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Picture book stories, rhymes, and songs for babies and toddlers

Picture book stories, rhymes, and songs for babies and toddlers

Free English Conversation Hour In-Person English Conversation Hour, is an open conversation where English language learners can discuss life, art, music, films, food, culture, current events, and other topics of interest. Participation takes place in small group settings. This is not a formal class, but a fun and informal discussion, the only requirement is that you are ready to have a conversation! Groups will meet Wednesdays from 2pm to 3:30pm through April 24! 3rd Floor Mae West Room

Please join us for our monthly novella discussion, held in our third floor Mae West room. This month we are reading Claire Keegan's 2022 novella, Foster. We will have copies available to borrow at our second floor desk, beginning March 20th. You can also place an NYPL copy on hold, or request an e-book, or e-audiobook. A modern Irish classic, originally published in 2010. One of The Times's "Top 50 Novels Published in the 21st Century," Claire Keegan's piercing contemporary classic Fos…

Picture book read aloud and craft for children ages 4 and up

Gate of Hell (1953; 89 mins.) Dir: Teinosuke Kinugasa. In the midst of epic, violent intrigue in twelfth-century Japan, an imperial warrior falls for a lady-in-waiting; after he discovers she is married, he becomes frenzied in his attempts to win her love. In Japanese with English subtitles. Starring Kazuo Hasegawa.

In partnership with the Third Street Music School Settlement, we are thrilled to host an adult community choir this Spring. Come and experience the joy of singing! This beginner, non-auditioned group welcomes all who love to sing. You will learn healthy singing habits, warmups, and how to find your own voice as you sing with a group. We sing and study music of many styles and genres like jazz, latin, soul, choral, gospel, folk, and music from around the world. Everyone is welcome; no exp…

Picture book stories, rhymes, and songs for babies and toddlers

Picture book stories, rhymes, and songs for babies and toddlers

Please join us for our weekly short story discussion, Mondays at 1pm ET. This week we are reading Patricia Highsmith's "A Mighty Nice Man." To join this online discussion, please register above with your email address. We'll send you the meeting link before the program begins.

Greek Mythology and Contemporary Literature: A Four Session Course Mondays, April 8, 15, 22 and 29 from 6 to 7:30 pm. The old mythological stories of classical Greece have long influenced Western literature. These stories and their characters, techniques, and ambience have continuously attracted and inspired artists and writers of the entire modern era, roughly the 500 years following 1500. In recent poetry and prose fiction, inspiration comes no less from Greek mythology than ever befor…

Desperately Seeking Susan (1985; 104 mins.) Dir: Susan Seidelman. A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself. Starring Madonna, Rosanna Arquette.

Picture book stories, rhymes, and songs for babies and toddlers

Picture book stories, rhymes, and songs for babies and toddlers

Free English Conversation Hour In-Person English Conversation Hour, is an open conversation where English language learners can discuss life, art, music, films, food, culture, current events, and other topics of interest. Participation takes place in small group settings. This is not a formal class, but a fun and informal discussion, the only requirement is that you are ready to have a conversation! Groups will meet Wednesdays from 2pm to 3:30pm through April 24! 3rd Floor Mae West Room

An all-star cast of writers and translators discuss the joys and challenges of translation. Relationships between authors and their translators are each unique in their own way, moving across time and over many miles in a special conversation that invokes a sharing of feeling and culture. As our global connectivity expands, translated works are becoming highly sought after by both independent and mainstream publishers in many countries, and even more so in places where censorship and restricti…

Picture book read aloud and craft for children ages 4 and up

Merchant of Four Seasons (1972; 88 mins.) Dir: Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Hans Epp is a self-destructive man who lives a dissatisfied life. He tries to find meaning as a fruit vendor, but a heart attack impedes his ability to work, which turns his dissatisfaction into despair. In German with English subtitles. Starring Hans Hirschmüller.

Le festival de littérature mondiale (World Literature Festival) de la Bibliothèque publique de New York met à l’honneur des livres et des écrivains du monde entier, reflétant ainsi les nombreuses langues pratiquées au sein de nos communautés. Découvrez notamment les œuvres que nos usagers lisent actuellement dans différentes langues, les ressources offertes par la Bibliothèque, les événements virtuels gratuits ou encore des recommandations de livres... Le festival de littérature mondiale de la…

In partnership with the Third Street Music School Settlement, we are thrilled to host an adult community choir this Spring. Come and experience the joy of singing! This beginner, non-auditioned group welcomes all who love to sing. You will learn healthy singing habits, warmups, and how to find your own voice as you sing with a group. We sing and study music of many styles and genres like jazz, latin, soul, choral, gospel, folk, and music from around the world. Everyone is welcome; no exp…

Picture book stories, rhymes, and songs for babies and toddlers

Picture book stories, rhymes, and songs for babies and toddlers

Greek Mythology and Contemporary Literature: A Four Session Course Mondays, April 8, 15, 22 and 29 from 6 to 7:30 pm. The old mythological stories of classical Greece have long influenced Western literature. These stories and their characters, techniques, and ambience have continuously attracted and inspired artists and writers of the entire modern era, roughly the 500 years following 1500. In recent poetry and prose fiction, inspiration comes no less from Greek mythology than ever befor…

Topkaki (1964; 120 mins.) Dir: Jules Dassin. A conman gets mixed up with a group of thieves who plan to rob an Istanbul museum to steal a jewelled dagger, in this swinging Sixties Euro comedy heist. Starring Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov

Picture book stories, rhymes, and songs for babies and toddlers

Picture book stories, rhymes, and songs for babies and toddlers

Please join us for an evening of poetry and music. The event takes place in the Willa Cather program room on the first floor Barry Wallenstein, poetry is the author of eleven collections of poetry, the most recent being It’s About Time [New York Quarterly Books, 2022]. A special interest is his presentation of poetry readings in collaboration with jazz. He has made twelve recordings of his poetry with jazz, the most recent being Lisbon Sunset (2018) and Lisbon Sunrise (2022). He is Emeritus…

In partnership with the Third Street Music School Settlement, we are thrilled to host an adult community choir this Spring. Come and experience the joy of singing! This beginner, non-auditioned group welcomes all who love to sing. You will learn healthy singing habits, warmups, and how to find your own voice as you sing with a group. We sing and study music of many styles and genres like jazz, latin, soul, choral, gospel, folk, and music from around the world. Everyone is welcome; no exp…

This discussion was rescheduled from its original date, Friday, April 5. Please join us for our discussion of the first book in Tove Irma Margit Ditlevsen's Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood. You can request an NYPL print copy, e-book, or e-audiobook. Tove Ditlevsen is today celebrated as one of the most important and unique voices in twentieth-century Danish literature, and The Copenhagen Trilogy (1969–71) is her acknowledged masterpiece. Childhood tells the story of a misfit child’s single-m…

Please join us for our monthly poetry discussion, held in the third floor Mae West room. This month, we are reading something completely different! Selected poems from Robert Bly's 2005 volume, My Sentence Was A Thousand Years of Joy. We will have printed copies of the selected poems available to pick up at our second floor desk. You can also access a PDF copy attached on this page under "download transcript." Please bring your copy to our meeting. We will be reading aloud and doing close read…

In partnership with the Third Street Music School Settlement, we are thrilled to host an adult community choir this Spring. Come and experience the joy of singing! This beginner, non-auditioned group welcomes all who love to sing. You will learn healthy singing habits, warmups, and how to find your own voice as you sing with a group. We sing and study music of many styles and genres like jazz, latin, soul, choral, gospel, folk, and music from around the world. Everyone is welcome; no exp…

Please join us for our monthly novella discussion, held in our third floor Mae West room. This month, we are discussingHerman Hesse's 1919 novella, Demian. We will have copies available at our seond floor circulation desk, beginning April 17. You can also put an NYPL copy on hold, or request an e-book or e-audiobook.

An evening of poetry, performance and music. Host: Eve Packer. Austin Alexis is the author of the full-length poetry collection Privacy Issues, which received the 20th Annual Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award. He is also the author of two chapbooks published by Poets Wear Prada. His work has appeared in Barrow Street, Hawaii Pacific Review, The Journal, The Pedestal Magazine, Crosswinds Poetry Journal, Westchester Review, Paterson Literary Review and other journals and anthologies. He has rec…

Join us for live music in the lobby, Wednesday, May 15 at 6pm with Mary Edwards: Everywhere We Are is the Farthest Place Mary Edwards is a composer and sound artist whose interdisciplinary practice encompasses themes of temporality, impermanence, nostalgia and the natural world that recur throughout her work. Everywhere We Are is the Farthest Place is her "ode rather than an elegy” to the transforming Arctic landscape, climate vulnerability, elemental sensuality and terrestrial connectivi…

Please join us for our monthly novella discussion, held in our third floor Mae West room. This month, we are reading Silvina Ocampo's short novel, The Promise, originally published in Spanish as Promesa. *This month's discussion will meet one week later than usual, because the library will be closed on June 19 for the Juneteenth holiday.* We will have copies avialable at our second floor desk while supplies last, starting May 15. You can also download an NYPL e-book copy. A woman reli…