LIVE from NYPL: Rooftop Happy Hour with Subway Book Review
Join us on the SNFL terrace for readings, drinks, crafts, and more! Get bookish with Subway Book Review and special guests.
Featuring:
- Adam Eli, community organizer and author of The New Queer Conscience
- Jazmine Hughes, The New York Times
- Aparna Nancherla, comedian
LIVE from NYPL's happy hours on the terrace at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) take place on select Fridays. Drop in for drinks, mingling, crafts, and more.
In September, we are proud to partner with Subway Book Review and its creator, Uli Beutter Cohen—author of Between the Lines: Stories from the Underground—the remarkable result of nearly a decade of documenting, interviewing, and photographing some of the subway's most imaginative people: the readers of books!
Join us at any point between 5:30-7:30 PM.
Co-presented with the Subway Book Review.
GET THE BOOK: Between the Lines: Stories from the Underground
- Borrow: NYPL Catalog
- E-Book app: SimplyE, available on iOS and Android
- Purchase: The Library Shop — proceeds benefit the New York Public Library
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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Uli Beutter Cohen is a New York City–based documentarian, artist, and the creator of Subway Book Review. She explores belonging to a time and place through writing, film, and photography. Uli is a sought-after speaker and panelist. Her work has been featured in print, on TV, and online by The New York Times, Vogue, Esquire, Glamour, Essence, The BBC, The Guardian, and New York Magazine. Between the Lines: Stories from the Underground is her first book. Uli is the recipient of the 2021 New York Press Club Heart of New York award. She lives in Brooklyn.
COVID PROTOCOLS FOR IN-PERSON LIVE FROM NYPL PROGRAMS
Patrons are strongly encouraged to wear a mask at LIVE from NYPL events.
If you have symptoms consistent with COVID-19 or suspect you have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive, please stay home.
ACCESSIBILITY NOTES
In-Person
- Assistive listening devices and/or hearing loops are available at the venue.
- You can request a free ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or CART (Communication Access Real-Time Translation) captioning service by emailing your request at least two weeks in advance of the event: email accessibility@nypl.org or use this Gmail template.
- This venue is fully accessible to wheelchairs.
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SUPPORT THE LIBRARY
The New York Public Library's free services and resources are made possible thanks to the support of the Friends of the Library. Join this group of Library lovers and take advantage of special membership benefits, like invitations to members-only virtual events, discounts at the Library Shop, and more. Join now.
LIVE from NYPL is made possible by the continuing generosity of Celeste Bartos, Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos and Adam Bartos, the Margaret and Herman Sokol Public Education Endowment Fund, and the support of Library patrons and friends.
This program is made possible by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).