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Sharing Your Favorite Books with Friends

by Ellen T. White, writer and author of Simply Irresistible
June 1, 2011

Among Athena Shapiro’s happiest childhood memories is borrowing books from St. Agnes Library on the Upper West Side. Every night, she, her sister, and her mother took turns reading aloud together.

“I especially liked Little Women and a book called Momo by Michael Ende, about a girl who had a gift for listening,” says Shapiro. “Kids usually talk non-stop, but the importance of listening to people made a big impression on me even as a kid.”

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NYPL and The Moth present "Between the Lions: Stories from NYPL"

by Ellen T. White, writer and author of Simply Irresistible
May 11, 2011

Celebrate the Centennial of NYPL’s landmark building on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street with the storytelling group The Moth, and raise a proverbial glass to the 100 years of service!

On May 21, 2011, intrepid celebrities, scholars, and citizens will take the stage to tell their favorite stories about NYPL in “Reading Between the Lions: Stories from The New York Public Library,” presented by LIVE from the NYPL and The Moth.

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NYPL & The New Yorker present: Bedtime Stories for Grown-Ups

by Ellen T. White, writer and author of Simply Irresistible
April 29, 2011

Tuck in with The New Yorker and enjoy “Bedtime Stories for Grownups,” a free after-hours reading at The New York Public Library with Tony Award winning actors David Hyde Pierce and Anika Noni Rose, on Saturday, May 21 at 9 p.m.

Who says bedtime stories are just for kids?

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Dog on Fleas Perform at NYPL!

by Ellen T. White, writer and author of Simply Irresistible
April 27, 2011

Rock the shelves and shake the stacks with musical band Dog on Fleas as they celebrate the 100th birthday of The New York Public Library’s iconic Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street.

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Cutting-Edge Theater: Faulkner, Fitzgerald & Hemingway Collide at NYPL

by Ellen T. White, writer and author of Simply Irresistible
April 8, 2011

What do you get when a statistician and a visual artist use computer algorithms to mix up passages from 1920s literature — and an award-winning experimental theatrical group acts out the results?

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