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We invite all Lifelong Learners, Community Supporters, and Bookworms to join us for food, refreshments, conversation, a silent auction, and special guests, including legendary Miami author Dave Barry. The event will be held at the newly remodeled Coral Gables Branch Public Library at 3443 Segovia Street in Coral Gables on Saturday, November 16th, 2024, from 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM as we join to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Friends of the Miami-Dade Public Library. This is a 21+ event as alcohol will be served.
The Friends of the Miami-Dade Public Library is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization established in 1974 by a number of historically significant South Floridians including Frank Brogan, Mae Knight Clark, Helen Dorsett, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Margaret Ewell, Douglas Fairbairn, Pamela Johnson, Helen Muir, William Muir, and Ralph Renick. The Friends has successfully advocated for library funding and against budget cuts and can take credit for saving many library branches from closure.
Our mission is to create public interest in the Miami-Dade Public Library and its branches, to promote increased knowledge and understanding of its services and needs, and to foster public support for the Library’s necessary development so that it may adequately address the needs of the diverse communities it serves.
Did you know that the library offers free access to:
⟡ One-on-one tutoring assistance ⟡ Employment assistance ⟡ ⟡ Literacy programs ⟡ Arts and crafts activities ⟡ Seed shares ⟡ ⟡ Digital archives ⟡ Storytime and singalongs ⟡ Community computers ⟡ ⟡ Board games and video games ⟡ Meeting rooms ⟡ ⟡ Yoga, meditation, Zumba, & movement classes ⟡ ⟡ An App with E-books, audiobooks, Kindle, and magazines ⟡ ⟡ Passes for four to 18 local museums via the MuseumPass program ⟡ ⟡ Specialized software programs for various research needs ⟡ ⟡ Conversation circles and language classes ⟡ Various newspapers ⟡ ⟡ 80+ Storytime Express kits & Toy kits on loan ⟡ ⟡ Resources for individuals with a visual, physical, hearing or speech disability to access library materials, equipment and services ⟡