Our Events

Children

Wiggles & Giggles

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 10:00am | Whitridge Room | Ages 24 Months and Younger | For Members Only

Join us for songs, stories, and movement for babies and toddlers.

Pick up a ticket in the lobby.

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The Writing Life

Fully registered: Writing Life Daytime Talk: How to Market a Book, with Elizabeth Winthrop

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 3:30pm | Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | registration required
What works and what doesn’t when it comes to publicizing a book? After publishing her memoir with an award-winning independent press that made it clear that they would rely on her to create a marketing plan, Elizabeth Winthrop got to work. In this talk, she’ll provide tips and takeaways from her journey, and lead a discussion useful for all writers: those who are self-publishing, publishing with a small academic or independent press, and even those publishing with one of the big five.
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The Writing Life

The Writing Life Special Event: Live from the Library, Spring 2024

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 6:00pm | Members’ Room | open to the public | $15 per person | registration required
Library members read from their own short stories, novels, poetry, criticism, memoir, and plays.
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The Writing Life

Writing Life Poetry Workshop: Write What You’ve Always Wanted To Write with Esther Cohen

Thursday, February 15, 2024 - 2:00pm Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 2:00pm Thursday, April 11, 2024 - 2:00pm | on the Zoom Meetings platform | open to the public; free for members | separate sessions | registration required
Join poet and teacher Esther Cohen to write the poems we've always intended to write.
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Children

Dinosaur Daze

Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 4:00pm | Whitridge Room | Ages 3 and Older | For Members Only

Stomp (quietly) into the Library for prehistoric stories.

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Lecture

Livestream: Brad Gooch, Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring

Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 6:00pm | Livestream | open to the public | $10 per person | registration required
A stunning life of the iconic American artist Keith Haring, by the acclaimed biographer Brad Gooch. Stacy Schiff calls it "A keen-eyed, beautifully written biography, atmospheric, exuberant, and as radiant as they come.”
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Lecture

Members' Room: Brad Gooch, Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring

Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 6:00pm | Members' Room | open to the public | $15 per person | registration required
A stunning life of the iconic American artist Keith Haring, by the acclaimed biographer Brad Gooch. Stacy Schiff calls it "A keen-eyed, beautifully written biography, atmospheric, exuberant, and as radiant as they come.”
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Children

Mother Goose Magic

Friday, March 22, 2024 - 10:00am | Whitridge Room | Ages 2 and Older | For Members Only

Enjoy favorite nursery rhymes, picture books, and songs.

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Children

Creation Station

Saturday, March 2, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm Sunday, March 3, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm Saturday, March 9, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm Sunday, March 10, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm Saturday, March 16, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm Sunday, March 17, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm Saturday, March 23, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm Sunday, March 24, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm Saturday, March 30, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm | Children's Library | All Ages | For Members Only

Drop by the Library to color, create, or craft.

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Children

Creation Station

Saturday, March 2, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm Sunday, March 3, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm Saturday, March 9, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm Sunday, March 10, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm Saturday, March 16, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm Sunday, March 17, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm Saturday, March 23, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm Sunday, March 24, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm Saturday, March 30, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm | Children's Library | All Ages | For Members Only

Drop by the Library to color, create, or craft.

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Children

Storytime Sunday

Sunday, March 24, 2024 - 3:30pm | Whitridge Room | All Ages | For Members Only

Enjoy storytime fun for everyone!

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Lecture

Members' Room: Bianca Bosker, Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See

Monday, March 25, 2024 - 6:00pm | Members' Room | open to the public | $15 per person | registration required
The New York Times bestselling author of Cork Dork takes readers on another fascinating, hilarious, and revelatory journey—this time burrowing deep inside the secretive world of art and artists.
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Lecture

Livestream: Bianca Bosker, Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See

Monday, March 25, 2024 - 6:00pm | Livestream | open to the public | $10 per person | registration required
The New York Times bestselling author of Cork Dork takes readers on another fascinating, hilarious, and revelatory journey—this time burrowing deep inside the secretive world of art and artists.
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Reading Group

Fully Registered: Another Half Year with Henry James, taught by Jane Mallison

Wednesday, September 27, 2023 - 11:00am Wednesday, October 25, 2023 - 11:00am Wednesday, November 29, 2023 - 11:00am Wednesday, January 31, 2024 - 11:00am Wednesday, February 28, 2024 - 11:00am Wednesday, March 27, 2024 - 11:00am | Whitridge Room | for members only | $100 for the six sessions | registration required
“Never say you know the last word about any human heart.” That’s one of the great sentences of this great writer, Henry James (1843-1916). In this seminar – which welcomes both experienced readers of James and novices – we discover many more.
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Children

Crafternoon

Wednesday, March 27, 2024 - 3:30pm | Whitridge Room | All Ages | For Members Only

Come get crafty at the Library.

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Special Event

Happy Hour, March 2024: Celebrate Women's History Month

Wednesday, March 27, 2024 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm | Members' Room | for members and their guests | free of charge | drop in
End your day with wine and light refreshments in the beautiful Members' Room. Library members and their guests are welcome.
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Reading Group

Seminar: A Chorus of Voices: The Multi-Perspective Novel, with Claire Jiménez

Thursday, February 22, 2024 - 10:30am Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 10:30am Thursday, March 28, 2024 - 10:30am | Zoom | open to the public | $75 for the three sessions | registration required
In this three-session seminar, we will read three multi-perspective novels, exploring how each author builds their story using the voices and/or perspectives of multiple characters. Participants will also have the opportunity to practice crafting their own multi-perspective stories.
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Children

Bunny Hop

Thursday, March 28, 2024 - 4:00pm | Whitridge Room | Ages 3 and Older | For Members Only

Hop on over to the Library for these rabbit tales.

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Children

Mother Goose Magic

Friday, March 29, 2024 - 10:00am | Whitridge Room | Ages 2 and Older | For Members Only

Enjoy favorite nursery rhymes, picture books, and songs.

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Children

Creation Station

Saturday, March 2, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm Sunday, March 3, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm Saturday, March 9, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm Sunday, March 10, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm Saturday, March 16, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm Sunday, March 17, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm Saturday, March 23, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm Sunday, March 24, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm Saturday, March 30, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm | Children's Library | All Ages | For Members Only

Drop by the Library to color, create, or craft.

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Special Event

Closing: Easter 2024

Sunday, March 31, 2024 - 9:00am | holiday closing

The Library is closed all day Sunday, March 31, for Easter. Otherwise we observe normal hours.

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The Writing Life

Writing Life Poetry Workshop: Being in Conversation with a Work of Art with Diane Mehta

Tuesday, April 2, 2024 - 2:00pm | Whitridge Room | for members and guests | free of charge | registration required
How do you share your connection to an artwork, and give words to the seemingly irrepressible so that others will feel, see, and sense what you feel so deeply about? We’ll explore the enthusiasms and emotions that accompany our favorite art by reading poems of experiences with art.
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Lecture

Le Conversazioni: An Evening with Michael Wood

Tuesday, April 2, 2024 - 7:00pm | Members' Room | open to the public | free of charge | registration required
One of the most versatile current critics of literature and film shows movie clips and discusses great forgotten cinema with Antonio Monda.
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Reading Group

Seminar: Crossing Boundaries As A Form of Life: Olga Tokarczuk’s The Books of Jacob, with Nicholas Birns

Wednesday, February 14, 2024 - 11:00am Wednesday, March 6, 2024 - 11:00am Wednesday, April 3, 2024 - 11:00am | Whitridge Room | for members only | $75 for the three sessions | registration required
The Books of Jacob (2014) is the central work of the acclaimed contemporary Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk, winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature. Tokarczuk uses the form of the historical novel to explore questions of identity in an era, much like ours, poised uneasily between ethnocentric and pluralist ideas of nationhood.
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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 | 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.
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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.

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