The Spring 2018 Friends of the Takoma Park Maryland Library newsletter is hot off the press. In this issue, there are stories about the upcoming FTPML annual meeting (March 27); Spring for Poetry; our little free libraries; the library’s children’s programs; the Big Book Club and more. Snag your copy here or pick up a copy … Continue reading Spring 2018 Newsletter is Out
Spring for Poetry in Takoma Park 2018
If winter comes, can spring be far behind, wrote the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. The succession of flowers will soon be springing up throughout the city and in April, along Carroll Avenue from the Junction to Old Town, new poetry posters will have seemingly sprung anew as they have over the last eleven years. … Continue reading Spring for Poetry in Takoma Park 2018
Fannie Lou Hamer Film and Discussion
It was a full house on February 1 in the city council auditorium as the Friends of the Takoma Park Maryland Library and the City of Takoma Park's “We Are Takoma” cultural series hosted a film screening of Robin Hamilton’s “This Little Light of Mine: The Legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer.” The film screening was followed by … Continue reading Fannie Lou Hamer Film and Discussion
Library Renovation Is a Step Closer
It has just been announced that Takoma Park’s Bond Bill request for $150,000 for Library renovation has been approved! Many thanks to Friends of the Library Board President Tim Rahn, who raced to the Library on a rainy night to testify before the State Legislature representatives in support of this Bill. Tim earned his retirement … Continue reading Library Renovation Is a Step Closer
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