Art
Jemisin will join comedian W. Kamau Bell for a discussion of sci-fi, Afrofuturism, and her most recent novel, which brings her unique brand of speculative fiction a little closer to earth.
News
The New York Public Library has released a playlist of sounds that take us back to pre-pandemic days in the city that never sleeps.
News
NYPL has made several of its most popular research databases, previously only available for use at its 92 locations, accessible to all library cardholders remotely during its closure.
News
As part of its 125th anniversary celebrations, NYPL has outfitted the marble lions that flank its main branch entrance with their very own copies of two books chosen from librarians' 125 favorite titles.
News
The Snowy Day, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, and 1984 are among the most popular books in the library's 125-year history.
In Brief
Patience and Fortitude, the 108-year-old lions that have guarded the Library's Main Branch since 1911, will be covered for cleanup and repair beginning September 2.
In Brief
The original document, one of only four surviving "fair copies" of the Declaration handwritten by Thomas Jefferson, will be on display on July 1 and 2, ahead of Independence Day.
Announcement
The Library After Hours: Pride event is happening on Friday, June 21, 2019 at 7pm.
Art
Next week at the New York Public Library, founding members of the Gay Liberation Front will discuss the rise of the queer press in the 1960s and ’70s and how it continues to make an impact today.
Art
A series of letters addressed to the deceased choreographer, who is having an exhibition at the New York Public Library.
Art
A New York Public Library exhibition shows how so many people at the time of Stonewall — and after — have been able to live more wholly integrated lives.
Art
In 1843, Anna Atkins created the first book illustrated with photography. It took over a century for her pioneering work to be recognized.