Past Events
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Wednesday, June 3, 2020 - 12:00 PM | Children | Online | For All Ages
Join us on YouTube at the time above for our virtual storytime for all ages! Can't join us then?
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Saturday, May 30, 2020 - 4:00 PM | Online Event | Instagram Live | open to the public | free of charge | drop inAn interactive discussion on what we've done and what we've read over the past few months to maintain our mental well-being while confined to our homes.
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Saturday, May 30, 2020 - 11:00 AM | Children | Online (Zoom)
Join us on Zoom for a virtual, face-to-face storytime.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - 12:00 PM | Children | Online | For All Ages
Join us on YouTube at the time above for our virtual storytime for all ages! Can't join us then?
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Tuesday, May 26, 2020 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room | open to the public | $15 per person | registration requiredThis event will be re-announced with a new date for fall 2020.
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Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - 12:00 PM | Children | Online | For All Ages
Join us on YouTube at the time above for our virtual storytime for all ages! Can't join us then?
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Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - 11:00 AM | Online Event | Online | for members only | $60 for the set of four sessions | registration requiredConsidered the first great novel and the origin of European fictional representation, Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote is a book at once tragic, inspiring, thought-provoking and, above all, funny. Reading it in Edith Grossman's acclaimed recent translation, we will consider this timeless classic in its contexts old and new.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2020 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room | open to the public | $15 per person | registration requiredThis event will be re-announced with a new date for fall 2020.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2020 - 11:00 AM | Special Event | Peluso Family Exhibition Gallery | open to the public | free of charge | drop inTalks in the gallery will return when regular Library events resume.
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Monday, May 18, 2020 - 12:00 PM | Online Event | YouTube Live | open to the public | by donation | registration requiredAn interactive chat with author and journalist Maggie Jackson on how to tame distractions, keep screens from taking over, and push back on the blur that work and home have become during the lockdown.
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Sunday, May 17, 2020 - 2:00 PM | Performance | Members’ Room | open to the public | $20 per person | registration requiredThis event will be re-announced with a new date for fall 2020.
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Saturday, May 16, 2020 - 11:00 AM | Children | Online (Zoom)
Join us on Zoom for a virtual, face-to-face storytime.
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Thursday, May 14, 2020 - 4:00 PM | Children | Online | For All Ages
Join us on YouTube at the time above for our virtual storytime for all ages! Can't join us then?
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Thursday, May 14, 2020 - 3:00 PM | Online Event | Separate sessions | open to the public | online | by donation | no registration requiredWe're all inside. There are so many words to say how we feel. Let's try together.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 6:00 PM | Special Event | Members' Room | open to the public | $20 per person | advance registration requiredThis event will be re-announced with a new date for fall 2020.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 5:30 PM | Special Event | Online | open to the public | $10 per person | registration requiredWe're pleased to offer a virtual visit to the Library then and now, including discussion of our history, a digital building walk-through, tips from our Book Conservator, and a detailed look at our current exhibition.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 4:00 PM | Children | Online | Recommended for children grades K and up
Join us on Zoom for a face-to-face storytime. Globe Trekkers returns!
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Tuesday, May 12, 2020 - 6:00 PM | Special Event | Online | open to the public | free of charge | no registration requiredOur author-judges offer writing advice and inspiration in honor of this year's winning young writers.
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Saturday, May 9, 2020 - 11:00 AM | Children | Online | For All Ages
Join us on YouTube at the time above for our virtual storytime for all ages! Can't join us then?
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Thursday, May 7, 2020 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Online | open to the public | by donation | no registration requiredA long-overdue biography of the head of Grand Central Terminal’s Red Caps, who flourished in the cultural nexus of Harlem and American railroads.
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Thursday, May 7, 2020 - 6:00 PM | The Writing Life | Online | for members only | $60 for the four sessions | registration requiredThis course will explore the growing popularity of flash fiction and examine how the elements of traditional storytelling like character, conflict, and plot play out in a condensed form with the editor-in-chief of the journal DIGGING THROUGH THE FAT.
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Thursday, May 7, 2020 - 4:00 PM | Children | Online | For All Ages
Join us on Zoom for a virtual storytime.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - 2:00 PM | Special Event | Online | open to the public | free of charge | no registration requiredAn intimate look at the world, family, and gorgeous art of early-20th-century book designer Margaret Armstrong.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2020 - 6:00 PM | Reception | For members and guests | Members' Room | reception at 6:00 PM, presentation at 6:30 PM | free of charge | advance registration requiredThe Book Awards ceremony will be re-announced with a new date for fall 2020.
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Friday, May 1, 2020 - 10:00 AM | Children | Online | For All Ages
Join us on Zoom for a virtual storytime.