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Blank Feature News Library Board Awards First “Innovative” Award to Pratt City Library A new program at the Pratt City Branch Library that provides career survival tips for teenagers is the first recipient of the Birmingham Public Library Board of Directors’ new "Innovative” grant. The Pratt City Branch Library Career Survival Kit program was the first recipient, and presented four teenagers from the surrounding community a gift pack during an event held on May 18. During the program, speakers shared tips on such topics as: proper preparation for the job search; proper introductions and tips on “The Importance of the Handshake”; tips on first impressions and how attitude and body language can impact a job interview (both good and bad). ...Read More Holiday Closure All Birmingham Public Library locations will be closed Monday, May 30, for Memorial Day. Events & Programs Bards & Brews Open Mic Poetry Event Avondale Regional Branch Library, June 3, 6:30 p.m. Beer tasting will be available courtesy of Avondale Brewing Company and there will be a musical performance by Josh Wheeler from 6:30-7:00 p.m. Anna Moo in Concert Central Library, June 8, 10:00 a.m. Award-winning children's singer/songwriter Anna Moo will perform a concert at the Central Library. The event is free and open to the public. Moo is dedicated to using music as a FUNdamental teaching tool in preschools and elementary schools. Her presentations are dynamic, multiculturally oriented, and always top notch educational entertainment. Free Tailgate Party with NFL Football Player Jerricho Cotchery Central Library, June 24 Qualified Get in the Game, READ summer reading participants, ages 11 to 17, will have the opportunity to attend a free tailgate party at the Central Library. Register for Summer Reading today at your favorite Birmingham Public Library branch. Resources & Classes Poetry In You Contest, Summer Poetry Seminars to Be Held at Birmingham Public Library Roderick Woods has been hosting free Poetry In You workshops at various Birmingham Public Library (BPL) locations and city schools for 14 years. In addition to several free poetry workshops being offered at three area libraries, on July 23, Woods will be hosting the first Poetry In You Contest at the North Birmingham Regional Branch Library. The winners will receive $1,000 in cash, gifts, and prizes. ...Read More Life in 1916 Springville Road Regional Branch Library, June 6, 2:00 p.m. Staff from the Birmingham Public Library Archives Department will show and tell what it was like to live in Birmingham a hundred years ago. Steps to Starting Your Business Central Library, June 6, 12:00 p.m. Seminar presenters will be veteran mentors from the Birmingham chapter of SCORE, a national nonprofit comprised of volunteers willing to share their business knowledge and experience with prospective entrepreneurs and small business owners. Advance registration is required. Books & Materials Southern History Book of the Month: Send the Alabamians: World War I Fighters in the Rainbow Division One hundred years ago, America was on the brink of its entry into World War I. Though our country’s involvement was not official until the declaration of war against the German Empire in 1917, there was already a feeling that our participation could not be delayed much longer. ...Read More Book Review: The Sound of All Things A young teen is frustrated because his father is always asking him what things sound like. He doesn’t have the words and when he tries it isn’t good enough. ...Read More Book Review: SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome I’ve always looked askance at "revisionist history." I mean, if a history is good enough for Livy, Suetonius, and Gibbon, it should be good enough for the rest of us, right? To be more honest, I don’t want to be confronted with the possibility that what I learned in school was actually closer to myth, or worse, propaganda. So I stick with the traditional interpretations, but if anyone could change my taste in history, it’s Mary Beard. ...Read More Save the Date July 7 Every House Has a History: Researching Birmingham Area Houses, Buildings, and Churches June 14 Handle with Care: Preserving Your Family Papers and Photographs June 24 Teen Tailgate Party with The Cotchery Foundation BPL Calendar View all library events and programs happening in every BPL location. May 27, 2016 Birmingham Public Library 2100 Park Place Birmingham, AL 35203 205-226-3600 www.bplonline.org connect with us   This e-mail was sent from Jefferson County Library Cooperative, Inc. Immediate removal with PatronMail® SecureUnsubscribe. To forward this e-mail to a friend or colleague, use this link. To change your e-mail address or update preferences, use this link.