Events

This event is online only. 53rd Street Library is continuing our successful remote music series in collaboration with the Library for the Performing Arts. This disc discussion will focus on De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising **How to Register: Please click HERE** We are offering a monthly music club (1PM & 5PM options) via Google Hangouts/Meetup selecting and focusing on a classic album with a distinct cultural impact. To give the club an intimate feel--Like a book club for music. An LP…

This event will take place in person at the 53rd Street Library. Improve your English language proficiency! Drop in at the 53rd Street Library's ESOL "Conversation Tuesdays," an open dialogue where English language learners and fluent English speakers chat on a variety of topics including art, music, current events, leisure activities, and New York City life. Practice your speaking skills and socialize with other English language learners. No registration required.

This event is online only. 53rd Street Library is continuing our successful remote music series in collaboration with the Library for the Performing Arts. This disc discussion will focus on De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising **How to Register: Please click HERE** We are offering a monthly music club (1PM & 5PM options) via Google Hangouts/Meetup selecting and focusing on a classic album with a distinct cultural impact. To give the club an intimate feel--Like a book club for music. An LP…

Mercredi français is an advanced French conversation group that meets one afternoon a week to practice speaking the language we love. We start as a whole group, introducing ourselves and answering a silly “question profonde,” such as “What is your favorite color and why?” After about half an hour we break up into groups of three or four to allow for an hour of small, spontaneous group conversations. During our last hour, we break into two groups: an ongoing assigned reading group and a continued…

This event is online only. What are you working on? Join us and tell us about it! We'd love to chat, share tips, maybe even inspire one another. Whether you knit, stitch, sketch, or sculpt, there are hundreds of books in our collection to inspire you. Check them out and join us weekly on Thursdays at 3pm. This event will take place over Google Meet. You must register with your email address in order to receive the link to participat…

This event will take place in person at 53rd Street Library. Adult Coloring is back! We will meet every Thursday at 4pm again! It's not just for kids! Join us and discover the fun and calming benefits of coloring. Color, relax and enjoy! Coloring supplies will be provided, but participants are welcome to bring their own materials too.

This event will take place in person at the 53rd Street Library. Please come and join us to watch a movie, The Fabelmans (2022) on Friday, April 7th at 2 PM. The movie will be screened in the Community Room on the central level. Rating PG-13 Runtime: 2 hours, 31 minutes. Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen. A young man living with his parents goes on a journey of self-discovery through his love of filmmaking. Based in part on Spielberg's own life,…

This event will take place in person at the 53rd Street Library Please come and join us to watch a family friendly Movie, Adventures of Rufus: The Fantastic Pet (2021) on Friday, April 7th at 2PM. The movie will be screened in the Theater area. Rating (PG) Runtime: 83 minutes. Director: Ryan Bellgardt Starring: Cory Phillips, Kyler Charles Beck, Leah N.H. Philpott, Leah Philpott, Lisandro Boccacci Synopsis : After discovering a mysterious creature in a secret room of his grandmother's home…

This event will take place in person at the 53rd Street Library. Improve your English language proficiency! Drop in at the 53rd Street Library's ESOL "Conversation Tuesdays," an open dialogue where English language learners and fluent English speakers chat on a variety of topics including art, music, current events, leisure activities, and New York City life. Practice your speaking skills and socialize with other English language learners. No registration required.

Artists of the National Association of Women Artists (NAWA) will have a panel discussion related to the art exhibition at the 53rd Street Library celebrating March as Women's History Month. The panel discussion will be held in-person in the Community Room of the 53rd Street Library. The exhibition of artworks can be viewed on the street level through May.

This is an online program. Interested in reviving the cinema experience? Want to talk about classic and contemporary films with your community? Join our NYPL film club, Cinema Scene! Our format is nearly identical to a book club but instead of discussing a book, we will discuss a movie. **How to Register: Please click HERE** April's feature will be PRISIONEROS DE LA TIERRA (1939, d. Mario Soffici) (85 minutes). Each month The Film Foundation, an organization dedicated to film preservation and…

National Poetry Month를 맞이해 뉴욕 공공도서관 53번가 도서관에서 글쓰기 워크샵 및 시낭송 이벤트가 열립니다. 4월 11일에 Tanya Ko Hong 시인/작가님을 모시고 글쓰기 워크샵이 온라인으로 진행될 예정이고, 15일에 워크샵 후에 완성한 시를 가지고 도서관에서 시낭송 이벤트가 개최됩니다. 관심 있는 분들은 많이 참여해주시기 바랍니다. 온라인 워크샵은 신청해주셔야 참여하실 수 있습니다. * Tanya Ko Hong Bio: Tanya (Hyonhye) Ko Hong is a poet, translator, and cultural-curator, championing bilingual poetry and poets. Internationally published, she is author of five books, including The War Still Within (2019). Her poetry appears in…

Re-visit the Tolkien-verse with our biweekly bite sized lunch time book discussion of the entire Lord of the Ring series. Each meeting we will be tackling 1 chapter until we eventually get through the entire book series (including The Silmarillion). Open to Tolkien nerds, anyone wanting to revisit the series, and people who are new to the story. This meeting we will be reading Chapter 4 of The Hobbit. Copies are available from the New York Public Library as a physical book, ebook, and audiobo…

Mercredi français is an advanced French conversation group that meets one afternoon a week to practice speaking the language we love. We start as a whole group, introducing ourselves and answering a silly “question profonde,” such as “What is your favorite color and why?” After about half an hour we break up into groups of three or four to allow for an hour of small, spontaneous group conversations. During our last hour, we break into two groups: an ongoing assigned reading group and a continued…

Please join the 53rd Street Library for our Virtual Citizenship Study Group. The virtual citizenship study group is a place where you can study for the Naturalization Test with others who are also preparing for the exam, using materials from United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and other resources, as well as playing informative games to help you learn all you'll need to know for the citizenship test. To participate in this program, please register with your email addres…

This event is online only. What are you working on? Join us and tell us about it! We'd love to chat, share tips, maybe even inspire one another. Whether you knit, stitch, sketch, or sculpt, there are hundreds of books in our collection to inspire you. Check them out and join us weekly on Thursdays at 3pm. This event will take place over Google Meet. You must register with your email address in order to receive the link to participat…

This event will take place in person at 53rd Street Library. Adult Coloring is back! We will meet every Thursday at 4pm again! It's not just for kids! Join us and discover the fun and calming benefits of coloring. Color, relax and enjoy! Coloring supplies will be provided, but participants are welcome to bring their own materials too.

This event will take place in person at the 53rd Street Library. Please come and join us to watch a movie, Women Talking (2022) on Friday, April 14th at 2 PM. The movie will be screened in the Community Room on the central level. Rating PG-13 Runtime: 1 hour, 44 minutes. Director: Sara Polley Starring: Rooney Mara, Judith Ivey, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley. The women of an isolated religious community must confront a brutal act which tests their faith. Will they leave, ignore it, or stay and…

This event will take place in person at the 53rd Street Library Please come and join us to watch a family friendly Movie, Antz (1998) on Friday, April 14th at 2PM. The movie will be screened in the Theater area. Rating (PG) Runtime: 83 minutes. Director: Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson Starring: Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Sylvester Stallone, and Dan Aykroyd Synopsis : A neurotic worker ant with radical ideas about individuality tries to raise himself out of the colony and find an…

This event will take place in person at The 53rd Street Library. Masks are highly recommended. OMG NYC (Origami Meetup Group! New York City) is a group for people to come together and share in the beautiful art of Origami - an ancient art of folding various mediums, most commonly paper. The word comes from the combination of the Japanese verb oru (to fold) and the noun kami (paper). Other materials often folded are fabric, wire mesh, sheet metal, tissue, thin plastic, cardboard, and straws. We…

National Poetry Month를 맞이해 뉴욕 공공도서관 53번가 도서관에서 글쓰기 워크샵 및 시낭송 이벤트가 열립니다. 4월 11일에 Tanya Ko Hong 시인/작가님을 모시고 글쓰기 워크샵이 온라인으로 진행될 예정이고, 15일에 워크샵 후에 완성한 시를 가지고 도서관에서 시낭송 이벤트가 개최됩니다. 관심 있는 분들은 많이 참여해주시기 바랍니다. 온라인 워크샵은 신청해주셔야 참여하실 수 있습니다. * Tanya Ko Hong Bio: Tanya (Hyonhye) Ko Hong is a poet, translator, and cultural-curator, championing bilingual poetry and poets. Internationally published, she is author of five books, including The War Still Within (2019). Her poetry appears in…

This event will take place in person at the 53rd St Library. Join us on Saturday, April 15th at 3PM, for a special in-person author talk event! Alan Spence will be at our library, talking about his brand new book, Mister Timeless Blyth: A Biographical Novel: R.H. Blyth's Life of Zen and Haiku, Bridging East and West. Imprisoned during World War I as a conscientious objector and interned during World War II as an enemy alien, Reginald Horace Blyth was a poet, a scholar, a musician, a linguist a…

This event will take place in person at the 53rd Street Library. Improve your English language proficiency! Drop in at the 53rd Street Library's ESOL "Conversation Tuesdays," an open dialogue where English language learners and fluent English speakers chat on a variety of topics including art, music, current events, leisure activities, and New York City life. Practice your speaking skills and socialize with other English language learners. No registration required.

The New York Public Library’s World Literature Festival celebrates books and writers from around the world and reflects the languages spoken in our communities. Discover what our patrons are reading in different languages, resources the Library offers, free online events, book recommendations, and more. This event is ONLINE ONLY. Register Here! NYPL World Literature Festival Presents: "Focus on the Philippines: Fabulous Komiks from Near and Far.” Join us for a panel discussion with comic b…

Mercredi français is an advanced French conversation group that meets one afternoon a week to practice speaking the language we love. We start as a whole group, introducing ourselves and answering a silly “question profonde,” such as “What is your favorite color and why?” After about half an hour we break up into groups of three or four to allow for an hour of small, spontaneous group conversations. During our last hour, we break into two groups: an ongoing assigned reading group and a continued…

This event is online only. What are you working on? Join us and tell us about it! We'd love to chat, share tips, maybe even inspire one another. Whether you knit, stitch, sketch, or sculpt, there are hundreds of books in our collection to inspire you. Check them out and join us weekly on Thursdays at 3pm. This event will take place over Google Meet. You must register with your email address in order to receive the link to participat…

This event will take place in person at 53rd Street Library. Adult Coloring is back! We will meet every Thursday at 4pm again! It's not just for kids! Join us and discover the fun and calming benefits of coloring. Color, relax and enjoy! Coloring supplies will be provided, but participants are welcome to bring their own materials too.

This event will take place in person at the 53rd Street Library Please come and join us to watch a family friendly Movie, Disneynature: Chimpanzee (2012) on Friday, April 21st at 1:40 PM. The movie will be screened in the Theater area. Rating (G) Runtime: 77 minutes. Director: Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield Starring: Tim Allen and China Anne McClain Synopsis : World Chimpanzee Foundation head Christophe Boesch joins filmmakers Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield in the tropical jun…

This event will take place in person at the 53rd Street Library. Please come and join us to watch a movie, The Menu (2022) on Friday, April 21st at 2 PM. The movie will be screened in the Community Room on the central level. Rating R Runtime: 1 hour, 47 minutes. Director: Mark Mylod Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult. A young couple travels to a remote, mysterious island for dinner at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared some shocking surprises.

This event will take place in person at the 53rd Street Library Please come and join us to watch a family friendly Movie, March of the Penguins (2005) on Friday, April 21st at 3:15 PM. The movie will be screened in the Theater area. Rating (G) Runtime: Time minutes. Director: Luc Jacquet Starring: Morgan Freeman Synopsis : Morgan Freeman narrates this exceptional and surprisingly moving documentary about the intricate and often hazardous mating rituals of penguins living in Antarctica. Des…

This event will take place in person at the 53rd Street Library. Improve your English language proficiency! Drop in at the 53rd Street Library's ESOL "Conversation Tuesdays," an open dialogue where English language learners and fluent English speakers chat on a variety of topics including art, music, current events, leisure activities, and New York City life. Practice your speaking skills and socialize with other English language learners. No registration required.

Re-visit the Tolkien-verse with our biweekly bite sized lunch time book discussion of the entire Lord of the Ring series. Each meeting we will be tackling 1 chapter until we eventually get through the entire book series (including The Silmarillion). Open to Tolkien nerds, anyone wanting to revisit the series, and people who are new to the story. This meeting we will be reading Chapter 5 of The Hobbit. Copies are available from the New York Public Library as a physical book, ebook, and audiobo…

Mercredi français is an advanced French conversation group that meets one afternoon a week to practice speaking the language we love. We start as a whole group, introducing ourselves and answering a silly “question profonde,” such as “What is your favorite color and why?” After about half an hour we break up into groups of three or four to allow for an hour of small, spontaneous group conversations. During our last hour, we break into two groups: an ongoing assigned reading group and a continued…

Please join the 53rd Street Library for our Virtual Citizenship Study Group. The virtual citizenship study group is a place where you can study for the Naturalization Test with others who are also preparing for the exam, using materials from United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and other resources, as well as playing informative games to help you learn all you'll need to know for the citizenship test. To participate in this program, please register with your email addres…

[This event is online only. 이 프로그램은 현재 온라인으로 진행되고 있습니다.] 뉴욕공공도서관에서 한국어 북클럽을 진행합니다. 한국책 좋아하시나요? 책은 읽고 싶은데 혼자 읽기 힘들고 책을 읽은 후 다른 사람들과 생각을 나눠보고 싶으신가요? 한국어 북클럽은 매월 마지막 주 수요일에 한 달 동안 함께 읽은 책에 대해서 이야기하는 방식으로 진행됩니다. 참여하고 싶은 분들은 아래 부분에 있는 Registration을 클릭하셔서 신청해주시길 바랍니다. 이메일 주소를 남겨주시면 프로그램 하루 전날 참여방법에 대한 정보를 보내드리니 참고 하시길 바랍니다. We’re excited to announce our Korean Book Discussion at 53rd Street Library. If you want to read Korean books together, we're here for you! You must register w…

This is an online program. We are living through a historic disruption in America. Baby boomers created modern American culture, politics, and economics but they are finally beginning to cede control to younger generations. What will happen when they are gone? Who will lead, where will we live, and what will it cost? How will it affect our culture and cultural institutions? **How to Register: Please click HERE** Join Philip Bump, Washington Post journalist and author of The Aftermath: The Last…

This event is online only. What are you working on? Join us and tell us about it! We'd love to chat, share tips, maybe even inspire one another. Whether you knit, stitch, sketch, or sculpt, there are hundreds of books in our collection to inspire you. Check them out and join us weekly on Thursdays at 3pm. This event will take place over Google Meet. You must register with your email address in order to receive the link to participat…

This event will take place in person at the 53rd Street Library Please come and join us to watch a family friendly Movie, Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) on Friday, April 28th at 2PM. The movie will be screened in the Theater area. Rating (PG) Runtime: 90 minutes. Director: Kyle Balda Starring: Steve Carell, Alan Arkin, Michelle Yeoh, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lucy Lawless Synopsis : In the 1970s, 12-year-old Gru schemes and plots (with the help of the Minions) to become a member of the Viciou…

This event will take place in person at the 53rd Street Library. Please come and join us to watch a movie, Armageddon Time (2022) on Friday, April 28th at 2 PM. The movie will be screened in the Community Room on the central level. Rating R Runtime: 1 hour, 54 minutes. Director: James Gray Starring: Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Anthony Hopkins. An immigrant family moves to Queens, NY in the 1980s, in pursuitof the Amercan Dream. From the director of The Immigrant and Little Odessa, known…

뉴욕 공공도서관의 세계문학축제(World Literature Festival)는 전 세계의 여러 서적과 작가를 소개할 뿐만 아니라 뉴욕에서 사용되는 다양한 언어를 소개합니다. 도서관 이용자들이 사용하는 다양한 언어와 도서관의 리소스, 온라인 무료 이벤트, 권장 서적 등에 대해 알아보시기 바랍니다. 이 이벤트는 Zoom을 통한 온라인 또는 직접 참석 옵션이 포함된 하이브리드형 이벤트입니다. 여기에서 등록하세요! 뉴욕 공공도서관의 세계 문학 축제에서 프란시스 차 작가를 초대해 작가와의 대화 시간을 가집니다. 많이 참여해 주시길 바랍니다. 이 프로그램은 한국어와 영어로 진행됩니다. 프로그램은 오프라인과 온라인으로 동시에 진행이 됩니다. 오프라인 참여자: 인원 수의 제한이 있으니 미리 신청하시기 바랍니다. 온라인 참여자: 참여를 위한 링크를 받으시려면 이메일 주소를 등록해야 합니다. 참여할 수 있는 링크는 이벤트 하루 전에 이메일로 발송됩니다. 프로그램에 참여하시려면…