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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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More Cheap Tricks: cheap stuff to do this weekend
baltimoresun.comI'm sure there will be plenty of people taking advantage of Dollar or Less Days in Downtown Baltimore, where plenty of big-ticket museums and attractions like the National Aquarium will let you through their turnstiles for $1 on Saturday and Sunday.If... -
Arts calendar
fine art Museums American Visionary Art Museum 800 Key Highway. 410-244-1900. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays. Permanent exhibits: Rotating selections from museum archives. Baltimore Museum of Art Art Museum Drive at North Charles and 31st streets....Tags: Culture, Christmas, Television Industry, Hippodrome Theatre, Photography
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City ballot questions seek approval of borrowing
Casting a ballot for the next president may be what draws a record number of Marylanders to the polls tomorrow, but Baltimore voters will also decide on borrowing $125 million for projects that officials call an investment in the city's future....Tags: Sheila Dixon, National Government, Fires, Walters Art Museum, Lyric Opera of Baltimore
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Put it this way: She's certainly no Annabel Lee
Baltimore, city of little pretense and lousy baseball, had occasion to look down its nose at Philadelphia just a day after the Phillies won the World Series. The reason: Elvira. The buxom Mistress of the Dark will help celebrate Halloween at Philly's...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Baltimore Museum of Art, The Wire (tv program), Major League Baseball, Tourism and Leisure
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Herbert W. 'Buddy' Ey Jr.
Herbert William "Buddy" Ey Jr., a member of the Maryland Boxing Hall of Fame who chronicled the history of professional boxing in the state from 1930 to 1940, died of heart failure Oct. 19 at St. Joseph Medical Center. The Essex resident was 81. Mr. Ey,...Tags: Lightweight Boxing, Newspaper and Magazine, Periodicals, Clubs and Associations, Death and Dying
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Enrollment through the years
baltimoresun.comIn preparing to announce the city schools' enrollment increase, the system's Division of Research, Evaluation, Assessment and Accountability dug up this fascinating document from the Enoch Pratt Free Library showing enrollment in each of Maryland's 24... -
Fright nights
Leanna Foglia believes in ghosts. She says she feels their presence often. That's why she's perfect for this gig.
On a recent drizzly night in Fells Point, Foglia, 35, wearing a campy black outfit and black eyeliner that she describes as a "pirate-y...Tags: Epidemics and Plagues, Mount Vernon, Instrument Engineering, Baby Products, Medicine
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Joseph Glus
Joseph Glus, a World War II Navy veteran who later became the first Russian language teacher in Baltimore County public schools, died Wednesday of cancer at Keswick Multi-Care Center. The longtime Charles Village resident was 84. Mr. Glus, the son of...Tags: University of Texas, Armed Forces, Colleges and Universities, Charles Village, Death and Dying
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Free Fall Baltimore schedule
ART & MUSEUMS
BABE RUTH BIRTHPLACE AND MUSEUM Enjoy free admission every Friday during October. Hours: 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. at 216 Emory Place.
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD MUSEUM Explore the museum's historicsteam engine collection. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 21 at...Tags: National Government, Culture, History, Television Industry, Museum of Modern Art
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Show honors Shaw, supports BSA ballet
Chic ruled at the Baltimore School for the Arts last week. You would expect nothing less of an event honoring Baltimore's High Priestess of All Things Fashionable. I'm talking, of course, of Ruth Shaw. The Cross Keys store she opened more than 30 years...Tags: Society, Dance, Marathon, Ceremonies, Dancing
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Pratt gets $500,000 donation to install Wi-Fi
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation announced a $500,000 donation to the Enoch Pratt Free Library yesterday to provide free wireless Internet access at the Central Library and five other branches across Baltimore.
The foundation is providing the...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Banking, Bank of America Corp.
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Baltimore City resources
Baltimore City Government http://www.baltimorecity.gov/ Mayor Sheila Dixon http://www.baltimorecity.gov/mayor/ Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake http://www.baltimorecitycouncil.com/ Baltimore City Government Resources Baltimore City 311...Tags: Heads of State, Sheila Dixon, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Coppin State University, Morgan State University
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