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Friends of the Library Book Sale
The Friends of the Library Book Sale will be held over the weekend of September 17-19. The venue has changed this year! The sale will be held at Washington Public Library. Hours:Friday September 17, 3pm-6pmSaturday September 18, 9am-4pmSunday September 19, Noon-4pm
» Read moreCelebrate Library Card Sign-up Month!
September is Library Card Sign-up Month and Washington Public Library is celebrating with BINGO! Pick up a BINGO card at either of the circulation desks. You can also print a card yourself.
» Read moreReady to Wear – a History of the Footwear and Garment Industries in Saint Louis
Join us at on September 9 @ 6:30 pm at Washington Public Library to hear Valerie Battle Kienzle discuss her new book, “Ready to Wear – a History of the Footwear and Garment Industries in Saint Louis.”
» Read more1,000 Books Before Kindergarten
Get your child ready to read by sharing books together. Read anything – even the same story over and over! You can register online, pickup a reading log at the library, or print your own reading log. Track your reading and win prizes! Visit our 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten page for more information.
» Read moreMeet Author Laura McHugh
Bestselling author Laura McHugh, whose latest book is “What’s Done In Darkness,” will be at Washington Public Library on Monday August 30 @ 6:30 pm. Sponsored by Friends of the Library and Neighborhood Reads.
» Read moreNotorious Missouri
200 Years of Historic Crimes. A Friends of the Library Author Event, with Vicki & Jim Erwin. When: Thursday, August 12, 6:00 pmWhere: Washington Public Library Meeting Room
» Read moreView Program of Bone Broth, with Lyndsey Ellis
Click here to view the program on the library’s Youtube channel. A Friends of the Library Virtual Event. Lyndsey Ellis is a St. Louis-born fiction writer, essayist, and cultural worker. She strives to explore intergenerational trauma, hardship, and struggle. Bone Broth is her first novel. Books can be purchased at Neighborhood Reads. Email the library if you wish to receive an invitation to participate and ask questions via Zoom – library@washmo.gov.
» Read moreView “The Potato Masher Murder”
Where: Event was broadcast live on the library’s Youtube Channel. June 24, 2021 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm A Friends of the Library Event. Retired journalist Gary Sosniecki of Lebanon, Missouri, is the great-grandson of the victim. Following his graduation from the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Gary worked at newspapers in four states during a 43-year career that included owning three Missouri weekly newspapers and publishing The Lebanon Daily Record. He has received dozens of awards for journalism excellence from state, national, and international newspaper organizations including, with his wife Helen, the Eugene Cervi lifetime-achievement award from the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors. Gary and his wife were inducted into the Missouri Press Association Hall of Fame in 2014. His book, The Potato Masher Murder: Death at the Hands of a Jealous Husband, is published by The Kent State University Press. June 24, 2021 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
» Read moreKanopy Now Streaming
Kanopy is an on-demand streaming service with a collection of more than 30,000 films, including feature films, documentaries, foreign language films, kids’ movies, kids’ TV shows, classes from the Great Courses, and training videos. Kanopy Kids includes the Sesame Street catalog and animated versions of popular storybooks.
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