Posts by Jennifer Craft

Jerilyn is a painter of American history, and teaches drawing at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers and Spring Studio, and collage at The Cooper Union Department of Continuing Education.

More and more library users are expressing their concern over proposed cuts to library services and hours. Here are just a few from the Mulberry Street Library:

"I was laid off over 2 years ago and haven't found a job. The libraries are a lifeline for me. You don't want to take that away!" —JHW

"It is absolutely tragic that when it is time for budget cuts, the first place that the government hits...are the public libraries... not to mention the much needed after-school programs that not only help the kids but single parents who rely on these programs." —RL

Users of the Mulberry Street Library are passionate about the library and its place in their lives. They are strongly opposed to the mayor's proposed cuts in public library funding and add their voices of support:

On June 8th at 6:30 PM, please join us at the Mulberry Street Library as author Elaine Weiss talks about her book Fruits of Victory: The Women's Land Army of America in the Great War.

Fruits of Victory covers the virtually unknown story of the the Women's Land Army. From 1917 to 1920 the Woman’s Land Army (WLA) brought thousands of city workers, society women, artists, business professionals, and college students into rural America to take over the farm work after men were called to wartime service. These women wore military-style uniforms, lived in communal camps, and did what was considered “men's work”—that is, plowing fields, driving tractors, 

Learn about Project Sunlight— the first website of its kind in New York State designed to make government transparent and accountable. The website gives to its users unprecedented access to information that government keeps, information that until now has been scattered and difficult to retrieve. The website allows you to easily research bill information, elected officials, donors, lobbyists, special interests, state contracts and uncover the links between them. Presented by a Representative of the New York State Office of the Attorney General.

The program will be held at the Mulberry Street Library on May 6th at 6:30 PM. The library is located at 10 Jersey St., between 

The next Mulberry Street Branch Library Book Discussion Group will meet on Monday, June 30th, at 6:30 PM. This month's title is Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. For more information on future meeting dates and book titles, click here. The Mulberry Street Branch is located at 10 Jersey Street, between Mulberry and Lafayette.