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On August 21, the continental United States will witness the first solar eclipse since 1979. The last total eclipse in St. Louis was in 144…

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Friends of the St. Louis Public Library provide annual support for the St. Louis Public Library, a living cultural institution that enriches…

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Mango Languages Mango Languages

Mango Languages software teaches practical conversation in over 70 languages, while keeping the vibe fun and encouraging.
Mango Languages software teaches practical conversation in over 70 languages, while keeping the vibe fun and encouraging.
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Lynda.com Lynda.com

Online learning library that helps anyone learn business, software, technology, and creative skills from over 3,000 engaging video courses t…
Online learning library that helps anyone learn business, software, technology, and creative skills from over 3,000 engaging video courses t…
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SLPL offers a large variety of digital content, including downloadables, online resources, courses and tutorials, language classes, exhibi…
SLPL offers a large variety of digital content, including downloadables, online resources, courses and tutorials, language classes, exhibi…
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Get Connected Get Connected

“Get Connected: eBooks, Movies, Music and More!” will be at four locations throughout the month of August. Come by for a “drop-in” training…
“Get Connected: eBooks, Movies, Music and More!” will be at four locations throughout the month of August. Come by for a “drop-in” training…
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SLPL @ Your Fingertip! SLPL @ Your Fingertip!

Download St. Louis Public Library’s new App. Gain easy access to: Your Account Our Catalog Location and Hours Events Library News Reserve a Computer Ask a Librarian Digital Content Social Media Full Website Find the SLPL App in the Apple App or Google Play stores.
Download St. Louis Public Library’s App. Gain easy access to: Your Account, Our Catalog, Location and Hours, Events, Library News...
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Where Imagination Lives: Part 1 Where Imagination Lives: Part 1

Where will your imagination take you? With over 4 million items in our collection, a St. Louis Public Library card opens worlds of possibilities. Let us be a part of your next adventure. Click here to apply for your own SLPL card today.
Where will your imagination take you? With over 4 million items in our collection, a St. Louis Public Library card opens worlds of possibil…
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St. Louis Public Library's online store… St. Louis Public Library's online store is open

St. Louis Public Library's online store is open! The site features several items—a coffee mug, notebook, notecards, stone coasters and more—each of these items are unique and special to the Library. Show your SLPL support, be an ambassador for t…
St. Louis Public Library's online store is open! The site, https://squareup.com/store/SLPL, features several items—a coffee mug, notebook, …
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Where Imagination Lives: Part 3 Where Imagination Lives: Part 3

Where will your imagination take you? With over 4 million items in our collection, a St. Louis Public Library ca…
Where will your imagination take you? With over 4 million items in our collection, a St. Louis Public Library ca…
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World War I: My Fellow Soldiers exhibit World War I: My Fellow Soldiers exhibit

St. Louis Public Library commemorates the centenary of America's official involvement in the First World War, with the new exhibit, “ World…
St. Louis Public Library commemorates the centenary of America's official involvement in the First World War, with the new exhibit, “ World…
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American Entry into World War I American Entry into World War I

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American declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917 and on their allies Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917. The main reason was Germany's su…
American declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917 and on their allies Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917. The main reason was Germany's su…
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World War I Films World War I Films

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To recognize the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entering the "Great War," we wanted to highlight the diverse array of movies inspired by the conflict. Also be sure to check out the World War I exhibit at Central Library from April 3rd to August 19th.
To recognize the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entering the "Great War," we wanted to highlight the diverse array of movies inspi…
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Soldiers of the Great War Soldiers of the Great War

Below is an alphabetized list of St. Louis city and county men who were killed during World War I. Men on the list were in the United State…
Below is an alphabetized list of St. Louis city and county men who were killed during World War I. Men on the list were in the United State…
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U.S., World War II Cadet Nursing Corps C… U.S., World War II Cadet Nursing Corps C…

By SLPL_Genealogy
This record collection in  Ancestry.com contains images of membership cards that provide details on women who joined the Cadet Nurse Corps …
This record collection in  Ancestry.com contains images of membership cards that provide details on women who joined the Cadet Nurse Corps …
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Total Eclipse of the Heart Total Eclipse of the Heart

By SLPL_CenterfortheReader
Have you ever considered what it would be like to travel back in time? I imagine being excited and terrified. In Mark Twain’s A Connecticut…
Have you ever considered what it would be like to travel back in time? I imagine being excited and terrified. In Mark Twain’s A Connecticut…
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Candid and Public: Street Photography Candid and Public: Street Photography

By SLPL_FineArts
Just what is Street Photography? In short, street photography features subjects in public places in candid situations.  The subjects are us…
Just what is Street Photography? In short, street photography features subjects in public places in candid situations.  The subjects are us…
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Hot fiction reads for August 2017 Hot fiction reads for August 2017

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Technically, it's still beach season, but these reads are gonna stay hot until at least the holiday season. These are the books that the pu…
Technically, it's still beach season, but these reads are gonna stay hot until at least the holiday season. These are the books that the pu…
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Fast, healthy food: The joy of spiralizi… Fast, healthy food: The joy of spiralizi…

By SLPL_Culinary
I freaking love my spiralizer! A spiralizer is an easy-to-use plastic tool that turns a myriad of fruit and vegetables into “noodles” or cu…
I freaking love my spiralizer! A spiralizer is an easy-to-use plastic tool that turns a myriad of fruit and vegetables into “noodles” or cu…
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Meet Libby from OverDrive Meet Libby from OverDrive

Meet Libby, the new app from OverDrive for reading ebooks and listening to audiobooks. Borrowing and downloading from the Library's collecti…
Meet Libby, the new app from OverDrive for reading ebooks and listening to audiobooks. Borrowing and downloading from the Library's collecti…
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The other great albums of 1997 The other great albums of 1997

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Often appearing on many lists for best album, Radiohead's "OK Computer" has become one of the most influential of the last twenty…
Often appearing on many lists for best album, Radiohead's "OK Computer" has become one of the most influential of the last twenty…
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Penguin Books, and the Importance of Acc… Penguin Books, and the Importance of Acc…

By SLPL_CenterfortheReader
Over seventy years ago, a man named Allen Lane, who often took the train from Exeter train station, had found the reading material to be li…
Over seventy years ago, a man named Allen Lane, who often took the train from Exeter train station, had found the reading material to be li…
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Get Off Your Horse and Drink Your Milk Get Off Your Horse and Drink Your Milk

By SLPL_CenterfortheReader
In the age of never-ending technology, it can be a relief to step back into a time of steam engines, horses, duels, saloons, and the wide o…
In the age of never-ending technology, it can be a relief to step back into a time of steam engines, horses, duels, saloons, and the wide o…
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Books to read after seeing Books to read after seeing

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The 2017 summer blockbuster movie [released on June 2], "Wonder Woman," is the talk of the water cooler here at SLPL. Like WW, t…
The 2017 summer blockbuster movie [released on June 2], "Wonder Woman," is the talk of the water cooler here at SLPL. Like WW, t…
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Best Albums So Far This Year Best Albums So Far This Year

By SLPL_Studio
Since we are more than halfway through the year it's time to highlight some of the albums released you may have missed, and are worth check…
Since we are more than halfway through the year it's time to highlight some of the albums released you may have missed, and are worth check…
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Podcasting in Creative Experience Podcasting in Creative Experience

By SLPL_CreativeExperience
Creative Experience has everything you need to podcast including a Recording Room and four "Pods" with  hardware and software for recording…
Creative Experience has everything you need to podcast including a Recording Room and four "Pods" with  hardware and software for recording…
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Undead Ahead! Undead Ahead!

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Zombies! Watch out for the undead - avoid losing your braaains by reading these books about the not-so-dead.
Zombies! Watch out for the undead - avoid losing your braaains by reading these books about the not-so-dead.

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NSQ! Rearview Mirror - A tribute to PEAR… NSQ! Rearview Mirror - A tribute to PEAR…

Aug 17th | 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Central Library
In 2016, in their first year of eligibility, Pearl Jam were nominated for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. To honor the Roc…
In 2016, in their first year of eligibility, Pearl Jam were nominated for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. To honor the Roc…
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Interned for the Duration: Censorship d… Interned for the Duration: Censorship d…

Aug 17th | 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Central Library
St. Louis Public Library provided a myriad of viewpoints on World War I before the U.S. government declared war on Germany. Within a year o…
St. Louis Public Library provided a myriad of viewpoints on World War I before the U.S. government declared war on Germany. Within a year o…
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Exhibit: Ferguson Voices: Disrupting the… Exhibit: Ferguson Voices: Disrupting the…

Aug 1st | 8:00am - Aug 31st | 8:00am
Schlafly
The people of Ferguson have a story to tell - and one that the majority of those in the United States have not heard or fully understood. …
The people of Ferguson have a story to tell - and one that the majority of those in the United States have not heard or fully understood. …
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Play Date Theater: Theatre of the Imagin… Play Date Theater: Theatre of the Imagin…

Aug 19th | 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Central Library
Let your imagination run wild with Stories Alive! Written and performed by Theatre of the Imagination Director Miles McMahon, this energeti…
Let your imagination run wild with Stories Alive! Written and performed by Theatre of the Imagination Director Miles McMahon, this energeti…
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Campfire Academy Campfire Academy

Aug 19th | 9:30am - 5:30pm
Central Library
Join us for a free, all-day workshop facilitated by the producers of the popular storytelling series, Campfire, which is hosting its 4th Se…
Join us for a free, all-day workshop facilitated by the producers of the popular storytelling series, Campfire, which is hosting its 4th Se…
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Display: Stamp Collection Display: Stamp Collection

Aug 1st | 12:00pm - Aug 31st | 7:00pm
Machacek
Stop by during branch hours in the month of August and view the extensive stamp collection of James "Jim" Pulford.
Stop by during branch hours in the month of August and view the extensive stamp collection of James "Jim" Pulford.
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New Seed Exchange program at Kingshighwa… New Seed Exchange program at Kingshighwa…

St. Louis Public Library's Kingshighway Library now offers the community a Seed Exchange program in a nook of the Library where you can fin…
St. Louis Public Library's Kingshighway Library now offers the community a Seed Exchange program in a nook of the Library where you can fin…
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SLPL offers expanded access to the St. L… SLPL offers expanded access to the St. L…

SLPL patrons can now access all issues of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1874 to the present. The Library is partnering with ProQuest to …
SLPL patrons can now access all issues of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1874 to the present. The Library is partnering with ProQuest to …
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Scribblers for Veterans Scribblers for Veterans

Scribblers for Veterans, a group for veterans and family members of veterans who are writing or wish to write, meets the third Tuesday even…
Scribblers for Veterans, a group for veterans and family members of veterans who are writing or wish to write, meets the third Tuesday even…
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SLPL offers laptops for in-Library use SLPL offers laptops for in-Library use

Need a laptop to use while at your St. Louis Public Library Branch? You’re in luck! SLPL now offers Chromebook laptops...
Need a laptop to use while at your St. Louis Public Library Branch? You’re in luck! SLPL now offers Chromebook laptops...
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