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Central Library Available to Help Patrons Choose ACA Health Care Plan
BPL is helping answer questions from patrons during the 2021 ACA Open Enrollment period. By...
2020-10-26
BPL Partners With Holy Family Cristo Rey High School to Host Girls Coding Camp
The Birmingham Public Library is hosting a fall girls computer coding camp in partnership with Holy Family Cristo Rey...
2020-10-23
Q & A With Author Kimberla Lawson Roby
The Birmingham Public Library Local Authors Committee is hosting author Kimberla Lawson Roby on Tuesday, October...
2020-10-23
Q & A with Genealogist J. Mark Lowe to Conclude 2020 Family History Month
J. Mark LoweThe Birmingham Public Library’s 2020 Family History Month programs conclude on Friday, October 30...
2020-10-22
BPL Presents “The Last Slave Ship Survivor” Program on October 22
Update: View the recorded program here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=345699906736231Birmingham, Ala.- In...
2020-10-21
BPL Partners to Host Trunk or Treat October 31 at Central Library
Looking for a safe family friendly spot to get free candy and goodie bags for your kids this Halloween? The Birmingham...
2020-10-19
Today, Thursday, October 15, is the Last Day to Fill Out 2020 Census Form
By Jim Murray | Business, Science, and Technology Department | Central Library On Tuesday, October 13...
2020-10-15

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Deep South dispatch : memoir of a civil rights journalist

Autonomy : the quest to build the driverless car-- and how it will reshape our world

12 : the inside story of Tom Brady's fight for redemption

Adrift : a true story of tragedy in the icy Atlantic- and the one man who lived to tell about it

Lies my teacher told me : everything your American history textbook got wrong

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Calendar of Events

Online: J. Mark Lowe presents Defining Potential Migration Routes & Crucial Steps
Ongoing through Saturday, October 31, 2020
Online
Online: J. Mark Lowe presents Finding Freedmen Marriage Records
Ongoing through Saturday, October 31, 2020
Online
Online: J. Mark Lowe presents Out on a Limb, Trapped by Bad Research
Ongoing through Saturday, October 31, 2020
Online
Online: J. Mark Lowe presents Tools Needed to Study Southern Migration
Ongoing through Saturday, October 31, 2020
Online
Online: Local Authors Expo Spotlight: Meet Author Kimberla Lawson
Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 6 – 7pm
Online
Online: Family History Q & A with J. Mark Lowe
Friday, October 30, 2020, 10 – 11am
Online
Drive-thru Trunk or Treat
Saturday, October 31, 2020, 12 – 2pm
Central Library
Online: Let’s Talk about Medicare: Questions & Answers
Thursday, November 5, 2020, 12 – 1pm
Online
Online: Bards and Brews Virtual
Friday, November 6, 2020, 6 – 9pm
Online
Online: Local Authors Expo
Saturday, November 7, 2020, 10am – 12pm
Online
Closed for Veterans Day
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday
Thursday, November 26 – Sunday, November 29, 2020
Online: Let’s Talk about Medicare: Questions & Answers
Thursday, December 3, 2020, 12 – 1pm
Online
Closed for Inventory Day
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Closed for Christmas Holiday
Thursday, December 24 – Sunday, December 27, 2020

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