LIVE from NYPL: Past Programs

Photographers and curators discuss the complexities of bearing witness in Ukraine.Read More ›

NBC book critic Bill Goldstein and a multi-generational panel of writers reflect on the social and literary legacy of AIDS. Read More ›

Join us on the SNFL terrace for readings, drinks, crafts, and more! Celebrate the 4th-annual Schomburg Center Literary Festival.Read More ›

Discover the story of Kiryas Joel, the uniquely American, self-governing religious community in upstate New York.Read More ›

The poet and translator joins The New Yorker theater critic to read and discuss H of H Playbook, her recreation of Euripides’s 5th-century BC play Herakles.Read More ›

Join us on the SNFL terrace for readings, drinks, crafts, and more!Read More ›

Bug-lovers of all stripes discuss drawing, studying, and eating insects.Read More ›

Lesley M.M. Blume, the author of Fallout, joins New Yorker editor Erin Overbey and journalist Janine di Giovanni to discuss the story behind John Hersey’s masterpiece “Hiroshima.”Read More ›

Experts in policy, law, and education discuss how restoring widespread civic education and action can provide a lifeline to our imperiled democracy.Read More ›

The globally recognized humanitarian and peace envoy offers a practice for finding inner calm.Read More ›

The architects of NYPL’s all-new Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) discuss designing physical space to meet the changing needs of libraries and New Yorkers.Read More ›

Join us on the SNFL terrace for readings, drinks, crafts, and more, co-hosted with Latinx in Publishing!Read More ›

The popular political thinker shares his big-picture vision for how to bridge the bitter divides within diverse democracies.Read More ›

China’s most beloved science fiction writer discusses his life and work. This event is presented in Mandarin with English subtitles. 走近中国最受欢迎的科幻作家，了解他的日常生活和工作。本次活动将以普通话进行，并附有英文字幕。Read More ›

The Booker Prize–winning novelist and the New York Times bestseller share stories from their lives in letters.Read More ›

The founder of the Internet Archive speaks with the President of The New York Public Library about the changing roles of libraries in the digital age.Read More ›

The award-winning critic and memoirist discusses her wildly innovative new work of depth and stirring beauty.Read More ›

Sofija Stefanovic and friends celebrate immigrant lives in America, inspired by the long-running Joe’s Pub series.Read More ›

The bestselling author examines the power of art and culture to illuminate America’s unresolved problems with race.Read More ›

Darren Walker, Gara LaMarche, and Peter Osnos discuss one of the most consequential, complex, and misunderstood figures of our time.Read More ›

The founder of the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian refugees recounts how she forged a series of partnerships across national, tribal, and religious boundaries to impact an overwhelming crisis against near impossible odds.Read More ›

Called the “world’s most famous classicist,” Beard speaks about her latest book, Twelve Caesars, with a fashion icon who “can’t get enough” of ancient history.Read More ›

The prize-winning Irish writer discusses his chronicle of the wrenching transformations that dragged his homeland into the modern world.Read More ›

The two scholars reveal a hidden chapter from the 18th-Century invention of race.Read More ›