Posted in Events | July 12, 2023
Main image photo credit: Lefrak City Pool. Long Island Daily Press, ca. 1975. How hot is your summer? What do you do to cool down? Where do you go? What do you love (or hate) about summer in the city?   Explore these “hot topics” while enjoying an exhibition of historic…
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Posted in Events | March 1, 2023
Queens Public Library’s Queens Memory Project has launched the Queens Memory Cookbook, a new storytelling and archiving series with the Ridgewood (20-12 Madison Street) and St. Albans (191-05 Linden Boulevard) libraries. We invite anyone who lives, cooks, visits, or dines in…
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Posted in Events | November 22, 2022
In 2022, NYC Library Privacy Week is running from Saturday, December 5 to Thursday, December 10. Alongside Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the New York Metropolitan Library Council (METRO), Queens Public Library is hosting events designed to bring…
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Posted in Events | November 16, 2022
What comes to mind when you think of philosophy? People in togas debating at a symposium? Academic professors in tweed suits? Neighborhood elders talking over a game of chess or Mahjong? Led by LaGuardia Community College professors Dr. Andrew McFarland and Dr. Cheri Carr,…
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Posted in Events | November 4, 2022
For 45 years, Queens Public Library’s New Americans Program (NAP) has proudly celebrated our borough’s outstanding diversity, while also supporting newcomers as they adjust to life in the United States. Join us on Saturday, November 19 as we honor NAP’s momentous anniversary…
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