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Meet me at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Mid-Manhattan branch of the New York Public Library. I’m giving a FREE lecture on tranquil, peaceful places in NYC — secret gardens, picture postcard vistas, quiet sanctuaries in busy places, hiking trails you can get to by subway, which days of the week and times of [...] 
The Tale of Flutterby and Piggle is the name of an interactive play, with puppets and music, explains why insects, including butterflies, are the coolest creatures around. The play is being performed at various branches of the New York Public Library part of the 100th birthday celebration of the iconic and world-famous main branch NYPL building on Fifth Avenue and 42nd St. It’s free, fun, and for ages five and older. The performances are presented by the Central Park Zoo Wildlife Theatre. I’m glad to see the word ‘flutterby’ in the title of a story for children — that’s what my own daughter called butterflies when she was three or four years old and got the real word tongue-twisted, and I really think that’s a better name for them. Here’s the schedule for the free performances at NYPL branches in June and July:
See July schedule on the next page — Celebrate the 100th birthday of the New York Public Library building on Fifth Avenue and 42nd St. posted by Evelyn Kanter NYC weekend planner — The iconic New York Public Library building on Fifth Avenue and 42nd St. turns 100 years old this weekend, and the NYPL is celebrating with dozens [...] The Instant Shakespeare theater group is giving a reading of Shakespeare sonnets at the New York Public Library, Riverside Branch, at 1 p.m. today, Saturday, April 16th. It’s free, and mostly in iambic pentameter, which is the rhythm language of poetry. I remember that from college literature classes. The Riverside branch of the NYPL [...] Saturday, April 2nd — The world-famous San Diego Zoo Safari Park comes to the Big Apple this weekend, for a special family program that shows off three of the park’s most popular residents, Thatcher, an owl, Pimbi a hyrax, and Akisa, a boa. Don’t know what a hyrax is? Then take yourself and the [...] Anime is short for Japanese animation, a cartoon style that’s been popular in Japan since the early 1900s and growing in popularity in the rest of the world since the 1980s. Anime is nothing like Disney, Pixar or other American-based producers of animated films, except for a similar loyalty to anime characters. If you [...] Get better, baster, more precise internet search results. That’s what this FREE program will show you how to do, plus sharing tips on some of the new features Google has implemented recently. This two hour hands-on lecture is at the New York Public Library Mid-Manhattan Branch, beginning at 2:30, on Saturday, March 26th. It’s [...] Friday, March 18th: If you are looking for a job now, or expect to be looking soon, learn how to improve the look of your resume in this FREE hands-on using workshop at the New York Public Library Mid-Manhattan branch. You’ll be supervised to create and save a resume in Microsoft Word, including formatting [...] New York City gets greener by the day, and we’re not just talking about St. Patrick’s Day, when everybody is Irish for the day. Learn how to go green in your everyday life and help the environment at a FREE lecture at the New York Public Library Mid-Manhattan Branch, on green day, Thursday, March [...] Enjoy a FREE high-energy, multimedia presentation with the authors of the Jaguar Stones trilogy, Jon and Pamela Voelkel, also known as J&P. Take a thrilling journey into the wilds of your imagination — travel through the Mayan regions of Central America, learn how to call a howler monkey, and how to survive in the [...] Grey is the new black. Grey hair, that is. Learn how the sheer numbers of boomers, seniors and retirees is affecting advertising, marketing, and ‘nuts and bolts’ issues including Social Security and Medicare, in a free lecture at the New York Public Library Mid-Manhattan branch. The lecturer is author Susan Jacoby. The date is [...] Friday — Financial experts from the AARP will provide free tax help for taxpayers with low to moderate-income with special attention to those age 60 and older, tomorrow, Friday, February 25th, at the Muhlenberg branch of the New York Public Library. No appointment is necessary, but show up early since space is limited. The [...] |
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