Evelyn Kanter’s NYC Guidebook | Get festive at the New York Public Library with a special Kwanzaa crafts workshop for teens ages 12 to 18, and make a special Kwanzaa ornament for family, friends, teacher, or another special someone to show your holiday wishes. All materials will be provided. The free crafts program is at the 125th St. Branch, [...] Get those toes tapping at this free performance by the six-piece Gotham Jazzmen. It’s the last performance of 2011 for Toe Tappin’ Tuesdays at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, in Lincoln Center. The music is Tuesday, December 27th, noon to 1:30 PM at the Bruno Walter Auditorium. There are no [...] Reminder — the next few days are the final special free performances of the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, at different branches of the New York Public Library throughout New York City. Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol is the timeless and universal tale of miser Ebenezer Scrooge and his clerk, Bob Cratchit. Through [...] Get ready for the holidays with these special free performances of the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, at different branches of the New York Public Library throughout New York City. Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol is the timeless and universal tale of miser Ebenezer Scrooge and his clerk, Bob Cratchit. Through visits from [...] Get ready for the holidays with these special free performances of the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, at different branches of the New York Public Library throughout New York City. Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol is the timeless and universal tale of miser Ebenezer Scrooge and his clerk, Bob Cratchit. Through visits from [...] You won’t meet legendary dancer and choreographer Mikhail Baryshnikov live and in person, but see him in photos, video footage and more, including personal letters from other legends of film and dance and culture including Frank Sinatra, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Fred Astaire. This FREE exhibit is at the New York Public Library for [...] Walter Cronkite was called ‘the most trusted man in America’, and along with fellow CBS News icons Edward R. Morrow and Andy Rooney, possibly the most famous and influential TV news person in broadcast news history. Spend a FREE evening with Sanford Socolow, executive producer of Cronkite Productions, Inc., and former executive producer of [...] Who knew that there’s a National Gaming Day, and that it’s on Saturday, November 12, 2011. Thousands of public libraries across the country — including the New York Public Library — are holding events to help you get your game face on. The Mid-Manhattan Branch second annual National Gaming Day program is from 1:00 [...] World Trade Center before 9/11 The New York Public Library Mid-Manhattan branch is focusing on 9/11 throughout the month of September, with a series of free lectures by authors and other experts on how the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center affected and changed us all, and how it changed the city. [...] World Trade Center, not Ground Zero The images of the destruction of the World Trade Center are seared into our collective memory. What’s the story of the people in those mages, and the photographers and videographers who took them? David Friend was Life Magazine’s director of photography, and the author of the photo [...] World Trade Center, not Ground Zero Tuesday, August 30th — Best-selling author Eric Darton talks about the role of Lower Manhattan in New York City, from Colonial times through the construction of the World Trade Center. It’s a FREE author lecture at the Mid-Manhattan branch of the NYPL on Tuesday, August 30th. His [...] NYC on the Cheap You and the kids are invited to a FREE birthday party to celebrate the 90th birthday of Winnie-the-Pooh. It’s an afternoon of activities, including face painting, balloon animals, and crafts. Bring your favorite stuffed toy — especially if its a toy bear named Winnie — and have your picture [...] | |