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The Central Library is the place to be June 1
Whether your interest is history, children's books, art, book sales, author talks, rap, or just spending the day with fellow book lovers, you won't want to miss the full slate of activities happening at the Central Library on Saturday, June 1.
2019 Dallas Festival of Books & Ideas: Summer in the City
Start your summer with a festival of books, authors and reading on every floor of the Central Library. Listen to writers talk about their work, discover a new author and learn about the publishing process from people who've done it. You'll find a complete listing of all Summer in the City activities in the printed program available at the door, or online at http://dallasbookfestival.org/
Summer In The City is made possible thanks to the Freda Gail Stern Fund of
the Friends of the Dallas Public Library and Half Price Books.
If it’s June, it’s Summer Reading time
Kicking off 2019 Mayor’s Summer Reading Challenge at 10:15 a.m. will be Laura Numeroff, award-winning author of If you give a mouse a cookie, If you give a pig a pancake, and other beloved children’s books. This celebration of summer reading is too big for just one location – Ms. Numeroff will also start the party at the Fretz Park Branch at 2 p.m. Check the library’s events calendar to see what’s happening at your branch to begin the summer reading season. And don’t forget to register and log your reading. Kids and adults can win great prizes for reading just 20 minutes a day! Sign up here: http://dallaslibrary.beanstack.org/
Book Sale
Saturday will mark the halfway point in the Friends of the Dallas Public Library's big Book Sale! Come down to the Book Cellar and shop thousands of gently-used library materials at great prices, including CDs, DVDs, audiobooks, hardcover and paperback books, and vinyl. Cash and cards accepted. No entrance fee or library card required - open to all. Special discounts are available to members of the Friends. Not a member yet? Join at the door!
The sale runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, May 31
and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 1.
Teen Rap Battle
The tryouts are over – now it’s time for the final showdown. Up for grabs: a cash prize of $250, free studio time and a gig at the Dallas Redbirds basketball halftime show. Don’t miss the chance to see some of the best young rappers in the Dallas area performing at 2 p.m. in the 1st Floor Auditorium.
Celebrate the anniversary of emancipation in Texas with a series of events at the Central Library that will inform and inspire. Film Screenings Wednesdays, June 5, 12, 19 at 5:30 p.m. 4th Floor - Shirley Philipson Pollock Performance Space
Juneteenth Jubilee Saturday, June 22, 2 p.m. – 6 p.m. 7th Floor – O’Hara Hall Explore the African Diaspora through music, genealogy discussions, a dance performance by Bandon Koro and a special presentation from literary scholar Deborah Plant, editor of Zora Neale Hurston’s posthumously published book, Barracoon: The Story of the Last Black Cargo, a 1927 memoir of one of the last survivors of the transatlantic slave trade.
Summer Saturdays at Central
Celebrate, learn, play, and explore every Saturday June 8 through August 10 at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library. What’s in store? We’ll have music, a puzzle room, a movie singalong, discussions of conspiracy theories, ghosts, Apollo 11, and the Titanic, dance, an adult spelling bee, the annual POND nature expo, and more! You’ll find all the details in the Library events calendar: https://dallaslibrary.librarymarket.com/
Summer lunch for kids available at 17 library locations
From Booked Solid
If you need to do a bit of homework before you get in the book signing line at Summer In the City, make “Booked Solid” your next stop. Read these reviews of books by our featured authors and you won’t be at a loss for words when you ask for that autograph:
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