Ballard Library (5614 22nd Ave NW) will be hosting the 293rd meeting of the “It’s About Time Writers’ Reading Series” this Thursday, March 13, from 6 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. […]
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Teen art on display at the Ballard Library
Young local artists have their work on display at the Ballard Library this month. Teenagers come together once a month for Teen Space, a creative place to meet up. The […]
Stormwater: Life in the Gutter, a one-man performance
Get a gutter’s eye view of Seattle at a free performance this Saturday. Photo courtesy Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Stokley Towles will showcase his nearly one-hour, one-man […]
Free tickets available for Sherman Alexie reading
Updated: Tickets for this event are now gone. Earlier: Best-selling Seattle author Sherman Alexie will be at the Ballard Library next month – but you need tickets to attend. From […]
Guerrilla art performance turns heads at library
Everyone knows to keep quiet in the library — signs on the Ballard Library doors even ask visitors to turn off their cell phone ringers. So quite a few folks […]
Ballard library launching Manga Club
The Ballard Library is launching a Manga Club for middle school-aged students and older and they want help planning it. Manga is a Japanese style of comics and cartoons and […]
Free tax help at the library starts Thursday
Although tax day is still months away, you can get help with your returns now. The Seattle Public Library, United Way of King County and the American Association of Retired […]
Download free music through the library
Here’s a great way to beef up your music collection for free — and it’s legal! The Seattle Public Library announced that it now offers free MP3 music file downloads […]
Library closes next Monday for one week
This is the last week to get things done at the library before budget cuts force the entire library system to shut down until after Labor Day. The Ballard Library […]
Library introduces mobile app
The next time you head to the Ballard library, you can now use a free mobile app to reserve books. The Seattle Public Library app features the system’s catalog and other online […]
Vandalism forces ‘controlled access’ to library bathroom
After dealing with an ongoing problem of vandalism at Ballard Library, the decision has been made to lock the door of the men’s bathroom. We spoke with Pamela, one of […]
Magnolia author presents ‘The Map as Art’
Most of us see maps as getting us from here to there, but a Magnolia author is pointing readers in a new direction by using imaginative versions of maps created by various artists.
Last Thursday, Jan. 21, the Secret Garden Bookshop in Ballard teamed up with the Ballard Library to feature Magnolia author Katharine Harmon. She presented a slide show of her new book, “The Map As Art.”
“The Map As Art” is a compilation of artwork by artists who use maps as the basis of their vision. For example, one artist painted a picture of all the continents as if they were viewed from space at night. Cities in the United States and parts of Europe were dimly lit and the rest of planet was left in the dark. The artist titled it “The Axis of Evil–Mostly in the Dark.”
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