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New York Public Library

It Took COVID Closures to Reveal Just How Much Libraries Do Beyond Lending Books

'We understand that libraries have an essential role to play in these challenging times, especially for our most isolated and vulnerable.'
By Gillian Harvey

The Most Popular Books New Yorkers Are Reading While Social Distancing

Books by Michelle Obama, Sally Rooney and Ta-Nehisi Coates are providing solace in this difficult time.
By Helen Holmes

The New York Public Library Lions are Getting a Nine-Week Facelift

Patience and Fortitude have guarded the Schwarzman building for over a century, so it stands to reason that they could use some R&R.
By Helen Holmes

The 10 Must-See Art Exhibitions of Spring 2019

By Scott Indrisek
Richard E. Grant as "Jack Hock" and Melissa McCarthy as "Lee Israel" in CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?

Melissa McCarthy Has Delivered the Best Film of the Year

By Rex Reed
Betty Corwin.

Thanks to Betty Corwin, Broadway’s Best Live on in Film

By Harry Haun
HANOVER, GERMANY - MARCH 20: The robot "Pepper" speaks with visitors at the IBM stand at the CeBIT 2017 Technology Trade Fair on March 20, 2017 in Hanover, Germany. "Pepper" has a face detection and is either used to greet Hotel guests during arrival or can be personalized by his owner to help in the household. The 2017 CeBIT will run from March 20-24. (Photo by Alexander Koerner/Getty Images)

The Government Will Regulate the IoT After It Kills People

By Brady Dale
Lou Reed

Lou Reed Archives Offer a Peek Into His Creative Process

By Justin Joffe
Get out and vote this Election Day, Nov. 8

This Week in NYC: A Comedy Festival and a Gala for Yellowstone

By Jennifer Ashley Wright
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 17: Lang Lang performs at the Lang Lang International Music Foundation Gala at Cipriani 25 Broadway on October 17, 2016 in New York City.

Lang Lang Foundation Raised $2.49 Million in Homage to New York Rhapsody

By Chiu-Ti Jansen
Graydon Carter (left) in conversation with Sebatian Junger at The New York Public Library.

Warfare Class: Sebastian Junger Teaches New York Public Library Donors About PTSD

By David Wallis
Sarah Anne Johnson, Pink Forest, 2015.

12 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before February 26

By Paul Laster
NAMIE, FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE - FEBRUARY 27: Police sergeant Yabuki Koshin and Constable Kanno Tomoyasu walk the grounds of Obori Kindergarten whilst on patrol within the 20km exclusion zone around Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, on February 27, 2012 in Namie, Fukushima prefecture, Japan. Police patrol the evacuated 20km exclusion zone, which is in force around the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, and which encompasses six towns and two villages, looking for any signs of burglaries or crime in the now uninhabited zone. The exclusion zone used to be home to approximately 73,000 people but all have been evacuated by the government and are now restricted from returning home due to high levels of radioactive contamination from the explosions at the TEPCO owned Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant following the earthquake and tsunami of March 11 2011. (Photo by Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Getty Images)

An Art Show in Fukushima, NYPL Builds Under Bryant Park, and More

By Alanna Martinez
Salman Toor, Rooftop Party with Ghosts 1 (Triptych), 2015. (Photo: Courtesy Aicon Gallery)

11 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before October 30

By Paul Laster
John Lennon lived in the Big Apple for nine years, and now the New York Public Library has mapped his impact on the city. (Getty)

John Lennon Saw a UFO at the United Nations

By John Bonazzo
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 08: St. Patrick's Cathedral, the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, is viewed on September 8, 2015 in New York City. Just in time for the arrival of Pope Francis later this month to hold mass at the church, a three-year restoration project at St. Patrick's is largely completed. The project at one of America's most popular churches cleaned the exterior of the church, repaired panels and stained glass windows and restored the large bronze doors at the Fifth Avenue entrance. St. Patrick's held its first Mass in 1879. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Afternoon Bulletin: St. Patrick’s Shows Off Renovations, Homeless Hashtag and More

By Grace Guarnieri
Frank Horton, an instructor with STRIVE International, teaches a class in the George Motchan Detention Center on Rikers Island. PHOTO: Emily Assiran for Observer

EXCLUSIVE: Could This Program Stem Surging Violence at Rikers Island?

By Jillian Jorgensen
The NYPL will finally replenish its fountain again.

Afternoon Bulletin: Vast Decrease in City Scaffolding, NYPL Fountains Flow Again

By Giulia Olsson
Former New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly (L) speaks as former Chief of Police Joseph Esposito looks on. (Photo by Ramin Talaie/Getty Images)

Afternoon Bulletin: NYPD Accused of Destroying Evidence, Uptown Gentrification ‘Sale’

By Catherine Rafter
circa 1950: One wing of the main reading room in the New York Public Library which houses the largest private collection in the USA. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Stop Starving Our Libraries

By The Editors
Uber charges passenger 16K for a 30-minute ride (Photo: Bloomberg/ Getty Images)

Afternoon Bulletin: $12K Uber Ride, Chimpanzee Plaintiffs and More

By Christine Park
William Meyers, Long Island City, Queens: May 16, 2004 (Photo courtesy of The New York Public Library)

Forget Manhattan: One Artist Pictures the ‘Real’ New York

By Christine Park
Dinner menu from the Oak Room - The Plaza Hotel, 1958. (Photo Credit: Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library)

Historic Menus Go Digital, Tapping Into New Yorkers’ Food Memories

By Ashley Chappo
(Photo: Brian Foo)

This Is What a Child’s Seizure Sounds Like When It Sings

By Jack Smith IV
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