Past Events
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the door
The former President of the American Psychiatric Association tells the fascinating story of psychiatry's origins, demise, and redemption.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 - 2:00 PM | The Writing Life | For Members Only | Whitridge Room | Free of charge; advance registration required
Get the creative juices flowing in these fun and instructive sessions.
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Monday, November 16, 2015 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the door
In this unique event, historian and author Olivier Bernier discusses the evolution of American taste through the lens of the Goodhue Collection.
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Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the door
Late in his life Tennessee Williams sent James Grissom on a journey to locate Williams’ inspiration and legacy among the giants of American theater, from Lillian Gish to Katharine Hepburn.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015 - 10:00 AM | The Writing Life | For Members Only | Whitridge Room | Free of charge; registration required
Trying to find an agent has become as tricky as trying to find a publisher, and a good query letter is essential.
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 - 3:00 PM | | Members' Room | For seventh grade and older | Advance registration is required | $5 per person, payable at the doorFind out how friendships, and schemes, and secrets propel gripping stories by Paul Acampora, Valynne Maetani, and Rebecca Stead.
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | $35 per person | Temple Israel, 112 East 75th Street
Spend an evening with five prize-winning biographers and their legendary editor as they explore how major biographical works are conceived and crafted.
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Monday, November 2, 2015 - 2:00 PM | Performance | For Members Only | Whitridge Room | Free of charge. Space is very limited; advance registration required
Joyce Carol Oates’ new play Bad Touch tells the story of an eccentric young teacher leaving Brooklyn for the heartland to fulfill a naive fantasy of ‘discovering America.’ Her new life proves confusing, disorienting, and ultimately disast
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Sunday, November 1, 2015 - 3:00 PM | Performance | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $20 with advance registration; $25 at the doorTwo gifted young musicians explore the influence of night and dreams on poetry and song, through the music of Franz Schubert, Richard Strauss, Hector Berlioz, and more.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the door
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Monday, October 26, 2015 - 6:00 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the door
Central Park is "one of the greatest works of art in America," and it has inspired many of America's greatest painters.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2015 - 6:00 PM | The Writing Life | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the door
Library members read from their own short stories, novels, poetry, criticism, memoir, and plays. Refreshments and wine will be served.
Reading slots are now full; space is available for audience members.
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Monday, October 19, 2015 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the door
The Challis Professor of History at the University of Sydney recreates the surprising story of larger-than-life, controversial tycoon Jeremiah G. Hamilton. Hamilton was a Shareholder of the Society Library.
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Sunday, October 18, 2015 - 2:30 PM | Reading Group | For Members Only | Whitridge Room | By donation; registration required
A few spaces are available in the ongoing Tea and Trollope reading group, featuring light refreshments and informal discussion of the Victorian master novelist and his peers, led by Blanche Siegal.
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Saturday, October 17, 2015 - 3:00 PM | Children | Whitridge Room | Ages 2 and Older | For Members and their Guests | $5 per child
Welcome autumn and celebrate Halloween with dynamic and interactive storyteller MacKerrow Talcott. Children are encouraged to dress up in their Halloween costumes and get ready to leap into the exciting world of storytelling.
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Friday, October 16, 2015 - 4:00 PM | Children | Kindergarten through Grade 5 | Open to the public | Members' Room | $5 per person, payable at the door | Advance registration required
Budding artists and writers are invited to join Bruce Degen for an afternoon of art and stories.
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Thursday, October 15, 2015 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the door
In 1871, five young girls were sent by the Japanese government to the United States. Their mission: learn Western ways and return to help nurture a new generation of enlightened men to lead Japan.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015 - 10:00 AM | The Writing Life | For Members Only | Whitridge Room | Free of charge; registration required
From accidentally coming across the Swiss Army Knife factory, to fishing for piranha in the Amazon, Gerald Eskenazi has learned that there are stories everywhere.
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the door
Bancroft Prize-winning scholar David S. Reynolds edits and introduces a broad selection of Abraham Lincoln’s writings, from earliest days through his last.
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Monday, October 5, 2015 - 6:00 PM | Reception | For Members and Their Guests | Members' Room | Free of charge; advance registration required
Library members and their guests are cordially invited to join exhibition curator Harriet Shapiro and special guests for the opening reception of the new exhibition Sarah Parker Goodhue: A Hidden Collection Comes to Light.
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Wednesday, September 30, 2015 - 11:00 AM | Reading Group | For Members Only | Whitridge Room | $100 for all 8 sessions (recommended); $15 per sessionThis eight-session seminar will survey all of Fitzgerald’s major works in the company of lesser-known pieces.
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Monday, September 28, 2015 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the door
An award-winning journalist reveals a little-known and shameful episode in American history, when an African man was used as a human zoo exhibit—a shocking story of racial prejudice, science, and tragedy in the early years of the twentieth century
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Thursday, September 24, 2015 - 11:00 AM | Reading Group | For Members Only | Whitridge Room | $50 for all four sessions (recommended); $15 per session
Rivers meander, and so do travelers.
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Thursday, September 17, 2015 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the door
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM | Reception | For Members and Their Guests | Members' Room | RSVP Requested
Please join us for an open house to honor and bid farewell to Head Librarian Mark Bartlett. Mark will greet members and their guests in the Members' Room from 3:00 to 7:00 PM. Light refreshments will be served.
