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.

Talk Story: A Monthly Discussion Series

Sunday, September 23, 2018, 2:00 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:

Kid's Corner at CityCenterDC

Thursday, September 27, 2018, 10:30 am

Join the library and CityCenterDC for Kid's Corner every Thursday, May through September. Librarians from the DC Public Library will lead a 30-to-40-minute story time full of books, songs, rhymes and finger plays. Kid's Corner story time is a great way to introduce your child to language skills in a positive and fun outdoor environment. The Park at CityCenter is located at the corner of 10th and I Street NW.

Fiesta DC

Sunday, September 30, 2018, 11:00 am

Sunday, September 30, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m., Pennsylvania Ave. NW, between 3rd & 7th Streets Domingo, 30 de Septiembre, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m., Pennsylvania Ave. NW, entre las calles 3 y 7

Chamber Music at Noon

Thursday, October 4, 2018, 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.

One Year: 1968, An American Odyssey Book Club

Tuesday, October 16, 2018, 5:30 pm

Join staff from the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) and the DC Public Library for a monthly discussion of portraits and prose commemorating the 50th anniversary of 1968. Each month, an NPG staff member will lead a tour of the exhibit One Year: 1968, An American Odyssey.

Talk Story: A Monthly Discussion Series

Sunday, October 28, 2018, 2:00 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:

Chamber Music at Noon

Thursday, November 1, 2018, 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.

Talk Story: A Monthly Discussion Series

Sunday, November 11, 2018, 2:00 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:

One Year: 1968, An American Odyssey Book Club

Tuesday, November 13, 2018, 6:30 pm

Join staff from the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) and the DC Public Library for a monthly discussion of portraits and prose commemorating the 50th anniversary of 1968. Each month, an NPG staff member will lead a tour of the exhibit One Year: 1968, An American Odyssey.

Chamber Music at Noon

Thursday, December 6, 2018, 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.

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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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The Hans Kindler Orchestral Score Collection

The estate of the founder and conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra, Hans Kindler, donated his library of orchestral performance sets to the DC Public Library in 1951. This special collection includes over 900 titles and is available for use, without charge, by musical groups in the Washington Metropolitan region. Holdings

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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.