Events

This event will take place in person at Hudson Park Library. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active child build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood. Best for new walkers, toddlers/or children at this developmental stage. Limited to 20 children. Tickets will be given out at 10 am on the day of the program. The Children's Program Room is located on the…

This event will take place in person at Hudson Park Library. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active child build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood. Best for new walkers, toddlers/or children at this developmental stage. Limited to 20 children. Tickets will be given out at 10 am on the day of the program. The Children's Program Room is located on the…

Join us for classic films and blockbusters! A Haunting in Venice (2023) Now retired and living in self-imposed exile in the world's most glamorous city, Poirot reluctantly attends a seance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. He soons gets thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets when one of the guests is murdered. Director: Kenneth Branagh | Writers: Michael Green, Agatha Christie | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Dornan | 1h 43m

Join is for a library playdate and meet other caregivers as we explore developmentally appropriate play materials in a safe, warm, and joyful environment. Extend your child's learning through play! The Children's Program Room is located on the 2nd floor and there is no elevator.

This event will take place in person at Hudson Park. Drop in and join the Hudson Puzzle Club for socializing and jigsaw puzzle fun! Come try out a wide variety of new and vintage puzzles with other puzzle enthusiasts. Participate in our puzzle exchange: bring a puzzle and take a puzzle home!

We will be celebrating Earth Day with Here On Earth and other climate enthusiasts at Pier 57! We'll be reading stories from 3-4pm. We will also have a special Pier 57 paper scavenger hunt to help you explore the pier. Other events that day from 3-7pm: New York Insight - Waterfront meditation walk (10am -12:30pm) sign-up here Wick Poetry Center- Dear Body of Water Makerspace Hudson River Park- Discovery Tank hands-on science experiment *Contribute to a community film about water *Screenin…

This event will take place in person at Hudson Park Library. Join us for a special time to bond with your little one and meet other caregivers. We will explore the joys of books, songs, and gentle movement in addition to building early learning skills you can practice at home. Come prepared to sit with your child on your lap. Best for children who are pre-walkers and who prefer a gentle, slow-paced program. The Children's Program Room is located on the 2nd floor and there is no elevator.

Hollywood and the Great Depression, 1929-1939: There have been some beautiful, poignant, even hilarious movies portraying what life was like during the Great Depression, history’s devastating and crippling economic decade. The films in this series are some of those. Grapes of Wrath (1940) *Shown in 16mm format starring Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, 2h 9m. The Joads, poor Oklahoma tenant farmers, are evicted from their home during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s and set out for California, along…

This event is online only. Miss the library and talking about books? So do we! Join us for a virtual book discussion. Have a book you've read recently and want to talk about? Just want to listen to some book recommendations? That's great, too. We'll share what we've been reading during this crazy time. This month we will discuss the stories from Stories from the Tenants Downstairs by Sidik Fofana. On April 23, we will discuss the short stories "The Young Entrepreneurs of Miss Bristol's Front…

ABOUT THE PROGRAM In their latest book, How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures (one of TIME's Best Nonfiction Books of the Year), Sabrina Imbler transcends notions of category from beginning to end. They challenge the strict boxes of what a memoir "should" look like, what a science book "should look like", and even how a human being should exist within societal categories like gender, race, and blame. Come join the Hudson Park Library for a conversation with Sabrina about their…

This event is online only. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active child build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home! Best for new walkers, toddlers/or children at this developmental stage. Register and you will receive an email with the link by 9:00 am on the day of the event. Storytime is a program for parents/caregivers and their children. Both the parent/caregiver and the child must be present during…

This event will take place in person at Hudson Park Library. Looking for a space to knit or crochet and meet fellow crafters? Every Wednesday, join us to chat, connect and craft! Bring your projects, ideas and materials. Some experience is required, as no instruction will be provided.

This event will take place in person at Hudson Park Library. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active child build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood. Best for new walkers, toddlers/or children at this developmental stage. Limited to 20 children. Tickets will be given out at 10 am on the day of the program. The Children's Program Room is located on the…

This event will take place in person at Hudson Park Library. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active child build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood. Best for new walkers, toddlers/or children at this developmental stage. Limited to 20 children. Tickets will be given out at 10 am on the day of the program. The Children's Program Room is located on the…

Join us for classic films and blockbusters! Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom (2023) After failing to defeat Aquaman the first time, Black Manta wields the power of the mythic Black Trident to unleash an ancient and malevolent force. Hoping to end his reign of terror, Aquaman forges an unlikely alliance with his brother, Orm, the former king of Atlantis. Setting aside their differences, they join forces to protect their kingdom and save the world from irreversible destruction. Director: James Wan…

Join is for a library playdate and meet other caregivers as we explore developmentally appropriate play materials in a safe, warm, and joyful environment. Extend your child's learning through play! The Children's Program Room is located on the 2nd floor and there is no elevator.

Finishing Line Press Poetry Reading Local poet, novelist and columnist Michele Herman will make a return engagement, reading her poems along with three of her favorite fellow Finishing Line Press poets. The poets will also be happy to talk about their writing and publishing process and to answer questions about anything writing-related. Joyce Englander Levy is a poet, mother, writer, and senior yoga and meditation teacher. Her debut chapbook, Pier 40, is forthcoming from Finishing Line…

This event will take place in person at Hudson Park Library. Join us for a special time to bond with your little one and meet other caregivers. We will explore the joys of books, songs, and gentle movement in addition to building early learning skills you can practice at home. Come prepared to sit with your child on your lap. Best for children who are pre-walkers and who prefer a gentle, slow-paced program. The Children's Program Room is located on the 2nd floor and there is no elevator.

Explore your artistic potential with Creative Aging, a series of art workshops for adults 50 and older. Please join us at Hudson Park Library as we host dancer and choreographer Phoenix Lin from New York City Center for a special program, Storytelling Through Dance. Learn how choreographers use lyrical analysis to create a movement that influences plot and character development. Phoenix Lin, NYCC teaching artist, and choreographer, will lead participants in working together to build choreo…

Explore your artistic potential with Creative Aging, a series of art workshops for adults 50 and older. Please join us at Hudson Park Library as we host dancer and choreographer Phoenix Lin from New York City Center for a special program, Storytelling Through Dance. Learn how choreographers use lyrical analysis to create a movement that influences plot and character development. Phoenix Lin, NYCC teaching artist, and choreographer, will lead participants in working together to build choreo…

Hollywood and the Great Depression, 1929-1939: There have been some beautiful, poignant, even hilarious movies portraying what life was like during the Great Depression, history’s devastating and crippling economic decade. The films in this series are some of those. Chinatown (1974) *Shown in 16mm format starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, 2h 12m. L.A. private eye Jake Gittes’s investigation into the activities of Evelyn Mulwray’s husband, sets Gittes on a tangled trail o…

Join author (and NYPL employee) Mya Matteo Alexice for a reading and book signing and celebration from their debut poetry collection, A Shape We've Yet to Name. There will be light refreshments. About the author: Mya Matteo Alexice is a non-binary, Black and white graduate of the Rutgers-Newark MFA. Cave Canem fellow and pseudo-librarian, their poems can be found in or are forthcoming in publications such as Pleiades, Black Warrior Review, Copper Nickel, Hayden’s Ferry Review, The Bennington Re…

This event is online only. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active child build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home! Best for new walkers, toddlers/or children at this developmental stage. Register and you will receive an email with the link by 9:00 am on the day of the event. Storytime is a program for parents/caregivers and their children. Both the parent/caregiver and the child must be present during…

This event will take place in person at Hudson Park. Join us as we discuss "Dead End Memories" by Banana Yoshimoto. Book description: First published in Japan in 2003 and never before published in the United States, Dead-End Memories collects the stories of five women who, following sudden and painful events, quietly discover their ways back to recovery. Among the women we meet in Dead-End Memories is one betrayed by her fiancé who finds a perfect refuge in an apartment above…

This event will take place in person at Hudson Park Library. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active child build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood. Best for new walkers, toddlers/or children at this developmental stage. Limited to 20 children. Tickets will be given out at 10 am on the day of the program. The Children's Program Room is located on the…

This event will take place in person at Hudson Park Library. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active child build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood. Best for new walkers, toddlers/or children at this developmental stage. Limited to 20 children. Tickets will be given out at 10 am on the day of the program. The Children's Program Room is located on the…

Join is for a library playdate and meet other caregivers as we explore developmentally appropriate play materials in a safe, warm, and joyful environment. Extend your child's learning through play! The Children's Program Room is located on the 2nd floor and there is no elevator.

This event will take place in person at Hudson Park Library. Join us for a special time to bond with your little one and meet other caregivers. We will explore the joys of books, songs, and gentle movement in addition to building early learning skills you can practice at home. Come prepared to sit with your child on your lap. Best for children who are pre-walkers and who prefer a gentle, slow-paced program. The Children's Program Room is located on the 2nd floor and there is no elevator.

Explore your artistic potential with Creative Aging, a series of art workshops for adults 50 and older. Please join us at Hudson Park Library as we host dancer and choreographer Phoenix Lin from New York City Center for a special program, Storytelling Through Dance. Learn how choreographers use lyrical analysis to create a movement that influences plot and character development. Phoenix Lin, NYCC teaching artist, and choreographer, will lead participants in working together to build choreo…

This event is in-person. Come write with us! Want to start writing poetry but don't know how? Want to share your work in a stress-free environment? Love writing but haven't in years? Drop in as often as you'd like for our twice-monthly, beginner-friendly workshop at the Hudson Park Library. Class will be guided by poet Mya Matteo Alexice, recipient of writing degrees from Columbia University and Rutgers University-Newark and author of A Shape We've Yet to Name (Game Over Books). Gu…

This event is online only. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active child build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home! Best for new walkers, toddlers/or children at this developmental stage. Register and you will receive an email with the link by 9:00 am on the day of the event. Storytime is a program for parents/caregivers and their children. Both the parent/caregiver and the child must be present during…

This event will take place outdoors at JJ Walker Park. Join us for a storytime and activity related to animal adaptations. We'll focus on a different one each week! Supplies are limited to first come, first served. If it rains, the program will be cancelled.

This event will take place in person at Hudson Park Library. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active child build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood. Best for new walkers, toddlers/or children at this developmental stage. Limited to 20 children. Tickets will be given out at 10 am on the day of the program. The Children's Program Room is located on the…

This event will take place in person at Hudson Park Library. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active child build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood. Best for new walkers, toddlers/or children at this developmental stage. Limited to 20 children. Tickets will be given out at 10 am on the day of the program. The Children's Program Room is located on the…

Join is for a library playdate and meet other caregivers as we explore developmentally appropriate play materials in a safe, warm, and joyful environment. Extend your child's learning through play! The Children's Program Room is located on the 2nd floor and there is no elevator.

This event will take place in person at Hudson Park Library. Join us for a special time to bond with your little one and meet other caregivers. We will explore the joys of books, songs, and gentle movement in addition to building early learning skills you can practice at home. Come prepared to sit with your child on your lap. Best for children who are pre-walkers and who prefer a gentle, slow-paced program. The Children's Program Room is located on the 2nd floor and there is no elevator.

Explore your artistic potential with Creative Aging, a series of art workshops for adults 50 and older. Please join us at Hudson Park Library as we host dancer and choreographer Phoenix Lin from New York City Center for a special program, Storytelling Through Dance. Learn how choreographers use lyrical analysis to create a movement that influences plot and character development. Phoenix Lin, NYCC teaching artist, and choreographer, will lead participants in working together to build choreo…

This event is online only. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active child build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home! Best for new walkers, toddlers/or children at this developmental stage. Register and you will receive an email with the link by 9:00 am on the day of the event. Storytime is a program for parents/caregivers and their children. Both the parent/caregiver and the child must be present during…

This event will take place outdoors at JJ Walker Park. Join us for a storytime and activity related to animal adaptations. We'll focus on a different one each week! Supplies are limited to first come, first served. If it rains, the program will be cancelled.

This event will take place in person at Hudson Park Library. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active child build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood. Best for new walkers, toddlers/or children at this developmental stage. Limited to 20 children. Tickets will be given out at 10 am on the day of the program. The Children's Program Room is located on the…