Secret Passage is your podcast portal to stories and storytelling from around the world. Episodes feature reader’s theatre performances that are sure to delight listeners, including children of all ages and their families. In this episode, we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with oral storytelling from Colombia, Mexico, and Cuba.
Jenny learns about the new DC Office for the Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing (ODBH) from activists Brianne Berger and Robb Dooling in honor of the International Week of the Deaf, taking place September 20-26, 2021.
Joanna & Amanda discuss NVK by Temple Drake.
Labs Library Associate Olubunmi Bakare speaks with Adult Education Specialist Toni White-Richardson about growing up in Washington, DC and her life's mission.
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Lisa and Laura talk about how the People's Archive preserves and amplifies local stories. In this episode, they explore the Washingtoniana periodicals collections and celebrate Washington City Paper’s 40th birthday with a look back at DC in the 1980s.
As part of a month-long celebration of the ADA, Jenny chats with co-creator of the Oscar-nominated Documentary "Crip Camp," Jim LeBrecht, along with activist and author Judy Heumann.
Joanna & Amanda discuss George Orwell's Animal Farm, discuss Putin's attempts to reunify the Soviet Union, the influence Russian Lit can have in ones life.
Click here for more information about the 2021 OutWrite Festival . Click here to read the poems Marlena shared in their original format
In this very special episode of NINTH & G, Ryan Williams speaks with DC Public Library Teen Coordinator Joanna Harris and Mellanie Lassiter of PEPCO about the second annual KNOW YOUR POWER civic engagement arts contest for Teens with Siobhan O’Brien, a 2020 Know Your Power winner.
More on Archive This Moment D.C. Archive This Moment D.C. in Dig DC The Memory Lab The Blackivists WITNESS Nadine Seiler Oral History , part of the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence Oral History DC Oral History Collaborative projects...
Jenny speaks with Center for Accessibility Manager Julia Wolhandler about her experience as a member of the disability community, some of her favorite bits of disability media, and how the Center for Accessibility makes the library an even more welcoming place.
Click here for more information about the Tour de DCPL, the library's city-wide bike tour of Washington, DC .
Joanna and Amanda discuss “The Binding” by Bridget Collins, make cultural allegories, and historical-pop culture references
This is a throwback episode that originally aired in January 2018 on https://dcpl.simplecast.com/episodes/6e15903d-931f5fb8.
See Justice Shorter's recommended reads at JusticeShorter.com .
Find more resources about digital preservation and personal archiving in DCPL's Memory Lab Libguide .
Guests: Jamie Sandel & Luke Stewart of CapitalBop, Aaron Myers & Herb Scott of the Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation, and Chris Naoum of Listen Local First. Discover related musical performances at bigmarker.com/dc-public-library
In this episode, we discuss the motion picture award season with Gil Robertson, president and founder of the African American Film Critics Association. An entertainment journalist and author, Gil gives his take on this year's top films, actors and writers, and the honors being awarded by his organization. We also discuss the role libraries play in celebrating filmmakers and film making.
See everything in more detail at these links: Women in the Life, Winter 2002 Washington Free Press, April 26, 1967 City Paper, April 15, 1988 The Washington Blade, April 22, 1994 Archive This Moment D.C. in Dig DC Contribute to Archive This Moment D.C....
Guest co-host Joanna Harris takes on millennial women living boldly with Oprah Magazine Digital Director Arianna Davis, who examines the life, loves and activism of Frida Kahlo in her latest book.
Robert LaRose discusses photography, memory, machine learning, and more with Esfandyar Poozesh, who used the Memory Lab to digitize his collection of 35mm negatives.
Jenny talks about braille literacy, beep baseball, and the importance of mentorship with Daniel Martinez and Richie Flores from METAS (Mentoring Engaging and Teaching All Students), a non-profit working in Mexico to empower and encourage equal access to education for blind and low vision students. You can follow their work on METAS' Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/metasllc/
NINTH & G brings together two extraordinary women with a passion for the printed word and how they've used their passions separately to inspire and create change: Rochelle Riley, Director of Arts & Culture for the City of Detroit, and author of “That They Lived, African Americans Who Changed the World,” in how she is giving closure to those who lost loved ones due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Mocha Ochoa, a former book publicist-turned-publisher and host of the new MLK Library series, “T...
Aja Clark leads a conversation with Darlene Taylor, Tara Campbell, and Ahmad Wright from the INKPEN community of writers.
In this special episode, we recognize the one hundred, twenty-fifth anniversary of the DC Public Library system with newly-elected Board Chair Monte Monash, and DC Public Library Executive Director Richard Reyes-Gavilan. A native Washingtonian, we discuss Monte's personal connection to the library, her vision as the new board chair and role the city, community partners and everyday citizens play in its success.
For more information about the Memory Lab and personal digital archiving, see our Memory Lab Libguide . For information about preserving movie film, check out the Center for Home Movies .
View the "Washington, DC: City of Interest, City of Change" virtual exhibition .
In celebration of Black History Month, we premiere the NINTH&G podcast in conversation with local architect Peter Cook. With a portfolio that includes the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Watha T. Daniels/Shaw Library, and the embassy of South Africa, Peter shares his roots in the District and the field of design, his experience designing in the city, and what lesson his family and mentors carry with him today in his work. Joining us is o...
Music in this episode is adapted from DCPL's American Song database. A complete list of the library's music streaming databases can be found here .
