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TODAY AT THE LIBRARY
Open 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
October 17, 2019October 11, 2019Sarah and Angelina Grimke and more suffragist tidbits as the WOMEN GET THE VOTE exhibition comes down.October 04, 2019If you visit the Library this fall, you may notice some curious little interlopers.
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Special Event
Member Orientation (11/18/19 session)
Monday, November 18, 2019 - 10:00am
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | no registration required
It's your Library. Learn about all the ways to make use of our collections, building, and services in a friendly presentation/Q&A with a staff member. Sessions last 45-60 minutes.
Lecture
Suketu Mehta, This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
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Members' Room | open to the public | $15 per person | advance registration required
A timely argument for why the United States and the West would benefit from accepting more immigrants.
Reading Group
Jane Mallison, Walt Whitman at 200
Repeats every month until Thu Dec 19 2019 except Fri Nov 01 2019, Sun Dec 01 2019. Also includes Wed Oct 30 2019, Wed Nov 20 2019, Wed Dec 18 2019.Wednesday, October 2, 2019 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
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Whitridge Room | for members only | $60 for the set of four sessions | advance registration required
This seminar looks at Whitman (born in May 1819) as poet, American, man.
Special Event
Happy Hour, Fall 2019
Repeats every month on October, November, December on the third Wednesday until Thu Dec 19 2019. Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 5:30pm to 6:30pm
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For members only | Whitridge Room | free of charge | no registration required
Join your fellow members every third Wednesday of the month for an informal drop-in hour of wine and light refreshments.
Reading Group
Donald McDonough, Euripides’ Trojan War
Repeats every month until Fri Dec 13 2019 except Tue Oct 01 2019, Fri Nov 01 2019, Sun Dec 01 2019. Also includes Thu Oct 24 2019, Thu Nov 21 2019, Thu Dec 12 2019.Thursday, September 26, 2019 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
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Whitridge Room | for members only | $60 for the set of four sessions | advance registration required
Euripides' tragic plays competed directly with Homer's epic Iliad to challenge his Athenians. Twenty-four hundred years later, they still shock.
Special Event
Holiday Closing: Thanksgiving
Wednesday, November 27, 2019 - 5:00pm to Friday, November 29, 2019 - 5:00pm
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Holiday Closing
The Library closes at 5:00 PM on Wednesday, November 27 and remains closed Thursday, November 28 and Friday, November 29, for Thanksgiving. Otherwise we observe normal hours.
Performance
Manydown, a New Jane Austen Play by Sarah Rose Kearns
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
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Whitridge Room | Open to the public | $20 per person | advance registration required
One night in December 1802, Jane Austen must face a difficult choice around love, community, and art in this play-in-progress by Sarah Rose Kearns.
Special Event
Meeting of the Board of Trustees
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 - 4:00pm
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Reference Room | by invitation only
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Special Event
Workshop: Women's Leadership in the Creation of Off-Broadway
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
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Whitridge Room | open to the public | free of charge | registration required
Join us as we focus on the extraordinary leadership of women in the creation of today’s vibrant Off-Broadway.
Children
Interrupting Chicken: A Puppet Show by David Ezra Stein
Saturday, December 7, 2019 - 3:00pm
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Members’ Room | open to the public | for ages 5 and older | $10 per person | registration required
Enjoy an entertaining puppet show from the acclaimed author-illustrator.
The Writing Life
Writing Life Workshop: Miral Sattar, Why Writers Need to Learn About SEO, Voice Search, and Getting Found on Google (December 10 session)
Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - 11:00am to 12:30pm
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | advance registration required
The higher your search ranking, the more likely your website will be found. In this talk, Miral Sattar will show you best practices for optimizing your web pages and getting the best results from searches on Google and Amazon so writers can get found, read, and followed.
Reading Group
Nicholas Birns, The Marginal and the Universal: Ellison’s Invisible Man and Nguyen’s The Sympathizer
Repeats every month until Thu Dec 12 2019 except Tue Oct 01 2019, Fri Nov 01 2019, Sun Dec 01 2019. Also includes Wed Oct 16 2019, Wed Nov 13 2019, Wed Dec 11 2019.Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
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Whitridge Room for members only | $60 for the set of four sessions | registration required
Ralph Ellison and Viet Thanh Nguyen both treat marginal experience as potentially universal to create masterworks of epic scope and astonishing innovation.
Special Event
Robert A. Caro, Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
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The Liederkranz Foundation, 6 East 87th Street | open to the public | $15 per person | advance registration required
From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Power Broker and The Years of Lyndon Johnson: an unprecedented gathering of vivid, candid, deeply revealing recollections about his experiences researching and writing his acclaimed books.
Reading Group
Donald McDonough, Euripides’ Trojan War
Thursday, September 26, 2019 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
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Whitridge Room | for members only | $60 for the set of four sessions | advance registration required
Euripides' tragic plays competed directly with Homer's epic Iliad to challenge his Athenians. Twenty-four hundred years later, they still shock.
The Writing Life
The Editor Is In: An Interactive Seminar with Walter Bode (12/12/19 session)
Thursday, December 12, 2019 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | advance registration required
Books Walter Bode edited have won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. In this seminar, he’ll help writers find the most effective words and make the best use of them – based on participants’ own writing samples.
The Writing Life
Prompt! with Carol Weston (12/13/19 session)
Friday, December 13, 2019 - 11:00am
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | no registration required
Come write with us on second Fridays based on prompts from novelist and educator Carol Weston.
Reading Group
Tea & Trollope Reading Group with Blanche Siegal, Fall 2019-Spring 2020
Repeats every month until Tue Apr 21 2020 except Fri Nov 01 2019, Sun Dec 01 2019, Wed Jan 01 2020, Sat Feb 01 2020, Sun Mar 01 2020, Wed Apr 01 2020. Also includes Sun Nov 10 2019, Sun Dec 15 2019, Sun Feb 09 2020, Sun Mar 15 2020, Sun Apr 19 2020.Sunday, October 20, 2019 - 2:30pm to 4:00pm
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Whitridge Room | for members only | by donation | advance registration required
Educator Blanche Siegal leads informal discussions of the beloved Victorian author Anthony Trollope and other master writers of the same century. This popular group is now in its ninth season.
Special Event
Member Orientation (12/16/19 session)
Monday, December 16, 2019 - 10:00am
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | no registration required
It's your Library. Learn about all the ways to make use of our collections, building, and services in a friendly presentation/Q&A with a staff member. Sessions last 45-60 minutes.
Reading Group
Jane Mallison, Walt Whitman at 200
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
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Whitridge Room | for members only | $60 for the set of four sessions | advance registration required
This seminar looks at Whitman (born in May 1819) as poet, American, man.
Special Event
Happy Hour, Fall 2019
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 5:30pm to 6:30pm
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For members only | Whitridge Room | free of charge | no registration required
Join your fellow members every third Wednesday of the month for an informal drop-in hour of wine and light refreshments.
Special Event
Holiday Closing: Christmas/Boxing Day
Tuesday, December 24, 2019 - 5:00pm to Thursday, December 26, 2019 - 8:00pm
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Holiday Closing
The Library closes at 5:00 PM on Tuesday, December 24 and remains closed Wednesday, December 25 and Thursday, December 26.
Special Event
Holiday Closing: New Year's Day
Tuesday, December 31, 2019 - 5:00pm to Wednesday, January 1, 2020 - 8:00pm
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Holiday Closing
The Library closes at 5:00 PM on Tuesday, December 31 and remains closed Wednesday, January 1, 2020. Otherwise we observe normal hours.
Reading Group
Tea & Trollope Reading Group with Blanche Siegal, Fall 2019-Spring 2020
Sunday, October 20, 2019 - 2:30pm to 4:00pm
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Whitridge Room | for members only | by donation | advance registration required
Educator Blanche Siegal leads informal discussions of the beloved Victorian author Anthony Trollope and other master writers of the same century. This popular group is now in its ninth season.
Reading Group
Tea & Trollope Reading Group with Blanche Siegal, Fall 2019-Spring 2020
Sunday, October 20, 2019 - 2:30pm to 4:00pm
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Whitridge Room | for members only | by donation | advance registration required
Educator Blanche Siegal leads informal discussions of the beloved Victorian author Anthony Trollope and other master writers of the same century. This popular group is now in its ninth season.
Reading Group
Tea & Trollope Reading Group with Blanche Siegal, Fall 2019-Spring 2020
Sunday, October 20, 2019 - 2:30pm to 4:00pm
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Whitridge Room | for members only | by donation | advance registration required
Educator Blanche Siegal leads informal discussions of the beloved Victorian author Anthony Trollope and other master writers of the same century. This popular group is now in its ninth season.
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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
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 - 8:00 PM
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Saturday / Sunday
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The Library Will Be Closed
Thursday, November 27th, and Friday, November 28th for Thanksgiving.
All areas except Circulation close 15 minutes prior to building closing time.
All areas except Circulation close 15 minutes prior to building closing time.