The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies
Cancelled: 0Speaker: Jonathan AlterEVENT DETAILSIn collaboration with the New-York Historical Society and Oxford University Press, the Bryant Park Reading Room presents a series of free lectures to...
View ArticleThe Civil War: A Concise History
Cancelled: 0Speaker: Louis P. MasurEVENT DETAILSIn collaboration with the New-York Historical Society and Oxford University Press, the Bryant Park Reading Room presents a series of free lectures to...
View ArticleGrand Central: How a Train Station Transformed America
Cancelled: 0Speaker: Sam RobertsEVENT DETAILSIn collaboration with the New-York Historical Society and Oxford University Press, the Bryant Park Reading Room presents a series of free lectures to...
View ArticleEcstatic Nation: Confidence, Crisis, and Compromise, 1848-1877
Cancelled: 0Speaker: Brenda WineappleEVENT DETAILSIn collaboration with the New-York Historical Society and Oxford University Press, the Bryant Park Reading Room presents a series of free lectures to...
View ArticleThe Grand Design: Strategy and the U.S. Civil War
Cancelled: 0Speaker: Donald StokerEVENT DETAILSIn collaboration with the New-York Historical Society and Oxford University Press, the Bryant Park Reading Room presents a series of free lectures to...
View ArticleMacy's Sunday Story Time: Tar Beach Lullabies
Cancelled: 0Recommended for children ages 4–7.Explore 20th century Harlem with Cassie Louise Lightfoot while she flies through the city and dreams about her family and her future.Tar Beach by Faith...
View ArticleMacy's Sunday Story Time: Neighborhoods
Cancelled: 0Recommended for children ages 4–7.Share what you love about your neighborhood after reading El Barrio and learning what makes Spanish Harlem special. El Barrio by Debbi Chocolate Support...
View ArticleMacy's Sunday Story Time: Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
Cancelled: 0Recommended for children ages 4–7.Relive the summer of 1899 through the eyes of the New York Newsies and read all about how they managed to beat The World by sticking together.Kid Blink...
View ArticleMacy's Sunday Story Time: Do You Have Pancakes?
Cancelled: 0Recommended for children ages 4–7.Join American folk heroes Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox as they embark on a great pancake adventure across the country, changing its landscape...
View ArticleMacy's Sunday Story Time: Balancing Between the Towers
Cancelled: 0Recommended for children ages 4–7.Follow Phillipe Petit’s performance as he crawls, climbs, and balances one thousand three hundred and forty feet in the air, between the World Trade Center...
View ArticleMacy's Sunday Story Time: Enlightening the World
Cancelled: 0Recommended for children ages 4–7.Hear the Statue of Liberty speak through Emma Lazarus’ poem “The New Colossus,” and discover why Emma’s poem was so important to the statue’s...
View ArticleMacy's Sunday Story Time: The Perfect Time to Paint
Cancelled: 0Recommended for children ages 4–7.Ever wonder when the best time to start making art would be? Artist Clementine Hunter never had the perfect time to paint but taught herself and started to...
View ArticleMacy's Sunday Story Time: Marching Toward Freedom
Cancelled: 0Recommended for children ages 4–7.Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech by reading We March by Shane W. Evans and reflecting on what it means to...
View ArticleMacy's Sunday Story Time: Back to School
Cancelled: 0Recommended for children ages 3–7. Noah Webster & His Words by Jeri Chase FerrisGet into the school spirit with the true story of how Noah Webster, and his American Dictionary of the...
View ArticleMacy's Sunday Story Time: Making a Difference
Cancelled: 0Recommended for children ages 3–7. Here Come the Girl Scouts! by Shana CoreyGrowing up, Daisy wanted to be adventurous and make a difference in the world. It’s a good thing she didn’t...
View ArticleMacy's Sunday Story Time: Underground Railroad
Cancelled: 0Recommended for children ages 3–7. Unspoken by Henry ColeWhen a young girl finds an escaped slave in her family’s barn, she must make a difficult choice. Examine this wordless story closely...
View ArticleMadeline’s Tea Party
Cancelled: 0node/169204Square photo: Description: Select Dates. All ages. Make a reservation for an afternoon of teas, crumpets, and the beloved children’s book Madeline!July 16, July 23, August 13,...
View ArticleMadeline’s Tea Party
Cancelled: 0node/169205Square photo: Description: Select Dates. All ages. Make a reservation for an afternoon of teas, crumpets, and the beloved children’s book Madeline!July 16, July 23, August 13,...
View ArticleMacy's Sunday Story Time: Mermaids on Parade
Cancelled: 0Square photo: Recommended for ages 3–7. Where can you flip your fins and jump, dance, and stroll? Coney Island’s Mermaid Parade, of course! Celebrate summer by learning about this artistic...
View ArticleA Brief History of New York: Selections from A History of New York in 101...
Can one object define New York City? Can 101? New York Times urban affairs correspondent Sam Roberts has assembled a kaleidoscopic array of possibilities in a new book, A History of New York in 101...
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