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Barrett Swanson at the Central Library on 2/7/15

In a little over a week, on Saturday, February 7, the Milwaukee Public Library is very pleased to be hosting author Barrett Swanson for a reading in the Richard E. and Lucile Krug Rare Books Room.

See How Small by Scott Blackwood

The 1991 murder of several teenage girls that inspired this novel, have haunted Blackwood for 23 years. It struck a deep chord in anyone who lived in Austin, Texas, then—one that reverberates even now.

Skeins of Milwaukee Meets This Saturday @ Central

Well Hello There, Asteroid 2004 BL86!

Asteroid 2004 BL86 is due to pass by the earth today. Are we DOOMED? (No, we are not.)

Read to Achieve @The East Branch Library

Sign up for the Bucks Library Reading Challenge at the East Branch Library!

Support The Library With Amazon Smile

Now you can donate to the Milwaukee Public Library Foundation by shopping on Amazon Smile. If you select the Milwaukee Public Library Foundation Inc. as your charity, a portion of the proceeds will be donated by Amazon to your local library, care of the foundation.

Martin Luther King Day

Today we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.