Part murder mystery, part art market indictment, The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq (pronounced wellbeck), chronicles the lives of artist Jed Martin; Michel Houellbecq, a retiring, alcoholic writer; and Detective Jasselin.
Jed lives a somewhat bohemian life in Paris, and is on the verge of an exhibition for which Houellbecq is to write the exhibition catalog essay. After Jed's stratospheric rise on the art market, he must help the police solve a brutal murder.
Have you been looking for that perfect cookbook that covers everything from kale chips to field dressing a deer to olive oil gummy bears? Look no further -- that book has finally been published!
So, you’ve read all the books in the Hunger Games series, and while you’re going to go see the movies based on City of Bones and Beautiful Creatures, the books behind them really aren’t your thing.
Are you a composer of poetry? Want to share your work with your fellow DC Library patrons?
Join us on Monday, March 25 as we prepare for National Poetry Month with an open mic poetry reading, in Room 207 at 6:30 p.m.
All are welcome to come and share. We only ask that you keep it clean and have fun. If you do not wish to participate with readings of your own feel free to come and enjoy the skills of your DC friends and neighbors.
Did you know that February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month? To inform teens about the issue and about human trafficking, Teen Space has partnered with Fair Girls to host two workshops. On Feb. 13 and Feb. 20, from 4 p.m. to 5:15 , join us in Teen Space, room 208, for:
Tell Your Friends: Preventing Trafficking & Sexual Abuse of Youth. In this two-part workshop series, teens will learn about their rights and responsibilities in intimate relationships, gain a deeper understanding of sexual violence and exploitation, and get connected to helpful resources.
Yes, that’s right, Catalan: a language spoken in Andorra, northeastern Spain and the French side of the Pyrenees mountains. It's just one of the many treasures to be found in the Children’s Room! 
In addition to our famously abundant Spanish-language collection (and one book in Catalan), we also carry children's books for speakers and learners of Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Estonian, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lao, Polish, Portuguese, Panjabi, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese and Zulu.
Come join The Knitty Gritty Committee, MLK’s knitting circle!
Tired of another lonesome Mad Men marathon blaring in the background of your living room as you fix dropped stitches on that sweater sleeve? Bored of knitting only during long bus ride commutes to and from work? Want to get crafty and also meet other members of your community at the same time?
Then the Knitty Gritty Committee is perfect for you!
We meet every second Monday of the month, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Popular Services division (Rm 110). Knitters of all levels are welcome.
Most educators accept that each child learns differently, and therefore more than one approach should be used when working with children. Young children retain information better when they have more than one way to explore it.
Start the New Year off right. Join a book group at MLK.
Did you know that there are six book clubs based at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library? Discovering these groups is like finding buried treasure in the middle of downtown Washington, DC!
Fiction Lover's Book Club
