NYPL Top Picks October 2017

Get tickets for Van Jones with Brooke {NAME} at the Library [View in browser]( [Forward]( [Donate]( [LIVE from the NYPL: Van Jones with Brooke {NAME}]( LIVE from the NYPL: Van Jones with Brooke {NAME} CNN political contributor Van Jones has been hailed as one who tries to “fight the right way.” In Beyond the Messy Truth, Jones draws on his years of activism and political analysis to take aim at the failures of both parties and to show the nation how to focus on practical answers to problems that affect us regardless of region or political ideology. He will be joined by Brooke {NAME}, CNN anchor, field reporter, and Peabody Award finalist. Get your tickets now for this unique night of conversation. TUES, OCT 10 | 7 PM Stephen A. Schwarzman Building [GET TICKETS]( Reading --------------------------------------------------------------- [New & Noteworthy: Superhero Stories]( New & Noteworthy: Superhero Stories [BROWSE THE LIST]( Staff Picks [Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too]( Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too Jomny Sun [How Not To Hate Your Husband After Kids]( How Not To Hate Your Husband After Kids Jancee Dunn [The Someday Birds]( The Someday Birds Sally J. Pla [MORE STAFF PICKS]( Events --------------------------------------------------------------- [Conversations from the Cullman Center: What She Ate]( Conversations from the Cullman Center: What She Ate Cullman Center Fellows Laura Shapiro and Francine Prose discuss Shapiro's new culinary biography of six women and how food shaped their lives. WED, OCT 11 | 7 PM Stephen A. Schwarzman Building [ATTEND]( Laurie Anderson's Listen List MON, OCT 16 | 6 PM Library for the Performing Arts [ATTEND]( Between The Lines: The Street by Ann Petry MON, OCT 16 | 6 PM Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture [ATTEND]( Financial Planning Day FRI, OCT 20 | 10 AM Science, Industry and Business Library [ATTEND]( CEO Series: David S. Rose TUES, OCT 24 | 6 PM Science, Industry and Business Library [ATTEND]( [Support The Library]( Exhibitions --------------------------------------------------------------- [Winter Wonderland: George Balanchine's The Nutcracker®]( Winter Wonderland George Balanchine's The Nutcracker® OPENS OCT 26 Library for the Performing Arts [LEARN MORE]( What's New? Recent Acquisitions OPENS OCT 13 Stephen A. Schwarzman Building [LEARN MORE]( Black Power! THROUGH DEC 30 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture [LEARN MORE]( Noteworthy --------------------------------------------------------------- [Podcast: Jesmyn Ward—Sing, Unburied, Sing]( Podcast: Jesmyn Ward—Sing, Unburied, Sing The acclaimed novelist will discuss her newest book, which has been shortlisted for the National Book Award. [LISTEN NOW]( Live Reading Recommendations on Facebook Get live book recommendations from our expert librarians every Friday at noon. [LEARN MORE]( Picturing the City: Illustrated Maps of NYC Explore the city's history in these visually striking and content-rich maps. [LEARN MORE]( The Librarian Is In Podcast: Heaven Is a Place on...Another Planet? Frank and Gwen on dystopian YA, travel memoirs, banned books, and Belinda Carlisle. [LISTEN NOW]( Free Online Magazines and Newspapers from the Library Get free access to the latest newspapers, magazines, and periodicals with your library card. [LEARN MORE]( The Best Banned Books That Take Place in NYC Check out our top six banned books set in New York via Gothamist. [READ MORE]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsors LIVE from the NYPL is made possible with generous support from Celeste Bartos, Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos and Adam Bartos, and the Margaret and Herman Sokol Public Education Endowment Fund. The Cullman Center is made possible by a generous endowment from Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman in honor of Brooke Russell Astor, with major support provided by Mrs. John L. Weinberg, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Estate of Charles J. Liebman, John and Constance Birkelund, The Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation, and additional gifts from The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, Helen and Roger Alcaly, The Rona Jaffe Foundation, The Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation, William W. Karatz, Mary Ellen von der Heyden, Merilee and Roy Bostock, The Arts and Letters Foundation, Lybess Sweezy and Ken Miller, and Cullman Center Fellows. Laurie Anderson's Listen List is supported by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts gratefully acknowledges the leadership support of Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman. Additional support for exhibitions has been provided by Judy R. and Alfred A. Rosenberg and the Miriam and Harold Steinberg Foundation. Support for The New York Public Library's Exhibitions Program has been provided by Celeste Bartos, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos and Adam Bartos Exhibitions Fund, Jonathan Altman, and the continuing generosity of Miriam and Ira D. Wallach. --------------------------------------------------------------- Programs are subject to change or cancellation. For up-to-date information, visit [nypl.org/events](. 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