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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15 events found.

Date/TimeTitle/DescriptionLocationAudience
Mon, April 29
@ 10 AM
Our highly interactive class focuses on improving confidence and fluency through listening and group interaction. Vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar will be covered within the context of conversation. Mondays at 10 AM Register in person or by phone: 212-308-6243
Roosevelt Island LibraryAdults
Wed, May 1
@ 5 PM
Civics, Communities & Voting
This event will take place in person at Roosevelt Island. New to experienced artists are all welcome! Create, converse, and collaborate with your community through the arts! Pick up a paintbrush, pen, or stencil and get started! What does it mean to be civically engaged in your local community? Whether it be advocacy, activism, community organizing, or volunteering, join the Roosevelt Island community in an engaging arts workshop featuring local community artist and designer, Thom Heyer. To…
Roosevelt Island LibraryAdults
Mon, May 6
@ 10 AM
Our highly interactive class focuses on improving confidence and fluency through listening and group interaction. Vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar will be covered within the context of conversation. Mondays at 10 AM Register in person or by phone: 212-308-6243
Roosevelt Island LibraryAdults
Wed, May 8
@ 5 PM
Civics, Communities & Voting
This event will take place in person at Roosevelt Island. New to experienced artists are all welcome! Create, converse, and collaborate with your community through the arts! Pick up a paintbrush, pen, or stencil and get started! What does it mean to be civically engaged in your local community? Whether it be advocacy, activism, community organizing, or volunteering, join the Roosevelt Island community in an engaging arts workshop featuring local community artist and designer, Thom Heyer. To…
Roosevelt Island LibraryAdults
Mon, May 13
@ 10 AM
Our highly interactive class focuses on improving confidence and fluency through listening and group interaction. Vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar will be covered within the context of conversation. Mondays at 10 AM Register in person or by phone: 212-308-6243
Roosevelt Island LibraryAdults
Mon, May 13
@ 6 PM
Book Discussion Group
This will be an in-person event. Join the staff at the Roosevelt Island Library for the discussion of the book The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel. Copies of the book are available to borrow at the circulation desk.
Roosevelt Island LibraryAdults,

50+,

Book Lovers
Tue, May 14
@ 6:30 PM
This will be an in-person event Matthias Altwicker AIA LEED AP will discuss the history of affordable housing in New York, how Roosevelt Island fits into that history, and how ideas of open space that were supported by this housing are being reconsidered.
Roosevelt Island LibraryAdults,

50+
Wed, May 15
@ 5 PM
Civics, Communities & Voting
This event will take place in person at Roosevelt Island. New to experienced artists are all welcome! Create, converse, and collaborate with your community through the arts! Pick up a paintbrush, pen, or stencil and get started! What does it mean to be civically engaged in your local community? Whether it be advocacy, activism, community organizing, or volunteering, join the Roosevelt Island community in an engaging arts workshop featuring local community artist and designer, Thom Heyer. To…
Roosevelt Island LibraryAdults
Mon, May 20
@ 10 AM
Our highly interactive class focuses on improving confidence and fluency through listening and group interaction. Vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar will be covered within the context of conversation. Mondays at 10 AM Register in person or by phone: 212-308-6243
Roosevelt Island LibraryAdults
Mon, May 20
@ 5 PM
This will be an in-person event With dreams of opening a shop in a city renowned for its chocolate, a young and poor Willy Wonka discovers that the industry is run by a cartel of greedy chocolatiers. Rated: PG Runtime: 112 minute Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Olivia Colman, Hugh Grant, Sally Hawkins, Jim Carter
Roosevelt Island LibraryAdults
Tue, May 21
@ 6:30 PM
This will be an in-person event Diana Cooper is a mixed-media artist. Cooper’s most recent artwork Double Take, a permanent installation commissioned by the MTA, is on Roosevelt Island. It is featured in the recently published book “Contemporary Art Underground” which documents the MTA Arts & Design collection in NYC. Her work has been exhibited at the Whitney Museum, MOMA/PS 1, the Brooklyn Museum and other museums and galleries across the United States and Europe. In 2007 she was the subj…
Roosevelt Island LibraryAdults,

50+
Wed, May 22
@ 5 PM
Civics, Communities & Voting
This event will take place in person at Roosevelt Island. New to experienced artists are all welcome! Create, converse, and collaborate with your community through the arts! Pick up a paintbrush, pen, or stencil and get started! What does it mean to be civically engaged in your local community? Whether it be advocacy, activism, community organizing, or volunteering, join the Roosevelt Island community in an engaging arts workshop featuring local community artist and designer, Thom Heyer. To…
Roosevelt Island LibraryAdults
Tue, March 25
@ 10 AM
Our highly interactive class focuses on improving confidence and fluency through listening and group interaction. Vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar will be covered within the context of conversation. Mondays at 10 AM Register in person or by phone: 212-308-6243
Roosevelt Island LibraryAdults
Tue, April 22
@ 10 AM
Our highly interactive class focuses on improving confidence and fluency through listening and group interaction. Vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar will be covered within the context of conversation. Mondays at 10 AM Register in person or by phone: 212-308-6243
Roosevelt Island LibraryAdults
Tue, May 27
@ 10 AM
Our highly interactive class focuses on improving confidence and fluency through listening and group interaction. Vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar will be covered within the context of conversation. Mondays at 10 AM Register in person or by phone: 212-308-6243
Roosevelt Island LibraryAdults