Mon, April 29 @ 10 AM | Our highly interactive class focuses on improving confidence and fluency through listening and group interaction. Vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar will be covered within the context of conversation.
Mondays at 10 AM
Register in person or by phone: 212-308-6243 Phone or in-person | Roosevelt Island Library | Adults |
Mon, April 29 @ 3:30 PM | This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Join us at 3:30pm for a fun-filled hour of singing, reading, learning, and open crafting EVERY SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY OF THE MONTH. For children ages 3-5. First come, first served. No registration. | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
Pre-schoolers (3-5 years),
Families,
Parents/Caregivers |
Wed, May 1 @ 10:15 AM | Early Literacy This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Explore music and language in this 8-week series with Bilingual Birdies! Each class is taught by a live musician who teaches new vocabulary through songs, movement, dance, and puppetry. Bilingual Birdies celebrates different languages and cultures in a time that is very important to embrace diversity. Families get to experience a joyful 45-minute bilingual adventure that explores themes like Outer Space, Sports, Nature, Insects… | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
Infant (0-18 months),
Toddlers (18-36 months),
Pre-schoolers (3-5 years) |
Wed, May 1 @ 3:15 PM | This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Art in the Community Room every Wednesday at 3:15. Ages 3 to 12. | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
Pre-schoolers (3-5 years),
School Age (5-12 years) |
Wed, May 1 @ 5 PM | Civics, Communities & Voting This event will take place in person at Roosevelt Island. New to experienced artists are all welcome!
Create, converse, and collaborate with your community through the arts! Pick up a paintbrush, pen, or stencil and get started!
What does it mean to be civically engaged in your local community? Whether it be advocacy, activism, community organizing, or volunteering, join the Roosevelt Island community in an engaging arts workshop featuring local community artist and designer, Thom Heyer. To… Phone or in-person | Roosevelt Island Library | Adults |
Thu, May 2 @ 10:15 AM | Early Literacy This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active toddler build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood. Suggested for toddlers/little walkers and their caregivers ages 18 months or older.
Nota Bene:
1) First Come/First Serve
2) Please present your ticket before Storytime
3) Ages: 18 months or older o… | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
Toddlers (18-36 months),
Parents/Caregivers |
Thu, May 2 @ 3:45 PM | Join us for our monthly beginner's session of Chess Club for Kids! Limited to 16 participants per section. First come, first served. First come, first served | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
School Age (5-12 years) |
Mon, May 6 @ 10 AM | Our highly interactive class focuses on improving confidence and fluency through listening and group interaction. Vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar will be covered within the context of conversation.
Mondays at 10 AM
Register in person or by phone: 212-308-6243 Phone or in-person | Roosevelt Island Library | Adults |
Mon, May 6 @ 3:30 PM | This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Do you like LEGOs? If you do, come to the Library every FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY OF THE MONTH. We'll have lots of LEGOs out for you to play and build with. For children ages 5 to 12. | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
School Age (5-12 years) |
Tue, May 7 @ 11:15 AM | This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Join us for a special time to bond with your baby and meet other caregivers. We will introduce our babies to the joys of movement, books, and song, and begin to build their early learning skills. Come prepared to sit with your baby on your lap. If your child is 18 months or older, please join us for Toddler Storytime on Wednesdays or Little Movers and Shakers on Thursdays. | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
Infant (0-18 months),
Parents/Caregivers |
Wed, May 8 @ 10:15 AM | Early Literacy This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active toddler build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood. Suggested for toddlers/little walkers and their caregivers. | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
Toddlers (18-36 months),
Parents/Caregivers |
Wed, May 8 @ 10:15 AM | Early Literacy This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Explore music and language in this 8-week series with Bilingual Birdies! Each class is taught by a live musician who teaches new vocabulary through songs, movement, dance, and puppetry. Bilingual Birdies celebrates different languages and cultures in a time that is very important to embrace diversity. Families get to experience a joyful 45-minute bilingual adventure that explores themes like Outer Space, Sports, Nature, Insects… | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
Infant (0-18 months),
Toddlers (18-36 months),
Pre-schoolers (3-5 years) |
Wed, May 8 @ 11:15 AM | Early Literacy This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active toddler build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood. Suggested for toddlers/little walkers and their caregivers. | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
Toddlers (18-36 months),
Parents/Caregivers |
Wed, May 8 @ 3:15 PM | This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Art in the Community Room every Wednesday at 3:15. Ages 3 to 12. | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
Pre-schoolers (3-5 years),
School Age (5-12 years) |
Wed, May 8 @ 5 PM | Civics, Communities & Voting This event will take place in person at Roosevelt Island. New to experienced artists are all welcome!
Create, converse, and collaborate with your community through the arts! Pick up a paintbrush, pen, or stencil and get started!
What does it mean to be civically engaged in your local community? Whether it be advocacy, activism, community organizing, or volunteering, join the Roosevelt Island community in an engaging arts workshop featuring local community artist and designer, Thom Heyer. To… Phone or in-person | Roosevelt Island Library | Adults |
Thu, May 9 @ 10:15 AM | Early Literacy This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active toddler build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood. Suggested for toddlers/little walkers and their caregivers ages 18 months or older.
Nota Bene:
1) First Come/First Serve
2) Please present your ticket before Storytime
3) Ages: 18 months or older o… | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
Toddlers (18-36 months),
Parents/Caregivers |
Mon, May 13 @ 10 AM | Our highly interactive class focuses on improving confidence and fluency through listening and group interaction. Vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar will be covered within the context of conversation.
Mondays at 10 AM
Register in person or by phone: 212-308-6243 Phone or in-person | Roosevelt Island Library | Adults |
Mon, May 13 @ 3:30 PM | This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Join us at 3:30pm for a fun-filled hour of singing, reading, learning, and open crafting EVERY SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY OF THE MONTH. For children ages 3-5. First come, first served. No registration. | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
Pre-schoolers (3-5 years),
Families,
Parents/Caregivers |
Mon, May 13 @ 6 PM | Book Discussion Group This will be an in-person event.
Join the staff at the Roosevelt Island Library for the discussion of the book The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel. Copies of the book are available to borrow at the circulation desk. | Roosevelt Island Library | Adults,
50+,
Book Lovers |
Tue, May 14 @ 11:15 AM | This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Join us for a special time to bond with your baby and meet other caregivers. We will introduce our babies to the joys of movement, books, and song, and begin to build their early learning skills. Come prepared to sit with your baby on your lap. If your child is 18 months or older, please join us for Toddler Storytime on Wednesdays or Little Movers and Shakers on Thursdays. | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
Infant (0-18 months),
Parents/Caregivers |
Tue, May 14 @ 6:30 PM | This will be an in-person event
Matthias Altwicker AIA LEED AP will discuss the history of affordable housing in New York, how Roosevelt Island fits into that history, and how ideas of open space that were supported by this housing are being reconsidered. | Roosevelt Island Library | Adults,
50+ |
Wed, May 15 @ 10:15 AM | Early Literacy This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active toddler build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood. Suggested for toddlers/little walkers and their caregivers. | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
Toddlers (18-36 months),
Parents/Caregivers |
Wed, May 15 @ 11:15 AM | Early Literacy This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active toddler build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood. Suggested for toddlers/little walkers and their caregivers. | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
Toddlers (18-36 months),
Parents/Caregivers |
Wed, May 15 @ 3:15 PM | This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Art in the Community Room every Wednesday at 3:15. Ages 3 to 12. | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
Pre-schoolers (3-5 years),
School Age (5-12 years) |
Wed, May 15 @ 5 PM | Civics, Communities & Voting This event will take place in person at Roosevelt Island. New to experienced artists are all welcome!
Create, converse, and collaborate with your community through the arts! Pick up a paintbrush, pen, or stencil and get started!
What does it mean to be civically engaged in your local community? Whether it be advocacy, activism, community organizing, or volunteering, join the Roosevelt Island community in an engaging arts workshop featuring local community artist and designer, Thom Heyer. To… Phone or in-person | Roosevelt Island Library | Adults |
Thu, May 16 @ 10:15 AM | Early Literacy This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active toddler build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood. Suggested for toddlers/little walkers and their caregivers ages 18 months or older.
Nota Bene:
1) First Come/First Serve
2) Please present your ticket before Storytime
3) Ages: 18 months or older o… | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
Toddlers (18-36 months),
Parents/Caregivers |
Thu, May 16 @ 3:45 PM | Join us for our monthly intermediate session of Chess Club for Kids! Limited to 16 participants per section. First come, first served. First come, first served | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
School Age (5-12 years) |
Mon, May 20 @ 10 AM | Our highly interactive class focuses on improving confidence and fluency through listening and group interaction. Vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar will be covered within the context of conversation.
Mondays at 10 AM
Register in person or by phone: 212-308-6243 Phone or in-person | Roosevelt Island Library | Adults |
Mon, May 20 @ 3:30 PM | This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Do you like LEGOs? If you do, come to the Library every FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY OF THE MONTH. We'll have lots of LEGOs out for you to play and build with. For children ages 5 to 12. | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
School Age (5-12 years) |
Mon, May 20 @ 5 PM | This will be an in-person event
With dreams of opening a shop in a city renowned for its chocolate, a young and poor Willy Wonka discovers that the industry is run by a cartel of greedy chocolatiers.
Rated: PG
Runtime: 112 minute
Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Olivia Colman, Hugh Grant, Sally Hawkins, Jim Carter | Roosevelt Island Library | Adults |
Tue, May 21 @ 11:15 AM | This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Join us for a special time to bond with your baby and meet other caregivers. We will introduce our babies to the joys of movement, books, and song, and begin to build their early learning skills. Come prepared to sit with your baby on your lap. If your child is 18 months or older, please join us for Toddler Storytime on Wednesdays or Little Movers and Shakers on Thursdays. | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
Infant (0-18 months),
Parents/Caregivers |
Tue, May 21 @ 6:30 PM | This will be an in-person event
Diana Cooper is a mixed-media artist. Cooper’s most recent artwork Double Take, a permanent installation commissioned by the MTA, is on Roosevelt Island. It is featured in the recently published book “Contemporary Art Underground” which documents the MTA Arts & Design collection in NYC. Her work has been exhibited at the Whitney Museum, MOMA/PS 1, the Brooklyn Museum and other museums and galleries across the United States and Europe. In 2007 she was the subj… | Roosevelt Island Library | Adults,
50+ |
Wed, May 22 @ 10:15 AM | Early Literacy This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active toddler build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood. Suggested for toddlers/little walkers and their caregivers. | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
Toddlers (18-36 months),
Parents/Caregivers |
Wed, May 22 @ 11:15 AM | Early Literacy This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active toddler build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood. Suggested for toddlers/little walkers and their caregivers. | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
Toddlers (18-36 months),
Parents/Caregivers |
Wed, May 22 @ 3:15 PM | This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Art in the Community Room every Wednesday at 3:15. Ages 3 to 12. | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
Pre-schoolers (3-5 years),
School Age (5-12 years) |
Wed, May 22 @ 5 PM | Civics, Communities & Voting This event will take place in person at Roosevelt Island. New to experienced artists are all welcome!
Create, converse, and collaborate with your community through the arts! Pick up a paintbrush, pen, or stencil and get started!
What does it mean to be civically engaged in your local community? Whether it be advocacy, activism, community organizing, or volunteering, join the Roosevelt Island community in an engaging arts workshop featuring local community artist and designer, Thom Heyer. To… Phone or in-person | Roosevelt Island Library | Adults |
Thu, May 23 @ 10:15 AM | Early Literacy This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active toddler build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood. Suggested for toddlers/little walkers and their caregivers ages 18 months or older.
Nota Bene:
1) First Come/First Serve
2) Please present your ticket before Storytime
3) Ages: 18 months or older o… | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
Toddlers (18-36 months),
Parents/Caregivers |
Wed, May 29 @ 10:15 AM | Early Literacy This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active toddler build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood. Suggested for toddlers/little walkers and their caregivers. | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
Toddlers (18-36 months),
Parents/Caregivers |
Wed, May 29 @ 11:15 AM | Early Literacy This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active toddler build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood. Suggested for toddlers/little walkers and their caregivers. | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
Toddlers (18-36 months),
Parents/Caregivers |
Mon, June 3 @ 3:30 PM | This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Do you like LEGOs? If you do, come to the Library every FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY OF THE MONTH. We'll have lots of LEGOs out for you to play and build with. For children ages 5 to 12. | Roosevelt Island Library | Children,
School Age (5-12 years) |