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PAST NEWS ARCHIVE: 2004

12/30/2004 Thanks Austin for helping turn trash into Library book cash!

12/21/2004 Ruiz Branch continues Traditional Mexican Christmas Festival, now in it's 17th year, Tuesday, December 21.

12/20/2004 Faulk Central Library and the Austin History Center close December 16, 2004 through January 1, 2005.

11/24/2004 Library locations collect for Blue Santa.

11/24/2004 Join us for a Holiday Celebration@APL.

11/24/2004 Annual Lighting of the Peace Tree at University Hills Branch, December 7.

11/18/2004 Oakwood Cemetery (Austin,Texas) Database Provides Remote Access to the World.

11/15/2004 What if Austin wrote its own stories? That's the premise behind a new anthology, Writing Austin's Lives: A Community Portrait. [link to News8Austin, includes video]

11/15/2004 Writer and illustrator Lynne Cherry visits Carver Branch on December 7.

11/09/2004 Don't forget to celebrate Children's Book Week, November 15-23.

11/8/2004 North Village and Pleasant Hill branches plan for major overhaul.

11/03/2004 Southwest Book Show benefits Library's Summer Reading Program.

11/01/2004 Chinese children's art on exhibit through November 20 at the Yarborough Branch.

10/27/2004 In honor of Veteran's Day, author Cindy Weigand visits the Hampton Branch at Oak Hill to discuss her book, Texas Women in World War II.

10/21/2004 The Computer Learning Center at Little Walnut Creek Branch celebrates its sixth anniversary.

10/20/2004 Austin History Center hosts archives clinic.

10/18/2004 On display at the Austin History Center exhibit titled "Take Action: Preserve Your Treasures".

10/14/2004 Newly expanded and remodeled Carver Branch is now open.

10/14/2004 Austin teens get a chance to vote In two national book campaigns during Teen Read Week October 17-23.

10/12/2004 Green Garden Party, at Howson Branch, 2500 Exposition. View garden progress.

10/07/2004 Wish comes true for local children's author with FREE books for austin youth at Faulk Central Library this Saturday.

10/06/2004 Curtain closes on the Mayor's Book Club/Keep Austin Reading campaign. See All the Pretty Horses at a Movies in the Park event, tonight at 7 p.m. Rain or shine.

10/06/2004 Join the 3rd Annual Austin Chronicle-Fadó Spelling Bee and help raise money for the Library.

10/01/2004 Austin Library Foundation's Texas Tales silent auction now online.

10/01/2004 Austin History Center exhibit Imágenes de Nuestra Cultura/Our Cultural Images on display at the Texas State Capitol.

09/27/2004 Video message from Mayor Wynn about this year's Book Club.

09/22/2004 Austin Library Foundation celebrates "Texas Tales: The Zócalo" October 12^th.

09/21/2004 The Hampton Branch at Oak Hill celebrates Deaf Awareness Week with a Sign Language Stories and Songs program.

09/14/2004 Fall Author Series@APL continues with Graeme Base and Vikki Loving.

09/13/2004 Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at the Library.

09/11/2004 Central Texas Libraries share ideas, host discussions on 9/11 as part of national project.

09/11/2004 It is a Monster (Book Sale), September 11 and 12, 2004.

08/20/2004 The Fourth Annual New York Times Librarian Awards nominations are being accepted.

08/20/2004 Borders Benefit Days for the Friends of the Austin Public Library, August 28 and 29.

08/18/2004 Join us for Talk Time, Austin Public Library's new English conversation program of the New Immigrants Project.

08/18/2004 Call for art submissions for The September Project—Pleasant Hill Branch hosts free art show.

08/14/2004 Steal Danielle Sale—Friends of APL Book Bargain Sale.

08/11/2004 Community discussion groups about the Mayor's Book Club selection, All the Pretty Horses, begin August.

08/11/2004 Best Selling Author Returns to Yarborough Branch, Wednesday, August 11.

07/26/2004 Howson Branch receives Green Garden.

07/21/2004 Recruitment bulletin for Austin's lay representative to the Central Texas Library System.

07/21/2004 Past Poetry Project presents Victorian Poetry, Saturday, July 31.

07/19/2004 Library locations closed on Sunday, August 1, 2004 for computer network migration.

07/13/2004 Austin Public Library wraps-up Teen Summer Reading Program With blow-out festival..

07/13/2004 Daniel E. Ruiz Branch opens New Immigrants Project.

07/06/2004 Tuesday, July 6 is Free Comic Book Day@Austin Public Library.

07/04/2004 Austin Public Library to close on July 4 and 5 in observation of Independence Day.

06/25/2004 Austin Public Library begins Collection Agency Program—customers encouraged to return overdue materials, pay fines and fees.

06/22/2004 Now Available: Writing Austin's Lives: A Community Portrait—A beautiful portrayal of Austin's many lives as seen through the eyes and told in the voices of its people.

06/16/2004 The "Cepeda Music Garden" a Public Art Project to honor east side music legends gets underway.

06/16/2004 Wednesday press conference to unveil plans for Public Art Project.

06/08/2004 Spicewood Springs Branch closes temporarily for site improvement project.

06/07/2004 Austin Public Library, Austin History Center extends popular Exhibit—"Artists Among Us: Poster Art in Austin".

06/04/2004 Meet Austin writer, Jesse Sublett at the Austin History Center on June 24 at 7:00 p.m.

05/25/2004 Join the Summer Reading Program, runs through July 31.

05/17/2004 Elementary School encourages all Austin children to read over the summer with the Keep Austin Reading message.

05/11/2004 Writing Austin’s Lives: A Citywide Community Discovery Project. Copies of the book will be available at all Austin Public Library locations.

04/28/2004 Celebrate Austin Writers @ APL during Texas Writers Month.

04/22/2004 Spring Author Series continues with Simon Ortiz, Saturday, May 1 at Hampton Branch.

04/12/2004 Celebrate National Library Week with the Library and the Austin Fire Department.

04/12/2004 Austin's only bilingual celebration of books, reading, and family learning
Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros.

04/01/2004 The Library wants to know what you think... take our online survey.

03/23/2004 Documentary on local slave narratives receives Texas Library Association award.

03/22/2004 Austin History Center is home to collection of materials relating to writer O. Henry.

03/22/2004 Attend a free writing workshop with Austin writer Spike Gillespie.

02/27/2004 Artists Among Us: Poster Art in Austin exhibit at Austin History Center.

02/27/2004 Poster celebration at the Austin History Center on Friday, April 2.

02/25/2004 Austin Public Library features live music of Latin America.

02/12/2004 Temporary Carver Branch closed March 22.

02/11/2004 Monster Book Sale raises funds for Library.

02/11/2004 Art from the Streets on display at Little Walnut Creek Branch.

02/04/2004 Websearch African-American history with the Wired for Youth Program.

02/04/2004 Library celebrates Black History Month.

02/02/2004 Library opened at 12 Noon on Friday, February 6, 2004.

01/23/2004 Self-Check introduced at Little Walnut Creek Branch.

01/22/2004 TexasTejano.com presented a visual program as part of the Tejano Son of Texas display.

01/20/2004 Spring author series began with Austin writer Jim Lewis.

01/13/2004 On Saturday, January 31 the City and community opened the new Daniel E. Ruiz Branch.

01/01/2004 Glad tidings in 2002-2003 Austin Public Library Foundation recipient of several grants.

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