Talks & Readings Archives

with Dr. Eric Colleary

Lecture | Houdini’s Library

with Dr. Eric Colleary

Spies Among Us: From the American Revolution to 1830s New York

Join us for a look back at spies and spying in NYC from the American Revolution to the 1820s and 1830s.

[Virtual] Lecture | Impressive Textiles: Premodern Printing on Fabric

With Suzanne Karr Schmidt

Lecture | Impressive Textiles: Premodern Printing on Fabric

With Suzanne Karr Schmidt

An Unlikely Barn: The Mount Vernon Hotel & Villa Building on the East River

Join us for this fascinating lecture exploring this 1799 building and its architectural significance.

LITERARY ECHOES: China and the World in Creative Writing

LITERARY ECHOES: China and the World in Creative Writing | A China-U.S. Dialogue

[Virtual] Exhibition Program | Centuries of the Black Press in America

With Alvin Patrick, Frankie Hutton, Mark Whitaker

Exhibition Program | Centuries of the Black Press in America

With Alvin Patrick, Frankie Hutton, Mark Whitaker

[Virtual] Lecture | Blood & Art: The Many Lives of Medieval Wine

with Bruce Holsinger

Lecture | Blood & Art: The Many Lives of Medieval Wine

with Bruce Holsinger

[Virtual] Discussion | Frederick Douglass and Colonial Era Black Writers

with David Blight and Jim Basker Presented in Conjunction with Black Brilliance: An American Chronicle

Exhibition Discussion | Frederick Douglass and Colonial Era Black Writers

with David Blight and Jim Basker Presented in Conjunction with Black Brilliance: An American Chronicle

[Virtual] Exhibition Lecture | Uncertainty and the Quantum Revolution

with Derek Kaufman Presented in Conjunction with Uncertainty and the Quantum Revolution

Getting to the Mount Vernon Hotel: Leisure Travel in 19th Century NYC

Discover another New York and join us for a fascinating look at the rise of public transportation in the early days of New York City

EXHIBITS

Frederic Church in Jamaica

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum presents drawings and oil sketches from Hudson River School painter Frederic Church’s travels in Jamaica.

ARTECHOUSE New York

ARTECHOUSE's New York gallery, in the former boiler room beneath Chelsea Market, shows large-scale digital and immersive art, including its SUBMERGE series.

New York Public Library – Yorkville Library

Yorkville Library is a New York Public Library branch in Manhattan, offering free access to books, media, computers and community programs.

New York Public Library – Webster Library

Webster Library is a New York Public Library branch in Manhattan, offering free access to books, media, computers and community programs.

New York Public Library – Washington Heights Library

Washington Heights Library is a New York Public Library branch in Manhattan, offering free access to books, media, computers and community programs.

New York Public Library – Tompkins Square Library

Tompkins Square Library is a New York Public Library branch in Manhattan, offering free access to books, media, computers and community programs.

New York Public Library – Terence Cardinal Cooke-Cathedral Library

Terence Cardinal Cooke-Cathedral Library is a New York Public Library branch in Manhattan, offering free access to books, media, computers and community programs.

New York Public Library – St. Agnes Library

St. Agnes Library is a New York Public Library branch in Manhattan, offering free access to books, media, computers and community programs.

New York Public Library – Seward Park Library

Seward Park Library is a New York Public Library branch in Manhattan, offering free access to books, media, computers and community programs.

New York Public Library – Roosevelt Island Library

Roosevelt Island Library is a New York Public Library branch in Manhattan, offering free access to books, media, computers and community programs.

New York Public Library – Riverside Library

Riverside Library is a New York Public Library branch in Manhattan, offering free access to books, media, computers and community programs.

New York Public Library – Ottendorfer Library

Ottendorfer Library is a New York Public Library branch in Manhattan, offering free access to books, media, computers and community programs.

New York Public Library – New Amsterdam Library

New Amsterdam Library is a New York Public Library branch in Manhattan, offering free access to books, media, computers and community programs.

New York Public Library – Mulberry Street Library

Mulberry Street Library is a New York Public Library branch in Manhattan, offering free access to books, media, computers and community programs.

New York Public Library – Muhlenberg Library

Muhlenberg Library is a New York Public Library branch in Manhattan, offering free access to books, media, computers and community programs.

New York Public Library – Morningside Heights Library

Morningside Heights Library is a New York Public Library branch in Manhattan, offering free access to books, media, computers and community programs.

An Evening with Fuchsia Dunlop: Five Tastes

Dinner and Conversation with Fuchsia Dunlop

[Virtual] Lecture | Houdini’s Library