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Students Encounter Bach at LPA
I am always excited when I get a chance to host a class in the Music Division of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. This year, my colleague and friend Fred Fehleisen (faculty member...
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Entrepreneurship for Veterans: Another Way to Win
As over a million of service men and women are returning to the civilian workforce in the next five years, entrepreneurship may be an attractive option for some of them. According to the Bureau of...
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Find New York Times Bestsellers at NYPL - June 17th, 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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The Library is Her Favorite Place in the World
Beatrix Alevras carries only one item in her wallet: her library card. But for the 6-year-old from the Lower East Side, it might as well have super powers. “You just show it and you get to take home so...
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A Well-Founded Fear: Memoirs of Refugees, in Recognition of World Refugee...
"It is not my deeds that I write down, it is myself, my essence." Michel de Montaigne, Essays They say that the Information Age has passed; we are now in the Age of the Story. The story of one's life...
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The Passionate Brontës
What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like...
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June Reader's Den: 11/22/63 Week Three
Every once in a while, science fiction really resonates with the human experience. One of these moments for me, was in the TV series The 4400 when a woman walks into a polluted river and uses her...
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Free and Cheap Concerts and Comedy Shows in NYC!
If you're a fan of live music and comedy, there is no better city to live in than New York City. Every day there is something exciting going on, somewhere in the city. More importantly, a lot of these...
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Grow, Preserve, Pickle, Cure, Brew, Do It Yourself: Homesteading in the City
The first time I made my own cheese, it was a revelation. It was so simple and easy, it was ridiculous to me that I had spent years buying it at the store like everyone else. I wasn't making brie or...
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Cakes, Pies and Cookies! Oh My!
Have you ever had a slice of cake or pie for lunch? I hate to admit it, but it is a guilty pleasure that I have partaken in numerous times. Red Velvet, German Chocolate, Lemon Meringue and...
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Fifth Avenue From Start to Finish: The 1911 Equivalent of Google Street View
One of the treasures of the New York Public Library is the photographic publication "Fifth Avenue, New York, From Start to Finish." Luckily for us, this rare and beautiful collection of photographs...
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June Reader's Den: 11/22/63 Week Four
For new and existing fans of Stephen King, here are some things to check out next: Bag of Bones, recently made into a 2-part TV series starring Pierce Brosnan. The accompanying website,...
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Pride! Book Suggestions for Teens
Let's keep the momentum of NYC's 2012 Gay Pride Parade going with a list of LGBTQ-themed books for young adults. New and old, NYPL has titles your teens are going to love, if they don't already. Please...
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Babiators: A NYC Startup Takes Flight... and Shares Down-to-Earth Tips
Last Spring, I invited my niece Molly and her husband, Ted Fienning, to SIBL to trace the meteoric rise of their new company Babiators, which, in less than a year, grew from an idea sketched on a...
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Judging a Book by Its Cover: The Sylvia Game
We have started offering internships for aspiring judges here at the Institution of Judging Books by their Covers, and our first intern is a jubilant Young Adult patron of the New Dorp Library, Stacey....
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Find New York Times Bestsellers at NYPL - June 24th, 2012
For the week of June 24, 2012 we have hardcover fiction, hardcover non-fiction, and children's paperback books. If you have an iPhone, iPad or Android phone, there is a free app! Use it with your...
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Book Review: Unfair to Genius, by Gary A. Rosen
Did Cole Porter steal the music for some of his most popular songs? Ira B. Arnstein thought so. He took Porter, and several other songwriters, to court for copyright infringement during the 1930s and...
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Presley and Melody: Summer Reading Kickoff at Fort Washington Library
I was so excited when I saw that Presley and Melody would be performing at the Fort Washington Library on June 7, 2012. I have been waiting a year since they performed at the opening celebration of the...
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Novedades de Julio 2012: Supérate, mantente sano, descubre al villano y...
Comparte con nosotros esta breve selección de nuevas obras adquiridas con temas de salud y superación personal, además de tramas policíacas de entretenimiento y aprovecha la ¡lectura del momento! 100...
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Andre Charlot's Revue of 1924
Impresario Andre Charlot brought London stars and songwriters to Broadway in January 1924. That show forms a neat connection between Noel Coward and the American revue scene, so we developed a small...
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