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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38 events found.

Date/TimeTitle/DescriptionLocationAudience
Tue, April 23
@ 3:30 PM
Soundview LibraryTeens/Young Adults (13-18 years)
Tue, April 23
@ 4 PM
This event will take place in person. In honor of Shakespeare's 460th birthday join us to color your own drama mask that has been printed by our very own 3D printer! All materials will be provided.
High Bridge LibraryTeens/Young Adults (13-18 years),

Young Adults/Pre GED (16-24 years)
Mon, April 29
@ 12 PM
Franco Zeffirelli's adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy about the young prince of Denmark who is plagued by indecision when he vows to avenge his father's murder. Filmed on location around the UK, including Stonehaven in Scotland, the films boasts an impressive ensemble cast.
Woodstock LibraryAdults,

50+
Mon, April 29
@ 3 PM
Summer at the Library
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…
Harlem LibraryAdults
Tue, April 30
@ 7 PM
Author at the Library
This program is in-person. Join the 53rd Street Library and journalist Elizabeth Winkler with Academy Award-winning actor Mark Rylance for an “extraordinarily brilliant” and “pleasurably naughty” (André Aciman) investigation into the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William Shakespeare wrote his plays became an act of blasphemy…and who the Bard might really be. To attend, please RSVP using the 'Register Now' link above. Presenting her book, Shakespeare Was a Woman a…
53rd Street LibraryAdults,

50+,

Book Lovers,

Teachers
Wed, May 1
@ 4 PM
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 Clason's Point Library. Join us for artistic workshops designed to spark the creative process. Teaching Artists Leah Reddy and Alix Curnow will guide participants in creating their own piece of original theatre by reading stories and sharing memories. By exploring the world of plays along with sound, set, and lighting design, partic…
Clason's Point LibraryAdults
Sat, May 4
@ 11 AM
Summer at the Library
Join The New York Public Library and Roundabout Theatre Company's Artist-in-Residence for twelve sessions of artistic workshops! The workshops will be held in person at St. George Library. Join us for curated artistic workshops designed to spark the creative process. Teaching Artists, Carrie EllmanLarsen and Nick Simone will guide participants to create their own piece of original theatre by telling stories and sharing memories with words, movements, and soundscapes. Through the exploration of…
St. George Library CenterAdults
Mon, May 6
@ 3 PM
Summer at the Library
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…
Harlem LibraryAdults
Wed, May 8
@ 1:30 PM
This event will take place at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL), Third Floor, Room 304. 1938 Book Jacket "Der mann, der Shakespeare hiess : roman" NYPL Digital collections image ID 497566 Come join us for an afternoon of live, free-form creative writing at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library. No formal writing experience is required - just enthusiasm and curiosity to see where writing takes you. At Free Write Wednesdays, participants are provided with suggested prom…
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)
Room 304
Adults
Thu, May 9
@ 4 PM
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 Clason's Point Library. Join us for artistic workshops designed to spark the creative process. Teaching Artists Leah Reddy and Alix Curnow will guide participants in creating their own piece of original theatre by reading stories and sharing memories. By exploring the world of plays along with sound, set, and lighting design, partic…
Clason's Point LibraryAdults
Sat, May 11
@ 11 AM
Summer at the Library
Join The New York Public Library and Roundabout Theatre Company's Artist-in-Residence for twelve sessions of artistic workshops! The workshops will be held in person at St. George Library. Join us for curated artistic workshops designed to spark the creative process. Teaching Artists, Carrie EllmanLarsen and Nick Simone will guide participants to create their own piece of original theatre by telling stories and sharing memories with words, movements, and soundscapes. Through the exploration of…
St. George Library CenterAdults
Mon, May 13
@ 3 PM
Summer at the Library
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…
Harlem LibraryAdults
Tue, May 14
@ 7 PM
LIVE from NYPL
The creators behind The Public Theater’s Mobile Unit: The Comedy of Errors discuss the process of adapting a classic Shakespeare tale into an English-Spanish musical. From May 28 to June 2, The Public Theater’s Mobile Unit will be presenting their bilingual, musical version of William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors in front of The New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. The show’s creators, Julián Mesri and Rebecca Martínez, discuss their process reimagining one of Shakesp…
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Celeste AuditoriumAdults
Wed, May 15
@ 4 PM
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 Clason's Point Library. Join us for artistic workshops designed to spark the creative process. Teaching Artists Leah Reddy and Alix Curnow will guide participants in creating their own piece of original theatre by reading stories and sharing memories. By exploring the world of plays along with sound, set, and lighting design, partic…
Clason's Point LibraryAdults
Mon, May 20
@ 3 PM
Summer at the Library
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…
Harlem LibraryAdults
Wed, May 29
@ 4 PM
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 Clason's Point Library. Join us for artistic workshops designed to spark the creative process. Teaching Artists Leah Reddy and Alix Curnow will guide participants in creating their own piece of original theatre by reading stories and sharing memories. By exploring the world of plays along with sound, set, and lighting design, partic…
Clason's Point LibraryAdults
Mon, June 3
@ 3 PM
Summer at the Library
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…
Harlem LibraryAdults
Thu, June 6
@ 4 PM
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 Clason's Point Library. Join us for artistic workshops designed to spark the creative process. Teaching Artists, Leah Reddy and Alix Curnow will guide participants in creating their own piece of original theatre by reading stories and sharing memories. By exploring the world of plays along with sound, set, and lighting design, part…
Clason's Point LibraryAdults
Sat, June 8
@ 11 AM
Summer at the Library
Join The New York Public Library and Roundabout Theatre Company's Artist-in-Residence for twelve sessions of artistic workshops! The workshops will be held in person at St. George Library. Join us for curated artistic workshops designed to spark the creative process. Teaching Artists, Carrie Ellman Larsen and Nick Simone will guide participants to create their own piece of original theatre by telling stories and sharing memories with words, movements, and soundscapes. Through the exploration o…
St. George Library CenterAdults
Mon, June 10
@ 3 PM
Summer at the Library
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…
Harlem LibraryAdults
Wed, June 12
@ 1:30 PM
This event will take place at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL), Third Floor, Room 304. 1938 Book Jacket "Der mann, der Shakespeare hiess : roman" NYPL Digital collections image ID 497566 Come join us for an afternoon of live, free-form creative writing at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library. No formal writing experience is required - just enthusiasm and curiosity to see where writing takes you. At Free Write Wednesdays, participants are provided with suggested prom…
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)
Room 304
Adults
Thu, June 13
@ 4 PM
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 Clason's Point Library. Join us for artistic workshops designed to spark the creative process. Teaching Artists, Leah Reddy and Alix Curnow will guide participants in creating their own piece of original theatre by reading stories and sharing memories. By exploring the world of plays along with sound, set, and lighting design, part…
Clason's Point LibraryAdults
Sat, June 15
@ 11 AM
Summer at the Library
Join The New York Public Library and Roundabout Theatre Company's Artist-in-Residence for twelve sessions of artistic workshops! The workshops will be held in person at St. George Library. Join us for curated artistic workshops designed to spark the creative process. Teaching Artists, Carrie Ellman Larsen and Nick Simone will guide participants to create their own piece of original theatre by telling stories and sharing memories with words, movements, and soundscapes. Through the exploration o…
St. George Library CenterAdults
Mon, June 24
@ 3 PM
Summer at the Library
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…
Harlem LibraryAdults
Wed, June 26
@ 4 PM
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 Clason's Point Library. Join us for artistic workshops designed to spark the creative process. Teaching Artists, Leah Reddy and Alix Curnow will guide participants in creating their own piece of original theatre by reading stories and sharing memories. By exploring the world of plays along with sound, set, and lighting design, part…
Clason's Point LibraryAdults
Sat, June 29
@ 11 AM
Summer at the Library
Join The New York Public Library and Roundabout Theatre Company's Artist-in-Residence for twelve sessions of artistic workshops! The workshops will be held in person at St. George Library. Join us for curated artistic workshops designed to spark the creative process. Teaching Artists, Carrie Ellman Larsen and Nick Simone will guide participants to create their own piece of original theatre by telling stories and sharing memories with words, movements, and soundscapes. Through the exploration o…
St. George Library CenterAdults
Mon, July 1
@ 3 PM
Summer at the Library
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…
Harlem LibraryAdults
Sat, July 6
@ 11 AM
Summer at the Library
Join The New York Public Library and Roundabout Theatre Company's Artist-in-Residence for twelve sessions of artistic workshops! The workshops will be held in person at St. George Library. Join us for curated artistic workshops designed to spark the creative process. Teaching Artists, Carrie Ellman Larsen and Nick Simone will guide participants to create their own piece of original theatre by telling stories and sharing memories with words, movements, and soundscapes. Through the exploration o…
St. George Library CenterAdults
Mon, July 8
@ 3 PM
Summer at the Library
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…
Harlem LibraryAdults
Wed, July 10
@ 1:30 PM
This event will take place at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL), Third Floor, Room 304. 1938 Book Jacket "Der mann, der Shakespeare hiess : roman" NYPL Digital collections image ID 497566 Come join us for an afternoon of live, free-form creative writing at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library. No formal writing experience is required - just enthusiasm and curiosity to see where writing takes you. At Free Write Wednesdays, participants are provided with suggested prom…
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)
Room 304
Adults
Sat, July 13
@ 11 AM
Summer at the Library
Join The New York Public Library and Roundabout Theatre Company's Artist-in-Residence for twelve sessions of artistic workshops! The workshops will be held in person at St. George Library. Join us for curated artistic workshops designed to spark the creative process. Teaching Artists, Carrie Ellman Larsen and Nick Simone will guide participants to create their own piece of original theatre by telling stories and sharing memories with words, movements, and soundscapes. Through the exploration o…
St. George Library CenterAdults
Mon, July 15
@ 3 PM
Summer at the Library
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…
Harlem LibraryAdults
Sat, July 20
@ 11 AM
Summer at the Library
Join The New York Public Library and Roundabout Theatre Company's Artist-in-Residence for twelve sessions of artistic workshops! The workshops will be held in person at St. George Library. Join us for curated artistic workshops designed to spark the creative process. Teaching Artists, Carrie Ellman Larsen and Nick Simone will guide participants to create their own piece of original theatre by telling stories and sharing memories with words, movements, and soundscapes. Through the exploration o…
St. George Library CenterAdults
Sat, July 27
@ 11 AM
Summer at the Library
Join The New York Public Library and Roundabout Theatre Company's Artist-in-Residence for twelve sessions of artistic workshops! The workshops will be held in person at St. George Library. Join us for curated artistic workshops designed to spark the creative process. Teaching Artists, Carrie Ellman Larsen and Nick Simone will guide participants to create their own piece of original theatre by telling stories and sharing memories with words, movements, and soundscapes. Through the exploration o…
St. George Library CenterAdults
Sat, August 3
@ 11 AM
Summer at the Library
Join The New York Public Library and Roundabout Theatre Company's Artist-in-Residence for twelve sessions of artistic workshops! The workshops will be held in person at St. George Library. Join us for curated artistic workshops designed to spark the creative process. Teaching Artists, Carrie Ellman Larsen and Nick Simone will guide participants to create their own piece of original theatre by telling stories and sharing memories with words, movements, and soundscapes. Through the exploration o…
St. George Library CenterAdults
Sat, August 10
@ 11 AM
Summer at the Library
Join The New York Public Library and Roundabout Theatre Company's Artist-in-Residence for twelve sessions of artistic workshops! The workshops will be held in person at St. George Library. Join us for curated artistic workshops designed to spark the creative process. Teaching Artists, Carrie Ellman Larsen and Nick Simone will guide participants to create their own piece of original theatre by telling stories and sharing memories with words, movements, and soundscapes. Through the exploration o…
St. George Library CenterAdults
Wed, August 14
@ 1:30 PM
This event will take place at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL), Third Floor, Room 304. 1938 Book Jacket "Der mann, der Shakespeare hiess : roman" NYPL Digital collections image ID 497566 Come join us for an afternoon of live, free-form creative writing at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library. No formal writing experience is required - just enthusiasm and curiosity to see where writing takes you. At Free Write Wednesdays, participants are provided with suggested prom…
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)
Room 304
Adults
Sat, August 17
@ 11 AM
Summer at the Library
Join The New York Public Library and Roundabout Theatre Company's Artist-in-Residence for twelve sessions of artistic workshops! The workshops will be held in person at St. George Library. Join us for curated artistic workshops designed to spark the creative process. Teaching Artists, Carrie Ellman Larsen and Nick Simone will guide participants to create their own piece of original theatre by telling stories and sharing memories with words, movements, and soundscapes. Through the exploration o…
St. George Library CenterAdults