Past Events
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Sunday, May 17, 2020 - 2:00 PM | Performance | Members’ Room | open to the public | $20 per person | registration requiredThis event will be re-announced with a new date for fall 2020.
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Saturday, May 16, 2020 - 11:00 AM | Children | Online (Zoom)
Join us on Zoom for a virtual, face-to-face storytime.
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Thursday, May 14, 2020 - 4:00 PM | Children | Online | For All Ages
Join us on YouTube at the time above for our virtual storytime for all ages! Can't join us then?
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Thursday, May 14, 2020 - 3:00 PM | Online Event | Separate sessions | open to the public | online | by donation | no registration requiredWe're all inside. There are so many words to say how we feel. Let's try together.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 6:00 PM | Special Event | Members' Room | open to the public | $20 per person | advance registration requiredThis event will be re-announced with a new date for fall 2020.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 5:30 PM | Special Event | Online | open to the public | $10 per person | registration requiredWe're pleased to offer a virtual visit to the Library then and now, including discussion of our history, a digital building walk-through, tips from our Book Conservator, and a detailed look at our current exhibition.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 4:00 PM | Children | Online | Recommended for children grades K and up
Join us on Zoom for a face-to-face storytime. Globe Trekkers returns!
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Tuesday, May 12, 2020 - 6:00 PM | Special Event | Online | open to the public | free of charge | no registration requiredOur author-judges offer writing advice and inspiration in honor of this year's winning young writers.
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Saturday, May 9, 2020 - 11:00 AM | Children | Online | For All Ages
Join us on YouTube at the time above for our virtual storytime for all ages! Can't join us then?
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Thursday, May 7, 2020 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Online | open to the public | by donation | no registration requiredA long-overdue biography of the head of Grand Central Terminal’s Red Caps, who flourished in the cultural nexus of Harlem and American railroads.
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Thursday, May 7, 2020 - 6:00 PM | The Writing Life | Online | for members only | $60 for the four sessions | registration requiredThis course will explore the growing popularity of flash fiction and examine how the elements of traditional storytelling like character, conflict, and plot play out in a condensed form with the editor-in-chief of the journal DIGGING THROUGH THE FAT.
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Thursday, May 7, 2020 - 4:00 PM | Children | Online | For All Ages
Join us on Zoom for a virtual storytime.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - 2:00 PM | Special Event | Online | open to the public | free of charge | no registration requiredAn intimate look at the world, family, and gorgeous art of early-20th-century book designer Margaret Armstrong.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2020 - 6:00 PM | Reception | For members and guests | Members' Room | reception at 6:00 PM, presentation at 6:30 PM | free of charge | advance registration requiredThe Book Awards ceremony will be re-announced with a new date for fall 2020.
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Friday, May 1, 2020 - 10:00 AM | Children | Online | For All Ages
Join us on Zoom for a virtual storytime.
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Thursday, April 30, 2020 - 6:00 PM | Lecture | Reception 6:00 PM, presentation 6:30 PM | Members' Room | open to the public | $15 per person | registration requiredThis event will be re-announced with a new date for fall 2020.
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Thursday, April 30, 2020 - 4:00 PM | Children | Online | For All Ages
Join us on YouTube at the time above for our virtual storytime
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Thursday, April 30, 2020 - 9:00 AM | Special Event | Online | no registration required
Share your favorite poem for Poem in Your Pocket Day!
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Wednesday, April 8, 2020 - 11:00 AM | Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 11:00 AM | Reading Group | Online | for members only | $60 for the set of four sessions | registration requiredThe Events Department is in touch with registrants regarding an online format for the remaining sessions of this seminar. With questions, email events@nysoclib.org.
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Thursday, April 23, 2020 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Online | open to the public | by donation | no registration requiredAn illuminating new biography of one of the greatest American poets of the twentieth century, Elizabeth Bishop.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020 - 11:00 AM | Special Event | Peluso Family Exhibition Gallery | open to the public | free of charge | drop inTalks in the gallery will return when regular Library events resume.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020 - 10:00 AM | Children | Online | For All Ages
Join us on YouTube at the time above for our virtual storytime
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Monday, April 20, 2020 - 6:30 PM | Special Event | Online | open to the public | by donation | no registration requiredDemo: Poems is a dazzling volume that gushes with the rhythms of life and language, from award-winning poet Charlie Smith. As part of our National Poetry Month celebration, Mr. Smith reads from his work.
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Friday, April 17, 2020 - 10:00 AM | Children | Online (Zoom)
Join us on Zoom for a virtual storytime.
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020 - 6:30 PM | The Writing Life | Members' Room | open to the public | $15 per person | registration requiredThis event will be re-announced with a new date for fall 2020.