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NYPL Fact Sheet Foster + Partners Selected as Architects for New Central Library in The New York Public Library's Historic Fifth Avenue Building
New York, NY, October 23, 2008 – Foster + Partners, the acclaimed international architecture firm, has been selected to create the design to transform The New York Public Library's building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street into the world’s largest comprehensive library open to the public. New York Public Library Exhibition Explores the Far-Ranging Influence of a Fabled Artist’s Retreat
The iron gate that has welcomed generations of artists to Yaddo is now welcoming guests of The New York Public Library to a new exhibition about the fabled artists’ retreat, Yaddo: Making American Culture. Yaddo: Making American Culture Video New Children’s Center at 42nd Street Opens in The New York Public Library’s Landmark Fifth Avenue Building
For the first time in nearly 40 years The New York Public Library’s building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street will be home to circulating collections for children. The new Children’s Center at 42nd Street will open with a two-day festival of free events on Friday and Saturday, November 28 and 29. Located on the ground floor near the Library’s 42nd Street entrance, the newly renovated space offers a wide range of resources for young readers, including a collection of 25,000 books and recordings, a large reading room with new colorful furniture, a separate area for programs and events, and eight public access computers. The wide-ranging programs scheduled for the opening include a performance of songs from Pinkalicious, The Musical, a chance for kids to meet author and illustrator Chris Raschka, and an encounter with live owls! The New York Public Library Launches Online Video Series That Takes Viewers Behind-the-Scenes and Into the Stacks of its Treasured Collections
The defining documents of the Beat generation, rare insights into the career of Katharine Hepburn, and a view of the plans that led to the landmark 1939 World’s Fair are among the revelations in a new web video series allowing viewers a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse at The New York Public Library’s most treasured collections, and the librarians and archivists entrusted with protecting them. Contemporary Life in Afghanistan Placed in Stark Focus in Photography Exhibition at The New York Public Library
With his discerning eye, unreserved bravado, and profound capacity for compassion, photographer Stephen Dupont plunges us deep into the heart of modern life in one of the world’s most forlorn and austere countries, Afghanistan. The barren beauty of its harsh landscape and sure tenacity of its people are juxtaposed here against the grief and terror that permeate everyday life. Afghanistan, or The Perils of Freedom will be on view at The New York Public Library’s Humanities and Social Sciences Library at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street from November 7, 2008 to January 25, 2009. Admission is free. The New York Public Library Honors Edward Albee, Ashley Bryan, Nora Ephron, and Salman Rushdie at Annual Library Lions Benefit, November 3, 2008
The New York Public Library will honor playwright Edward Albee, children’s author and illustrator Ashley Bryan, screenwriter and essayist Nora Ephron, and novelist Salman Rushdie at its annual Library Lions black-tie benefit on Monday, November 3, 2008. Ms.-en-Scène!
New York, NY, October 8, 2008 – Everyone loves a backstage story, and none so much as the one about the brilliant but unsung talent who finally makes it into the spotlight. The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and the League of Professional Theatre Women bring that long-deserved moment to 140 of those stories in Curtain Call: Celebrating a Century of Women Designing for Live Performance. Featuring treasures from the Library’s archives, Curtain Call is a multi-media exhibition crackling with creative verve and bursting at the seams with the dazzling works of the little-noted women without whose costume, set, and lighting designs and innovations the show could not have gone on in North America for the past hundred-plus years. This is the stuff that makes the audience gasp in awe. This is the opportunity to meet those responsible for taking our breath away. Periodically Speaking: Literary-Magazine Editors Introduce Emerging Writers at The New York Public Library
New York, NY—The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses [clmp] and The New York Public Library present Periodically Speaking, a reading series providing a major venue for emerging writers to present their work while emphasizing the diversity of America’s literary magazines and the magazine collections of The New York Public Library. Each event presents writers from three influential literary magazines—one poet, one fiction writer, one nonfiction writer—introduced by their editors. The New York Public Library Will Restore its Fifth Avenue Building's Historic Facade
The New York Public Library Season Preview, 2008-2009
Information on upcoming programming, exhibitions, and public events at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library, the Library for the Performing Arts, Science, Industry and Business Library, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and the branch libraries. Humanities and Social Sciences Library Art Deco Exhibition at The New York Public Library Showcases Rarely Seen Prints, Posters, Advertisements, and Portfolios
A New York Public Library exhibition explores the rich history, legacy and influences behind Art Deco. The New York Public Library’s Brooke Russell Astor Award presented to Reverend Terry Troia, Executive Director of Project Hospitality
New York, October 28, 2008 – The New York Public Library’s Brooke Russell Astor Award for 2008 has been awarded to Reverend Terry Troia, Executive Director of Project Hospitality, an interfaith program committed to serving the needs of hungry and homeless people.The $10,000 award was established in 1987 through a gift to The New York Public Library by David Rockefeller, and recognizes unsung heroes who have substantially contributed to improving the quality of life in New York City.Rev. Troia was presented with the award by Dr. Paul LeClerc, President of The New York Public Library, in the Trustees Room of the Humanities and Social Sciences Library at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. Historic Cigarette Ad Exhibition at The New York Public Library Showcases Deceptive Campaigns by Tobacco Companies between the Late 20's and Early 50's
A new exhibition hosted by The New York Public Library examines the historic advertisements in which tobacco companies claimed that smoking provided a range of health benefits, including the ability to calm nerves, boost energy and aid in weight loss.Not a Cough in a Car Load: Images Used by Tobacco Companies to Hide the Hazards of Smoking, an historical, multi-faceted and thought-provoking exhibition examining the methods tobacco companies took to promote their products, will be on display at The New York Public Library's Science, Industry and Business Library's Healy Hall at 188 Madison Avenue, from October 7 to December 26, 2008. Admission is free.A related event featuring a lecture by the exhibition's curator, Dr. Robert Jackler, including the presentation of vintage video advertisements for tobacco products, will be held on Tuesday, December 9, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Jazz Icons McCoy Tyner, Dave Brubeck, and Others Appear in New Series at NY Public Library for the Performing Arts Starting October 29
Legendary jazz musicians McCoy Tyner, Dave Brubeck, and Bucky and John Pizzarelli will appear at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at The Duke Jazz Talks series starting October 29. This four part series presented by The Library in partnership with The GRAMMY Museum SM and The Recording Academy® New York Chapter will include one-on-one conversations with jazz artists about their historic careers and will also include short performances. Music curator and scholar Bob Santelli, Executive Director of The GRAMMY Museum SM, will conduct the interviews with the artists. In addition The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts will host a discussion at the new GRAMMY Museum SM in January 21, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. The Library is also continuing a separate free series of jazz performances with notable artists including Jovino Santos Neto, Donny McCaslin, Jane Ira Bloom, Ben Allison, and Drew Gress. These series are part of a two-year project funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to present, document, and preserve jazz, contemporary dance, and theater performances including a series of jazz oral histories, Duke Jazz Histories, produced in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center. The New York Public Library Acquires Papers of Theatrical Legends Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center has acquired the papers of renowned performers and acting teachers Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof. The collection consists of thousands of pages of unpublished correspondence, diaries, scripts and manuscripts, photographs, clippings and other documentation relating to the dynamic theatrical careers of both Hagen and Berghof. Kenn Duncan Retrospective at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Showcases Celebrity Photographer’s Artistry, Wit, and Style
Photographs of an effervescent Bette Midler twirling barefoot in a summer dress, a sensual Alexander Gudonov staring intently into the camera, a youthful Diane Keaton with the cast of Hair, and an ethereal portrait of transgender Andy Warhol superstar Candy Darling wrapped in furs are all part of a comprehensive exhibition featuring materials from the archive of renowned portrait and fashion photographer Kenn Duncan. Focus on the 70s: The Fabulous Photography of Kenn Duncan is on display in the Donald and Mary Oenslager Gallery of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, located at 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, from July 30, 2008 through October 25, 2008. Admission is free. Baseball and Music Celebrated in Free Family Exhibition Opening July 11 at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
A grand slam of artifacts celebrating the music and magic of baseball will be on display at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts starting Friday, July 11. The exhibition “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”: 100 Years of Music, Musicians, and the National Pastime marks the 100th anniversary of the song “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” baseball’s unofficial anthem and the third most often sung song in America. The New York Public Library’s ASK NYPL Service Begins 24/7 Online Chat and Launches New Phone Number for Telephone Reference
The New York Public Library’s ASK NYPL reference service is introducing two enhancements that will improve and expand the service. The Library recently launched 917-ASK-NYPL, a new easier to remember telephone number for Library information and for asking reference questions. In addition, for the first time the ASK NYPL service is now available 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. Library users can ask reference questions in Spanish and English and seek help at anytime through online chat via the Library’s website at www.nypl.org. Through participation in an international cooperative, the Library receives support answering questions outside regular hours and also contributes to answering questions for other library systems. The hours of the telephone reference service will continue to be Monday through Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The New York Public Library Chooses 25 Outstanding Books to Remember for 2008
The New York Public Library has selected the 25 Books to Remember from 2007. Chosen by a group of librarians who are specialists in their genres, these outstanding works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry provide an informative or transformative reading experience, and are chosen for their literary excellence, uniqueness of concept and command of subject matter. The Books to Remember list is published by The New York Public Library’s Office of Adult Services, and is available free at all 87 branches of the Library. The full list can be viewed here. Disappearing Storefronts of the Lower East Side, Life with a Chinatown Family, and Views from the Unseen Edges of New York City Featured in Major Photography Exhibition at The New York Public Library
Shifting views of public and private space through the cameras of five contemporary photographers reveal the constantly changing and often unfamiliar urban landscapes of New York City in Eminent Domain: Contemporary Photography and the City, an exhibition of more than 200 photographs at The New York Public Library. Eminent Domain features the recent photographic projects of five New York-based artists that deal with the life of the city in terms of passage (of seasons and time, people and place) and exchange (between individual and collective, interior and exterior). The works, by Thomas Holton, Bettina Johae, Reiner Leist, Zoe Leonard, and Ethan Levitas, will be on view at The New York Public Library’s Humanities and Social Sciences Library at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street from May 2 to August 29, 2008. Admission is free.
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