Lunchapalooza: Now even the library has a food truck festval
Food trucks are a new way of life around here. Well, maybe not that new, but they've certainly been an…
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Got a Sandy story to tell? Tell it to the Brooklyn Public Library
Hurricane Sandy was, as you know, a devastating storm, a (hopefully, sadly probably not) once-in-a-lifetime weather event. Everyone who was…
Bike the Branches: Your chance to ride a bike and help out the library
Staying on the bike beat for a second, let's talk about something that's less contentious than not hitting people with…
Coming soon to the public library: Simon & Schuster’s e-book catalog!
Sometimes we hit the streets to rap to the kids about how important reading is. And they tell us that…
Get wired for free: Borrow a laptop from the Brooklyn Public Library
Did you know you can borrow a free laptop from the Brooklyn Public Library? Yeah, we didn't either. But it…
PowerUP! your business idea with $15K from the Brooklyn Public Library
This is America, which supposedly means that if you've got enough time, dedication, and cutthroat business practices, you can be…
The library goes where you go with BK Library’s new mobile app
The Brooklyn Public Library is doing an admirable job of keeping up with the times. They re-branded themselves (although people…
Pop-up libraries help communities hit by Sandy keep reading
Aside from losing homes, fraying community bonds and just getting cast into a miserable situation, communities that got hit by…
Check it out: Brooklyn Public Library’s new co-working space
People clowning on the Brooklyn Public Library's new logo are missing the bigger library news going on: they've introduced a badass…
Brooklyn kids read for rights of girls in Pakistan
Although it's easy to focus on Brooklyn and the problems we're facing in the aftermath of Sandy, other terrible injustices…