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Caribbean Arts Festival

We're hosting this eight-week festival at nine library locations.

Read the New Issue of QPL Magazine

Learn about the grand opening of Hunters Point Library, the Caribbean Arts Festival, It’s Time for Kind and more!

Meet Author David W. Blight

Learn about the Pulitzer Prize-winning Frederick Douglass biographer and his upcoming visit to Flushing Library.

Staff Music Picks

Here are the best new CDs available at the Library!

Salary Negotiation Workshop

Join us, AAUW and women.nyc and build your negotiation skills and strategies!

Innovation Fund Grant Winners

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National Book Award Finalists

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Discover Exoplanets

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It's National Novel Writing Month!

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Migration of Colors

Opening Reception November 16.

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QPL Magazine

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Author Talk

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Staff Picks

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Innovation Fund

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National Book Awards

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Discover Exoplanets

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Adults

Can Democracy Survive? A Five-Week Civic...

Nov 13, 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Forest Hills

Join us as Michael Krasner, professor of political science at Queens...

Teens

Open Mic and Reading Series

Nov 14, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Forest Hills

Open Mic is for all performers of any genre to take the mic for four...

Family

Prepare Your Student for College!

Nov 16, 10:00am - 12:00pm

Langston Hughes

The program helps parents and students understand the advantages of ...

Adults

National Novel Writing Month Workshops 2...

Nov 19, 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Central Library

In anticipation of National Novel Writing Month, this four-session c...

Adults

Chinese Open Mic

Nov 21, 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Flushing

Singing is one of the best ways to relieve stress. Group singing hel...

Adults

NYCitizenship Information Session

Nov 21, 3:30pm - 5:00pm

Central Library

Come to an information session with NYCitizenship staff to find out ...

Adults

Writing from the Heart: A Ten-Week Works...

Nov 23, 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Maspeth

Do you have the urge to write a story or essay -- perhaps based on y...

Adults

Emerging Careers in Technology

Nov 23, 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Queensbridge

We'll take a look at the growing fields in tech and the jobs that ar...

Adults

Constellation Mapping with Circuits

Nov 27, 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Queensbridge

Reach for the stars and recreate them! In this program we'll be view...

Adults

"My NYC Air" Info Session - Tools for Co...

Dec 4, 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Queensbridge

Air quality in NYC has improved over the past several decades, but m...

Family

Financing Your College Education

Dec 7, 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Fresh Meadows

This program is open to families and high school students. The subj...

Family

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Dec 14, 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Queensbridge

What is AI? Discover the elements of artificial intelligence, learn ...

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In The Japanese Mind , Roger Davies offers Westerners an invaluable ...

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National Geographic almanac.

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An almanac like you've never seen before, this arresting volume feat...

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John Wick: Chapter 3,. Parabellum [DVD]

By Stahelski, Chad, 1968- film director.

Super assassin John Wick has a fourteen million dollar price tag on ...

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Bringing out the dead [DVD].

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A burned-out EMS paramedic Frank Pierce, working in Gotham's Hell's ...

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By Richet, Jean-François, film director.

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By Cody, Michael, screenwriters.

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Under the Silver Lake [DVD]

By Bender, Chris, 1971- film producer.

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November 1, 2019

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November 1, 2019

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November 1, 2019

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November 1, 2019

The National Book Award finalists have been announced—how many can…

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Erin Entrada Kelly: You Are Never Alone

October 30, 2019

For Newbery Medal recipient Erin Entrada Kelly, reading isn’t only…

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October 28, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, October 28, 2019 Council Member…

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QPL Gets By With Help From Our Friends!

October 24, 2019

Happy National Friends of Libraries Week! It’s the annual…

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