MLK Library Friends

05/29/2024

Exciting news: our Friends Room on Level A of MLK Library (901 G St NW) will be open this Saturday from 12N to 4pm. Please come shop our collection of prized books and t-shirts! Renew your membership. And donate a bag of great books. (See below for information on what books we need and what we will accept.)

05/29/2024

If you have a surplus of fantastic books, you can donate up to two bags of them to the MLK Library Friends this Saturday, June 4 between 12 and 4 pm. Bring them to the A level of the MLK Library at 901 G St NW in DC.
We accept fiction and nonfiction in very good condition. But we don't accept texts, law books or dirty, water-damaged, smelly, falling apart books.

We have a special need for illustrated children's books, current events, history and novels.

12/08/2023

Holiday Sale on Friends Used Book Cart!
Children's Picture Books
Great condition $2 and under

10/24/2023

Save the date! Tuesday November 14 at 6 pm is our annual membership meeting.

11/10/2022

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11/09/2022

Annual Meeting
Join us on Thursday November 10 from 6-7:30 pm in the Friends Room on the lower level beside the west stairs (next to the water fountain). We will hear from our esteemed librarians and discuss your ideas for activities for the coming year.

Please renew your membership of $10 online at Paypal at [email protected], or by check to MLK Library Friends mailed to 3804 Alton Place, NW, Washington, DC 20016. Or join at the door. If you haven't yet visited the award winning remodeled library building, come early for a tour beginning at 5 pm. Maybe grab a cup of coffee at Marianne's Cafe (first floor, east wing).

Slate of Officers and Board
Wendy Blair - Secretary
Robin Diener - President
Julian Goldstein - At Large
Ren Lee - At Large
Mary Alice Levine -Treasurer
Andrea Rosen - At Large
Myrna Sislen - At Large
David Weiner - Vice President

11/09/2022

The Friends are back! And MLK Library will start expanded hours in November 2022.

Here are some other update and library events:

DCPL is providing us with a book cart for honor-system book sales. When launched, it will enable us to sell donated volumes and create a more regular revenue stream.

This summer we supported the Punk Rock Roof Shows and paid for the auditorium piano to be tuned. Last year we supported the debut of the StoryWalk program. In honor of the library grand reopening, we commissioned a video of ballet dancers exploring the building.

Expanded Hours
DCPL resumes pre-COVID hours in the new fiscal year starting Monday November 14.
MLK central will open a half hour earlier (M-Sat) at 9:30 a.m., and stay open an hour later til 9 p.m. (M-Th).
Monday - Thursday | 9:30 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Friday - Saturday | 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Sunday | 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Check your neighborhood library for expanded hours, too. https://www.dclibrary.org/newhours

Don't Toss It! Fix It! A FREE do-it-together event!
Wednesday, November 16: 5:30pm - 7:30pm
A networking event around sustainability and repair, brought to you by Fix-It DC Clinic
Please be sure to register for this event.
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Lower Level - A02-A Program Room
Open to all 13 years old and up.

The Labs Come to Life
One of the much anticipated features of the renovated MLK was to be the Labs – maker spaces for everything from 3-D printing to sewing to digitizing photos and film. While much has been offered online during the pandemic, things are now picking up with in person training and use of reserved space.Take the mandatory orientation and get started.

MLK Library Literary Book Club
Every second Tuesday of the month, the group meets at MLK Library (room 401-D) to a discuss work of literary fiction. This month's selection is The Known World by Edward P. Jones.

Chamber Music at Noon
The Performance Lab presents Chamber Music at Noon on the first Thursday of each month. Ascend to the fourth floor auditorium for a live performance of small-ensemble music from a variety of genres.
Remaining concerts of 2022:
Thursday December 1
12:00pm - 1:00pm