DC Public Library

06/13/2026

🌴🎶 Bring your flags, friends, and dancing shoes to MLK Library's rooftop for Carnival in de Capital! Celebrate Caribbean music, culture, and community with live DJs, steel pan music, carnival dancers, and island vibes.

📅 June 14 | ⏰ 1:30–4 PM

06/13/2026

Building Stories Story Time is popping up at DC Public Library branches with educators from the National Building Museum! Families can enjoy read-alouds, interactive activities, and explore how the spaces around us shape our communities. https://bit.ly/4u79nQn

06/12/2026

A DC kid who grew up reading comics became a writer for Miles Morales. 🕷️

Meet David Betancourt, the first Puerto Rican and African American writer to contribute to Miles Morales' story, and hear how his love of comics led him from reader to creator.

✍🏾 https://bit.ly/49MOrpH

06/12/2026

Your Sunday soundtrack is waiting 🎵 Too Much Talent Band takes over Northeast Library's Garden Concert Series with a mix of Hip Hop, R&B, Pop, Soul, Funk, and Jazz. Grab a lawn chair and settle in for an afternoon of live music in the garden.

📍 Sunday, June 14 | 2 PM

06/12/2026

06/12/2026

🌈 This Pride Month, bestselling author and TV producer Rasheed Newson comes to MLK Library to discuss his highly anticipated new novel, There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood.
A dazzling story of fame, desire, power & secrets in q***r Golden Age Los Angeles. https://bit.ly/4egqEQi

06/12/2026

A personal story that reveals a nation’s truth.

Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Eugene Robinson shares Freedom Lost, Freedom Won tracing America’s racial history through his own family’s journey.

📍 MLK Library
🗓️ June 25 | 7PM
🎟️ https://bit.ly/43Hvl0E

06/11/2026

🚨 The hottest ticket of the summer? Your library card. 😎 Museum Days are back! Explore some of D.C.'s most exciting museums with special Library Day experiences just for DCPL cardholders.

🎟️ Sign up for Discover Summer & reserve your Museum Day ASAP https://bit.ly/4k8neRm

06/11/2026

After a busy birthday week, I'm still feeling young and fabulous.

06/11/2026

🎶 Spend a summer morning filled with music, movement, and storytelling at MLK Library!

Enjoy FREE interactive performances from Ants on a Log, Marsha and the Positrons, and discover the art of Indian Classical Dance with Praneetha Akula.

📅 June 25 | 10 AM–1 PM
📍 MLK Library