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Events for New Americans

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Jun

10

5:30PM

Earn Income in Your Spare Time (in Spanish)

This workshop offers tips on how to earn money working from home in your spare time.

Location: Corona
Registration: Not required

Jun

10

6:30PM

Celebrate Gay Pride Month with a Film Screening: Seres extravagantes (a.k.a. Odd People Out)

"Odd People Out" is a documentary about the marginalization, repression and denial of the gay community during the first two decades of the Cuban Revolution, told through the voice of Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas. Following the screening, join cinéaste Manuel Zayas, Prof. Perla Rozencvaig and playwright Héctor Santiago for a lively discussion and question and answer session.

Location: Flushing
Registration: Not required

Collections

Most of our international language collections include books, periodicals, CDs, CD-ROMs and videos. Check out our romances, computer books, cookbooks, biographies, best-sellers, martial arts novels, parenting books and much more!

Resource Guides

Find multicultural web sites, English classes, citizenship classes, immigrant-serving agencies, demographics and more.

Cultural Programs

New Americans Program offers Cultural Arts programs celebrating the arts and literature of ethnic groups in Queens communities. Programs are presented in the Central Library and in community libraries. Offerings include music, dance, drama performances, bilingual poetry and storytelling. Cultural arts programs are bilingual in English and the language of the culture being showcased.

Coping Skills

New Americans Program offers Copings Skills workshops: lectures and workshops to help immigrants adjust to life in America presented in selected community libraries as well as the Central Library. Programs are presented in English and in the major immigrant languages of Queens by lawyers, teachers, counselors and other professionals. Topics presented include immigration law, becoming a citizen, tenants rights, career planning, starting a business, parenting, education and health.