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3 By Emily Witt 12/01/11 2:20pm

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The Future of the New York Public Library: Will It Be Improved or Gutted?

An article in The Nation today exposes growing rifts over the future of the New York Public Library. The main concern involves its so-called Central Library Plan, an upcoming renovation that will remove the stacks from the central Stephen A. Schwarzman building at Bryant Park and store print books and other physical materials off-site. Patrons will also be allowed to borrow books from the central library and the newly opened rooms currently holding the stacks will be filled with computers and other media. Read More

2 By The Editors 11/08/11 6:36pm

Opening Shot

Lindsay Lohan.

Falling Back Into This Week

We never can remember…is it “spring forward, fall back” or the other way around? Either way, we’ve been three hours late to every party since March and we’re just happy to have an extra hour to sleep in. Read More

7 By Emily Witt 9/23/11 3:29pm

forgive and forget

The library is also for people who like to read.

Anthony Marx Extends Library Amnesty for Children with Overdue Books

Following the success of a program this summer that allowed children to read their way out of their library fines, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York Public Library president Anthony Marx announced yesterday that all fines would be forgiven for children under the age of 18, no additional reading necessary, thanks in large part to a $300,000 donation from McGraw-Hill. Read More

By Drew Grant 9/21/11 12:03pm

Art

"Art for the People" by Gus Weinmuller (actually Shea Hembry) in his biennial "Seek"

Shea Hembrey: Curator and Creator of 100 Artists

Last night, Shea Hembrey took the stage at the New York Public Library as part of their Live! program to talk about the exhausting work of curating 100 different artists for his recent biennial, Seek. Mr. Hembrey, an artist himself, spoke of the process behind the grueling selection for the book, which features everything from studied portraits to abstract outsider performance art. "It was difficult to choose what to include, because sometimes I'd have to choose only one piece out of six, and then I'd get angry at myself."

Of course, this frustration was probably multiplied 100 fold, since Mr. Hembrey created all the art -- and the artists behind it -- himself.

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By Daisy Prince 5/24/11 11:42pm

Shindigger

Shindigger: New York’s Literary Lion Turns 100!

On a damp evening in May, the great and the gray trooped up the marble stairs of one of New York City's most hallowed institutions, the New York Public Library, for its centennial celebration. A smorgasbord of talent had been hired to showcase the library's varied nature, including an outdoor electric harpist, the Abyssinian Baptist Read More

By W.M. Akers 9/22/10 2:54am

Art Calendar

Gotham’s Social Archaeology

The "great families" and cultural icons of New York have been enumerated, and celebrated, from the time of George Washington through Edith Wharton's Gilded Age and well into the postwar era, when New York became the capital of the art world. This month, museums and other institutions salute the city's power brokers, artistic pioneers and Read More

By Sharon Barbour 7/09/09 9:44pm

DJ Cassidy’s 28th Birthday Party Was Last Night—and He Still Hasn’t Slept!

On the night of Wednesday, July 8, DJ Cassidy celebrated his 28th birthday at the New York Public Library with guests Funkmaster Flex, Jay-Z, Estelle, Doug E. Fresh and other hip-hop heavies. Bobby Brown and Rakim put on special performances, and the DJ-to-the-president got an extra-special cake from his father. Due to an embarrassing fall and Read More

By Reid Pillifant 6/30/09 11:00am

Michael Gross Gets Times Review, Gets Happy

What a difference a week makes!

On Sunday, The New York Times finally reviewed Rogues’ Gallery, Michael Gross’s two-month-old, unauthorized exposé about the famous people behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The review came just days after the book began appearing in the New York Public Library system, erasing Mr. Gross’s concerns that the two Read More