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Special Event
New Members Party, June 2024
Monday, June 3, 2024 - 6:00pm
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Members' Room | by invitation only
If you're new, this party's for you.
The Writing Life
Prompt! In Person with Carol Weston
Thursday, January 4, 2024 - 11:00am
Thursday, February 1, 2024 - 11:00am
Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 11:00am
Thursday, April 4, 2024 - 11:00am
Thursday, May 9, 2024 - 11:00am
Thursday, June 6, 2024 - 11:00am
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | registration required
Join your fellow member writers for a fun and stimulating hour+ of prompts, writing, and sharing.
Lecture
Members' Room: Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition, with Cynthia Carr
Thursday, June 6, 2024 - 6:00pm
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Members' Room | open to the public | free of charge | registration required
An iconic writer’s lapidary memoir of a life spent pursuing a dream of artistic truth while evading the truth of her own gender identity, until, finally, she turned to face who she really was. In this one-of-a-kind event, Lucy Sante converses with Village Voice writer and Candy Darling biographer Cynthia Carr.
Lecture
Livestream: Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition, with Cynthia Carr
Thursday, June 6, 2024 - 6:00pm
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Livestream | open to the public | free of charge | registration recommended
An iconic writer’s lapidary memoir of a life spent pursuing a dream of artistic truth while evading the truth of her own gender identity, until, finally, she turned to face who she really was. In this one-of-a-kind event, Lucy Sante converses with Village Voice writer and Candy Darling biographer Cynthia Carr.
The Writing Life
Prompt! Online with Charlie Allenson
Friday, February 2, 2024 - 11:00am
Friday, March 1, 2024 - 11:00am
Friday, April 5, 2024 - 11:00am
Friday, May 3, 2024 - 11:00am
Friday, June 7, 2024 - 11:00am
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Zoom | for members only | free of charge | registration required
Join your fellow member writers for a fun and stimulating hour+ of prompts, writing, and sharing.
The Writing Life
Writing Life Daytime Talk: Fitting in Writing, with Zibby Owens
Tuesday, June 11, 2024 - 3:30pm
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | registration required
We’re all super busy, but writing is our calling. So how can we make sure to fit it in with everything else demanding our time? And why is it so worth it?!! Hear from Zibby Owens, bestselling author, bookstore owner, podcaster and publisher, about how she does and how her love of writing has fueled everything!!
Reading Group
Seminar: “What A Lark! What a Plunge!” Mrs. Dalloway at 100, with Nicholas Birns
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 - 11:00am
Wednesday, June 12, 2024 - 11:00am
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Whitridge Room | for members and their guests | $50 for the two sessions | registration required
2025 will see the hundredth anniversary of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway. Reading Merve Emre’s recent annotated edition, published by W. W. Norton, we will explore such themes as the aftermath of war; life in the modern city; depression and its treatment; and the possible lingering effects of the 1918 pandemic, all juxtaposed with perhaps the most memorable party in modern literature.
Lecture
Livestream: Roxana Robinson, Leaving, with Amanda Vaill
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 - 6:00pm
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Livestream | open to the public | free of charge | registration required
What risks would you be willing to take to fall in love again? In this one-of-a-kind event, Roxana Robinson discusses her novel Leaving with Amanda Vaill.
Lecture
Members' Room: Roxana Robinson, Leaving, with Amanda Vaill
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 - 6:00pm
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Members' Room | open to the public | free of charge | registration required
What risks would you be willing to take to fall in love again? In this one-of-a-kind event, Roxana Robinson discusses her novel Leaving with Amanda Vaill.
Special Event
Closing: Juneteenth 2024
Wednesday, June 19, 2024 - 9:00am
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holiday closing
The Library is closed all day Wednesday, June 19, for Juneteenth. Otherwise we observe normal hours.
Performance
NURSE! A Solo Show by Ayun Halliday
Saturday, June 22, 2024 - 7:00pm
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Members' Room | open to the public | $20 per person | registration required
Inspired in part by the life of Kate Claxton, ingenue turned entrepreneur-of-a-certain age, who made misfortune into a meal ticket, spending decades recounting the events of the Brooklyn Theatre Fire to sold-out crowds, Juliet’s Nurse hits the lecture circuit to set the record straight. Teenagers! Aging! Sex! Shakespeare! Nurse demands the last word on the greatest love story ever told.
Reading Group
Springtime with Henry James: One Novel, One Novella, and Seven Tales, taught by Jane Mallison
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 - 11:00am
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 - 11:00am
Wednesday, May 29, 2024 - 11:00am
Wednesday, June 26, 2024 - 11:00am
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Whitridge Room | for members only | $100 for the four sessions/$25 per session | registration required
“We work in the dark – we do what we can – we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.” Henry James put these highly quotable lines into the mouth of the main character of “The Middle Years.” In this four-session seminar, we’ll read that tale and three others that James wrote about authors.
Lecture
Livestream: Elizabeth Birkelund, A Northern Light in Provence and Lorenzo Carcaterra, Nonna Maria and the Case of the Lost Treasure
Wednesday, June 26, 2024 - 6:00pm
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Livestream | open to the public | free of charge | registration required
A woman leaves her coastal Greenland village to translate the works of a renowned Provençal poet and finds her life irrevocably changed. “One of the most charming amateur sleuths ever created” (Tess Gerritsen) dodges assassins and hunts for hidden treasure. In this one-of-a-kind event, bestselling authors Elizabeth Birkelund and Lorenzo Carcaterra discuss their latest fiction and the charms and challenges of their European settings.
Lecture
Members' Room: Elizabeth Birkelund, A Northern Light in Provence and Lorenzo Carcaterra, Nonna Maria and the Case of the Lost Treasure
Wednesday, June 26, 2024 - 6:00pm
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Members' Room | open to the public | free of charge | registration required
A woman leaves her coastal Greenland village to translate the works of a renowned Provençal poet and finds her life irrevocably changed. “One of the most charming amateur sleuths ever created” (Tess Gerritsen) dodges assassins and hunts for hidden treasure. In this one-of-a-kind event, bestselling authors Elizabeth Birkelund and Lorenzo Carcaterra discuss their latest fiction and the charms and challenges of their European settings.
Lecture
Morgan Talty, Fire Exit: A Novel
Thursday, June 27, 2024 - 6:00pm
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Livestream (online only) | open to the public | free of charge | registration required
From the award-winning author of Night of the Living Rez, Morgan Talty’s debut novel, Fire Exit, is a masterful and unforgettable story of family, legacy, bloodlines, culture and inheritance, and what, if anything, we owe one another.
Special Event
Closing: Independence Day 2024
Thursday, July 4, 2024 - 9:00am
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holiday closing
The Library is closed all day Thursday, July 4, for Independence Day. Otherwise we observe normal hours.
Special Event
Closing: Labor Day 2024
Saturday, August 31, 2024 - 9:00am
Sunday, September 1, 2024 - 9:00am
Monday, September 2, 2024 - 9:00am
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holiday closing
The Library is closed all day Saturday, August 31, Sunday, September 1, and Monday, September 2, for Labor Day weekend. Otherwise we observe normal hours.
Special Event
Closing: Labor Day 2024
Saturday, August 31, 2024 - 9:00am
Sunday, September 1, 2024 - 9:00am
Monday, September 2, 2024 - 9:00am
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holiday closing
The Library is closed all day Saturday, August 31, Sunday, September 1, and Monday, September 2, for Labor Day weekend. Otherwise we observe normal hours.
Special Event
Closing: Labor Day 2024
Saturday, August 31, 2024 - 9:00am
Sunday, September 1, 2024 - 9:00am
Monday, September 2, 2024 - 9:00am
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holiday closing
The Library is closed all day Saturday, August 31, Sunday, September 1, and Monday, September 2, for Labor Day weekend. Otherwise we observe normal hours.
Special Event
Closing: Italian American Heritage Day/Indigenous Peoples Day 2024
Monday, October 14, 2024 - 9:00am
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holiday closing
The Library is closed all day Monday, October 14, for Italian American Heritage Day/Indigenous Peoples Day. Otherwise we observe normal hours.
Special Event
Closing: Christmas 2024
Tuesday, December 24, 2024 - 5:00pm
Wednesday, December 25, 2024 - 5:00pm
Thursday, December 26, 2024 - 5:00pm
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holiday closing
This Christmas, the Library closes at 5:00 PM on Tuesday, December 24 and is closed Wednesday, December 25 and Thursday, December 26. Otherwise we observe normal hours.
Special Event
Closing: Christmas 2024
Tuesday, December 24, 2024 - 5:00pm
Wednesday, December 25, 2024 - 5:00pm
Thursday, December 26, 2024 - 5:00pm
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holiday closing
This Christmas, the Library closes at 5:00 PM on Tuesday, December 24 and is closed Wednesday, December 25 and Thursday, December 26. Otherwise we observe normal hours.
Special Event
Closing: Christmas 2024
Tuesday, December 24, 2024 - 5:00pm
Wednesday, December 25, 2024 - 5:00pm
Thursday, December 26, 2024 - 5:00pm
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holiday closing
This Christmas, the Library closes at 5:00 PM on Tuesday, December 24 and is closed Wednesday, December 25 and Thursday, December 26. Otherwise we observe normal hours.
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Today's Events
Exhibitions
The Library showcases our historic collections and the literary culture of the city with themed public exhibitions on the second floor. Exhibitions are offered for six to twelve months, and both members and nonmembers are welcome to drop by any time the Library is open.
Current Exhibition:
The New York Society Library
53 East 79th Street
New York, NY 10075
212.288.6900
reference@nysoclib.org
Hours of Operation
Monday / Friday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday
9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Saturday / Sunday
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Holiday Closing: Memorial Day
The Library will be closed
Sat, 5/25 - Mon, 5/27.
Otherwise we observe normal hours.