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June 20, 2018

Guest blog post by Vija

June is Rebuild Your Life Month. This Austinite Did That at the Library.

June 1, 2018

June 1, 2018

What's your favorite musical? Mine is Singin' in the Rain. You have your Gene Kelly and your Donald O'Connor, of course...

Learn Your History

May 30, 2018

New Virtual Library resources to help you explore United States history and civic engagement.

King Midas, Revisited

May 17, 2018

In the early 1980s the Austin Public Library puppetry troupe consisted of Robbie Lueth and Ellen Scott.

John Henry Faulk

May 3, 2018

I’m embarrassed to admit that I worked in the Faulk Central Library for 18 years and never read the book written by the...

PICA 38234 View of Wooldridge Park and Capitol 1920s

The Spirit of the Times: Past is Progress

April 25, 2018

By Steve Schwolert

sepia tone book cover of a hearse on a plain under lowering storm clouds

The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist

April 2, 2018

Attention true crime fans! Here’s a real page-turner for you. It’s the saga of a couple of doctors who presented...

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