Library Takeout

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

Jazz in the Basement: Erol Danon and Friends

Sunday, January 27, 2019, 2:00 pm

For the first Jazz in the Basement concert of 2019, join Erol Danon (piano), Francisco Quintero (guitar), Keith Butler (drums), and Stephen Arnold (bass) for an afternoon of creative new works. Jazz in the Basement is a monthly concert series featuring local artists, coordinated with the assistance of volunteers Bertrand Uberall and John Cook. The concerts are intended to highlight young artists, new composers, or unique jazz sounds to broaden the listening landscape of our Washington, D.C. audiences. DC Public Library is a proud supporter of our local music community and looks forward to expanding valuable resources to assist musicians in their creative and professional endeavors. This concert is located at the Goethe-Institut Washington at 1990 K St. NW (use the 20th Street entrance). FREE | Open to the public

Talk Story: A Monthly Discussion Series

Sunday, January 27, 2019, 5:30 pm

The 1882 Foundation's monthly discussion series, Talk Story, is a a forum designed to broaden the cultural awareness and historical understanding of the Chinese American experience. Library Takeout will be on hand with relevant materials for checkout and information about library events and resources. Upcoming Talk Story dates & topics:

Home Movie Day at Suns Cinema

Tuesday, January 29, 2019, 8:00 pm

Come see home movies from the public along side gems from the DC Public Library vault. Archivists will also be on site to preach the preservation gospel.

Respect: Aretha Franklin as Political Activist

Thursday, January 31, 2019, 6:30 pm

Join scholars, musicians and community members as we remember Aretha Franklin.We will discuss her work for social change, listen to her most empowering songs, and talk about music as activism in our community today. In partnership with WPFW and The Goethe-Institut Washington. Joining the discussion will be: Katea Stitt, WPFW Dr. Greg Carr, Howard University

Chamber Music at Noon

Thursday, February 7, 2019, 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 and Vasily Popov, as well as special-guest performers.

The Book Bike: a Library Takeout Vehicle

Visit the Book Bike at WABA's Coffee Hour

Friday, February 8, 2019, 7:30 am

DC Public Library's new Library Takeout Vehicle, the Book Bike, will be joining Washington Area Bicycle Association's 2nd Friday Coffee Hour this month on the Metropolitan Branch Trail. We'll have giveaways, books for checkout and can accept returns if you want to bring along that overdue book! Free coffee provided by Qualia Coffee.

Chamber Music at Noon

Thursday, March 7, 2019, 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 and Vasily Popov, as well as special-guest performers.

Visit the Book Bike at WABA's Coffee Hour

Friday, March 8, 2019, 7:30 am

DC Public Library's new Library Takeout Vehicle, the Book Bike, will be joining Washington Area Bicycle Association's 2nd Friday Coffee Hour this month on the Metropolitan Branch Trail. We'll have giveaways, books for checkout and can accept returns if you want to bring along that overdue book! Free coffee provided by Qualia Coffee.

Chamber Music at Noon

Thursday, April 4, 2019, 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 and Vasily Popov, as well as special-guest performers.

Visit the Book Bike at WABA's Coffee Hour

Friday, April 12, 2019, 7:30 am

DC Public Library's new Library Takeout Vehicle, the Book Bike, will be joining Washington Area Bicycle Association's 2nd Friday Coffee Hour this month on the Metropolitan Branch Trail. We'll have giveaways, books for checkout and can accept returns if you want to bring along that overdue book! Free coffee provided by Qualia Coffee.

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Beat the Streets

At King Green Leaf Recreation Center

Drop by the King Green Leaf Recreation Center for the kick off to the annual Beat the Streets series of free summer festivals, June 20, 2 - 7:30 p.m. Learn about various community organizations while enjoying live performances and other activities.

Beat the Streets

June 27, 2 - 7:30 p.m.

DC's popular street festival series returns this summer with more live performances by local artists, food and activities for kids, all free and open to the public. Drop by the DC Public Library table between 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. at the Rita Bright Community Center, located at 14th and Clifton Streets, NW for free books, giveaways and details about the latest free digital resources and Summer Challenge. See you there!

Summer Reading

Music Collection at DC Public Library

For the renovation of the MLK Jr. Memorial Library, the majority of our circulating sheet music collection has been put into storage, to ensure this unique collection is preserved and can again be made available upon reopening the central library. During this period of time, there is a small representative collection at the Shepherd Park (Juanita E.

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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.