Nov 20, 2023
D.C.’s Southeast Library Will Close For At Least Two Years For Major Renovation Project
DCPL will preserve some of the library’s historic elements while adding accessible and sustainable features, like a new entrance.
Taylor Jenkins Reid’s The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo and Michelle Zauner’s Crying In H Mart had a banger year in the region.
Dec 05, 2022
D.C.’s Second-Oldest Library Turns 100 This Week
Here’s how to celebrate the Southeast Library, which opened on Dec. 8, 1992.
Starting on Monday, Nov. 12, neighborhood branch locations will be open until 9 p.m. four nights a week.
Dec 30, 2021
Mosaic Theater Is Collecting H Street Residents’ Protest Stories And Turning Them Into Plays
The oral history project will focus on the 1968 riots and 2020 BLM protests. The resulting monologues will be archived in the D.C. Public Library and hit the stage in spring 2023.
Fully opening this September, a series of exhibits walks library visitors through decades of D.C. history and culture.
Aug 17, 2021
A New Photo Collection Adds Nearly 2,000 Images To The D.C. Public Library’s Go-Go Archive
Photographer Chip Py captured images of iconic groups like Rare Essence, Backyard Band, and the Chuck Brown Band.


