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Charcuterie Too! Set to Close

​It's an unlikely (but brilliant) place for a breakfast and lunch spot. Charcuterie Too!, located on the second floor of the Broward County Library's Main Downtown Branch, looks like any industrial cafeteria line at any government building.But diners who waited in line at this plain-Jane establish ... More >>

Sex Offender Caught Printing Out Pictures of Naked Men at Library Gets Eight Years in Prison

Florida Department of Law EnforcementFrank Lawrence​Convicted sex offender and kiddie porn collector Frank Lawrence was sentenced to eight years in prison today, stemming from charges that came about when a Palm Beach County librarian caught him checking out some naked dudes on the net and printin ... More >>

Broward Libraries May Open on Sundays

Soon, an alternative to church?​Right now, branches in the Broward County Library System don't open on Sunday -- the day when you're most likely to have nothing to do and want a book to read. But that might change under a set of recommendations being issued by County Administrator Bertha Henry on ... More >>

Guess The City?

​Friday, the Miami Herald published a glowing editorial about a city in Broward County. The reason? Despite a general downward plunge in Florida's population growth, this lucky municipality grew by a whopping 67% in the last decade!Here are some quotes. Take a gander, and see if you can figure out ... More >>

Loitering in the Library

​Friday, the Miami Herald published a glowing editorial about a city in Broward County. The reason? Despite a general downward plunge in Florida's population growth, this lucky municipality grew by a whopping 67% in the last decade!Here are some quotes. Take a gander, and see if you can figure out ... More >>

As Layoffs Loom, Broward Librarians Turn on One Another

Flickr: circulatingLayoffs make it hard to hold your tongue, even for otherwise mousy librarians.​Broward County Library staff is bracing for a round of layoffs next month, and in the meantime anxiety and suspicion is spreading through the ranks. Who among them deserves to be spared? And who deser ... More >>

Little India

Flickr: circulatingLayoffs make it hard to hold your tongue, even for otherwise mousy librarians.​Broward County Library staff is bracing for a round of layoffs next month, and in the meantime anxiety and suspicion is spreading through the ranks. Who among them deserves to be spared? And who deser ... More >>

They came, they drank, they spelled.

Flickr: circulatingLayoffs make it hard to hold your tongue, even for otherwise mousy librarians.​Broward County Library staff is bracing for a round of layoffs next month, and in the meantime anxiety and suspicion is spreading through the ranks. Who among them deserves to be spared? And who deser ... More >>

Noche de Poesia

Library offers language lovers a setting.

Mayor Naugle Interviewed By Hero, Bill O'Reilly

Library offers language lovers a setting.

Rock ´n’ Roll: Check it Out!

Library offers language lovers a setting.

Word Sound and Power

Malachi Smith

Video Debuts On the Radio

Malachi Smith

Foley's Priest Misidentified

Malachi Smith

Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

Malachi Smith

Big Pimpin' FLA

"I provide the clothing, the food, the jewelry. All they've got to do is provide the money."

Best Place to Meet Intelligent Women

Florida Center for the Book

Best Item to Keep in Your Wallet

Broward County Library Card

It's baaaack

Friday night's all right for flicks

Ban This!

Checking out books can get you checked out

Best Used-Book Store

All Books and Records

African Odyssey

Fort Lauderdale's African-American Research Library opens to the public

A Defanged Doppelgänger

SoFla's sci-fi fans once had a place to call home. Now they're nomadic, dwindling in numbers, and graying.

Undercurrents

Library chief Sam Morrison is caught in a sticky lie over onanism in the stacks

Undercurrents

Slammin' Sammy keeps hitting, but his Broward County foundation whiffs

Heart of Stonewall

The Stonewall Library and Archives

Cheers for a Black Planet

Black History Month

Best Place To Beat The Heat

Broward County Main Library

Patriotic Potty-Mouth Poetry

"Walt Whitman: An American Icon"

Swimsuit Issues

"Walt Whitman: An American Icon"

Sound Check

"Walt Whitman: An American Icon"

Reading Them the Riot Act

Edward Reininger is a self-styled gadfly of Broward's main library, a man born to defy the edict "Please be quiet"