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Black History Month: Literary Thursdays: Victor Luckerson Author of “Built from the Fire” image

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Black History Month: Literary ...

Feb 19, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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In Built from the Fire Victor Luckerson—an award-winning author and national correspondent for Smithsonian Magazine...

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Black History Month: Literary Thursdays: Brianna Holt Author of “In Our Shoes” image

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Black History Month: Literary ...

Feb 26, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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Part memoir and part cultural critique In Our Shoes: On Being a Young Black Woman in Not-So Post-Racial America us...

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Women’s History Month: Literary Thursdays: Mary Kay McBrayer Author of “Madame Queen” image

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Women’s History Month: Literar...

Mar 5, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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Madame Queen: The Life and Crimes of Harlems Underground Racketeer Stephanie St. Clair is the astonishing little-kn...

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Literary Thursdays: Michael Arceneaux Author of “I Finally Bought Some Jordans” image

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Literary Thursdays: Michael Ar...

Mar 12, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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New York Times bestselling author Michael Arceneaux delivers a razor-sharp deeply personal collection of essays tha...

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Literary Thursdays: Amelia Thomas Author of “What Sheep Think About the Weather” image

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Literary Thursdays: Amelia Tho...

Mar 19, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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Driven by lifelong curiosity journalist and new farmer Amelia Thomas embarks on a journey to uncover what animals t...

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Women’s History Month: Literary Thursdays: Soraya Chemaly Author of “All We Want is Everything”... image

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Women’s History Month: Literar...

Mar 26, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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From the award-winning author of Rage Becomes Her comes a fearless and timely manifesto for identifying and rejecti...

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Literary Thursdays: Lachi I Identify as Blind image

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Literary Thursdays: Lachi I Id...

Apr 2, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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Lachi is an award-winning singer and leader who awakens the world to this truth: Disability has long shaped our cul...

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Literary Thursdays: Ashley D. Farmer Author of Queen Mother image

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Literary Thursdays: Ashley D. ...

Apr 9, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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From an award-winning historian of Black radical politics Ashley D. Farmer brings us the definitive biography of Au...

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Literary Thursdays: Clare Pollard Author of Lives of the Female Poets image

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Literary Thursdays: Clare Poll...

Apr 16, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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Clare Pollard celebrates the historys greatest female poets in this playful sixth collection that offers glimpses i...

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Literary Thursdays: Jordyn Taylor author of See You at the Summit image

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Literary Thursdays: Jordyn Tay...

Apr 23, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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A heartfelt and sexy romance novel following one bi womans messy journey through coming out—and reluctantly falling...

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Literary Thursdays: Natan Last...

Apr 30, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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An entertaining and eye-opening look at the history of crossword puzzles who constructs them and why crosswords mat...

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Black History Month: An Evening of Art

Adult Program, General

Black History Month: An Evening of Art

Feb 14, 10:00am - 6:00pm

Cambria Heights

Join us for an evening of art with the Cambria Heights Craft Artist ...

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Ralph McDaniels's All-Vinyl 45s Hip Hop and Soul Brunch

Hip Hop

Ralph McDaniels's All-Vinyl 45s Hip Hop ...

Feb 14, 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Virtual

QPL Hip Hop Coordinator Ralph McDaniels will spin all-vinyl DJ sets ...

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Culture Bridge: Celebrating the 2026 Year of the Horse: Spring Festival Concert

Concerts

Culture Bridge: Celebrating the 2026 Yea...

Feb 14, 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Flushing

Celebrate the Year of the Horse with a special Spring Festival Conce...

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Organize It or Lose It: Digital Declutter Series (Sort, Toss, Prioritize)

Queens Memory

Organize It or Lose It: Digital Declutte...

Feb 17, 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Virtual

Decide on a first pass organizing scheme to break apart your mass of...

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Tuesday Online Citizenship Class with Robin

Citizenship

Tuesday Online Citizenship Class with Ro...

Feb 17, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

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Learn everything you need to know about American history, government...

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Black History Month: A Journey Through Song Lyrics Across Time with the Apollo Theatre

Black Heritage

Black History Month: A Journey Through S...

Feb 19, 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Flushing

Students will compare music from specific historical eras (such as t...

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Black History Month: Literary Thursdays: Victor Luckerson, Author of “Built from the Fire”

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Black History Month: Literary Thursdays:...

Feb 19, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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In “Built from the Fire,” Victor Luckerson—an award-winning author a...

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Monday Matinee Movies

Feb 23, 11:00am - 1:15pm

East Flushing

Join us for a matinee movie every Monday at 11am! ** ** QPL is cl...

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Monday Online Citizenship Class with Alex

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Monday Online Citizenship Class with Ale...

Feb 23, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

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Learn everything you need to know about American history, government...

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Black History Month: Literary Thursdays: Brianna Holt, Author of “In Our Shoes”

Adult Program, General

Black History Month: Literary Thursdays:...

Feb 26, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Virtual

Part memoir and part cultural critique, “In Our Shoes: On Being a Y...

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Culture Bridge: Lantern Festival

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Culture Bridge: Lantern Festival

Feb 28, 1:00pm - 2:30pm

Flushing

In celebration of Lunar New Year, the Chinese American Parents’ Asso...

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Celebrate Lunar New Year with the Chinese Theatre Works

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Celebrate Lunar New Year with the Chines...

Feb 28, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Elmhurst

“Hao Bang Ah!” is a common Chinese expression meaning “Great!” or “W...

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