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science, industry and business library

scHomburg center for researcH in black culture

tHe new york public library for tHe performing arts

bronx library center

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Kenn Duncan. Fashion photograph of an unidentified model in a Norman Norellgown. Gelatin silver print, 1972.The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts,

Billy Rose Theatre Division.

On view in Focus on the '70s: The Fabulous Photography of Kenn Duncan (see page 3)

3 exhibitions

public programs

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17 mid-manhattan library

20 science, industry and business library

22 schomburg center for research in black culture

23 library for the performing arts

26 bronx library center

28 LIVE from the NYPL

28 conversations from the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers

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Contents General Information

Humanities and social sciences libraryFifth Avenue and 42nd Street www.nypl.org/humanities Exhibition information: 212.592.7730. Free admission. Exhibition hours: Monday, Thursday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.; Tuesday–Wednesday, 11 a.m.–7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 1–5 p.m. Building tours: Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., and Sundays, 2 p.m., a free one-hour tour of the landmark building. Group tours by appointment; call 212.930.0501 for reservations and fees.Exhibition tours: Gottesman Exhibition tours are offered free of charge Monday through Saturday, 12:30 and 2:30 p.m., and Sundays, 3:30 p.m. All group tours, including school groups, must be scheduled well in advance. Unauthorized tours are not permitted. To schedule a tour, call 212.930.0501. Group tour fees are $7 per person ($5 for seniors); there is no charge for full-time students.

mid-manhattan library455 Fifth Avenue (at 40th Street)www.nypl.org/branch/central/mmlExhibition information: 212.340.0833. Free admission.Exhibition hours: Monday–Wednesday, 9 a.m.–9 p.m.; Thursday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sunday, 1–5 p.m.

science, industry and business library188 Madison Avenue (at 34th Street)www.nypl.org/sibl Exhibition information: 212.592.7730. Free admission. Exhibition hours: Monday, Friday, Saturday, 11 a.m. –6 p.m.; Tuesday–Thursday, 10 a.m.–8 p.m. Building tours: Tuesday and Thursday at 2 p.m., a free one-hour tour. For information, call 212.592.7000.

schomburg center for research in black culture515 Malcolm X Boulevardwww.nypl.org/sc Exhibition information: 212.491.2200. Free admission. Exhibition hours: Monday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sunday, 1–5 p.m. Building tours: Group tours are available by appointment. Call 212.491.2207.

the new york public library for the performing artsDorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center40 Lincoln Center Plazawww.nypl.org/lpaExhibition information: 212.870.1630. Free admission. Exhibition hours: Monday, Thursday, 12 noon–8 p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.Building tours: Group tours are available by appointment. Call 212.870.1605.

Bronx Library Center310 East Kingsbridge Road (at Briggs Avenue)www.nypl.org/branch/local/bx/fdc.cfmInformation: 718.579.4244.Free admission.Hours: Monday–Sunday, 9 a.m.–9 p.m.Building tours: Group tours are available by appointment. Call 718.579.4238.

All New York Public Library locations will be closed for holiday observance on the following days: Monday, October 13; Tuesday, November 11; Thursday, November 27; Thursday, December 25; Thursday, January 1.

Hours for Library collections vary and are subject to change; call to confirm. Programs and exhibitions are subject to change or cancellation; visit www.nypl.org/calendar for up-to-date information.

Become a Friend of the LibraryEnjoy discounts at The Library Shop and on LIVE from the NYPL tickets, and receive invitations to members-only events, exhibition previews, and receptions. Visit www.nypl.org/support or call 212.930.0653 for more information.

NYPL NewsThe New York Public Library News is a free monthly e-newsletter that will keep you informed about everything exciting that is happening at the Library. Sign up from home at www.enews.nypl.org.

Space RentalThe New York Public Library’s quintessential landmark building, located in the heart of New York City, encourages the use of some of its most beautiful spaces for memorable wedding receptions and social and corporate events. Let us help make your event spectacular. For more information, call 212.930.0730 or visit www.nypl.org/spacerental.

The LibraryShopsLibrary donors receive discounts at the Shops and online.

The Library Shop at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library Fifth Avenue and 42nd Streetwww.thelibraryshop.orgInformation/phone orders: 212.930.0641.Hours: Monday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sunday, 1–5 p.m.

The Schomburg Shop515 Malcolm X Boulevard (at 135th Street)www.nypl.org/research/sc/shopInformation/phone orders: 212.491.2206.Hours: Monday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.

Throughout the year, The New York Public Library offers more than 25,000 free public programs at its 89 locations in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island. These lectures, classes, panel discussions, concerts, film screenings, story hours, and more, featuring Library staff members as well as noted writers, fine artists, performing artists, and scholars, are part of the Library’s mission to make available to the public educational and cultural programs of the highest quality. In addition, exhibitions and special displays at the Library’s many locations showcase our rich and varied collections.

This brochure lists exhibitions and public programs at selected locations. For complete, up-to-date listings of programs and classes at all of our locations in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island, visit the Library’s online Calendar at www.nypl.org/calendar, where you can search for programs by date/time, location, borough, type of program, and audience (Adult, Young Adult, Children, Preschoolers, etc.).

For Students and TeachersThe New York Public Library offers many programs for students and teachers. To arrange an exhibition tour, a student research workshop, a professional develop-ment opportunity, or to have a librarian come to your school, visit www.nypl.org/research/outreach or contact NYPL’s Education Outreach Department by telephone at 212.930.0086 or by e-mail at EducationOutreach@nypl.org.

Photographic Services & PermissionsTo purchase prints or to license TIFF files of images from the Library’s collections, visit www.nypl.org/permissions; call 212.930.0091; or e-mail permissions@nypl.org. Visit the Library’s online Digital Gallery (digitalgallery.nypl.org) to view more than 600,000 available images.

Other cover images are reproduced in full on pages 14, 18, 22, and 19.

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Kenn Duncan. Portrait photograph of Christopher Plummer, ca. 1980.The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose

Theatre Division.

Support for The New York Public Library’s Exhibitions Program has been provided by Celeste Bartos, Mahnaz Ispahani and Adam Bartos, Jonathan Altman, and Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III.

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts gratefully acknowledges the leadership support of Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman. Additional support for exhibitions has been provided by Judy R. and Alfred A. Rosenberg and the Miriam and Harold Steinberg Foundation.

Schomburg Center programs and exhibitions are supported in part by the City of New York, the State of New York, the New York State Black, Puerto Rican and Hispanic Legislative Caucus, the Rockefeller Foundation Endowment for the Performing Arts, New York Life Foundation, Annie E. and Sarah l. Delany Charitable Trusts, and American Express.

Free Exhibitions

the real men and women of madison avenue and their impact on american culturethrough september 26, 2008SCIENCE, INDuSTRY AND BuSINESS LIBRARY

Healy Hall

“Does She or Doesn’t She?” “Think Different.” “I Want My MTV.” “Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands.” “Just Do It.” “Got Milk?” “Where’s the Beef?” These slogans are part of the American zeitgeist, but little is known about many of the people who created them—the culturally astute men and women who tapped so successfully into their generations’ desires and fears. This first-of-its-kind exhibition, presented by The One Club and The New York Public Library, shows that the people who created some of the most famous advertisements of the 20th century were as colorful as their slogans—from former spy David Ogilvy to scrappy street fighter George Lois, to tough, hardworking women such as Mary Wells Lawrence, Phyllis Robinson, and Shirley Polykoff, who held their own in the famously male world of 1950s and 1960s Mad Ave. The exhibition highlights the lives and work of dozens of brilliant copywriters and art directors who helped shape American consumption and culture over the past 80 years. The Real Men and Women of Madison Avenue and Their Impact on American Culture features more than 200 advertisements, posters, books, TV commercials, and video and audio interviews that amount to a commercial history of 20th-century America. The majority of the men and women represented have been elected into The One Club’s Creative Hall of Fame. related programs: see page 21

focus on the ’70s: the fabulous photography of kenn duncan through october 25, 2008THE NEW YoRk PuBLIC LIBRARY FoR

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Donald and Mary oenslager Gallery

In the 1970s and early 1980s world of photography, Kenn Duncan was a name to be reckoned with. Duncan was a principal photographer for the entertainment magazine After Dark and for Dance Magazine, which chronicled the world of dance and choreography. Photographs by Duncan also appeared in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Life, Time, and Newsweek. In addition, he photographed a dozen Broadway shows, including Hair, Applause, The Elephant Man, and Sophisticated Ladies, and published three volumes

of his own photographs: Red Shoes, Nudes, and More Nudes. This retrospective of his 20-year career includes his iconic images of Mikhail Baryshnikov, Angela Lansbury, Rudolf Nureyev, Bette Midler, and the cast of Hair, as well as selections from his nudes and his work with hundreds of celebrities. Duncan’s complete archive was acquired by the Library in 2003 and is part of the Billy Rose Theatre Division and the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.Photographs from the companion volume, Divas! The Fabulous Photography of Kenn Duncan, will be displayed in the Library’s corridor galleries from October 27, 2008 through January 3, 2009 (see page 6 for more information).

related program: see page 23

companion volume: available in The Library Shop

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“take me out to the ball game”:100 years of music, musicians,and the national pastimethrough october 31, 2008THE NEW YoRk PuBLIC LIBRARY FoR

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Vincent Astor Gallery

An exhibition for the whole family! To celebrate the 100th anniversary of baseball’s best-known song, the Library presents a tribute to the sport and to the musicians who love it—beginning with a history of the title song and its creators. The exhibition is organized around the baseball anthem’s lyrics. The first section, “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” features the earliest sheet music, recordings, and promotional material for the song. “Take Me Out with the Crowd” focuses on being at the game, with its large crowds, the seventh-inning stretch, and the variety of actors, musicians, politicians, and celebrities who not only loved, promoted, and attended the game, but sometimes played it themselves. “Buy Me Some Peanuts and Cracker Jack” looks at baseball and the promotion of the game through food cards, tobacco cards, and a variety of other products. “Root for the Home Team” features memorabilia from New York’s historic baseball teams and their organists. Materials are drawn from many of the Library’s collections, including the Photography, Print, and Arents collections of the Humanities and Social Sciences Library; the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; and the Library’s Picture Collection. The exhibition also includes digital audio and print materials from the holdings of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library and Museum, Cooperstown, New York; materials on loan from Mrs. Robert Merrill; and unique items borrowed from the private collection of Andy Strasberg.related programs: see page 23

aaron douglas: african american modernistseptember 11–november 30, 2008SCHoMBuRG CENTER FoR RESEARCH

IN BLACk CuLTuRE

Exhibition Hall and Latimer/Edison Gallery

Aaron Douglas (1899–1979) is considered the foremost visual artist of the Harlem Renaissance. In paintings, murals, and book illustrations, he incorporated elements from music, dance, literature, and politics to produce powerful artistic forms that had a lasting impact on American art history and the nation’s cultural heritage. Working from a politicized concept of personal identity, he combined angular Cubist rhythms and seductive Art Deco dynamism with traditional African and African American imagery to develop a radically new visual vocabulary that evoked both current realities and hopes for a better future. Curated by the Spencer Museum of Art/The University of Kansas, this is the first nationally touring retrospective to celebrate his art and legacy. This special traveling exhibition features the four Douglas murals from the Schomburg Center’s Art and Artifacts Division. related program: see page 22

companion volume: available in The Schomburg Shop

Aaron Douglas. Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the Towers. Oil on canvas, 1934.Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture,

Art and Artifacts Division.

“Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” Words by Jack Norworth; music by Albert Von Tilzer. New York: The York Music Co., 1908.The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division.

Free Exhibitions

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art deco design: rhythm and Verveseptember 12, 2008–January 11, 2009HuMANITIES AND SoCIAL SCIENCES LIBRARY

Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III Gallery

What is the reason for the enduring appeal of Art Deco design? The answer lies in the vitality of the decorative style’s visual elements. Art Deco captured the modernist spirit of the 1920s and 1930s, an age of jazz and streamlined machinery, with designs that are colorful, geometric, and imbued with an intense rhythm. This exhibition seeks to give viewers a more intimate exposure to the style’s incredible energy by focusing on boldly graphic plate books, portfolios, and masterworks of the pochoir stencil print technique from the Library’s Art & Architecture Collection.

Art Deco developed first in France, and attracted international notice through a government-sponsored exposition held in Paris in 1925. The exhibition offers a reappraisal of the style’s most notable features and its often-overlooked legacy to modern art. Starting with key Art Nouveau designs that reveal the origins of the Art Deco impulse, the exhibition presents developing traits that move through the 1920s and into the next decade. Aspects of the style’s legacy can be seen in the first volume of the significant art journal Verve (1937–60), a review of art and literature that took root in the fertile soil of mature Art Deco, and in the innovative works of Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), an avant-garde painter and designer whose brightly colored and geometrically shaped creations demonstrate the union of fine art and commercial design aesthetics.Support for this exhibition has been provided by The David Berg Foundation, The Felicia Fund, and Martha J. Fleischman.

related programs: see page 11

Édouard Halouze. “Le messager.” Pochoir print from Jean Saudé, Traité d’enluminure d’art au pochoir (Paris, 1925). Humanities and Social Sciences Library, The Miriam and Ira D.

Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Art & Architecture

Collection.

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the stadium: Daily News photographs of the House that ruth builtseptember 15–october 26, 2008HuMANITIES AND SoCIAL SCIENCES LIBRARY

Print and Stokes Galleries

Yankee Stadium—The Stadium—is arguably the most iconic sports venue in America, and as much a part of the New York landscape as the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty. The 2008 baseball season turned sports spectators into witnesses of history as New Yorkers and Yankee fans the world over watched the last season-opener, the last All-Star Game, the final pitch, and the last catch ever to take place in the House That Ruth Built.

The Daily News was there for the first game in The Stadium, in 1923, and for every game thereafter. For this exhibition, presented in conjunction with the Bank of America, the News has opened its photographic archives to bring New Yorkers never-before-seen photos of the players, the fans, and the magic that hung in the air of The Stadium with every home run ball that flew over the walls and bounced onto the streets of the Bronx. Sponsored by Bank of America.

not a cough in a carload: images used by tobacco companies to Hide the Hazards of smokingoctober 7–december 26, 2008SCIENCE, INDuSTRY AND BuSINESS LIBRARY

Healy Hall

Early in the last century, questions about the health effects of smoking became a topic of widespread discussion, as terms like “smoker’s cough” and “coffin nails” (referring to cigarettes) began to appear in the popular vernacular. Recognizing the need to counter this threat to their livelihood, tobacco companies undertook a multifaceted campaign to allay the public’s fears. One strategy was to promote smoking as a beneficial practice through endorsements by healthy and vigorous-appearing singers, Hollywood stars, elite athletes, and actors posing as medical professionals.

This exhibition, created by Dr. Robert Jackler of the Stanford University Medical School, examines the advertising with which, between the late 1920s and the early 1950s, tobacco companies tried to reassure the public of the safety of their products.Sponsored by Dr. Robert Jackler, MD, and Laurie Jackler.

related program: see page 21

divas! the fabulous photography of kenn duncanoctober 27, 2008–January 3, 2009THE NEW YoRk PuBLIC LIBRARY FoR THE

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Plaza Lobby and Steinberg Room Gallery

To celebrate the publication of Divas! The Fabulous Photography of Kenn Duncan, the Library presents a selection of Kenn Duncan’s photographs of celebrated women performers from the worlds of theater, ballet, and music, including Bette Midler, Angela Lansbury, Gelsey Kirkland, Suzanne Farrell, and Bernadette Peters.companion volume: available in The Library Shop

Lawrence Peter (Yogi) Berra, Yankees Catcher, September 7, 1948. Courtesy NY Daily News.

American Tobacco Company, Inc., advertisement for Lucky Strike cigarettes, 1930. Stanford University.

Kenn Duncan. Portrait of Angela Lansbury. Gelatin silver print, 1979.The New York Public Library for the Performing

Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Free Exhibitions

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yaddo: making american cultureoctober 24, 2008–february 15, 2009 HuMANITIES AND SoCIAL SCIENCES LIBRARY

D. Samuel and Jeane H. Gottesman Exhibition Hall

For most of the 20th century, the artists’ retreat Yaddo played a major role in fostering American arts and letters, and continues to do so today. Founded in 1900 by financier and philanthropist Spencer Trask and his wife, Katrina Trask, Yaddo began receiving guests in 1926 and was immediately hailed by the New York Times as a “new and unique experiment, which has no exact parallel in the world of fine arts.” Since that inaugural season, Yaddo has navigated the roiled cultural and political life of 20th-century America while hosting thousands of artists and writers, including James Baldwin, Saul Bellow, Flannery O’Connor, Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Truman Capote, Jacob Lawrence, Henri Cartier-Bresson,

Philip Guston, and Sylvia Plath.

The exhibition is drawn from the intimate letters, papers, photographs, art objects, and ephemera that constitute the Yaddo Records, now in the Library’s Manuscripts and Archives Division, and from other collections throughout the Library; from Yaddo’s own holdings of rare books and artworks; and from materials on loan from selected individuals and other institutions.

The story of Yaddo and the artists it has fostered offers a window onto some of the most significant events of 20th-century history: the economic and social turmoil of the 1930s, the destruction and displacements of World War II, the paranoia of the McCarthy era, the racial strife born of Jim Crow segregation, and the rise of the Civil Rights, women’s, and gay rights movements—all helped

shape Yaddo, the lives of the artists who sought shelter there, and the works they produced. The exhibition explores the multiple ways that Yaddo as an institution, and the artists it supported, were ultimately anything but sequestered from the shifting social, political, and economic crises that marked the 20th century.For their support of the exhibition, The New York Public Library is grateful to The Corporation of Yaddo and its donors: The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund, Spencer Trask & Co., Mary H. White and J. Christopher Flowers, the New York Council for the Humanities, public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, George Rickey Foundation, Inc., Harold Reed, Allan Gurganus, Peter C. Gould, Anthony and Margo Viscusi, Susan Brynteson, Nancy Sullivan, Bruce and Ellen Cohen, Rick Moody, Barbara Toll, Rackstraw Downes, Matthew Stover, Van der Veer Varner, Gardner McFall and Peter Olberg, Joseph Caldwell, John Ashbery, Geoffrey Movius, Patricia Volk, and two anonymous donors.

Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this exhibition do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

exhibition tours: see page 2

companion volume: available in The Library Shop

Philip Reisman. Yaddo Map. Ink and watercolor on paper, 1934.The Corporation of Yaddo.

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afghanistan, or the perils of freedom: photographs by stephen dupontnovember 7, 2008–January 25, 2009HuMANITIES AND SoCIAL SCIENCES LIBRARY

Stokes Gallery

Stephen Dupont is an award-winning photojournalist, documentary filmmaker, and war correspondent who is internationally recognized for his work in some of the world’s most dangerous areas, including Afghanistan, Burma, Cambodia, Iraq, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Somalia, and Zaire. This exhibition features selected photographs from his work in Afghanistan, where he has covered everything from civil war and the rise of the Taliban in the 1990s to the launch of Operation Enduring Freedom and the ongoing war on terrorism. Also included are photographs from the series Axe Me Biggie, a phonetic rendering of the Dari for “Mister, take my picture.” Dupont made these portraits during the course of one day (March 13, 2006) with a Polaroid camera in a makeshift studio in the streets of Kabul. Together, these photographs tell a story of poverty, warfare, and broken promises, but also of perseverance and hope, as they refocus attention on the state of Afghanistan today. This exhibition, drawn from the Library’s Photography Collection, is Dupont’s first solo show in the United States.

Dupont was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1967. His work has been featured in The New Yorker, Newsweek, GQ, The New York Times Magazine, and Vanity Fair, among other publications. He has earned many of photography’s most prestigious prizes, including a Robert Capa Gold Medal citation from the Overseas Press Club of America; a Bayeux War Correspondent’s Prize; and first places in the World Press Photo contest, Pictures of the Year International competition, the Australian Walkley Award, and the Leica/CCP Documentary

Photography Award. In 2007, he was awarded the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanitarian Photography to continue Narcostan or The Perils of Freedom, a multimedia project documenting the effects of the rampant drug trafficking that has developed in Afghanistan since 2001. In April 2008, he survived a suicide bombing while traveling with an opium poppy eradication team in Kabul. Stephen Dupont is represented by Booklyn Artists Alliance.

This exhibition has been made possible by the continuing generosity of Miriam and Ira D. Wallach.

companion volume: available in The Library Shop

Stephen Dupont. Untitled portrait from Axe Me Biggie. Gelatin silver print from a Polaroid negative, 2006.Humanities and Social Sciences Library, The

Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints

and Photographs, Photography Collection.

© and reproduced courtesy of the artist.

Free Exhibitions

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william James bennett: master of the aquatint View november 7, 2008–January 25, 2009HuMANITIES AND SoCIAL SCIENCES LIBRARY

Print Gallery

During the 1830s and early 1840s, William James Bennett (ca. 1784–1844) made a series of topographical prints that not only celebrated the beauty of the American landscape, but also recorded the young nation’s growing urban centers, with a special focus on New York. Bennett documented the bustling waterfront activity of thriving ports, bathing them in luminous light that unified water, ships, and architecture. Capturing the optimism of the new country, his magnificent works—rendered in aquatint, a printmaking process that suggests the fluidity and transparency of watercolor—are regarded as the finest folio views of 19th-century American cities.The 40 prints and watercolors in this exhibition are drawn from the Print Collection of The New York Public Library, many from The Phelps Stokes Collection of American

curtain call: celebrating a century of outstanding women designers for live performancenovember 17, 2008–may 2, 2009THE NEW YoRk PuBLIC LIBRARY FoR

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Donald and Mary oenslager Gallery

Women designers have participated in the major artistic movements from the 1890s to the present, from experimental theater through the development of modern and, later, postmodern dance. This exhibition, a collaboration with the League of Professional Theatre Women, features works by 110 distinguished designers of scenery, costumes, lighting, props, and projections from various performing arts disciplines, including dance, theater, and opera. Through photographs, sketches, drawings, set models, costumes, performance videos, ground plans, and interviews with designers, augmented by public programs and educational workshops, the exhibition also illuminates women’s roles in developing new technologies and materials for performance: for example, women took the lead in the new field of lighting design, from turn-of-the-19th-century experiments to the computerization of cues in the 20th century. The exhibition also investigates the connections among women designers and women-run businesses. This exhibition is made possible in part by awards from the National Endowment for the Arts.

companion volume: available in The Library Shop

Historical Prints, donated to the Library by I. N. Phelps Stokes in 1930.This exhibition has been made possible by the continuing generosity of Miriam and Ira D. Wallach.

companion volume: available in The Library Shop

William James Bennett, after John William Hill. New York, from Brooklyn Heights. Colored aquatint with engraving and etching, 1837. Humanities and Social Sciences Library, The

Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints

and Photographs, Print Collection, The Phelps

Stokes Collection.

[Margaret] O’Kane Conwell. Costume design for the Broadway revue Hitchy-Koo of 1920. Watercolor on board.The New York Public Library for the Performing

Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

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Special Displays

Free Exhibitions

Visitors to inwood park (the dominican people) through october 31BRoNx LIBRARY CENTER

Concourse Level

The Bronx Library Center in collaboration with En Foco is pleased to present works by Dominican-American fine art and documentary photographer Arlette Landestoy in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Ms. Landestoy received a degree in Art/Studio Photography from City College. She was also the recipient of the Joe Harris Award for a talented minority studying photography and has been exhibited several times at Compton-Goethals Gallery in New York City. Her work has been published in Voces de Esperanza: Dominicanas hablan de violencia domestica by Milagros Ricourt, the chairman of Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Lehman College.

genieseptember 11, 2008–January 1, 2009MID-MANHATTAN LIBRARY

The Art Collection (September 11–December 17, 2008)

Fifth Avenue Display Case (December 2, 2008–January

1, 2009)

The Art Collection at the Mid-Manhattan Library is pleased to present two site-specific installations by the accomplished artist Ilene Sunshine. In Genie, Sunshine transforms discarded Christmas trees salvaged from the city’s sidewalks into a three-dimensional drawing composed of more than 100 cross-sectioned segments from the trees’ trunks. Genie hovers over the Art Collection’s reading area as a buoyant presence that celebrates the library as an oasis, and a garden for the mind in our bustling city. related program: see page 18

a literary christmas miscellany from the berg collectiondecember 5, 2008–January 4, 2009HuMANITIES AND SoCIAL SCIENCES LIBRARY

Deborah, Jonathan F. P., Samuel Priest, and Adam Raphael Rose Main Reading Room

This holiday display features Charles Dickens’s prompt copy of A Christmas Carol, from which he gave his public readings; books with Christmas themes by T. S. Eliot and Edmund Wilson; Christmas greetings by James Joyce, Sean O’Casey, E. E. Cummings, and Maurice Sendak; and a Christmas letter from Jack Kerouac to his future wife, Stella Sampas.

pooh and His friends*ongoingHuMANITIES AND SoCIAL SCIENCES LIBRARY

Children’s Circulating Room (Room 84)

In 1921, as a first-birthday present, Christopher Robin Milne received a small stuffed bear. Eeyore, Piglet, Kanga, and Tigger soon joined Winnie-the-Pooh as Christopher’s

playmates and the inspiration for the children’s classics When We Were Very Young (1924), Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), Now We Are Six (1927), and The House at Pooh Corner (1928), written by his father, A. A. Milne. Brought to the United States in 1947, the toys remained with the American publisher E. P. Dutton until 1987, when they were donated to The New York Public Library. Children and adults from around the world visit them daily.

*Note: The Children’s Circulating Room in the Humanities and Social Sciences Library is expected to open in fall 2008. Call before your visit: 212.592.7730.

Winnie-the-Pooh and friends (Kanga, Piglet, Eeyore, and Tigger), the original stuffed toys that inspired the A. A. Milne classics. Photo: Matt Flynn.

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the celeste bartos education center • South CourtEnter from Astor Hall at the Fifth Avenue entrance to the Library

The Celeste Bartos Education Center at South Court is made possible through the extraordinary generosity of Celeste Bartos. Additional leadership support was provided by The Starr Foundation and the Altman Foundation.

programs, lectures, and classesUnless otherwise indicated, these programs are not part of series, but are simply offered more than once for your convenience. Except where otherwise indicated, no reservations are necessary. Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Rooms will be opened 10 minutes prior to the class beginning.

TOP AND ABOVE: E. A. Séguy. Details from a pochoir print from his Bouquets et frondaisons (Paris, ca. 1930).CENTER: A. Schadrine. Pochoir print from the scrapbook Russian Costume (ca. 1930s). Humanities and Social Sciences Library, The Miriam and Ira

D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Art &

Architecture Collection.

Humanities and Social Sciences Library Free ProgramsFifth Avenue and 42nd Street

september 16 at 12:30 p.m. (repeated october 23)

art deco design: rhythm and Verve Paula Baxter, Curator, Art & Architecture

Collection, Wallach Division

The Art Deco style originated in a time of intense aesthetic experimentation. Learn how this decorative style became a turning point in the history of modern design.

september 18 at 12:30 p.m. (repeated october 16, November 20, and

December 11)

art deco revivalist architecture in manhattan John Lundquist, Susan and Douglas Dillon Chief

Librarian of the Asian and Middle Eastern Division

All of the revivalist or better “Orientalist” design influences can be seen at work in Art Deco design and architecture. This presentation focuses on examples of 1920s Manhattan buildings that evince Egyptian, Babylonian, Chinese, and Islamic design styles.

september 20 at 4:15 p.m.

(repeated November 1)

art deco and modernist writingJason Baumann, Coordinator of Collection

Assessment and LGBT Collections

Although art historians have explicated Art Deco’s debt to movements such as Cubism and Futurism, little attention has been paid to the resonances between Art Deco and American modernist literature. This class considers the work of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Marianne Moore, Gertrude Stein, and others.

september 23 at 12:30 p.m. (repeated october 30)

art deco new yorkPaula Baxter, Vincenzo Rutigliano, Librarian,

Art & Architecture Collection, Wallach Division

The building of a young and energetic modern Manhattan coincided with the Art Deco years. Architects took up the Art Deco style with enthusiasm, seeing in its imagery metaphors appropriate to America’s growth and desire to become a world power.

october 7 at 12:30 p.m. (repeated November 6)

fashions of the art deco eraPaula Baxter

Modernism as we know it truly began in the 1920s and 1930s. This change is reflected in clothing styles and other new fashions, such as commercial radio, crossword puzzles, talking pictures, and the start of commercial aviation. Learn more about exciting innovations that we now take for granted.

november 19 at 4:15 p.m. (repeated December 17)

deco in dress Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Judy R. and Alfred A.

Rosenberg Curator for Exhibitions, The New York

Public Library for the Performing Arts

The geometric motifs of the style moderne found a suitable canvas in women’s clothing of the 1920s. Deco emphasized symmetry and linear designs on flat surfaces, which suited the columnar slip dress and robe de style. In the daytime, the architectural patterns were worked out in soutache and braid; for evening wear, the stylized flowers and fountains were displayed in sequins, brilliants, and beads. Examples will come from the photography and design collections of the Library for the Performing Arts.

art deco design: rhythm and VerveIn conjunction with the exhibition of the same title

(see page 5), this series of lectures explores the

aesthetic, social, and cultural aspects of the Deco

style.

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october 28 at 12:30 p.m.the romanovs in the lensEdward kasinec, Curator, Slavic and

East European Collections

Drawing on NYPL’s large, nationally significant collections of Russian photographic materials, Edward Kasinec examines how, in late 19th-century Russia, photography came to be used as an instrument of “de-sacralization” of a vast multinational Empire.

november 4 at 12:30 p.m.charmed by the bear: russian/soviet-american cultural interaction in the 1920sRobert H. Davis, Jr., Assistant Chief Librarian,

East Europeawn Collection

The Library’s collections richly document the cultural contacts between Russia and the United States during the 1920s, when many of the leading Soviet and Russian émigré culturati traveled to America, influencing American tastes for everything from literature to motion pictures.

november 12 at 12:30 p.m.russian modernism in the biggest appleRobert H. Davis, Jr.

This talk examines the substance and critical reception of works by Russian and Soviet modernist easel artists from the time of the Brooklyn Museum shows of the 1920s through the opening of the Soviet Pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair.

november 18 at 12:30 p.m.lenin and the lionsEdward kasinec

Vladimir Lenin was the chief ideologue of Russian Social Democracy (in its Bolshevik iteration). This presentation traces some of Lenin’s statements (and actions) regarding NYPL and its services, from his articles on its Annual Reports, to his proffered gift of Bolshevik literature in 1921.

november 24 at 12:30 p.m.russia’s art under armand’s HammerEdward kasinec

The three Hammer brothers—Armand, Victor, and Harry— had extraordinary and always controversial careers in the New York art and antiquities scene of the 1930s. Through Hammer Galleries, and strategic alliances with major department stores in New York City and beyond, they did a great deal to inculcate a taste (and market) for “things Russian” among American clients.

december 2 at 12:30 p.m.serge diaghilev’s final passionEdward kasinec

The broad contours of Serge Diaghilev’s achievements in the fields of exhibitions, publications, and the promotion of the performing arts are well known. However, his obsession with collecting Russian printed books and manuscripts during the 1920s is far less known or appreciated. Drawing on newly rediscovered documents and catalogs, this talk traces the building of the fabulous Diaghilev collection, and the steps and circumstances under which it was dispersed.

russia, russians, and new york’s lions in the early 20th centuryThis series of six popular talks focuses on some of the intriguing historical and collecting

highlights of NYPL’s Russian holdings during the first three decades of the 20th century.

Demolition of the statue of Alexander III, Moscow, 1917. From a scrapbook of photographs, Soviet Russia in Its Early Years: A Collection of Photographs Presented to The New York Public Library (created 1923).Humanities and Social Sciences Library, Slavic and East European Collections.

Humanities and Social Sciences Library Free ProgramsFifth Avenue and 42nd Street

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october 14, november 4, and december 9, 6–7:30 p.m. DeWitt Wallace Periodical Room

The New York Public Library and the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses present Periodically Speaking. This popular series provides a venue for emerging writers, while highlighting the rich collection of literary magazines at The New York Public Library. Each free event presents writers from three influential literary magazines—one poet, one fiction writer, one nonfiction writer—introduced by their editors. Visit www.nypl.org for details.

This series is made possible in part by support from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency; and Friends of CLMP, a diverse group of individuals committed to supporting independent literary publishing.

september 16 at 2:15 p.m. (repeated November 18 and December 8)

“yes, Virginia, there are Jews in utah”Anne-Marie Belinfante, Librarian,

Dorot Jewish Division

Using materials found in the Dorot Jewish Division as well as on the Internet, this class tours American Jewish life outside New York.

september 17 at 2:15 p.m. (repeated october 21 and December 16)

downloading with confidenceAnn Thornton, Director, Reference and

Research Services

Electronic books, music, movies, and audio programs—a wealth of resources are available on the Library’s website. This hands-on training session shows how you can take advantage of free access to new media—often from the comfort of your own home. Take this class and make the most of your Library card!

september 18 at 11:30 a.m. (repeated october 16, November 13, and December 18)

new tools in map researchMatthew knutzen, Assistant Chief, The Lionel Pincus

and Princess Firyal Map Division

In this hands-on class, participants learn how to research antiquarian maps using traditional methods as well as new Geographic Information Systems (G.I.S.) accessible only in the Map Division. Learn about new tools to research the latest New York City property information, as well as how to make your own map using the latest G.I.S. software.Limited to 6 people; held in the Map Division, Room 117. Register in advance by e-mailing southcourt@nypl.org or by calling 212.930.9284.

september 18 at 7 p.m.tHe Joy gottesman ungerleider lecture: the archaeology of Qumran and the dead sea scrolls: 60 years onJodi Magness, kenan Distinguished Professor

for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism, university

of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Fellow of the

Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton university

Leading archaeologist Jodi Magness provides an illustrated retrospective of 60 years of excavation and interpretation of the ancient Jewish settlement at Qumran, on the Dead Sea, using data from the scrolls to understand the lifestyle and beliefs of the members of this sect. The co-director of excavations at sites including Masada and Yotvata, Magness is the author of Debating Qumran (2004) and The Archaeology

Psalms Scroll (detail). Copied ca. 30–50 C.E. 185 x 86 cm.Reproduced courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority.

Periodically Speaking

of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls (2002). Register in advance by e-mailing freidus@nypl.org or calling 212.930.0601.

The annual Ungerleider Lecture is made possible by the Dorot Foundation as part of its support for the Dorot Jewish Division of The New York Public Library.

september 19 at 3:15 p.m. (repeated December 5)

Handmade: then and nowJessica Pigza, Librarian, General Research Division

Are you a fan of vintage patterns for knitting, crochet, and more? Do you like to make stuff? If so, join crafty librarian Jessica Pigza (www .nypl.org/blogs/jessica-pigza) in an exploration of how NYPL’s books, magazines, and digital collections can inform and inspire you in your own handmade work.

september 22 at 4:15 p.m. (repeated october 27, November 17, and December 15)

researching with e-resources: getting started with online catalogsGina Halkias-Seugling, Librarian, General Research Division

This introduction to research at the Library concentrates on the effective use and interpretation of the Research Libraries’ online catalog, CATNYP. This hands-on workshop also covers the basic navigation of WorldCat, an online catalog of materials held in libraries worldwide.

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september 24 at 12:30 p.m. (repeated october 22, November 10, and December 9)

old books, rare books: learning about the Value of your books at the new york public libraryVirginia Bartow, Curator, George Arents Collection

The Library has many resources to help you develop an appreciation for antiquarian books. This class will teach you about tools that will help you to determine if your books are rare, as well as techniques for finding out as much as you can about an old book before buying or selling it.

september 25 at 12:30 p.m. (repeated December 4)

investigating new york city architectureVincenzo Rutigliano, Librarian,

Art & Architecture Collection, Wallach Division

Researching the architecture of a building in New York City can be difficult and bewildering. This class

introduces print and online resources to make this process less daunting and more productive. NYPL’s collections are emphasized, but important resources throughout the metropolitan area are also covered.

september 25 at 2:15 p.m. (repeated November 20 and December 11)

uncovering your roots: an introduction to genealogy researchMaira Liriano, Assistant Chief Librarian,

Milstein Division of united States History,

Local History and Genealogy

The Library boasts one of the country’s largest free public collections of genealogical tools; this class introduces some of the key resources. With the skills learned here, perhaps you’ll find the name of an ancestor on a passenger list from a ship that sailed into New York Harbor in the 19th century or discover the names of family members in historical census research.

september 26 at 12:30 p.m. (repeated october 31)

researching costume and fashion HistoryPaula Baxter, Curator, Art & Architecture Collection,

Wallach Division

The collection of fashion, costume, and dress materials at NYPL includes long runs of popular fashion magazines, as well as rare copies of prized 18th- and 19th-century publications. Important examples of plate and pattern books complement the extensive holdings of monographs and serials. This class highlights the strengths of the collection and introduces research techniques ranging from use of the online catalog and electronic databases to image research.

september 26 at 4:15 p.m. (repeated December 19)

researching with e-resources: scholarly publicationsGina Halkias-Seugling, Librarian,

General Research Division

In this hands-on class, you’ll be

exposed to a number of valuable databases, which offer citation and abstract information and full-text access to articles in a variety of disciplines within the humanities and social sciences.

october 3 at 3:15 p.m. (repeated December 19)

digital gothamkate Cordes, Librarian, Milstein Division of

united States History, Local History and Genealogy

Learn how to explore New York City history through online resources at the Library. This hands-on class introduces myriad resources—from digitized newspapers, magazines, and books to photographs, menus, and maps—many of which are available from your own desktop.

october 10 at 3:15 p.m. (repeated November 25)

clues from family photographsSachiko Clayton, Librarian, Milstein Division of

united States History, Local History and Genealogy

Would you like to learn more about your old family photographs? The best clues are often found in the images themselves. This class provides a simple introduction to techniques for dating images as well as resources for researching photographs.

october 14 at 3:15 p.m.caring for family photographsErin Murphy, Associate Conservator for Photographs

and Paper, Barbara Goldsmith Preservation Division

Learn how to identify common photographic processes found in family collections and what you can do to preserve your photo collections.

october 15 at 3:15 p.m. (repeated November 21 and December 18)

cooked books Rebecca Federman, Electronic Resources Coordinator

Explore the delicious world of all things culinary in the Library’s vast and interdisciplinary cookery collection. In this class we investigate sources in the Library, around the city, and on the web. Rebecca Federman’s popular blog

Evening gown by Paul Poiret. Photomechanical print from the Gazette du Bon Ton (Paris, 1924). Humanities and Social Sciences Library, The

Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints

and Photographs, Art & Architecture Collection.

Humanities and Social Sciences Library Free ProgramsFifth Avenue and 42nd Street

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(cookedbooks.blogspot.com) covers cookbooks and graphics, restaurants and recipes, and arcane culinary history.

october 16 at 11:30 a.m. (repeated November 13 and December 18)

new tools in map researchSee September 18

october 17 at 3:15 p.m.

(repeated November 7 and December 12)

Virtual rare booksJessica Pigza, Librarian, General Research Division

The world of rare book research has undergone dramatic changes, thanks to digital collections that provide immediate virtual access to rare books and periodicals from the convenience of a computer monitor. This class introduces NYPL’s digital tools devoted to the early printed word.

october 18 at 4:15 p.m.introduction to literature researchJason Baumann, Coordinator of Collection

Assessment and LGBT Collections

The study of literature requires not only the close examination of the texts, but also a thorough consideration of the history of their reception. This class explores the most up-to-date tools for literary research. Topics covered include specialty resources in poetry and fiction, essential databases of literary criticism, and online literature archives.

october 21 at 2:15 p.m. (repeated December 16)

downloading with confidenceSee September 17

october 21 at 5 p.m.preservation 101: caring for your collectionWerner Haun, Collections Conservator,

Barbara Goldsmith Preservation Division

This class covers the best ways to care for books, photographs, papers, and other items in your personal collections. Learn what everyday

objects are made of, how they age, why they break, and what you can do to keep them safe and in good repair. We also debunk some of the common myths about preservation and make sure that you know what to look for in products and services.

october 22 at 1:15 p.m. (repeated November 10 and December 9)

old books, rare books: learning about the Value of your books at the new york public librarySee September 24

october 24 at 3:15 p.m. (repeated December 19)

researching an artistLee Robinson, Librarian, Art & Architecture

Collection, Wallach Division

This class provides a systematic approach to researching a well-known or obscure artist utilizing books, periodical articles, and biographical material. In addition, the class covers auction indexes for artist listings as well as ephemeral material.

october 27 at 4:15 p.m. (repeated November 17 and December 15)

researching with e-resources: getting started with online catalogsSee September 22

october 31 at 12:30 p.m.researching costume and fashion HistorySee September 26

october 31 at 4:15 p.m.Researching with E-Resources: Current Newspapers and PeriodicalsGina Halkias-Seugling, Librarian,

General Research Division

This hands-on class highlights the electronic versions of current newspapers and periodicals from across the United States and the world. You’ll learn the essential navigation features of several databases in order to conduct research with ease and efficiency.

november 5 at 5 p.m.caring for your family book collectionsWerner Haun, Collections Conservator,

Barbara Goldsmith Preservation Division

Learn how to identify various historical publishers’ bindings and what you can do to preserve your family book collections.

november 10 at 1:15 p.m. (repeated December 9)

old books, rare books: learning about the Value of your books at the new york public librarySee September 24

november 7 at 3:15 p.m. (repeated December 12)

Virtual rare booksSee October 17

november 13 at 11:30 a.m. (repeated December 18)

new tools in map researchSee September 18

november 13, 2–3:45 p.m. (repeated November 14)

computer access genealogy: lecture and computer workshopRuth A. Carr, Chief, Milstein Division of united States

History, Local History and Genealogy

As NYPL’s contribution to 5 Dutch Days 5 Boroughs (www.5dutchdaysnyc.org), a celebration of the continuous influence of Dutch arts and culture in New York City, the Chief of the Milstein Division shares research techniques developed in 40 years of researching print, microfilm, and online historical databases available at the Library, using the city’s first designated landmark, the Wyckoff Dutch Farmhouse of 1652, as one example. Hands-on computer time will be available for personal research thereafter.Each session is limited to 40 people. Register in advance by calling 212.930.0770.

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november 14 at 2:15 p.m. (repeated December 10)

out of the blacking factory: charles dickens at the new york public libraryRobert Armitage, Humanities Bibliographer,

General Research Division

Aside from Shakespeare, no writer has more thoroughly engaged the public’s imagination than Charles Dickens; no gallery of characters is more varied or memorable. In this presentation, we explore various aspects of Dickens’s reputation, discuss salient details of his biography, and examine the various illustrators who added a crucial visual element to Dickens’s verbal design. Some notable editions of Dickens’s work will be on display.

november 14, 4–5:45 p.m.computer access genealogy: lecture and computer workshopSee November 13

november 15, 3–5 p.m. (repeated December 6)

introduction to creative nonfictionPaula Baxter, Curator, Art & Architecture Collection,

Wallach Division

This two-hour seminar—for aspiring writers and anyone interested in the dynamics of creative nonfiction writing—explores the history and successes of creative nonfiction, as well as critical issues, from ethics to viability. Resources for reading, writing, and learning more about this important, and sometimes controversial, aspect of nonfiction are also covered.

november 17 at 4:15 p.m. (repeated December 15)

researching with e-resources: getting started with online catalogsSee September 22

november 18 at 2:15 p.m. (repeated December 8)

“yes, Virginia, there are Jews in utah”See September 16

november 20 at 2:15 p.m.uncovering your roots: an introduction to genealogy researchSee September 25

november 21 at 3:15 p.m. (repeated December 18)

cooked books See October 15

november 24 at 4:15 p.m.researching with e-resources: general reference toolsGina Halkias-Seugling, Librarian,

General Research Division

This hands-on class covers a wide range of general reference materials, including the Oxford English Dictionary (to explore word origins and histories), biographical resources for individuals across all disciplines worldwide, and ready reference tools that provide directories to organizations, associations, databases, publications, and broadcast media.

november 25 at 3:15 p.m. clues from family photographsSee October 10

december 4 at 1:15 p.m.investigating new york city architectureSee September 25

december 5 at 3:15 p.m.Handmade: then and nowSee September 19

december 6, 3–5 p.m.introduction to creative nonfictionSee November 15

december 8 at 2:15 p.m.“yes, Virginia, there are Jews in utah”See September 16

december 9 at 1:15 p.m.old books, rare books: learning about the Value of your books at the new york public librarySee September 24

december 10 at 2:15 p.m.out of the blacking factory: charles dickens at the new york public librarySee November 14

december 11 at 2:15 p.m.uncovering your roots: an introduction to genealogy researchSee September 25

december 12 at 3:15 p.m.Virtual rare booksSee October 17

december 15 at 4:15 p.m.researching with e-resources: getting started with online catalogsSee September 22

december 16 at 2:15 p.m.downloading with confidenceSee September 17

december 18 at 11:30 a.m.new tools in map researchSee September 18

december 18 at 3:15 p.m.cooked books See October 15

december 19 at 3:15 p.m.digital gothamSee October 3

december 19 at 3:15 p.m.researching an artistSee October 24

december 19 at 4:15 p.m.researching with e-resources: scholarly publicationsSee September 26

Samuel Pickwick (top) and Uriah Heep (above). Nos. 28 and 20 from Dickens’ Gallery, a set of cigarette cards included with Cope’s Cigarettes, Liverpool and London, n.d.Humanities and Social Sciences Library, George

Arents Collection.

Humanities and Social Sciences Library Free ProgramsFifth Avenue and 42nd Street

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Chinese Restaurant, New York City. Postcard, ca. 1900.Mid-Manhattan Library, Picture Collection.

selected public programsThese programs are presented on the sixth floor of the Mid-Manhattan Library. Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis. For information about the many other programs offered, visit www.nypl.org/branch/central/mml/.

september 9 at 6:30 p.m.autHor @ tHe library presents:

Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy, with John boweAward-winning journalist John Bowe delivers a slide presentation about the underbelly of the modern slave industry in the United States. He discusses how outsourcing, corporate maneuverings, and immigration fraud allow forced labor to continue in the United States, although most of us are unaware of the practices.

Mid-Manhattan Library455 Fifth Avenue (at 40th Street)

september 10 at 6:30 p.m.autHor @ tHe library presents:

The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food, with Jennifer 8. leeHear about a remarkable journey that is both foreign and familiar—penetrating the Chinese restaurant subculture by traveling the world (and almost every American state) in a quest to understand Chinese food and the people who make it.

september 15 at 6:30 p.m.autHor @ tHe library presents:

The Temple of Jerusalem: Past, Present, and Future, with John m. lundquistThe Susan and Douglas Dillon Chief Librarian of the Asian and Middle Eastern Division of The New York Public Library explores the issues and conflicts that have erupted over the Temple of Jerusalem; considers the meaning and importance of the Temple to Christianity, Judaism, and Islam; and concludes with a careful consideration of continuing religious and political tensions.

September 22 at 6:30 p.m.autHor @ tHe library presents:

When Languages Die: Extinction of the World’s Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge, with k. david HarrisonIn this slide presentation, K. David Harrison discusses the loss of knowledge that occurs when a language dies and the effect on society of the loss of cultural knowledge. He spanned the globe from Siberia, to North America, to the Himalayas and elsewhere, to look at the human knowledge that is slowly being lost as the languages that express it disappear.

september 23 at 6:30 p.m.Meet George Orwell, by mark weston, directed by lorreee true and performed by dudley stoneThe Triangle Theatre Company presents a staged reading of a one-man play about Orwell’s experiences at boarding school, and in Burma, London, Paris, and the Spanish Civil War. A question-and-answer session follows.

september 24 at 6:30 p.m.autHor @ tHe library presents:

Forgotten New York: Views of a Lost Metropolis, with kevin walshKevin Walsh, an urban explorer extraordinaire and creator of www .forgotten-ny.com, offers a slide lecture and window onto a world that few even know exists. He hosts sold-out Forgotten-NY Tours throughout the boroughs and is a much-sought-after expert on little-known facts about New York City.

Free Programs

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October 6 at 6:30 p.m.autHor @ tHe library presents:

City Lights: Stories About New York, with dan berryDan Berry presents a slide presentation and discusses the essays in his book. From 2003 to 2006 the former New York Times journalist wrote the weekly “About New York” column, on which the book’s revealing and touching portraits of the denizens of New York are based.

October 14 at 6:30 p.m.autHor @ tHe library presents:

Shanghai Legacy, with marion cubaMarion Cuba discusses and reads from her historical novel, which chronicles a little-known chapter of World War II, when 20,000 Jews took refuge from Hitler in the only place that would accept them without a visa—Shanghai. Based on research, the book further probes how a parent’s tragic past affects, and often afflicts, the next generation.

october 15 at 6:30 p.m.autHor @ tHe library presents:

the culture war in microcosm, with tom perrottaIn The Abstinence Teacher, set in the northeastern suburb of Stonewood Heights, Tom Perrotta takes on the war between the liberals and the evangelists. This elegantly written novel, characterized by Perrotta’s distinctive mix of satire and compassion, exposes the powerful emotions that run beneath the surface of modern American family life and explores the complex spiritual and sexual lives of ordinary people.

October 20 at 6:30 p.m.artist dialogue with ilene sunshine and donna gustafson Donna Gustafson, a professor of art history and curator at Rutgers University, joins artist Ilene Sunshine to discuss the evolution of her work, her use of unconventional materials, and her “Art Wall on Third” site-specific installation Genie (see page 10).

October 28 at 6:30 p.m. autHor @ tHe library presents:

Managing the President’s Message: The White House Communications Operation, with martha Joynt kumarGet an accurate picture of how presidents deal with the press and hear fascinating accounts of White House communications in the modern era. Martha Joynt Kumar, a regular in the White House Press Room since the early years of the Clinton administration, analyzes the media and communications operations of the past four administrations.

October 29 at 6:30 p.m. come on over to the dark side: the obituary as social History, with margalit foxIn recent years, the newspaper obituary has undergone a remarkable transformation, from a dry recitation

of a subject’s life to a vibrant literary art form. Margalit Fox, a reporter in the renowned Obituary News Department of the New York Times, talks about the reasons for this change and about what it’s like to have one of the strangest, but also one of the most deeply rewarding, jobs in America.

november 3 at 6:30 p.m.autHor @ tHe library presents:

Hidden Harmony: The Connected Worlds of Physics and Art, with J. r. leibowitzJ. R. Leibowitz addresses the surprising common ground between physics and art by viewing the two disciplines as creative processes. He uses examples of art images and complementary examples of physics concepts, to show us how to see art and physics as artists and physicists do.

November 10 at 6:30 p.m.cheese and the market: the politics and economics of cheese, with taylor cocalisDive into the world of cheese politics: yes, you heard right ... cheese politics. Savor your next cheese plate with a side of intellectual stimulation after Taylor Cocalis, Murray’s Cheese Education Coordinator, briefs you on this crazy world of cheese. From discussions on designation of origin to raw milk regulations, she explains how politics have shaped the cheeses we cherish.

november 12 at 6:30 p.m.autHor @ tHe library presents:

Rediscovering Jacob Riis: Exposure Journalism and Photography in Turn-of-the-Century New York, with bonnie yochelson and daniel czitromThe authors deliver a visual presentation and discussion of the life of social reformer Jacob Riis, who never considered himself a photographer but whose legacy lives vibrantly with us today in his haunting photographs.

Mid-Manhattan Library455 Fifth Avenue (at 40th Street)

Free Programs

Ilene Sunshine. Genie. Salvaged Christmas trees and acrylic paint, 2008.

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december 8 at 6:30 p.m.A Ripple in the Water: Healing through art, a film screening and dialogue with eileen m. foti and patricia pirohNarrated by Charlayne Hunter-Gault and shot on location throughout South Africa, this hour-long, award-winning documentary focuses on the inspiring work of artist/activist Kim Berman, who mobilizes people to use papermaking, printmaking, and embroidery to address HIV/AIDS, poverty alleviation, and the empowerment of women and children across South Africa. Co-producers Eileen M. Foti and Patricia Piroh introduce the film, and take questions from the audience after the screening.

december 12 at 6:30 p.m.tHe museum of modern art

@ tHe library presents:

Joan Miró: Painting and Anti-Painting, 1927–1937, with masha chenlovaTaking Miró’s notorious declaration of 1927 —“I want to assassinate painting”— as its starting point, the exhibition Joan Miró: Painting and Anti-Painting, 1927–1937 explores the artist’s use of acidic color, grotesque

disfigurement, purposeful stylistic heterogeneity, and ready-made materials, which were among his key “tactics of aggression.” The exhibition reveals underappreciated aspects of an artist long regarded as Surrealism’s greatest, and most lyrical, painter-poet.

december 15 at 6:30 p.m.fuggedaboudit! the changing face of the new york city accent, with kara dorothy beckerJoin us as we trace the history of New York City’s unique accent, arguably one of the most visible and vibrant of America’s regional dialects, from its roots in British English, to its characterizations in the entertainment world, to its current status in an increasingly diverse city. Imagine sitting back with a cup of “cawfee” as we discuss the linguistic and social factors that are shaping the future of the New York City accent.

december 29 at 6:30 p.m.autHor @ tHe library presents:

Art of the Brooklyn Bridge: A Visual History, with richard HawIn celebration of the 125th birthday of the world’s most famous and beloved

bridge, bridge expert Richard Haw brings together nearly 250 artists’ imaginings and interpretations of the bridge, in painting, photography, comic books, movies, advertisements, and elsewhere, spanning the advent of photography, the rise of the illustrated press, modernism, the Great Depression, and the postwar boom through to the post-9/11 world.

december 30 at 6:30 p.m.autHor @ tHe library presents:

The End of the Innocence: The 1964–1965 New York World’s Fair, with lawrence r. samuelThe 1964–65 New York World’s Fair drew 66 nations, 300 companies, 24 states, 8 religions, and 52 million people from around the world to take in everything from Michelangelo’s Pietà to brand-new things like color TV, the Ford Mustang, the PicturePhone, a ride from Walt Disney called “It’s a Small World,” and a strange new treat known as the Bel-Gem waffle. Come learn more about the fair and what was, perhaps, “the end of the innocence.”

Currier & Ives. The Great East River Suspension Bridge, Connecting the Cities of New York and Brooklyn. View from Brooklyn, Looking West. Lithograph, 1886.Humanities and Social Sciences Library, The

Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints

and Photographs, Print Collection.

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principal spokesperson on national TV commercials.Register in advance by calling 212.592.7000, Monday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., or by e-mailing siblreservations@nypl.org, starting September 10.

october 1 at 5:30 p.m.How to achieve superior returns without using a broker or advisor, with dan solinDan Solin, author of The Smartest Investment Book You’ll Ever Read and The Smartest 401(k) Book You’ll Ever Read, teaches investors—novices and experts alike—how to achieve returns that will place them in the top 5 percent of all professionally managed money, without using a broker or financial advisor. Solin calls these investors “Smart Investors” because they reject the advice of Wall Street pundits and instead rely on academically sound principles of investing.

october 2 at 5:30 p.m.who needs a financial planner? what makes a good financial plan?Session 1 of a series of three programs for National Financial Planning Week. Sponsored by the Financial Planning Association of New York.

october 6, 5–5:45 p.m.financial goals and investing— smart ways to make them workSession 2 of a series of three programs for National Financial Planning Week. Sponsored by the Financial Planning Association of New York.

october 7 at 5:30 p.m. mutual fund-a-mentalsSession 3 of a series of three programs for National Financial Planning Week. Sponsored by the Financial Planning Association of New York.

Percy Loomis Sperr. Crowds waiting to get into the General Motors Building at the New York World’s Fair, May 29, 1939.Humanities and Social Sciences Library, Irma and

Paul Milstein Division of United States History,

Local History and Genealogy, Photographic Views

of New York City, 1870’s–1970’s.

Free Programs188 Madison Avenue (at 34th Street)Science, Industry and Business Library

selected public programsThese programs are presented in room 018, Conference Center, Lower Level. Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis unless otherwise noted. Seating cannot be guaranteed once the program begins. For more information, call 212.592.7000, Monday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Programs last approximately 90 minutes unless otherwise indicated.

september 10 at 5:30 p.m.so, you want to publish a magazine?, with leticia leizens The publisher and editor of OurHouse magazine and her team discuss the business and other aspects of starting a consumer magazine.

september 18 at 5:30 p.m.your legal rights as a tenant or landlord, with lisa brier urbanWhether you rent an apartment, or own or manage a building, you need to know your legal rights. Items to be addressed include illegal lock-outs and evictions; major capital

improvements and rent increases; rent overcharges; and difficult tenants/landlords. Lisa Brier Urban, one of New York City’s top residential real estate attorneys, is a partner in Breier Deutschmeister Urban & Fromme and is often quoted on real estate issues in top media.

september 24 at 5:30 p.m.theater techniques to Help you persuade and inspire your business listeners—in the office, boardroom, courtroom, or media, with maria guidaApply actors’ techniques to deliver your business message with poise, passion, and persuasive power—to sell more of your ideas, products, and services. Maria Guida, founder of Successful Speaker, Inc., has improved performance at some of the world’s premier business organizations, including UBS, JPMorgan Chase, and Moody’s Investors Service. For 15 years she worked as a professional actor on Broadway and television and was a

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october 14 at 5:30 p.m.smart women don’t retire—they break free, with gail rentsch and christine millenThinking about using your skills and experience to go in a different direction? Start your own business? Take a bigger role in a smaller company? Move to a not-for-profit? Wondering how you can achieve a better work-life balance? Gail Rentsch, author of Smart Women Don’t Retire—They Break Free, and Christine Millen, co-founder of The Transition Network, discuss the challenges of transitioning from a full-time career to “what’s next.”

october 15 at 5:30 p.m.the art and engineering of new york city’s suspension bridges, with satinder p. s. puriThis illustrated lecture by a Consulting Structural Engineer focuses on how engineers built aesthetically pleasing masterpieces like the Brooklyn and Verrazano Narrows bridges and how artists like John Marin, Joseph Stella, Georgia O’Keeffe, and others were inspired to use them as subjects in their paintings.

october 16 at 5:30 p.m.Successful Business Plans: Secrets and StrategiesThis interactive workshop, presented by CAMBA Small Business Services, focuses on the foundation of writing an effective business plan. Learn what resources are available to assist you, and discover the secrets and strategies professionals use when developing an investor-ready business plan. Register in advance by calling 212.592.7000, Monday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., or by e-mailing siblreservations@nypl.org, starting October 2.

october 21 at 5:30 p.m.soul proprietor: lessons from a lifestyle entrepreneur, with Jane pollakHave you started your own business recently or are you wondering how

to take your current one to the next level? Learn from an expert who has seen and done it all in 30+ years of operating her own business. Each listener will profit from hearing about the enthusiasm, drive, and persistence it takes to thrive in one’s own small business. Jane Pollak, named Home-Based Business Advocate of the Year for New England, is an internationally known artist, professional speaker, business coach, and author. Her book, Soul Proprietor: 101 Lessons from a Lifestyle Entrepreneur, was published in 2001.

november 6 at 5:30 p.m. The New York World’s Fairs: Queens County Emerging to the World, with ron marzlockIn this illustrated lecture, Ron Marzlock, a Queens historian who writes a column for the Queens Chronicle, discusses his book about the 1939 and 1964 World’s Fairs and the new inventions and technology they introduced.

november 12 at 5:30 p.m. five common mistakes made on willsSponsored by the Financial Planning Association of New York.

november 13 at 5:30 p.m.create your website and internet marketingPublishing a website doesn’t need to be complicated or expensive. Get the inside track at this workshop, presented by CAMBA Small Business Services, on free or low-cost methods to build a professional site for your business. Learn what makes a great small business website and how you can promote it.Register in advance by calling 212.592.7000, Monday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., or by e-mailing siblreservations@nypl.org, starting October 30.

november 20 at 5:30 p.m. year-end tax tipsSponsored by the Financial Planning Association of New York.

december 9 at 5:30 p.m.not a cough in a carload: images from the campaign by the tobacco industry to Hide the Hazards of smoking, with robert JacklerA presentation by Robert Jackler, M.D., Stanford University, organizer of the exhibition currently on view at the Library (see page 6).

december 10 at 5:30 p.m.investing in individual stocks—what you should look for, with gregg fisherA presentation by Gregg Fisher, CFA, CFP, President & Chief Investment Officer of Gerstein Fisher. Sponsored by the Financial Planning Association of New York.

december 11 at 5:30 p.m. electric power—traditional and potential future options, with Joseph cunninghamEngineering historian and researcher Joseph Cunningham explores some of the often-overlooked issues surrounding the history and present state of electric service. This evening he discusses options taken (or not taken) in the past, such as the massive abandonment of private or “isolated” stations in favor of utility service, and the arguments in favor of a return to such facilities. He also explains some basic terminology to clarify technical issues.

advertising’s impact on american cultureIn conjunction with the exhibition The

Real Men and Women of Madison Avenue

and Their Impact on American Culture

(see page 3), this series, produced by

The one Club for Art and Copy, features

prominent figures from the field of

advertising addressing topics important

to its history and future.

september 11, 5:30 p.m. reception; 6 p.m. programFrom Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor, with Jerry della feminaThe advertising icon, of Della Femina/Rothschild/Jeary and Partners, discusses his book.

september 17, 5:30 p.m. reception; 6 p.m. programfunny = money!, with cliff freemanCliff Freeman, of Cliff Freeman Partners, tells how his company made billionaires of several men and a surprising $50 for himself, and other hilarious stories.

september 25, 5:30 p.m. reception; 6 p.m. programgeorge lois on His creation of the big ideaAdvertising legend George Lois discusses his new book, On Creating the Big Idea, and his views on graphic creativity. A Q&A session and a book signing follow the presentation. Separate registration is required for each lecture. Register in advance by calling 212.592.7000, Monday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., or by e-mailing siblreservations@nypl.org.

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Free Programs515 Malcolm x Boulevard

selected public programsUnless otherwise indicated, programs are free on a first-come, first-served basis and are presented in the Center’s Langston Hughes Auditorium. For information on joining the Schomburg Society and supporting the Center’s work, call 212.491.2252. For program information, call 212.491.2229.

september 13, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.aaron douglas family dayIn conjunction with the exhibition Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist (see page 5), the Schomburg Center presents a day filled with activities for the whole family, including an art workshop with author and illustrator Brian Collier; a puppet show, Can You Spell Harlem, performed by Schroeder Cherry; and Harlem Renaissance walking tours offered by Neil Shoemaker.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

september 22 at 7 p.m.the schomburg reading roomJoin us as Howard Dodson, Director of the Schomburg Center, interviews Quincy Troupe about his life and body of work, his collection (recently acquired by the Schomburg Center), and his work as curator of the Schomburg’s new literary series, The Schomburg Reading Room: Writers on the Cutting Edge (see sidebar).

september 27, 11 a.m.–5 p.m.resistance and revolt in the african diasporaThe Schomburg Center presents another film series dedicated to the 2008 commemoration of the bicentennial of the American abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. Screenings will be held on five Saturdays from September 27 through November 15. For schedule information, visit www.schomburgcenter.org.

october 15 at 7 p.m.frederick douglass creative arts center staged readingThe Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center and the Classical Theatre of Harlem present staged readings at the Schomburg Center on the third Wednesday of each month. Don’t miss a reading of Saturday Night/Sunday Morning by Katori Hall. For more information, visit www.fdcac .org or call 212.864.3375.

october 20 at 7 p.m.black liberation theology: black theology and black womenAs a follow-up to the May 2008 forum Understanding Black Liberation Theology: A 40-year Retrospective, the Schomburg Center presents a forum featuring leading women theologians.Tickets: $10. To charge tickets, call The Schomburg Shop at 212.491.2206, Monday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.

november 19 at 7 p.m.frederick douglass creative arts center staged readingThe Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center and the Classical Theatre of Harlem present a reading of The Life of Frederick Douglass by David Blight and Peter Almond, featuring André De Shields. For more information, visit www.fdcac.org or call 212.864.3375.

december 6 and 7, 1–5 p.m.Holiday open House Come and celebrate at the Schomburg Center’s annual holiday celebration. Don’t miss seasonal refreshments, live entertainment for the whole family, and free gift wrapping. Visit The Schomburg Shop for one-of-a-kind holiday gifts! For event schedule, visit www.schomburgcenter.org

The Schomburg Reading Room: Writers on the Cutting Edge

october 23 at 7 p.m.This kick-off event for the Center’s new reading and conversation series features Danny Glover reading selected writings of Langston Hughes, and jazz pianist Randy Weston, who was Hughes’s friend. Curated by Quincy Troupe.

november 20 at 10 a.m.Don’t miss a reading and conversation featuring authors Terry McMillan and John Edgar Wideman. Curated by Quincy Troupe.

Tickets: Schomburg Society members, $16; non-members, $20. To charge tickets, call The Schomburg Shop at 212.491.2206, Monday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.

Artist Aaron Douglas (left) presents one of his four murals, Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the Towers, to Arthur Schomburg (right) in 1934.Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture,

Art & Artifacts Division.

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september 18 at 6 p.m.remembering utaBarbara Barrie, Richard Easton, Hal Prince, and Fritz Weaver reminisce about Uta Hagen. Moderated by Foster Hirsch.series: A Challenge for the Artist: Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof in the American Theater. Celebrating the bequest of the Herbert Berghof Papers and the Uta Hagen Papers to the Library’s Billy Rose Theatre Division

september 20 at 3 p.m.dances of bhutan: screeningCore of Culture’s Executive Director Joseph Houseal joins with videographer Gerard Houghton to introduce films from their gift to the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.series: Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East

september 22 at 6 p.m.readings and reminiscencesKatie Finneran, Laila Robins, and Victor Slezak read from the Uta Hagen Papers and share memories of Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof.series: A Challenge for the Artist: Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof in the American Theater

september 25 at 6 p.m.before out was in: life after dark with arnold, bette, the baths, and the boysA talk by Patrick Pacheco.related exhibition: Focus on the ’70s: The Fabulous Photography of Kenn Duncan

selected public programsAll programs are presented in the Library’s Bruno Walter Auditorium. Admission is free but tickets are sometimes required. For more information and program updates, call 212.642.0142.

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Free ProgramsDorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center 40 Lincoln Center Plaza

october 2 at 6:30 p.m.uta Hagen’s acting classDiscussion with Rochelle Oliver and Austin Pendleton.series: A Challenge for the Artist: Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof in the American Theater

october 4 at 3 p.m.baseball’s greatest Hit: the story of “take me out to the ball game”Panel with Andy Strasberg, Bob Thompson, and Tim Wiles. Moderated by George Boziwick.related exhibition: “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”: 100 Years of Music, Musicians, and the National Pastime

october 11 at 3 p.m.“politics and poker”: theater songs for an election seasonSongs from Fiorello!, 1776, Of Thee I Sing, Mr. President, and other shows, performed by Constance Green and Ellen Lang, sopranos; Irwin Reese, tenor; John Shelhart, baritone; and Robert Rogers, piano. series: Lincoln Center Artists

october 16 at 5 p.m.Jeremy mccoy, double bass; linda Hall, piano; with guest artist whitney crockett, bassoonWorks by J. S. Bach, Bottesini, and Telemann. series: Lincoln Center Artists

october 18 at 3 p.m.greek-american folklore societyA performance of traditional dances of Greece by the Astoria, N.Y.–based group, which is dedicated to the preservation of and instruction in the history and traditions of Hellenic folk culture.

october 22 at 3 p.m.raks sharki: the magic of middle eastern movementPerformance with commentary by Morocco and the Casbah Dance Experience.series: Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East

october 23 at 6 p.m.“perilous stuff”: margaret webster’s production of Othello with paul robeson and uta HagenLecture by Milly S. Barranger on the landmark 1942 production.series: A Challenge for the Artist: Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof in the American Theater

october 25 at 3 p.m.new york, new york: a world of black baseball and black musicLawrence D. Hogan and Robert Cvornyek in conversation.related exhibition: “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”: 100 Years of Music, Musicians, and the National Pastime

november 1 at 3 p.m.marilyn nonken, piano; sharla nafziger, soprano, and christopher oldfather, piano, guest artistsWorks by Erich Itor Kahn and Morton Feldman.series: Treasures of the Music Division

november 17 at 6 p.m.arthur french and david Hyde pierce: memories of uta and Herbertseries: A Challenge for the Artist: Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof in the American Theater

december 4 at 6 p.m.teatro olimpico: a palladian entertainmentMusic by Andrea Gabrieli and others, performed by Bottom’s Dream.series: Andrea Palladio (1508–1580): A 500th Birthday Celebration

december 6 at 3 p.m.music from chinaChinese music performed on traditional instruments.series: Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East

december 8 at 6 p.m.“darling papalop”: letters between uta Hagen and Her fatherFritz Weaver and Rochelle Oliver read from correspondence between Uta and Oskar Hagen. series: A Challenge for the Artist: Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof in the American Theater

Arthur Hill as George and Uta Hagen as Martha in the original production of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? New York, Billy Rose Theatre, 1962.The New York Public Library for the Performing

Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Division, Friedman-Abeles

Collection.

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bob Hope—thanks for the memoriesTuesdays at 2:30 p.m.

october 7never say die, DVD, b&w, 82 minutes, 1939

Directed by Elliott NugentStarring: Bob Hope, Martha Raye, Andy Devine, Alan Mowbray, Gale Sondergaard, Sig Ruman, Ernest Cossart, Monty Woolleythe chevy show with bob Hope, DVD, b&w, 60 minutes, 1956

With: Bob Hope, James Cagney, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Don Larsen

october 14excerpt from the cat and the canary, DVD, color, 1979

Directed by Radley Metzgerthe cat and the canary, DVD, b&w, 72 minutes, 1939

Directed by Elliott NugentStarring: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Douglass Montgomery, Gale Sondergaard, Nydia Westman, John Beal, George Zucco, John Wray

Director Radley Metzger will speak on Bob Hope, Nydia Westman, and the various screen versions of the 1922 John Willard play The Cat and the Canary.

october 21monsieur beaucaire, DVD, b&w, 93 minutes, 1946

Directed by George MarshallStarring: Bob Hope, Joan Caulfield, Marjorie Reynolds, Patric Knowles, Joseph Schildkraut, Constance Collier, Reginald Owen, Hillary Brookethe bob Hope show,

DVD, color, 60 minutes, 1966

With: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Joan Caulfield, Joan Collins, Arlene Dahl, Phyllis Diller, Rhonda Fleming, Joan Fontaine, Signe Hasso, Hedy Lamarr, Dorothy Lamour, Marilyn Maxwell, Virginia Mayo, Dina Merrill, Vera Miles, Janis Paige, Jerry Colonna, Paul Lynde, Ken Murray

october 28the iron petticoat, DVD, color, 87 minutes, 1956

Directed by Ralph ThomasStarring: Bob Hope, Katharine Hepburn, Noelle Middleton, James Robertson Justice, Robert Helpmann, David Kossoff, Alan Gifford, Nicholas Phipps, Paul Carpenter, Sid James, Alexander Gauge, Sandra Dorne, Richard Wattisthe bob Hope show, DVD, color, 60 minutes, 1969

With: Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Martha Raye, George Burns & Lisa Miller, Diana Ross & The Supremes

november 4 bob Hope’s overseas christmas tour, DVD, b&w, 57 minutes, 1957

With: Bob Hope, Jayne Mansfield, Hedda Hopper, Jerry Colonna, Erin O’Brien, Carol Jarvis, Arthur Duncan, Tony Hopebob Hope’s overseas christmas tour, DVD, color, 90 minutes, 1966

With: Bob Hope, Joey Heatherton, Phyllis Diller, Dolores Hope, Carroll Baker, Anita Bryant, Jack Jones, Kaye Stevens, The Nicholas Brothers, Jerry Colonna

november 18beau James, DVD, color, 105 minutes, 1957

Directed by Melville ShavelsonStarring: Bob Hope, Vera Miles, Paul Douglas, Alexis Smith, Darren McGavin, Joe Mantell, Sid Melton, George Jessel, Jack Benny, Jimmy Durantethe bob Hope show, DVD, color, 60 minutes, 1973

With: Bob Hope, Ann-Margret, John Denver, The Jackson Five, Bobby Riggs

november 25bob Hope: america’s entertainer, DVD, color, 90 minutes, 1998

Written and produced by Linda Hopechrysler theater: Her school for bachelors, DVD, color, 60 minutes, 1964

With: Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, Cass Daley, Jackie Coogan, Linda Hope, Louis Nye, Doris Singleton

Linda Hope will appear in person.

This series is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.

derek JarmanFridays at 2:30 p.m.

october 10derek, DVD, color, 76 minutes, 2008

Directed by Issac Julien

october 17caravaggio, DVD, color, 90 minutes, 1986

Directed by Derek Jarman

october 24the last of england, VHS, color with b&w

sequences, 87 minutes, 1987

Directed by Derek Jarman

october 31wittgenstein, DVD, color, 69 minutes, 1993

Directed by Derek Jarman

november 7blue, DVD, color, 76 minutes, 1993

Directed by Derek Jarman

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Free ProgramsDorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center 40 Lincoln Center Plaza

film and Video programsScreenings are presented in the Library’s Bruno Walter Auditorium. Admission is first-come, first-served. For more information, call 212.870.1700.

Publicity photograph of Bob Hope, n.d.The New York Public Library for the Performing

Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

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donnell @ lpa concert series: “on a sunday afternoon” Concerts will be presented in the Bruno Walter Auditorium. Use the Library entrance on Amsterdam Avenue (at 65th Street); the Plaza entrance is closed on Sundays. For more information, call 212.870.1698.

October 5 at 1:30 p.m.the new york opera forum: act iii of Siegfried by richard wagnerTwo back-to-back performances of this 1 hour and 20 minute act with different casts suggest the varying ways in which this music can be sung and interpreted.

october 12 at 2:30 p.m.Con Brio Ensemble: Anton Miller, violin; Andre Emelianoff, cello; Diana Mittler-Battipaglia, pianoWorks by Schumann, Brahms, and Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

october 19 at 2:30 p.m.Jia-Yi He, harmonica, accompanied by Jenny He, pianoWorks ranging from Bach to Gershwin. In celebration of Daniel Pearl World Music Days.

october 26 at 2:30 p.m.piano for four Hands: pianists paul kueter and carolle-ann mochernukWorks by Mendelssohn, Dvor ák, Ravel, and Gershwin.

november 2 at 1:30 p.m.the new york opera forum: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (the abduction from the seraglio) by wolfgang amadeus mozartA concert version. Musical Director, Richard Nechamkin.

november 9 at 2:30 p.m.chameleon, with rosey rounds, flute, saxophone, various winds; ismail butera, accordion; tiye giraud, percussion and vocals; sprocket royer, bass and vocalsA mix of music of Latin America, including Brazilian Choro, Venezuelan Joropo and Merengue, and Colombian, Cuban, and Dominican popular music.

november 16 at 2:30 p.m.alexander wu, piano; francisco roldán, guitar; danny mallon, percussion; and Hilliard green, bass

Classical music, Latin, and jazz.

november 23 at 2:30 p.m.benjamin bradham, pianistWorks by Chopin, Prokofiev, and Brahms.

November 30 at 2:30 p.m.Sybarite Chamber Players Devoted to expanding the repertoire for string quintet, the Sybarite Chamber Players break down conventional musical boundaries, boldly juxtaposing the likes of Stravinsky with Radiohead, or Dvor ák with Led Zeppelin.

december 7 at 1:30 p.m.new york opera forum: Aïda by giuseppe VerdiA concert version. Musical Director, Richard Nechamkin.

december 14 at 2:30 p.m.Holiday songbookArts and Artists at St. Paul’s presents a vocal concert of new holiday music by Broadway composers and lyricists. Directed by John Znidarsic.

December 21 at 2:30 p.m.Deck the HallsTraditional holiday favorites presented by Harwood Management vocal artists.

tHe duke Jazz seriesover the next year and a half, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts will host eight live jazz performances in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, featuring a selection of Chamber Music America award-winning artists and their innovative jazz ensembles. Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Additional concerts and talks are planned for the fall and spring. For program updates, visit www.nypl.org/research/lpa/lpa.html or call 212.870.1793.

Funding for this series was provided by The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

september 26 at 7:30 p.m.dafnis prieto sextetThe Dafnis Prieto Sextet performs selections from their album Taking the Soul for a Walk.

november 21 at 7:30 p.m.Jovino santos neto Quinteto, with special guests Harvey wainapel and felipe sallesThe Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto, with special guests Harvey Wainapel and Felipe Salles, perform selections from the album Canto do Rio.

additional donnell @ lpa concertstuesdays at noon, beginning october 7the gotham Jazzmen: dixieland Jazz

October 27 and November 24 at 6 p.m.SongbookArts and Artists at St. Paul’s presents a concert of new music by Broadway composers and lyricists, performed by Broadway vocalists. Directed by John Znidarsic.

Mozart. Hand-colored engraving by Campbell, n.d.The New York Public Library for the Performing

Arts, Music Division, Joseph Muller Collection of

Music and Other Portraits.

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Free Programs310 East kingsbridge Road (at Briggs Avenue)

selected public programsThese programs are presented in the Auditorium, located on the Concourse Level. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Wheelchair accessible. For more information, call 718.579.4244.

september 6 at 2:30 p.m.tony terrell caribbean Jazz QuartetThe Tony Terrell Caribbean Jazz Quartet features a unique blend of musical styles: reggae, calypso, jazz, Latin, and R&B. The group’s founder and bandleader, Mr. Terrell (steel pan), is joined by Barbara Jean English (vocals), Seku Tonge (master percussionist), and Patrick Adams (keyboard, band arranger).

september 20 at 2:30 p.m.papo pepin and His salsa ensembleLegendary master percussionist Papo Pepin and his salsa ensemble present a Latin jazz concert featuring the music of his father, Tono Pepin, first bongocero to Tito Puente.

september 27 at 2:30 p.m.chamber music concert by the bronx symphony orchestraThe Bronx Symphony Orchestra is one of the oldest continuously operating community orchestras in the metropolitan area, bringing music to the Bronx community and music lovers all over New York City for more than 60 years.

october 4, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.Hispanic genealogy fairLearn how to chart your family lineage and about the valuable resources that are available to help you trace your Puerto Rican, Dominican, and other Latino roots. Discover the secrets that old documents can reveal and what you can find on the Internet. Presented by the Hispanic Genealogical Society of New York.

october 4 at 2:30 p.m. an afternoon of cuban, puerto rican, and dominican folkloric musicThe lively Hispanic band Cuatrisimo, founded by salsa expert and museologist Jose Obando, plays folkloric music including salsa and merengue.

october 11 at 2:30 p.m.flamenco music and dance with arts flamencoArts Flamenco presents the history of flamenco, an explanation of the instruments used, and a performance of the traditional dances of flamenco.

October 18 at 2:30 p.m.Doo Wop with the ValentinosThe Valentinos from the Bronx feature a musical hybrid of vocal styles that blend together into harmonic excellence.

november 1 at 2:30 p.m.shout gospel by the mccullough sons of thunderFrom the heart of Harlem comes New York’s premier “shout” Gospel band, the McCullough Sons of Thunder. The group has brought the rich tradition of African American Gospel music to the White House, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Apollo Theater, and the Bronx Library Center, and will bring you to your feet.

november 8 at 2:30 p.m.thunderbird american indian dancersFor more than 20 years, Thunderbird Dancers have explored the varied traditions of the American Indian peoples, especially the songs and dances of the tribes of the Northwest Coast, Woodlands (Iroquois and Winnebago), Plains (Sioux), and the Southwest (Hopi and Santo Domingo). Presented with descriptive narration, Thunderbird Dancers’ programs are among the most compelling anywhere.

november 15 at 2:30 p.m.music and dance from bangladeshJoin us for a delightful performance of Bangladeshi music and dance by members of the Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts.

Bronx Library Center

november 22 at 2:30 p.m.orlando marin QuintetBronx-born Orlando Marin—The Last Mambo King is the only orchestra leader from New York’s golden era of mambo who still performs regularly.

november 29 at 2:30 p.m.doo wop with the new york exceptionsThe New York Exceptions present music from the fabulous 50s, 60s, and 70s.

december 6 at 2:30 p.m.sonido costeno bandFor more than 15 years, Sonido Costeno has won acclaim for the band’s delightful mix of Latin music including up-tempo salsa, Cuban Son, Bomba+Plena, and its own special blend of cha-cha-cha and reggae.

december 13 at 2:30 p.m.Holiday Jazz concert with mary pearson’s yes/nonet The Yes/Nonet slips into its Gay Apparel and its Merry and Bright repertoire to become the Noel/Nonet. Mary Pearson brings a sack full of some personally stamped holiday favorites (“Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,” “Deck the Halls,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”) and several of her own “written for the season” compositions, all arranged for the nine-piece jazz ensemble.

december 20 at 2:30 p.m.classic Holiday concert with the bronx symphony orchestraSelections from Handel’s Messiah and other holiday favorites.

The Bronx Library Center. Photo: Denis Finnin.

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Browse our online Calendar (www.nypl.org/calendar) for a full listing of programs, classes, events, and exhibitions at Library locations throughout the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island.

support the library!The generosity of dedicated friends makes it possible for the Library to offer books, information, and educational and entertaining programs and exhibitions to more than 30 million users who come through our doors or visit us online each year.

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for All Ages

More Programsand Events

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roy blount Jr. ben katchorandrew meier

wednesday, september 24the lost spy: espionage & idealism, before the cold warFormer Cullman Fellow Andrew Meier and

Sam Tanenhaus discuss The Lost Spy, Meier’s

forthcoming biography of Soviet secret agent

Isaiah oggins. Sam Tanenhaus is the editor

of The New York Times Book Review and the

author of Whittaker Chambers: A Biography.

wednesday, october 15a farewell to Quenelles: restaurant culture in new yorkA panel featuring former Cullman Fellow Paul

Freedman, author, most recently, of Out of

the East: Spices and the Medieval Imagination;

award-winning food writer Laura Shapiro,

author of Julia Child; and other participants to

be announced.

thursday, october 23 roy blount Jr. interviewed by Jean strouseThe mischievous wordsmith talks with

Cullman Center Director Jean Strouse about

his forthcoming book, Alphabet Juice: The

Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words,

and Combinations Thereof.

monday, november 10New York Review of Books 45th anniversary celebrationThe Review gathers some of its most illustrious

contributors—including former Cullman

Fellow Andrew Delbanco, Darryl Pinckney,

Michael Tomasky, and Garry Wills—to fete its

anniversary.This event will take place in the Celeste Bartos Forum

at 7 p.m. Co-sponsored with LIVE from the NYPL.

postponed until spring 2009 ben katchor and mark mulcahy: a coatcheck romance—world premiere!Graphic novelist and former Cullman Fellow

Ben katchor and composer/musician Mark

Mulcahy explore the mystery and wonder of

the coat checkroom in a workshop production

of an illustrated musical, commissioned by the

Cullman Center.

tuesday, september 16bernard-Henri lévy and slavoj Žižek in conversation with paul HoldengräberViolence and the Left in Dark TimesFrance’s “rock-star philosopher”

and the Slovenian “Elvis of cultural

theory” offer a new political and

moral vision for our dark times.

wednesday, september 24paul auster and céline curiolMan in the Dark and Voice OverIn their novels, Curiol’s lonely young

woman wanders the streets of Paris

seeking connection while Auster’s

old man turns around the world

in his head as he struggles with

insomnia and “another white night

in the great American Wilderness.”

friday, october 10ferran adriàA Day at elBulli“The Salvador Dali of the kitchen”

has won global acclaim as one of

the most creative and inventive

culinary geniuses in the world.

wednesday, november 12toni morrisonA MercyNobel Prize recipient Toni

Morrison reveals what lies

beneath the surface of slavery in

an ambivalent, disturbing novel

about a mother abandoning her

daughter in order to save her.

bernard-Henri lévy

LIVE from the NYPL

Conversations from the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers

general information for liVe and cullman center programs:

For LIVE programs: Sign up for e-mail

updates and get more information at

www.nypl.org/live or call 212.930.0855.

For Cullman Center programs: Get more

information at www.nypl.org/csw or call

212.930.0084.

Tickets are available at

www.smarttix.com or 212.868.4444:

$15 general public; $10 Library Donors,

seniors, and students with valid ID.

The Cullman Center is made possible by a generous endowment from Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman in honor of Brooke Russell Astor, with major support provided by Mrs. John L. Weinberg, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Estate of Charles J. Liebman, Mel and Lois Tukman, John and Constance Birkelund, The Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation, and additional gifts from The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, Helen and Roger Alcaly, The Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation, William W. Karatz, The Rona Jaffe Foundation, Lybess Sweezy and Ken Miller, and The Achelis and Bodman Foundations.

ferran adrià toni morrison

All events take place in the Celeste Bartos Forum at 7 p.m.

STAY TuNED for more LIVE events. www.nypl.org/live

All events take place in the South Court Auditorium at 7 p.m. unless otherwise specified.

Made possible with generous support from Celeste Bartos and the Margaret and Herman Sokol Public Education Endowment Fund.