3125 Mt. Pleasant St NW
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;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library:geo:38.93 05275,-77.0372412 GEO:38.9305275;-77.0372412 DESCRIPTION:Celebrate America 250 by looking back at 1976! Explore books a bout and from the bicentennial era..\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/ 16039956 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The US Bicentennial of 1976 came and went
with a bare minimum of celebration. The country was in no such mood. It wa
s a post-Vietnam\, post-Civil Rights\, post-Watergate\, post-Great Society
world with the great urban centers in a state of undeniable decay and inf
lation eroding the confidence of the middle class. One failure after anoth
er just waiting for the new President Jimmy Carter to provide the proper w
ord\, &ldquo\;malaise&rdquo\;. \;American culture\, however\, had neve
r been as vibrant as in the mid 1970&rsquo\;s. The fear\, \;pessimism&
nbsp\;and squalor of the 70&rsquo\;s provided fertile ground for new direc
tions in American film\, music\, \;literature \;and popular cultur
e. \; \;
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The \;Bicentennial Urban Hellscape
Book Club will meet bimonthly at the Raven Grill (3125 Mt. Pleasant St NW)
. \; \;Limited copies of the monthly selection will available for
check out at the Mt Pleasant Library Circulation Desk. Email \;thomas.
gross@dc.gov \;for more information.
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Monday\, April
27 &ndash\; Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep \;by Philip K. Dick&nb
sp\;
Monday\, June \;22 \;&ndash\; Speedboat by Renate Adler&
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Monday\, August 24 \;&ndash\; Choose on your own JD &ndash
\; White Album\, Play It \;As \;It Lays by Joan Didion
Monday
\, October 26 \;&ndash\; Pryor Convictions by Richard Pryor \;