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Banned Books Week

September 27th, 2020 · No Comments · Banned Book Week, Books, City Library, Main Branch, West Branch

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss It’s that time of year again. It’s Banned Books Week! The time to celebrate banned and challenged books. Most books are challenged or banned to protect others from what a person […]

Remembering the Notorious RBG

September 23rd, 2020 · No Comments · Books, City Library, Main Branch, News, West Branch

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a prominent force for women’s rights long before her appointment to the US Supreme Court in 1993. Ginsburg attended Cornell University, Harvard Law School, and Columbia University, but despite having top grades, she could not find work as a lawyer after graduating and turned to teaching instead. As a professor of […]

Oktoberfest

September 19th, 2020 · No Comments · Books, City Library, Main Branch, West Branch

Oktoberfest, started in 1810 as a celebration of the marriage between Ludwig I, the crown prince of Bavaria, and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, has been cancelled twenty times in over 200 years: In 1813 for the Napoleonic wars, In 1854 for a cholera epidemic, In 1866 for the Austro-Prussian War and 1870 for the Franco-Prussian […]

Read Around the World

September 15th, 2020 · No Comments · City Library, E-Books, Main Branch, West Branch

Climb aboard one of these historical fiction novels set around the world for an adventure from the comfort of your own home.

These books have an eye on you!

September 14th, 2020 · No Comments · Books, City Library, E-Books, Main Branch, West Branch

September’s Thriller selection is here for check out or download.

Happy 100th Birthday American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

September 11th, 2020 · No Comments · Books, City Library, Government Documents, Main Branch, West Branch

The ACLU has been at the forefront civil rights issues since its founding in 1920.

MCL Where am I? Photo Challenge Week 4

September 4th, 2020 · No Comments · City Library, Main Branch, West Branch

It’s the final week of the Manchester City Library Where am I Photo Challenge!

Labor Day

September 4th, 2020 · No Comments · City Library, Main Branch, West Branch

The Manchester City Library will be closed on Monday, September 7th, in observance of the Labor Day holiday. We will reopen on Tuesday at our normal times. We hope you all have a safe and happy holiday.