Posts by Frank Collerius

Jefferson Market Library, in an effort to offer substantive courses that teach the subjects you want to learn, is thrilled to offer its Spring Semester! Each course offers multiple sessions so students can build their knowledge as the course advances, class by class, guided by an experienced professor! And it's all free! Take a look:

Needless to say (but apparently I’m saying it anyway!), one can be moved, changed, and inspired by words. Or disgusted, angered, and bored — but that’s a different blog post — or is it?

Debbie is a literary agent and all-around superpatron at Jefferson Market.

Whether you grew up there or just read about it in books or seen it in the movies, Suburbia is a most definite and unique place.  With these books, movies and CDs you can visit without ever having to take the Long Island Railroad!  So if you did grow up there—maybe it’s time to go home again. And if you didn’t—scroll through this list and see what you missed!

Karoline Barwinski is currently teaching our 4 session Intro to Yoga series.  Here's the interview we did with her:

Ready to get away? Craving some Hollywood glamour? The roiling surf of Malibu? The sunny So-Cal lifestyle? Well, pop in one of these CDs, throw on one of these movies and open up one of these books and you'll be THERE!

A library patron (Marie Hansen, Young Adult Librarian) is returning her overdue items at the Jefferson Market Library in New York City. She soon discovers the library to be inhabited only by a strange and terrifying Ghoul (Frank Collerius, Branch Manager)! Created for The New York Public Library.

The finale of the Indie Film Series presents Emmy Award winning filmmaker Ken Kimmelman.  Here's our interview with him:

On January 24 at 6pm, the Jefferson Market Libray will hold its third presentation in the Indie Film Series.  Billy Sternberg will be on hand to show his documentary film work on one of the most notorious New York City mysteries, the disappearance in 1930 of Judge Joseph Crater.  Here's our interview with Mr. Sternberg:

We asked our "Followers" on Twitter and our "Likers" on Facebook what book they loved reading in 2010. Here's what they said:

Note: all titles are linked to the New York Public Library's catalog.  Once in the catalog click on the book cover for reviews, summaries, excerpts and more!

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What do these three have in common? They all turned fifty this year! Or, more accurately, Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho turned fifty. While the Jefferson Market Library (in 1960, a defunct courthouse) was built in 1876, the clock had been frozen for years at 2:40. But in 1960, through the intense work of local Greenwich Village advocates, the clock started marking the time again.

Looking for an exciting, non-fiction read? Try these:

The Children's Book Ilustrators Group (CBIG) presented us with an interesting project—we would choose a favorite children's book and they would create an illustration inspired by that book!  Rebecca, the Children's Librarian at Jefferson Market, chose The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame and The Magic City by E. Nesbit.  The resulting work is on display in the library.  Here is an interview with some of the illustrators—on their process, their favorite books and writers and their visit to Jefferson Market Libray!

Shan is going to have a lot of fun with his new library card.

One of our most loyal (and smartest) library regulars, Judy (interviewed here) has obliged us with her summer 2010 reading list (well, we begged her for it!)  Believe us, this lady knows her stuff - when she recommends something you just know it's going to be good.  The list is a touch "literary", but still super fun and entertaining! Click on the titles to place a hold and read more reviews!

Loretta wrote in to let us know how much the library has meant to her.

Diana wrote in to let us know why the library matters to her and her family.

Whitney wholeheartedly espouses the democratic ideal of libraries, and not just because she's an Aquarian.

Jose, a Teen Central alum, and friend Jennie volunteer their time and share their computer expertise at Jefferson Market.