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  • Lawrence Burney: Youth Workshop

    Building African American Minds (BAAM) Academic Center 31 Jowite Street, Easton, MD, United States

    Lawrence Burney – Youth Workshop. Details to follow

  • The Harlem Renaissance

    Frederick County Public Libraries, Walkersville Branch Library 2 S Glade Road, Walkersville, MD, United States

    Join Vivian Fisher from the State Library Resource Center at Pratt Library for a lively discussion on the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural and social movement in the 1920s and 1930s defined by an outpouring of African American literature, theater, music, and art. Discuss the origins of the historically significant time period and explore some of […]

  • Book Talk with Lawrence Burney

    Building African American Minds (BAAM) Athletic Center 21 Jowite Street, Easton, MD, United States

    On Saturday, 10/3, Lawrence Burney will be discussing “No Sense in Wishing-this year’s One Maryland One Book selection-with broadcast journalist and video producer Alana Yzola-Daly, at BAAM Athletic Center, located at 21 Jowite Street, Easton, MD, from 5-7 p.m. The event will open with a musical performance by Friends in Faith, a local gospel group. […]

  • Kensington Park Book Discussion – One Maryland One Book

    Montgomery County Public Libraries, Kensington Park Library 4201 Knowles Avenue, Kensington, MD, United States

    The book discussion group meets the first Monday of each month at 12:00pm unless there is a holiday. The title for this month is No Sense in Wishing: Essays by Lawrence Burney. It is the One Maryland One Book selection. We will meet in the library garden if weather permits or in our downstairs meeting […]

  • Kensington Park Book Discussion

    Montgomery County Public Libraries, Kensington Park Library 4201 Knowles Avenue, Kensington, MD, United States

    Join us to discuss this year’s OMOB No Sense in Wishing.

  • Book Discussion at Calvert Pines Senior Center

    Calvert Pines Senior Center 450 W Dares Beach Road, Prince Frederick, MD, United States

    Join us to discuss the Maryland Humanities 2026 One Maryland One Book (OMOB): “No Sense in Wishing” by culture critic Lawrence Burney. This collection of essays explore a personal and analytical look at Burney’s home city of Baltimore, music from throughout the global Black diaspora, and the traditions that raised him.

  • Bel Air Books at the Center

    McFaul Activity Center 525 W MacPhail Road, Bel Air, MD, United States

    Participants at least 55 years of age meet for a spirited book discussion at McFaul Activity Center. Join us to discuss this year’s One Maryland One Book selection, “No Sense in Wishing”, by Lawrence Burney. Free copies of the 2026 OMOB selection will be available at all HCPL locations while supplies last. Please call your […]

  • Olney Daytime Book Discussion

    Montgomery County Public Libraries, Olney Library 3500 Olney-Laytonsville Road, Olney, MD, United States

    Join us to discuss this year’s OMOB No Sense in Wishing.

  • North Point Book Club

    Baltimore County Public Library, North Point Branch 1716 Merritt Boulevard, Dundalk, MD, United States

    Join us for a lively discussion of The Tenant by Freida McFadden. This event will also include a discussion of the One Maryland, One Book No Sense in Wishing by Lawrence Burney.

  • Clear Spring Book Club

    Washington County Free Library, Leonard P. Snyder Memorial Library 12624 Broadfording Road, Clear Spring, MD, United States

    Open book club meeting featuring OMOB title No Sense in Wishing