East Side Freedom Library is hosting “a program explaining the history of “Watch Night,” a tradition that began on the last night of December, 1862, when many African Americans gathered in homes and ...

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The works of George Orwell, Toni Morrison and Margaret Atwood have found a new home inside two Ohio prisons. The Ohio Women’s Reformatory and Southeastern Correctional Institution are bringing in ...

First things first: thanks to all of you who signed the White House petition. It worked, and well before the deadline. On another matter, one of the online communities where I lurk and occasionally ...

Sometimes credit isn’t given where credit is due. So it was a fine idea for Peter Rachleff’s former students, colleagues and friends to organize a symposium June 8-9 in honor of the former Macalester ...

OCALA - Two years ago, chess enthusiast Ron Ratner called officials at the brand-new Freedom Library to ask if the facility's community activities included a chess club. The answer was "no," but the ...

With plans underway to expand the Freedom Public Library, a support group is hard at work to supplement the funding. There are seven Friends groups that support the Marion County Public Library System ...

Despite a number of high-profile legal victories for freedom to read advocates in recent months, book bans continue to surge—and this week, a host of anti-censorship and library groups are blasting a ...

The fundraiser is taking place at the restaurant, located at 195 S. Fourth Avenue, Tuesday, January 6, from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 ...