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Musical of the Month: Naughty Marietta
A Guest Blog By Ellen Peck To music historian Richard Traubner, operetta evokes “gaiety and lightheartedness, sentiment and Schmalz” (Traubner, Operetta: A Theatrical History, revised edition, 2003)....
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Extra! Extra! Read All About the Newsboys Strike of 1899
This year the musical Newsies got nominated for eight Tony Awards. The popularity of the Disney Broadway show based on the Disney film has led many of our younger patrons to ask about the newsboys and...
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Get Moving NYC: Where’s Your Fitness Fun?
Every year, spring sparks my desire to get out of my stuffy apartment, stretch my legs, and enjoy what the city has to offer. I want to enjoy a little time outside or find an event that requires some...
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This Magic Moment: A Magic the Gathering Interview
I used to think the world was a very small boring place, filled only with cookie crumbs and empty soda bottles... And then I met Dwight and Jeremy. They taught me that earth can be a magical place....
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NYPLarcade Asks: What Are You Playing?
I'm finally discovering what everyone loves about Minecraft through the recently released Xbox 360 Edition: the whimsical soundtrack, pixelated sunrises and sunsets, and surprisingly fun split-screen...
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You Can't Do It Alone: John Cheever in the Village
John Cheever lived at 61 Jane Street when The New Republic published his first short story. His birthday is May 27. Here are some words from the writer: Art is the triumph over chaos. The Stories of...
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The Library is Helping Him Move Up
For more than two decades, Haw King Cheng has wanted to learn English so that he could get ahead in his new country. Finally, thanks to The New York Public Library, he is getting that chance. Cheng,...
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Broaden Your Job Search Horizons: Midlife Career Change
Midlife career change is not easy, but it can be done. Four members of the Financial Women Association have successfully transitioned from the corporate sector to nonprofit and government jobs. Here’s...
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Books, Embodied
What can books become? A response to this query may be found in "Bookman," (2010), an exuberant sculpture of a man, made entirely of discarded library books. The work, a self-portrait by Barry "Butch"...
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Find New York Times Bestsellers at NYPL — May 27, 2012
Please help PROTECT YOUR BRANCH nypl.org/speakout It takes just seconds to sign a letter urging elected officials to reverse the harshest cut to The New York Public Library in its history. For the...
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Resources for Senior Care and Senior Activism
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive degenerative disease. Actually it can be viewed as a group of disorders that results in impaired memory, thinking and behavior and affects approximately 4 million...
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Kids Have a Voice at the Ottendorfer Library
This summer, children at the Ottendorfer Library are participating in our library advocacy campaign. Children are invited to tell Mayor Bloomberg how much they love their library by stopping in our...
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Segal and Sendak: A Grimm Collaboration
Earlier this year, the NYPL Manuscripts and Archives division acquired the papers (PDF finding aid) of the acclaimed novelist and children's book author Lore Segal. The collection contains letters and...
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Navigating Health Care in New York: Researching Insurance, Medicare,...
Many New Yorkers no longer have much choice about who their health care provider is. Many times New Yorkers — if they are fortunate enough to have an employer sponsored or other health care plan — may...
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Improving the Delivery of Books
Did you know that The New York Public Library now has an easy new interface that allows you to order offsite Library materials from anywhere? You can also request that a portion of your materials be...
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A Fun Thing: Book Discussion at Hudson Park Library
You still have time to read A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace before Hudson Park's next book discussion on Saturday, June 9, at 10:30 a.m. Called by many the greatest...
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Surprises in the Jerome Robbins Audio Collection
Archival collections can harbor surprises — which makes the job of processing them fun! The personal archives of artists not only document their careers and personal lives, but often contain material...
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Before You Become a Poet, Work in a Bar: John Masefield in the Village
Before he was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, John Masefield scrubbed floors in a saloon at Greenwich Avenue and Sixth Avenue in the Village. My guess, that's good training to be a poet or a...
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A List of Lists: May 2012
Visit NYPL's BiblioCommons for these lists and many more. You can also create your own and share them with us in the comments! See below for some interesting staff picks from the past month, on topics...
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2011 NYC Book Awards
Did you know that there were more than 150 books about New York City published last year? Given this prodigious output, the New York Society Library, in hosting the New York City Book Awards, makes a...
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