Library Takeout

Check out books. Get a library card.

Library Takeout allows customers to get a library card and check out library materials, in real time, at community events.

Jazz in Basement: Harry Appelman & Todd Marcus

Sunday, October 22, 2017, 2:00 pm

Jazz in the Basement, a monthly series held at the Goethe-Institut Washington, presents pianist Harry Appelman and bass clarinetist, Todd Marcus. Join us for this free, afternoon concert featuring two great artists of the D.C. region. Thank you to volunteer organizers, Bertrand Uberall and John Cook. Goethe-Institut Washington is located at 1990 K St. NW (entrance on 20th St. NW)

Story Time at the National Building Museum

Tuesday, October 24, 2017, 10:30 am

Join DC Public Library at the National Building Museum for story time fun for the entire family. These 30-40 minute programs are packed full of books, songs, and activities designed to be enjoyed by children 5 and under.

DuPunk Underground

Wednesday, October 25, 2017, 7:00 pm

The DC Punk Archive, The DC Public Library Foundation and the Goethe-Institut Washington present DuPunk Underground - a live show celebrating the current exhibit

Talk Story: The Kim Loo Sisters

Sunday, October 29, 2017, 1:30 pm

Join the 1882 Foundation and Library Takeout for a Talk Story Event about the Kim Loo Sisters, including a screening of selected clips from a documentary film about this Chinese American jazz vocal quartet.

Chamber Music at Noon

Thursday, November 2, 2017, 12:00 pm

On the first Thursday of each month, the DC Public Library in partnership with the Goethe-Institut of Washington, presents a chamber music series (formerly titled the Brown Bag Chamber Recital), free and open to the public. Performers include internationally-known, local musicians Ralitza Patcheva, Vasily Popov, and special guest performers.

Books, Bites & Brews

Books, Bites, and Brews is a Book Club for 20- and 30-somethings that meets at Palisades' own Seventh Hill Pizza.

NaNoWriMo: National Portrait Gallery Write-In

Sunday, November 12, 2017, 1:00 pm

Participating in National Novel Writing Month this year? Looking for a supportive environment in which to work toward your 50,000 words? Drop by the National Portrait Gallery for an informal space not only to write, but also to be inspired by the portraits of great American authors!

Roxane Gay Read-Alikes

Author Roxane Gay will be at All Souls Unitarian Church on Tuesday, June 20, in conversation with WAMU's Alicia Montgomery. This free event, part of the Signature Speaker Series, is presented in partnership with Oracle Group and the DC Public Library Foundation.

Market Selects for September 20

Seasonal, Fresh Titles for Your Consumption

On the third Tuesday of each month, library staff set up shop at the FRESHFARM

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Market Selects for July 19th

Seasonal, Fresh Titles for Your Consumption

On the third Tuesday of each month, library staff set up shop at the FRESHFARM

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Market Selects for June 21st

Seasonal, Fresh Titles for Your Consumption

On the third Tuesday of each month, library staff set up shop at the FRESHFARM CityCenterDC Market to sign up new library customers, check out and return materials, and di

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Market Selects for June 14th

Seasonal, Fresh Titles for Your Consumption

On the second Tuesday of each month, library staff set up shop at the FRESHFARM Penn Quarter Market to sign up new library customers, check out and return materials, and dish about

The Library Returns to Baked & Wired

Join us there on first Wednesdays beginning in May

Need a library card and a latte? A book and a baked good? Then get ready! Because with the warm weather comes the return of the Georgetown Neighborhood Library's monthly visits to Baked & Wired (1052 Thomas Jefferson St. NW)! Beginning on May 6, you can drop by the locally owned coffee shop and bakery from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month and use our Library Takeout service to sign up for a library card, check out materials, and more.

Announcing 'Lowbrow Throwdown' Book Club

'After' by Anna Todd

We love the classics and literary fiction here at the Chevy Chase library, but it can’t all be Middlemarch, right? Sometimes you have to read something fun, easy and frequently ridiculous. Then, preferably, you want to discuss it over drinks with friends. Hence Chevy Chase DC Library’s new book club, Lowbrow Throwdown.

Library Takeout at Baked & Wired

Celebrate the beginning of National Library Card Sign-up Month by visiting the Georgetown Neighborhood Library... at Baked & Wired (1052 Thomas Jefferson St. NW)!