one of three methods, and how to keep track of your application process in order to keep your job search organized.
In order to actively participate, customers must be able to do the following:
Customers who satisfy the above criteria may attend the workshop on a walk-in basis. Please be on time, as covered material will not be repeated because of the volume of material to be presented.
Class Objectives
You will be able to do the following:
NOTE: Please bring your own flash drive to save class documents, or send them to your e-mail account.
Date: Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Time: 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Instructor: D. Azer
Auditorium A-5, adult audience.
June 1, 6 p.m. Alice in Wonderland (PG)
June 8, 3 p.m. Shutter Island (R)
June 15, 6 p.m. The Cove (PG-13) with special guest panelists from Asia Society Washington
June 22, 3 p.m. The Book of Eli (R)
June 29, 6 p.m. Green Zone (R)
July 6, 6 p.m. Hot Tub Time Machine (R)
July 13, 3 p.m. A Single Man (R)
July 20, 6 p.m. The Losers (PG-13)
July 27, 3 p.m. Clash of the Titans (PG-13)
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