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Library Talks: Hillary Rodham Clinton with Jennifer Weiner
By NYPL Staff | April 16, 2024
The former Secretary of State, U.S. Senator, and First Lady takes the stage for a candid and in-depth conversation.
'The Vanguard: A Register of Those in Front': An Introduction to the Newly Digitized African American Directory
By Makoroba Sow, Librarian II | April 15, 2024
A history of The Vanguard, social register and classified directory for New York's African American community, 1933-1943–recently digitized!
Connections in 'The Connector'
By Douglas Reside, Curator, Theatre Collection | April 15, 2024
Doug Reside looks at connections between Daisy Prince and Jason Robert Brown's musicals The Last Five Years (2002) and The Connector (2024)
KidsLIVE! Author Talk With Roger Mello
By NYPL Teen Reading Ambassadors: Chloe, Christina, and Karen, from Columbus, Macomb's Bridge, and Seward Park Libraries | April 12, 2024
Join us for a talk with Roger Mello about his book João by a Thread.
NYPL Researcher Spotlight
By Andy Mccarthy, Librarian II | April 12, 2024
"I thought research was completely inaccessible because I presumed we knew everything already. I was unbelievably wrong..."
Inspiring Picture Books About People Protecting Our Planet
By Carrie McBride, Communications | April 11, 2024
Celebrating environmentalists, conservationists, and naturalists and the important work they have done to take care of our planet.
Meta Warrick Fuller: Hey Eyes Were Ever Opened Unto Beauty, and All The World Was Art
By Kimberly Henderson, Digital Curator, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | April 11, 2024
Sculpter Meta Warrick Fuller is often credited with foretelling the rich creative output of the Harlem Renaissance in one artwork.
Book Club Connections: Environmental Civics
By Amber Certain, Chelsey Masterson and Dhariyah Luqman, School Support and Outreach | April 10, 2024
A resource guide to supplement education on civics, the U.S. legal system, and environmental activism.
Poetry and Dance for National Poetry Month
By Mia Shapiro, Jerome Robbins Dance Division Librarian | April 10, 2024
Dance librarian shares a selection of books that connect dance and poetry for National Poetry Month.
Another Chromolume, George?
By Douglas Reside, Curator, Theatre Collection | April 9, 2024
A look at the different forms the art piece, Chromolume #7, has taken in Sondheim's Sunday in the Park With George.
