Posted in Events | May 3, 2019
After a successful week of programming in October, Queens Public Library is again presenting Teen Mental Health Week, this time during May in order to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Month. Teen Mental Health Week will take place May 13-17. May will include programming…
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Posted in Events | May 1, 2019
Celebrate Jewish American culture with us this May at our festival at Forest Hills Library! Our special events will include music, singing, stories of the Yiddish theater, and more, with talented performers, outstanding educators, and acclaimed authors. "Our Jewish American…
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Posted in Books | May 1, 2019
Here are some of the new books coming to the Library—from thrillers to memoirs. May 7, 2019At Home with Muhammad Ali: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Forgiveness by Hana Ali Muhammad Ali’s daughter uses personal recordings the legendary boxer made beginning in the 1970s to craft an…
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Posted in Press Release | April 30, 2019
Extension Adds Seven Months to QPL’s $1-a-Year Sublease, As Search for New Space Continues LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. - Queens Public Library President and CEO Dennis M. Walcott today announced the Library is finalizing an agreement with Citi that will enable QPL’s Court Square…
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Posted in Arts | April 26, 2019
Since April is National Poetry Month, we asked our librarians and staff members to share their favorite poems and poets. Stop by your local library to discover (or rediscover) these fantastic purveyors of verse! “My favorite poet is Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, and her poem that…
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