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Booktalking "Vegan is Love" by Ruby Roth
Some animals in the world are treated badly, and vegans do not want to be a part of that. They do not use animals for food, clothing or fun. This is good for the animals, our health, and the...
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May Author @ the Library Programs at Mid-Manhattan
How important were navies to the outcome of the Civil War? What's the key to preparing delicious meatless meals? What in the world is mycophilia? Who conceived and engineered Grand Central Terminal?...
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Recursos Gratis para la CiudadanÃa / Free Citizenship Resources
La ciudadanÃa americana, el proceso de naturalización para convertirse en ciudadano estadounidense, otorga varios beneficios, además de derechos y responsabilidades. Un ciudadano americano en los...
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Free Programs at New Dorp Library: May 2013
So everyone knows the famous saying about how April showers will bring May flowers... It's starting to look like that saying has changed! But don't write off May just yet! There are so many different...
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Reader's Den: A Visit from the Goon Squad - Week 4
Well, here we are past the end of April and that means it's my final post for A Visit from the Goon Squad.Even though the Reader's Den will be moving on to a new book in May, you can always read...
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Fortifying Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Education: A...
Our nation is going through an education reform with a focus on the knowledge and skills for the jobs of the future. The White House issued this statement, "The strength of the American economy is...
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Dark, Creepy, Scary, Spooky Crossover Books
One of the most common questions we get from our young readers is "Where are your scary books?" Unfortunately, books for children and teens that will keep readers on the edge of their seats are usually...
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Asia's Africans
May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. What better time to discover or learn more about Afro-Asians? As our groundbreaking exhibition Africans in India shows, some became navy commanders, army...
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Seeing with the Senses: A Celebration of Art for Those with Low Vision and...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney and the Guggenheim present "Seeing with the Senses"—an afternoon of art-making workshops, verbal description and touch tours for those with low vision or...
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Sports for All: Find Out What Sport Is Right for You!
Here we are in the middle of spring; and I'm still embarrassingly waffling over which sport I should focus on in the beautiful weather. I've once again missed my opportunity to do cross-country skiing....
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Two Timely Treasures
What does a ballot from the first post-apartheid election in South Africa have in common with the first Russian-language edition of Karl Marx’s Das Kapital? For starters, they are both in NYPL’s...
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Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month: History and Resources
May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. This month celebrates the contributions of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States.  In 1978, Congress passed a joint congressional resolution to...
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Booktalking "Bug Boy" by Eric Luper
15-year-old exercise rider Jack Walsh hopes and dreams that someone will promote him to "bug boy," a.k.a. apprentice jockey. However, in no way, shape or form did he aspire to take advantage of the...
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NYC Summer: Programs at Mid-Manhattan
This summer at Mid-Manhattan Library: revisit the vital, gritty streets of 1970s New York City on Film, discuss great NYC books online with Reader's Den, and relax as librarian Lois Moore reads you...
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The Man From Nowhere vs. Taken
"I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired...
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Free Job Training in Green Advanced Manufacturing
Are you 24 or over and are looking for a career in the green advanced manufacturing industry?Green Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative (GAMC), a partnership between New York City College of...
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Let's Talk about Bullying at the Library
On Thursday, April 25th the Fort Washington Library held a special screening of the film Bully, a 2011 documentary about bullying in U.S. schools directed by Lee Hirsch, followed by a conversation...
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Book Discussion at Epiphany: "Home" by Toni Morrison
For the month of April, the Epiphanybook discussion group discussed the novel Home by Toni Morrison. It is the story of Frank Money, a poor man from the South who goes to fight in the Korean War as a...
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Learning from Music Manuscripts
It can be a special experience when students make contact with primary resources. I have written previously about a class visit to examine documents from the life of Johann Sebastian Bach. A few weeks...
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Edith Wharton, A Writing Life: Childhood
This coming fall, perhaps in September, I will be giving a library talk called "Edith Wharton: A Writing Life." In preparation, I have been immersing myself in Wharton's novels and stories. Although...
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