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Brooklyn's Bike N' Book Bash!

Christopher Herz | Posted 05.07.2013 | New York
Read More: Brooklyn-Writers, Bike the Branches, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn-Literary-Scene, Things to Do in Brooklyn, Bike the Branches 2013, New York News
Christopher Herz

This Saturday, the Brooklyn Public Library, in an attempt to keep that magic flowing, is holding its Bike the Branches spectacular that sends bikers on themed routes running all through Brooklyn.

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Talking Libraries and Fracking on Yetta Kurland LIVE!

Yetta Kurland | Posted 06.16.2013 | New York
Read More: Eileen Muller, Nyc, New York Public Library, Fracking, Valentin Colon, DC 37, New York City, Climate Change, Local 1482, New York, David Braun, Gasland, Libraries, United for Action, Vincent Gentile, Brooklyn Public Library, Local 1930, Video, New York News
Yetta Kurland

I spoke with City Council member Vincent Gentile and Eileen Muller of DC37 Local 1842 and Valentin Colon of DC 37 Local 1930 about the future of New York City libraries. Then we heard from David Braun, president and co-founder of United for Action, about fracking in New York.

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Why the Brooklyn Public Library Changed My Life

Abeoler Lewis | Posted 12.16.2012 | Teen
Read More: Computer Training, Library Volunteer, Volunteering Brooklyn Public Library, Library Volunteering, Brooklyn Public Library, Tech-Training-for-Seniors, Hive Learning Network, Teen News
Abeoler Lewis

Things that I found so simple I realized took time and effort for them to learn. Being around them and teaching them really gave my life purpose that year and allowed me to see that I was taking a lot in my life for granted.

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Nanny Battles Porn Policy At The Brooklyn Public Library

DNAinfo | Posted 10.11.2012 | New York
Read More: Brooklyn Library, Porn Public Library, Brooklyn Nanny, Brooklyn Public Library, Porn, Nanny, New York News

CLINTON HILL — Nanny Crystal Brister was at the library reading to the 11-month-old girl she watches when she glanced up to see an adult man a few f...

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Birthday Reflections

Steve Turtell | Posted 09.17.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: Hemingway, Brooklyn Public Library, Birthdays, Aids, Sex Education, Gay Voices News
Steve Turtell

Today is my 61st birthday. That's thirty more than I expected to have. I'm sure many of the gay men my age who lived through the first onslaught of the AIDS pandemic know what I mean.

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Library Layoffs And Cuts Proposed In New York City

GalleyCat | Jason Boog on May 10, 2011 12:54 PM | Posted 07.10.2011 | Books
Read More: New York City Library Funding, Library Funding, New York Libraries, Brooklyn Public Library, Agency Gap Closing Programs, New York City, Library Cuts, Books News

Earlier this month, mayor Michael R. Bloomberg‘s Office of Management and Budget released a “Agency Gap Closing Programs” (PDF link) proposal th...

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'Drawn In Brooklyn': How Have Picture Books Inspired You?

Sammy Perlmutter | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Illustration, Drawn in Brooklyn, Melanie Cecka, . Gregory Christie, Picture Books, John Bemelmans Marciano, Bloomsbury, Libraries, John Rocco, Sophie Blackall, Picture Book, Brooklyn Public Library, Picture Book Art, Children's Books, Books News
Sammy Perlmutter

Like her list of inspiration, Blackall's art has a patchwork quality, living somewhere between Edwardian fashion plates, Japanese woodcuts and a more colorful Chas Addams.

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Franketienne: Haiti's First Nobel Laureate - Hopefully

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Marcel Duret, French, Voodoo, Unesco, Mario Benjamin, Emmelie Prophete, The Trap, Environmental Disaster, Literature, Sado-Masochism, Andre Breton, Gran Makout, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesia, Memoire D'encrier, Jim Luce, Jacques-Stephen Alexis, CUNY Graduate Center, Chaos Theory, Haitian-Americans, Abstract Work, Tragic Clown, Thought Leader, Apocalypse, Baron Samedi, Artist for Peace, Surrealism, Carlton University, Rachel Douglas, Japan, Papa Doc, Cultural Area Studies, Vodou Pantheon, Nobel Prize, Noble Laureate, Ile en Ile, Thomas Spear, Brooklyn Public Library, University of Liverpool, Earthquake, Poetry, Kaiama L. Glover, Intellectual, Giulietta Masina, Kabuki, Creole, Galaxie Chaos-Babel, Louis-Ferdinand Celine, City College of New York, Author, Seanna Sumalee Oakle, Stewardship Report, Evens Anozine, Jlsr, Marie Coron, Port-Au-Prince, Vodou Priest, University of Nebraska, Baby Doc, Luce Index, Emmanuel Duogene, Duvalier Regime, University of Maryland, Alvina Ruprecht, Stanford L. Luce, Lewdness, Beatrice Coron, Artist, Death, Alessandra Benedicty, Haiti, New York City, France, Columbia University, Caribbean, Franck Etienne, Playwright, Painter, Global Citizen, Flowers of Insomnia, Mary Cobb Wittrock, January 12, Musician, Guede, Franketienne, Melovivi, Wordplay, Scatologu, Arts News
Jim Luce

As a cultural area studies graduate, seldom do I feel over my head culturally. Standing in the home of possibly the next Nobel Prize recipient for Li...

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Raccoon Found Browsing Brooklyn Library

WNYC | Matthew Schuerman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Library, Brooklyn, Libraries, Books, New York City Animal Care and Control, Brooklyn Public Library, Reading, New York, Wildlife, Books News

Maybe those dark circles around a raccoon's eyes come from reading too much -- and in the dark. A specimen of the mammal -- better known for rummagin...

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Library Budget Cuts In Brooklyn Inspire 24-Hour Read-In Marathon

The New York Times | MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Posted 11.15.2011 | Books
Read More: Library Budget Cuts, Library, Public Libraries, Books, Brooklyn, Libraries, Read-In, We Will Not Be Shushed, Libraries in Crisis, Gossip Girl, Brooklyn Public Library, Books News

A 24-hour stream of sentences and stories, spanning the canon from George Eliot to "Gossip Girl," flowed from dozens of book-loving New Yorkers this w...

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Brooklyn Public Library Gets $3.25 Million Donation

Crain's New York Business | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Leon Levy Foundation Donates $3.25 Million to Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library Donation, Brooklyn Public Library, New York City, New York, New York News

The Brooklyn Public Library announced today it received a $3.25 million grant from the Leon Levy Foundation to build a high-tech learning center at it...

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Save Brooklyn Public Libraries

Alan Singer | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Demonstrations, Budget Cuts, Michael Bloomberg, Libraries, Brooklyn, Brooklyn-Public-Library, New York News
Alan Singer

A cut in library services is a cut in public education for the children of New York City, especially children from working-class and poor families who depend on the library.

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Dionne Mack-Harvin, Brooklyn Public Library Head, Resigns

nydailynews.com | By Elizabeth Hays | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Brooklyn Library, New York Library, Firing, Downsizing, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, Dionne Mack-Harvin, New York News

The head of the sprawling Brooklyn Public Library system abruptly quit last week after a plan to lay off 13 employees backfired and ended in a very pu...

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