Events

The Library is here to help you learn and connect with your community through our wide array of free events, programs, classes, book clubs, and more. Please check listings to confirm if a program is in-person, online, or outdoors.

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15 events found.

Date/TimeTitle/DescriptionLocationAudience
Today
@ 3:30 PM
Summer at the Library
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 Harlem Library. Program Description: What is your story? How does it want to be told? The way we choose to tell a story can change or enhance its meaning. In this program, we will introduce you to various storytelling forms to best express whatever holds meaning for you. By the end of the workshop, you will have your own tho…
Harlem LibraryAdults
Tue, July 15
@ 3:30 PM
Summer at the Library
Join The New York Public Library and Roundabout Theatre Company's Artist-in-Residence for 6 sessions of artistic workshops! The workshops will be held in person at Tremont Library. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Where have you been... since the last time you visited Tremont? Or is this your first time here? Whatever the case, join us for this free workshop series – Creating Through Community. All are invited to explore your relationship to the library, whether you’ve only visited once, haven’t visited i…
Tremont LibraryAdults
Wed, July 16
@ 4 PM
Summer at the Library
Join The New York Public Library and Roundabout Theatre Company's Artist-in-Residence for 6 sessions of artistic workshops! PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: My Story, Our History is an introduction to theatre through storytelling, writing, and design. Participants will journal, create collages, write poetry or monologues, and create portraits. The workshops will explore themes of identity, home, neighborhood, and history. The workshops will be held in person at Hunts Point Library. Ticket Giveaways: Fre…
Hunts Point LibraryAdults
Wed, July 16
@ 4:30 PM
Summer at the Library
Join The New York Public Library and Roundabout Theatre Company's Artist-in-Residence for 9 sessions of artistic workshops! The workshops will be held in person at Grand Concourse Library. Program Description: How you move through the world tells a story. What would that story look like on paper? Or on the stage? This workshop will guide participants through the creative process with a focus on community, mind-body connection, and storytelling. By exploring the world around them and embodyin…
Grand Concourse LibraryAdults
Sat, July 19
@ 11 AM
Summer at the Library
Join The New York Public Library and Roundabout Theatre Company's Artist-in-Residence for 8 sessions of artistic workshops! The workshops will be held in person at St. George Library. Program Description: A community is made up of individuals; each person’s story is a part of its shared history. In this workshop, you will take inspiration from your own lived experiences and those of your friends and neighbors to craft a solo performance – a short one-person play. We will use the theatrical art…
St. George Library CenterAdults
Mon, July 21
@ 3:30 PM
Summer at the Library
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 Harlem Library. Program Description: What is your story? How does it want to be told? The way we choose to tell a story can change or enhance its meaning. In this program, we will introduce you to various storytelling forms to best express whatever holds meaning for you. By the end of the workshop, you will have your own tho…
Harlem LibraryAdults
Tue, July 22
@ 3:30 PM
Summer at the Library
Join The New York Public Library and Roundabout Theatre Company's Artist-in-Residence for 6 sessions of artistic workshops! The workshops will be held in person at Tremont Library. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Where have you been... since the last time you visited Tremont? Or is this your first time here? Whatever the case, join us for this free workshop series – Creating Through Community. All are invited to explore your relationship to the library, whether you’ve only visited once, haven’t visited i…
Tremont LibraryAdults
Wed, July 23
@ 4 PM
Summer at the Library
Join The New York Public Library and Roundabout Theatre Company's Artist-in-Residence for 6 sessions of artistic workshops! PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: My Story, Our History is an introduction to theatre through storytelling, writing, and design. Participants will journal, create collages, write poetry or monologues, and create portraits. The workshops will explore themes of identity, home, neighborhood, and history. The workshops will be held in person at Hunts Point Library. Ticket Giveaways: Fre…
Hunts Point LibraryAdults
Wed, July 23
@ 4:30 PM
Summer at the Library
Join The New York Public Library and Roundabout Theatre Company's Artist-in-Residence for 9 sessions of artistic workshops! The workshops will be held in person at Grand Concourse Library. Program Description: How you move through the world tells a story. What would that story look like on paper? Or on the stage? This workshop will guide participants through the creative process with a focus on community, mind-body connection, and storytelling. By exploring the world around them and embodyin…
Grand Concourse LibraryAdults
Sat, July 26
@ 11 AM
Summer at the Library
Join The New York Public Library and Roundabout Theatre Company's Artist-in-Residence for 8 sessions of artistic workshops! The workshops will be held in person at St. George Library. Program Description: A community is made up of individuals; each person’s story is a part of its shared history. In this workshop, you will take inspiration from your own lived experiences and those of your friends and neighbors to craft a solo performance – a short one-person play. We will use the theatrical art…
St. George Library CenterAdults
Mon, July 28
@ 3 PM
Summer at the Library
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 Harlem Library. Program Description: What is your story? How does it want to be told? The way we choose to tell a story can change or enhance its meaning. In this program, we will introduce you to various storytelling forms to best express whatever holds meaning for you. By the end of the workshop, you will have your own tho…
Harlem LibraryAdults
Tue, July 29
@ 3:30 PM
Summer at the Library
Join The New York Public Library and Roundabout Theatre Company's Artist-in-Residence for 6 sessions of artistic workshops! The workshops will be held in person at Tremont Library. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Where have you been... since the last time you visited Tremont? Or is this your first time here? Whatever the case, join us for this free workshop series – Creating Through Community. All are invited to explore your relationship to the library, whether you’ve only visited once, haven’t visited i…
Tremont LibraryAdults
Wed, July 30
@ 3 PM
Summer at the Library
Join The New York Public Library and Roundabout Theatre Company's Artist-in-Residence for 9 sessions of artistic workshops! The workshops will be held in person at Grand Concourse Library. Program Description: How you move through the world tells a story. What would that story look like on paper? Or on the stage? This workshop will guide participants through the creative process with a focus on community, mind-body connection, and storytelling. By exploring the world around them and embodyin…
Grand Concourse LibraryAdults
Wed, July 30
@ 4 PM
Summer at the Library
Join The New York Public Library and Roundabout Theatre Company's Artist-in-Residence for 6 sessions of artistic workshops! PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: My Story, Our History is an introduction to theatre through storytelling, writing, and design. Participants will journal, create collages, write poetry or monologues, and create portraits. The workshops will explore themes of identity, home, neighborhood, and history. The workshops will be held in person at Hunts Point Library. Ticket Giveaways: Fre…
Hunts Point LibraryAdults
Tue, August 5
@ 2 PM
Summer at the Library
Join The New York Public Library and Roundabout Theatre Company's Artist-in-Residence for 6 sessions of artistic workshops! The workshops will be held in person at Tremont Library. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Where have you been... since the last time you visited Tremont? Or is this your first time here? Whatever the case, join us for this free workshop series – Creating Through Community. All are invited to explore your relationship to the library, whether you’ve only visited once, haven’t visited i…
Tremont LibraryAdults