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The Enoch Pratt Free Library is the public library system of Baltimore, Md., and is one of the oldest free public library systems in the United States. The first branch, the Central Library on Baltimore's Mulberry Street, opened on Jan. 5, 1886, and four additional branches opened over the next three months. The libraries, as well as an endowment of more than $1 million, were a gift to the Mayor and the City Council from Enoch Pratt, a notable 19th century Baltimore businessman and philanthropist. Today, there are 22 branches of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, including the Southeast Anchor Library in Highlandtown, which opened in May 2007. The library also offers a Bookmobile service, in whic...
The Enoch Pratt Free Library is the public library system of Baltimore, Md., and is one of the oldest free public library systems in the United States. The first branch, the Central Library on Baltimore's Mulberry Street, opened on Jan. 5, 1886, and four additional branches opened over the next three months. The libraries, as well as an endowment of more than $1 million, were a gift to the Mayor and the City Council from Enoch Pratt, a notable 19th century Baltimore businessman and philanthropist. Today, there are 22 branches of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, including the Southeast Anchor Library in Highlandtown, which opened in May 2007. The library also offers a Bookmobile service, in which a library on wheels visits local schools.
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Suspect in Craigslist robberies arrested at city library, police say
A man suspected in a rash of recent Craigslist robberies was taken into custody at a downtown library, where police say he was using a computer - possibly to set up more attacks. David E. Brown, 26, is accused of orchestrating at least four robberies...
Tags: Libraries, Craigslist, Inc., Arts and Culture, Theft
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With new book, Madeleine Albright sheds light on long-hidden family secrets
In 1997, Madeleine Albright couldn't have been more certain that she knew everything important about herself and was in possession of every relevant fact about her life.
And then, at age 59, just days after being confirmed as U.S. secretary of state,...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Madeleine Albright, Roman Catholicism, Book, The Holocaust (1934-1945)
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Maurice Sendak appreciation: Author left mark on Baltimore readers
Somewhere the wild things are roaring their terrible roars and gnashing their terrible teeth and rolling their terrible eyes and showing their terrible claws.
They're mourning their creator, children's book author Maurice Sendak, who stepped into his...Tags: Where the Wild Things Are (movie), NPR, Colleges and Universities, Literature, Fiction
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Walter Isaacson, 'Steve Jobs' biography author, to speak in Baltimore this Saturday -- and I'm introducing him!
I'm getting psyched to meet and introduce Walter Isaacson, author of the bestselling Steve Jobs biography, at the CityLit Festival in Baltimore this Saturday! Are you going? It's an all day affair for book lovers. Or, if you want to just see Walter, come...Tags: Steve Jobs, Biography (genre)
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Save the date: CityLit Festival this Saturday
Make sure you take a break Saturday from your weeding, planting and other household chores to stop by the CityLit Festival at the Enoch Pratt Free Library. It's one of Baltimore's best literary events, and the schedule is always packed with an...
Tags: Steve Jobs, Festive Events, Arts and Culture
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Stanley Harrison, Mencken scholar
Stanley Harrison, a communications and writing teacher who edited a scholarly journal about H.L. Mencken, died of cardiac arrest after a stroke April 5 at the home of a friend in Miami Beach, Fla. He was 81 and lived in Florida and Woodbine.
Born in East...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Bel Air (Allegany, Maryland), College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Media Industry, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida)
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Walter Isaacson: BlackBerry for work, iPhone for personal use
The great news for Baltimore and Maryland is that the University of Maryland Baltimore County's president, Freeman A. Hrabowski III, was named to Time's annual Top 100 influential people today. Another person on the list: Walter Isaacson, known...
Tags: Baltimore County, Steve Jobs, Apple iPhone, Computer Hardware, Arts and Culture
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Maryland's appetite for 'Hunger Games' is huge
When the lights dim for "Hunger Games" at midnight Thursday, Fatimah Nelson, who bought tickets weeks ago, will be there, a bit breathless, at the edge of a plush seat at Arundel Mills.
"I've been waiting months and months and months," says the Baltimore...Tags: White Marsh, Movies, Harry Potter (fictional character), Timonium, Harbor
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Mayor tells Latinos they are important to growth goal
In a speech bookended by standing ovations, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake told members of Baltimore's Latino community Thursday night that they are critical to meeting her goal of reversing the city's population decline and assured them that city...Tags: Justice and Rights, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Legislation, Social Issues
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Sol Goodman, auto executive
Sol Goodman, a retired auto leasing and sales executive who wrote poetry that spoke of the joys of living in Baltimore, died of kidney failure Feb. 18 at Sunrise Senior Living in Pikesville. The longtime Mount Vernon resident was 88.
Born in Baltimore...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Mount Vernon, Music, Sunrise Assisted Living Incorporated
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'B*itches in Bookshops': Pratt Library goes a little gangsta
The Baltimore SunOn Twitter, you have to expect the crude, the occasional swear word, the offensive line. Just usually not from the Enoch Pratt Free Library. The Pratt let loose an eye-brow raising Tweet Tuesday afternoon, giving a big thumbs up to a rap called "B*...Tags: Social Media, Twitter, Inc., Kanye West, Libraries, YouTube
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Norita Messick, theater-goer
Norita Messick, a homemaker who attended Baltimore theaters for 80 years, died of dementia Sunday at the Arden Courts assisted-living facility. She was 99 and lived in Hamilton.
Born Mary Norita Burke in Baltimore and raised on Preston Street, she was...Tags: Religion and Belief, Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Hamilton, Alzheimer's Disease
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