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Trail Blazers is Hiring Summer Staff to Work with Youth
Trail Blazers is a youth development organization for young people in New York and New Jersey. Each summer, over 400 children attend Trail Blazers' core program, the Outdoor Experiential Education...
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Quiet Panels: 5 (Mostly) Graphic Novel Picks
I have always been a fan of books, graphic novels, and films that have a certain quietness to them. There are a number of graphic novels that slow things down—they have a "Quiet Panel" quality to them,...
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Celebrating the Stamp Act's Repeal, May 19, 1766
Most Americans understand the coming of the American Revolution just the way Thomas Jefferson hoped they would. Colonists-turned-Americans made the logical and legitimate choice to revolt against...
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Remembering Malcolm X Through the Women Who Knew Him
Portrait of Malcolm X, 1950s, Photographer unknown. Courtesy of the Photographs and Prints Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture“do not speak to me of martyrdom, of men who die to be...
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#FridayReads Roundup: Superheroes and Silicon Valley
Join us from 10-11 AM EDT for live reading recommendations on Twitter @NYPLRecommends!No Capes! Undercover SuperheroesCaped crusaders are having a moment right now—but what about the heroes who don’t...
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The Many Characters of Lupino Lane
On the third floor of the Library for the Performing Arts, one of the exhibit cases has recently been devoted to unique film related materials found in the Billy Rose Theatre Collection. Currently the...
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Job and Employment Links for the Week of May 22
U.S. Census Bureau - Ongoing Recruitment for Field Representative (100 P/T Temp openings). Please contact the Recruitment Department (212) 584-3495 or E-mail: new.york.recruit@census.gov regarding...
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Booktalking "How To Make Your Money Last" by Jane Bryant Quinn
Transitioning towards retirement can be a surprisingly difficult process. It can be inspiring and exhilarating to imagine all of the possibilities that life offers to you, but it can be strange and...
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Ask the Author: Leanne Shapton
Leanne Shapton comes to Books at Noon this week to discuss discuss her latest work, Swimming Studies.Join her on Wednesday, May 25 at 12 PM!When and where do you like to read?In bed, whenever possible....
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Barnacles, Bugs, and Big Scary Teeth: Funny New Picture Books
This spring's newly published crop of picture books includes some laugh-out-loud funny installments. (After all, if your toddler is going to be obsessed with reading the same book 45 million times, it...
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Readathon 2016: Business, Entrepreneurship and Leadership Books
May 21 is National Readathon Day (#Readathon2016). If you love reading, and are interested in business, entrepreneurship and leadership books, here are a few suggestions from us at the Science,...
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New York Times Read Alikes: May 23, 2016
Here are some read alikes for the top five bestselling fiction titles this week. #1 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, more British love stories:Other People's...
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Podcast #113: Åsne Seierstad on the Deadliest Attack on Norway Since WWII
Subscribe on iTunes.On July 22, 2011, seventy-seven people, many of them teenagers, were killed by Anders Behring Breivik in Norway. Åsne Seierstad chronicles this story in One of Us, a finalist for...
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The Alice Austen House: Gem of Staten Island's North Shore
The Alice Austen House; Clear Comfort. Image ID: 105186On our first journey through Staten Island history, we followed the route of the Staten Island Railway while indulging in absolutely stunning...
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Interview with Vincent Dignan: Social Media Growth-Hacker Extraordinaire
Vincent DignanNot so long ago (2012), in a land not so far away (London, UK), there was a chap named Vincent Dignan who was living on welfare and working menial jobs. He was three months behind in his...
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Judging a Book by Its Title
Conventional wisdom aside, let’s be real: A lot of us decide whether we’re interested in reading a particular book by judging its cover—and its title, too.So we asked our resident book experts:What’s a...
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Ep. 31 "I Thought It Was Amazing" | Library Stories
As part of her job as a school bursar, Mary Ellen Elias was responsible for maintaining her school’s website, but felt that she needed to learn more to do the job well. With the help of the Library’s...
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Dame Margaret Comes to Town: The Librarian Is In Podcast, Ep. 13
Welcome to The Librarian Is In, the New York Public Library's podcast about books, culture, and what to read next.Subscribe on iTunes! Margaret H. Willison, a.k.a. The Coolest Funniest Pop-Culture-iest...
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Finding Solace and Motivation in Black Lesbian Literature
Our Communications pre-professional, Alicia Perez, takes a deeper dive into our collections and finds a gem that perfectly aligns with her current journey at this time in her professional and personal...
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Now Screening: Telegraph Historical Archive and the British Popular Press
Now Screening highlights NYPL's recent electronic resource acquisitions. This month: Telegraph Historical Archive, 1855-2000, available at any NYPL location, or remotely using your library card.Good...
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