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)

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.

Tonight we kick off our film series Three Auteurs of World Cinema with a free screening of Wong Kar-wai’s stylish, neo-noir romance Chunking Express at Mid-Manhattan Library.

All films are held in the first floor corner room and start at 7 p.m.

Jan 9, 2013
Chungking Express (1994, 103 min)

Jan 16, 2013
Fallen Angels (1995, 96 min)

Jan 30, 2013
As Tears Go By (1988, 102 min)

Feb 6, 2013
Days of Being Wild (1990, 89 min)

Feb 13, 2013
Happy Together (1997, 97 min)

Feb 20, 2013
In the Mood for Love (2001, 97 min)

Over the next several weeks, NYPLarcade will be showcasing six video game titles from 2012 as part of our new game series. What is a game series? Think of it as a film series, but for video games.

Participants play the selected title from 6:30-8:00 p.m. and discuss the game from 8:00-8:30 p.m. All events are FREE and and take place in Room 101 of Mid-Manhattan Library.

Dec 10, 2012
Papo & Yo (Minority Media)

Dec 17, 2012
Super Hexagon (Terry Cavanagh)
McPixel (Sos)
Dys4ia (Anna Anthropy)

Jan 7, 2013
Sound Shapes (Queasy Games)

Jan 14, 2013
Hotline Miami (Dennaton Games)

Jan 28, 2013
FTL: Faster Than Light (Subset Games)

Feb 4, 2013
Proteus (Ed Key & David Kanaga)

For more information, please visit: bit.ly/nyplarcade-showcase2012

Join us on Friday, November 30 at Mid-Manhattan Library for a free musical performance by singer-songwriter Donald P. Johnson. Starts at 6 p.m. with doors at 5:30 p.m.

Donald P. Johnson is a singer-songwriter and he has been making music for more than 30 years. In his youth he was an accomplished classical pianist and performed at the Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall.

Since then he has focused his music on the song form, with emphasis on the human voice as the avatar for truth and poetry. He will perform a set of “Work Songs”, which he describes as “music in its most essential form.” He will sing about struggle, pain, peace, and love.