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![EPL's How To Festival taps into new knowledge sources A brunette woman sits amidst tall yellow grass, playing an acoustic guitar. She wears blue jeans, a cream sweater, and glasses.](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2023/10/13/how-to-fest.jpg)
EPL's How To Festival taps into new knowledge sources
The Edmonton Public Library is making use of its new musician-in-residence program and kitchen space as a part of this year's How To Festival.
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![A moment in history: Oct. 11, 1941 A newspaper clipping with the headline "Traveling Library Opened by Mayor"](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2023/10/10/history-tram-library.jpg)
A moment in history: Oct. 11, 1941
On this day 82 years ago, Canada's first library streetcar hit the rails in Edmonton.
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![The Kitchen meets big appetite for cooking classes A portrait of Zofia Trebaczkiewicz in front of the equipment in The Kitchen](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2023/05/22/kitchen-update.jpg)
The Kitchen meets big appetite for cooking classes
If you've tried to enrol in a cooking class at The Kitchen and found it was already full, you're not alone.
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![Innovation U offers free series to bring entrepreneurial ideas to life Innovate Edmonton's Catherine Warren at the downtown public library](https://mcusercontent.com/cf49a42db023942d337b0dabf/images/5d2f694c-8899-b639-d31f-5b3b0f7b5489.jpg)
Innovation U offers free series to bring entrepreneurial ideas to life
Innovate Edmonton and the Edmonton Public Library are teaming up to offer a free four-part series that teaches the fundamentals of entrepreneurship. Designed to help participants develop ideas into pitchable business plans, Innovation U will run from July 7 to Oct. 6, both online and in-person at the Stanley A. Milner library downtown.
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![A moment in history: May 4, 1909 A newspaper clipping with the headline "Public Library Site Before City Council"](https://mcusercontent.com/cf49a42db023942d337b0dabf/images/5311705c-db58-ba8b-c72b-85f519b9707b.png)
A moment in history: May 4, 1909
On this day in 1909, Edmonton's city council was looking for a site for its first library. While the library was established in 1913, it would take another 14 years for it to find a permanent home.
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![Chart of the week: Public libraries in the COVID-19 pandemic Chart of the week: Public libraries in the COVID-19 pandemic](https://mcusercontent.com/cf49a42db023942d337b0dabf/images/36716a8c-bbc7-4d74-9c98-3c4630ece285.png)
Chart of the week: Public libraries in the COVID-19 pandemic
Edmonton Public Library (EPL) released its annual report for 2020 which shows that some of its services took a hit over the past year, while others flourished.
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