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Birmingham Public Library
2100 Park Place
Birmingham, AL 35203

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Tutor.com Career Webinar Series     (August 31 2010)

Powderly Branch Library Grand Re-opening     (August 20 2010)

Birmingham Bound series features Mignette Patrick Dorsey and Speak Truth to Power: The Story of Charles Patrick, a Civil Rights Pioneer    (August 18 2010)

Birmingham Public Library Presents Annual Storyteller: Lee Brian, That Puppet Guy!    (August 18 2010)

Birmingham Public Library Offers 1, 2, 3 Play with Me Early Literacy Program at Four Locations     (August 17 2010)

September BPL@Night Features Gospel Music and Improv Theatre    (August 06 2010)

Birmingham Public Library Presents Heads Up Programs    (July 20 2010)

BPL@Night Series Features Baseball Legends, American Tribal Belly Dancing, and Down-Home Family Music!    (July 06 2010)

Heads Up Alabama! BPL Showcases Art Exhibit Sponsored by aPAF    (June 25 2010)

Birmingham Public Library Celebrates Rickwood Field and Baseball    (June 18 2010)

BPL@Night Series Features Summer Baseball and Hot Jazz!    (June 07 2010)

Smithfield Branch Library Closing for Repairs    (May 27 2010)

BPL’s Grand Slam Summer Adult Reading Program    (May 26 2010)

Birmingham Public Library Launches Summer Reading Program    (May 26 2010)

Birmingham Public Library Offers Teen Summer Library Program    (May 26 2010)

June Brown Bag Lunch Programs at the Birmingham Public Library    (May 20 2010)

BPL@Night Series Incorporates Art and Authors In Its June Line-up    (May 19 2010)

Make a Splash at Linn Park Fountain: Birmingham Public Library to Host Sign-Up for Summer Reading     (May 19 2010)

Birmingham Black Barons Database    (May 17 2010)

BPL Explores the “Exigencies of the Soul”--An Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Deborah Perry    (May 17 2010)

Heads up Alabama! BPL to showcase art exhibit sponsored by the Alabama Psychological Association     (May 10 2010)

BPL to Host “Score Big” with New York Jets’ Wide Receiver Jerricho Cotchery    (April 28 2010)

Tree Planting Heals Wounds of Intolerance and Injustice    (April 20 2010)

BPL Looks At Baseball History with “Pride and Passion”    (April 12 2010)

Birmingham Public Library Chosen for Sustainability Practices for Special Collections    (March 22 2010)

Scenes From Romeo and Juliet Take Center Stage For April’s BPL@Night    (March 20 2010)

BPL@Night to Feature a Performance Peter Fletcher, Classical Guitarist    (March 04 2010)

“Roots of Courage; Branches of Hope”    (March 04 2010)

Community Forum on Making Democracy Work As It Should    (March 02 2010)

BPL@Night presents “Writing What You Don't Know”     (February 16 2010)

BPL@Night Presents Flying Jenny, Old-Time String Band, Playing for the Big Read Kick-off    (February 11 2010)

The Birmingham Public Library to Host "Alabama Illustrated: Engravings from 19th Century Newspapers"    (February 10 2010)

The Birmingham Public Library to Host “Foundation Center Resources for Nonprofits” in the Central Library’s Auditorium on March 1, 2010    (February 09 2010)

BPL@Night to Feature a Performance by Carl Winters, “The Kalimba King” in the Central Library’s Auditorium on February 18, 2010    (February 01 2010)

BPL@Night Presents Conversations on Art, Authors, and Life: Is a Generational Gap Holding Birmingham Back?    (January 13 2010)

BPL@Night Presents Conversations on Art, Authors, and Life    (January 05 2010)

BPL@Night Presents Two Suitcases and an Accordion: Traveling with the USO Camp Shows    (January 04 2010)

BPL@Night to Host Concert Featuring Rosephanye Dunn Powell    (November 19 2009)

Read It Forward 2009 to Feature Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank    (November 12 2009)

Roosevelt’s Tree Army Arrives at the Birmingham Public Library    (October 20 2009)

October 2009 Brown Bag Programs at the Birmingham Public Library    (October 07 2009)

Birmingham Public Library to Host “A Financial Fire Drill: Planning For Uncertain Times,”     (September 17 2009)

Birmingham Public Library to Host Book Signing by John Klima, author of Willie’s Boys: The 1948 Birmingham Black Barons, The Last Negro League World Series and the Making of a Baseball Legend    (September 14 2009)

Birmingham Public Library to Host Visions of China: Exploring China's History and Culture Through Early Photography    (September 10 2009)

Birmingham Public Library to Host “An Evening with Eric Essix” for September’s BPL@Night     (September 04 2009)

Birmingham Public Library Celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the Central East Building    (September 03 2009)

Birmingham Public Library to Host Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of Central Alabama for BPL@Night    (July 30 2009)

Birmingham Public Library To Host “Pride and Passion: The African- American Baseball Experience”    (July 27 2009)

Birmingham Public Library’s Ready to Read Program To Be Featured at the American Library Association in Chicago, IL    (July 08 2009)

Birmingham Public Library to Host Math in Motion for BPL@Night    (June 23 2009)

Birmingham Public Library and The Cotchery Foundation to Host a Celebrity Bowling Event     (June 17 2009)

Irene Blalock New BPL Director    (June 16 2009)

June 2009 Brown Bag Programs at the Birmingham Public Library    (June 04 2009)

Birmingham Public Library to Host The Extemporaneous Theatre Company for June’s BPL@Night    (May 29 2009)

Powderly Branch Library Closed for Renovations Beginning May 22, 2009    (May 21 2009)

Birmingham Public Library to Host Free Seminar “Researching Patent and Trademark Information”    (May 04 2009)

Birmingham Public Library to Host “Score Big” with New York Jets’ Wide Receiver and Birmingham native Jerricho Cotchery    (May 01 2009)

BPL@Night to Host After Class, an Instrumental Celtic Trio    (April 27 2009)

BPL@Night to Feature a Performance by Carl Winters, “The Kalimba King” in the Central Library’s Atrium    (March 10 2009)

BPL@Night to Host Vincenza Scarpaci, Author of The Journey of the Italians in America    (March 10 2009)

March 2009 Brown Bag Programs at the Birmingham Public Library    (March 03 2009)

BPL@Night to Feature Muse of Fire Performing Scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream    (February 25 2009)

Word Up! Spoken Word Contest    (February 03 2009)

BPL@Night Presents Pianist Anthony Pattin    (January 26 2009)

BPL@Night presents Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North    (January 16 2009)

Correction to the Ben Franklin Autobiography Discussion    (January 13 2009)

“Basics of Archives” Workshop at the Birmingham Public Library    (January 12 2009)

BPL@Night Presents Liang Acrobatic & Comedy Show    (January 07 2009)

Birmingham Public Library Presents the National Traveling Exhibit, “Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World”     (January 06 2009)

BPL to Host an African-American Genealogy Workshop    (January 05 2009)

January 2009 Brown Bag Programs at the Birmingham Public Library    (December 31 2008)

Birmingham Public Library Board Elects New Board Officers     (December 01 2008)

BPL@Night presents Alabama actor Thom Gossom in Voices of Spirits     (November 06 2008)

BPL@Night presents Flying Jenny, old-time string band    (November 03 2008)

Public Libraries of Jefferson County Collected 11 Tons of Food for Area Food Banks    (October 23 2008)

BPL@Night to Host Richard Arrington Jr.    (October 03 2008)

Town Hall Meetings @ Your Library hosted by the Birmingham Public Library     (October 02 2008)

The Birmingham Public Library to host Tech Tuesdays Again This Fall     (August 21 2008)

BPL@Night to host “Act of Congress” Concert     (August 07 2008)

Birmingham Public Libraries Offer Citizens 17 Opportunities to Speak Up About Birmingham City Schools This Summer    (July 09 2008)

BPL@Night to host “The Ugly Bug Ball,” A Children’s Theater Experience     (July 07 2008)

BPL@Night welcomes Hip Hop Artist Shaheed to the Library    (June 11 2008)

Birmingham Public Library Staff Win National Awards    (May 29 2008)

BPL@Night hosts Warren Trest    (May 22 2008)

BPL@Night hosts Chopin’s Afterlife, Monday May 12th, 2008 at the Birmingham Public Library Arrington Auditorium    (May 12 2008)

Birmingham Public Library Presents: Social Networking for Parents: What You Need to Know About What Your Children are Typing     (May 12 2008)

Birmingham Public Library Presents Its Next Retirement Class: “Your Good Health – Now and in Retirement”    (May 06 2008)

BPL@Night hosts Douglas Blackmon, author of Slavery By Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black People in America from the Civil War to World War II    (May 06 2008)

Birmingham Public Library’s May Brown Bag Programs    (April 28 2008)

BPL@Night hosts Music of the Times Featuring the Birmingham Heritage Band    (April 10 2008)

The Birmingham Public Library Will Present “Legal Readiness” for Retirees, the Next Class in the Retirement Seminar    (April 06 2008)

BPL@Night Presents Theater Group Muse of Fire Performing Scenes from Macbeth    (March 10 2008)

The Birmingham Public Library is Hosting Tech Tuesdays, Beginning in March and Going Through May    (March 10 2008)

Author Carole Weatherford to Visit Birmingham Public Library February 25-27th    (February 13 2008)

Legendary Jazz Performer Roszetta Johnson Singing Again for BPL@Night in the Birmingham Public Library’s Central Atrium, February 21st    (February 11 2008)

Famed Author Walter Mosley To Be Discussed at BPL@Night in Birmingham Public Library’s Arrington Auditorium, February 12th    (February 04 2008)

Storyteller Donna Washington to Entertain Several Branches of the Birmingham Public Library    (January 25 2008)

BPL@Night Presents Music by Masters    (January 24 2008)

BPL@Night Presents Conversations on the Constitution    (January 14 2008)