Past Events
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Thursday, February 13, 2020 - 5:00 PM | Children | Members’ Room | open to the public | for grades 3 and up | $10 per person | registration requiredRebecca Behrens reads from her newest book, The Disaster Days, and shares how she researches the fascinating and famous places she portrays in her fact-based fiction.
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Thursday, February 13, 2020 - 2:00 PM | Special Event | Peluso Family Exhibition Gallery | open to the public | free of charge | drop in
Gallery talks are for anyone interested in learning more about artist Margaret Armstrong and her family. Talks last roughly 30 minutes.
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Sunday, February 9, 2020 - 2:30 PM | Reading Group | Whitridge Room | for members only | by donation | advance registration requiredThe March and April sessions of this seminar are canceled. Registrants are being contacted.
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Wednesday, February 5, 2020 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members’ Room | open to the public | $15 per person | registration requiredIn this occasional series, writers and patrons interested in the publishing world are invited to an insightful discussion with one of its stars. Here, a widely acknowledged thought leader about digital change in the book publishing industry shares cutting-edge insights and answers questions from writers and anyone interested in publishing.Event Recording
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020 - 11:00 AM | Reading Group | Whitridge Room | for members only | $60 for the set of four sessions | registration requiredPraised by midcentury critics, questioned by opponents of colonialism, Joseph Conrad’s fiction has entered a third phase of reappraisal. Join favorite seminar leader Prof. Birns in discussion.
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Tuesday, January 28, 2020 - 5:00 PM | Children | Whitridge Room | for members and guests in grades 3 and up | $15 per person | registration requiredExplore visual storytelling and make your own comics with author and illustrator Ruth Chan.
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Tuesday, January 28, 2020 - 11:00 AM | Special Event | Peluso Family Exhibition Gallery | open to the public | free of charge | drop in
Gallery talks are for anyone interested in learning more about artist Margaret Armstrong and her family. Talks last roughly 30 minutes.
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Monday, January 27, 2020 - 6:00 PM | Performance | Members' Room | open to the public | $25 per person | registration requiredAmerican Songbook expert Deborah Grace Winer tells the story of the female pioneers of songwriting – those few who crashed the boys’ club and wrote hit shows and songs like On the Town, ‘On the Sunny Side of the Street,’ and so much more - with performances by Tony award-winning Broadway star Karen Ziemba and musical director Mark Hummel.
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Saturday, January 25, 2020 - 3:00 PM | Children | Members’ Room | open to the public | for all ages | $10 per child | registration requiredDiscover stories through songs with Bobaloo: a musician, storyteller, and Pied Piper of Song.
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Thursday, January 23, 2020 - 11:00 AM | Reading Group | Online | for members only | $60 for the set of four sessions | registration requiredThe Events Department is in touch with registrants regarding an alternative format for the March and April sessions of this seminar. With questions, email events@nysoclib.org.
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members’ Room | open to the public | $15 per person | registration requiredA daughter’s tale of living in the thrall of her magnetic, complicated mother, and the chilling consequences of her complicity.Event Recording
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Wednesday, January 15, 2020 - 6:00 PM | Reception | Members' Room/Peluso Family Exhibition Gallery | for members and guests | free of charge | registration required
Library members and their guests are cordially invited to join exhibition curator Harriet Shapiro, Head of Special Collections Barbara Bieck, and special guests including members of the Armstrong family for the opening reception of our new 2020 ex
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Monday, December 16, 2019 - 6:00 PM | Reception | Members’ Room | for members and guests | free of charge | registration requiredMembers and guests are cordially invited to a celebration of Library members who have published books July-December 2019.
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Sunday, December 15, 2019 - 2:30 PM | Reading Group | Whitridge Room | for members only | by donation | advance registration requiredEducator Blanche Siegal leads informal discussions of the beloved Victorian author Anthony Trollope and other master writers of the same century. This popular group is now in its ninth season.
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Friday, December 13, 2019 - 2:00 PM | Special Event | Whitridge Room | for members only | for adults and teens in grade 9 and older | free of charge | registration requiredIlluminated manuscripts are handwritten manuscripts decorated with brilliant colors and gold. In this workshop with Library Conservator Christina Amato, participants will decorate an initial or simple illustration with gouache paint and real gold leaf.
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Wednesday, December 11, 2019 - 6:30 PM | Special Event | The Liederkranz Foundation, 6 East 87th Street | open to the public | $15 per person | advance registration requiredFrom the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Power Broker and The Years of Lyndon Johnson: an unprecedented gathering of vivid, candid, deeply revealing recollections about his experiences researching and writing his acclaimed books. Mr. Caro appears in conversation with historian and biographer Brenda Wineapple.
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Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - 11:00 AM | The Writing Life | Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | advance registration requiredThe higher your search ranking, the more likely your website will be found. In this talk, Miral Sattar will show you best practices for optimizing your web pages and getting the best results from searches on Google and Amazon so writers can get found, read, and followed.
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Saturday, December 7, 2019 - 3:00 PM | Children | Members’ Room | open to the public | for ages 5 and older | $10 per personEnjoy an entertaining puppet show from the acclaimed author-illustrator.
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Wednesday, December 4, 2019 - 6:00 PM | Special Event | Whitridge Room | open to the public | free of charge | registration requiredJoin us as we focus on the extraordinary leadership of women in the creation of today’s vibrant Off-Broadway.
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Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - 6:00 PM | Performance | Whitridge Room | Open to the public | $20 per person | advance registration requiredOne night in December 1802, Jane Austen must face a difficult choice around love, community, and art in this play-in-progress by Sarah Rose Kearns.
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Tuesday, November 19, 2019 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room | open to the public | $15 per person | advance registration requiredA timely argument for why the United States and the West would benefit from accepting more immigrants.Event Recording
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Sunday, November 17, 2019 - 2:00 PM | Performance | Members' Room | open to the public | $20 per person | advance registration required
A group of talented Dramatists Guild playwrights have created original short plays inspired by episodes in the Library's own past.
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Saturday, November 16, 2019 - 3:00 PM | Children | Whitridge Room | for members and guests | ages 3 and older | $10 per child | registration requiredA captivating storyteller shares tales from around the world that families will treasure.
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Thursday, November 14, 2019 - 5:00 PM | Children | Members’ Room | open to the public | for grades 3 and up | $10 per person | registration requiredFrom two extraordinary authors comes a laugh-out-loud novel about long-distance friendships and modern families.
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Wednesday, November 13, 2019 - 6:00 PM | Special Event | Members' Room | open to the public | $15 per person | advance registration requiredIn celebration of the bicentennial of our fellow historic institution All Souls Unitarian Church, scholar Linn Cary Mehta looks at the mission and history of the city's liberal institutions in the first half of the 19th century and their use by writers including Herman Melville and Catharine Sedgwick.