May Is National Bike Month

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Join us for a variety of events at the library.

Bicycle Films
Tuesdays in May @ Martin Luther King Library Teen Space
Come watch a bicycle-themed film every Tuesday night in May at 7 p.m. in the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Teen Space.

We will screen Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Quicksilver, Breaking Away and Rad. There will also be free bike helmets for a few lucky teens.

Free Bike Repair
May 8, 12 noon - 3 p.m. @ Northwest One Library
Learn basic bike maintenance and keep those repair costs down with a free bike repair day at Northwest One Neighborhood Library.

Volunteers from The Bike House will be on hand Saturday May 8 from 12 noon to 3 p.m. to perform and teach basic repair and bike maintenance. For more information on this organization, check out the Bike House Web site.

Tour De DCPL - Library Bike Ride
May 22, 9 a.m.  - 1 p.m. Starting @ Martin Luther King Library
Join us Saturday May 22, for the Tour de DCPL, and explore D.C. through your libraries!
The Tour de DCPL is a library-oriented bicycle ride of downtown D.C., stopping at five DC Public Library neighborhood libraries. It is being organized by bicycle-loving library staff as a way to promote environmentally friendly transportation to D.C.'s libraries and show what all the excitement at DC Public Libraries is about! The ride meets at the Martin Luther King Library (901 G St. N.W.) at 9 a.m. and begins shortly after.

The ride will end back at Martin Luther King Library at 12:30 p.m.

Email bikedcpl@gmail.com for more information.