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    Bidding on baseball letters suspended  Jul 4, 2009
    NEW YORK - Authorities are looking into whether a newly discovered trove of letters to one of baseball s founding fathers contains documents that disappeared long ago from the New York Public Library. The letters are 19th-century correspondence to Harry Wright, who built the country s first professional baseball team in Cincinnati and went on to manage in several cities. (Boston Globe)

    Google's $125 Million Book-Scanning Settlement Draws U.S. Antitrust Probe  Jul 4, 2009
    Google, which began scanning books in 2004, uses volumes from Harvard University, the New York Public Library and other sources. The project lets users search through books, bringing up pages or excerpts that contain sought-for terms. (Bloomberg -- US)

    ‘The Last of His Kind’ captures Bradford Washburn’s single-mindedness, fearlessness  Jun 28, 2009
    His first book, God Is Dead, in which God descends to Earth as a Dinka woman from Sudan, last year earned him the New York Public Library s $10,000 Young Lions Fiction Award. This spring Currie won a $10,000 award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. (Boston Globe)

    Gay rights movement: 40 years since Stonewall riots  Jun 26, 2009
    " In the end, 13 people were arrested and four police injured that night, according to press accounts. Police battled gay demonstrators over the four ensuing nights with equal ferocity. But the uprising gave rise to the gay pride movement that still marks the anniversary every year with a parade down Fifth Avenue, on what has come to be known as Gay Pride Day. This Sunday's parade, on the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, is one of several events planned to mark the Stonewall... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)

    'Kerouac at Bat' explores beat author's passion for fantasy baseball  Jun 21, 2009
    In Kerouac at Bat: Fantasy Sports and the King of the Beats (New York Public Library, $25), author Isaac Gewirtz, a curator of American literature at the library, suggests that Kerouac s hobby may have been instrumental in his development as a writer. Throughout his life, Kerouac produced elaborate fantasy baseball newsletters. (Boston Globe)

    Yanks hosting two public events  Jun 6, 2009
    NEW YORK -- The New York Yankees are kicking off the beginning of their series with the Tampa Bay Rays with two community events on Saturday, one at the New York Public Library and another at Franz Siegel Park in the Bronx. General manager Brian Cashman and injured relief pitcher Brian Bruney will be on the ground floor of the New York Public Library's Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (5th Avenue and 42nd Street) at 2 p.m. to kick off Summer Reading 2009. (MLB.com -- NY Yankees Yankees)

    In the market for a skyscraper? Get one cheap  May 24, 2009
    In New York City, addresses in "serious jeopardy," Fasulo says, include a 23-story Moinian Group skyscraper across from the New York Public Library that sold for $160 million two years ago, and an office building a few blocks away on Fifth Avenue that Moinian and Goldman Sachs' Whitehall group bought two years ago. Several construction sites that have shut down are also facing foreclosure threats without new financing, like a hotel-condo project with a Robert De Niro-backed Nobu restaurant under... (MSNBC -- Business)

    2 Spanish authors to discuss  May 23, 2009
    The program are co-sponsored by the library, Spain's Ministry of Culture, the New York Public Library and the Spanish Association of Publishers Guilds, and coordinated by America Reads Spanish and the Instituto Cervantes. The library is at 65 Witherspoon St. Convenient parking is available on neighboring streets and in the borough-operated Spring Street Garage, which is adjacent to the library. (NJ.com -- Times)

    NY trustee sues Connecticut fund in Madoff case  May 19, 2009
    -based foundation had given millions to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Human Rights First and the New York Public Library. ADVERTISEMENT. (Anchorage Daily News)

    BUSINESS BRIEFS  May 13, 2009
    The foun dation has given millions to MIT and The New York Public Library. Stanford. (New York Post -- Business)

    Lincoln Center Celebrates 50th Anniversary  May 13, 2009
    It is the country's largest performing arts center, home to 12 resident groups including the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Ballet, New York City Opera, the Philharmonic, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts ... The twice annual event has been held under tents in Bryant Park behind the New York Public Library since 1993. (Newsmax)

    Lost Art Salon rediscovers older work  May 11, 2009
    He and Caron didn't know then that the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Brooklyn Museum, the Art Institute in Chicago, the Portland Art Museum and the New York Public library all have some of his work. "He was a student of (the Abstract Expressionist) Hans Hofmann during the 1950s. Yet he is an artist most people don't yet know," Delamater said. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Surfing the Net with kids  May 8, 2009
    The New York Public Library: Summer Reading. Colorful and easy to use, this NYPL site invites readers to write book reviews, as well as read those posted by others. (Boston Globe)

    "Billy Elliot" Earns Record 15 Tony Nods  May 6, 2009
    The Early Show's Harry Smith introduced hosts Cynthia Nixon and Tony Award-winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, who revealed the nominees at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -- and there were more suprises. The anticipated front-runner, "Billy Elliot," which is based on the popular British movie about a coal miner's son who dreams of becoming a dancer, will compete for best musical against "Next to Normal," "Rock of Ages" and "Shrek The Musical.". (CBS News)

    Libraries eye stimulus money for their Web access  May 6, 2009
    People work on computers in one of the reading rooms at the New York Public Library December 15, 2004. By Andrew Vanacore, Associated Press The libraries in Delaware County, Pa. (USA Today -- Tech)

    Live At Tony Nominations On Tuesday  May 5, 2009
    At 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Harry Smith, The Early Show co-anchor, will be live at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, as the nominees for the 2009 Tony Awards are announced. The nominations announcement will be hosted by Tony Award winning actress, Cynthia Nixon, and Tony Award winning composer and actor, Lin-Manuel Miranda. (CBS News -- Early Show)

    Blue blood battle reveals the troubles of wealth  May 4, 2009
    In the fall of 2007, a few months after Astor's death, the state officially indicted Marshall, charging that he had taken part in a scheme to alter her will so that he, not the charities she had supported much of her life such as the New York Public Library and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, would be a primary beneficiary of her $100-million-plus fortune. During her life, Marshall convinced Astor to sell one of her favourite paintings, Childe Hassam's Up the Avenue from Thirty-Fourth Street,... (Globe and Mail)

    Authors to consider Google deal  Apr 29, 2009
    The Google Book project, started in 2004, includes Harvard University, the New York Public Library, and about 10,000 publishers. The project includes older books that are in the public domain and newer books that will be scanned under separate deals with major publishers. (Boston Globe)

    Visitor center highlights U. history  Apr 29, 2009
    Their past projects include the Liberty Science Center, The Global Library in New York Public Library and U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. There is no one place, no one facility on our campuses, with the reach and potential impact of the visitor center at Rutgers University. (The Daily Targum, NJ)

    Lawyer, Socialite Astor's Son Stole Millions Intended for Charity, DA Says  Apr 28, 2009
    In an opening statement spanning more than three hours, a New York state prosecutor accused Anthony Marshall and a lawyer he hired of "lining their own pockets" with millions of dollars that socialite Brooke Astor had intended be given to her "crown jewels" -- New York City-based charitable and cultural institutions such as the New York Public Library and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a methodical opening statement with a few charged moments, Elizabeth Loewy, the head of the Manhattan... (Law.com)

    Twitterbrarian: West Palm Beach's new library opens at 9:30 a.m., tour before 11  Apr 13, 2009
    Residents have been itching to get into the new $23 million facility, modeled after the New York Public Library, ever since the library's Cold War-era building closed March 19. Officials said back in December they expect the public to check out twice as many books, movies, CDs and other materials once the new library opens. (The Palm Beach Post)

    Hingham library use up in this tough economy  Apr 13, 2009
    LaGuardia, a library advocate even in the grimmest of times, nicknamed the famous New York Public Library lions Patience and Fortitude for the qualities New Yorkers needed to survive the Great Depression. We could use a LaGuardia-like advocate for HPL and for certain, we don t have noble lions standing watch at our entrance. (Hingham Journal, MA)

    What's Up?  Apr 4, 2009
    New York Public Library, 104 W. 136th St. at Malcolm X Boulevard; 212-491-2070. TOMORROW. (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    Obama's Charm Offensive To Iran  Apr 3, 2009
    Laura Secor is a 2008-2009 Fellow at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, where she is working on a book about Iran. By Laura SecorReprinted with permission from The New Republic. (CBS News)

    MINING FOR TRAGEDY AND FINDING HOPE  Apr 3, 2009
    I was interested in writing a play about the impact of that ugly conflict on women and girls, but I knew I wouldn't find their stories in the stacks of the New York Public Library. So, in pursuit of an idea, I purchased a plane ticket, and somehow persuaded director Kate Whoriskey and my husband, filmmaker Tony Gerber, to join me. (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    Jury selection set for trial of Brooke Astor's son  Mar 30, 2009
    Astor, known for decades as the doyenne of New York society and philanthropy, gave away nearly $200 million to institutions such as the New York Public Library and Carnegie Hall. She died Aug. 13, 2007, at age 105. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)

    York school committee to discuss budget impact on staff positions  Mar 26, 2009
    The committee will make no decision, he said, until it meets in open session on Wednesday, April 1, at 7 p.m., in the York Public Library. The School Committee is looking to trim a budget that will have a 4. (Seacoast New Hampshire)

    Making the difference  Mar 25, 2009
    That was the theme of a panel discussion at the York Public Library on March 20 as part of the annual "York Reads" program, this year focusing centered around Greg Mortenson's "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace One School at a Time." ... "Whether it's close to home or in a remote part of the world, we can all do something," said York woman Marcia Macdonald at a panel discussion at the York Public Library. (Seacoast New Hampshire)

    Talking Fashion  Mar 19, 2009
    The awards ceremony, held this year at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, after a previous seven years at the New York Public Library, plans to honor the First Lady Michelle Obama, and has nominated many of the leading forces in the fashion industry to be recognized. Some repeat contenders include Albertus Q. Swanepoel, Alejandro Ingelmo, and Jason Wu, and last year's swarovski award winners Rodarte and Band of Outsiders, have both been nominated for designer of the year in their respective... (Teen Vogue)

    Michelle Obama  Mar 18, 2009
    The ceremony is moving this year from the New York Public Library to Lincoln Center, which will also become the Fashion Week hub next year. Mrs. Obama will receive an invitation, but Kolb was unsure if she'd attend. (AZCentral -- Style)

    Rabbit Angstrom's gone, but Updike's genius lives on  Mar 16, 2009
    There is welcome consolation in the unanimous tributes, and Thursday his publishers are hosting in his honor a literary gathering at the New York Public Library. A day sooner, all of his fans can celebrate, by reading him, on the anniversary of his birth. (Boston Globe)

    Canada Reads 2009 Winner  Mar 12, 2009
    There are also copies stored at the New York Public Library, the Rockefeller Library and the U.S. National Archives in Washington D.C.. Canada Reads 2009. (Suite101.com)

    Past Citizens of the Year tell their stories  Mar 11, 2009
    YORK Nearly a dozen of past Citizens of the Year will gather at noon this Friday to discuss what their contribution to the York community has entailed at York Public Library. This is the first of the Brown Bag Lunch series as part of the York Reads. (Seacoast New Hampshire)

    Portsmouth area community calendar  Mar 10, 2009
    CLEAR Tuesday March 10, 2009. Today's most viewed articles. (Seacoast New Hampshire)

    'Kings' puts a sci-fi spin on David and Goliath  Mar 8, 2009
    The New York Public Library was topped with a futuristic glass spire to depict Shiloh's capitol building. "The challenge was how to mix the modern and the ancient," Green said. (Boston Globe)

    Opera Legend Celebrates The Past  Mar 5, 2009
    The festival will run in a variety of venues throughout New York City including Carnegie Hall, St. John the Divine Cathedral, the Apollo Theatre and the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. MMIX, CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. (CBS News)

    New York City changes with the Times  Mar 3, 2009
    Because there was no room for an archive in the New York Times new building, he found he only had access to the archives for six months before the New York Times donated everything to the New York public library. Once I was able to get in, I felt like I had to keep going back, Cressman said. (The Daily Universe, UT)

    Bye, Tech: Dealing With Data Rot  Mar 2, 2009
    " At a computer museum, you can't miss the point that, sooner or later, every recording format eventually gets left in the dust. In fact, these days, new formats are coming faster and faster, and each one expires faster than what came before it. "There's a consensus that as the ability to store more and more data [increases], the data itself has become less and less reliable," said Don Mennerich, an archivist at the New York Public Library. He's been working on preserving some historic 1968... (CBS News)

    Texas Collection Features Cookbooks As 'Historical Documents'  Feb 28, 2009
    The Schlesinger Library at Harvard, the New York Public Library and even the Library of Congress have extensive cookbook collections and recognize their value as historical documents, Sharpless said. There are so many things you can learn about womens lives from reading a cookbook. (KWTX.com, TX)

    Virtuoso of the Italian Villa  Feb 25, 2009
    Virtuoso Villa from Cond; Nast Traveler on Concierge. Palladio, he said, 'is the Bible. (Concierge.com)

    FAT IN THE LIBRARIES  Feb 24, 2009
    Southon retired last year as a senior VP for human resources in the New York Public Library system - thereby becoming New York's seventh-highest-grossing state pensioner. Mary Conwell, a retired director of branches, gets 184,498 a year - the ninth-fattest pension from the state. (New York Post -- Opinions)

    Over the Hill ... No Way!: A lifelong dedication to others  Feb 19, 2009
    Upon discharge from the Army, he worked for the next five years at the New York Public Library in the Research Department, then 16 years at Princeton as associate director of libraries, and finished his full-time career at MIT as director of libraries for 20 years until he retired. While at Princeton, he discovered a niche need for library building consultants and founded his own consulting practice. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)

    At Your Library: Volunteers are crucial YPL members  Feb 18, 2009
    Here at York Public Library, we love our volunteers ... Sponsored by the York Public Library and York Diversity Forum. (Seacoast New Hampshire)

    Make It Work: SU fashion design students intern for New York Fashion Week  Feb 18, 2009
    The events are centered in Bryant Park, but hundreds of designers also preview their collections in other parts of Manhattan, such as Stuart's show at the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue. SU students are going to Fashion Week through the Syracuse Fashion Association of Design Students (FADS), as part of a larger internship initiative the club has started for students involved in the fashion industry. (Daily Orange, NY)

    Google pays writers for old books  Feb 13, 2009
    Google is digitising the works from many major libraries, including the New York Public Library and the libraries at Stanford and Harvard universities, and is making those texts searchable on pages plastered with advertisements. L'Inq. (Inquirer)

    Authors to Google Book Search: Pay Up!  Feb 12, 2009
    Google is digitizing the works from many major libraries, including the New York Public Library and the libraries at Stanford and Harvard universities, and is making those texts searchable on pages with advertisements. The Authors Guild, which represents more than 8,000 authors, , alleging that the company's digitizing initiative amounted to "massive" copyright infringement. (CNET News)

    NYC Fashion Week to move after 17 years  Feb 7, 2009
    4-hectare) Bryant Park, situated behind the New York Public Library on 42nd Street in Manhattan, has been the main home for Fashion Week, except for one season at Chelsea Piers ... 4-hectare) Bryant Park, situated behind the New York Public Library on 42nd Street in Manhattan, has been the main home for Fashion Week, except for one season at Chelsea Piers. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)

    Library Journal  Feb 7, 2009
    In Linda Fairstein s new suspense novel, the New York Public Library houses dazzling treasures and deadly secrets. Blogs. (Variety)

    April Fools!Getting pranked may be good for your health. Seriously.  Apr 1, 2008
    Laughter: A Scientific Investigation was selected as one of the 25 Books to Remember from 2000 by the New York Public Library. Getting along. (The Clarion-Ledger)

    Bird Library receives grant to catalog music collection  Mar 27, 2008
    SU is working with the New York Public Library, Stanford University and Yale University to create a labeling system that will categorize music and speeches on 78-rpm records so they will be easily searchable. "It provides us with information to put out there for scholars and researchers who are working in the field," said Pam McLaughlin, communications and external relations director for the library. (Daily Orange, NY)

    BEST SIDE STORY  Mar 26, 2008
    Those are just a few of the video clips in "New York Story: Jerome Robbins & His World," the New York Public Library's ambitious assemblage of photos, posters, letters, costumes and more commemorating the legendary choreographer's New York state of mind ... "New York Story" is on view through June 28, free, at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, at Lincoln Center. (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    I Hate "Stuff White People Like"  Mar 21, 2008
    JAMES BALDWIN blew through the New York Public Library last night and had everyone gasping for airin a good way. Blog Roll. (Slate)

    Innovative expands New York Public Library contract  Mar 20, 2008
    is broadening the scope the library automation software used at the New York Public Library, the company said Wednesday. Terms of the deal were not released. (East Bay Business Times, CA)

    ION to Hold Upfront on May 1  Mar 19, 2008
    The ION network upfront will be held at the New York Public Library on the first of May ... The event will be held at the New York Public Library, and following a one-hour presentation, there will be a cocktail party for attendees. (MediaWeek.com)

    Whitney museum to receive $131 million gift  Mar 19, 2008
    Unlike donations for building projects, an endowment gift does not give a donor the opportunity to finance a namesake building, a promise extended to the Wall Street financier Stephen Schwarzman last week when he gave the New York Public Library $100 million to jump-start its $1 billion expansion. In return, the library's main branch on Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street is being renamed the Stephen Schwarzman Building. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)

    Art through the ages  Mar 19, 2008
    Beginning today and continuing through the middle of April, students of all grades at the York Public Schools will display their artwork in the always-popular annual Student Art Exhibit at the York Public Library ... The York Public Library will host a reception for the ... The York Public Library is located at 15 Long Sands Road. (Seacoast New Hampshire)

    TRAYNOR, 30, AND SCHIELE, 24  Mar 16, 2008
    "He sent me an urgent e-mail saying that I should meet him at the New York Public Library, which was having a Winnie the Pooh doll exhibition," recalls Schiele, who's due to give birth to their first baby in July. "It was appropriate because the first gift he ever gave me was an Eyore doll." When Schiele arrived, Traynor stepped out from behind the glass doll display with flowers and a ring. (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    Offering earned Blackstone co-founder $4.78B  Mar 15, 2008
    Stefan Wermuth / ReutersStephen Schwarzman who earlier this week announced a $100 million personal donation to the New York Public Library made $375,000 in salary but took no bonus in 2007 ... Schwarzman who earlier this week announced a $100 million personal donation to the New York Public Library made $350,000 in salary but took no bonus in 2007, according to the filing. (MSNBC -- Business)

    Burden of debt weighs heavily on the buyout industry  Mar 15, 2008
    Even so, Schwarzman is still worth billions, more than rich enough to pledge $100 million to the New York Public Library, as he planned to do Tuesday. In recent years, private equity firms have bought thousands of companies, mostly with borrowed money. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)

    Generous Stephen Schwarzman  Mar 15, 2008
    The New York Public Library announced Tuesday it has received $100 million from Schwarzman ... "He has given, but not remotely what he could," a member of the New York Public Library's board told The New Yorker in February. (Forbes)

    Read more...  Mar 15, 2008
    New York Public Library Unveils $1 Billion Transformation Plan :: PNNOnline. New York Public Library Unveils $1 Billion Transformation Plan Posted by: philcrosby on Friday, March 14, 2008 ... The New York Public Library has announced a $1 billion plan to transform the institution so it can better serve the millions of patrons that visit its eighty-nine locations as well as those who access its holdings via the Internet. (PNN Online)

    LOWDOWN ON THE UPFRONT: COMPLETE AD SALES SEASON COVERAGE  Mar 8, 2008
    Ion Takes Manhattan May 1 Ion Media Networks will put display its new programming and marketing initiatives for the 2008-2009 television season on display at its upfront sales presentation in Manhattan The event is scheduled for Thursday evening May 1 at the New York Public Library. Nat Geo Unearths Slate Hoping to continue its double-digit upfront growth, National Geographic Channel is ramping up its original programming, with four new series and two miniseries slated for the new season so far,... (Multichannel News)

    Tesla: Madly in love with science  Mar 4, 2008
    Louisa, who is addicted to scary radio programs, lives with her father, Walter, a night watchman at the New York Public Library, who's obsessively in love with her dead mother. When his best friend claims to have invented a working time machine, Walter becomes determined to travel to the past. (Christian Science Monitor)

    LINER NOTES, a New Literary Travel Series For Public Radio Launches in March  Mar 1, 2008
    Host Paul Holdengraber is the cultural wunderkind whose literary happenings have turned the New York Public Library into a popular hot spot, and whose public events at the Institute for Art and Cultures are treasured by Los Angeles cognoscenti ... This thematic approach has been at the heart of Holdengraber's hugely successful New York Public Library Live series. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    'Sex And The City' Movie Trailer: Video Leaked To Web Reveals Big Trouble For Carrie  Feb 23, 2008
    Also, the New York Public Library. That's where she's having the wedding. (VHI.com -- Music News)

    Advertisers use sound to get inside your head  Feb 19, 2008
    An Audio Spotlight system at the New York Public Library allows visitors to hear audio from different TV screens while the surrounding area remains quiet ... Holosonic products also have been used by the New York Public Library, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and, recently, on the observation deck of the Seattle Space Needle. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    What would JFK do?  Feb 17, 2008
    A few years ago the New York Public Library gift shop sold Che wristwatches. These it described as "featuring the classic romantic image of Che Guevara, around which the word 'revolution' revolves." But Che's idea of revolution was anything but romantic. (Boston Globe)

    We Hear . . .  Feb 10, 2008
    THAT socialite Minnie Mortimer lost her Chanel bag during a paparazzi storm at the Jill Stuart fashion show at the New York Public Library and still hasn't recovered it. . (New York Post -- Gossip)

    SIERRA, 38, AND RIVERA, 33  Feb 10, 2008
    "Finally, I snapped out of it and said, 'I'm sorry, I didn't hear you!'" Luckily, the groom, a technician for the New York Public Library, and their 55 guests were amused. Following an otherwise flawless ceremony at St. Martin of Tours Church in The Bronx, they celebrated at The Eastwood Manor, dancing to '80s hits and dining on an international buffet. (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    The Impossible Art of Deciphering Manuscripts  Feb 8, 2008
    Peabody letter Courtesy the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, the New York Public Library. Henry James letter courtesy Houghton Library, Harvard University. (Slate)

    HAUTE LIST@ THE FRONT ROW  Feb 5, 2008
    We hung out backstage at New York Public Library yesterday to talk to Jill Stuart about her fall collection. We also hung out with models and gossiped about what it's like to walk down the runway and chatted with hair and makeup experts about the look of the show - and how you can mimic it at home. (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    * [SUNDAY PROFILE] Studs Terkel spins a good yarn  Jan 27, 2008
    " He sat on his father's shoulders on the steps of the New York Public Library to watch the Armistice Day parade in 1918. He studied law but had no interest in practicing it. He has been an actor and a union organizer. He still gets excited about the fortunes and fate of Henry Wallace - Roosevelt's progressive vice president in 1945 - as though it were only yesterday. In the early days of television, he had his own show, Stud's Place, which was like Cheers without the booze. He was later... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    First town meeting of '08 Introduced: new employees, new programs, new budget  Jan 27, 2008
    Lastly, Maria Calvo was sworn in as the newest member of the West New York Public Library Board. Holiday decoration contest winners. (Hoboken Reporter, NJ)

    Let me tell you a story  Jan 23, 2008
    "He has certainly witnessed an awful lot of history. Born in 1912 in New York to Russian Jewish parents, he moved to Chicago aged eight, where his parents ran a rooming house that became a transient home to "communists, vegetarians, wobblies [radical trade unionists]". He sat on his father's shoulders on the steps of the New York Public Library to watch the Armistice Day parade in 1918. He studied law but had no interest in practising it. He has been an actor and a union organiser. He still gets... (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)

    Celebrate Black History Month  Jan 22, 2008
    The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library offers a vast array of poignant historical photographs, digital images of African-American history in the United States. An excellent resource. (Suite101.com)

    Britain, a destination for "libel tourism"  Jan 21, 2008
    This month, Rory Lancman, a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly, and Dean Skelos, a Republican who is the Senate deputy majority leader, stood on the steps of the New York Public Library to announce a proposed bill that would amend state law to give New York courts jurisdiction over cases like Ehrenfeld's. Essentially, the proposal would allow New York courts to declare such foreign judgments unenforceable unless the country in which they are made had free speech protections similar... (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)

    Colts Say Caldwell in if Dungy Retires  Jan 19, 2008
    Irsay hopes Dungy will return and expects to speak to him this weekend, the owner said at a party celebrating an exhibition of the Jack Kerouac "On The Road" manuscript he owns at The New York Public Library. Irsay said he might be able to make accommodations for Dungy such as allowing him to attend his son's high school football games in Florida on Friday nights. (ABC 7 News, DC)

    Owner: Caldwell would coach Colts if Dungy resigns  Jan 18, 2008
    Irsay hopes Dungy will return and expects to speak to him this weekend, the owner said at a party celebrating an exhibition of the Jack Kerouac On The Road manuscript he owns at The New York Public Library. DISCUSS. (USA Today -- Sports)

    In New York: A bookworm's holiday  Jan 10, 2008
    Everyone knows libraries are not just about books anymore, but no one knows it better that the women at the main information booth of the New York Public Library at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The two most common questions they field: Where are the restrooms. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)

    Go & Do - Portsmouth area events  Jan 8, 2008
    Marc Songini, author of "The Lost Fleet: A Yankee Whaler's Struggle Against the Confederate Navy and Arctic Disaster," the third book he's written on New England history, will visit York Public Library at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11. This is a family saga, a true narrative of adventure and death on the high seas and a well-researched look at the demise of Yankee whaling. (Seacoast New Hampshire)

    City Living: Port Richmond, Staten Island  Jan 1, 2008
    The New York Public Library branch dates to 1905. Find it. (Newsday -- New York City)

    On the road to greatness  Dec 29, 2007
    Perhaps, then, it shouldn't have come as a surprise to stumble into the Kerouac exhibit at the New York Public Library this month and find an entire section displaying his lifelong obsession with baseball, an enterprise as American as apple pie. Yep, Kerouac, famed author of On the Road, was a seamhead, all right. (AZCentral -- Sports)

    Book review: The Paris Review Interviews, Volume 2  Dec 27, 2007
    It was at age 10 or 11 in a New York public library that he became a critic. He read Hart Crane's poems and, thunderstruck, felt he had to reply. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)

    Gateways to Wellesleys past and future  Dec 22, 2007
    re and Hastings, architects of the New York Public Library. The Hunnewell Estate is pastoral. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)

    Entertainment  Dec 21, 2007
    The movie, "Emmet Otter's Jug-band Christmas," will be shown at 10:15 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27 at York Public Library. 102 Things York Kids Gotta Do No. 86, will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Design your own greeting. (Seacoast New Hampshire)

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