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Teen Arts and Music Festival Announces New Deadline to Submit Art: June 25th

Teens are encouraged to submit electronic and traditional artwork for the upcoming Teen Arts and Music Festival 2008, hosted by the Harrison Center for the Arts on July 4th and co-sponsored by the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library.

Stretch Your Mind, Stretch Your Dollar @ the Library!

With many Americans curtailing summer vacation plans and looking for ways to economize, the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library is providing an array of stimulating activities to occupy the mind and save on the pocketbook.

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Bringing Paper to Life: An Exhibit by Residents of Local Senior Centers at Central Library

June 27, 2008

Throughout July, an exhibit of life-size, three-dimensional African animals constructed from paper-mache will be on display at Central Library, 40 E. St. Clair Street.

The works were created by residents of four central Indiana senior healthcare centers as part of a community art project coordinated by Renata Hickey, Activity Director at NorthWest Manor Health Care Center.

Digital Collection of World War I Posters Available on IMCPL Website

May 23, 2008

Images of over 200 posters encouraging public support of World War One can be seen on the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library's website. The posters promote a range of patriotic activity, such as enlistment in the armed forces, conservation, industrial mobilization and subscription to Liberty Loans.

The images can be accessed from the "Digital Library" link in the left column on IMCPL's website, or directly at http://digitallibrary.imcpl.org/wwi.php.

Library Announces Settlement

May 21, 2008

The Indianapolis Marion County Public Library, Patriot Engineering and Environmental, Inc., and The ROSK Group, Inc. are pleased to announce that they have reached a settlement of their respective claims in the litigation that the Library and Patriot Engineering have been pursuing related to the parking garage that is a part of the recent Central Library expansion. All of the parties have expressed relief that this portion of the litigation is concluded, and they welcome the opportunity for the community of Indianapolis to enjoy the new library addition that was opened in December, 2007. The settlement does not resolve all of the pending claims of the Library in the litigation. The Library intends to continue to vigorously pursue recovery in the litigation of damages incurred as a result of the acts and omissions of the remaining defendants.

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Reading in Indianapolis

Reading in Indianapolis is the Library's monthly newsletter that highlights IMCPL's services, programs and administrative activities. You will also find literary reviews of materials in the Library's collection along with the Library's monthly calendar of free cultural and educational events. The following files are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

July 2008 Reading In Indianapolis

June 2008 Reading in Indianapolis

May 2008 Reading in Indianapolis

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