We had a wonderful Stacks Week! Photos from many libraries, book recommendations, and things that make you go hmm... all wrapped up here.
Did you join the Library in 2021? On the evening of December 7, we’re hosting our first in-person New Members’ Party of the year. For more information about the party and to RSVP, please contact Diane Srebnick.
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This Month's One-Question Survey
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TONIGHT! MEMBERS' ROOM and LIVESTREAM | OPEN TO THE PUBLIC |
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Barbara Ascher, Ghosting: A Widow's Voyage Out and Peter Duchin, Face the Music: A Memoir, moderated by Linda Donn
Wednesday, December 1, 6:00 PM
Members' Room: $15 per person - fully registered
Livestream: $10 per person
In this unique event, author and journalist Barbara Ascher and celebrated bandleader Peter Duchin share memoirs reflecting on love, family, grief, and what comes after the life one expected.
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THE WRITING LIFE | FOR MEMBERS ONLY |
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Prompt! Fall 2021
Come write with us on Friday mornings. Join your fellow member writers for a fun and stimulating hour and a half of prompts, writing, and sharing. Sessions are separate - attend any or all.
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IN THE WHITRIDGE ROOM:
Friday December 3, 11:00 AM
free of charge | registration required
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ON THE ZOOM MEETINGS PLATFORM:
Friday December 10, 11:00 AM
free of charge | registration required
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ONLINE FROM THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM | OPEN TO THE PUBLIC; FREE FOR MEMBERS |
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The Library: A Fragile History
Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen in conversation with Nicholas Basbanes
Tuesday, December 7, 12:00 noon
free for Library members with discount code; $5 for the public | registration through the Boston Athenaeum required
The history of the library is rich, varied, and stuffed full of incident. In The Library, historians Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen reveal that while collections themselves are fragile, often falling into ruin within a few decades, the idea of the library has been remarkably resilient as each generation makes—and remakes—the institution anew.
Current Society Library members are welcome to attend free of charge; email the Events Office for the registration code.
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MEMBERS' ROOM and LIVESTREAM | OPEN TO THE PUBLIC |
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Ronald Koury and special guests, Places Lost and Found: Travel Essays from the Hudson Review
Thursday, December 9, 6:00 PM
Members' Room: $15 per person - fully registered
Livestream: $10 per person
Ronald Koury and writers from the Hudson Review celebrate a treasury of unique and wide-ranging contributions, all establishing a sense of place, its history and significance.
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MEMBERS' ROOM | OPEN TO THE PUBLIC |
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Clover: A New Play by Ty Hallmark and Laura Rocklyn
Saturday, December 11, 2:00 PM
$20 per person | registration required
Clover is a new full-length play by Laura Rocklyn and Ty Hallmark exploring the life of Gilded Age Washington socialite and pioneer female photographer Clover Adams. Upon arriving in D.C., Clover dives into the political and social scene - but then the death of her beloved father and possible philandering of her husband subject her to the darker forces that run in her family line.
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ON THE ZOOM MEETINGS PLATFORM | FOR MEMBERS ONLY |
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Seminar: Nostalgist or Liberator? The Fiction of D.H. Lawrence with Nicholas Birns
Wednesdays December 15, January 5, January 26, February 16, 11:00 AM
$60 for the four sessions | registration required
How does the 20th-century British novelist's combination of the visionary, the robust, and the outlandish have new relevance for the 21st century?
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NEW! MEMBERS' ROOM | FOR MEMBERS AND GUESTS |
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Celebration of Member Writers, December 2021
Thursday, December 16, 6:00 PM
free of charge | registration required
Members and guests are cordially invited to a celebration of Library members who have published books in 2021. Enjoy wine and light refreshments with writers of many backgrounds and genres.
Have you published a book this year? Let us know - title and publication information - at writers@nysoclib.org!
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We're excited to be presenting in-person events this fall. All individuals attending in-person Members’ Room or Whitridge Room events will be required to show proof of vaccination (Excelsior Pass, vaccination card, photo of vaccination card) at check-in. Please note that we continue to monitor all the news about COVID-19, and we reserve the right to make changes to any or all events including postponement, cancelation, or a change to livestreaming only. Registrants will be contacted as far in advance as possible in the case of any such change.
Watch your inbox for our first announcement of early 2022 events in mid-December!
(October 6, October 27, November 17, December 8)
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The Black Literature Matters exhibition is presented with generous support from The Florence Gould Foundation.
The December 9 event is co-sponsored by the Library and the Hudson Review.
The December 11 performance of Clover is generously underwritten by Alexander Sanger in honor of Jeannette Watson Sanger.
The Writing Life events in 2021 are generously underwritten by Jenny Lawrence.
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Quick Links
Library Hours
Monday and Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Saturday and Sunday 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
This holiday season, the Library is closed on Friday, December 24, Saturday, December 25, and Saturday, January 1. Otherwise we observe normal hours.
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