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.

If you have any questions about the events listed below, please contact the branch for more information. See here for service updates at the Library.

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17 events found.

Date/TimeTitle/DescriptionLocationAudience
Tue, April 23
@ 10:30 AM
Supervised Lab
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!
Parkchester Library, Computer LabAdults
Wed, April 24
@ 11 AM
TechConnect
Are you having trouble with your email? Don't know how to cut and paste? Curious about Twitter? Bring your technology questions and get one-on-one assistance!
New Dorp LibraryAdults
Thu, April 25
@ 1 PM
Center for Educators & Schools
This event will take place in person at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 476 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10018 Register Here About this event 2 hours 30 minutes Join The New York Public Library's Center for Educators and Schools for a special screening of The Truth About Reading (2023). This powerful documentary explores the current state of literacy across the nation, shedding light on challenges and opportunities for parents, teachers and students. Following the screening, we will…
Stephen A. Schwarzman BuildingTeachers,

Early Childhood Educators,

K-12 Educators,

College/Graduate School Educators
Thu, April 25
@ 3 PM
All About Computers
Are you having trouble with your email? Don't know how to cut and paste? Curious about Twitter? Bring your technology questions and get one-on-one assistance!
58th Street Library, Community Meeting Room (not wheelchair accessible)Adults
Wed, May 1
@ 11 AM
TechConnect
Are you having trouble with your email? Don't know how to cut and paste? Curious about Twitter? Bring your technology questions and get one-on-one assistance!
New Dorp LibraryAdults
Sat, May 4
@ 4 PM
Center for Educators & Schools
This event is online only. Register About this event 1 hour Join The New York Public Library’s Center for Educators and Schools and Kareen Khubchandani in a conversation about the so-called “dangers” of drag, which has been challenged by our society for a number of motives and reasons, to confront misconceptions, challenge censorship, and discuss how we can work toward a more equitable future for all. Educator, scholar, and performer Kareem Khubchandani will guide audiences through th…
Online OnlyTeachers,

Early Childhood Educators,

K-12 Educators,

College/Graduate School Educators
Mon, May 6
@ 6:30 PM
7 Stories Up at SNFL
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…
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL), Event CenterAdults,

50+,

College & Graduate Students
Tue, May 7
@ 10:30 AM
Supervised Lab
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!
Parkchester Library, Computer LabAdults
Wed, May 8
@ 11 AM
TechConnect
Are you having trouble with your email? Don't know how to cut and paste? Curious about Twitter? Bring your technology questions and get one-on-one assistance!
New Dorp LibraryAdults
Thu, May 9
@ 3 PM
All About Computers
Are you having trouble with your email? Don't know how to cut and paste? Curious about Twitter? Bring your technology questions and get one-on-one assistance!
58th Street Library, Community Meeting Room (not wheelchair accessible)Adults
Wed, May 15
@ 11 AM
TechConnect
Are you having trouble with your email? Don't know how to cut and paste? Curious about Twitter? Bring your technology questions and get one-on-one assistance!
New Dorp LibraryAdults
Thu, May 16
@ 3 PM
All About Computers
Are you having trouble with your email? Don't know how to cut and paste? Curious about Twitter? Bring your technology questions and get one-on-one assistance!
58th Street Library, Community Meeting Room (not wheelchair accessible)Adults
Tue, May 21
@ 10:30 AM
Supervised Lab
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!
Parkchester Library, Computer LabAdults
Tue, May 21
@ 4 PM
Center for Educators & Schools
This event is online only. Register About this event 1 hour Join The New York Public Library’s Center for Educators and Schools in taking a close look at how Black Americans navigated the complex history of emancipation through primary sources from our free curriculum guide, To Make Public Our Joy: Black New Yorkers Commemorating Emancipation, 1808–1865. This will be followed with a look into video oral histories from HistoryMakers, an extensive database of oral histories spanning dec…
Online OnlyTeachers,

Early Childhood Educators,

K-12 Educators,

College/Graduate School Educators
Wed, May 22
@ 11 AM
TechConnect
Are you having trouble with your email? Don't know how to cut and paste? Curious about Twitter? Bring your technology questions and get one-on-one assistance!
New Dorp LibraryAdults
Wed, May 29
@ 11 AM
TechConnect
Are you having trouble with your email? Don't know how to cut and paste? Curious about Twitter? Bring your technology questions and get one-on-one assistance!
New Dorp LibraryAdults
Wed, June 5
@ 1 PM
This event will take place in person at Hudson Park. Join us as we discuss "Smoke Kings" by Jahmal Mayfield. The author will also be attending! Book description: Nate Evers, a young black political activist, struggles with rage as his people are still being killed in the streets 62 years after Emmett Till. When his little cousin is murdered, Nate shuns the graffiti murals, candlelight vigils, and Twitter hashtags that are commonplace after these senseless deaths. Instead, he leads 3 grief-…
Hudson Park LibraryAdults,

Book Lovers