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Children's Book Review: The Big Shrink (Upside-Down Magic #6) by Sarah Mlynowski
By Jennifer Hancock | Central LibraryThe Upside-Down Magic series immediately made me think of my daughter because the...
2020-09-21
BPL Furloughing 158 Library Employees Due to Financial Impact of COVID-19
The Birmingham Public Library has announced the furlough of 158 full and part-time library employees due to a city...
2020-09-21
National Voter Registration Day is September 22, 2020
By Leigh Wilson | North Birmingham Regional Branch Library National Voter Registration Day, a nonpartisan civic...
2020-09-18
BPL Celebrates Jimi Hendrix on 50th Anniversary of His Death
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix, one of the most celebrated musicians of all time.The Birmingham...
2020-09-18
Curbside Pickup of Library Materials Begins at Central Library on Monday, September 21
What: BPL Curbside Pickup of Library Materials at Central Library Begins Monday, September 21Where: Central Library...
2020-09-16
Movie Review: First Reformed
By William Anthony | Southern History Department | Central LibraryEthan Hawke arguably gives the best performance of...
2020-09-15
National Library Card Sign Up Month
September is National Library Card Sign Up Month. Wow, that’s a mouthful. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it...
2020-09-14

Books & Materials

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

StoryWalk – "Down by the Cool of the Pool"
Ongoing through Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Avondale Regional Branch Library
Online: The Michelle Obama Podcast Discussion Group
Tuesday, September 22, 2020, 7 – 8pm
Online
Online: Intro to Genealogy
Wednesday, September 23, 2020, 11:30am – 12:30pm
Online
Online: Google Job Search
Wednesday, September 23, 2020, 2 – 3pm
Online
Online: The Michelle Obama Podcast Discussion Group
Tuesday, September 29, 2020, 7 – 8pm
Online
Online: Let’s Talk about Medicare: Questions & Answers
Thursday, October 1, 2020, 12 – 1pm
Online
Online: Author Libby Copeland Presents Home DNA Testing Is Redefining Family History
Wednesday, October 7, 2020, 10 – 11am
Online
Smithfield Library Closed for the Magic City Classic
Friday, October 30 – Saturday, October 31, 2020
Smithfield Branch Library
Central Library Closed for the Magic City Classic
Saturday, October 31, 2020
Central Library
Online: Let’s Talk about Medicare: Questions & Answers
Thursday, November 5, 2020, 12 – 1pm
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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