Category: Events and programs

Jump into the Joy of Imagination Celebration

Posted on by Ashley Barnes

Hooray! We’re so excited about Imagination Celebration returning to Enoch Pratt Free Library this April. Join us throughout the month for kid-friendly arts and crafts, events, and more.

Our inspiration this year is the book The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson. With bright, beautiful illustrations and lyrical text it’s sure to be a great selection for story time. The book is about how our unique stories helps us to find understanding and common ground.

We’re starting off the fun with the Imagination Celebration Kick-Off Party! Join us Saturday, April 6 at 10am to 3pm at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore.

Stop by for crafts, movement, and games with our community partners, early learning activities for children ages birth to five, free face painting, and souvenir photos to take home.

Hope to see you there!

For a full list of Imagination Celebration events visit here.

Sponsored by Transamerica

Image

Grow with Google

Posted on by Meghan McCorkell

Looking to expand your digital literacy? Google is coming to the Pratt’s Southeast Anchor Library on Wednesday, February 27th for FREE workshops.

Learn how to:

  • Get Found on Google Search and Maps
  • Reach Customers Online with Google
  • Get Started with Email, Spreadsheets, and Presentations

Google will also offer one-on-one coaching on a number of subject including:

  • Google AdWords
  • Google Analytics
  • Google My Business
  • GSuite (Google Docs, Spreadsheets, Presentations and Forms)
  • Gmail and Google Calendar

Just drop by the reservation desk to book a time slot.

Space is limited for these free workshops. Register here.

Introducing Entrepreneur Academy

Posted on by Meghan McCorkell

The Enoch Pratt Free Library and Baltimore County Public Library are pleased to offer Entrepreneur Academy. The innovative initiative is designed to serve the Baltimore region by providing access to training for small business entrepreneurs and solopreneurs.

This 9-week workshop will have two cohorts running from March 18 – May 4. One will be taught at the Pratt Library Edmondson Ave. Branch. The other will take place at BCPL’s Woodlawn Branch.

Participants are asked to attend all nine weeks of the workshop. Space is limited. Register here.

Entrepreneur Academy Kickoff!
Woodlawn Branch of the Baltimore County Public Library
March 9, 9:30a –11:30a

Learn:

  • Marketing Research and Business Strategies
  • Financing Options
  • Financial Recordkeeping and Taxes
  • Developing Your Business Plan

Take advantage of:

  • Legal, Financial, Insurance, and Accounting Advisors
  • Networking Opportunities
  • Extensive Library and Business Resources

Classes include:

  • Market Research and Business Strategies: Part I and II
  • Ask the Experts Panel
  • Business Finances, Taxes & Recordkeeping
  • Marketing Your Business
  • Developing Your Business Plan
  • Side Hustle Showdown

Entrepreneur Academy is a partnership between the Enoch Pratt Free Library and Baltimore County Public Library. It’s made possible in part by the Urban Libraries Council.

Reserve your spot at this year’s Booklovers’ Breakfast

Posted on by Meghan McCorkell

The annual event will feature James Forman, Jr., author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America

The Booklovers’ Breakfast kicks of Black History Month at the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Tickets for the popular event go on sale TODAY!

Saturday, February 2, 2019

8:30am – Noon

Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel

700 Aliceanna St.

Former public defender James Forman Jr. is a leading critic in mass incarceration and its disproportionate impact on people of color. Since 2011, Forman has taught constitutional law and a course called “Race, Class, and Punishment” at Yale Law School.  A graduate of Brown University and Yale Law School, he worked as a law clerk for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

Advanced registration is required. Deadline for registration is January 29. All seats are reserved in order of receipt of registration and payment. 

Looking to the Stars for One Book Baltimore

Posted on by Tracy Dimond

by Alex Lawson, Young Adult Librarian

At the beginning of November John Maple, an educator from Baltimore’s Space Telescope Science Institute, came to the Roland Park Branch to host a Star Party. Mr. Maple talked to an audience of children, teenagers, and adults about STScI’s work with the Hubble Telescope. He used LEDs and special glasses to show everybody how scientists use light and color to explore the universe.
Then, after eating dinner, we all went up to the library’s terrace to look at the sky with a telescope. It was a cloudy night, but everybody was excited to see the top of Roland Park Elementary/Middle School’s bell tower through the telescope.
This program was one of many programs at Enoch Pratt ran as part of the One Book Baltimore initiative. Programs related to restoring peace, anti-violence and the One Book initiative is scheduled at various Pratt locations across the city. The grand finale will be a conversation with author Nic Stone, December 12, 2018, 6 p.m. at the Northwood Branch.