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March & April 2020
IMAGINATION
CELEBRATION
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WRITERS LIVE!
CITY LIT
Page 3 FESTIVAL
Page 8
YEAR OF THE
WOMAN CENSUS SUNDAYS
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LOCATIONS & HOURS
Unless otherwise noted, branch hours are: HAMPDEN BRANCH (CLOSED FOR RENOVATION) WAVERLY BRANCH
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HOURS: 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m., Mon. – Thurs. Friends of the Canton Branch
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Fri. – Sat. NORTHWOOD BRANCH Monday, March 2, 6:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., Sun. 4420 Loch Raven Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21218
PHONE: 410-396-6076 FAX: 866-580-3191 Friends of the Govans Branch
BOOKMOBILE EMAIL: nrt@prattlibrary.org Mondays, March 2 & April 6, 6:30 p.m.
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HOURS: Call for schedule. ORLEANS STREET BRANCH Saturdays, March 14 & April 11, 2:00 p.m.
1303 Orleans St., Baltimore, MD 21231
BROOKLYN BRANCH PHONE: 410-396-0970 FAX: 866-362-7449 Friends of the Orleans Street Branch
300 E. Patapsco Ave., Baltimore, MD 21225 EMAIL: orl@prattlibrary.org Mondays, March 2 & April 27, 8:00 p.m.
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158 N. Linwood Ave., Baltimore, MD 21224
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Free Library is to empower, enrich,
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and enhance the quality of life for
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Letter from the CEO 2
2020 Annual
Genealogy Writers LIVE! 3
Lecture Year of the Woman 4
Adults, Teens, & Families
Maryland Historical Society
France Hall, 201 W. Monument St. Earth Day 5
Saturday, March 28 Adults, Teens, & Families
10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Imagination Celebration 6
Join us for the Maryland State Library Resource Center’s 19th
Annual Genealogy Lecture Series, featuring internationally CityLit Festival 8
known genealogist Tony Burroughs. Burroughs will present
the following lectures: The Nature of Genealogy; Oral History:
The Starting Point for Genealogy; Researching Cemeteries Literature @ the Pratt 9
and Funeral Homes; and Creating Order Out of Chaos. Adults, Teens, & Families
Registration is required. Call 410-396-5468, or email
mdx@prattlibrary.org. Lunch will be provided to those
registered by March 17.
Arts @ the Pratt 11
Adults, Teens, & Families
Census 2020 12
Job & Career 13
When we say,
RTS AT
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“Your journey STARTS here,”
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we really mean it.
PRATT
During the month of March, Baltimore-area
children in fifth grade and younger can visit
the Pratt with their library card and read 5
aquatic-themed books to win admission to
Now offering passport services at the Central Library.
the National Aquarium. While supplies last.
Visit aqua.org for more details. For more information, call 410-396-5460 or
visit prattlibrary.org/passport.
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LETTER FROM THE CEO
2020 is a pivotal year across our country. LIBRARY BOARD OF
TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS
Census 2020 will count the number of people across the
United States. This is important because the statistics Benjamin Rosenberg (T/D)
from the census help determine how much federal aid Chair, Board of Trustees
cities like Baltimore will receive, as well as our state’s and Board of Directors
representation in Congress. I have been working closely Patricia Lasher (T/D)
with Complete Count Committee Chair Senator Barbara Immediate Past Chair
Mikulski to make sure the Pratt Library serves a vital role in
Mychelle Farmer, M.D. (T/D)
helping with Census 2020.
Vice Chair, Board of Trustees
For the first time ever, the census is being taken primarily
Nancy Hackerman (D)
online. We want to make sure that Baltimore households
Vice Chair, Board of Directors
without internet access can come to their local library
to fill out their census. Library staff are trained to assist Jeffrey H. Scherr (T/D)
people in taking the census and several computers at Vice Chair, Board of Directors
each of our locations will be designated specifically for Mark Kaufman (T/D)
that purpose. Treasurer
In addition, we’ve added some part-time contract Beulah Perdue Sabundayo (D)
workers at several branches who are also trained. Our Secretary
Mobile Services team is equipped with tablets so they can go into the community to help
more people be counted. We’ll also have trained staff at the four laundromats that take Virginia K. Adams (T/D)
part in the Wash and Learn Initiative. Kenneth S. Aneckstein (T/D)
Sandra Berman (D)
We know getting to your local library during the work week can be challenging for Steven Boothe (D)
some. That’s why we’ll be holding a series of Census Sundays. Three Sundays in April, Sarah K. Brandt (D)
several of our neighborhood branches will be open special hours so people can come Mary H. DeKuyper (T/D)
and participate in Census 2020. We’ll also have Complete Count celebrations happening Edward S. Delaplaine, II (D)
across the Pratt system. Derrick Dickens (D)
I want to thank our partners at the Goldseker Foundation and the Baltimore Community Nancy Dorman (T/D)
Foundation who have made these initiatives possible. Together we can make sure that all of Christine M. Espenshade (T/D)
Baltimore gets counted. Susan K. Gauvey (D)
Sandra P. Gohn, Esq. (T/D)
Heidi Daniel
Robert S. Hillman (T/D)
President & Chief Executive Officer
Jacob Hodes (D)
Allan D. Jensen, M.D. (T/D)
A Message from Senator Barbara Mikulski, Verna Jones-Rodwell (T/D)
Chair of the Census 2020 Complete Count Committee Alexander W. Koff, Esq. (T/D)
Lisa Lipsky (D)
Sayra Wells Meyerhoff (D)
“All Baltimore City residents should come to their Census to help our
James Dabney Miller (T/D)
City get its fair share of federal funding today, tomorrow, and for the Elizabeth K. Moser (T)
next decade. Robert Nye (D)
Lidia Paz-Baker (D)
The results of our Census will determine the federal funds our City gets Kate Rawson Powell (T/D)
over the next 10 years to pay for needed programs, Vernon A. Reid (T/D)
like: important education programs, including special Paul S. Sarbanes (T/D)
needs education; school lunches; health programs, Mary Ann Scully (D)
Robert L. Waldman, Esq. (D)
including Medicare and Medicaid; mass T = Trustee D = Director
transportation; infrastructure repairs to our roads
and highways; and more.
The next Meeting of the Board of
Help us make sure that in Baltimore City, Trustees and Directors will be held
everyone counts, and that everyone is counted.” Wednesday, March 4, at 6:15 p.m.
in the Central Library.
Learn more about Census 2020 on page 12.
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WRITERS LIVE! Writers LIVE! Programs are supported in part by a bequest from the Miss Howard Hubbard Adult
Programming Fund, and reopening activities are made possible in part by a generous gift from
Sandra R. Berman. The Brown Lecture Series is supported by the Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Foundation.
AN EVENING WITH DAVID BROOKS JON MEACHAM TERRY McMILLAN
AND D. WATKINS Songs of America It’s Not All Downhill
Central Library, Central Hall Central Library, Central Hall From Here
Tuesday, March 3 at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, 7:00 p.m. Central Library, Central Hall
Weave, Thread, and the Enoch Pratt Wednesday, April 1, 7:00 p.m.
Jon Meacham is a Pulitzer Prize-winning
Free Library are partnering to host an biographer. The author of The New York Featuring an unforgettable ensemble
interactive conversation that will challenge Times bestsellers Thomas Jefferson: The Art of of strong, dynamic women, It’s Not All
participants to reimagine Baltimore as Power; American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the Downhill From Here shows it’s never too
the protagonist in an upcoming novel. White House; Franklin and Winston; Destiny late to become who you want to be, that
David Brooks and D. Watkins will guide a and Power: The American Odyssey of George family is worth fighting for, and that our
discussion that asks attendees to reflect Herbert Walker Bush; and The Soul of America, best days are yet to come. Terry McMillan
on the city’s traits, talents, and traumas in Meacham holds the Carolyn T. and Robert is the #1 New York Times-bestselling author
order to draw conclusions about how we, M. Rogers Chair in the American Presidency of I Almost Forgot About You; Waiting to
as a community, can come together and and is a distinguished visiting professor at Exhale; How Stella Got Her Groove Back; A
strengthen connections in order to improve Vanderbilt University. He is a contributing Day Late and a Dollar Short; The Interruption
our heroine’s future. writer to The New York Times Book Review, a of Everything; and the editor of Breaking
David Brooks is an Op-Ed columnist for The contributing editor to Time, and a fellow of Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-
New York Times as well as the Executive the Society of American Historians. American Fiction.
Director of Weave: The Social Fabric Project
at the Aspen Institute. D. Watkins is
editor-at-large for Salon. He’s also a college Events are free, no registration required. Seating is first come, first serve.
professor at the University of Baltimore and
founder of the BMORE Writers Project.
JODI KANTOR AND MEGAN TWOHEY
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story
That Helped Ignite a Movement
Central Library, Central Hall | Wednesday, April 15, 7:00 p.m.
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters who broke the news of Harvey
Weinstein’s sexual harassment and abuse for The New York Times, Jodi Kantor
and Megan Twohey, the thrilling untold story of their investigation and its
consequences for the #MeToo movement.
This program is part of ongoing 2020 Women’s Vote Centennial Initiative conversations at the Pratt Library.
Full events calendar at prattlibrary.org 3
__________ ADULTS __________
2020 IS THE YEAR OF THE WOMAN
CENTRAL LIBRARY
Baltimore Vote! with Michael J. Wilson
EXHIBIT Tuesday, April 14, 6:30 p.m.
The Year of the Woman
Central Library | Opens Mid March EDMONDSON AVENUE BRANCH
What was Maryland’s role in the Suffrage Movement? Who were Black Writers’ Guild of Maryland: “Women
the African American activists at the heart of the struggle? The Writers Rock” Panel
Central Library’s Year of the Woman exhibit covers all this and Saturday, March 7, 1:00 p.m.
more in an exhibit spanning two whole floors.
HAMILTON BRANCH
PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MICA Hamilton Book Club
“Visions of the Future” Panel Discussion Monday, March 30, 6 p.m.
Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium The Book Of Gutsy Women by Hillary
Wednesday, March 11, 7:00 p.m. Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton.
Sheri Parks will lead a panel exploring apocalyptic/utopic narratives, and the panel will LIGHT STREET BRANCH
bring together multidisciplinary artists in conversation to share how they interpret their Women Who Changed the World
experiences the world. Featuring Valeria Fuentes, Phaan Howng, and Kate Reed Petty. Saturday, March 7, 3:00 pm
CONVERSATION AND PUBLIC Q&A ORLEANS STREET BRANCH
Your Neighbor’s Story: Lives of New Americans Author Talk: Petula Caesar, She’s Such a
Central Library, France-Merrick Creative Arts Center Bright Girl: An American Story
Thursday, March 12, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7, 2:00 p.m.
At the intersection of art and activism, Your Neighbor’s Story
WASHINGTON VILLAGE BRANCH
sees community as the wellspring of change. It braids visual
Strong Silhouettes
art created by Maryland-based artists with the powerful stories of men and women
Saturday, March 21, 3:30 p.m.
often forced to choose between remaining in the homes they know and love or saving
their families. ___________ TEENS ___________
WRITERS LIVE! CENTRAL LIBRARY
Jennifer Steinhauer Paint Like...
The Firsts: The Inside Story of the Women Mondays, March 2 – 16, 3:30 p.m.
Reshaping Congress Learn about women artists Alma Thomas,
Church of the Redeemer | 5603 N. Charles Street Gloria Petyarre, and Yayoi Kusama, and create
Wednesday, March 18, 7:00 p.m. artwork in their style.
In November 2018, the largest number of women ever was
HAMILTON BRANCH
elected to the 116th Congress, resulting in a grand total of 87 in
Scavenger Hunt: Women’s History Edition
the House and 23 in the Senate. The Firsts will tell their stories
Mondays, March 2 & 16, 12:00 p.m.
— their triumphs and obstacles, alliances and controversies —
Wednesdays, March 11 & 23, 10:00 a.m.
as they arrive in Washington, D.C., ready to carry their historic
legacy into institutional change. ___ CHILDREN & FAMILIES ___
EDIT WIKIPEDIA WITH LIBRARIANS CENTRAL LIBRARY
Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon with Art+Feminism Whistling Hens: Championing Music by
Central Library | Saturday, March 7, 12:00 – 4:00 p.m. Women Composers
Art+Feminism works to newly create and improve upon Tuesday, March 31, 6:30 p.m.
already existing Wikipedia entries that center on art, gender, and feminism.
CLIFTON BRANCH
COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS WITH BRITTANY T. OLIVER Women’s History Trivia
Key Issues for the 2020 Presidential Election Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays in
Central Library | Sunday, March 29, 2:00 p.m. March, 3:00 p.m.
Prize drawings for winners at 4:15 p.m.
Unpacking the 2015 Baltimore Uprising
Central Library | Sunday, April 26, 2:00 p.m. SOUTHEAST ANCHOR LIBRARY
Women’s History Month Family Storytime /
Canciones y cuentos sobre el mes de la mujer
Saturdays, March 7, 11:00 a.m.
Writers LIVE! programs are supported in part by a bequest from The Miss Howard Hubbard Adult Programming Celebrate marine biologist Eugenie Clark, “The
Fund. These programs are part of ongoing 2020 Women’s Vote Centennial Initiative conversations at the Pratt
Shark Lady.” We’ll learn about her life, sing a
Library. Reopening activities are made possible in part by a generous gift from Sandra R. Berman.
shark song, and make ocean sensory bottles.
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EARTH DAY REISTERSTOWN ROAD BRANCH
Geek Terrariums
Forest Park Branch
Tuesday, March 10, 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 8, 4:00 p.m.
Govans Branch
__________ ADULTS __________ Learn how to care for plants as you build
Thursday, April 9, 3:30 p.m.
your own terrarium to take home.
GOVANS BRANCH Patterson Park Branch
Planting for Spring Harvest ROLAND PARK BRANCH Monday, March 23, 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 12, 6:00 p.m. Become a Citizen Scientist
Wednesday, April 15, 3:30 p.m. THE BALTIMARBLE WATER CYCLE
LIGHT STREET BRANCH Help scientists from the Smithsonian This fun presentation demonstrates the
Comedy Showcase: Adam Ruben Environmental Research Center look at how urban water cycle using educational
Thursday, April 2, 6:30 p.m. climate change affects living things from the illustrations, a few props, and a repurposed
Learn more at adamruben.net. present and from the geological past. Marble Run game. For ages 5 – 12.
___ CHILDREN & FAMILIES ___ Hamilton Branch
ROLAND PARK BRANCH Tuesday, April 14, 3:00 p.m.
Audubon’s Bird-Friendly Gardening
Monday, March 23, 5:30 p.m. Herring Run Branch
We recommend our Intro to Bird-Friendly Thursday, March 12, 4:00 p.m.
Gardening workshop as a prerequisite. Please
register in advance: baltimore@audubon.org
or 410-558-2473.
__________ TEENS __________
Programs are presented by Blue Water Baltimore.
Blue Water Baltimore’s mission is to restore the
CENTRAL LIBRARY
quality of Baltimore’s rivers, streams and Harbor
From Trash to Treasure
to foster a healthy environment, a strong economy
Wednesday, April 22, 3:30 p.m.
and thriving communities.
Use recycled materials to make a unique
piece of art. H20 MYSTERY LAB
Designed specifically for inquisitive 3rd to
BROOKLYN BRANCH
5th grade minds, this session will have kids
Make a Recycled Tote Bag for Earth Day! D ON ’ T T R A S H I T
thinking about the importance of water
Tuesday, April 28, 3:30 p.m.
in ways they (and perhaps you) have never
Make a tote bag by repurposing a T-shirt! april 11am
considered.
FOREST PARK BRANCH Central Library 25th 3pm
Graphic Novel Book Club: Conservation Saturday, March 14, 2:00 p.m.
FIX IT
Comics
Brooklyn Branch
Saturday, April 18, 1:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 11, 4:00 p.m.
From Aquicorn Cove to Primates, we’ll talk
about our favorite comics with a focus on WILDFLOWER SEEDPOD MAKING
conservation to celebrate Earth Day. WORKSHOP
Participants will learn how to make native
HAMILTON BRANCH free help with repairs
wildflower seedpods (aka seed bombs)
Teen Craft: Handmade Paper
while also learning about the role native Bicycles Small Appliances Electronics
Thursday, April 23, 3:00 p.m. Computers Small Furniture Clothing
plants play in ecosystem restoration and the Jewelry Sharpening
Create your own handmade paper!
urban water cycle. For ages 7 – 12.
Canton Branch central library
Monday, April 6, 4:30 p.m.
Writers LIVE! Bea Johnson
Zero Waste Home: Own Less / Waste Less / Live More
Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium | Monday, April 27, 6:30 p.m.
In a visually rich and upbeat presentation, Bea Johnson shares her tribulations and secrets to
achieving Zero Waste. She covers the importance of applying her five R’s in order (Refuse, Reduce, Reuse,
Recycle, Rot) and shatters misconceptions, proving that the Zero Waste lifestyle can not only be “stylish”
but also lead to significant health benefits as well as time and money savings.
Writers LIVE! programs are supported in part by a bequest from The Miss Howard Hubbard Adult Programming Fund. Reopening activities are made
possible in part by a generous gift from Sandra R. Berman.
Full events calendar at prattlibrary.org 5
Imagination
Celebration Central Library | Elizabeth K. Moser Central Hall
Saturday, March 28, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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Photo Boo
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Join us at Imagination Celebration! Meet the author and illustrator team of Matthew Swanson and
Robbi Behr who will read their book Everywhere, Wonder. Then learn
Formerly known as the Fairy Tale Festival, this how to make your own book!
signature event will be a joyous celebration of See an animal from the National Aquarium. Listen to music from
creativity and activity based on the book the young musicians of the Peabody Conservatory. Enjoy a puppet
Everywhere, Wonder. Imagine what fun you show. Create a hat with Tattered Hatters. Get your Imagination
Passport and learn about different parts of the world. Explore
and your family will have as you dance, sing, the sky with a portable planetarium. And many, many more fun
and explore! There’s something for everyone: activities! Books will be available for sale.
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Wonderful Rock Gardens
Monday, April 13, 4:00 p.m.
A Quick 3 with
Make your own take-home rock garden. Matthew Swanson
HAMILTON BRANCH and Robbi Behr
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Imagine a Book about Baltimore
What was an early experience where
Friday, April 24, 3:00 p.m.
you learned that language and
NORTHWOOD BRANCH imagination had power?
Wonder Workshop Robbi: When I imagined myself a new
DESTINATION IMAGINATION PRESCHOOL Thursday, April 2, 6:30 p.m. brother and sister and they were way
PARTIES Discover the world around you! We’ll read cooler than the ones I already had.
Preschoolers and their families are invited Everywhere, Wonder and then work on
Matthew: When I read a poem by Walt
for a day of fun celebrating self-expression, creating our own books of wonder.
Whitman and realized that, even though
creativity, and community. Festivities begin he died long before I was born, his words
with stories, hands-on activities, and snacks. ORLEANS STREET BRANCH
Port Discovery Presents allowed me to see what he saw and feel
Canton Branch “Finland: All About the Print” what he felt. It was almost like time travel.
Wednesday, April 1, 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 21, 11:00 a.m. That’s the power of language.
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Featuring Mr. Jon. Discover a Finnish method of creating
What is the first book that made
Govans Branch textiles with block printing. Space is limited.
you cry?
Saturday, April 25, 2:00 p.m. Please register by calling 410-396-0970.
Featuring String Poets. R: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine
PATTERSON PARK BRANCH Patterson. If you don’t already know why it
Herring Run Branch Fairy Tale Tea Party made me cry, then you should never, ever
Wednesday, April 15, 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 22, 11:00 a.m. read this book. It was the first time I felt
Featuring Mr. Jon. For children under 5 and a caregiver. betrayed by a book.
Light Street Branch Paint Your Own Wonder M: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric
Wednesday, April 22, 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 27, 3:00 p.m. Carle. Specifically, the part where he gets
Featuring String Poets. Listen to the story Everywhere, Wonder then a stomachache after eating all that food.
Walbrook Branch head outside with a canvas and paint some It’s tragic.
of the wonders of our neighborhood.
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Thursday, April 23, 1:00 p.m.
Featuring Valerie Baugh-Schlossberg. What fictional family would you
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE BRANCH be a member of?
Waverly Branch Everywhere, Wonder Storytime
Tuesday, April 21, 10:30 a.m. R: The family in Stuart Little. It must
Thursday, April 16, 3:30 p.m.
Featuring Janice the Griot. be very interesting to live in a family
REISTERSTOWN ROAD BRANCH that 100% accepts a mouse as a family
BROOKLYN BRANCH Stories of Wonder member, no questions asked.
Imagination Celebration 2020! Tuesday, April 21, 4:00 p.m. M: I’m pretty sure you’re either a racoon or
Thursday, April 23, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Enjoy a reading of Everywhere, Wonder a bat, and we accept you in this family. For
Join us for Imagination Celebration storytime. before creating your own stories of wonder. those of you who don’t know, Robbi does
her drawings from 10 p.m. – 4 a.m., which
CENTRAL LIBRARY ROLAND PARK BRANCH means she’s technically nocturnal. I would
Young Globetrotters Wanted Imagination Celebration: Everywhere, Wonder like to be a member of Ramona Quimby’s
Saturday, April 11, 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 15, 10:15 a.m. family. Actually, I would like to be Ramona
Travel across the world and take pictures with Groups of 5 or more must call 410-396-6099 if that job weren’t already taken.
the help of a green screen and a librarian to register.
guide. For ages 5 and up and their grown-ups.
Fossil Formation SOUTHEAST ANCHOR LIBRARY
Sunday, April 19, 2:00 p.m. Storytelling Workshop with Illustrator Jia Liu
Discover the layers of earth under our feet. Saturday, April 18, 3:00 p.m.
For ages 5 and up and their grown-ups. Imagination Exploration
Exploración de la imaginación
EDMONDSON AVENUE BRANCH Wednesday, April 22, 3:00 p.m.
Book Discussion: Everywhere, Wonder Celebrate Earth Day with Google’s Virtual
Thursday, April 2, 3:00 p.m. Reality Headsets.
FOREST PARK BRANCH WASHINGTON VILLAGE BRANCH
Fairy Tales and Fitness Imaginary Scavenger Hunt
Monday, April 6, 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 4, 3:30 p.m.
An interactive fitness storytime.
Full events calendar at prattlibrary.org 7
17TH CITYLIT FESTIVAL
SAVE THE DATE: MARCH 21st
9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Enoch Pratt Free Library
400 Cathedral Street • Baltimore, MD 21201
For more information visit:
citylitproject.org or prattlibrary.org
CityLit Project in partnership with Enoch Pratt Free Library presents
CityLit Festival: A Literary Celebration for Readers & Writers, a daylong
free event designed to inspire and motivate the writer in you and
create an ongoing enthusiasm for literature, featuring premier
authors you may or may not know.
DON’T MISS OUT
• KEYNOTE SPEAKER: NIKKY FINNEY (Love Child’s Hotbed of Occasional Poetry)
• MASTER CLASS with author SUSAN STRAIGHT (In the Country of Women):
“Writing Home: Stories of Landscape & Love, Food & Family.”
Pre-registration required. ($10) citylitproject.org Nikky Finney Susan Straight
• FEATURED GUEST ARTISTS: Poet/journalist MARWA HELAL (Invasive species) •
The New York Times-bestselling Maryland author, CASEY CEP (Furious Hours: Murder,
Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee) • bestselling author DR. KAY REDFIELD JAMISON
(The Unquiet Mind) • JENNIFER BAKER (Minorities in Publishing podcast) •
DAWN RAFFEL (The Strange Case of Dr. Couney) Marwa Helal Casey Cep
• Celebrating women poets: MADHURI PAVAMANI, DORA MALECH, BURGI ZENHAEUSERN,
(winner of the 2019 Harriss Poetry Prize), CYNTHIA MANICK & NIA JUNE.
• 30 Minute, One-on-One Editorial Critique Sessions: Seven editors, different genres,
5 double-spaced pages, 12 pt font. Pre-registration required. ($10) citylitproject.org
• Three 90-minute intensives on craft: Dr. Kay Redfield Jennifer Baker
Jamison
› Writing a Short Story for Publication
› Creative Nonfiction
› Publishing in the New Decade: Are You Ready? Get Ready.
• Information Sessions from the Pros on Funding for Literary Artists and Residencies: Get Yours
Madhuri Cynthia Manick
• A preview of THE SLAM: A Stage Play by Raw Poetry Productions. Pavamani
• Writing Through Recovery – Whatever that looks like for you.
• New Releases with four regional authors.
• Who Needs an MFA? – an interactive project with MARION WINIK.
• The Literary Marketplace & The Village – exhibitors or organizations serving writers.
• Musical Guest Artists
8LITERATURE @ THE PRATT
__________ ADULTS __________ ORLEANS STREET BRANCH
Drag Queen Storytime Pass the Mic: Poetry in Motion
LITERACY RECEPTION Saturday, April 25, 3:30 p.m.
Central Library, Creative Arts Center Literacy teachers and professionals are
Thursday, March 5, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. invited to a reception in appreciation of the PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE BRANCH
Join Mayor Jack Young and listen to work they do. Creative Writing Group
stories about just being you, told by Tuesdays, March 10 & 20, April 7 & 21, 5:00 p.m.
Brooklyn Branch
Evon Dior Michelle and Pariah Sinclair. Thursday, April 2, 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 4, 1:00 p.m.
Presented in partnership with LGBTQ Affairs, Cherry Hill Branch SOUTHEAST ANCHOR LIBRARY
Office of the Mayor. Blackout Poetry
Monday, March 9, 6:00 p.m.
__________________________ All of April
Edmondson Avenue Branch
Create your own poem; no writing required!
Q&A with Jabari Lyles, LGBTQ Monday, March 16, 4:00 p.m.
Affairs Liaison, Office of the John Hansboro Presents: “Spit Fire
Forest Park Branch
Mayor Saturdays!”
Monday, March 30, 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 4, 12:30 p.m.
What work is LGBTQ Affairs in the Light Street Branch Saturday, April 11, 12:30 p.m.
Mayor’s Office doing on behalf of the city? Thursday, March 12, 6:00 p.m. Teens: 12:30 p.m. Adults: 2:00 p.m.
My responsibility is to advise
Northwood Branch Hosted by John Hansboro.
and collaborate with the Mayor,
city government, businesses and Monday, March 9, 4:00 p.m.
WASHINGTON VILLAGE BRANCH
community to improve the quality of Orleans Street Branch Documentary & Discussion: The Poetry Lounge
life for Baltimore’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, Thursday, March 5, 6:00 p.m. Monday, April 20, 6:00 p.m.
transgender, and queer communities.
Pennsylvania Avenue Branch __________ TEENS __________
Broadly, the vision for success is captured
Wednesday, March 11, 6:00 p.m.
in the acronym S.U.S.H.I., which represents
“safety, unity, stability, health and Southeast Anchor Library FOREST PARK BRANCH
inclusion” for all LGBTQ people in our city. Wednesday, March 18, 5:00 p.m. Intergenerational Book Club
Saturdays, March 28 & April 25, 1:00 p.m.
Why are programs like Drag Queen Walbrook Branch
Storytime so important? Thursday, March 26, 3:30 p.m. HAMILTON BRANCH
Programs like these offer children and Blackout Poetry
CENTRAL LIBRARY
families in our city a way to celebrate Tuesday, April 14, 3:00 p.m.
Writers’ Roundtable
diversity, affirm the power of self-
Sundays, March 1 & April 5, 2:00 p.m. ORLEANS STREET BRANCH
expression, and honor the bravery and
talent found in the LGBTQ community, all Shut Up and Write! Poetic Crafts
while having fun and practicing literacy. Saturdays, March 7 & April 4, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, April 8 & 22, 3:15 p.m.
What do you hope families get out of What Color is Your Poetry? REISTERSTOWN ROAD BRANCH
this program? Tuesdays, April 7, 14, & 21, 6:30 p.m. Teen Social Justice Book Club
I hope families of all kinds will join us, Poet, performance artist, and professor Ron Thursday, April 2, 4:00 p.m.
and enjoy a chance to watch the beauty Kipling Williams takes you through a three- With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevado.
of young people practicing acceptance session workshop.
— something many adults still need to WASHINGTON VILLAGE BRANCH
Black and Activism, Presented by Lady Brion
learn! I especially hope LGBTQ youth and Poetry Bingo
from Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle
LGBTQ-headed families enjoy seeing their Wednesday, April 15, 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 16, 7:00 p.m.
identities and community celebrated. ___ CHILDREN & FAMILIES ___
__________________________ CreativeMornings Baltimore
Friday, April 24, 8:30 a.m.
LGBTQ+ 101 WORKSHOP CreativeMornings/Baltimore is a FREE REISTERSTOWN ROAD BRANCH
Central Library, monthly breakfast lecture series. Literacy Concert
France-Merrick Creative Arts Center Thursday, April 9, 5:30 p.m.
Monday, March 9, 6:30 p.m. CANTON BRANCH Featuring Zachary Grim.
The objective of this workshop is to Shut Up and Write!
Thursdays, March 5 & April 2, 6:30 p.m. WALBROOK BRANCH
promote progressive, significant changes in
Community Open Mic
how the LGBTQ+ community is perceived
LIGHT STREET BRANCH Saturday, April 18, 2:00 p.m.
and treated, with the conclusive goal of
Light Street Writers Exchange Content must be family-friendly.
increasing support for an oppressed and
Mondays, March 2 – April 27, 6:00 p.m.
often discriminated community.
9WRITERS LIVE! Writers LIVE! Programs are supported in part by a bequest from the Miss Howard Hubbard Adult
Programming Fund, and reopening activities are made possible in part by a generous gift from
Sandra R. Berman. The Brown Lecture Series is supported by the Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Foundation.
Events are free, no registration required. Seating is first come, first serve. Typically, books will be available for purchase at a signing after the program.
C. FRASER SMITH JOHN SHIELDS
The Daily Miracle The New Chesapeake
Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium Kitchen
Tuesday, March 24, 7:00 p.m. Govans Branch,
Saturday, March 28, 2:00 p.m.
Fraser Smith was a journalist for The Baltimore
Sun and Providence Journal for many years. Chef, author, and television personality
His new book, The Daily Miracle, is a memoir of John Shields is the owner of the celebrated
nearly 50 years in the newspaper business. Gertrude’s Restaurant at the Baltimore
Museum of Art. His most recent cook book, The New Chesapeake
Kitchen, is an urgent call to embrace new growing, producing, eating
Brown Lecture Series and cooking practices that are “Healthy for Bay and Body.” Light
HARRIET WASHINGTON refreshments served. Sponsored by the Friends of the Govans Branch.
A Terrible Thing to Waste: EDDIE GLAUDE
Environmental Racism and Its
Assault on the American Mind Begin Again: James Baldwin’s
America and Its Urgent Lessons
Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium for Our Own
Wednesday, March 25, 7:00 p.m.
Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium
Harriet Washington takes apart the spurious Thursday, April 23, 7:00 p.m.
notion of intelligence as an inherited trait
using copious data that instead point to a different cause of Begin Again is Eddie Glaude’s attempt, following
the reported IQ gap between African Americans and whites: James Baldwin, to bear witness to the difficult
environmental racism, a confluence of racism and other truth of race in America today. It is at once a searing exploration
institutional factors that relegate marginalized communities that lays bare the tangled web of race, trauma, and memory, and a
to living and working near sites of toxic waste, pollution, and powerful interrogation of what we all must ask of ourselves in order
insufficient sanitation services. to call forth a new America.
NICOLE KING AND KATE DRABINSKI
Decolonize Your Bookshelves featuring
Baltimore Revisited Regie Cabico
Central Library, Central Library, France-Merrick Creative Arts Center
Wheeler Auditorium Thursday, April 30, 6:30 p.m.
Monday, April 20, 7:00 p.m. Decolonize Your Bookshelves is a book club focusing on Asian
The editors of Baltimore Revisited have revealed American writers who tell stories of struggle and triumph and
that Baltimore has been ground zero for a slew explore themes of civil unrest, assimilation, racism, and profound
of neoliberal policies, a place where inequality alienation. Regie Cabico is a spoken word pioneer having won The
has increased as corporate interests have eagerly privatized public Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam and taking top prizes in three
goods and services to maximize profits. But they also uncover National Poetry Slams.
how community members resist and reveal a long tradition of
Baltimoreans who have fought for social justice.
POETRY Poetry, Conversation, & Music:
Brian Gilmore, Reuben Jackson, & John Milton Wesley
My Favorite Poem Community Reading
Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium
Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium | Wednesday, March 18, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, 6:30 p.m.
Brian Gilmore, poet and longtime public-interest lawyer, is the My Favorite Poem readings allow diverse
author of four collections of poetry. Reuben Jackson served as curator members of a single community to come
of the Smithsonian’s Duke Ellington Collection in Washington, D.C., together to share unique, personal treasures:
for over 20 years. John Milton Wesley is a singer-songwriter and the poems they love. Join us to hear members
author of poetry and prose. of your community share a poem they treasure.
10 Full events calendar at prattlibrary.orgARTS @ THE PRATT Arts programming at the Pratt is made possible in part through the generosity of the William
G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund, creator of the Baker Artist Awards, www.bakerartistsawards.org.
CANTON BRANCH REISTERSTOWN ROAD BRANCH
Jazz in the Stacks: Justin Taylor Ensemble Mosaic Workshop with Sarah McCann
____MPT’S INDIE LENS____
POP-UP SERIES Saturday, March 14, 2:00 p.m. Monday, April 20, 6:00 p.m.
Call 410-396-0948 to register.
CHERRY HILL BRANCH
BEDLAM __________ TEENS __________
Filmmaker and practicing psychiatrist Jazz in the Stacks: Wayne Johnson Ensemble
Ken Rosenberg visits ERs, jails, and Monday, April 20, 6:00 p.m.
WALBROOK BRANCH
homeless camps to examine our
CLIFTON BRANCH Photography Workshop: Twins and Ghosts
national mental health crisis.
Jazz in the Stacks: Clarence Ward III Saturday, March 28, 2:00 p.m.
Clifton Branch Saturday, April 18, 2:00 p.m. Learn about photography tricks that allow
Saturday, March 28, 2:00 p.m. you to create “clones” and “ghosts” of people.
LIGHT STREET BRANCH
Hamilton Branch Filmmaking Workshop: Foley Sound Effects
Celtic Music
Monday, March 23, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 25, 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 14, 3:00 p.m.
Roland Park Branch Learn about the art of sound effects.
Featuring Darcy Nair and Maggie Sansone.
Monday, April 6, 6:00 p.m. ___ CHILDREN & FAMILIES ___
Emily Rose Trio
EATING UP EASTER Saturday, April 4, 3:00 p.m.
EDMONDSON AVENUE BRANCH
Rapanui filmmaker Sergio Mata’u Sac au Lait Art Afterschool with The Walters Art Museum
Rapu gives voice to his fellow Saturday, April 25, 3:00 p.m. Tuesdays, March 3 – April 28, 3:30 p.m.
islanders who struggle to balance Sponsored by Friends of the Light Street Branch.
their strong cultural heritage with a PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE BRANCH
booming tourism trade. REISTERSTOWN ROAD BRANCH Showtime at PNN: Community Open Mic
Jazz in the Stacks: Clarence Ward III
Roland Park Branch Fridays, March 27 & April 24, 3:00 p.m.
Monday, March 23, 6:00 p.m.
Monday, April 13, 6:00 p.m. Call 410-396-0399 to sign up. Content must
be family-friendly.
WALBROOK BRANCH
RECORDER
Jazz in the Stacks: Carl Grubbs Ensemble
Marion Stokes recorded on 70,000 VHS
Saturday, March 7, 1:00 p.m.
tapes, capturing revolutions, lies, wars,
triumphs, and catastrophes that tell us __________ ADULTS __________
who we were and how television has
shaped the world of today. CENTRAL LIBRARY
Immortal Cupboard: In Search of Lorine
Roland Park Branch
Niedecker
Monday, April 27, 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 29, 2:00 p.m.
Filmmaker and artist Cathy Cook will be in
________ LIVE MUSIC ________ attendance and there will be a brief Q&A.
Jazz in the Stacks is presented in partnership with
HAMILTON BRANCH
Contemporary Arts Inc.
Paint Night Brown Lecture
CENTRAL LIBRARY Thursdays, March 26 & April 30, 6:00 p.m.
Registration required; call 410-396-6088.
Series
The Celtic Lute featuring Ronn McFarlane
Monday, March 16, 6:15 p.m. Adult Jewelry Making
Donald Bogle
Irish Melodies featuring the Pratt’s Footnotes Thursday, April 16, 6:00 p.m. Hollywood Black: The Stars, the
Tuesday, March 17, 12:00 p.m. Call 410-396-6088 to register. Films, the Filmmakers
Maryland Day featuring the Dan Meyer Choir Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium
ORLEANS STREET BRANCH
Wednesday, March 25, 6:00 p.m. Thursday, March 19, 7:00 p.m.
Paint Night
Jacqueline Pollauf: Harp Fantasies Monday, April 20, 5:30 p.m. Hollywood Black is a sweeping overview
Sunday, April 5, 2:00 p.m. Please call 410-396-0970 to register. of blacks in film from the silent era
through Black Panther, with striking
Pique Collective presents “Detach Mode” PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE BRANCH photos and an engrossing history.
Thursday, April 23, 6:30 p.m. Creative Lab Donald Bogle is one of the foremost
Come for an uninterrupted, musical journey Thursdays, March 5 & 19, April 2 & 23, 5:00 p.m. authorities on African Americans in film
while you drift in and out of consciousness. and entertainment history.
Paint Party
Cello Performance: Carolyn Rosinsky Saturdays, March 14 & April 11, 2:00 p.m. The Brown Lecture Series is supported by the
Saturday, April 25, 2:00 p.m. To register, call 410-396-0399. Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Foundation.
Full events calendar at prattlibrary.org 11BE COUNTED AT THE PRATT What is the Census?
The Census is the constitutionally
mandated counting of the population of
CENSUS SUNDAYS Hampden Family Center the United States. The next Census occurs
Join us certain Sundays in April to Thursday, March 26, 6:00 p.m. in 2020 beginning in April.
complete the 2020 Census.
Herring Run Branch Why is it important?
Brooklyn Branch Monday, April 6, 6:00 p.m. The government uses Census data to
Sunday, April 5, 1:30 – 4:00 p.m. determine which communities will get
Light Street Branch
Cherry Hill Branch Saturday, March 14, 11:00 a.m. more than $675 billion per year in federal
Sunday, April 26, 1:30 – 4:00 p.m. funds spent on things like schools,
Orleans Street Branch
hospitals, roads, public works, and other
Central Library Monday, March 16, 6:30 p.m.
vital programs. The results also determine
Sundays, April 5, 19, & 26, 1:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Patterson Park Branch the number of seats each state will have in
Edmondson Avenue Branch Thursday, March 5, 5:30 p.m. the U.S. House of Representatives, and they
Sunday, April 19, 1:30 – 4:00 p.m. are used to draw congressional and state
Pennsylvania Avenue Branch
Herring Run Branch Wednesday, March 18, 6:00 p.m. legislative districts.
Sunday, April 19, 1:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Reisterstown Road Branch How does the Census work?
Light Street Branch Monday, March 30, 3:00 p.m. In mid-March, homes across the country
Sunday, April 26, 1:30 – 4:00 p.m. will begin receiving invitations to
Southeast Anchor Library
Orleans Street Branch Wednesday, April 8, 6:00 p.m. participate in the 2020 Census. You can
Sunday, April 5, 1:30 – 4:00 p.m. participate online, by phone, or by mail.
Walbrook Branch
Census workers also do outreach to people
Patterson Park Branch Monday, April 13, 6:00 p.m.
experiencing homelessness. Households
Sunday, April 19, 1:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Washington Village Branch that haven’t responded to the Census will
Pennsylvania Avenue Branch Thursday, April 2, 6:00 p.m. be visited by Census workers between
Sunday, April 5, 1:30 – 4:00 p.m. May and July. By December, the U.S.
COUNT COMPLETED CENSUS 2020 PARTY Census Bureau will deliver statistics to the
Reisterstown Road Branch
Celebrate the completion of the 2020 President and Congress.
Sunday, April 26, 1:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Census with neighbors and community
Southeast Anchor Library partners. Light refreshments provided. What’s new about the 2020 Census?
Sunday, April 19, 1:30 – 4:00 p.m. This is the first time the Census will be
Brooklyn Branch
Walbrook Branch Saturday, April 25, 11:00 a.m. primarily done online through computer or
Sunday, April 26, 1:30 – 4:00 p.m. Monday, April 27, 6:00 p.m. smartphone. This makes the role of libraries
even more vital to try and bridge the digital
Waverly Branch Light Street Branch divide.
Sunday, April 5, 1:30 – 4:00 p.m. Saturday, April 18, 1:00 p.m.
Northwood Branch Who has access to my Census information?
CENSUS 2020 INFORMATION PRESENTATION The U.S. Census Bureau protects the
Learn about the purpose and importance of Thursday, April 30, 6:00 p.m.
confidentiality of anyone who takes the
the Census and how to complete the forms, Orleans Street Branch Census. It is illegal for the Census Bureau
online or on paper. Monday, April 6, 6:00 p.m. to share information about any individual
Brooklyn Branch Patterson Park Branch or household. The Census Bureau does
Saturday, April 11, 11:00 a.m. Thursday, April 9, 6:00 p.m. not share information with Immigration
and Customs Enforcement, the Federal
Canton Branch Pennsylvania Avenue Branch
Bureau of Investigation, the Department of
Thursday, April 9, 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, 6:00 p.m.
Homeland Security, or the police.
Cherry Hill Branch Southeast Anchor Library
Thursday, April 2, 6:00 p.m. Thursday, April 30, 7:00 p.m. What will the Library do to support the
2020 Census?
Clifton Branch
CENSUS 101: WHY WE COUNT Staff of the Enoch Pratt Free Library will be
Thursday, April 23, 6:00 p.m.
Learn why the Census is done, how trained and available to assist anyone who
Edmondson Avenue Branch the country gears up, what questions wants help completing the Census. Every
Thursday, March 26, 6:30 p.m. are asked, and what the results mean. Pratt Library location will have designated
Forest Park Branch Presented by Amanda Hughes, Assistant computers available for the completion of
Thursday, March 26, 6:00 p.m. Manager of the Maryland Department. the Census. The Library will also host special
Central Library programming around the Census and have
Govans Branch
Monday, March 23, 6:30 p.m. special “Census Sundays” in several branch
Monday, March 23, 6:00 p.m.
locations in April.
Hamilton Branch Roland Park Branch
Saturday, April 11, 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 2, 6:00 p.m.
12¿Qué es el Censo?
El censo es un mandato constitucional
JOB & CAREER FOREST PARK BRANCH
Career Clinic
para contar a la población de los EE.UU. El Mondays & Wednesdays, 11:00 a.m.
próximo censo ocurrirá en abril del 2020. LAWYER IN THE LIBRARY Assistance with applications, resumes, cover
Lawyers from Maryland Legal Aid letters, and more. Call 410-396-0942 or email
¿Por qué es importante? provide one-on-one legal services. frs@prattlibrary.org.
El gobierno utiliza la información recabada
Brooklyn Branch BB&T Presents: New Homeownership
en el censo para determinar cuáles
Wednesdays, March 18 & April 15, 1:00 p.m. Monday, March 9, 6:00 p.m.
comunidades recibirán más de $675 mil
millones de fondos anuales destinados a Clifton Branch BB&T Presents: Banking Basics
escuelas, caminos, hospitales, obras públicas Wednesdays, March 11 & 25, April 8 & 22, Monday, March 16, 6:00 p.m.
y otros programas vitales. Además, los 1:00 p.m.
resultados del censo estipulan el número HERRING RUN BRANCH
Pennsylvania Avenue Branch Foreclosure Workshop
de representantes que cada estado tiene la
Tuesdays, March 3 – April 28, 1:00 p.m. Thursdays, March 12 & 26, April 9 & 23, 2:00 p.m.
Cámara de Representantes de los EE.UU., así
como también la asignación de distritos. Walbrook Branch Presented by St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center.
Wednesdays, March 25 & April 22, Please call 410-366-8550 to register.
¿Cómo funciona el Censo? 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. First Time Homebuyer’s Workshop
A partir de mediados del mes de marzo
Washington Village Branch Saturdays, March 21 & April 18, 10:00 a.m.
del 2020, todos los hogares del país serán
Mondays, March 9 & 23, April 13 & 27, Presented by Belair Edison Neighborhoods, Inc.
invitados a participar en el censo. Usted
1:00 p.m.
puede participar por teléfono, por internet SOUTHEAST ANCHOR LIBRARY
o por correo. Las personas encargadas de Waverly Branch Conversations about Citizenship
llevar a cabo el censo también se acercarán Thursday, March 5, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Wednesdays March 4 & 18, April 1 & 15, 3:00 p.m.
a las personas sin hogar. Si usted no _________ ADULTS _________ Chat with our librarian, a newly naturalized
responde, será visitado por un encuestador U.S. citizen, every first and third Wednesdays.
entre los meses de mayo y julio. En el CENTRAL LIBRARY
mes de diciembre, la Oficina del Censo WAVERLY BRANCH
Job and Career Help for the Justice
entregará el informe final del conteo al Career Clinic
Involved
Presidente y al Congreso. Thursdays, March 26 & April 23, 5:30 p.m.
Mondays, March 9 – April 20, 12:00 p.m.
Get assistance with resumes, job applications,
Led by a specialist from the Maryland
¿Qué hay de nuevo en el Censo del 2020? cover letters, and job-seeking tasks.
Department of Labor, Licensing, and
Por primera vez, el censo podrá completarse
Regulation. __________ TEENS __________
por internet, y para este propósito, las
bibliotecas son de gran ayuda para cerrar la Developing Your Visual Brand
Wednesday, March 11, 12:00 p.m. CLIFTON BRANCH
brecha digital.
With Rebecca Teaff, CEO RedStart Creative. Introduction to Financial Aid
¿Quién tiene acceso a mi información Monday, March 23, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Resumes That Work
personal?
Thursday, March 12, 5:30 p.m. PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE BRANCH
La Oficina del Censo protege la
Learn how to create a polished resume. Dress for Success
confidencialidad de cualquier persona que
Earn it, Plan it, Keep it Tuesday, April 21, 4:00 p.m.
participe en el censo. Queda prohibido
Wednesday, March 18, 12:00 p.m. Learn how to dress successfully for interviews.
por ley que la Oficina del Censo divulgue
información sobre cualquier hogar Learn how your “Money Personality”
WALBROOK BRANCH
o individuo. La Oficina del Censo no affects your financial decision.
Teen Money Matters
comparte información con el Servicio You Can Bank On It: Banking Workshop Wednesday, April 8, 4:00 p.m.
de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas, Wednesday, April 15, 12:00 p.m.
el Buró Federal de Investigaciones, el
Departamento de Seguridad Nacional ni el
Departamento de Policía.
¿Cómo apoyará la biblioteca al Censo del
2020? The CASH Campaign of
Los empleados de la biblioteca Pratt serán Maryland provides free
entrenados y estarán disponibles para tax preparation services
asistir a todas las personas que requieran
for individuals and
ayuda para completar el censo. Cada
sucursal de la biblioteca Pratt contará con families who earned less
computadoras designadas para su uso. La than $56,000 in 2019.
biblioteca tendrá eventos relacionados
al tema como los “Domingos de Censo”
durante el mes de abril en varias sucursales. Make an appointment at the Central Library: 410-396-5430
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