Past Events
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Wednesday, December 7, 2016 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration/$15 at the door
From Delmonico’s to Sylvia’s to Chez Panisse, this is a daring and original history of dining out in America as told through ten legendary restaurants.
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Sunday, December 4, 2016 - 3:00 PM | Children | Open to the public | For Grade 4 and older | Members' Room | $5 per person, payable at the door
Join us for this exceptional event for young readers and writers. To begin, author Elizabeth Winthrop will share her creative process, including the secret of where she gets her ideas.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2016 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration/$15 at the door
From the Chinese Emperors to the Romans and the Byzantines, from British Foreign Office agents in the Great Game to today’s hippies, backpackers and aid workers, a long line of “civilized” sedentary peoples have again and again misunderstood nomad
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Sunday, November 20, 2016 - 3:00 PM | Children | Open to the Public | For Grades K-5 | Members' Room | $5 per person, payable at the door | Advance registration required
Come celebrate inventive and inspired storytelling with award-winning author-illustrator Chris Raschka. Winner of two Caldecott Medals and a longtime Library member, Raschka will share how he creates his stories and art.
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Wednesday, November 16, 2016 - 6:00 PM | Reception | For Members and Their Guests | Members' Room | Free of charge; advance registration required
Library members and their guests are cordially invited to the opening reception for this new and original exhibition of books devoted to historic sites in the Middle East and beyond.
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Saturday, November 12, 2016 - 3:00 PM | Children | Whitridge Room | Ages 2 and Older | For Members and Thier Guests | $5 per child
Discover stories through songs with musician, storyteller, and Pied Piper of song Bob "Bobaloo" Basey.
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Wednesday, November 9, 2016 - 5:30 PM | Children | Whitridge Room | Grades 3-7 | For Members and Their Guest | $10 per child
In this ongoing series, young writers are invited to join notable writers in exploring different genres.
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Tuesday, November 8, 2016 - 10:00 AM | The Writing Life | For Members Only | Whitridge Room | Free of charge; registration required
It's Election Day and the new year 5777 on the Jewish calendar. Let's imagine both by writing.
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Wednesday, November 2, 2016 - 6:30 PM | Performance | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $20 with advance registration; $25 at the door
Celebrate the magic of chamber music in a room where it was meant to be performed. The English Concert, led by renowned harpsichordist and conductor Harry Bicket, has been dazzling audiences on both sides of the Atlantic for 40 years.
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Thursday, October 27, 2016 - 6:30 PM | Special Event | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration/$15 at the door
A memoir of self-discovery and the dilemma of connection in our time, The Odd Woman and the City explores the rhythms, chance encounters, and ever-changing friendships of urban life that forge the sensibility of a fiercely independent wom
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Monday, October 24, 2016 - 6:30 PM | Performance | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $20 with advance registration; $25 at the door
Yolo, Gilgamesh is a high-energy comic operetta based on the Sumerian epic of Gilgamesh. Employing influences from P.G. Wodehouse and Jonathan Richman to Run-D.M.C., it provides a clear way in to a sometimes intimidating text.
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Thursday, October 20, 2016 - 5:30 PM | Children | For Members and Their Guests in Grades 4-8 | Whitridge Room | Free of charge; Advance registration required
Join us for a book discussion about Raina Telgemeier’s new graphic novel, Ghosts.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2016 - 6:00 PM | The Writing Life | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration/$15 at the door
Library members read from their own short stories, novels, poetry, criticism, memoir, and plays. Refreshments and wine will be served. The Writing Life events in 2016 are generously underwritten by Jenny Lawrence.
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Monday, October 17, 2016 - 11:00 AM | The Writing Life | For Members Only | Whitridge Room | Free of charge; registration required
When the imagination is on fire and you’re writing up a storm, it’s great. When it becomes a slog mired in resistance, what do you do? Stock your toolkit!
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Sunday, October 16, 2016 - 2:30 PM | Reading Group | For Members Only | Whitridge Room | by donation
Educator Blanche Siegal leads informal discussions of the works of the beloved Victorian novelist Anthony Trollope and selected contemporaries. This popular group is now in its sixth season. Tea and light refreshments are served.
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Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 6:30 PM | The Writing Life | Open to the Public | Members' Room | Free of charge; advance registration required
with Julia Claiborne Johnson, Imbolo Mbue, and Jonathan Putnam; moderated by Lauren Belfer
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Tuesday, October 11, 2016 - 10:00 AM | The Writing Life | For Members Only | Whitridge Room | Free of charge; registration required
The fall Writing Life season kicks off with an introduction to the many services the Library provides for writers. Did you know the Library offers an interlibrary loan service?
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Thursday, October 6, 2016 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration/$15 at the door
The Natural History of Edward Lear is the first book to fully explore Lear’s talents as a natural-history artist.
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Thursday, October 6, 2016 - 11:00 AM | Reading Group | For Members Only | Whitridge Room | $40 for all three sessions (recommended); $15 per session
If the original shout came from a Plutarch translation, a British chronicler, or a rival playwright, William Shakespeare’s echo is louder.
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Monday, October 3, 2016 - 2:30 PM | The Writing Life | For Members Only | Whitridge Room | Free of charge; registration required. Space is very limited.
What’s at the heart of all successful writing groups? The art of critique. Every dedicated writer needs the analytic feedback and support of a collaborative writing group.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration/$15 at the door
Artist and author Adam Van Doren and preeminent historian David McCullough unite for an excursion to the celebrated homes of fifteen American presidents, past and present.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2016 - 11:00 AM | Reading Group | For Members Only | Whitridge Room | $50 for all four sessions (recommended); $15 per session
Elena Ferrante’s “Neapolitan series” is considered one of contemporary world literature’s great masterpieces.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2016 - 6:00 PM | Special Event | Open to the Public | Members' Room | Free of charge; advance registration required
Before Connelly there was Christie. Before Child there was Chandler. And before King there was Queen.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2016 - 11:00 AM | Reading Group | For Members Only | Whitridge Room | $50 for all four sessions (recommended); $15 per session
This seminar will survey a collection of 19th- and 20th-century women who found independence in various ways, including the pen.
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Thursday, September 15, 2016 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration/$15 at the door
Heaven’s Ditch illuminates the spiritual and political upheavals along this “psychic highway” of the Erie Canal from its opening in 1825 through 1844.
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