On March 16, 2020, the Library closed for two weeks that turned into three months. A look back at the pandemic year by the numbers in a new Society Library Index.
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National Library Week is April 4-10, and we want to know why you love libraries. ADD YOUR ANSWER HERE.
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THE WRITING LIFE - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC |
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Live from Your Living Room, Spring 2021
Monday, April 5, 6:00 PM
online | free of charge | registration required
Library members read from their own short stories, novels, poetry, criticism, memoir, and plays.
Reading slots are limited, and readers must be current Library members. To register to read, please contact Carolyn Waters at cwaters@nysoclib.org. Selections are limited to five minutes or less and must be material in progress or newly published work.
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OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Write What Life Feels Like Now with Esther Cohen
Thursdays April 1, April 15, 3:00 PM
online | open to the public; free for members | registration required
It's an unusual season. There are so many words to say how we feel. Let's try together. This popular workshop continues alternate Thursdays. REGISTER
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FOR MEMBERS ONLY
Prompt! with Terena Elizabeth Bell
Friday, April 9, 11:00 AM
online | by donation | registration required
Join your fellow member writers for a fun and stimulating hour+ of prompts, writing, and sharing. REGISTER
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SPECIAL EVENT - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC |
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Mary Schmidt Campbell, An American Odyssey: The Life and Work of Romare Bearden, with special guests
Monday, April 12, 6:00 PM
online | $10 per person | registration required
An American Odyssey illuminates the life and work of Romare Bearden, whose art celebrated the traditions and ceremonies of African American culture. In this special event, biographer Mary Schmidt Campbell discusses Bearden's life and art and talks with gallery owners Sherman Edmiston and June Kelly.
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LECTURE - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC |
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Laurence Bergreen, In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire
Monday, April 19, 6:00 PM
online | $10 per person | registration required
In this grand and thrilling narrative, the acclaimed biographer of Magellan, Columbus, and Marco Polo brings alive the singular life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, the pirate/explorer/admiral whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I changed the course of history.
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SPECIAL EVENT - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC |
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Edward Hirsch, 100 Poems to Break Your Heart, with dramatic readers
Wednesday, April 21, 6:00 PM
online | free of charge | registration required
Edward Hirsch's new book presents 100 of the most moving and inspiring poems of the last 200 years from around the world, a collection that will comfort and enthrall anyone trapped by grief or loneliness, selected by the award-winning, best-selling, and beloved author of How to Read a Poem. In this special event, Dr. Hirsch introduces the poems and their creators, with moving readings by actors R.J. Foster and Sarah Rose Kearns.
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NEW! LECTURE - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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Melissa J. Homestead, The Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa Cather & Edith Lewis
Tuesday, May 4, 6:00 PM
online | $10 per person | registration required
What would Willa Cather's widely read and cherished novels have looked like if she had never met magazine editor and copywriter Edith Lewis? A groundbreaking new look at the American novelist's creative process.
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NATIONAL POETRY MONTH - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC |
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Calling poets and poetry lovers of all ages! April is National Poetry Month, and we're celebrating with your favorite poems every day of the month.
Record a video of yourself reading a poem - one you wrote, or one by another poet. (Five minutes or less, please.) Add it to our collection anytime until end-of-day Friday, April 9, and we'll include it in our monthlong celebration.
And then join us on social media every day of April to enjoy the latest!
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SAVE THE DATE! Black Literature Matters: 1960-Now (May 20)
SAVE THE DATE! The Young Writers Awards Ceremony (May 25)
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The Black Literature Matters exhibition is generously supported by The Florence Gould Foundation. Photograph of Langston Hughes Copyright © Van Vechten Trust; Gravure and Compilation copyright © Eakins Press Foundation.
Black Literature Matters events are presented with generous support from the Florence Gould Foundation.
The April 21 poetry event is generously supported by the Lyn Chase Poetry Fund.
The Writing Life events in 2021 are generously underwritten by Jenny Lawrence.
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Library Hours
Monday and Friday 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Saturday and Sunday 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
The Library will be closed Sunday, April 4, for Easter.
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