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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29 events found.

Date/TimeTitle/DescriptionLocationAudience
Mon, May 6
@ 3 PM
English for Speakers of Other Languages
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…
58th Street Library, Community Meeting Room (not wheelchair accessible)Adults,

English Language Learners,

Immigrants
Tue, May 7
@ 11 AM
TechConnect
This event will take place in the Computer Classroom at the 58th Street Library. Do you have trouble with your email? Do you have questions about Microsoft Office? 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.
58th Street Library, Computer Classroom (not wheelchair accessible)Adults
Tue, May 7
@ 1 PM
We have some great movies this month for your mental health May viewing pleasure: First come first served. Masks are strongly recommended! Birdman Tuesday, May 7th at 1pm in the 2nd floor auditorium. A fading actor (Michael Keaton), best known for his portrayal of a superhero, plans a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. However, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career and reconnect with friends and family prove more difficult than expected. 2014 - 119 minutes, R…
58th Street Library, Community Meeting Room (not wheelchair accessible)Adults
Tue, May 7
@ 1 PM
TechConnect
This event will take place in the Computer Classroom of the 58th Street Library. Learn how to create, edit and share online documents using Google's ever-evolving word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and calendar programs.
58th Street Library, Computer Classroom (not wheelchair accessible)
Computer Classroom
Adults
Wed, May 8
@ 11 AM
Tea Time Craft | Cut Out Lantern In this Tea Time Craft session, we are going to make our own cut-out lantern shade. We will be using vellum paper and various shapes to design our own lantern shade. All the material will be provided including a nice cup of tea! This event will take place in person at the 58th Street Library. Space is limited so please register for this event! (Online Registration Available) 58th Street Library | 212-759-7358 | 127 E 58th Street New York, NY 10022
58th Street Library, Community Meeting Room (not wheelchair accessible)Adults
Wed, May 8
@ 2 PM
Creative Aging
Continue where we left off at the end of our Memoir Writing workshops for adults 50 and older and the May sessions are a continuation of the April sessions. This program will be held in person at 58th Street Library and online for those who request it. Teaching artist Frank Ingrasciotta will continue to guide participants through the art of writing over 5 extra sessions. Storytelling is our most ancient art form and everyone has a story in us that wants to be told. When powerful storytelling…
58th Street Library, Computer Classroom (not wheelchair accessible)Adults,

50+
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
Mon, May 13
@ 3 PM
English for Speakers of Other Languages
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…
58th Street Library, Community Meeting Room (not wheelchair accessible)Adults,

English Language Learners,

Immigrants
Tue, May 14
@ 11 AM
TechConnect
This event will take place in the Computer Classroom at the 58th Street Library. Do you have trouble with your email? Do you have questions about Microsoft Office? 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.
58th Street Library, Computer Classroom (not wheelchair accessible)Adults
Tue, May 14
@ 1 PM
We have some great movies this month for your mental health May viewing pleasure: First come first served. Masks are strongly recommended! Donnie Darko Tuesday, May 14th at 1pm in the 2nd floor auditorium. A suburban teen comes face-to-face with his dark destiny, wormholes, a hallucinated demonic rabbit and most terrifying: Patrick Swayze. 2001 - 113 minutes, Rated R Upcoming Movies: The Disaster Artist Tuesday, May 23rd at 1pm in the 2nd floor auditorium. Weirdo auteur Tommy Wis…
58th Street Library, Community Meeting Room (not wheelchair accessible)Adults
Tue, May 14
@ 1 PM
TechConnect
This event will take place in the Computer Classroom of the 58th Street Library. Learn the basics of working with spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel. Topics include entering data and formulas, moving and copying data, formatting & print previewing worksheets.
58th Street Library, Computer Classroom (not wheelchair accessible)
Computer Classroom
Adults
Wed, May 15
@ 2 PM
Creative Aging
Continue where we left off at the end of our Memoir Writing workshops for adults 50 and older and the May sessions are a continuation of the April sessions. This program will be held in person at 58th Street Library and online for those who request it. Teaching artist Frank Ingrasciotta will continue to guide participants through the art of writing over 5 extra sessions. Storytelling is our most ancient art form and everyone has a story in us that wants to be told. When powerful storytelling…
58th Street Library, Computer Classroom (not wheelchair accessible)Adults,

50+
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
Mon, May 20
@ 3 PM
English for Speakers of Other Languages
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…
58th Street Library, Community Meeting Room (not wheelchair accessible)Adults,

English Language Learners,

Immigrants
Tue, May 21
@ 11 AM
TechConnect
This event will take place in the Computer Classroom of the 58th Street Library. Learn how to create a slideshow presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint. Topics include creating and editing slides, inserting images and clipart, and running your slideshow.
58th Street Library, Computer Classroom (not wheelchair accessible)
Computer Classroom
Adults
Tue, May 21
@ 1 PM
We have some great movies this month for your mental health May viewing pleasure: First come first served. Masks are strongly recommended! The Disaster Artist Tuesday, May 21st at 1pm in the 2nd floor auditorium. Weirdo auteur Tommy Wiseau befriends struggling actor Greg Sestero. Together, they make a movie called "The Room," which soon becomes a cult hit due to its staggering badness. 2017 - 98 minutes, Rated R Upcoming Movies: Network Tuesday, May 28th at 1pm in the 2nd floor aud…
58th Street Library, Community Meeting Room (not wheelchair accessible)Adults
Tue, May 21
@ 2 PM
TechConnect
This event will take place in the Computer Classroom at the 58th Street Library. Do you have trouble with your email? Do you have questions about Microsoft Office? 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.
58th Street Library, Computer Classroom (not wheelchair accessible)Adults
Tue, May 21
@ 4 PM
Book Discussion Group
The Things We Leave Unfinished follows two couples across two timelines. As Georgia Stanton battles with romance author Noah Harrison over finishing the book left behind by Scarlett Stanton, Georgia’s great-grandmother, alternate chapters explore the romance between Scarlett and American pilot Jameson Stanton, whose love is imperiled by the dangers of World War II. This is an epic and emotional romance about the risks we take for love and the endings we don’t see coming.
58th Street Library, Community Meeting Room (not wheelchair accessible)Adults
Tue, May 28
@ 11 AM
TechConnect
This event will take place in the Computer Classroom at the 58th Street Library. This course will cover how important it is to be safe when providing your information on the internet as well as ensuring your computer is safe from those that want to hack it.
58th Street Library, Computer Classroom (not wheelchair accessible)
Computer Classroom
Adults
Tue, May 28
@ 1 PM
We have some great movies this month for your mental health May viewing pleasure: First come first served. Masks are strongly recommended! Network Tuesday, May 28th at 1pm in the 2nd floor auditorium. A TV network cynically exploits an anchor's on-air meltdown about the news media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control in this 1976 classic that took home 4 Academy awards! 1976 - 121 minutes, Rated R
58th Street Library, Community Meeting Room (not wheelchair accessible)Adults
Tue, May 28
@ 2 PM
TechConnect
This event will take place in the Computer Classroom at the 58th Street Library. Do you have trouble with your email? Do you have questions about Microsoft Office? 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.
58th Street Library, Computer Classroom (not wheelchair accessible)Adults
Mon, June 3
@ 3 PM
English for Speakers of Other Languages
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…
58th Street Library, Community Meeting Room (not wheelchair accessible)Adults,

English Language Learners,

Immigrants
Mon, June 10
@ 3 PM
English for Speakers of Other Languages
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…
58th Street Library, Community Meeting Room (not wheelchair accessible)Adults,

English Language Learners,

Immigrants
Mon, June 17
@ 3 PM
English for Speakers of Other Languages
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…
58th Street Library, Community Meeting Room (not wheelchair accessible)Adults,

English Language Learners,

Immigrants
Tue, June 18
@ 4 PM
Book Discussion Group
Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. One of the darkest periods of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl era, has arrived with a vengeance. In this uncertain and dangerous time, Elsa Martinelli—like so many of her neighbors—must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or go west, to Califor…
58th Street Library, Community Meeting Room (not wheelchair accessible)Adults
Mon, June 24
@ 3 PM
English for Speakers of Other Languages
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…
58th Street Library, Community Meeting Room (not wheelchair accessible)Adults,

English Language Learners,

Immigrants
Tue, July 23
@ 4 PM
Book Discussion Group
A story about love, marriage, parenting, infidelity, art and forgiveness, Count the Ways is an epic family saga that follows the lives of Eleanor and Cam all the way from their first meeting, through to their blossoming romance onto their child-rearing years and eventually the demise of their relationship, in the wake of a tragedy that shook the family to its very core.
58th Street Library, Community Meeting Room (not wheelchair accessible)Adults
Tue, August 27
@ 4 PM
Book Discussion Group
As the French revolution ravages the country, Desiree Clary is faced with the life-altering truth that the world she has known and loved is gone and it’s fallen on her to save her family from the guillotine. A chance encounter with Napoleon Bonaparte, the ambitious and charismatic young military prodigy, provides her answer. When her beloved sister Julie marries his brother Joseph, Desiree and Napoleon’s futures become irrevocably linked. Quickly entering into their own passionate, dizzying c…
58th Street Library, Community Meeting Room (not wheelchair accessible)Adults
Tue, September 24
@ 4 PM
Book Discussion Group
Palestine, 1990. Seventeen-year-old Isra prefers reading books to entertaining the suitors her father has chosen for her. Over the course of a week, the naïve and dreamy girl finds herself quickly betrothed and married, and is soon living in Brooklyn. There Isra struggles to adapt to the expectations of her oppressive mother-in-law Fareeda and strange new husband Adam, a pressure that intensifies as she begins to have children—four daughters instead of the sons Fareeda tells Isra she must bear.…
58th Street Library, Community Meeting Room (not wheelchair accessible)Adults