Here are stories about the Orange County Library System from the news media.
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Orlando Public Library’s Booktoberfest back on, beer still happening
Orlando Weekly
Orlando Public Library’s “Booktoberfest” has been rescheduled for Friday, Oct. 21, after being postponed due to Hurricane Matthew.
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P.L.A.N.E.T. opening celebration at Washington Park Branch Library
Orlando Advocate
The Washington Park Branch Library will be hosting a grand opening celebration for the P.L.A.N.E.T. multimedia center for kids, tweens and teens.
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Submissions being accepted for Third Annual Melrose Awards
Bungalower
The Orange County Library System is now accepting submissions for the third annual Melrose Awards. The awards recognize projects made using resources available in the Dorothy Lumley Melrose Center at the Orlando Public Library.
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Paint Strong Orlando is the touching Pulse tribute worth seeing at the Orlando Public Library
Orlando Weekly
The “Paint Strong Orlando” collection is currently at the Orlando Public Library downtown, and about 200 of the pieces will stay on the first and third floors of the library through October.
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Global Initiative Aims to Highlight the Importance of Librariesaint Strong
The Epoch Times
More than 250 libraries and organizations from around the world are participating this week in an initiative to bring attention to the importance of libraries.
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Paint Strong Orlando showcases art made in the wake of the Pulse shooting at Orlando Public Library
Orlando Weekly
In the days after the massacre at the gay nightclub Pulse, local art shop Sam Flax announced it would donate supplies to artists to create works of art responding to the tragedy.
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Paint Strong Orlando comes to library
Orlando Sentinel
An art project born in response to the Pulse nightclub shootings has been turned into an “amazing” show.
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Orlando Public Library to Host Opening Reception for Paint Strong Orlando Art Show
The Orlando Times
The Orlando Public library will host an opening reception for Paint Strong Orlando, an art show organized by local art-supply store Sam Flax.
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Ghost Society meet-up at Orlando Public Library – On Any Given Sunday
Orlando Sentinel
The Beyond Invesitgators host a meet-up at the Orlando Public Library.
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Orlando Public Library celebrates its 50th birthday this weekend with a tribute to concrete
Orlando Weekly
The Orlando Public Library celebrates its 50th anniversary this weekend with a talk from architectural historian Christine Madrid French.