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Children
Crafternoon
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 - 3:30pm
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Whitridge Room | All Ages | For Members Only
Come get craft at the Library.
The Writing Life
Prompt! In Person with Carol Weston
Thursday, January 4, 2024 - 11:00am
Thursday, February 1, 2024 - 11:00am
Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 11:00am
Thursday, April 4, 2024 - 11:00am
Thursday, May 9, 2024 - 11:00am
Thursday, June 6, 2024 - 11:00am
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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.
Children
We ♥ Books!
Thursday, May 9, 2024 - 4:00pm
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Whitridge Room | Ages 3 and Older | For Members Only
Celebrate stories during Children's Book Week.
Special Event
Members' Room: Panel: We Refuse to Be Silent: Women’s Voices on Justice for Black Men
Thursday, May 9, 2024 - 6:00pm
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Members' Room | open to the public | free of charge | registration required
In this powerful and needed collection, editor Angela P. Dodson brings together the voices of more than thirty-five accomplished women writers on the topic of violence and injustice against Black men. In this unique event, she converses with Dr. Brenda M. Greene, Audrey Edwards, and Prof. Gloria J. Browne-Marshall.
Special Event
Livestream: Panel: We Refuse to Be Silent: Women’s Voices on Justice for Black Men
Thursday, May 9, 2024 - 6:00pm
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Livestream | open to the public | free of charge | registration required
In this powerful and needed collection, editor Angela P. Dodson brings together the voices of more than thirty-five accomplished women writers on the topic of violence and injustice against Black men. In this unique event, she converses with Dr. Brenda M. Greene, Audrey Edwards, and Prof. Gloria J. Browne-Marshall.
Children
Time Travelers: Old New York
Saturday, May 11, 2024 - 11:30am
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Whitridge Room | Ages 5 and Older | For Members Only
Take a trip in our time machine. This month, we’ll travel back to the yesteryears of NYC!
Children
Creation Station
Saturday, May 4, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Sunday, May 5, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Saturday, May 11, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Sunday, May 12, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Saturday, May 18, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Sunday, May 19, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
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Children's Library | All Ages | For Members Only
Drop by the Library to color, create, or craft.
Lecture
Members' Room: Diane Richards, Ella, a Novel of Ella Fitzgerald, with Deborah Kampmeier
Saturday, May 11, 2024 - 2:00pm
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Members' Room | open to the public | free of charge | registration required
A remarkable debut novel about an extraordinary woman: Ella Fitzgerald, arguably the greatest singer of the twentieth century. In this one-of-a-kind event, author Diane Richards converses with screenwriter and director Deborah Kampmeier.
Lecture
Livestream: Diane Richards, Ella, a Novel of Ella Fitzgerald, with Deborah Kampmeier
Saturday, May 11, 2024 - 2:00pm
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Livestream | open to the public | free of charge | registration required
A remarkable debut novel about an extraordinary woman: Ella Fitzgerald, arguably the greatest singer of the twentieth century. In this one-of-a-kind event, author Diane Richards converses with screenwriter and director Deborah Kampmeier.
Children
Creation Station
Saturday, May 4, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Sunday, May 5, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Saturday, May 11, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Sunday, May 12, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Saturday, May 18, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Sunday, May 19, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
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Children's Library | All Ages | For Members Only
Drop by the Library to color, create, or craft.
Children
Wiggles & Giggles
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 - 10:00am
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Whitridge Room | Ages 24 Months and Younger | For Members Only
Join us for songs, stories, and movement for babies and toddlers.
Pick up a ticket in the lobby.
Lecture
Livestream: Caroline Alexander, Skies of Thunder: The Deadly World War II Mission Over the Roof of the World, with Wendy Wolf
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 - 6:00pm
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Livestream | open to the public | $10 per person | registration required
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Endurance and The War That Killed Achilles, a breathtaking account of combat and survival in one of the most brutally challenging and rarely examined campaigns of World War II.
Lecture
Members' Room: Caroline Alexander, Skies of Thunder: The Deadly World War II Mission Over the Roof of the World, with Wendy Wolf
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 - 6:00pm
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Members' Room | open to the public | $15 per person | registration required
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Endurance and The War That Killed Achilles, a breathtaking account of combat and survival in one of the most brutally challenging and rarely examined campaigns of World War II.
Reading Group
Seminar: “What A Lark! What a Plunge!” Mrs. Dalloway at 100, with Nicholas Birns
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 - 11:00am
Wednesday, June 12, 2024 - 11:00am
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Whitridge Room | for members and their guests | $50 for the two sessions | registration required
2025 will see the hundredth anniversary of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway. Reading Merve Emre’s recent annotated edition, published by W. W. Norton, we will explore such themes as the aftermath of war; life in the modern city; depression and its treatment; and the possible lingering effects of the 1918 pandemic, all juxtaposed with perhaps the most memorable party in modern literature.
Special Event
Happy Hour, May 2024
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm
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Members' Room | for members and their guests | free of charge | drop in
End your day with wine and light refreshments in the beautiful Members' Room. Library members and their guests are welcome.
Performance
Livestream: Kate Feiffer, Morning Pages and Its Play-Within-a-Novel, with dramatic readers
Thursday, May 16, 2024 - 6:00pm
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Livestream | open to the public | $10 per person | registration required
When her professional and family life collide, a playwright starts journaling every morning to push through her writer’s block in this laugh-out-loud and fresh take on family, friendship, and the chaos of midlife. This one-of-a-kind event features actors presenting scenes from the play within the novel, with commentary from the novelist, Kate Feiffer.
Performance
Members' Room: Kate Feiffer, Morning Pages and Its Play-Within-a-Novel, with dramatic readers
Thursday, May 16, 2024 - 6:00pm
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Members' Room | open to the public | $15 per person | registration required
When her professional and family life collide, a playwright starts journaling every morning to push through her writer’s block in this laugh-out-loud and fresh take on family, friendship, and the chaos of midlife. This one-of-a-kind event features actors presenting scenes from the play within the novel, with commentary from the novelist, Kate Feiffer.
Children
Mother Goose Magic
Friday, May 17, 2024 - 10:00am
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Whitridge Room | Ages 2 and Older | For Members Only
Enjoy favorite nursery rhymes, picture books, and songs.
Children
Creation Station
Saturday, May 4, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Sunday, May 5, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Saturday, May 11, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Sunday, May 12, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Saturday, May 18, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Sunday, May 19, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
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Children's Library | All Ages | For Members Only
Drop by the Library to color, create, or craft.
Children
Creation Station
Saturday, May 4, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Sunday, May 5, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Saturday, May 11, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Sunday, May 12, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Saturday, May 18, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Sunday, May 19, 2024 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
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Children's Library | All Ages | For Members Only
Drop by the Library to color, create, or craft.
Special Event
Livestream: Panel: Reading Robert Musil, with Rüdiger Campe, Genese Grill, and Mark Mirsky
Monday, May 20, 2024 - 6:00pm
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Livestream | open to the public | $10 per person | registration required
Join us for a unique evening of readings and discussions of the works of the Austrian writer Robert Musil (1880-1942), author of the Modernist masterpiece The Man without Qualities, the novella The Confusions of Young Törless, and many short stories and essays, as well as plays, reviews, and aphorisms.
Special Event
Members' Room: Panel: Reading Robert Musil, with Rüdiger Campe, Genese Grill, and Mark Mirsky
Monday, May 20, 2024 - 6:00pm
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Members' Room | open to the public | $15 per person | registration required
Join us for a unique evening of readings and discussions of the works of the Austrian writer Robert Musil (1880-1942), author of the Modernist masterpiece The Man without Qualities, the novella The Confusions of Young Törless, and many short stories and essays, as well as plays, reviews, and aphorisms.
Children
Wiggles & Giggles
Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - 10:00am
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Whitridge Room | Ages 24 Months and Younger | For Members Only
Join us for songs, stories, and movement for babies and toddlers.
Pick up a ticket in the lobby.
The Writing Life
Writing Life Daytime Talk: Meet the NYC Municipal Archives, with Kenneth R. Cobb
Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - 3:30pm
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | registration required
Kenneth R. Cobb, a 45-year veteran of the NYC Department of Records & Information Services, presents an illustrated review of Municipal Archives holdings including the mayoral collections, records pertaining to the administration of criminal justice, drawings of Central Park and Brooklyn Bridge, as well as records and photographs created by municipal departments such as police, health, parks, finance and education.
Reception
The 2024 Young Writers Awards Ceremony
Wednesday, May 22, 2024 - 6:00pm
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Members' Room | Free of Charge | Registration Required
Award winners and participants are honored at a ceremony and reception, with writing advice and inspiration from the author judges.
For more information and to register, please email children@nysoclib.org.
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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 - 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: Memorial Day
The Library will be closed
Sat, 5/25 - Mon, 5/27.
Otherwise we observe normal hours.