PRESS RELEASE

Linda Wilson
Public Relations
Birmingham Public Library
(205) 226-3746
lwilson@bham.lib.al.us

Birmingham Public Library’s May Brown Bag Programs

April 28, 2008, Birmingham, AL- Join the Birmingham Public Library for its

May Brown Bag programs, all of which will take place in the Arrington

Auditorium at noon on Wednesdays throughout the month. Admission

is free and everyone is welcome.

May 7 – Serviceman: Rabii Milton Graffman and Temple Emanu’ELs Response 

to WWII

The Second World War was fought on two fronts-by soldiers and sailors overseas

and their families and friends back home. Troy University historian Dan Puckett

will discuss the efforts of Birmingham’s Jewish community to reach out and maintain

ties with their fighting men and women.  

May 14 – Page to Stage presents White Rose

Join us as we get an inside look at Birmingham Festival Theater’s current production, 

White Rose. Hear the poignant story about the resistance to the Nazi occupation carried 

out by five college students and their professor.  It is a story to remember.

May 21 - Alabama's Aquatic Diversity and Preservation

Alabama is known for its unique aquatic species, but what is being done to preserve 

them? Join us as Paul Freeman, Aquatic Ecologist from the Alabama chapter of The 

Nature Conservancy, discusses this aquatic diversity and conservation efforts to 

preserve Alabama's natural heritage.

May 28 – Would you like to be a jewelry detective?

Jeanne Bell will share her expertise as an Antiques Roadshow appraiser on various

types of costumes and jewelry.  Audience members may bring one piece of jewelry

per person for an unofficial look.