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LOL-brary Books
Eliot may claim that April is the cruelest month, but we’re pretty sure it’s February.To fight off the dreariness, our NYPL book experts compiled a list of adult fiction that makes them laugh out loud,...
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Now Screening: Caribbean Newspapers
Now Screening highlights NYPL's recent electronic resource acquisitions. This month: Caribbean Newspapers (1718-1876), available at any NYPL location, or while using NYPL wifi.If you are in need of...
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Recommendations for the #1000BlackGirlBooks Campaign
A few weeks ago I read a news story about 11 year-old Marley Dias and her campaign to collect 1000 books to donate to a library in Jamaica. More specifically, Marley was looking for books with strong,...
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Reading Harder in 2016! Update 1
Way back at the end of 2015, a few of us accepted Book Riot’s Read Harder Challenge for the upcoming year. We promised to pop in with periodic updates about our progress, and here’s our first one!Did...
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Love Makes the World Go 'Round: A Reading List from Open Book Night
Participants at our book social reached out to share on romantic love, artistic passion, brotherly love, love of a place, love of an idea for our February Open Book Night. And as Love Makes the World...
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African Americans on Broadway Then and Now
The 2015-2016 Broadway theater season is being hailed as one of the most diverse on record. The productions honor the triumphant spirit and resiliency of ethnic groups and adversity that immigrants and...
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The Witch: A Reading and Resource List
Already being touted as one of the best horror films of 2016 (although that genre designation is debatable), The Witch (currently in theaters nationswide) is the story of a New England family that...
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Premier League Fans Rejoice! English Football Cards in Digital Collections
Arsenal, "The Gunners" Image ID: 407343The New York Public Library's digitial collection is a treasure trove of unique and interesting images, many of which are available for use by the public. Tucked...
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The Leap Day Bachelor List of 1888
Working at a library, the expression "There is nothing new under the sun" often comes to mind. Things we consider indelibly modern—graphic novels, logos, even the Internet—often have a prototype in an...
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Podcast #102: Jhumpa Lahiri on Language and Disorder
Jhumpa Lahiri is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author ofThe Interpreter of Maladies, Unaccustomed Earth, The Namesake, and The Lowland. Her most recent book, In Other Words, is her first work of...
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Well Done, Sister Suffragette!
Cast off the shackles of yesterday! Shoulder to shoulder into the fray! Our daughters' daughters will adore us And they'll sing in grateful chorus "Well done, Sister Suffragette!" Sojourner Truth: A...
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¡Tus Superhéroes Favoritos Ahora en Tu Biblioteca!
¿Te gustan las historietas gráficas? Pues la Biblioteca provee una variedad de historietas gráficas y acaba de recibir más de los superhéroes de la colección de novelas gráficas de Marvel. Ven y toma...
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NSF: Celebrating Women in Science and Engineering
Woman working in a lab. Image ID: 1536555In honor of Women's History Month, France Cordova, director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) presents a blog post, Celebrating Women in Science and...
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Put a Hold On It: Reserving the Latest DVDs
The New York Public Library has a vast collection of DVDs that everyone from movie buffs to families can enjoy. Even though the NYPL catalog has a new format—currently without the "Recently Ordered"...
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8-Week Collage Workshop Starting April 6 at Saint Agnes
We Heard Birds Singing as We Walked to the F Stop by Alacia StubbsSt. Agnes Library, in partnership with Lifetime Arts, will be offering a 8-week free class titled "Exploring Collage" with teaching...
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Staff Picks: Refactoring a Page into an App
With hundreds of staff recommendations of books, Staff Picks now features 2016’s selection of Children’s 100 Books for Reading and Sharing and Best Books for Teens. Staff Picks started as a monthly...
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Queens College: Women and Work
Women and Work, a partnership for empowerment, is a free job-and-life skills training program at Queens College, the City University of New York. It is an authorized trainer for New York City and is...
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Know Your Feminisms
March is women's history month: a time to reflect on the lives and accomplishments of women and their contributions in history and in contemporary society. Who better to honor this March than...
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Ep. 20 "Those Endless Possibilities" | Library Stories
Silas Farley first visited NYPL's Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center when he was just 14 years old. Now, as a dancer for the New York City Ballet and a self-described "nerd" for ballet...
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Second Annual Women in Comics Con at the Bronx Library Center
Comic book fans rejoice! The second annual Women in Comics Con is coming to the Bronx Library Center on March 12, 2016. The event is sponsored by the Women in Comics NYC Collective, which was founded...
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