Events

Join us on Mondays to become part of a community of your neighbors who want to make art. All supplies will be provided. No reservation required.

This event will take place in person at the Bronx Library Center. Want to challenge your brain? Want to listen to some soothing jazz music? Come join us for a fun-filled afternoon of puzzles and soothing music.

Are you a knitter? Do you like to crochet? Maybe you're into quilting. Bring your supplies and lose yourself in the meditative world of fiber. Invite your fiber-loving friends, or make new connections here. This is not a class.

This event will take place IN PERSON at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, 6th floor, Room 602. English Conversation Classes: We Speak NYC For adult English language learners (age 16 and up) Practice English by watching We Speak NYC videos and discussing them with adults from around the world! Mondays, 2-4 PM, May 6, 13, 20 (no class May 27) NO registration needed! Just come to a conversation class!

Publish Your Verse! This event will take place in person at Webster Library. Do you write poems and dream about seeing them published in a literary magazine? This presentation demystifies the process. From market research, to tracking submissions, to corresponding with editors-- this instructional session is offered to those who are beginners in the ways of print and electronic publication. All poets, writing in all styles and levels, are welcome. The Presenter: Ian Brand is a librari…

Come join us for our crochet program. We will have all of the materials provided for you. If you are working on any projects and want to bring your own yarn, you are more than welcomed too.

Hone your creative writing skills and get helpful feedback from other writers! This program series will be held in person at the Battery Park City Library. Join us for Creative Writing, a weekly writing session co-presented by the Battery Park City Authority and led by author and poet Jon Curley. Taking inspiration from life events, attendees will be encouraged to use reflection as a way to enhance their writing styles in any preferred mode. Beginners welcome! About the instructor: Jon Curle…

Get together with other knitters and crocheters. Pick up new skills and sharpen old ones while working on creations for the colder months ahead. Bring your own knitting needles and crochet hooks. Yarn will be provided if needed.

This event will take place in person at George Bruce Library. Do you have technolgy questions? Drop by the libray between 2 and 3 p.m. No appointments needed -- first come, first served! The following are examples of topics with which we can help: Resume and Cover Letter Review Learn to type and use a mouse Internet for Beginners Email for Beginners Windows 10 Basics Microsoft Word 2010 for Beginners Connecting Devices to the Computer Downloading NYPL e-Books Getting the most out…

Do you have trouble with your email? Do you have questions about Microsoft Office? Do you need to complete a project in Photoshop? Have you heard about NYPL resources like LinkedIn Learning but don't know how to access them? Bring your technology questions and get one-on-one assistance during this open lab time supervised by a tech instructor.

Join The New York Public Library and Roundabout Theatre Company's Artist-in-Residence for 10 sessions of artistic workshops! The workshops will be held in person at Harlem Library. Join multi-hyphenate artists, Vickie Tanner, and Jennifer Varbalow, curate artistic workshops designed to spark the creative process. Craft and create your own story, essay, monologue, play, song, poem, speech, and/or theatrical performance pertaining to BIPOC identity: past, present, and future. We will explore pri…

This event will take place IN PERSON at the Fifty-Eighth Street Branch Library Community Room. NO REGISTRATION NEEDED! Just come to a class! We Speak NYC is an Emmy Award-winning TV show created to help people practice English. Each story is about everyday situations, like going to the doctor or talking with a child's teacher. The characters speak slowly and clearly. Intermediate and Advanced Level Conversation 2-Hour Classes for English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL): Adult learners (1…

This event will take place in person at the Mosholu Library. Join the crowd of adult coloring fans and find out why adults are going back to coloring. We can chat about current events, hobbies, movies, and books while we color.

This event will take place in person at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library in the Mac Lab (Room 617). Interested in becoming a UI or UX Designer? Check out Figma -- a free, easy-to-use, web-based rapid-prototyping design tool. During this class, we will create a music player prototype together. While we will cover the basics of using Figma, previous experience with using Figma is recommended.

This event will take place in person at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, 3rd Floor, Room 304. This is an in-person one-hour conversation class. Participants will learn basic verbal conversation; no written Chinese will be taught. Sessions are cumulative and participants are encouraged to attend all sessions. No previous language experience required. For previous lessons notes and slides, please visit: bit.ly/snflcantonese If there are any further questions, email winsonlau@nypl.org a…

This event will take place in person at the Soundview Library. Are you curious about chess and want to learn about the game? Whether you know how to play or just starting out, come join us for some board time. Show off your best moves against other chess players while getting some great tips and pointers! For all ages. See you there!

This event will take place in person at Sedgwick Branch. If you have a tech problem, question, or would just like some individualized tech tutorials, this is your time to work with a librarian and receive their personal attention and instruction.

Join The New York Public Library and Roundabout Theatre Company's Artist-in-Residence for eleven sessions of artistic workshops! The workshops will be held in person at Grand Concourse Library. Join us for artistic workshops designed to spark the creative process. Teaching Artists, Chris Bell and Yadira De La Riva will guide participants in creating their own piece of original theatre through storytelling and performance. By exploring the world of plays, participants will dive into storytellin…

Our record club will be like discussing music like how we discuss books. For this one it is all on 80s Rock and Roll. No registration is required. Let's rock out to some of our favorite artist and bands.

This event will take place in person at Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library. This program counts towards NYPL VIPs. Connect to the living history of the land we now call home. Honoring Lenapehoking is a 13 years and older program for learning about pre-colonized New York and the food and medicinal plants gathered for millennia on what today is our West Harlem block.

This is an informal creative writing workshop for adults. Writing prompts will be provided at the beginning of the 1 hour program to help your ideas to flow. But you may start writing with your own prompt or own creative idea(s). This will be a space for all writing levels to come together to peacefully write and share ideas, ask for feedback, etc. Writing materials will be provided. Please be aware this is not an instructional program. Please view flyer for more information. Thank you.

This event will take place in person at the Morningside Heights Library. Come join us at the Morningside Heights Library for this month's book discussion, The Satanic Verses: A Novel by Salman Rushdie. One of the most controversial and acclaimed novels ever written, The Satanic Verses is Salman Rushdie’s best-known and most galvanizing book. Set in a modern world filled with both mayhem and miracles, the story begins with a bang: the terrorist bombing of a London-bound jet in midflight. Two…

This movie has a 5pm start time! Pandora's Box (1929; 133 mins.) Dir: G.W. Pabst. The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her. Silent classic! Starring Louise Brooks!

The Thomas Yoseloff Business Center provides a range of free one-on-one financial counseling services that aim to assist with financial situations including general money management, budgeting, saving, banking, retirement planning, and more. Budget and Credit Coaching Sign up for a remote session with the Financial Coaching Corps (FCC) of the Community Service Society. Learn how to improve your credit, manage your debt, find resources in a financial crisis, and make progress toward your financ…

This event will take place IN PERSON at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, 6th Floor, Room 602. Intermediate Level English Conversation Classes: We Speak NYC For adult English language learners (age 16 and up) Practice English by watching We Speak NYC videos and discussing them with adults from around the world! Mondays, May 6, 13, 20 (no class May 27). NO registration needed! Just come to a conversation class!

This event is online only. Join us for a workshop on Crochet and Knitting Conversation Group We will do our best to give instructions on your crocheting and knitting questions. So make sure to have your supplies and projects with you, and come craft with us! The classes will be hosted in English and Spanish! Grupo de conversation bilingue de ganchillo y tejido !Unase a nosotros para un taller virtual de ganchillo y tejido. y conozca o otros entusiastas de manulidaddes! Aprenda y comparta c…

Register Although over 60 ballets by Balanchine remain in repertory, over 40 years after his death, there are many more that either fell out of repertory during his lifetime or have become little-known rarities since his death. The Library for the Performing Arts has films of “lost” or rare Balanchine ballets—some complete with music, some fragmentary filmed without sound. In this panel discussion, Alastair Macaulay, critic and historian of the performing arts, presents some rarities, ranging f…

This program will be held in person at Hamilton Grange Library. Join Hamilton Grange Library and Shape Up NYC for Dance Fitness classes. If cardio is cardi-NO for you, give this Cardio Dance class a try! Come enjoy the beats of Latin rhythms paired with choreography that will not only provide a great workout- but a lot of fun as well! This class is open to all levels. Each session is led by a Shape Up NYC instructor. Program dates: Weekly on Mondays from 6-6:45 PM Participants mu…

This event is ONLINE only. You will receive a Zoom link 2 days before the class. English Conversation Classes: We Speak NYC For adult English language learners (age 16 and up) Practice English by watching We Speak NYC videos and discussing them with adults from around the world! Sign up and attend class online.

Author Chris Payne joins us to discuss his book, Where Are Your Boys Tonight? The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008, with writer Leslie Simon. This event will take place in person at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library on the 7th Floor. A “vivid and breathless” (Billboard) oral history of emo’s takeover from 1999 to 2008, featuring My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Paramore, Panic! At the Disco, Taking Back Sunday, Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional. If Meet…

The Thomas Yoseloff Business Center provides a range of free one-on-one financial counseling services that aim to assist with financial situations including general money management, budgeting, saving, banking, retirement planning, and more. Budget and Credit Coaching Sign up for a remote session with the Financial Coaching Corps (FCC) of the Community Service Society. Learn how to improve your credit, manage your debt, find resources in a financial crisis, and make progress toward your financ…

Need help opening an email account? Want to get a handle on Google Suite or download an eBook on your tablet? Bring all of your technology questions for one-on-one assistance to our Open Lab. This takes place every Tuesday morning at 9:30 am. Please ring the doorbell for admittance.

Did You Know? There is a social work intern at this branch who can support you and find you assistance with housing, healthcare, food assistance, LGBTQ+ resources, mental health supprt, childcare, and more. During the listed hours you can visit them on the third floor (first come, first served) or ask a staff member to be connected.

We provided library services to individuals diagnosed with developmental disabilities. (Computers, printed materials, and research information)

This event will take place in person at the Morningside Heights Library. Create beautiful art and craft projects to take home, relax with some coloring pages, and build relationships with members of your community from many generations! All materials are provided. No registration is required.

* IN PERSON ONLY * Join Pace SBDC’s Business Advisors for a website-building workshop! This workshop is an opportunity to begin building a website for your small business. We'll start by defining your website goals and sketching out the site on paper. Then, we'll get into choosing a platform, determining workflow, and the actual website building. All skill levels and stages of business are welcome. Click Here to register for this event - you'll have to log in or create an NYSBDC eCenter acc…

This event will take place in person at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, 1st Floor Corner Space. In Person English Conversation Hour (ECH) is an open conversation where English language learners can discuss life, art, music, films, food, culture, current events, and other topics of interest. Participation takes place in small group settings. This is not a formal class, but a fun and informal discussion - the only requirement is you are ready to have a conversation! Spring 2024 DATES:…

This event will take place online via Zoom. Must register with a full name and valid email address. Adobe Premiere Pro is the industry leading video editing program and part of the Adobe Creative Cloud software collection. Explore the interface and learn how to import, organize, sequence, and export your video. This class is part of the media & production classes offered at studio40. To learn more, visit https://bit.ly/3EClkVk You will receive an email the day of the class with the link to…

Are you having trouble with your email? Don't know how to cut and paste? Curious about Twitter or other computer programs and software? Patrons are welcome to use the lab and get one-on-one assistance!