Image Courtesy of 92NY / Roundtable FEATURING A WIDE RANGE OF ONLINE CLASSES AND A MARCH 31 SYMPOSIUM AT 92NY Topics Include The Declaration of Independence, Iconic American Painters, George Washington, The First Amendment, The Great American Songbook, Quintessential American Novels, and More Little-known stories about the Declaration of IndependenceContinue Reading
The finalist titles: Bad Company; Empire of A.I.; There is No Place for Us; Unbearable; We are Eating the Earth The New York Public Library is delighted to announce five finalists for its 39th annual Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism. Highly competitive, the Bernstein Award recognizes non-fiction, English-language books authored byContinue Reading
A new esports initiative, the NYC Collegiate Esports Circuit (NYCCEC), has officially launched, offering the first-ever competition open only to CUNY, SUNY and New York State private schools. The initiative is hosted by Video Game Amateurs (VGA), a NYC based digital games agency, and sponsored by the NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and EntertainmentContinue Reading
Photo by Andy on Unsplash Collected in real time by The Library, the audio collection captures the unprecedented lived experiences of New Yorkers and others during the COVID-19 pandemic. The New York Public Library announced today that the Pandemic Diaries collection, an audio archive chronicling the COVID-19 pandemic crowdsourced by the Library, isContinue Reading
The New York Times Access at NYPL with Library PC. Photo Courtesy of The New York Public Library / Jonathan Blanc NYTimes.com is now available at all NYPL branches in The Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island, which together received 13 million visits in 2025 The New York Public Library todayContinue Reading
‘Glory,’ ‘The Karate Kid,’ ‘Philadelphia,’ ‘Frida,’ ‘Inception,’ ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel,’ ‘The Incredibles’ and ‘Clueless’ Among Titles Selected for Recognition The Library of Congress has selected 25 films for the National Film Registry due to their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s film heritage, the Library announcedContinue Reading
Image Courtesy of NYPL / Schomburg Center The special 2026 Black-authored book list release is supported for those with a free NYPL library card by immediate access to titles and book giveaways through February; the book list further honors the 100th anniversary of the Schomburg Center. The Schomburg Center forContinue Reading
Novi Belgii [The Danckers map and view.], Justus Dankerts (1635-1701), ca. 1682. Museum of the City of New York, 29.100.2205. An international research collaboration led by the Museum of the City of New York and the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands) will undertakeContinue Reading
Photo by D. Benjamin Miller, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons The archive spans six decades of Tom Verlaine’s working life and includes lyric drafts, notebooks, correspondence, and hundreds of hours of unreleased music, demos, rehearsals, and live recordings by the Neon Boys, Television, and solo work. The New York Public LibraryContinue Reading
The New York Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library, and Queens Public Library share the top checkouts across all five boroughs James by Percival Everett was the most popular book in New York City The New York Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library, and Queens Public Library announced a citywide list of theContinue Reading