May 2013
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The New York Public Library Was On This Show Last...
That’s right, The New York Public Library was a category on Jeopardy! last night. The “answers” (with questions) are below, and we should point out that when he introduced the category, Alex Trebek said, “The New York Public Library, a great place to visit.”
$200: The library’s Manhattan location is at 42nd Street and this famous thoroughfare. What is Fifth...
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Literary Landmarks in the Village: Goodnight Moon... →
In honor of Margaret Wise Brown’s birthday today - we present an oldie, but a goodie… in blog form, anyway. The Library’s own Billy Parrott shares a little NYC history in connection with the iconic Goodnight Moon author.
Published in 1947, Margaret Wise Brown’s Goodnight Moon has certainly had a lasting appeal. Maybe it’s in the simple poetry of the book. Maybe it’s in the story...
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Steampunk: An Introduction for Teens | The New... →
Jon Foster/from Boneshaker by Cherie Priest What is Steampunk? For a way to explain a fantasy subgenre, Steampunk is not very descriptive. According to The Steampunk Bible (2011), it can be explained most easily by this equation: Steampunk = Mad Scientist Inventor [invention (steam x airship or meta…
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Bronx Literary Festival at the Bronx Library...
Join the Bronx Library Center in celebrating the best and brightest literary talents of the borough tomorrow, Saturday, May 18th at 11am!
Meet local authors, sit in on fiction-writing workshops and network with fellow writers, readers and Bronxites!
Highlights of the day’s events include performances by the Edy Martinez Big Band, Peggy Robles Alvarado, Layding Lumumba Kaliba, Tony...
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WatchA most happy birthday to playwright and screenwriter Peter Shaffer, who also happened to work as a clerk at The New York Public Library! The creator of the plays Equus and Amadeus visited the Library back in 2000 to honor the 100th anniversary of Oscar Wilde’s death and we have it all on tape! Enjoy one great playwright discussing another!
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“He thought her beautiful, believed her impeccably wise; dreamed of her, wrote...”
– Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (published May 14, 1925)
Today’s a good day to correct with red ink or buy flowers yourself… or re-visit an old classic like Mrs. Dalloway. Or if you’d like to learn more about the inimitable author, visit the Library’s Berg Collection, which...
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Against the Grain - Design and Style Series Event... →
4/8/2013: FREE - Auditorium doors open at 5:30 p.m. This event is held in conjunction with the exhibition Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft and Design, currently on view at the Museum of Arts and Design through September 15, 2013. The participants include designer Sebastian Errazuriz and scul…
Join us May 8th for a discussion about some of the most interesting conceptual...
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It's Time for the Kentucky Derby!
Check out this NYPL blog post about the Kentucky Derby and how it impacts music, film, fashion and more!
Will you be watching the Kentucky Derby? Or making the trip down south in your seersucker suits and for the ladies—Derby hats and sundresses—to see who the big winner is this year?
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The Secret Museum: The treasures too fragile or... →
NYPL is featured in a new book by Molly Oldfield called The Secret Museum, which highlights fascinating some fascinating objects located in “museums” around the world… including Charles Dickens very intriguing letter opener, which is in NYPL’s Berg Collection. Read all about it!
Writer Molly Oldfield has delved into the vast collections of objects stored away and rarely...
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“94% of parents say libraries are important for their children”
– from recent findings published in Parents, Children, Libraries, and Reading, a Pew Internet & American Life Project
We thoroughly enjoyed hearing what the Pew crew had to say about parents, children and libraries! You can read the full report here
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Do Not Be Afraid of Bubbles in Your Kimchi →
An Interview with Lauryn Chun
founder of Mother-in-Law’s Kimchi and author of The Kimchi Cookbook: 60 Traditional and Modern Ways to Make and Eat Kimchi In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, The New York Public Library is thrilled to welcome Lauryn Chun to the iconic Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on May 8th for an evening (complete with cooking demonstration) with writer Ben...
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Jewish Geography in America: Who Went Where When... →
We’ve had some experience with Jewish Geography here at the Library’s Tumblr HQ… and therefore strongly urge all those who have experienced similar moments of coincidence to attend Friday’s program.
April 2013
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Attention Moist Robots
Human beings, Mr. Dennett said, quoting a favorite pop philosopher, Dilbert, are “moist robots.”
“I’m a robot, and you’re a robot, but that doesn’t make us any less dignified or wonderful or lovable or responsible for our actions,” he said. “Why does our dignity depend on our being scientifically inexplicable?”
- Daniel Dennett speaking with The New York Times
Attention moist robots:...
