In folding chairs with books in hand, Iciar Rivera and her three young children sat in the shade of the ficus trees outside the recently shuttered Benjamin Franklin Library bungalow. A handmade sign ...

Iciar Rivera is turning her frustration into action by forming a new Friends of the Library group in Boyle Heights, an effort to advocate for the unique needs of three public library branches serving ...

Travel enabled him to cast his gaze beyond Puritan Boston and imagine fresh possibilities. What advice might the peripatetic founder offer us modern-day travelers? Here are five lessons, culled from ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society is a quarterly journal that includes papers read at the American Philosophical ...

Franklin's Bookshop in Philadelphia, 1745. Painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, ca. 1910. Monday, Aug. 19 and Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream the 2-part series now with KPBS ...

Benjamin Franklin accomplished much during his long life. His achievements, however, make an odd list. In addition to his well-known contributions to America’s founding, he invented a new alphabet, ...

Benjamin Franklin's life and historical impact as a businessman, writer, scientist and diplomat is the focus of a new project by award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns. "Benjamin Franklin" will delve into ...

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