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Meet Tamyka Miles, our new Assistant Director
Tamyka Miles, the new NOPL Assistant Director, loves libraries, good food, and helping patrons find the answers to obscure questions.
December 7, 2022
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Marina Orchestra: Crescent City Sounds Spotlight
Marina Orchestra’s Night Life is among first class of albums featured on Crescent City Sounds, a locally-focused streaming platform.
November 30, 2022
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Partner Spotlight: Sista Midwife Productions
Sista Midwife Productions, is on a mission to improve pregnancy and birth experiences, and to eliminate perinatal disparities.
October 13, 2022
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Read Like DJ Soul Sister With Her Curated Book Bundles
People are always asking DJ Soul Sister for book and film recommendations. Now, thanks to her new collaboration with the Library, anyone can read and watch like her!
April 12, 2022
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Library Exhibit Celebrates New Orleans’ Black Ironworkers
An exhibit at East New Orleans Regional Library sheds light on the often untold story of the free and enslaved Black blacksmiths who built much of the French Quarter’s iconic iron work and how one group of artisans is fighting to keep the tradition alive today.
February 2, 2022
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MyNew Orleans Photo Project: Main Library Hosts Prospect 5 Exhibit
The New Orleans Public Library’s Main location is hosting the MyNew Orleans Photo Project Retrospective, a Prospect 5 satellite exhibit.
January 6, 2022
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UNO Students, Library Team up to Tell Overlooked Histories of New Orleans Women
The New Orleans Public Library teamed up with UNO students to tell the often overlooked story of some of New Orleans’ most influential women.
December 14, 2021
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Mid-City Library: ‘A Beautiful Balm’ for the Neighborhood
In 1963, iconic New Orleans architects Curtis & Davis built the headquarters for the Automotive Life Insurance Company at 4140 Canal Street. Fifty-three years later, a new tenant moved in: the New Orleans Public Library.
November 30, 2021
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‘I think it’s Rad:’ Library Club Inspires Girls to Code
For the past few weeks, 7th graders Gracie Hodes and Sophia Vernier–Molinario have spent every Monday afternoon building their coding and creativity skills at the New Orleans Public Library’s Girls Who Code Club.
November 18, 2021
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Robert E. Smith Library: A Community Spotlight
Robert E. Smith Library opened on Canal Boulevard on April 8, 1956, bearing the name of the man who donated the land for the building.
October 29, 2021
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