Summer Reading 2012: 2012 Summer Reading Kickoff
Event Details
Dream big at your library this summer! Join NYPL President Anthony Marx and elected officials to kick off the Summer Reading Program with a day of family fun at the Seward Park Library.
Don't miss a special appearance by Jeff Kinney, author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series!
Check out the full schedule:
- 10:00 am - Musical performance by KIPP NYC College Prep student band
- 11:00 am - Welcome to Summer Reading, featuring NYPL President Anthony Marx
- 11:30 am - KidsLIVE presents Jeff Kinney - taking place in the Seward Park Courtyard
- 12:00 pm - Lion Dancers - Courtyard
- 12:30 pm - Bird of Prey - 2nd Floor
- 12:30 pm - Make Art with Michael Albert - Auditorium
- 1:00 pm - Create @ The Library: 3D Printing - Teen Center, 1st Floor
- 2:00 pm - Tales from the East - 2nd Floor
- 2:00 pm - Styled by Literature - Teen Center, 1st Floor
- 3:00 pm - Manga Drawing with Ivan Velez - Auditorium
Support
The New York Public Library’s Summer Reading Program is generously funded by HBO; New York Yankees Foundation; Hermione Foundation; The Rona Jaffe Foundation; Target; Alyce W. Toonk; Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds, awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services; Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation; Pine Tree Foundation of New York, Inc.; American Girl; May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc.; and anonymous donors.