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your journey starts here September & October 2021
LOCATIONS
Free Wi-Fi is available at all branches. NORTHWOOD BRANCH ALL PRATT LIBRARIES WILL BE CLOSED:
prattlibrary.org/contact 4420 Loch Raven Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21218 Labor Day: Monday, September 6
PHONE: 410-396-6076 FAX: 866-580-3191 Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Monday, October 11
CENTRAL LIBRARY & EMAIL: nrt@prattlibrary.org
STATE LIBRARY RESOURCE CENTER
400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 ORLEANS STREET BRANCH
PHONE: 410-396-5430 FAX: 410-396-1441 1303 Orleans St., Baltimore, MD 21231
TTY: 410-396-3761 PHONE: 410-396-0970 FAX: 866-362-7449
EMAIL: info@prattlibrary.org EMAIL: orl@prattlibrary.org
TELEPHONE REFERENCE:
Begins at 9:00 a.m., Mon. – Sat. PATTERSON PARK BRANCH
PHONE: 410-396-0995 FAX: 866-582-9007 158 N. Linwood Ave., Baltimore, MD 21224
HOURS: Call for schedule PHONE: 410-396-0983 FAX: 866-362-7449
EMAIL: ptt@prattlibrary.org
BROOKLYN BRANCH
300 E. Patapsco Ave., Baltimore, MD 21225 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE BRANCH
COVID-19
PHONE: 410-396-1120 FAX: 866-580-3191
EMAIL: brk@prattlibrary.org
1531 W. North Ave., Baltimore, MD 21217
PHONE: 410-396-0399 FAX: 866-580-3191
PRECAUTIONS
EMAIL: pnn@prattlibrary.org The Pratt Library’s top priority is the
CANTON BRANCH safety of our customers and staff.
1030 S. Ellwood Ave., Baltimore, MD 21224 REISTERSTOWN ROAD BRANCH
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EMAIL: cnt@prattlibrary.org PHONE: 410-396-0948 FAX: 866-580-3191 latest health and safety precautions
EMAIL: rst@prattlibrary.org being taken inside library locations.
CHERRY HILL BRANCH
606 Cherry Hill Rd., Baltimore, MD 21225 ROLAND PARK BRANCH
PHONE: 410-396-1168 FAX: 866-362-7449 5108 Roland Ave., Baltimore, MD 21210
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EMAIL: wvr@prattlibrary.org
HAMILTON BRANCH
5910 Harford Rd., Baltimore, MD 21214
PHONE: 410-396-6088 FAX: 866-362-7449
EMAIL: hml@prattlibrary.org
HAMPDEN BRANCH
3641 Falls Rd., Baltimore, MD 21211
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Department.
HERRING RUN BRANCH
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EMAIL: hrr@prattlibrary.org Baltimore, Maryland 21201
The mission of the Enoch Pratt
LIGHT STREET BRANCH Free Library is to empower, enrich,
1251 Light St., Baltimore, MD 21230 and enhance the quality of life for
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Letter from the CEO 2
Hampden Reopening 3
Summer Break Baltimore 4
Back to School 5
Author Events 6
Annual Fund Donors 9
CENTRAL LIBRARY Hispanic Heritage Month 13
Monday – Thursday One Book Baltimore 14
10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
One Maryland One Book 15
Friday & Saturday
Pratt Test Kitchen 16
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
A Ghastly Good Time 17
SOUTHEAST ANCHOR & Children’s Programs 18
PENNSYLVANIA AVE. New Mural at Hamilton 21
Monday – Thursday
10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Friday & Saturday
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
NEIGHBORHOOD
LIBRARIES
Monday & Thursday
10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday & Wednesday
10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Friday & Saturday
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Earn free admission to the Aquarium
by joining the Read to Reef Book
Sunday: CLOSED Club, for Baltimore area students in
fifth grade or younger. Bookmarks
Keep an eye on prattlibrary.org
available beginning in October.
for the latest.
aqua.org/read
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LETTER FROM THE CEO
W elcome to a very special edition of Compass.
This month’s magazine is a little bigger than
normal. That’s because we have so much going on
LIBRARY BOARDS OF
TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS
Mychelle Farmer, M.D. (T/D)
at the Enoch Pratt Free Library this fall for you to Chair, Board of Trustees
enjoy. The Pratt has expanded hours across our 22 and Board of Directors
locations to give more people an opportunity to Benjamin Rosenberg, Esq. (T/D)
browse books, attend programs, use our computers, Immediate Past Chair
and more. We will continue to follow all health Christine M. Espenshade (T/D)
and safety protocols to keep our customers and Vice Chair, Board of Trustees
staff safe. We’re also ramping up our programming Nancy Hackerman (D)
and resources for students headed back to school. Vice Chair, Board of Directors
One Book Baltimore returns this fall for its fourth Alexander W. Koff, Esq. (T/D)
season encouraging 7th and 8th graders to bond Vice Chair, Board of Directors
over the same book. A blockbuster lineup of writers Steven Boothe (T/D)
and speakers are set to appear on the Pratt stage. Treasurer
We’re celebrating several anniversaries at our Jacob Hodes (D)
branches. The new Pratt Test Kitchen is launching a Secretary
series of programs, and so much more. Virginia K. Adams (T/D)
All of these amazing programs are thanks to the generosity of our private donors. While Kenneth S. Aneckstein, Esq. (T/D)
the state and city help the Pratt keep our doors open, all library programming is funded Ajit Apte (D)
through private support. That means every author event you attend, each storytime Sandra Berman (D)
families enjoy, each online tutoring session a student uses is all made possible through the Sarah K. Brandt (D)
generosity of library supporters. Jamar Brown (D)
Mark Caplan (D)
Just in the past 18 months, private donors helped the library buy hot spots to provide free
Margaret De Cuevas (D)
home internet access to those who are disconnected. They funded the new Library of
Mary H. DeKuyper (T/D)
Things, allowing Baltimore City teens to check out free instruments, technology, tablets,
Nancy Dorman (T/D)
arts equipment, and more. Private support helped the library launch Career Online High
Sandra P. Gohn, Esq. (T/D)
School, an online program helping adults earn their high school diploma. They continued
Fagan Harris (D)
to fund popular author programs presented virtually. And donors made it possible for more
Robert S. Hillman (T/D)
than 12,000 customers of all ages to build their own home libraries through Summer Break
Allan D. Jensen, M.D. (T/D)
Baltimore.
Verna Jones-Rodwell (T/D)
In this issue of Compass, we recognize those donors who help make the Pratt what it is in Mark Kaufman (T/D)
our community. Thank you. Patricia Lasher (T)
Heidi Daniel, President & CEO James Dabney Miller (T/D)
Elizabeth K. Moser (T)
Sheela Murthy (D)
Robert Nye (D)
Vernon A. Reid (T/D)
Beulah Perdue Sabundayo (D)
Kurt Schmoke (D)
Jeffrey H. Scherr (T/D)
Mary Ann Scully (D)
T = Trustee D = Director
TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS EMERITI
Edward J. Brody
Margot Milch Heller
Sayra Wells Meyerhoff
Robert S. Killebrew, Jr.
THE FREE TO BMORE PODCAST RETURNS James S. Ulmer, III
THIS FALL FOR ANOTHER SEASON!
Check out our first episode later this September
The next Meeting of the Boards of
featuring Raguel Broy, Director of Trauma Training with
Trustees and Directors will be held
the Baltimore City Deptartment of Health. Hear about
Wednesday, September 22
Roberta’s House in October’s episode.
at 6:15 p.m. via Zoom.
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HAMPDEN REOPENING
On Monday, July 12, Mayor Brandon Scott,
Pratt Library CEO Heidi Daniel, and other
dignitaries cut the ribbon on the Hampden
Branch after a two-year renovation project.
The renovation doubled the usable space
of the historic 121-year-old branch creating
a new meeting room, public restrooms,
and expanding the children’s area. “This
is what community is all about. This is
what Baltimore looks like when we come
together and partner to invest in places,
in spaces, in institutions that benefit the
whole community,” said Mayor Scott. The
ribbon cutting was followed by a day of
community celebration.
DOORS OPEN
BALTIMORE
STORYTIME
Saturday, October 23, 10:30 a.m.
Hampden Branch
Celebrate Doors Open Baltimore with
a special storytime at the recently
renovated Hampden Branch! Enjoy
books, rhymes, and songs related
to cityscapes, architecture, and
construction. This indoor program has
limited attendance, and pre-registration
is required. To register, please call the
Hampden Branch at 410-396-6043.
Organized by the Baltimore
Architecture Foundation (BAF),
Doors Open Baltimore is the free
citywide festival of architecture and
neighborhoods that invites thousands
of people to explore the city and make
meaningful connections to the built
environment. For more details, visit
doorsopenbaltimore.org.
Visit calendar.prattlibrary.org for complete details on each program. 3
SUMMER BREAK BALTIMORE
A big thank you to everyone who took part in Summer Break Baltimore 2021! More than
12,000 participants helped make the new program one of the most successful ever. This
year, the Pratt helped build home libraries for families by providing Summer Break boxes in
June, July, and August, with each box filled with a book, a prize, and more. 20,000 boxes were
picked up or mailed to kids, teens, and adults across Baltimore City. Participants used scratch
off cards and the website to log the books they read and activities they did throughout the
summer. More than 13,000 books were read. Weekly prize drawings had 52 big winners.
A special thank you to all donors who supported Summer Break Baltimore, including Lord
Baltimore Capital Group & American Trading and Production Corporation. This program
would not be possible without you.
52
PRIZES
AWARDED
MORE THAN
12,000
PARTICIPANTS
13,000
ACTIVITIES
LOGGED
13,000+
BOOKS
READ
20,000
BOXES
received
by readers
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BACK TO SCHOOL HOMESCHOOL
COMPUTER CLASSES
To register for classes, call 443-984-4944.
STUDENT RESOURCES Email address required to participate.
Accessible in all Pratt Library locations, or ELEMENTARY CLASSES
from home with your library card or eCard. FOR HOMESCHOOLED STUDENTS.
Learn the basic components of the computer,
LIVE ONLINE TUTORING & HOMEWORK HELP: ALL AGES develop writing skills using Microsoft Word.
Brainfuse HelpNow Use interactive programs and websites to
You’re just a click away from expert tutors, one-on-one homework help, skills building, enhance language, critical thinking, and logic.
and a 24-hour writing lab.
1st Grade Home School Class Session
The New Writing Lab now offers two types of assistance Tuesdays, September 7 – October 26, 10:00 a.m.
Live Writing Assistance: Connect with an online tutor for expert writing assistance with
2nd & 3rd Grade Home School Session
our live help feature.
Tuesdays, September 7 – October 26, 11:30 a.m.
Intensive Writing Lab: For a more thorough analysis, submit your writing via a secure
messaging feature and within 24 hours you’ll receive a detailed analysis of your paper. 4th & 5th Grade Home School Sessions
Tuesdays, September 7 – October 26, 1:30 p.m.
ONLINE REFERENCE MATERIALS: K – 12TH GRADE
Gale eBooks MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASSES
Find a robust collection of online reference materials with over 13,000 resources on FOR HOME SCHOOLED STUDENTS.
subjects like arts, business, education, law, science, engineering, and more. Learn the basic components of the computer,
develop writing skills using Microsoft Word
Gale In Context
and computation skills using Microsoft Excel.
Breaks down reference materials by age and educational level.
Use interactive programs and websites to
eBOOKS FOR STUDENTS enhance language, critical thinking, and
TumbleBook Library: K – 6th Grade logic. Develop PowerPoint Presentations.
Over 1,100 titles for elementary schoolers with no waiting and no holds. 6th & 7th Grade Home School Sessions
TeenBookCloud: 7 – 12th Grade Wednesdays, September 8 – October 27
A curated database of eBooks and other digital content featuring over 1,000 titles 10:00 a.m.
including student-favorite graphic novels, classic literature, National Geographic videos, 8th Grade Home School Sessions
and more. Wednesdays, September 8 – October 27
11:30 a.m.
MATH HELP: K – 6TH GRADE
TumbleMath HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES
A collection of math focused eBooks, lesson plans, games, and quizzes. FOR HOMESCHOOL STUDENTS
Learn the basic components of the computer.
Develop writing skills using Microsoft Word.
BOOK A Use interactive programs and websites to
enhance language, critical thinking, and logic.
LIBRARIAN Workplace Readiness Skills: (Resumes writing,
cover letters, and follow up letters). SAT prep.
We are ready to help you with
your library research needs! Book 9th – 12th Grade Home School Sessions
a free 60-minute video chat Wednesdays, September 8 – October 27
appointment to learn from a 1:30 p.m.
subject specialist librarian.
FREE Please fill out the form at
prattlibrary.org, and a librarian
eBooks, movies, and will get back to you within two BACK TO SCHOOL
TV Shows with the business days to confirm a date
and time. Same day
NIGHT 2021
click of a button. Wednesday, September 15
appointments are
Sign up at not available. 6:00 p.m. | Virtual
prattlibrary.org/ecard Curious about resources to support your
young learner as we go back to school?
Get the scoop about the Pratt Library’s free
resources to ensure student learning success.
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AUTHOR EVENTS Some events require registration, visit calendar.prattlibrary.org to register. ASL interpretation will be available
to attendees. Copies of most books are available for purchase from the Ivy Bookshop. Parking information is
available at prattlibrary.org
Due to the evolving health restrictions, library programs may be WRITERS LIVE!
moved to a virtual platform. Please check prattlibrary.org before RICHARD ANTOINE WHITE
attending a library program. I’m Possible
Thursday, October 7, 7:00 p.m.
Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium
WRITERS LIVE!
Presented in partnership with Greedy
GEORGE TAKEI Reads.
Wednesday
September 29, 6:30 p.m. POETRY & CONVERSATION
WICKED WOMAN PRIZE WINNER
Central Library LORI JAKIELA & JUDGE NANCY
Central Hall NAOMI CARLSON
George Takei is known around Thursday, October 14, 6:30 p.m.
the world for his founding role Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium
as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the & Virtual
Starship Enterprise, in the acclaimed
television series Star Trek. He will be in
conversation about his life and work. BROWN LECTURE SERIES
MARITA GOLDEN
The Strong Black Woman: How
WRITERS LIVE! a Myth Endangers the Physical
HENRY WINKLER and Mental Health of Black
Tuesday Women
October 12, 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 19, 7:00 p.m.
Virtual
Central Library Presented in partnership with the Reginald F. Lewis Museum.
Central Hall
WRITERS LIVE!
Henry Winkler has enjoyed over four
DROR POLEG
decades of success in Hollywood and
continues to be in demand as an actor, Rethinking Real Estate
producer, and director. He will be in Wednesday, October 20, 7:00 p.m.
conversation about his life and work. Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium
Presented in partnership with
Neighborhood Impact Investment Fund.
WRITERS LIVE!
KAT CHOW WRITERS LIVE!
JAMES HAN MATTSON, SARA
Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir LAUTMAN, AND EMILY DANFORTH
Tuesday, September 7, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, October 21, 7:00 p.m.
Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium
Virtual
WRITERS LIVE!
IVAN LESHINSKY WRITERS LIVE!
ARNOLD LEHMAN
Teaming Up
LEHMAN ARNOLD LEHMAN
ARNOLD LEHMAN Death and bomb threats over an art exhibition!
N O I TA S N E S SENSATION
A bold and progressive A major battle with the mayor of New York City
SENSATION
museum director for over and the New York Times! Looking back, Arnold
Sensation: The Madonna, The
40 years, Arnold Lehman Lehman, director of the Brooklyn Museum, and
has always advocated for his colleagues were not prepared for what was
freedom of expression, to happen. No one could have anticipated that
diversity, social justice, SENSATION: Young British Artists from the
and accessibility. Under Saatchi Collection would become the biggest art
THE MADONNA,
his guidance as director, story in the history of art history.
Thursday, September 9, 6:30 p.m.
over 500 exhibitions The inside story of the 1999 SENSATION It has taken him two decades to fully absorb
were presented at the exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, and clearly reflect on what happened at the
Mayor, The Media, and the First
THE MAYOR,THE MEDIA,
Brooklyn Museum and, earlier, at the Baltimore detailing the museum’s bitter battle with Brooklyn Museum in 1999–2000.
Museum of Art. He served in major cultural The intense controversy swept the exhibition,
leadership roles nationally and in New York City the mayor and city of New York as well as the museum, and Chris Ofili’s The Holy Virgin
throughout his distinguished career. the New York Times, plus death threats Mary painting to international attention for
Lehman (M.A., Johns Hopkins University; M.Phil.
and Ph.D., Yale University; DHL (Hon.) Pratt Institute)
and bomb scares, over the constitutional
AND THE FIRST six months. While 175,000 people saw the
exhibition and millions read and heard about
Light St. Branch
was a Ford Foundation Fellow and currently serves right to freedom of expression. it daily, they never knew of the threats and
AMENDMENT
on numerous not-for-profit boards focused on challenges that kept the museum staff awake at
Amendment
culture, education, and social justice. He chaired Looking back at one of the most important contemporary night. Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who never saw the
the board of Legg Mason Funds, where he served exhibitions ever, Lehman’s book is filled with the excitement painting, focused his rage at The Holy Virgin
THE MADONNA, THE MAYOR, THE MEDIA,
as a director for 40 years; and is presently a trustee and anxiety of the moment. I know, I was there. Mary; rescinded the museum’s municipal funding
of funds in the Franklin Templeton complex. Since CHUCK CLOSE to force it to close the exhibition; and attempted
2015, he is Senior Advisor at Phillips. ARTIST to evict it from its hundred-year-old landmark.
AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT
The city’s most conservative media and ultra-
Whether works of art inspire, move, challenge, or offend us, religious groups inflamed the conflict.
freedom of artistic expression is always worth defending. SENSATION, selected from controversial
Arnold Lehman’s SENSATION reminds us that the collector Charles Saatchi’s contemporary British
Brooklyn Museum’s fight was for a principle at art collection, was first shown at London’s Royal
the core of our democracy. Academy in 1997, to an outcry over the portrait
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG of child murderer Myra Hindley. Its opening
Wednesday, October 27, 7:00 p.m.
FOUNDER OF BLOOMBERG LP AND BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES, at the Brooklyn Museum in 1999 drew tabloid
AND MAYOR OF NEW YORK, 2002–2013 headlines such as “B’klyn gallery of horror—
Gruesome museum show,” and “Butchered
Arnold Lehman opens the door beyond hushed museum galleries animals, a dung-smeared Mary and giant
to witness a political maelstrom—a must-read. genitalia.” The New York Times joined in the
MAXWELL ANDERSON fray with often false and inaccurate front-page
DIRECTOR, WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, 1998–2003
investigative reporting.
In a story as gripping as a fictional thriller,
Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium
ISBN 978-1-8589-4696-2 £25.00 UK with a bold move the museum sued the mayor
Printed in China $35.00 US
and the city for a permanent injunction, the
ISBN 978-1-8589-4696-2
restoration of city money, and substantial funds
for its exceptional new entrance.
& Virtual
Writers LIVE! programs are supported in part by a bequest from The Miss Howard Hubbard Adult Programming Fund and the William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund,
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creator of the Baker Artist Portfolios, www.BakerArtist.org. The Brown Lecture Series is supported by the Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Foundation.
Q&A WITH ROXANE GAY
What impact have public libraries had on your life?
Public libraries were where I nurtured my love of reading, My mom
took my brothers and I to the library each week and I marveled that
we were allowed to borrow as many books as we wanted, for free
and when we returned those books, we could borrow even more. I
read voraciously and well beyond my age-level and every book was
a new adventure. There is a direct line between public libraries and
who I am today.
HAPPY 100TH
BIRTHDAY TO THE
You recently launched your own publishing imprint to amplify
underrepresented voices. Could you talk about why representation
BROOKLYN AND
is so important?
Representation matters for many reasons. We all want to see
GOVANS BRANCHES!
some aspect of our reality in the culture we consume. We aren’t
looking for mirrors, we’re just looking to be seen and known and
understood in some way. When we have representation we also get
to see what might be possible for ourselves. It truly opens the world
GOVANS
up and everyone deserves that.
Saturday, September 18, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Govans
What advice would you give a young person with ambitions to be Enjoy a musical concert, door prizes, and treats to go!
a writer?
If you want to be a writer, write. I do not mean that simplistically. BROOKLYN
But a lot of newer writers focus on the end result instead of Saturday, September 25, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. | Brooklyn
how they will get there. While it is important to understand the Featuring 1920s music, frisbee golf, and memorabilia from the last
publishing process and the challenges you may encounter, none of 100 years. A story time and craft with the book Millions of Cats
that will matter if you haven’t written something good, something published that same year!
interesting, something necessary. So first, write, as often and
consistently as is possible within the constraints of your life. Take VISIT PRATTLIBRARY.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION
yourself seriously as a writer. Respect yourself as a writer. And
respect what you write instead of diminishing it.
BROWN LECTURE SERIES BOOKLOVERS’
ROXANE GAY BREAKFAST
Wednesday, October 6, 7:00 p.m. | Central Library, Central Hall FEATURING
Presented in partnership with CityLit Project. IMBOLO MBUE
Roxane Gay is an author and cultural critic whose writing is
unmatched and widely revered. Her work garners international SAVE THE DATE:
acclaim for its reflective, no-holds-barred exploration of Saturday, February 5, 2022
feminism and social criticism. She will be in conversation about Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace
her life and work. Hotel (202 E Pratt St.)
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YOUR PRATT JOURNEY
JEN’S JOURNEY
My library journey started with my
grandfather.
W hen we were kids, he would take us to the North
Point Branch of the Baltimore County Public Library
every week. I remember the smell of the library on Saturday
mornings, the long, yellow-spined row of Nancy Drew books I worked
my way through as a nine-year-old, as well as Encyclopedia Brown, Ramona Quimby, and,
as I edged toward my preteen years, S.E. Hinton, Lois Duncan, and J. R. R. Tolkien. My family
was working class, lucky enough to have a week’s vacation at Ocean City every year, but as
a child I never got to travel outside of Eastern Baltimore County much, except in books — to
Hong Kong and Japan with Nancy Drew, to Middle Earth with Tolkien, to Terabithia with
C.S. Lewis and Katherine Paterson.
But my journey didn’t only include books — I remember checking out REM’s Reckoning and
Fables of the Reconstruction as well as Ella Fitzgerald LPs as a teenager, music I’d never hear
on the radio in the tiny Eastern Shore town to which my family moved. It also provided
MENCKEN DAY
Saturday, September 11
necessary resources for a difficult time in my life. When I graduated college and moved to
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Baltimore City, the first thing I did was get a library card from the Central Branch of the
Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium
Enoch Pratt Library. It was the early nineties, I hadn’t come out yet, and I remember picking
up The Price of Salt, The Second Sex, and an LGBT handbook at a library sale. They were my Honoring the Memory, Career, and
first “queer” books, my first exploration of identify in a time before the Internet, and in the Bequest of Henry Louis Mencken.
years to follow, Enoch Pratt became my go-to place to digest important works of lesbian 10:30 a.m. Mencken Society Annual
and gay authors. It was also the place at which I embarked on my journey as a professional Meeting
writer, when I attended my first CityLit Festival in 2006.
2:00 p.m. The 2021 Mencken
“...in the years to follow, Enoch Pratt became Memorial Lecture
my go-to place to digest important works of
The 2021 Mencken
Memorial Lecture
lesbian and gay authors.” will be presented by
Michael Downs. A
Of course, the pinnacle of my library journey is when I discovered a copy of one of my own former newspaper
novels, The Tide King, at the Central Branch. From young reader to writer to author, the reporter, Michael
library has played an integral part in my journey every step of the way. Downs is the author of
three books, including most
recently the novel, The Strange and True
Jen Michalski is the author of three novels, The Summer She Was Under Water, The Tide Tale of Horace Wells, Surgeon Dentist.
King (both Black Lawrence Press), and You’ll Be Fine (NineStar Press), a couplet of novellas He directs the graduate program
entitled Could You Be With Her Now (Dzanc Books), and three collections of fiction. Her work in professional writing at Towson
has appeared in more than 100 publications, including Poets & Writers, The Washington Post, University, where he teaches courses
and Literary Hub, and she’s been nominated for the Pushcart Prize six times. She lives in in creative writing, publishing, and
Carlsbad, California, with her partner and dog. freelance writing.
We want to hear your Pratt journey! Email us your Pratt story at
journey@prattlibrary.org and it may get published in Compass.
WRITERS LIVE!
JEN MICHALSKI & JAMES MAGRUDER
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Tuesday, October 26, 7:00 p.m. have been very impressed
Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium with how they’ve shifted to still
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Jen Michalski and James Magruder will be in conversation about their during the pandemic.”
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JOIN EPYC!
Information Sessions:
—————– ADULTS ——–——— Hispanic Heritage Month:
Saturdays, September 18 & 25, 11:00 a.m.
Sidewalk Chalk Murals
Cuban Literature in the Age of Black Central Library, Teen Center
Tuesday, September 28, 3:30 p.m.
Insurrection: Manzano, Plácido, and The Enoch Pratt Youth Council (EPYC),
Roland Park
Afro-Latino Religion formerly known as Community Youth
In honor of Mexican muralist Diego Rivera,
Wednesday, October 13, 7:00 p.m. | Virtual Corps (CYC), is a revamped program
we will create a sidewalk chalk mural. This
Matthew Pettway is joined in conversation designed to give Baltimore City teens
outdoor program is limited to 10 participants
with panel members from the Instituto the opportunity to earn service learning
and pre-registration is required. To register,
Interdisplinario y Muticultural from the hours that are needed to graduate,
call 410-396-6099 x35503.
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto Rio as well as help gain the skills and
Piedras on his most recent book, Cuban Altar-Making with the
experience necessary to build resumes,
Literature in the Age of Black Insurrection: Creative Alliance’s Artesanas
life skills, and expand their educational
Manzano, Plácido, and Afro-Latino Religion. Thursday, October 14, 5:30 p.m. | Virtual
experience beyond just volunteering.
Joining this discussion is Mayra Santos- Celebrate life and new beginnings with
By participating in this program,
Febres, María Elba Torres Muñoz, and Félix Creative Alliance’s Artesanas! Learn about
teens ages 13 – 18 will also play a role
Joaquín Rivera Rodríguez.This conversation the traditions of Día de los Muertos and altar
in assisting the brainstorming and
will be in Spanish. making during this virtual event.
creation of library programs of all types
An Afternoon of Poetry with Gil Arzola Cultural Traditions Storytime: that are introduced and executed
Saturday, October 23, 2:00 p.m. Día de los Muertos throughout the system.
Southeast Anchor Library Saturday, October 16, 11:00 a.m. | Virtual
Teens 13 – 18 years old and their parents
Baltimore author Rafael Alvarez will emcee. Join the Enoch Pratt Free Library and
are invited to attend either information
Artesanas from the Creative Alliance for a
session about the NEW Enoch Pratt
–—– CHILDREN & FAMILIES –—– special edition of storytime! We’ll read a
Youth Council (EPYC) that will be
Take & Make: book exploring the cultural traditions and
launching this October! You will have
Monarch Migration Suncatcher celebration of Día de los Muertos (Day of the
two opportunities to join us, September
September 1 – 30 | Central Library Dead) and learn about creating an ofrenda
18 and 25 both at 11:00 a.m. at the
Available on a first-come, first-served basis, (altar) at home.
Central Library, Teen Center. For those
while supplies last. Please call 410-396-5402 Take & Make: DIY Maracas who are unable to attend in person
to confirm availability. October 18 – 30 | Reisterstown Rd. there will be an option to view virtually.
Take & Make: Las Luminarias Wood markers or acrylic paint are
Register at prattlibrary.org
September 15 – October 15 | Northwood recommended. Call 410-396-0948 to request
All supplies included, available on a first- your maracas, available on a first-come, first-
come, first-served basis, while supplies last. served basis while supplies last.
Nazca Lines Community Altar-Making Workshop with
Saturday, September 18, 3:30 p.m. the Creative Alliance’s Artesanas
Washington Village Tuesday, October 26 3:00 p.m. “Love this library! So
Create your own version of the Peruvian Patterson Park many wonderful books,
Nazca lines. This indoor program is limited Learn the traditions of Día de los Muertos both fiction and nonfiction
and altar making. Bring a portrait of a loved
to 15 participants and pre-registration is surrounded in a majestic
one to honor, and place it on our community
required. To register, call the Washington building.”
Village branch at 410-396-1099. altar. This indoor program has limited spaces
and pre-registration is required. To register, — Andrea S.
call 410-396-0983.
13ONE BOOK BALTIMORE
ONE
THIS YEAR’S SELECTION FOR ONE BOOK BALTIMORE BOOK
BALTIMORE
IS BECOMING BEATRIZ BY TAMI CHARLES.
young people to
see themselves in
the books they read,
CHECK OUT
especially if this BECOMING BEATRIZ
is something they
aren’t used to. Finding
FROM YOUR LOCAL
yourself and your BRANCH TODAY!
community in the
pages of a book can
be very empowering,” says author Tami
RELATED EVENTS
Charles, “It’s wonderful to share this space
with these fabulous authors.” One Book Baltimore 2021 Kickoff Event!
Thursday, October 7, 10:00 a.m. | Virtual
Students across the city will take part in
Tami Charles will be in conversation with
a wide range of OBB activities including
WBAL-11 anchor Mindy Basara.
visits with the author, student-led
discussions with community organizers, One Book Baltimore:
and workshops with local artists — all Community Dream Boards!
with the aim of amplifying youth voices Beginning October 7 | All Pratt Locations
and engaging them in thinking about Starting in October, create a
their dreams. Emmanuel Faulkner, who representation of your dreams to add to
has been managing the project at BCPS, the dream boards that will be on display
at all Pratt library locations.
T
has seen a positive impact, “Our students
his fall, every 7th and 8th grader in enjoy the unique opportunity to interact
Baltimore City Public Schools will and question authors about their writing
receive an extra gift with their back-to- process, character development, profession,
school materials — a copy of Becoming and current events. The spark of inspiration
Beatriz, a book chosen specially for them that is clearly visible during and after our
as part of One Book Baltimore. Now in its author visits inspires our teachers to build
fourth year, the city-wide initiative aimed at upon it.” Tami Charles will visit in October
uniting kids around “one book” and creating and December and One Book Baltimore
opportunities for conversation, connection will culminate with a showcase of student
and self-expression, will welcome author projects later in the winter. With its focus
Tami Charles to Baltimore. on the power of the arts, Becoming Beatriz
Featuring a young Afro-Latina main is sure to inspire some beautiful work!
character who faces the repercussions of “We are proud to partner with the Enoch
gun violence in her family and community, Pratt Free Library to bring One Book
Becoming Beatriz picks up on similar Baltimore into its fourth year, as we have
themes to past One Book Baltimore seen how literature is a powerful tool
selections, including Dear Martin by that can uplift community and foster
Nic Stone, Long Way Down by Jason meaningful dialogue on topics that matter
Reynolds, and We Speak for Ourselves by to Baltimore’s youth,” says John Brothers,
D. Watkins. Each year the OBB committee, President of the T. Rowe Price Foundation
which includes student readers, selects
a book that touches on topics relevant
which founded the initiative with the Pratt
and City Schools.
Inspiring our
to Baltimore youth. “It’s important for finest minds.
One Book Baltimore is a collaboration between the T. Rowe Price Foundation, Enoch Pratt Free Library,
Baltimore City Public Schools, and other community partners.
We’re proud to partner with Enoch Pratt
Free Library and Baltimore City Public
Schools on One Book Baltimore to
connect communities and inspire youth.
troweprice.com/responsibility
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