Welcome to our biweekly update on events happening during the next two weeks at The New York Public Library. With 92 locations across New York City, a lot is happening at the Library. We're highlighting some of our events here—including author talks, free classes, community art shows, performances, concerts, and exhibitions—and you can always find more at nypl.org/events. If you want our round-up in your inbox, sign up here. We look forward to seeing you at the Library. 

Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

Free Events

3/31: The Library After Hours: Women Marching Through History: Registration for Priority Access for the city's most cerebral happy hour opens tonight! In honor of Women’s History Month, the next Library After Hours will celebrate feminist thought and action since the 18th century.  Register now for Priority Access to skip the line and gain early entry to the event. Priority Access tickets are limited, so sign up to be notified when registration is available. Must be 21+ to attend and ID is required. 6:30 PM.

3/9: The Night Ocean: Paul La Farge and Lev Grossman: Conversations from the Cullman presents Cullman Center fellow Paul La Farge on his new novel, The Night Ocean—about a man who becomes obsessed with the horror-fiction writer H.P. Lovecraft, and then mysteriously disappears—with Lev Grossman, senior writer at Time magazine and the author of the Magicians trilogy. 7 PM.

3/14: Martin Duberman's Jews Queers Germans: A Novel: Martin Duberman and Alisa Solomon discuss Duberman's new historical novel, about the life of the gay European upper class during the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II. 7 PM.

3/21: Changing the Literary Landscape: Writing and Publishing the Disabled Voice: Five leading disability-focused writers and publishers reflect on, argue about, and discuss the growing canon of literature around disability, and how and where it's being published. 6 PM.

LIVE from the NYPL

3/14: Robert Lepage with Paul Holdengraber: Theater of Memory: Iconic playwright and director Robert Lepage returns to BAM in 2017 to stage his tenth production there. 887 Murray Avenue, Quebec City, Canada, named after the apartment complex where Lepage spent his youth, comes to life as a bewitching, tech-saturated dollhouse in this deeply personal solo work. Lepage comes to the Library to discuss the play and his experience unearthing a life’s worth of memories. 7 PM.

The Schomburg Center

3/16: Dancing Through Barriers with Dance Theatre of Harlem: Dance Theatre of Harlem presents this educational demonstration on the art and science of dance, combining educational commentary and performance to teach the craft of ballet. 10:30 AM.

3/13, 3/20, 3/27: Women's Jazz Festival: The celebration of Ella Fitzgerald continues, with jazz performances from Terri Lyny Carrington and Les Nubians, as well as a talk about Fitzgerald's lasting impact on the jazz community. 7 PM.

3/7: Lapidus Center Presents: Enslaved Women and the Ethical Practice of History: Marisa J. Fuentes, author of Dispossessed Lives: Enslaved Women, Violence, and the Archive, takes us through the streets of 18th-century Bridgetown, Barbados in this historical talk. 6:30 PM.

Library for the Performing Arts

3/9: Patricia Bosworth's The Men In My Life: From Particia Bosworth, the acclaimed biographer of Diane Arbus, Marlon Brando, and Jane Fonda, comes a vivid confession about her journey into womanhood, defying repressive 1950's conventions while being shaped by the notable men in her life. 6 PM.

3/16: Inflections and Innuendos: A Persichetti Retrospective: Celebrate the Library's Vincent Persichetti archive with this retrospective concert, featuring Infanta Maria for viola and piano and Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird for soprano and piano. 6 PM.

3/20: Dangerous Liaisons: The Library hosts a screening of this adaptation of Christopher Hampton's Olivier-winning and Tony-nominated play, featuring John Malkovich, Glenn Close and Michelle Pfeiffer. 6 PM.

Mid-Manhattan Library

3/8: Barney: Grove Press and Barney Rosset with Michael Rosenthal: Michael Rosenthal presents an illustrated lecture on publisher Barney Rosset, the head of Grove Press and an advocate against censorship. 6:30 PM.

3/15: The Arcades Project in New York: See Kenneth Goldsmith and David Kishik, who independently wrote books reimagining Walter Benjamin's unfinished masterpiece The Arcades Project, in conversation with one another, moderated by Eric Jarosinski. 6:30 PM.

Science, Industry and Business Library

3/8: Traditional Media Jobs vs. Social Media Jobs: What You Need To Know: Join Andy Limpus, the Director of Talent Acquisition at the global firm Penske Media Corporation, as he discusses the latest hiring trends for media companies. Learn what hiring managers are looking for, and the most desired skills in this job market. 6 PM.

3/9: Growing Your Home-Based Business: If you're a freelancer, or you operate a startup out of your residence, learn how to grow your business in this workshop presented by the IRS. 6 PM.

3/11: Emotions & Money: The Mind of the Market: This workshop on behavorial finance will offer smart tips on how to think about money and investing in order to achieve financial security. 12 PM.

Around the Library

3/13: What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear: Modern medicine is infatuated with high-tech gadgetry, yet the single most powerful diagnostic tool remains the doctor-patient conversation, which can uncover the lion’s share of illnesses. Dr. Danielle Ofri discusses how refocusing on conversations between doctors and patients can lead to better health, with WNYC host Mary Harris. 7:15 PM.

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