After a wonderful first season of Shakespeare in Queens, the curtain is about to rise on Season Two of this ambitious project. Every month, actors from TITAN Theatre Company will present a free dramatic reading of a Shakespeare play at a community library in Queens. Lenny…
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Looking for new music? Look no further than your local Queens Library! Every month, our expert staff will bring you the best of what's new in our physical and digital collections. Check out our music recommendations for September 2016! Leslie Odom Jr., Leslie Odom Jr. Born in…
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For an undocumented immigrant, what is the true cost of the American Dream? In her new memoir, My (Underground) American Dream, Julissa Arce examines that question as she tells her inspirational story.Julissa was 11 when she moved to San Antonio from Mexico, and she learned that…
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“I have always associated Fridays with libraries,” says Florence Odigie from Arverne. “When I was younger, my mother would take me and my siblings to the Arverne Community Library to check out books for the week. Once I was older, I still continued this tradition and would often…
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The multi-award-winning Japanese vocalist TiA will be joining us at Queens Library on Saturday, August 13—get your tickets now!TiA, who was born in Yokohama, Japan, signed a record contract with Epic Records when she was just 16. Shortly after that, her song “Ryuusei” was…
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