Headliners @ NYPL
by The New York Public Library
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Description
Aside from programs in its regular LIVE from the NYPL series, The New York Public Library has hosted numerous well-known authors, artists, musicians, politicians, and others for public speaking events. Watch or listen to a few highlights here.
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Charles Dickens & A Christmas Carol with Neil Gaiman and Molly Oldfield | An afternoon of Victorian entertainment! Molly Oldfield, consummate researcher and author of The Secret Museum, shares her love of unique items and interesting objects found at museums and libraries world wide, most notably The New York Public Library's collection of Dickens material in the Berg Collection of English and American Literature. She will be joined by acclaimed author Neil Gaiman, who will present a memorable reading of Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Gaiman will read the classic tale as the great author intended, following edits and prompts Dickens wrote in his own hand for his unique readings 150 years ago. | 12/19/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Digital Humanities and the Future of Libraries | Kari Kraus, Jon Orwant, Dot Porter and Doug Reside in Conversation | 6/16/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Hyde Pierce: Bedtime Stories for Grownups | -- | 5/21/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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FDR’s Funeral Train: A Betrayed Widow, a Soviet Spy, and a Presidency in the Balance | -- | 9/23/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roosevelt and Stalin: Winning the War, Shaping the Peace | -- | 9/9/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali in Conversation with Lawrence Wright | NYPL President's Council | 9/14/2009 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoAyaan Hirsi Ali in Conversation with Lawrence Wright | NYPL President's Council | 9/14/2009 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Speak UP, Act OUT: Conversations on Activism | An NYPL LGBT Committee event | 6/29/2009 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoSpeak UP, Act OUT: Conversations on Activism | An NYPL LGBT Committee Event | 6/29/2009 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoChina Revealed: Simon Winchester | Friends Evening Lecture | 5/12/2009 | Free | View In iTunes |
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China Revealed: Simon Winchester | Friends Evening Lecture | 5/12/2009 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"Not for Children Only," with Mary Ann Hoberman, Salman Rushdie, Chris Van Allsburg | -- | 4/21/2009 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | Video"Not for Children Only," with Mary Ann Hoberman, Salman Rushdie, Chris Van Allsburg | -- | 4/21/2009 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Malcolm Gladwell | NYPL President's Council Spring Dinner, 2009 | 3/2/2009 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoMalcolm Gladwell | The New York Public Library President's Council Spring Dinner, Spring 2009 | 3/2/2009 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gary Snyder Reading with Eliot Weinberger | -- | 1/31/2009 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoGary Snyder Reading with Eliot Weinberger | -- | 1/31/2009 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rev Gene Robinson in Conversation with Urvashi Vaid | An NYPL LGBT Committee event | 11/18/2008 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoTreasury Secretary Henry Paulson: The State of Capital Markets and the Economy | -- | 7/22/2008 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson: The State of Capital Markets and the Economy | -- | 7/22/2008 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoDr. David Elkind: The Hurried Child in a Digital World | -- | 4/5/2008 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. David Elkind: The Hurried Child in a Digital World | -- | 4/5/2008 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoTony Kushner and Edmund White | The NYPL LGBT Committee Inuagural Reception | 4/3/2008 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tony Kushner and Edmund White | The NYPL LGBT Committee Inuagural Reception | 4/3/2008 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Patricia C. McKissack: Books Filled with Memories | The year 2006 marked the 50th annual presentation of the Anne Carroll Moore Lecture. Anne Carroll Moore (1871-1961) was a children's librarian, an author, and a critic of children's books. She headed the Children's Department of the Pratt Institute Library from 1896 to 1906, and was the first Supervisor of Work with Children at The New York Public Library, 1906-1941. | 11/13/2006 | Free | View In iTunes |
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