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"Who You Gonna Call" Fights Funding Cuts

No, Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd weren't shooting a sequel to the 1984 blockbuster. Our 2010 Ghostbusters from Improv Everywhere were making a video as a part of the Don't Close the Book on Libraries campaign to fight the proposed $37 million City budget cut. Viewed by millions, the viral video has been picked up by several major media outlets and was featured on YouTube. Now you too can help. With just weeks to go, help us reach our goal of 100,000 letters to elected officials and $150,000 to be raised online...we're almost there!

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Read our exclusive interview with Improv Everywhere founder Charlie Todd

Watch the video

Go Behind the Scenes with Improv Everywhere [photos]

Get the Ghostbusters DVD at NYPL

Make a Splash with Summer Reading
June 10, 2010
11 a.m.
Bronx Library Center

Kick off your Summer Reading with a celebration for the whole family at the Bronx Library Center on June 10. Enjoy a day of music, magic, book signings, gaming, and more. Register on the all-new summerreading.org to create reading logs, find booklists for all ages, leave comments, and share your favorite titles with fellow readers. Kids can now create avatars and earn badges for their achievements throughout the summer.

Sign up at www.summerreading.org

Find details on the Summer Reading Kick-off Celebration

With special thanks to Bank of America, Lead Partner of NYPL's Summer Reading program

Celebrate National Audiobook Month with NYPL
  

Download thousands of titles and listen to your favorites on your Android™, BlackBerry®, iPhone®, or Windows Mobile® device using the free OverDrive Media Console™ on nypl.org.

Celebrate National Audiobook Month and follow @nypl on Twitter or visit NYPL on Facebook for daily audiobook suggestions from our collection.

Browse thousands of audiobooks

Download the audiobook app

Follow @nypl on Twitter for audiobook updates

The High Bridge Library Reopens

Following extensive renovations, the library welcomes back the community in a bright and modern space featuring new murals of the High Bridge, state-of-the-art public computer terminals, and a wonderful story tree where kids can hang out while reading.

Watch a video about High Bridge and its community

Tales of Liberation - 40 Years of LGBT Activism
June 15, 2010
7 p.m.
Berger Forum
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

2010 marks the 40th anniversary of New York City's LGBT Pride and the Gay Activists Alliance. NYPL celebrates these anniversaries with an evening of storytelling and photographs featuring Rich Wandel. A veteran activist, Rich served as the second president of the Gay Activists Alliance and documented the gay rights movement in New York in the early 1970s in hundreds of moving black-and-white images.

Learn more about the evening with Rich Wandel

View a selection of Rich's photos in our digital gallery

Initial funding for the Library's LGBT Initiative was provided by Time Warner Inc.

My Library - A Blog Series About You 

My Library, a new blog series from NYPL, explores why patrons use the Library and what keeps them coming back.

Read about Jeffrey, an accountant who has been coming to the Library for years, or Braydon and Brittany, from California, who love to visit libraries while on vacation. Meet gamers, high school students, freelancers, a digital mayor, and many others.

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The Good Soldiers Wins Book Award

David Finkel, author of The Good Soldiers, takes home the 2010 HELEN BERNSTEIN BOOK AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM. Explore Finkel’s unforgettable account of combat in Iraq.

Pick up The Good Soldiers at the Library

Browse photos and more from the Award Ceremony

Linda Stillman Found New York
Now through July 14, 2010
Mid-Manhattan Library, Art and Picture Collection

Linda Stillman's new photography exhibit Found New York offers viewers a second look at the streets of New York City and the stories they tell.

Select Programs in June

Ken Simon Jazz Quartet
June 19, 2010
2 p.m.
Mott Haven Library

The Autobiography and Sex Life of Andy Warhol
June 23, 2010
6:00 p.m.
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, South Court Auditorium

New York for New Yorkers - Nooks &  Crannies of NYC
June 26, 2010
1:00 p.m.
67th Street Library

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