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Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Love your library? Whether your go-to branch is Walt Whitman (93 Saint Edwards Place), Clinton Hill (380 Washington Avenue), or Bedford (496 Franklin Avenue), you can help it win $20,000 in the third annual NYC Neighborhood Library Awards [http://www.nyclibraryawards.org/] – the “Oscar
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Photo by Park Slope StoopLove your library? Whether your go-to branch is Park Slope [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/park-slope] (431 6th Avenue), Pacific [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/pacific](25 4th Avenue), or the Central Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/central](10 Grand Army Plaza), you can help
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Photo courtesy of Meredith Powers.Clinton Hill Library (380 Washington Avenue) now has both a children’s [/blog/2015/04/02/meet-emily-heath-childrens-librarian-at-clinton-hill-library/] and a teen librarian! Meredith Powers joined the library staff in early September as the new person in charge of bringing educational and fun programming for teens to
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It’s almost time for school to start again and there are many children throughout Brooklyn who don’t have a home to go to, let alone a bag to hold their books. The Coalition for the Homeless [http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/] is teaming up with the Brooklyn Public Library
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Lucy Kalantari will lead a sing-along for kids and families at Elk Coffee this Thursday. Photo via Lucy Kalantari [https://www.facebook.com/LucyKalantari/photos/pb.694559897249951.-2207520000.1434484260./729254867113787/?type=3&theater] Looking for something to do with the whole family this week? From a waterfall hike in
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Photo via Cortelyou Library Friends [https://www.facebook.com/cortelyoulibraryfriends/photos/a.555910051127649.1073741828.135876953130963/555910417794279/?type=3&theater] The Cortelyou Library Friends [https://www.facebook.com/cortelyoulibraryfriends] group and The Farm On Adderley [http://thefarmonadderley.com/] are gearing up for their third annual Butterflies, Bulbs and Bookmarks event
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Photo via nicspics [http://instagram.com/p/yVWG_uFXZR/?modal=true]Get out your extra blankets and hot chocolate, neighbors, and prepare to hunker down at home to ride out what’s expected to be a rocky next day or two, with Winter Storm Juno bringing what forecasters are saying
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Love your library? Whether your go-to branch is Park Slope (431 6th Avenue), Pacific (25 4th Avenue), or the Central Library (10 Grand Army Plaza), you can help it win $20,000 in the second annual NYC Neighborhood Library Awards [http://www.nyclibraryawards.org/]. To nominate a location, neighbors are
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This Friday, August 22, you and your kids can relish these last days of August with a free summer-themed dance program from Alden LaPaglia (of the Alden Moves Dance Theater [http://www.aldenmoves.com/]) at the Cortelyou Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/cortelyou] (1305 Cortelyou Road). Children ages three
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The Park Slope Library’s [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/park-slope] (431 6th Ave) popular Monday and Wednesday storytimes are taking a brief break starting this week through the middle of June. Though you won’t be able to take the kids to this branch for stories and fun for
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Doing a bit of spring cleaning, and finding your bookshelves could get a little lighter? Consider donating your old tomes to the Park Slope Library [http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/park-slope] for their spring book sale [http://catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/record=g1010903&searchscope=47&SORT2=R] . The Friends
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The Brooklyn Public Library [http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/] has decided to take a harder stance on what can and cannot be viewed from the computers at their branch locations with Websense [http://www.websense.com/content/Home.aspx] , which a representative for the organization calls “a more sophisticated internet filter.