Thu, May 2
@ 6:30 PM | Conversations in Black Freedom Studies About this event
VIRTUAL
Don’t miss the final discussion of the season for our Conversations in Black Freedom Studies series. Discover the history of the struggle for liberatory education and the unjust structures it seeks to dismantle. Join the virtual discussion with scholars Leslie M. Alexander (Fear of a Black Republic: Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism), Zebulon Vance Miletsky (Before Busing: A History of Boston’s Long Black Freedom Struggle), Keith A. Mayes (The Unteachables:… | Online | Adults,
50+,
Book Lovers |
Mon, May 20
@ 1 PM | This program will take place in person at the Pelham Bay Library community room. Bring the popcorn and some friends for a Monday afternoon movie: Fruitvale Station.
Drama centered on the tragic shooting of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old Bay Area father who was gunned down by a BART subway officer on New Year's Day in 2009, and whose murder shocked the nation after being captured on camera by his fellow passengers. Based on a true story.
Rating: R
Runtime: 82 Min
No advance registration. First come, first served | Pelham Bay Library | Adults,
50+ |
Wed, May 22
@ 3 PM | Center for Educators & Schools This event will be virtual.
This program is made possible by NYPL’s Innovation Lab, which pilots new staff ideas for reaching and engaging our communities.
The Bronx History and Activism Project (BxHAP) is a bi-weekly virtual history and civic program that introduces participants to a topic in local history and utilizes local primary and secondary sources to help bring the topic to life. Local community leaders join the program and challenge participants to rethink preconceptions and engage w… Registration required: Online | Soundview Library | Adults,
Book Lovers,
NYPL Supporters,
Teachers |
Sat, August 10
@ 11 AM | Book Discussion Group Join us to discuss Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Garielle Zevin.
Goodreads Choice Award - Winner for Best Fiction (2022)
In this exhilarating novel, two friends—often in love, but never lovers—come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality.
On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes o… Registration required: Online | Morris Park Library
Online | Adults,
Book Lovers |
Tue, August 13
@ 11 AM | Book Discussion Group Join us to discuss Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin.
Goodreads Choice Award- Winner for Best Fiction (2022)
In this exhilarating novel, two friends—often in love, but never lovers—come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality.
On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes o… First come, first served | Morris Park Library | Adults,
Book Lovers |