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Library News, Sales, Bike Rides, and Open Houses


Photo from PoPville flickr user hellomarkers!

I thought this was pretty cool from DCPL:

The Library Store, Books Plus

Where Every Purchase Supports Your Library!

The library store offers used books, greeting cards, postcards, posters and small gifts for sale.

Proceeds from the sale of items in Books Plus are used to buy new books and materials for the library.

You can also support the library by buying Books Plus books online through Better World Books or B-Logistics.

Store Design

The distinctive curvilinear design of Books Plus, The Library Store, was conceived and created by the D.C. architecture firm of Arthur Cotton More in 1984.

Store hours: Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Location: Great Hall
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
901 G St. N.W.

And in other Library news the Tour de DCPL is this Sat.:

“May 22, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Starting @ Martin Luther King Library
Join us Saturday May 22, for the Tour de DCPL, and explore D.C. through your libraries!
The Tour de DCPL is a library-oriented bicycle ride of downtown D.C., stopping at five DC Public Library neighborhood libraries. It is being organized by bicycle-loving library staff as a way to promote environmentally friendly transportation to D.C.’s libraries and show what all the excitement at DC Public Libraries is about! The ride meets at the Martin Luther King Library (901 G St. N.W.) at 9 a.m. and begins shortly after.

The ride will end back at Martin Luther King Library at 12:30 p.m.

Register using this form, and e-mail [email protected] for more information.”

Finally, Also on Sat. “ Mt. Pleasant Interim Library Invites Community to Open House”:

What: Celebrates Opening Mt. Pleasant Interim Library with Open House featuring family-friendly activities.
When: Sat., May 22, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Where: Mt. Pleasant Interim Library
3162 Mt. Pleasant St. NW

The Mt. Pleasant Interim Library will serve the community until spring 2011, when the renovated Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Library re-opens at its 16th St. location. Family-friendly activities will include children’s story time and craft activities.

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Potomac Harmony is Back! Following a gap year of competing, then virtual rehearsals during the pandemic, followed by the well-earned retirement of our long-term director, a year of a director search, Potomac Harmony hit the regional contest stage in Concord, North Carolina in March for the first time since 2018! It was exhilarating, reaffirming, and rewarding!

The chorus hit all of its goals, the biggest of which was to have fun and sing our best on contest stage — we did both! Because we earned a score over 400 points, our new Director, Allison Lynskey, was awarded the Novice Director award, photo above. Additionally, one of our charter members, Jackie Bottash, was nominated for and honored with the Leadership Excellence award. It was a celebratory weekend!

What’s next? So much! We now look forward to upcoming performances, growing our membership, and expanding our musical product with new arrangements and an education component each week. It’s an exciting time to be part of this ever-growing ensemble!

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Comedy Cabaret

Kick up your heels at Bad Medicine’s COMEDY CABARET extravaganza at the DC Improv Comedy Club on Tuesday, May 21st. Revel in the sights and sounds of this entertaining musical revue, with songs, dance and sketch comedy that will have

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