Tayari Jones, An American Marriage
TONIGHT, 6:30pm
Central Library African American Department
An American Marriage was just named Oprah’s Book Club’s 2018 Selection. Now come see author Tayari Jones at the Pratt Library tonight!
Category: Events and programs
See Paul Butler Tonight at the Brown Lecture Series
Brown Lecture Series presents Paul Butler, Chokehold: Policing Black Men
Wednesday, December 13, 6:30pm
Central Library African American Department
In his new book, former federal prosecutor Paul Butler powerfully demonstrates why current efforts to reform law enforcement will not create lasting change. A law professor at Georgetown University, Butler provides legal commentary for CNN, MSNBC, and NPR. He is the author of Let’s Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice, winner of the Harry Chapin Media Award.
The Brown Lecture Series is supported by a generous grant from the Eddie C. and Sylvia Brown Foundation.
Celebrate the Sounds of the Season with the Pratt Library
All December long, we’re celebrating the sounds of the season across our Pratt Library branches. Come in to hear some holiday music.. and maybe even meet a special guest…
Holiday Celebration featuring Friends School choir
Thursday, December 14, 6pm
Holiday Open House
Thursday, December 14, 6pm
New World Outreach Jazz Orchestra: Holiday Concert
Tuesday, December 12, 6pm
‘Tis the Season, Baltimore Children’s Choir
Thursday, December 21, 4:30pm
Celebrate Kwanzaa at the Pratt Library
Join Charles Dugger as he presents the principles of Kwanzaa at 15 Pratt locations throughout December. 
Kwanzaa begins December 26th and lasts until January 1st. The celebrated is center on seven guiding principles known as the Nguzo Saba:
- unity (in Swahili, umoja)
- self-determination (kujichagulia),
- collective work and responsibility (ujima),
- purpose (nia)
- creativity (kuumba)
- faith (imani)
- collective economics (ujamaa)
Register Now for Booklovers’ Breakfast
Booklovers’ Breakfast 2018 Featuring April Ryan
Saturday, February 3, 2018
8:30am-Noon
Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel
700 Aliceanna St
Admission: $50 Per Person; Table of 10: $450
Join us for this year’s Booklovers’ Breakfast, featuring April Ryan. Since 1997, April Ryan has served as a White House correspondent and is the Washington bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks. She is the author of The Presidency in Black and White: My Up-Close View of Three Presidents and Race in America and At Mama’s Knee. In 2017, she joined CNN as a political analyst, and in May 2017 the National Association of Black Journalists named Ryan “Journalist of the Year”. 
Advanced registration is required. Registration begins today, December 4 and ends January 30, 2018. For more information, call 410-396-5494