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.

Come Write In... at the National Portrait Gallery

Sunday, November 18, 2018, 10:30 am

Writing your 50,000 words for National Novel Writing Month? Come to the National Portrait Gallery and get inspired by an object in the Unseen exhibition. An educator will talk about an object from the collection and then give you time to write about it. Since this program will happen before the museum opens, participants must enter at the 8th and G entrance no later than 10:30 am.

Story Time at the National Portrait Gallery

Wednesday, November 21, 2018, 11:45 am

DC Public Library joins story time at the National Portrait Gallery this Fall, Wednesdays at 11:45 a.m. Enjoy stories, music and movement that encourage and model a love of reading and learning in the unique and interactive Explore! Family Space. The Explore! room and activities are recommended for children 18 months to 8 years old accompanied by an adult.

The Book Bike: a Library Takeout Vehicle

Visit the Book Bike at WABA's Coffee Hour

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. Come say hi on your bike ride to work, school or play! 4th and S St. NE 7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Story Time at the National Portrait Gallery

Wednesday, December 5, 2018, 11:45 am

DC Public Library joins story time at the National Portrait Gallery this Fall, Wednesdays at 11:45 a.m. Enjoy stories, music and movement that encourage and model a love of reading and learning in the unique and interactive Explore! Family Space. The Explore! room and activities are recommended for children 18 months to 8 years old accompanied by an adult.

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.

National Novel Writing Month Celebration and Reading

Thursday, December 6, 2018, 7:00 pm

Put those pens down and step away from the keyboard! November's over and it's time to celebrate the end of NaNoWriMo. Writers who have completed 50K will have the opportunity to read from their work at Solid State Books. Join us to hear their work, share your own, enjoy a light reception and learn about published novels that started as NaNoWriMo projects. Will yours be on the display in a couple of years?

Story Time at the National Portrait Gallery

Wednesday, December 12, 2018, 11:45 am

DC Public Library joins story time at the National Portrait Gallery this Fall, Wednesdays at 11:45 a.m. Enjoy stories, music and movement that encourage and model a love of reading and learning in the unique and interactive Explore! Family Space. The Explore! room and activities are recommended for children 18 months to 8 years old accompanied by an adult.

Talk Story: A Monthly Discussion Series

Sunday, December 16, 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:

Story Time at the National Portrait Gallery

Wednesday, December 19, 2018, 11:45 am

DC Public Library joins story time at the National Portrait Gallery this Fall, Wednesdays at 11:45 a.m. Enjoy stories, music and movement that encourage and model a love of reading and learning in the unique and interactive Explore! Family Space. The Explore! room and activities are recommended for children 18 months to 8 years old accompanied by an adult.

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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.