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Dance Special Libraries and Museums
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has an extensive dance collection. I love the kinesthetic artistry of physical movement. I was curious about dance libraries and museums, and below...
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The Reader's Den: Edith Wharton's New York Stories
Happy New Year and welcome to 2013 in The Reader's Den!Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was born in Greenwich Village into the wealthy New York Society that she would be famous for depicting in The House of...
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Five Questions for… William Moeck, curator of NYPL's Charles Dickens: The Key...
Charles Dickens: The Key to Character, on view through January 27, 2013, at the Schwarzman Building, explores the men, women, and children who populate the fictional universe of English author Charles...
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"Private Empire" by Steve Coll
Crude. Oil that is. Black gold. Texas tea. Politics. Lobbying. Old boys. Influence.Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power, by Steve Coll.It may shock the gentle reader to learn that petroleum is...
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100 Titles for Reading and Sharing 2012: Con Artists, Besotted Toads, and...
I'm a big fan of the fantasy genre and have been reading it most of my life. So, of course when it comes to our booklist this year, I'm very happy about the Fantasy titles included, and delighted to...
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The Reader's Den: Edith Wharton's "The Other Two"
As Edith Wharton's 1904 story, The Other Two, opens, Waythorn has just returned from his honeymoon with his new wife, Alice. This is his first marriage, but her third. Although it seems a bit...
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Find New York Times Bestsellers at NYPL - January 6th, 2013
Happy New Year!For the week of January 6, 2013 we have hardcover fiction, hardcover non-fiction, and paperback mass-market fiction.If you have an iPhone, iPad or Android phone, download our free app!...
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Django Unchained: Lorraine Hansberry Unbridled
Angelic stranger, Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) grants freedom to hapless Texas slave Django (Jamie Foxx). Schultz, a kindly German dentist-turned-bounty hunter, provides Django with employment,...
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Booktalking "The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke" by Suze Orman
"It's time to start dealing with your financial life." Suze Orman, in her characteristically blunt, fun-loving manner, lays down the law.I was first introduced to Suze Orman on The Oprah Winfrey...
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Cubiculo Theatre: What’s in a Name?
Every neighborhood, street, and building in New York has a history. Sometimes all that is left is an obscure name. That is what has become of the Cubiculo Condominium at 414 West 51st Street, which is...
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Art and Low-Vision: MoMA Presents an Introduction to Modern Art
As part or our art and low-vision series we are excited to have The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) present a series of free lectures and art-making workshops at the Andrew Heiskell Library this winter....
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Korean Drama: Goong
Goong, based on the manhwa (Korean comic book) of the same name, is one of those dramas that are so colorful and beautiful that you can overlook how much it drags at times or how the characters talk so...
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Novedades de Enero 2013: ¡Comienzo con resoluciones para terminar el año sin...
El nuevo año ya llegó y ¡lleno de sorpresas! Y aunque no todas suelen ser acogedoras, existen tácticas comunes que se utilizan para precaver eventos que pueden afectar en el futuro y promover medios...
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Start your Business Research at SIBL!
If you're thinking of starting your own business, or you're in business and need to keep up with trends, you can save time by using the industry and market research databases at NYPL's business...
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A Cold Night's Death: The Allure of Scandinavian Crime Fiction
Maybe you've got the Nordic noir bug from reading Stieg Larsson's Millennium series (we've all seen those ubiquitous neon paperbacks on the subway) or were enthralled earlier by Peter Høeg's Smilla's...
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Arnold Schoenberg and Haiku
I play the piano a little bit and am working on AS's Six Little Pieces, op. 19. Little they are — all six take less than five minutes to play. Easy they are not — the slightest error in nuance ruins...
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Find New York Times Bestsellers at NYPL - January 13th, 2013
For the week of January 13, 2013 we have hardcover fiction, hardcover non-fiction, and children's middle grade.If you have an iPhone, iPad or Android phone, download our free app! Use it with your...
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The Reader's Den: Edith Wharton's "Autres Temps"
At the start of Autres Temps, Mrs. Lidcote is arriving in New York on a steamer ship from Italy, after a long, self-imposed exile. Having fled New York's society years ago, when she became an outcast...
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Korean Drama: Boys Over Flowers
So you've read the famous manga Boys Over Flowers by Yoko Kamio and now you want more, more, MOAR! Well never fear, Asian dramas are here!Boys Over Flowers, the Korean version of the series, tells the...
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Haiku Redux
Fang and I were very, very lucky during the hurricane. We were out of power for only 24 hours, during which I wrote the three haiku below: "On the Advantages of the Absence of Electricity."Haiku is one...
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