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TODAY AT THE LIBRARY
Open 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
September 12, 2018I wrote a novel, and it was sort of an accident. Sometimes all you need is one good idea...and 300,000 books.August 29, 2018We asked readers which author's reality they'd like to move to. The answers span time, space, and stacks. - My Tab
Children
Creation Station
Repeats every week every Sunday and every Saturday until Mon Oct 01 2018. Saturday, September 8, 2018 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
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Children's Library | All Ages | For Members Only | Free of Charge
On September weekends drop by the library to color, create, or craft.
For Library members only.
Registration is not required for this drop-in activity.
The Writing Life
Writing Life Group: Memoir 2
Monday, September 24, 2018 - 2:30pm
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | by special admission
The Library hosts monthly writing groups for fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, and children’s/young adult writers.
The Writing Life
Writing Life Group: Poetry I
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 4:30pm
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | by special admission
The Library hosts monthly writing groups for fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, and children’s/young adult writers.
Special Event
Meet the Publishing Pros: Jonathan Galassi
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 6:30pm
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Members' Room | open to the public | $15 per person | registration required
In this new occasional series, writers and patrons interested in the publishing world are invited to an insightful discussion with one of its stars. Jonathan Galassi has served as publisher at Farrar, Straus & Giroux since 1986 and president since 2002.
The Writing Life
Writing Life Group: Fiction 2
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 11:00am
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | by special admission
The Library hosts monthly writing groups for fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, and children’s/young adult writers.
The Writing Life
Writing Life Group: Poetry 2
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 2:00pm
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | by special admission
The Library hosts monthly writing groups for fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, and children’s/young adult writers.
Children
Tween Scene: Decoupage Delight
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 4:30pm
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Whitridge Room | Ages 9 and Older | For Members and Their Guests | Free of Charge
Calling all tweens! Gear up for the school year by designing a notebook covered in collage.
Registration is required and space is limited. Guests welcome with advance registration.
To register, please e-mail children@nysoclib.org or call 212.288-6900 x234.
Please make sure children meet the minimum age requirement listed.
Reading Group
Event Book Discussion: Maggie Jackson's Distracted
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | no registration required
Attend a lecture, read the book, then join other event-going members for informal discussion, book-club style.
Children
Mother Goose Magic
Thursday, September 27, 2018 - 10:00am
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Whitridge Room | Ages 2 and Older | For Members Only | Free of Charge
Enjoy favorite nursery rhymes, picture books, and songs.
Registration is required and space is limited.
To register, please e-mail children@nysoclib.org or call 212.288-6900 x234.
Please make sure children meet the minimum age requirement listed.
Children
Apples, Apples, Everywhere
Thursday, September 27, 2018 - 4:00pm
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Whitridge Room | Ages 3 and Older | For Members Only | Free of Charge
Enjoy a basket of tales about this favorite fall fruit.
Registration is required and space is limited.
To register, please e-mail children@nysoclib.org or call 212.288-6900 x234.
Please make sure children meet the minimum age requirement listed.
The Writing Life
Prompt! with Carol Weston (September 2018 session)
Friday, September 28, 2018 - 11:00am
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | no registration required
Come write with us on Fourth Fridays based on prompts from novelist and educator Carol Weston.
Special Event
A Swinging '60s Evening
Friday, September 28, 2018 - 6:30pm
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Members' Room | open to the public | free of charge | registration required
A lighthearted evening of music and more from the era that brought us the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, celebrating (Head of Events) Sara Holliday's new novel A Thousand Dances. Light refreshments will be served.
Children
Creation Station
Saturday, September 8, 2018 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
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Children's Library | All Ages | For Members Only | Free of Charge
On September weekends drop by the library to color, create, or craft.
For Library members only.
Registration is not required for this drop-in activity.
Special Event
Workshop: The Primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral History Project
Saturday, September 29, 2018 - 2:00pm
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Whitridge Room | open to the public | free of charge | registration required
The Primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral History Project has been digitally recording the stories of off-Broadway through the eyes of the people who pioneered it. Casey Childs, Founder of Primary Stages, and Sally Plass, the project’s director, discuss it and the great artists and works of Off-Broadway.
Children
Creation Station
Saturday, September 8, 2018 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
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Children's Library | All Ages | For Members Only | Free of Charge
On September weekends drop by the library to color, create, or craft.
For Library members only.
Registration is not required for this drop-in activity.
The Writing Life
Writing Life Group: Memoir 2
Monday, October 1, 2018 - 2:30pm
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | by special admission
The Library hosts monthly writing groups for fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, and children’s/young adult writers.
The Writing Life
Writing Life Group: Nonfiction 2
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 - 2:00pm
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | by special admission
The Library hosts monthly writing groups for fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, and children’s/young adult writers.
Special Event
Conversation: Susan Buckley, Eating with Peter and Dawn Drzal, The Bread and the Knife, with Giulia Melucci
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 - 6:30pm
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Members' Room | open to the public | $15 per person | registration required
Memoirists discuss food as personal history, consolation, metaphor, and organizing principle, based on their recent books.
Reading Group
CANCELLED: Late Victorians: Bringing Together the Unusual with James Kraft
Wednesday, October 3, 2018 - 11:00am
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Whitridge Room | for members only | $60 for the set of four sessions | registration required
This seminar is cancelled.
The Writing Life
Writing Life Group: Fiction 3
Thursday, October 4, 2018 - 5:00pm
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | by special admission
The Library hosts monthly writing groups for fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, and children’s/young adult writers.
Holiday Closing: Columbus Day
Sunday, October 7, 2018 - 11:00am to Monday, October 8, 2018 - 5:00pm
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Holiday Closing
The Library is closed Sunday, October 7 and Monday, October 8 for Columbus Day. Otherwise we observe normal hours.
The Writing Life
Writing Life Group: Children's/Young Adult
Monday, October 8, 2018 - 11:00am
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | by special admission
The Library hosts monthly writing groups for fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, and children’s/young adult writers.
The Writing Life
Writing Life Workshop: Ask the Genealogists: Tips and Techniques for Researching Your Family History (10/9 session)
Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - 10:00am
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | registration required for each session separately
Join certified genealogists and repository personnel for three sessions of insights into methods to navigate the vast, complex, and exciting path to your family history. This workshop takes place over three Tuesdays: October 9, November 13, and December 11. Attend any or all sessions.
Reading Group
Robertson Davies' Deptford Trilogy with Nicholas Birns (10/10 session)
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - 11:00am
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Whitridge Room | for members only | $50 for the set of three sessions
Robertson Davies’s Deptford Trilogy is one of the great achievements of Canadian fiction and one of the crucial works that made Canada visible worldwide in literary terms. Popular seminar leader Nicholas Birns guides reading and discussion through this beloved work.
Special Event
Meeting of the Board of Trustees (October 2018)
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - 5:00pm
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Reference Room | by invitation
The Library's Board of Trustees uses the first-floor Reference Room 4:15-7:00 PM.
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Today's Events
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.
Current Exhibition:
The New York
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53 East 79th Street
New York, NY 10075
212.288.6900
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Hours of Operation
Monday / Friday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
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Saturday / Sunday
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The Library Will Be Closed
Sunday, October 7, and Monday, October 8 for Columbus Day.
All areas except Circulation close 15 minutes prior to building closing time.
All areas except Circulation close 15 minutes prior to building closing time.