Events

Come watch awesome anime with your friends, eat snacks, and get to know other teens who also love anime (or who are just starting out!) YOU get to help vote on what we watch. From the below list, on this specific Thursday, we will watch... (majority vote taken at the start of the program wins) My Hero Academia SPY x FAMILY Naruto Yuri on Ice Mob Psycho 100 Fairy Tail Slam Dunk This program will take place in the St. Agnes Community Program Room (3rd Floor). No registration required.

This event will take place in-person at the Clason's Point Library. Join us for a screening of a surprise movie! (Rated PG.) Snacks will be provided.

This event will take place in person. Join the Children and YA staff at our Anime Club! We will watch new anime and highlight the manga connected with the show. But also talk about upcoming manga series we hope you will enjoy! Limited volumes of the manga copies will be put aside for checkout leading up to the meeting date. For ages 10-17

Register Choreographer, writer, and performer Jack Ferver stars in the dance film, Nowhere Apparent, by filmmaker Jeremy Jacob. The film creates a kaleidoscopic world of queer isolation, theatricality, and abandonment in response to disappeared parental figures and the failed response to the AIDS crisis. Both Ferver and Jacob were Dance Research Fellows with the Jerome Robbins Dance Division in 2019, working with the Division’s AIDS Legacy Project. A screening of the film will be followed by a…

This event will take place in person at the Morningside Heights Library. Come and join us to watch a film, You Hurt My Feelings on Friday, December 8th at 10:30 AM. The movie will be screened in the Community Room. Director: Nicole Holofcener Runtime: 93 minutes Synopsis: Beth is a novelist whose recent publication, a memoir, seems to have struck the wrong notes with her fans, yielding lukewarm reviews and sales. Meanwhile, her therapist husband, Don, contends with feelings of disconten…

Every month, we feature a short documentary and have a brief discussion about it afterwards. For the month od December, we will be watching Never Too Old For a Tiara, a six-minute film that touches on themes of aging, beauty and breaking stereotypes about what older adults can or can’t do. It profiles competitors in the Ms. Senior America contest, who unlike Miss America beauty pageant contestants are not women on the cusp of adulthood, but instead are women who have experienced life in all of i…

Synopsis A slick reworking of the classic about brainwashed soldiers and a political assassination, from the time frame of the years following the Korean War to the present day. Directors Roger Corman and Sidney Lumet have cameos. Tina Sinatra, whose father Frank starred in the original, is a co-producer. Director: Jonathan Demme, Production Year 2004, Rating: R, Studio: Paramount Pictures, Runtime: 129 minutes Cast Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Jeffrey Wright, Kimb…

DECEMBER 8TH – ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET (2023) Director – Kelly Freman Craig; 106 Minutes; Rated PG-13; Lions Gate Films, Inc. Cast – Rachel McAdams, Abby Ryder Fortson, Benny Safdie, Kathy Bates 11 year old Margaret moves to a new town & starts to contemplate everything about life, friendship & adolescenc…

This event will take place in person at the 53rd Street Library Please come and join us to watch a family friendly Movie, Abominable (97) on Friday, December 8th at 2PM. The movie will be screened in the Theater area. Rating (PG) Runtime: 97 minutes. Director: Jill Culton Starring: Chloe Bennet, Albert Tsai, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Joseph Izzo, Sarah Paulson Synopsis : When mischievous friends Yi, Jin, and Peng discover a young yeti on their roof, they name him Everest and embark on a th…

Jonas Taylor leads a research team on an exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean. Their voyage spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival. Pitted against colossal, prehistoric sharks and relentless environmental plunderers, they must outrun, outsmart and outswim their merciless predators.

This event will take place in person at Throg's Neck Library. Come kick back and enjoy a family-friendly movie with the Throg's Neck Library Children's staff! Film ratings range from G-PG. Children must be accompanied by a caregiver in order to participate.

Friday afternoon is family movie funday! Enjoy a relaxing afternoon and the end of the school week with a new movie every Friday afternoon. The film will be followed by a short discussion. No registration required.

Join Harlem Library every week for independent film screenings featuring stories concerning the global majority (multi-national communities of color). The movies shown will highlight both fictitious and narrative non-fiction accounts of and by historically marginalized characters, filmmakers and creatives. Note: this program is for adults. Screenings will take place in the Community Room on the third floor. This Friday's pick is the 2018 film Rafiki, directed by Wanuri Kahiu: Bursting w…

Kicking off the winter holidays with plenty of fun and cheer! Join us at Woodstock for a screening of Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights. Snacks Provided.

Are you a fan of anime? Come join the Francis Martin Library Anime Manga Club, where we will discuss manga and anime you may enjoy. While this is taking place at the branch, registration is recommended for those who want to attend remotely. Ages 12-24 are welcome.

This event will take place in-person at the Pelham Parkway-Van Nest Library. Relive your childhood with cartoons from our library collection! Come to the library for a relaxing time watching classic cartoons. We’ll watch animated movies or TV shows and enjoy a quiet Saturday morning. And we will also be providing readlikes from our collection. We hope to see you there! For Children, Teens and Adults

Attend a screening of the 2023 film John Wick Chapter 4 Sypnosis With the price on his head ever increasing, legendary hit man John Wick takes his fight against the High Table global as he seeks out the most powerful players in the underworld, from New York to Paris to Japan to Berlin. Cast Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Bill Shargard, Laurence Fishburne, Hiroyuki Sanada

This event will take place onsite at Jerome Park Library. Join staff at Jerome Park Library for a viewing of the movie, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, followed by art and craft activity. Refreshments will be served. This is a family program for parents, teens and children. Children age 6 and under must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

Come join us for our weekly Saturday Film Matinee featuring: It's a Wonderful Life! Frank Capra's classic stars Oscar nominee James Stewart as George Bailey, a decent small-town banker who learns what life would have been like if he'd never been born after he unwittingly becomes involved in a mistaken case of bank fraud, which threatens his spirit and tests his will to live until a wise angel compels him to see how his presence has made an incredible impact on the people of Bedford Falls.…

A certain pirate crew is tasked with stoping a former Marine admiral from acquiring dangerous weapons that threaten the entire world No Registration Required.

Family Movie Matinee Come for a great family movie at 1pm every Saturday, stay for the fidget activities (play-doh, coloring, and more).

Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo and Randy Quaid star in this hilarious Christmas classic. Short Q&A to follow the film.

​This event will take place in person at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL), Room 303. Registration is required. Sister Act (1992) When a nightclub singer is forced to take refuge from the mob in a convent, she ends up turning the convent choir into a soulful chorus. Directed by Emile Ardolino. 1992 | PG | 100 minutes About Reel to Read: The page meets the screen at Reel to Read, a curated series of independent and classic cinema. These free screenings, hand-picked by librar…

Miracle on 34th Street The holiday season is in full swing when a cultured gentleman with twinkling eyes, and ample belly, and a snowy bread is hired as Macy's department store Santa. He claims his name is Kris Kringle, and soon fills everyone with Christmas spirit; except for his boss, Doris Walker, who's raising her daughter to not believe in Santa. But when Kringle is declared insane, and put on trial, everyone's faith is put to the test. (96 minutes) For all those blasé skeptics who d…

Join us for film screenings Saturdays this month! Pokemon: The Power of US on the 2nd, Raya and the Last Dragon on the 9th, The Grinch on the 16th, Minions: The Rise of Gru on the 23rd and The Bad Guys on the 30th.

December 2, 2PM Barbie (2023) Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans. Rated PG-13, 116 mins. December 9, 2PM Nope (2022) The residents of a lonely gulch in inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery. Rated R, 120 mins. December 16, 2PM Gran Turismo (2023) Jann Mardenborough…

This event series takes place in person at Woodstock Library. Come unwind and enjoy your afternoon with a kids' movie on the Children's Floor! December 9: Elemental (Disney) December 16: Abominable Groups of 5 or more, please call in advance.

Register here! Silent Clowns, New York’s longest-running regularly scheduled silent film showcase hosts an afternoon of hoots and hijinks! Presenting the silent comedies of Chaplin, Keaton, Laurel & Hardy, Lloyd, and many others, all with live musical accompaniment by renowned silent-film accompanist Ben Model. Every program features a spoken introduction and Q&A by film historians Steve Massa and Model. For classic-film fans young and old alike! Animals were very popular in silent fil…

Join us for an in-person film screening of Juno (2007). Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes a selfless decision regarding the unborn child. Director: Jason Reitman Runtime: 96 Minutes

While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.

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: The 355! This spy thriller features Mace, a wildcard type of CIA agent who decides to join forces with other agents to retrieve a top-secret weapon stolen by mercenaries planning to unleash global trouble. Since the weapon involves cyberspace knowhow, Mace convinces former MI6 British agent Khadijah to help since she's a computer specialist. She also…

After accidentally falling into Santa Claus' gift sack, a human baby is raised at the North Pole, growing up to believe he is an elf. Due to his large size, the "elf" causes chaos in Santa's workshop, forcing Kris Kringle to send him on a mission to find his human roots. Bring a snack and a friend! For teens 12 - 18, no registration required.

Join us for a screening of Home Alone (1990). A mischievous 8-year-old who's picked on by his older siblings and ignored by his parents would really rather be left alone—and that's exactly what happens when he gets accidentally left behind in a frenzied rush to the airport for a family vacation in Paris over the holiday season. After learning to fend for himself, the boy has to protect his house against two bumbling burglars who are planning to rob it. Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel S…

This event is online and in-person. Join the Pelham Parkway-Van Nest Library for a free screening of "Softie" . After years of fighting injustice in Kenya, daring and audacious political activist Boniface “Softie” Mwangi decides to run for political office. But running a clean campaign against corrupt opponents with idealism as his only weapon proves challenging. Special Jury Award, Sundance Film Festival. A POV co-production. Directed by Sam Soko and Toni Kamau Run time: 1 hour and 30 minut…

The King and I (1956; 133 mins.) Dir: Walter Lang. In this film adaptation of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Starring Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno

This holiday season we are showing three seasonal classics. Please note: there is no movie on December 19th. Seats are first come first served. Masks are strongly recommended! Home Alone Tuesday, December 12th at 1pm in the 2nd floor auditorium. Macaulay Culkin cleverly defends his home from a pair of thieves in this 1990 John Hughes Classic. Rated PG 103 minutes Upcoming Movies: There will be no movie on December 19th. Scrooged Tuesday, December 26th at 1pm in the 2nd floor a…

Synopsis In Marvel Studios "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" our beloved band of misfits are looking a bit different these days. Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them. Director: James Gunn, Production Year: 2023, Rating: PG-13, Studio: Marvel, Runtime: 150 minutes Cast C…

As requested per some of our patrons, we will be hosting virtual anime watch parties and get through about 2-3 episodes per meet. Crunchyroll has graciously given Dongan Hills Library access to a premium account (YAY!). Please arrive on time as we will not be able to wait for everyones arrival to begin.

This event will take place in person at Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library. Celebrate family of all kinds with a special screening of Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. Snacks will be provided in the Alvin Ailey Auditorium. An American teen (Lucas Black) is sent to live with his strict father in Tokyo to avoid doing time behind bars, and finds himself embroiled in the underground world of drift-racing. Directed by Rob Cohen. 2006 | PG-13 | 104 minutes

Sakura had managed to capture all of the Clow Cards which could bring disaster to the world and turned them into her own Sakura Cards. Her beloved Syaoran has returned from Hong Kong, and Sakura was thrilled to be going to school with him again. But one night, something strange happens to her Cards... Join us on December 12th at 4:00pm for our Kids Anime Club, where we'll be watching "Cardcaptor Sakura!" Free snacks and coloring sheets will be provided to those who attend this program! All a…