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Our COVID-19 response (latest update 8/2/21)
TODAY AT THE LIBRARY
Open 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
July 03, 2021With vacation season upon us, now is a great time to highlight our rich collection of books you can listen to! - My Tab
Lecture
WATCH PARTY: Victoria Shorr, The Plum Trees
Friday, August 6, 2021 - 12:00pm
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online | open to the public | free of charge | drop in
From the author of MIDNIGHT, a poignant tale about one woman’s quest to recover her family’s history, and a story of loss and survival during the Holocaust.
Online Event
Digital Teatime
Friday, July 16, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, July 23, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, July 30, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, August 6, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, August 13, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, August 20, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, August 27, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, September 3, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
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for members | donations encouraged | drop in
Grab your favorite cup and your current read and spend a little time in social sipping and book-friendly chat with your fellow members.
Lecture
WATCH PARTY: Laurence Bergreen, In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire
Monday, August 9, 2021 - 12:00pm
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online | open to the public | free of charge | drop in
In this grand and thrilling narrative, the acclaimed biographer of Magellan, Columbus, and Marco Polo brings alive the singular life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, the pirate/explorer/admiral whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I changed the course of history.
The Writing Life
Writing Life Poetry Workshop: Let's Write Our Summer Down with Esther Cohen
Thursday, July 1, 2021 - 2:00pm
Thursday, July 22, 2021 - 2:00pm
Thursday, August 12, 2021 - 2:00pm
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online | open to the public; free for members | separate sessions | registration required
We will write about love and write about living and everything in between in this summer writing workshop.
Special Event
WATCH PARTY: Edward Hirsch, 100 Poems to Break Your Heart, with dramatic readers
Friday, August 13, 2021 - 12:00pm
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online | open to the public | free of charge | drop in
Edward Hirsch's new book presents 100 of the most moving and inspiring poems of the last 200 years from around the world, a collection that will comfort and enthrall anyone trapped by grief or loneliness, selected by the award-winning, best-selling, and beloved author of HOW TO READ A POEM. In this special event, Dr. Hirsch introduces the poems and their creators, with moving readings by actors R.J. Foster and Sarah Rose Kearns.
Online Event
Digital Teatime
Friday, July 16, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, July 23, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, July 30, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, August 6, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, August 13, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, August 20, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, August 27, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, September 3, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
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for members | donations encouraged | drop in
Grab your favorite cup and your current read and spend a little time in social sipping and book-friendly chat with your fellow members.
Lecture
WATCH PARTY: Melissa J. Homestead, The Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa Cather & Edith Lewis
Friday, August 20, 2021 - 12:00pm
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online | open to the public | free of charge | drop in
What would Willa Cather's widely read and cherished novels have looked like if she had never met magazine editor and copywriter Edith Lewis? A groundbreaking new look at the American novelist's creative process.
Online Event
Digital Teatime
Friday, July 16, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, July 23, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, July 30, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, August 6, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, August 13, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, August 20, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, August 27, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, September 3, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
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for members | donations encouraged | drop in
Grab your favorite cup and your current read and spend a little time in social sipping and book-friendly chat with your fellow members.
Special Event
WATCH PARTY: Kirstin Valdez Quade, The Five Wounds: A Novel, in conversation with Meg Wolitzer
Monday, August 23, 2021 - 12:00pm
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online | open to the public | free of charge | drop in
From an award-winning storyteller comes a stunning debut novel about a New Mexican family’s extraordinary year of love and sacrifice. In this special event, Ms. Quade talks about THE FIVE WOUNDS and the art of fiction writing with award-winning novelist Meg Wolitzer.
Lecture
WATCH PARTY: Hayden Herrera, Upper Bohemia: A Memoir
Friday, August 27, 2021 - 12:00pm
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online | open to the public | free of charge | drop in
A poignant coming-of-age memoir by the daughter of artistic, bohemian parents—set against a backdrop of 1950s New York, Cape Cod, and Mexico.
Online Event
Digital Teatime
Friday, July 16, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, July 23, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, July 30, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, August 6, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, August 13, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, August 20, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, August 27, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, September 3, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
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for members | donations encouraged | drop in
Grab your favorite cup and your current read and spend a little time in social sipping and book-friendly chat with your fellow members.
Online Event
Digital Teatime
Friday, July 16, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, July 23, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, July 30, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, August 6, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, August 13, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, August 20, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, August 27, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, September 3, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
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for members | donations encouraged | drop in
Grab your favorite cup and your current read and spend a little time in social sipping and book-friendly chat with your fellow members.
Special Event
Closing: Labor Day Weekend 2021
Saturday, September 4, 2021 - 11:00am
Sunday, September 5, 2021 - 11:00am
Monday, September 6, 2021 - 11:00am
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Closing
The Library is closed all day Saturday, September 4, Sunday, September 5, and Monday, September 6, for Labor Day weekend. Otherwise we observe normal hours.
Special Event
Closing: Labor Day Weekend 2021
Saturday, September 4, 2021 - 11:00am
Sunday, September 5, 2021 - 11:00am
Monday, September 6, 2021 - 11:00am
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Closing
The Library is closed all day Saturday, September 4, Sunday, September 5, and Monday, September 6, for Labor Day weekend. Otherwise we observe normal hours.
Special Event
Closing: Labor Day Weekend 2021
Saturday, September 4, 2021 - 11:00am
Sunday, September 5, 2021 - 11:00am
Monday, September 6, 2021 - 11:00am
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Closing
The Library is closed all day Saturday, September 4, Sunday, September 5, and Monday, September 6, for Labor Day weekend. Otherwise we observe normal hours.
Children
Alan Gratz on Ground Zero
Monday, September 13, 2021 - 2:00pm
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Online | Free of Charge | Presented by the Center for Fiction - Kids Read | Registration Required
In his new novel Ground Zero, bestselling author Alan Gratz weaves together a tale of two devastating days in modern world history, separated by exactly 18 years.
Special Event
Closing: Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day 2021
Monday, October 11, 2021 - 9:00am
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Closing
The Library is closed all day Monday, October 11, for Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day. Otherwise we observe normal hours.
Special Event
Closing: Thanksgiving 2021
Thursday, November 25, 2021 - 9:00am
Friday, November 26, 2021 - 9:00am
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Closing
The Library is closed all day Thursday, November 25 and Friday, November 26, for Thanksgiving.
Special Event
Closing: Thanksgiving 2021
Thursday, November 25, 2021 - 9:00am
Friday, November 26, 2021 - 9:00am
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Closing
The Library is closed all day Thursday, November 25 and Friday, November 26, for Thanksgiving.
Special Event
Closing: Thanksgiving 2021
Thursday, November 25, 2021 - 9:00am
Friday, November 26, 2021 - 9:00am
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Closing
The Library is closed all day Thursday, November 25 and Friday, November 26, for Thanksgiving.
Special Event
Closing: Thanksgiving 2021
Thursday, November 25, 2021 - 9:00am
Friday, November 26, 2021 - 9:00am
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Closing
The Library is closed all day Thursday, November 25 and Friday, November 26, for Thanksgiving.
Special Event
Closing: Christmas 2021
Friday, December 24, 2021 - 9:00am to Saturday, December 25, 2021 - 5:00pm
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Closing
The Library is closed all day Friday, December 24 and Saturday, December 25, for Christmas. Otherwise we observe normal hours.
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 Society Library
53 East 79th Street
New York, NY 10075
212.288.6900
reference@nysoclib.org
Hours of Operation
Monday / Friday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Saturday / Sunday
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Holiday Closing:
Labor Day Weekend
The Library is closed on
Saturday, September 4, 2021
Sunday, September 5, 2021 and
Monday, September 6, 2021
for Labor Day Weekend.
Otherwise we observe normal hours.