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Please join us at the 53rd Street Library on Thursday, May 8, for an evening of short plays. Voices of Ukraine is presented by the Voyage Theater Company. This event will take place from 7-9pm. Please register in advance by clicking the link below:

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Hey everyone! Due to a staffing shortage our Lower Level will be closed until 1PM today. That means the Children’s Room and the Teen Zone too.

To celebrate what would have been James Baldwin's 100th birthday, 53rd Street Library is hosting a conversation between Gabrielle Bellot, staff writer for Literary Hub, and Harlem cultural historian Lana Turner. The first 100 registered attendees with receive a free copy of a James Baldwin book! Register here:

This Month a Century Ago: James Baldwin Was Born - A Conversation with Gabrielle Bellot & Lana Turner This event will take place *in person* at the 53rd Street Library. Join us in celebration of James Baldwin’s 100th birthday with an exclusive conversation between Gabrielle Bellot, staff writer for Literary Hub, and Harlem cultural historian Lana Turner. Together, they will unpack the author's his...

Join us here at 53rd Street Library on Friday, January 26th at 2pm for a screening of Oppenheimer (2023) directed by Christopher Nolan. No registration necessary, just come on by the Community Room!

We will be showing Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain on Friday, January 5th at 2pm in our Community Room. The film follows the life and career of chef, author, and travel documentarian Anthony Bourdain, who died by su***de on June 8, 2018, at the age of 61 while on location in France for his CNN show Parts Unknown. The documentary features interviews with David Chang and Éric Ripert, as well as members of the production crew from Parts Unknown.

Love about & the ? Join our virtual teen comics chat tomorrow, 4 p.m. with the 53rd Street Library NYPL & Pelham Parkway-Van Nest Library. RSVP via tinyurl.com/Oct2023comicschat.

Add another podcast to your list! We might be a bit biased, but we think this one is especially enlightening.

Library Talks: Sherrilyn Ifill, How America Ends and Begins Again | The New York Public Library The former head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund delivers the annual Robert B. Silvers Lecture.