Our collected Hallowisdom for what to read this Halloween
-
Marginalia
Our COVID-19 response (latest update 10/6/2021)
TODAY AT THE LIBRARY
Open 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
October 19, 2021I recently undertook the conservation of two 19th century volumes that are just too gorgeous not to share.October 04, 2021A scattering of the many volumes in our stacks by authors of Hispanic background or on related topics - My Tab
Online Event
Seminar: Exploring Place and Space in Fiction with Claire Jimenez
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 - 5:00pm
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 - 5:00pm
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 - 5:00pm
Wednesday, December 8, 2021 - 5:00pm
|
online | open to the public | $60 for the set of four sessions | registration required
In this seminar, we will read selections from Stuart Dybek, Edward P. Jones, Toni Cade Bambara, Tommy Orange, and Grace Paley to understand how each author animates place to create deeper meaning.
Children
Online Event
Digital Teatime
Friday, September 3, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, September 10, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, September 17, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, September 24, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, October 1, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, October 8, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, October 15, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, October 22, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, October 29, 2021 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm
|
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.
Whitridge Room Event
Writing Life Workshop: The Library of Memory: Recovering Your Story with Julia Ain-Krupa
Tuesday, October 12, 2021 - 11:00am
Tuesday, October 19, 2021 - 11:00am
Tuesday, October 26, 2021 - 11:00am
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 - 11:00am
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 - 11:00am
Tuesday, November 16, 2021 - 11:00am
|
Little Whitridge Room | open to the public | free of charge | registration required
This 6-week workshop will explore new ways of connecting to storytelling and discovering how fulfilling writing one’s own story can be.
Online Event
Seminar: Two Great Portuguese-Language Novelists, with Nicholas Birns
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 - 11:00am
Wednesday, October 13, 2021 - 11:00am
Wednesday, November 3, 2021 - 11:00am
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 - 11:00am
|
On the Zoom Meetings platform | for members only | $60 for the four sessions | registration required
This seminar looks at two of the most renowned novelists in the Portuguese language, José Saramago and Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis.
Whitridge Room Event
Seminar: Literature from Hell, with Jane Mallison
Thursday, October 21, 2021 - 11:00am
Thursday, November 4, 2021 - 11:00am
Thursday, November 18, 2021 - 11:00am
Thursday, December 2, 2021 - 11:00am
|
Whitridge Room | for members only | $60 for the four sessions | registration required
Six devilish figures in literature from the 14th century to the 1970s - will they strike us as scary? Hilarious? Intriguing? All of the above?
Online Event
Writing Life Poetry Workshop: Writing Together with Esther Cohen
Thursday, October 7, 2021 - 2:00pm
Thursday, October 21, 2021 - 2:00pm
Thursday, November 4, 2021 - 2:00pm
|
on the Zoom Meetings platform | open to the public; free for members | separate sessions | registration required
In this free-form creative writing workshop, we will explore what we can say and ways we can say it, by writing and reading together.
Members’ Room Event
Uptown at Night: An Evening of Comedy and Humorous Storytelling
Thursday, November 4, 2021 - 6:00pm
|
Members' Room | open to the public | $20 per person | advance registration required
Uptown at Night returns to the Members’ Room with a vibrant lineup of humorous storytellers and comedians including Joan Juliet Buck, Sloane Crosley, Patty Kiernan, Tom Perrotta, and James Harvey on keyboard. Sydney LeBlanc hosts.
Whitridge Room Event
Writing Life Workshop: The Library of Memory: Recovering Your Story with Julia Ain-Krupa
Tuesday, October 12, 2021 - 11:00am
Tuesday, October 19, 2021 - 11:00am
Tuesday, October 26, 2021 - 11:00am
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 - 11:00am
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 - 11:00am
Tuesday, November 16, 2021 - 11:00am
|
Little Whitridge Room | open to the public | free of charge | registration required
This 6-week workshop will explore new ways of connecting to storytelling and discovering how fulfilling writing one’s own story can be.
Members’ Room Event
Anne E. Fernald and Roxana Robinson, The World of Virginia Woolf
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 - 6:00pm
|
Members' Room | open to the public | $15 per person | registration required
In this one-of-a-kind event, two scholars passionate about Woolf discuss her life and her place in literature.
Online Event
LIVESTREAM: Anne E. Fernald and Roxana Robinson, The World of Virginia Woolf
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 - 6:00pm
|
Livestream | open to the public | $10 per person | registration required
In this one-of-a-kind event, two scholars passionate about Woolf discuss her life and her place in literature.
Online Event
The Writing Life: Prompt! Fall 2021 (Online)
Friday, October 8, 2021 - 11:00am
Friday, November 12, 2021 - 11:00am
Friday, December 10, 2021 - 11:00am
|
on the Zoom Meetings platform | for members only | free of charge | registration required
Join your fellow member writers for a fun and stimulating hour+ of prompts, writing, and sharing.
Whitridge Room Event
Writing Life Workshop: The Library of Memory: Recovering Your Story with Julia Ain-Krupa
Tuesday, October 12, 2021 - 11:00am
Tuesday, October 19, 2021 - 11:00am
Tuesday, October 26, 2021 - 11:00am
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 - 11:00am
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 - 11:00am
Tuesday, November 16, 2021 - 11:00am
|
Little Whitridge Room | open to the public | free of charge | registration required
This 6-week workshop will explore new ways of connecting to storytelling and discovering how fulfilling writing one’s own story can be.
Online Event
Seminar: Two Great Portuguese-Language Novelists, with Nicholas Birns
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 - 11:00am
Wednesday, October 13, 2021 - 11:00am
Wednesday, November 3, 2021 - 11:00am
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 - 11:00am
|
On the Zoom Meetings platform | for members only | $60 for the four sessions | registration required
This seminar looks at two of the most renowned novelists in the Portuguese language, José Saramago and Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis.
Online Event
Seminar: Exploring Place and Space in Fiction with Claire Jimenez
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 - 5:00pm
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 - 5:00pm
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 - 5:00pm
Wednesday, December 8, 2021 - 5:00pm
|
online | open to the public | $60 for the set of four sessions | registration required
In this seminar, we will read selections from Stuart Dybek, Edward P. Jones, Toni Cade Bambara, Tommy Orange, and Grace Paley to understand how each author animates place to create deeper meaning.
Whitridge Room Event
Seminar: Literature from Hell, with Jane Mallison
Thursday, October 21, 2021 - 11:00am
Thursday, November 4, 2021 - 11:00am
Thursday, November 18, 2021 - 11:00am
Thursday, December 2, 2021 - 11:00am
|
Whitridge Room | for members only | $60 for the four sessions | registration required
Six devilish figures in literature from the 14th century to the 1970s - will they strike us as scary? Hilarious? Intriguing? All of the above?
Members’ Room Event
Susan Nagel, Patriotism and Profit: Washington, Hamilton, Schuyler & the Rivalry for America's Capital City
Thursday, November 18, 2021 - 6:00pm
|
Members' Room | open to the public | $15 per person | registration required
The untold story of how America’s beloved first president, George Washington, borrowed, leveraged, and coerced his way into masterminding the key land purchase of the American era, which led to the creation of the nation’s capital city.
Online Event
LIVESTREAM: Susan Nagel, Patriotism and Profit: Washington, Hamilton, Schuyler & the Rivalry for America's Capital City
Thursday, November 18, 2021 - 6:30pm
|
Livestreamed | open to the public | $10 per person | registration required
The untold story of how America’s beloved first president, George Washington, borrowed, leveraged, and coerced his way into masterminding the key land purchase of the American era, which led to the creation the nation’s capital city.
Whitridge Room Event
The Writing Life: Prompt! Fall 2021 (Whitridge Room)
Friday, October 22, 2021 - 11:00am
Friday, November 19, 2021 - 11:00am
Friday, December 3, 2021 - 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.
Special Event
Closing: Thanksgiving 2021
Wednesday, November 24, 2021 - 9:00am
Thursday, November 25, 2021 - 9:00am
Friday, November 26, 2021 - 9:00am
|
Closing
The Library is open 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM on Wednesday, November 24 and is closed all day Thursday, November 25 and Friday, November 26, for Thanksgiving.
Special Event
Closing: Thanksgiving 2021
Wednesday, November 24, 2021 - 9:00am
Thursday, November 25, 2021 - 9:00am
Friday, November 26, 2021 - 9:00am
|
Closing
The Library is open 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM on Wednesday, November 24 and is closed all day Thursday, November 25 and Friday, November 26, for Thanksgiving.
Special Event
Closing: Thanksgiving 2021
Wednesday, November 24, 2021 - 9:00am
Thursday, November 25, 2021 - 9:00am
Friday, November 26, 2021 - 9:00am
|
Closing
The Library is open 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM on Wednesday, November 24 and is closed all day Thursday, November 25 and Friday, November 26, for Thanksgiving.
Whitridge Room Event
Seminar: Literature from Hell, with Jane Mallison
Thursday, October 21, 2021 - 11:00am
Thursday, November 4, 2021 - 11:00am
Thursday, November 18, 2021 - 11:00am
Thursday, December 2, 2021 - 11:00am
|
Whitridge Room | for members only | $60 for the four sessions | registration required
Six devilish figures in literature from the 14th century to the 1970s - will they strike us as scary? Hilarious? Intriguing? All of the above?
Whitridge Room Event
The Writing Life: Prompt! Fall 2021 (Whitridge Room)
Friday, October 22, 2021 - 11:00am
Friday, November 19, 2021 - 11:00am
Friday, December 3, 2021 - 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.
Online Event
Seminar: Exploring Place and Space in Fiction with Claire Jimenez
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 - 5:00pm
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 - 5:00pm
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 - 5:00pm
Wednesday, December 8, 2021 - 5:00pm
|
online | open to the public | $60 for the set of four sessions | registration required
In this seminar, we will read selections from Stuart Dybek, Edward P. Jones, Toni Cade Bambara, Tommy Orange, and Grace Paley to understand how each author animates place to create deeper meaning.
Pages
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
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday
9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Saturday / Sunday
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Holiday Closing:
Thanksgiving
The Library closes at 5:00 PM on Wednesday, November 24 and is closed Thursday, November 25, 2021 and Friday, November 26, 2021 for Thanksgiving.
Otherwise we observe normal hours.