Staff Recommendations: Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
September 22, 2022
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The Library is celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month through Oct. 15. You can celebrate, too, with these recommendations.
Free Shuttle Rides to The New Orleans Book Festival
Mark your calendars! Saturday, March 12, 2022 is Family Day at the Fest, part of The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University. Family Day is free and open to all children in our community, along with their families. Family Day will be full of fun activities, a Scholastic book giveaway, and some of your favorite children’s book authors.
The New Orleans Public Library is excited to provide free round-trip shuttles to Family Day from three of our Library locations. Pick-up times from the libraries are 9:30am and 11am. Shuttles will depart from Tulane at 1pm and 3pm.
Algiers Regional Library
3014 Holiday Drive
East New Orleans Regional Library
5641 Read Boulevard
Norman Mayer Library
3001 Gentilly Boulevard
Celebrate Banned Books Week with the Library
September 19, 2022
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Every September, we observe Banned Books Week to celebrate our freedom to read and spotlight current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools.
Nix Library is Open
September 16, 2022
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After more than a year of renovations, Nix Library is back open to the public. The construction included the addition of an accessible bathroom, a wheelchair lift, and automatic doors, bringing the 92-year-old building up to ADA standards.