Past Events
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Tuesday, June 9, 2015 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the door
From the publisher of Farrar, Straus and Giroux: a first novel, at once hilarious and tender, about the decades-long rivalry between two publishing lions, and the iconic, alluring writer who has obsessed them both.
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - 6:00 PM | Children | For Members and Their Guests | Members' Room | Free of charge; registration required
The 2015 Young Writers Awards winners and participants will be honored at an awards ceremony and reception.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | For Members and Their Guests | The Unitarian Church of All Souls, Lexington Avenue at 80th Street | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the door
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Monday, May 4, 2015 - 10:00 AM | Technology | Taught by Syed Rasool
Trying to keep your PC running smoothly sometimes feels like an impossible task. Windows is prone to all kinds of bloat that can bog down your PC or, in severe cases, render your system useless.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 - 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM | | Open to the Public | Reference Room | Free of charge; no registration required
Hidden treasures, beautiful display volumes, fun reads, and gifts can be found at the Library’s spring book sale. The Library offers withdrawn duplicate titles and donation copies at very reasonable prices.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 - 10:00 AM | Technology | Taught by Bobbie Lee Crow
Introducing the Library’s e-book collection, available through the 3M Cloud Library! This class will cover browsing the collection, searching for titles, holds, check-out restrictions, and more.
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 - 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | | Circulation Desk or Children's Library
Every April Americans celebrate Poem in Your Pocket Day by tucking a poem in their pockets and sharing it with others throughout the day.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the door
The author of The Philosophical Breakfast Club rediscovers the world of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek and Johannes Vermeer in a century when "see for yourself!" became the clarion call in science and art.
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Sunday, April 26, 2015 - 3:00 PM | Performance | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $20 with advance registration; $25 at the door
The English Concert has been dazzling audiences on both sides of the Atlantic for 40 years. This concert introduces The English Concert American Fellows, a group of brilliantl
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Friday, April 24, 2015 - 10:00 AM | Technology | Taught by Kathleen Fox and Simen Kot
Meet Project Gutenberg, the world’s oldest digital library, consisting of over 46,000 free e-books.
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Monday, April 20, 2015 - 6:30 PM | Performance | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $20 with advance registration; $25 at the door
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Monday, April 20, 2015 - 10:00 AM | Technology | Taught by Matthew Bright and Peri Pignetti
Learn about the best ways to find travel deals online and share your success stories. We’ll cover how to get alerts on cheap flights, how to search for flights based on flexible dates and airports, and bidding on flights and hotels.
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Friday, April 17, 2015 - 4:00 PM | Children | Whitridge Room | For Members and Their Guests | Grades 3 and Older | $10 Per Child
In this ongoing series, young writers are invited to join notable writers in exploring different genres.
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Friday, April 10, 2015 - 2:00 PM | Technology | Taught by Caitlin McCarthy and Peri Pignetti
Listen to the news, radio shows, and audio programs and become a fan of this new medium. Learn what podcasts are and how to manage them on your PC and mobile device. We will teach you how to use podcast apps to subscribe to and find new podcasts.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 - 6:30 PM | The Writing Life | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the door
Join us for wine and refreshments as we celebrate Tweed’s and its contributors.
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Saturday, March 28, 2015 - 11:30 AM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Meeting in the Reference Room | Free of charge; advance registration required
The exhibition Readers Make Their Mark: Annotated Books at the New York Society Library explores the practice of reading through the handwritten notes in the margins of books from the Library’s Specia
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Monday, March 23, 2015 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the doorEvent Recording
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Thursday, March 19, 2015 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the door
Frank Capra called her “the greatest emotional actress the screen has yet known.” Now Victoria Wilson gives the first full-scale life of Barbara Stanwyck, whose as
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Thursday, March 19, 2015 - 11:00 AM | Reading Group | For Members Only | Whitridge Room | $50 for all four sessions (recommended); $15 per session
Anthony Powell’s A Dance To The Music of Time is one of the longest and most absorbing novels in the English language—with twelve books, hundreds of characters, and an astonishing broad coverage of British and world culture from 1914 to 1
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015 - 5:00 PM | Reading Group | For Members and Their Guests | Whitridge Room | $50 for all four sessions (recommended); $15 per session
Get an advance look at the 2015-2016 season of exciting new plays at Primary Stages.
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Monday, March 16, 2015 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the door
The authors who described the Great Game and the kingmakers of the Middle East give us the first full account of a century-long treasure hunt by Westerners in China, from the Opium Wars and the Boxer Rebellion to Mao Zedong’s 1949 asce
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015 - 10:00 AM | The Writing Life | For Members Only | Whitridge Room | Free of charge; registration required
In this talk, an acclaimed screenwriter will tell us how to adapt your novel or work of nonfiction into a screenplay.
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Monday, March 9, 2015 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the door
In What We See When We Read, Peter Mendelsund combines his profession, as an award-winning designer with his first career as a classically trained pianist
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the door
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Saturday, February 28, 2015 - 3:00 PM | Children | Whitridge Room | For Ages 2 and Older | For Members and Their Guests | $5 Per Child
Discover stories through songs with musician, storyteller, and Pied Piper of song Bob “Bobaloo” Basey.