Join us TOMORROW 5/1 @ 11 AM for 📚COMMUNITY BOOK BUZZ 🐝 Grab a bite and talk about your latest favorite read! No registration required. buff.ly/W6yU4GY

Diana M., Local History Librarian, absentmindedly drops a stack of old books on her desk, upsetting a cloud of ancient dust. Instead of settling, as normal dust does, it billows up & out, gaining form, strength, a backstory. It plugs the vents, locks the door, deletes her emails—

Happy #NationalPoetryMonth! For our LAST poem: here's an excerpt from our 25th U.S. Poet Laureate, Arthur Sze's "Architectures of Emptiness" from INTO THE HUSH. Check out the full collection from the library or on @hoopladigital.bsky.social with your library card: buff.ly/qSqjVMT #NPM2026

Join us tomorrow (4/30) at 2 pm for our FREE weekly 📽️Thursday Afternoon at the Movies!🍿 The theme for April is "Toe-Tapping Musicals." 👞🎶🎵💃 newcitylibrary.org/thursday-fil...

A note I found yesterday while walking in Portland.

👩‍💻Library Tech Help Sessions👩‍💻 Check out all of our upcoming tech programs for May 2026! Registration opens two weeks before each class. Register: newcity.librarycalendar.com Need help with your device? Our Digital Navigators are here every Friday 11 am - 1 pm!

The replies are sending me. 😂😂😂

I was far too old when I learned that restaurateur did not have an n in it.

What word is your spelling nemesis? This is a safe space.

This 👇🔥🔥

"First Yoga Lesson" by Mary Oliver from her 2014 collection Blue Horses #nationalpoetrymonth #poem #poetry

this would fix the website

Join us FRI. 5/1 @ 4 PM for ♟️ CHESS FOR KIDS ♟️ Kids 7-12 years old are invited to a game of Chess. No experience needed! Chess boards and basic instruction will be provided. Register: buff.ly/3dLDKMI

Celebrate #TerryPratchettDay in beautiful(?) Ankh-Morpork! Try a sausage-inna-bun! (Or don't. REALLY, don't.) Where's that, you say? ALL of Discworld exists in L-Space, accessible from our library or @hoopladigital.bsky.social: buff.ly/bi8mS5K New to the series? Start with The Color of Magic.

Forever in our hearts and minds! Happy Birthday, Terry! ❤️✨ Happy #TerryPratchettDay! #GNUTerryPratchett

It is my opinion that the best way to start getting into Discworld is from the beginning. #terrypratchettday

It’s Terry Pratchett Day! My favourite author, who gave me an escape when I needed it, inspired me to be a better person, and taught me the value of truth, justice, freedom, reasonably priced love, and a hard boiled egg. “When in doubt, choose to live.” 📚💙 #TerryPratchettDay

Life is short. Get that library card.

List of 9 websites where you can download unlimited books for free: 1. gutenberg .org 2. standardebooks .org 3. manybooks .net 4. openlibrary .org 5. bookboon .com 6. freecomputerbooks .com 7. internetarchive .org 8. digilibraries .com 9. librivox .org

Stopping, an erasure poem by Mary Ruefle

i had the best time making these silly little pelicans this weekend 🤩 i present: ✨The Pelifont✨

Happy #NationalPoetryMonth! Here are Poems 8 and 10 by Uruguayan poet Idea Vilariño, from her final collection, NO. Check out the collection from the library or find more of her work on @hoopladigital.bsky.social with your library card: buff.ly/qUiOj1Q #NPM2026

Join us and author Irene Shaland for Rediscovering Scandinavia through the Eyes of a Jewish Traveler Wed, 4/29 @ 7 PM Take a virtual journey to 🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🇸🇪 and learn about Scandinavia's Jewish history. View the livestream on the library's big screen or Zoom from home. Register for Zoom: buff.ly/vrGiili

Join us and the GSRC for Alien Registration (AR-2) Forms for Genealogy Tues., Apr. 28 @ 2 PM Watch a session from the National Archives about WWII-era Alien Registration Forms, and how they can be used to trace your family roots. Watch at the library or on Zoom. Register for Zoom: buff.ly/2LOiCd1

Happy #NationalPoetryMonth and #NationalLibraryWeek! Here's Audre Lorde's extraordinary "A Litany for Survival" from THE SELECTED WORKS OF AUDRE LORDE. Check out the full collection from the library or listen on @hoopladigital.bsky.social with your library card: buff.ly/tpIFzt9 #NPM2026

"Tell me what it's like to live without curiosity, without awe." Letter to the Person who Carved His Initials into the Oldest Living Longleaf Pine in North America by Matthew Olzmann via @mayacpopa.bsky.social

Even master thieves hope to retire someday. Frank Oz directs "The Score," starring powerhouses Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, and Marlon Brando, in our @kanopy.com #FlickOfTheWeek. Stream it here with your library card: bit.ly/4cHWPIJ

BREAKING NEWS: The Ashland Library just got six new patrons. Congratulations to parents Cous Cous and Moose and their six goslings, now residing on the branch's roof. We know one's going to be named Ryan, but we're still workshopping the other five. Stay tuned.

The digital record is scary fragile. I couldn’t do my research without web archiving—especially not without the Internet Archive.

Democritus Sr: William Shakespeare, “Be not afeard” (The Tempest, III, ii: Caliban, to Stephano and Trinculo)

New post, who disc/disk? ‘Disc’ is found more often in the music industry and throwable objects such as Frisbees. ‘Disk’ is the preferred spelling in computer-related lingo.

This #NationalLibraryWeek, We Need Diverse Books is proud to announce that we’ve welcomed 21 school and classroom libraries from across the country into the Unbanned Book Network, assisting them in diversifying their collections and building out their student spaces!

Please do not ask bookworm if they are going to finish the books they have before buying more. It is very offensive in our culture.

The very first entry in Philip Larkin's Collected Poems (1988). Talk about starting as you mean to go on.

Jackie Robinson grew up in a diverse Pasadena neighborhood, & when one of those neighbors, his baseball teammate Shig Takayama, was incarcerated at Manzanar with his family, the Robinsons helped take care of their home. For my new column, a story of the worst & best of America through baseball. 🗃️

👩‍💻Library Tech Classes👩‍💻 CODING: Introduction to SQL Thu., 4/30 @ 3 PM Learn about this standard language for database creation and manipulation. Register: buff.ly/THrQhfp

Arbor Day & Earth Day Giveaway 🌱Sat., 4/25 @ 11 AM🌱 Show your New City or West Nyack library card on our veranda to take home a native seedling! This year we have a variety of species suitable for different-sized yards. 🌳One tree per family, while supplies last.🌲

How I foresee my retirement

In honor of Shakespeare's birthday, here's his "Sonnet 23." Check out all of the Bard's work at the library (he's got his own Dewey number-- 822.33 Shake) or on @hoopladigital.bsky.social with your library card: buff.ly/UbwSuci #NPM2026 #HappyBirthdayShakespeare

Everybody wants to rule the words.

TEENS! 🌳Volunteer Tree Wrapping🌲 Friday, April 24, 4:30 PM Earn COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS (and good karma) wrapping baby trees for distribution for the library's Arbor Day giveaway on Saturday. No need to register, just come to the Create Space room. More info: buff.ly/st6i6pB

Join us tomorrow (4/23) at 2 pm for our FREE weekly 📽️Thursday Afternoon at the Movies!🍿 The theme for April is "Toe-Tapping Musicals." 👞🎶🎵💃 newcitylibrary.org/thursday-fil...

🦋 POLLINATOR GARDEN 🌱 Tues., 4/28 @ 4 PM Calling all dirt lovers! Help us build a flower garden in the library's Park! Bring tools if you have them & come to as many sessions as you like. Ages 6 & up. Enter through the library main entrance hall. Register (for schedule changes): buff.ly/7BVrAgf

Happy #NationalPoetryMonth and #NationalLibraryWeek! Here's Rae Armantrout's "Vultures" from her collection FINALISTS. Check out more from this collection on @hoopladigital.bsky.social with your library card: buff.ly/zfuBW0Y #NPM2026

Join us and true crime author JC Fabio for Organized Crime, Gambling, & Professional Athletes: Old Strategy, New Tactics Wed., 4/22 @ 7 PM The author will discuss his book and the current organized crime/NBA gambling scandal. Register: buff.ly/8z02sUt

Join us and pop culture historian Martin Gitlin for THE GREATEST SITCOMS OF ALL TIME Tues., 4/21 @ 2 PM Watch some clips, play some trivia, and hear how sitcoms have evolved through the decades. Register: buff.ly/kJRPVrk

TEENS (Ages 12-18)! Join us TUESDAY 4/21 @ 7 PM for 🪡Embroidery: Basics & Beyond🧵 NO SEWING EXPERIENCE REQUIRED! Learn simple stitches, design a project, and get hands-on help to improve your skills! All materials provided. Register: buff.ly/QjQGkoN

NEXT SATURDAY 4/25: 🐶PAWS FOR READING🐶 Looking for a listening ear? These dogs LOVE being read to! Call the Children's Room at (845)634-4997 x121 a week in advance to reserve your child's 15-minute reading slot with these patient pups. More: newcity.librarycalendar.com/event/paws-r...

Beep is checking in to make sure you aren’t doom scrolling 🐥🫵

🦋 CANCELLATION 🦋 Please note, the Sat. 4/18 Pollinator Event has been cancelled (they're still prepping the area). Come and lend us your green thumbs on the 28th!