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June/July 2012 DVD Releases... Reserve Your Copy Now!
In the months of June and July, we have been seeing many great DVD movies coming to the Library. Reserve titles now using the Library's new Catalog. Highlights include big comedy releases American...
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Find New York Times Bestsellers at NYPL - July 8th, 2012
For the week of July 8, 2012 we have hardcover fiction, hardcover non-fiction, and hardcover advice & misc. If you have an iPhone, iPad or Android phone, there is a free app! Use it with your...
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Summer Reading When It's Too Darn Hot To Do Anything Else
According to the Kinsey Report Ev'ry average man you know Much prefers his love-y dove-y to court When the temperature is low, But when the thermometer goes 'way up And the weather is sizzling hot,...
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The Library: in 3D!
We have a Crafternoon every Tuesday at the Mulberry Street Library. Sometimes we make bracelets, sometimes we make greeting cards. But last month we were able to play with 3D. You may not know this,...
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Government Information: Guides to Official New York State Resources
Some may regret the passing of libraries receiving goverment information in paper form. But the goal of digitization isn't sensory deprivation; and anyway, paper materials started to disappear before...
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Transmissions from The Timothy Leary Papers: Declaration of Independence for...
The topic of drug criminalization cannot be avoided when discussing the Leary Papers; specifically, the laws governing marijuana. Although Leary is most closely associated with LSD-25 and other...
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Jill Haworth: Her Life Was a Cabaret
Pretty blonde British lass Jill Haworth sadly passed away last year on January 3, 2011. But the actress lives on as the original Sally Bowles in the hit Broadway musical Cabaret with many photos by...
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Old Meets New (and Hilarity Ensues) in Withering Tights by Louise Rennison
Talullah Casey is off to change her life in a very different environment. She’s going to be taking classes at a performing arts college. She will be living on the dramatic, damp, and windswept...
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Rose is a Rose is a Rose: How to Search the Meanings of Words and Phrase Origins
My hope is that this blog will serve as a useful starting point for anyone seeking or researching the origin of words and/or phrases, also called etymology. Both print-based and web-based sources are...
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Christmas in July: Clement Clark Moore in the Village
Clement Clark Moore is credited with writing one of the most famous poems in the world, "Twas the Night Before Christmas," also known as "A Visit from St. Nickolas." This poem was first published...
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Find New York Times Bestsellers at NYPL - July 15th, 2012
For the week of July 15, 2012 we have hardcover fiction, hardcover non-fiction, and paperback non-fiction. If you have an iPhone, iPad or Android phone, there is a free app! Use it with your library...
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TeenLIVE at the NYPL in Retrospect: Jermaine Browne on May 23, 2012
Jermaine Browne: We were lucky enough to have a dance talk at the Mulberry Street Library on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. I love dance, so I was very excited to meet an international choreographer, dancer,...
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Kids are Poets at the 67th Street Library's Imagination Academy
Last week was an exciting one for the young writers of the 67th Street Library! It was poetry week for the Dream Big Imagination Academy, a free writer’s workshop program for 9-12 year olds. All week...
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The Emperor of the United States
Some people are already tired of hearing about the 2012 election campaign. But they should be grateful for our election process, because our democratically-elected government was once a monarchy. No,...
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Welcome to the Theatre, to the Magic, to the Fun!
OK quick, what Broadway show are these words from, and who sings them? You can probably figure out from a Google search that the show is Applause, the 1970 musical version of the movie All About Eve,...
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What Inspires You? A Book List of the Creative Process
Artists are always asked about what inspires them, what they were looking at (reading, eating, drinking, feeling, etc.) when they made this or that piece of art. They often remain coy, not wanting to...
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Reader's Den: The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton - Week 2
This week, we will be discussing Chapters 5-8 of The Man Who Was Thursday, A Nightmare by G.K. Chesterton as part of the New York Public Library's Reader's Den. If you don't have a copy of the book...
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New Plant Patent Color Images at SIBL: Through July 10, 2012
Here are scans of the color plates of U.S. Plant Patents received at SIBL for the weeks of June 12 and 19, 2012. These follow from the earlier Plant Patent plates posted for the weeks of April 17 and...
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GED Resources: Find Free Classes and Test Prep for the High School...
The General Educational Development (GED) test is the only high school equivalency credential recognized in all 50 states. While The New York Public Library doesn't offer GED classes, there are many...
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Boost your Budget with Help from a Food Program!
The following post was written by guest blogger Vanna Valdez, Benefits Outreach Worker, NYC Hunger Free Communities Consortium. The New York City Hunger Free Communities Consortium (NYCHFCC) is a...
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