2012 marked the 70th anniversary of the classic 1942 film Casablanca. We hope you made it out to one of Queens Library’s free screenings of the movie. You may know that recently, Sotheby’s  auctioned off the piano used by the character Sam (Dooley Wilson) to play the movie’s…
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The topic of “my first album” seems so quaint and odd in this modern age of immediate downloading of virtually any song you could imagine, streaming audio, and file-sharing.  However, there was a time not too long ago when music had to be purchased on a disc.  That disc of vinyl…
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Louis Armstrong, the legendary jazz musician and longtime resident of Corona, Queens, bequeathed a huge legacy to the world, with much of it right at our fingertips, right here in our borough! This weekend Lincoln Center Local and Queens Library will be partnering to present “It…
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Free music for you to own legally is now available at Queens Library thanks to our new partnership with Freegal. The name Freegal comes from “free and legal” and they offer three songs a week to Queens Library cardholders from the Sony Music Entertainment catalog. For more…
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Want a free and legal way to expand your music collection? All you need is a Queens Library card! All card holders are now eligible to download three free songs a week. Have your library card number and PIN handy? Head here and get instant access to hundreds of thousands of…
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