Here are stories about the Orange County Library System from the news media.
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Hit the Books in Style with These 5 Downtown Study Spots
UCF.edu
While UCF Downtown will feature several new study and collaboration spaces, there’s also many spots in downtown Orlando that can get you test-ready. We’re sharing the top five study spots in downtown Orlando for you and your classmates to enjoy before and after campus opens, number 2 being the library.
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100 Things You Must Do in Orlando
Orlando Weekly
Orlando Weekly created a list of 100 Things You Must Do in Orlando. Check out numbers 4, 44 and 78.
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Catch up with the Pauses at Orlando Public Library this weekend
Orlando Weekly
The band will be playing this weekend at the Orlando Public Library's Melrose Center. This place is an incredible resource for local creatives, with access to recording and photo studios all available for free use with a library card.
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Historical Marker Has Been Placed Honoring Lynching Victim July Perry
Orange County Government Florida
The marker was placed in partnership with the Truth and Justice Project of Orange County, Bridge the Gap Coalition, the City of Orlando, Orange County Government, Orange County Public Library System, and the Orange County Regional History Center.
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Great Reads: Orange County Public Library’s July Book Selections
Bungalower
The heat is on, Orlando! Orange County Library System has selected some reads to complement your summer activities: reads for the beach, upping your grill game, and learning the science of the climate surrounding you.
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Books for Kids: LGBT+ Pride Month
Playground Magazine
This selection of children’s books will help you to celebrate Pride Month with your kids. Visit your local library and check them out today.
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Orange County commemorates Julius ‘July’ Perry with historic marker
Orlando Weekly
Bryan Stevenson will speak on Friday, June 21, following the 10:30 a.m. unveiling of a historical marker remembering Julius “July” Perry and the victims of the Ocoee Massacre at the Orange County Regional History Center and the Orlando Public Library.
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Teams worked together to beat the clock by discovering codes using clues in the room and from the Netflix show to unlock the final box.
Orange Observer
Janette Ramos at the Winter Garden branch of the Orange County Library System converted an office in the library into an escape room just for library-goers. In small groups, participants entered the room and had under 30 minutes to "break out" by solving clues based on the Netflix series, "Stranger Things."
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Children enjoyed story time, a singalong and making crafts at the Horizon West Library Pop-Up event on Friday, June 21.
Orange Observer
It was a morning of story time and crafts on Friday, June 21, as children enjoyed a Library Pop-up event at the Waterleigh Community Clubhouse.
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Great Reads: Orange County Public Library’s June Book Selections
Bungalower
June marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. In honor of that momentous event, our book selections this month include books by and about the LGBTQ community.
