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The East Village's skankiest bar is collaborating with its neighborhood library, the Tompkins Square Park branch of NYPL on an art exhibit: "22 Years on Marz: A Retrospective of Artists from Marz Bar Since 1986." ...

Part of the Multiple Interpretations: Contemporary Prints in Portfolio at The New York Public Library is a series of doctored mug shots of GWB and some of his cronies. Here's a gallery of the "controversial photos" from the NY Daily News....

My friend Susan's friend Trong made an art project involving rice, mylar, gold, and first chapters of four books. ...

I saw Jason Epstein talk about this print on demand book making machine at METRO's "It's All about the Book" conference earlier this summer. It will be set up at NYPL's Science Industry and Business Library through September 7.

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This time NYPL's "in transit" message was accurate, and I was able to pick up my copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows the day it came out. Don't worry; no spoilers will follow.

I get so sad when my books are "in transit" at NYPL for extended periods.