FIRST FRIDAYS

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Friday, September 5 Salieu Suso and Malang Jobarteh 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.

In partnership with the Bronx Music Heritage Center, Bartow Pell Mansion Museum is proud to welcome kora players Salieu Suso and Malang Jobarteh. The kora is a 21-string instrument from West Africa.

CITY ISLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY

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PROGRAMS AT THE CITY ISLAND LIBRARY- SEPTEMBER 2014

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Serving The City Island Community & the Public Since 1911

Our hours are: Mondays and Thursdays 11 AM-7 PM

Tuesdays and Wednesdays 11 AM- 6 PM

Fridays and Saturdays 10 AM-5 PM

SEPTEMBER 2014 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS

Toddler Time: We are continuing the same time-slot that hosted Bilingual Birdies all summer with a toddler time. Every Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Special event on Friday September 12th. Please call branch for details.

Autumn Arts & Crafts: Friday September 19th all day.

NEWS UNIVERSITY

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Journalists are confronting challenges and embracing new opportunities like never before.

In their newsrooms, reporters, producers, editors and news directors are creatively navigating a rapidly changing media ecosystem, reaching shifting news audiences in new ways and on platforms that are still evolving. In corporate suites, media executives are experimenting with new business models to support the vital journalism news organizations provide.

MILLION KIDS MARCH

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About a million NYC public school children return to school today after what may have appeared to be a short Summer vacation.

It's a warm welcome to the 2014-15 school year for New York City students and their families as their first day of school and a fantastic school year.

Here is one in a million: Man photographs daughter walking to school every day for 2 1/2 years, compresses them into 2 minute video http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/227495/man-photographs-daughter-walking…

The Moderating Role of Bilingualism

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Since Spanish-language television began its rise, its competitive battle against the well-established English-language networks for a larger share of advertising revenue has been primarily waged over the bilinguals, fastest-growing segment of the Hispanic population.

BULLETIN BOARD

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Event: Vaccines at the Crossroads: Outbreaks on the Rise Across America
When: September 4, 2014, 9:30 – 11:00am
Where: National Press Club Journalism Institute, Washington D.C.

LOOSING FACE

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This is the message you read when attempting to log onto FACEBOOK

DOSE OF NEWS

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In our daily 24/7 news cycle, we are bombarded with news of war, as well as other worldwide conflicts, while at the same time dealing with professional problems and hassles with personal relationships.

Therefore it's easy to lose sight of love, and feel like we can't place our faith in it. But daily life is saturated with moments of cooperation and generosity between friends, with our friends, families and also with strangers.

CUBA SI, CASTRO NO

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In 1959, Fidel Castro rose to power in Cuba. He has been one of the most controversial figures in the world ever since.

History Will Absolve Me" is the concluding sentence and subsequent title of a four-hour speech made by Fidel Castro on 16 October 1953. Castro made the speech in his own defense in court against the charges brought against him after leading an attack on the Moncada Barracks. Though no record of Castro's words was kept, he reconstructed them later for publication in what was to become the manifesto of his 26th of July Movement