The Library is delighted to announce its calendar of fall events. Skim through these highlights or go to the EVENTS tab for complete listings.
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TODAY AT THE LIBRARY
Open 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Children
Wiggles and Giggles
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 10:00am
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Whitridge Room | For Members Only | Newborn-24 Months | Free of Charge
Join us for songs, stories, and playtime for babies and toddlers.
Registration is not accepted.
Pick up a ticket at the front desk beginning at 9:30 AM.
The Writing Life
Writing Life Group: Fiction 1
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 5:00pm
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | by special admission
The Library hosts monthly writing groups for fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, and children’s/young adult writers.
The Writing Life
Writing Life Group: Memoir 1
Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - 2:30pm
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | by special admission
The Library hosts monthly writing groups for fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, and children’s/young adult writers.
Reading Group
Euripides: Four Plays for an Athenian Audience with Donald McDonough (9/20 session)
Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 11:30am
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Whitridge Room | for members only | $60 for the set of four sessions
From his lifetime until ours, Euripides caused controversy. He does not give his audience, in his own time or ours, the expected, and the result can shock. This representative set of four plays echoes the structure (three tragedies and a comedy) of an Athenian competition. This session covers Euripides’ The Bacchae.
Children
Ready, Set, School!
Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 4:00pm
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Whitridge Room | Ages 3 and Older | For Members Only | Free of Charge
Welcome the school year with silly school stories.
Registration is required and space is limited.
To register, please e-mail children@nysoclib.org or call 212.288-6900 x234.
Please make sure children meet the minimum age requirement listed.
Special Event
Happy Hour/Exhibition Opening Celebration (September 2018)
Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 5:30pm
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Whitridge Room/Peluso Family Exhibition Gallery | for members and guests | no registration required
Join us for a festive gathering with wine, light refreshments, and a first look at our new short-term exhibition On the Town: Favorite New York City Books.
Children
Creation Station
Repeats every week every Sunday and every Saturday until Mon Oct 01 2018. Saturday, September 8, 2018 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
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Children's Library | All Ages | For Members Only | Free of Charge
On September weekends drop by the library to color, create, or craft.
For Library members only.
Registration is not required for this drop-in activity.
Children
Creation Station
Saturday, September 8, 2018 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
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Children's Library | All Ages | For Members Only | Free of Charge
On September weekends drop by the library to color, create, or craft.
For Library members only.
Registration is not required for this drop-in activity.
The Writing Life
Writing Life Group: Memoir 2
Monday, September 24, 2018 - 2:30pm
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | by special admission
The Library hosts monthly writing groups for fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, and children’s/young adult writers.
The Writing Life
Writing Life Group: Poetry I
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 4:30pm
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | by special admission
The Library hosts monthly writing groups for fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, and children’s/young adult writers.
Special Event
Meet the Publishing Pros: Jonathan Galassi
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 6:30pm
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Members' Room | open to the public | $15 per person | registration required
In this new occasional series, writers and patrons interested in the publishing world are invited to an insightful discussion with one of its stars. Jonathan Galassi has served as publisher at Farrar, Straus & Giroux since 1986 and president since 2002.
The Writing Life
Writing Life Group: Fiction 2
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 11:00am
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | by special admission
The Library hosts monthly writing groups for fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, and children’s/young adult writers.
The Writing Life
Writing Life Group: Poetry 2
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 2:00pm
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | by special admission
The Library hosts monthly writing groups for fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, and children’s/young adult writers.
Children
Tween Scene: Decoupage Delight
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 4:30pm
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Whitridge Room | Ages 9 and Older | For Members and Their Guests | Free of Charge
Calling all tweens! Gear up for the school year by designing a notebook covered in collage.
Registration is required and space is limited. Guests welcome with advance registration.
To register, please e-mail children@nysoclib.org or call 212.288-6900 x234.
Please make sure children meet the minimum age requirement listed.
Reading Group
Event Book Discussion: Maggie Jackson's Distracted
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | no registration required
Attend a lecture, read the book, then join other event-going members for informal discussion, book-club style.
Children
Mother Goose Magic
Thursday, September 27, 2018 - 10:00am
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Whitridge Room | Ages 2 and Older | For Members Only | Free of Charge
Enjoy favorite nursery rhymes, picture books, and songs.
Registration is required and space is limited.
To register, please e-mail children@nysoclib.org or call 212.288-6900 x234.
Please make sure children meet the minimum age requirement listed.
Children
Apples, Apples, Everywhere
Thursday, September 27, 2018 - 4:00pm
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Whitridge Room | Ages 3 and Older | For Members Only | Free of Charge
Enjoy a basket of tales about this favorite fall fruit.
Registration is required and space is limited.
To register, please e-mail children@nysoclib.org or call 212.288-6900 x234.
Please make sure children meet the minimum age requirement listed.
The Writing Life
Prompt! with Carol Weston (September 2018 session)
Friday, September 28, 2018 - 11:00am
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | no registration required
Come write with us on Fourth Fridays based on prompts from novelist and educator Carol Weston.
Special Event
A Swinging '60s Evening
Friday, September 28, 2018 - 6:30pm
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Members' Room | open to the public | free of charge | registration required
A lighthearted evening of music and more from the era that brought us the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, celebrating (Head of Events) Sara Holliday's new novel A Thousand Dances. Light refreshments will be served.
Children
Creation Station
Saturday, September 8, 2018 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
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Children's Library | All Ages | For Members Only | Free of Charge
On September weekends drop by the library to color, create, or craft.
For Library members only.
Registration is not required for this drop-in activity.
Special Event
Workshop: The Primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral History Project
Saturday, September 29, 2018 - 2:00pm
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Whitridge Room | open to the public | free of charge | registration required
The Primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral History Project has been digitally recording the stories of off-Broadway through the eyes of the people who pioneered it. Casey Childs, Founder of Primary Stages, and Sally Plass, the project’s director, discuss it and the great artists and works of Off-Broadway.
Children
Creation Station
Saturday, September 8, 2018 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
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Children's Library | All Ages | For Members Only | Free of Charge
On September weekends drop by the library to color, create, or craft.
For Library members only.
Registration is not required for this drop-in activity.
The Writing Life
Writing Life Group: Memoir 2
Monday, October 1, 2018 - 2:30pm
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | by special admission
The Library hosts monthly writing groups for fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, and children’s/young adult writers.
The Writing Life
Writing Life Group: Nonfiction 2
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 - 2:00pm
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Whitridge Room | for members only | free of charge | by special admission
The Library hosts monthly writing groups for fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, and children’s/young adult writers.
Special Event
Conversation: Susan Buckley, Eating with Peter and Dawn Drzal, The Bread and the Knife, with Giulia Melucci
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 - 6:30pm
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Members' Room | open to the public | $15 per person | registration required
Memoirists discuss food as personal history, consolation, metaphor, and organizing principle, based on their recent books.
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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
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Hours of Operation
Monday / Friday
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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
Saturday, September 01, Sunday, September 02, and Monday, September 03 for Labor Day.
All areas except Circulation close 15 minutes prior to building closing time.
All areas except Circulation close 15 minutes prior to building closing time.