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Diana Damrau (bottom) as Lucia and Zeljko Lucic as Enrico

To Do This Week: Bushwick Beach House Brunch, Dita Von Teese

If you’re something of an opera amateur, good news: The Metropolitan Opera will be hosting a free summer film screening of some of its greatest operas from August 26 to September 5.
By Jennifer Ashley Wright
NYPL Benefit

A New Yorker State of Mind at the Public Library

The 35th annual fundraiser for the New York Public Library harkened back to an age of innocence.
By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Sarah Meyohas, Speculation. (Photo: Where Gallery).

‘BitchCoin’ Artist Shows in Chelsea, NYPL Releases Image Trove, and More

The artist that brought us “BitchCoin,” a cryptocurrency modeled after Bitcoin—is beginning a 10-day residency at 303 Gallery in Chelsea this Friday.
By Alanna Martinez
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

It’s Blockbuster Season! 15 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before September 11

By Paul Laster
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
(Photo: courtesy of NYPL)

New York Public Library Opens Pop-Up Reading Room

By Issy Thompson and Marie Solis
Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg

Women Writers Top NYPL Lists, But Are They the RIGHT Women Writers?

By Drew Grant

Startup News: Sumpto Tells College Kids How Popular They Are And Foursquare Adds Ads From Small Businesses

By Sarah Jacoby
Malcolm Gladwell attacks the main branch of the NYPL.

Malcolm Gladwell Hates the Main Branch of the NYPL, Thinks We Should Replace It With Luxury Condos

By Kim Velsey

The Katie Roiphe Show Comes to the New York Public Library

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Call us. (Photo: BBC)

FYI, the New York Public Library is Basically Building a Guidebook for Time Travelers

By Kelly Faircloth

New York Public Library Explores Photography and Decay

By Rozalia Jovanovic

Shindigger: New York’s Literary Lion Turns 100!

By Daisy Prince

Meet the New Give-erati

By Tyler Thoreson
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