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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54 events found.

Date/TimeTitle/DescriptionLocationAudience
Tue, April 23
@ 11:15 AM
Early Literacy
Picture book stories, rhymes, and songs for babies and toddlers
Jefferson Market LibraryChildren,

Infant (0-18 months),

Toddlers (18-36 months)
Wed, April 24
@ 2 PM
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
Jefferson Market LibraryAdults
Wed, April 24
@ 6 PM
World Literature Festival
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…
Jefferson Market Library
Online
Immigrants
Thu, April 25
@ 6 PM
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.
Jefferson Market Library, First FloorAdults
Fri, April 26
@ 12 PM
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…
Jefferson Market Library, First FloorAdults
Mon, April 29
@ 10:30 AM
Early Literacy
Picture book stories, rhymes, and songs for babies and toddlers
Jefferson Market LibraryChildren,

Pre-schoolers (3-5 years),

School Age (5-12 years)
Mon, April 29
@ 11:15 AM
Early Literacy
Picture book stories, rhymes, and songs for babies and toddlers
Jefferson Market LibraryChildren,

Pre-schoolers (3-5 years),

School Age (5-12 years)
Mon, April 29
@ 6 PM
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…
Jefferson Market LibraryAdults
Tue, April 30
@ 10:30 AM
Early Literacy
Picture book stories, rhymes, and songs for babies and toddlers
Jefferson Market LibraryChildren,

Infant (0-18 months),

Toddlers (18-36 months)
Tue, April 30
@ 11:15 AM
Early Literacy
Picture book stories, rhymes, and songs for babies and toddlers
Jefferson Market LibraryChildren,

Infant (0-18 months),

Toddlers (18-36 months)
Fri, May 3
@ 12 PM
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…
Jefferson Market Library, First FloorAdults
Fri, May 3
@ 1 PM
Online
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…
Jefferson Market Library
Online Only
Adults
Fri, May 10
@ 12 PM
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…
Jefferson Market Library, First FloorAdults
Wed, May 15
@ 4:30 PM
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.
Jefferson Market Library
Third Floor
Adults