Construction on the NEW Eastern Avenue Branch Library kicks off Friday at 10:30 at our Tree Planting Ceremony, 6000 Eastern Ave – join us!! #

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Is your group or organization looking for a presentation? We may be able to accommodate! If you’d like us to come and speak at your function about library services, we’d be happy to oblige! We’re frequently out in the community, explaining and demonstrating library services because we want people to know how cool and cutting-edge [...]

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Bix Porch Party TODAY (7/23) at the Main Library. Join us at 11:30 a.m. for LIVE jazz, popcorn and lemonade, and great fun. See you there! #
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The Imani Dancers perform LIVE tonight (7/20) @ [...]

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More than 400 people of all ages enjoyed the 22nd Annual Bix Porch Party – a record-breaking number on such a beautiful summer’s day! Don Estes and the Prairie Ramblers really knew how to excite the crowd, with their toe-tapping jazz renditions of favorites like “When the Saints Go Marching In” and “Sweet Georgia Brown.”
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A crowd of nearly 100 people packed the Film Room at the Main Library to watch the Imani! Dancers. With LIVE African drumming from Jerry Wilkerson, Cortez Rogan, and Demetrius Clements; and dance choreography from Imani! founder, Dorian Byrd; this show was exciting from beginning to end.
The far left picture shows the “Banka” or fan [...]

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Join the Main Library on Thursday, July 23 from 11:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. for the 22nd Annual Bix Porch Party!  Tap your toes and dance to the music as Don Estes and the Prairie Ramblers help us celebrate the music of local jazz sensation Bix Beiderbecke.  Bring your lawn chairs or blankets and enjoy a porch party [...]

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If you liked the original, you'll LOVE Grease 2, showing today (7/17) @ 2 p.m. @ Fairmount. Free popcorn & lemonade – everyone invited! #
Get down with BPP (Bix Porch Party) one week from today! July 23, 11:30-1:00 at the Main Library – free popcorn LIVE jazz kick off the Bix! #
Indy Film 2night (7/15) [...]

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The Davenport Public Library will be “Branching Out” on Friday, July 31 with an appropriate kickoff to construction of the Eastern Avenue Branch Library.
The shovels turning the dirt will serve more than a ceremonial purpose. The shovels will be used to plant a tree on the site to recognize the commitment to create an environmentally [...]

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