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		<title>Concert and Picnic with Pat Loomis and the White Chocolate</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please join us for a concert and a picnic in Library Park on Tuesday July 20 at 6:30pm.
Listen to Pat Loomis and his band White Chocolate and bring some food to share.
Smooth jazz saxophonist, Pat Loomis is one of the regions best!
His renditions of well known popular music along with his own original material make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music Performance by Sara Wheeler</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Sara and Tommy of Baby Wiggle / Little Grove will be doing a fun outdoor interactive children&#8217;s performance at the library Monday July 19th at 11am.
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		<title>City&#8217;s FY11 Budget Passes, Buying Time to Keep Branches Open, Reducing Layoffs &amp; Introducing New BPL Governance Rules; Big Win for Library Advocates</title>
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		<comments>http://www.friendsofsouthendlibrary.org/2010/07/citys-fy11-budget-passes-buying-time-to-keep-branches-open-reducing-layoffs-big-win-for-library-advocates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marleen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Save our Libraries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The People of Boston Branches reports tonight that the Boston City Council today passed the mayor&#8217;s budget for FY11, with library closings solidly postponed for nine months, reduced staff layoffs from the more than 100 envisioned earlier, and revised rules for governance of the BPL by an expanded board of trustees that will include five [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City and State Reps Keep Pushing to Avoid Library Layoffs, Closings As Budget Vote Looms; BPL Only Considers Temporary Reprieve; Trustee Arana-Ortiz Declines to Seek Public Funds</title>
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		<comments>http://www.friendsofsouthendlibrary.org/2010/06/city-and-state-reps-keep-pushing-to-avoid-library-layoffs-closings-as-budget-vote-looms-bpl-only-considers-temporary-reprieve-trustee-arana-ortiz-declines-to-seek-public-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marleen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Save our Libraries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Boston city councillors, state representatives and library advocates engaged in what at times seemed to be hand-to-hand combat with BPL trustees and president Amy Ryan to avoid library closings and staff layoffs. A Brighton resident at the Monday hearing told the BPL, &#8220;Thanks you for your time, but we&#8217;re at war. It&#8217;s the little people against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Author Sue Miller Will Read at the South End Library on Thursday, September 30</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author Sue Miller, whose recent novel,  &#8221;The Lake Shore Limited&#8221; was published to rave reviews, has agreed to read from her work at the South End Library on Thursday, September 30. Miller described the book as a &#8220;love song&#8221; to the South End, where she has been a resident for many years. Numerous scenes finely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boston City Council to Meet to Review Revised Menino Budget, Wednesday, June 23rd, 9:30 AM</title>
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		<comments>http://www.friendsofsouthendlibrary.org/2010/06/boston-city-council-to-meet-to-review-revised-menino-budget-wednesday-june-23rd-930-am/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marleen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Save our Libraries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Boston City Council will review a revised budget sent by the Menino administration to reflect changes in a number of FY11 budget items, including library funding. The meeting will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, June 23rd, at 9:30 AM in the Piemonte Room.
City councillors had made it clear there was no chance they would approve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BPL Trustees to Meet Monday, June 21, 3:00 PM, to Discuss Keeping Four Libraries Open If Operating Funds Can Be Found</title>
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		<comments>http://www.friendsofsouthendlibrary.org/2010/06/bpl-trustees-to-meet-monday-june-21-300-pm-to-discuss-keeping-four-libraries-open-if-operating-funds-can-be-found/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marleen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Save our Libraries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Responding to pressure by Boston city councillors, hounded by their constituents upset about proposed closings of four libraries, the Boston Public Library&#8217;s trustees have agreed to another public meeting to discuss keeping these branches open if the money for it can be found. It will be held Monday, June 21, at 3:00 PM, in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boston Baby Bash! books, bounces and ben!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Library Event]]></category>

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Local author Kim Foley MacKinnon  recently published her new book, &#8220;Boston Baby: A Field Guide for Urban Parents&#8221; through the South End&#8217;s Union Park Press.  The event is a day to celebrate the publication as well as recognize Community Music Center of Boston&#8217;s early childhood program &#8220;little notes&#8221; which is referenced in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City Council&#8217;s Budget Chair Charles Yancey Refuses to Support Library Closings, Saying Bostonians &#8220;Love&#8221; Their Libraries, &#8220;Budgets Reflect Our Values&#8221;</title>
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		<comments>http://www.friendsofsouthendlibrary.org/2010/06/city-councils-budget-chair-charles-yancey-refuses-to-support-library-closings-saying-bostonians-love-their-libraries-budgets-reflect-our-values/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marleen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Save our Libraries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The long-awaited June 3rd library budget hearing before the City Council&#8217;s Ways and Means Committee saw an overflow audience of library supporters who pleaded with, and occasionally begged, city councillors to stand firm against BPL&#8217;s proposed library closings and layoffs. Testimony continued late into the thunder-stormy Thursday night while a few late-night guards stood at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Fiery Speech at City Hall Rally, SE Rep. Byron Rushing Denounces Library Closings, Calls the Move &#8220;a Test&#8221; for More Closings</title>
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		<comments>http://www.friendsofsouthendlibrary.org/2010/06/in-fiery-speech-at-city-hall-rally-se-rep-byron-rushing-denounces-library-closings-calls-the-move-a-test-for-more-closings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marleen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Save our Libraries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At  Thursday&#8217;s City Hall Plaza rally preceding the library budget hearing before the City Council, several members of the Boston State Delegation loudly protested the proposed closings of four neighborhood libraries and the layoffs of dozens of library employees. They included South End Rep. Byron Rushing, who was joined by Reps. Linda Dorcena Forry and [...]]]></description>
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