Events

Re-visit the Tolkien-verse with our biweekly bite sized lunch time book discussion of the entire Lord of the Ring series. Each meeting we will be tackling 1 chapter until we eventually get through the entire book series (including The Silmarillion). Open to Tolkien nerds, anyone wanting to revisit the series, and people who are new to the story. This meeting we will be reading Chapter 8 of the Fellowship of the Ring. Copies are available from the New York Public Library as a physical book, eb…

Mercredi français is an advanced French conversation group that meets one afternoon a week to practice speaking the language we love. We start as a whole group, introducing ourselves and answering a silly “question profonde,” such as “What is your favorite color and why?” After about half an hour we break up into groups of three or four to allow for an hour of small, spontaneous group conversations. During our last hour, we break into two groups: an ongoing assigned reading group and a continued…

Use two-panel comics sequences to kick off your own storytelling process and finish the stories! This program is geared towards children in grades 3-7 and will be conducted on Google Hangouts Meet AND in person at 53rd St Library in the Community Room. To attend online, you must register with your email address in order to receive the link to participate. You may register on this page; we ask that you also email halschrieve@nypl.org to confirm your registration. The link to our comics cl…

This storytime is for children 18-36 months and their caregivers. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active child build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood. Limited to 15 families. First come, first served. Tickets will be given out at 11 am on the day of the program.

This event will take place in person at 53rd Street Library. Adult Coloring is back! We will meet every Thursday at 4pm again! It's not just for kids! Join us and discover the fun and calming benefits of coloring. Color, relax and enjoy! Coloring supplies will be provided, but participants are welcome to bring their own materials too.

This event is online only. Join us on Google Meet as we read chapter books together, discuss, and enjoy reading activites and games! Intended for children in grades K-2 who are growing, independent readers. You must register in advance to receive the link to participate. Please register here as well as email allisonameduri@nypl.org to confirm your registration. The link to our book group will be sent to you by email approximately one day before the program. You will need a device with audio…

This event will take place in person at the 53rd Street Library Please come and join us to watch a family friendly Movie, Abominable (97) on Friday, December 8th at 2PM. The movie will be screened in the Theater area. Rating (PG) Runtime: 97 minutes. Director: Jill Culton Starring: Chloe Bennet, Albert Tsai, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Joseph Izzo, Sarah Paulson Synopsis : When mischievous friends Yi, Jin, and Peng discover a young yeti on their roof, they name him Everest and embark on a th…

This event will take place in person at the 53rd Street Library. Please come and join us to watch a movie, The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) on Friday, December 8th at 2 PM. The movie will be screened in the Community Room on the central level. Rating R Runtime: 1 hour, 42 minutes. Director: Norman Jewison Starring: Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway. McQueen as an adventurous millionaire who plots the perfecxt bank heist for fun, and tangles with the insurance investigator on his trail (Dunaway).

Join us to build with legos and meet other creators at the library! We'll have all our legos out for your engineering projects.

Come by the Teen Zone and feel free to utilize our art supplies. We have high quality supplies including - Copic Markers (multiple sets) - Prismacolor Colored Pencils - Pigma art pens in a variety of sizes - Cricut Maker 3 and Cricut brand tools - Cricut Smart Vinyl - Sticker Paper - Cardstock - Washi tape and stickers (and other journaling tools!) - Screen printing supplies such as silk screens and stencils (we have aprons too) - Button making - Strathmore art…

Join us for a special time to bond with your little one, ages 0-18 months. We will explore the joys of movement, books, and songs, in addition to building early learning skills your can practice at home. Come prepared to sit with your child on your lap. Limited to 15 families. First come, first served. Tickets will be given out at 11am on the day of the program.

Families with children ages 3-6 are welcome to join us for a story and craft each Monday at 4 PM! Dec 4 --- Make A Book! Write your own story in a mini-book! Color pictures, paste collages and name your favorite things with us! Dec 11 -- Fuzzy Felt Collages! Make sensory fuzzy pictures using fuzzy felt-- help our paper-doll friends get ready for winter! Dec 18 -- Paper Plate Snowpeople! Join us to make paper-plate collage snowmen to decorate your doors this winter! Dec 25 -…

This event will take place in person at 53rd St. It's Animonday in the 53rd St Library's teen zone! Every Monday, we'll be screening a handful of anime episodes on the TVs in our space. Come by and connect with other folks who love anime in a safe & fun enviornment!

This event is online only. Children 18-36 months old and their caregivers can join us for songs, early literacy activities, and books! Any child under 5 also welcome! Missed out on family storytimes over the last year? Ready to move and sing and read books together? Catch up with Hal and Allison as we sing songs, read picture books, and move around together--virtually! This program will be held over Google Meets. After registering, you will receive the link to the program 24 hours before the…

This event will take place in person at the 53rd Street Library. Improve your English language proficiency! Drop in at the 53rd Street Library's ESOL "Conversation Tuesdays," an open dialogue where English language learners and fluent English speakers chat on a variety of topics including art, music, current events, leisure activities, and New York City life. Practice your speaking skills and socialize with other English language learners. No registration required.

There's an alien running a doughnut shop on your block-- you only know because you saw their holographic human face shimmer, and their big green eyes in a purple face flicker underneath. What are they doing on Earth? Write about their life and share with your peers. Join us to hear others' creative ideas and share your own work! This is an online workshop intended for ages 7-12. It is held over Google Meets. Once you register, you will get the link to the meeting 24 hrs in advance of…

This is an online program. Interested in reviving the cinema experience? Want to talk about classic and contemporary films with your community? Join our NYPL film club, Cinema Scene! Our format is nearly identical to a book club but instead of discussing a book, we will discuss a movie. **How to Register: Please click HERE** December's feature will be Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) (d. Sergio Leone) (166 minutes). Each month The Film Foundation, an organization dedicated to film preserva…

Mercredi français is an advanced French conversation group that meets one afternoon a week to practice speaking the language we love. We start as a whole group, introducing ourselves and answering a silly “question profonde,” such as “What is your favorite color and why?” After about half an hour we break up into groups of three or four to allow for an hour of small, spontaneous group conversations. During our last hour, we break into two groups: an ongoing assigned reading group and a continued…

Please join the 53rd Street Library for our Virtual Citizenship Study Group. The online citizenship study group is a place where you can study for the Naturalization Test with others who are also preparing for the exam, using materials from United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and other resources, as well as playing informative games to help you learn all you'll need to know for the citizenship test. To participate in this program, please register with your email address…

Draw how one house, one city, or one tree changes and what happens there at different points in history. Imagine how weather, history and humans might change one place and make different homes, gardens or ways of life there. This program is geared towards children in grades 3-7 and will be conducted on Google Hangouts Meet AND in person at 53rd St Library in the Community Room. To attend online, you must register with your email address in order to receive the link to participate. You ma…

This event will take place in person at 53rd St. Get ready for some creative writing! Share your writing, bounce ideas off of other writers, and unleash some creative energy! Each week will have a different theme/challenge for aspiring writers to try their hand at. Feel free to share your work at the very end if you'd like! This program is for young adults, and will take place in the teen zone.

This storytime is for children 18-36 months and their caregivers. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active child build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood. Limited to 15 families. First come, first served. Tickets will be given out at 11 am on the day of the program.

This event will take place in person at 53rd Street Library. Adult Coloring is back! We will meet every Thursday at 4pm again! It's not just for kids! Join us and discover the fun and calming benefits of coloring. Color, relax and enjoy! Coloring supplies will be provided, but participants are welcome to bring their own materials too.

This event is online only. Join us as three librarians talk about some of our personal favorite comic books from 2023 and banned books. Teens who attend and visit any of the three libraries afterwards can get a free comic book to keep. Advanced registration required. The link to the virtual event will be sent one day in advance. Attendees must have a valid email address and a device with an Internet connection and audio and/or video capabilities. Public participation in the talk is optional.

This event is online only. Join us on Google Meet as we read chapter books together, discuss, and enjoy reading activites and games! Intended for children in grades K-2 who are growing, independent readers. You must register in advance to receive the link to participate. Please register here as well as email allisonameduri@nypl.org to confirm your registration. The link to our book group will be sent to you by email approximately one day before the program. You will need a device with audio…

This event will take place in person at the 53rd Street Library Please come and join us to watch a family friendly Movie, It's a Wonderful Life (1946) on Friday, December 15th at 2PM. The movie will be screened in the Theater area. Rating (PG) Runtime: 130 minutes. Director: Frank Capra Starring: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers, and Beulah Bondi Synopsis : George Bailey, a decent small-town banker who learns what life would have been like if he'd never been born…

This event will take place in person at the 53rd Street Library. Please come and join us to watch a movie, Gran Turismo (2023) on Friday, December 15th at 2 PM. The movie will be screened in the Community Room on the central level. Rating PG-13 Runtime: 2 hour, 14 minutes. Director: Neil Blomkamp Starring: David Harbour, Orlando Bloom. Based on a true story, a young computer gaming wiz parlays his skills to build an elite auto racing team with a group of misfits.

Join us to build with legos and meet other creators at the library! We'll have all our legos out for your engineering projects.

This event will take place in person at The 53rd Street Library. Masks are highly recommended. OMG NYC (Origami Meetup Group! New York City) is a group for people to come together and share in the beautiful art of Origami - an ancient art of folding various mediums, most commonly paper. The word comes from the combination of the Japanese verb oru (to fold) and the noun kami (paper). Other materials often folded are fabric, wire mesh, sheet metal, tissue, thin plastic, cardboard, and straws. We…

Come by the Teen Zone and feel free to utilize our art supplies. We have high quality supplies including - Copic Markers (multiple sets) - Prismacolor Colored Pencils - Pigma art pens in a variety of sizes - Cricut Maker 3 and Cricut brand tools - Cricut Smart Vinyl - Sticker Paper - Cardstock - Washi tape and stickers (and other journaling tools!) - Screen printing supplies such as silk screens and stencils (we have aprons too) - Button making - Strathmore art…

Join us for a special time to bond with your little one, ages 0-18 months. We will explore the joys of movement, books, and songs, in addition to building early learning skills your can practice at home. Come prepared to sit with your child on your lap. Limited to 15 families. First come, first served. Tickets will be given out at 11am on the day of the program.

Families with children ages 3-6 are welcome to join us for a story and craft each Monday at 4 PM! Dec 4 --- Make A Book! Write your own story in a mini-book! Color pictures, paste collages and name your favorite things with us! Dec 11 -- Fuzzy Felt Collages! Make sensory fuzzy pictures using fuzzy felt-- help our paper-doll friends get ready for winter! Dec 18 -- Paper Plate Snowpeople! Join us to make paper-plate collage snowmen to decorate your doors this winter! Dec 25 -…

This event will take place in person at 53rd St. It's Animonday in the 53rd St Library's teen zone! Every Monday, we'll be screening a handful of anime episodes on the TVs in our space. Come by and connect with other folks who love anime in a safe & fun enviornment!

This event is online only. Children 18-36 months old and their caregivers can join us for songs, early literacy activities, and books! Any child under 5 also welcome! Missed out on family storytimes over the last year? Ready to move and sing and read books together? Catch up with Hal and Allison as we sing songs, read picture books, and move around together--virtually! This program will be held over Google Meets. After registering, you will receive the link to the program 24 hours before the…

This event will take place in person at the 53rd Street Library. Improve your English language proficiency! Drop in at the 53rd Street Library's ESOL "Conversation Tuesdays," an open dialogue where English language learners and fluent English speakers chat on a variety of topics including art, music, current events, leisure activities, and New York City life. Practice your speaking skills and socialize with other English language learners. No registration required.

Hey teens! Stressed about the coming financial independence you'll be facing immanently? Don't know how to keep a budget? Need some reasurrance that it'll be okay? Want to be equipped with the tools needed to make sound financial choices? WE CAN PROVIDE THIS FOR YOU! Come to our How to do Adult Stuff class! It's a presentation and discussion! It's fun! No pressure!

If you're one in a million, New York City (with a population of eight million) has eight of you. What are the other seven "yous" like? Where do they live? What are they doing right now? What might it be like if you met them? Join us to hear others' creative ideas and share your own work! This is an online workshop intended for ages 7-12. It is held over Google Meets. Once you register, you will get the link to the meeting 24 hrs in advance of the workshop. It is important that an adu…

Re-visit the Tolkien-verse with our biweekly bite sized lunch time book discussion of the entire Lord of the Ring series. Each meeting we will be tackling 1 chapter until we eventually get through the entire book series (including The Silmarillion). Open to Tolkien nerds, anyone wanting to revisit the series, and people who are new to the story. This meeting we will be reading Chapter 9 of the Fellowship of the Ring. Copies are available from the New York Public Library as a physical book, eb…

Use stories from writers who grew up in New York City at different moments in history ---or your own experience-- to illustrate a comic about the city over time. This program is geared towards children in grades 3-7 and will be conducted on Google Hangouts Meet AND in person at 53rd St Library in the Community Room. To attend online, you must register with your email address in order to receive the link to participate. You may register on this page; we ask that you also email halschrieve…

This storytime is for children 18-36 months and their caregivers. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active child build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood. Limited to 15 families. First come, first served. Tickets will be given out at 11 am on the day of the program.