LIVE from NYPL: Past Programs

Celebrate Women’s History Month at the return of the city's most cerebral happy hour!Read More ›

They paved the way for Jane Austen and the Brontë Sisters. Why haven’t we ever heard of them?Read More ›

The Professor of Shakespeare Studies at University of Oxford lectures on the history of book-burning from the ancient Mediterranean to Margaret Atwood.Read More ›

The data journalist and NYU professor discusses confronting race, gender, and ability biases in tech.Read More ›

Approaching the third anniversary of the city’s shutdown, new archival, photographic, and literary projects reflect back on New York’s early pandemic days.Read More ›

Saini’s groundbreaking exploration of gendered oppression looks for truth behind distorted ideas about male supremacy.Read More ›

Artists and activists debate the intersections between public art and issues of equity, representation, social justice, and beyond. Read More ›

The poet and the visual artist discuss their joint artistic and literary project, which confronts the abuses of the criminal justice system.Read More ›

Contributors to A Lenapehoking Anthology explore the personal journeys of people seeking welcome in their ancestral homeland while pushing back against their erasure.Read More ›

Contributors share readings from a new collection of autobiographical essays on stripping and sex work. Hosted by filmmaker Lizzie Borden. Read More ›

The poet and essayist negotiates the misalignments of perception and reality, love and harm, and the politics of heartbreak.Read More ›

Explosive stories of real and dramatic struggles for freedom by enslaved and formerly enslaved people in 19th-century America.Read More ›

The legendary writer and his legendary editor come together with their filmmaker to discuss their fifty-year relationship, the subject of the new documentary, Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb. Read More ›

The pop-science lecture series Astronomy on Tap leads historic and modern tours of Earth, Mars, and more, inspired by objects from the Library's Treasures exhibition. Read More ›

The director screens clips from his latest film and discusses adapting the notoriously unfilmable Don DeLillo novel.Read More ›

Join us for the premiere of The Gift, an immersive reading experience. In a special one-day event at The New York Public Library, presented in partnership with Lincoln Center.Read More ›

Acompáñenos en el estreno de El Obsequio, una experiencia de lectura inmersiva. Es un evento especial de un día en la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York, presentado en colaboración con el Lincoln Center.Read More ›

The authors explore Yehoshua’s legacy and the role of Hebrew literature and language in Israel and America.Read More ›

In November the Library and the Metropolitan Opera both open major shows inspired by Virginia Woolf. Dive deep into the exhibition and the opera in one extraordinary evening of readings, performance, and conversation.Read More ›

The Hugo Award–winning superstar talks about her latest book, the conclusion to her Great Cities Duology, with the legendary LeVar Burton.Read More ›

The Bernstein Award–winning author of Invisible Child and the author of Dopesick and its new follow-up, Raising Lazarus, discuss character-driven journalism and navigating the close relationships with the people they cover.Read More ›

The annual Halloween costume parade with Tim Gunn returns for the first time in three years! Join us for it on the SNFL terrace, plus drinks, crafts, and more. Read More ›

The best-selling author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Gene dives deeper into the mysteries of the human body in his latest book, an exploration of cells and cellular medicine.Read More ›

The Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer sits down with one of her biggest fans to talk about her newest book, the revelatory life story of one of the most essential founding fathers.Read More ›