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So You Think You Can Find Dance: A Guide to Research
Dance is a subject on many people’s minds these days, with television series such as Dancing with the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance, and America’s Best Dance Crew becoming fixtures on network and...
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Free Programs at New Dorp Library: June 2012
The school year is coming to an end and the temperatures are rising! You could spend your summer at the beach to show off that new swim suit you searched for all winter... or you could spend some time...
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Lunch Hour NYC: Lunch by Denise Fleming
With the upcoming NYPL exhibit Lunch Hour NYC on the horizon, we can look forward to an in-depth look at the world of cafeterias, Automats, workers' lunches, lunch at home (including tenements), school...
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2012-2013 Short-Term Research Fellowship Recipients Announced
The New York Public Library is pleased to announce the awarding of Short-Term Fellowships to support the following scholars from outside New York who will research the Library's archival and special...
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Naughty Marietta: A Production History
A Guest Blog By Project Co-Director, Professor William Everett In 1910 impresario Oscar Hammerstein sold his interests in his Manhattan Opera Company to his chief rival, the Metropolitan Opera, and...
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TeenLIVE at the NYPL in Retrospect: Dystopias on March 28, 2012
We were lucky enough to have a game show and discussions with teen authors about dystopias and apocalypses and whether or not we would have the strength to survive them. The event was held at the...
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The Drillmaster: Biography of Baron de Steuben
Von Steuben has been a figure of pop Revolutionary War mythology for too long. This excellent 2008 bio places him firmly within the context of the 1700s. With family connections close to the...
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The Bookshelves of Boardwalk Empire
Prohibition. Politics. Corruption. Alcohol was not illegal to drink. It was just illegal to manufacture, sell, or transport. Various organized criminal enterprises saw fit to illegally manufacture,...
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The Library Is Our Second Home
During the 36 years that sisters Frances and Terry Ziccardi have been visiting Kingsbridge Library in the Bronx, they have checked out more than 5,000 items. Along with the new books and ideas that...
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June Reader's Den: 11/22/63 Week One
Welcome to the June 2012 edition of the Reader's Den! The title for this month is Stephen King's 11/22/63, part of Mystery Summer. If you were expecting The Sixes by Kate White, please see my earlier...
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Transmissions from The Timothy Leary Papers: Evolution of the "Psychedelic" Show
When you think of the word, "psychedelic," what first comes to mind? Depending on your age and experience, you might think of the term coined by psychiatrist Humphry Osmond to describe...
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Poetry Fest at the Aguilar Center for Reading and Writing
If you think of poems as flowers, then the Aguilar Poetry Fest was an exercise in charming cross-pollination. Sharing was the thing. Students were seated in groups of about 6, where they read their...
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June Happenings: "Victory: The Triumphant Gay Revolution"
Not that there is not enough already going on in your busy summer life... But Wednesday, June 6th at 7:00p.m. in the Trustees Room of Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (476 Fifth Ave) you are joining...
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Find New York Times Bestsellers at NYPL - June 3rd, 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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Teen Summer Reading Spotlight: Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol
Anya moved from Russia to America years ago, but even though she lost weight and lost her accent, she still has a lot of trouble making friends. And then one day she has an accident that changes her...
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Best of Patron Requests: Music (May 2012 Edition)
This list is a monthly compilation of my own personal favorite patron requests for music. I hope you will check out some of the great music that Library users have suggested we acquire! Provided are...
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Hooray for Broadway: Tips for Getting Tickets
Drama, comedy, dance, music and romance! I found them all on 42nd Street and you can too! If you love Broadway musicals old and new, along with drama, romance and some comedic repertoire, then the...
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The Lost Musicals: Joel Grey’s Star Vehicles, Part Two: The Grand Tour
I think I know why Joel Grey's 1975 star vehicle Goodtime Charley flopped, but I'm less clear about The Grand Tour. The story is powerful and charming. The star performance, was by all accounts one of...
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Government Information: Guides to U.S. Federal Resources - Past and Present
For a while now, it's been a pretty sure thing: U.S. Federal Government Documents are posted online, for anyone with Internet access to find. Or at least to look for - you can give the U.S. Government...
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Floriant et Florete: An Arthurian Romance of the Mediterranean
Floriant et Florete, a thirteenth-century Arthurian romance, is preserved in a single manuscript that has been held, since 1941, in the Archives and Manuscripts Division of the New York Public Library....
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