Mid-Manhattan Library

This summer, revisit the gritty, vital streets of 1970s New York City through key films from the era. All screenings are FREE and seating is first-come, first-served.

For more information, please visit bit.ly/nycsummer-nypl

June 5, 2013
Shaft (1971, 100 min)

June 12, 2013
Klute (1971, 114 min)

June 19, 2013
Super Fly (1972, 93 min)

June 27, 2013
The Godfather (1972, 175 min)

July 3, 2013
Across 110th Street (1972, 102 min)

July 10, 2013
Serpico (1973, 130 min)

July 24, 2013
Mean Streets (1973, 112 min)

July 31, 2013
Three Days of the Condor (1975, 117 min)

August 7, 2013
Network (1976, 121 min)

August 14, 2013
Saturday Night Fever (1977, 118 min)

August 21, 2013
The Warriors (1979, 92 min)

nypl:

In honor of Earth Day, here’s the Earth … as depicted on our Hunt-Lenox Globe, one of the Library’s greatest treasures. Located in our Maps Division, the globe was prepared around 1510, and is the earliest surviving engraved copper sphere from the period immediately following the discovery of the New World, meaning it was one of the first cartographic representations of the Americas known to geographers. Of the two continents in the Western hemisphere, only South America is represented, appearing as a large island with the regional names “Mundus Novus” (the New World), “Terra Sanctae Crucis” (the Land of the Holy Cross), and “Terra de Brazil” (the Land of Brazil). 

nypl:

Thank you Whodaman-Doctor for chronologically helping not only library patrons, but library patrons who are Doctor Who fans! There are so many Doctors to chose from, it’s important to do your homework in order to identify a potential favorite. One of NYPL’s own shares some of her favorite moments with each of the first 7 doctors… after that you’ll have to decide on your own. We’re having a heated debate about the final three right now. 

whodaman-doctor:

so today i went to nypl mid-manhattan branch and i arranged their Doctor Who DVD Collection chronologically.

it was fun.

Thank you.

Our series Three Auteurs of World cinema concludes with eight films from the fantastical Italian director Federico Fellini.

All screenings are FREE and include an introduction and guided discussion afterwards. For more information, please visit: bit.ly/threeauteurs2013-nypl

April 10, 2013
I Vitelloni (1953, 104 min)

April 17, 2013
The White Sheik (1952, 83 min)

April 24, 2013
La Strada (1954, 108 min)

May 1, 2013
La Dolce Vita (1960, 174 min)

May 8, 2013
Satyricon (1969, 128 min)

May 15, 2013
Roma (1972, 128 min)

May 22, 2013
8 1/2 (1963, 138 min)

May 29, 2013
City of Women (1980, 139 min)

Starting on 3/25, please join us for a five week NYPLarcade game series at Mid-Manhattan Library featuring a critical, chapter-by-chapter playthrough of Spec Ops: The Line. All events are FREE and will be held in the first floor corner room. Doors open at 6:00 p.m.

March 25, 2013
The Evacuation, The Dune, Underneath (Ch. 1 - 3)

April 1, 2013
The Refugees, The Edge, The Pit (Ch. 4 - 6)

April 8, 2013
The Battle, The Gate, The Road (Ch. 7 - 9)

April 15, 2013
Riggs, Alone, The Rooftops (Ch. 10 - 12)

April 22, 2013
Adams, The Bridge, Welcome (Ch. 13 - 15)

At each of the sessions listed above, participants will have the opportunity to play and/or watch three chapters of the game, followed by a guided discussion beginning at 8:00 p.m.

For more information, visit: bit.ly/nyplarcade-specops2013

Three Auteurs of World Cinema at Mid-Manhattan Library continues in March with four films by the meditative Russian / Soviet filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky.

All screenings are FREE and begin at 7 p.m. For more information, please visit: bit.ly/threeauteurs2013-nypl

March 6, 2013
Andrei Rublev (1966, 205 min)

March 13, 2013
The Mirror (1974, 106 min)

March 20, 2013
Stalker (1979, 163 min)

March 27, 2013
The Sacrifice (1986, 246 min)

Game designer and musician Kenji Eno has passed away at the age of 42. He worked on several titles for the Sega Saturn including D, Real Sound, and Enemy Zero and more recently contributed music to the iOS release Newtonica.

via Wired Game Life
photo by Joi, CC BY 2.0

Mid-Manhattan Library hosts a musical performance by The Sensorium Saxophone Orchestra on Friday, Feburary 15 at 6 p.m.

The group will be performing Terry Riley’s “In C” as well as compositions by composer-conducter Benjamin Miller.

This event is FREE and seating is first-come, first-served. Please visit www.nypl.org for more information.