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QPL Baby: New Mamas Virtual Support Group
Virtual EventWelcome new mamas! Having a baby, whether it's your first or your fifth, brings new joys and new challenges. QPL is here for you and your new little one. Please join us on Fridays at 12:30pm for our New Mamas…
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Moving For Life- Seated Exercise For All
Virtual EventMoving For Life uses gentle aerobics, targeted strengthening and stretching in a way that is fun and enjoyable for all! This seated workout is geared towards people of all ages and abilities while supporting your mental and physical health. We encourage…
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Creative Aging: Life Writing With Ari Satok
Virtual EventIn these sessions, we will focus each week on a different theme, central to our lived experience of the world. These themes will be happiness, courage, and gratitude. Instructor Ari Satok starts each class by bringing in a piece of…
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Central Library College Fair
Central Branch Library 89-11 Merrick Blvd Jamaica, NY 11432, United StatesJoin us at Queens Public Library for an exciting College Fair to help students and families learn more about the college process! Join us at Queens Public Library for an exciting College Fair to provide students and families with valuable…
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Black History Month: Literary Thursdays: Victor Luckerson, Author Of “Built From The Fire”
Virtual EventIn “Built from the Fire,” Victor Luckerson—an award-winning author and national correspondent for Smithsonian Magazine—shares the multigenerational saga of a family and a community in Tulsa’s Greenwood district, known as “Black Wall Street,” that in one century survived the 1921…
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Virtuosi Chamber Concert: Janice Carissa and Sterling Elliott
Queens Public LibraryCulture Connection: Virtuosi Chamber Concert: Janice Carissa (Piano) and Sterling Elliott (Cello) QPL’s Culture Connection presents an enchanting, family-friendly concert featuring rising classical stars Sterling Elliott (cello) and Janice Carissa (piano). The piano–cello duo is a beloved pairing, blending the…
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Black History Month: Food For Life: Foods For A Healthy Heart
Central Branch Library 89-11 Merrick Blvd Jamaica, NY 11432, United StatesVirtual EventWe honor Black History Month throughout February and invite you to celebrate with your community at a class led by a licensed Food for Life instructor. This workshop, “Foods for a Healthy Heart,” introduces practical nutrition strategies for supporting heart…
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Caesars Vs. Saints: The 200-Year Rivalry That Changed The World (Virtual Program In Chinese)
Virtual EventEnglish: From the second century to the fourth: this is a period that marks the apex of Roman civilization and also witnesses the rapid decline of the Roman Empire. During these two centuries, Rome went through multiple emperors and political…
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Black History Month: Literary Thursdays: Brianna Holt, Author Of “In Our Shoes”
Virtual EventPart memoir and part cultural critique, “In Our Shoes: On Being a Young Black Woman in Not-So ‘Post-Racial’ America” uses pop culture and author Brianna Holt’s own lived experience to dissect the stereotypes and preconceived notions that young Black women…
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Black History Month: Food For Life: Foods For A Healthy Heart
Central Branch Library 89-11 Merrick Blvd Jamaica, NY 11432, United StatesVirtual EventWe honor Black History Month throughout February and invite you to celebrate with your community at a class led by a licensed Food for Life instructor. This workshop, “Foods for a Healthy Heart,” introduces practical nutrition strategies for supporting heart…
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Central Library College Fair
Central Branch Library 89-11 Merrick Blvd Jamaica, NY 11432, United StatesJoin us at Queens Public Library for an exciting College Fair to help students and families learn more about the college process! Join us at Queens Public Library for an exciting College Fair to provide students and families with valuable…
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Allihopa Yoga-Accessible And Adaptive Yoga With Rodrigo Souza
Virtual EventRodrigo Souza, Adaptive and Accessible Yoga teacher has created a welcoming space for those faced with trauma and disability. These four sessions are gentle and suitable for all. They incorporate mindfulness practices rooted in gratitude, self-love, compassion and loving kindness.…
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Women’s History Month: Literary Thursdays: Soraya Chemaly, Author Of “All We Want Is Everything”
Virtual EventFrom the award-winning author of “Rage Becomes Her” comes a fearless and timely manifesto for identifying and rejecting male supremacy in our daily lives. Male supremacy, Chemaly asserts, isn’t primarily about men dominating women, but rather a system that first…
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Creative Aging: Mixed Media And Collage
Virtual EventAll are welcome to advance their artistic skills in this Mixed Media and Collage series with teaching artist Richard Estrin. This is a virtual program on Zoom. Join Zoom Meeting https://queenslib.org/4hZ Meeting ID: 884 5829 2114 Passcode: 079958
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Senior Scientist: Take A Journey Into Interstellar Space
Virtual EventWith Dr. Sten Odenwald, retired NASA astronomer. Journey through the solar system from the inner planets of Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars to the outer planets of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Pass the dwarf planet Pluto, on your way…
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College Readiness: Understanding College Financial Aid Award Letters
Virtual EventHave you recently received college admission along with a financial aid package? In this workshop, Justin Manning, an experienced financial aid professional, will provide an in-depth exploration of financial aid options, award letters, key terminology, and the essential next steps…
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Central Library Teen Center: Intro To Tech – Lego’s Robotics
Queens Public LibraryTeens dive into hands‑on engineering as they build, code, and test robots using LEGO's robotics kits. Learn how sensors, motors, and simple programs work together to solve challenges and complete fun tasks. The workshop gives teens a creative space to…
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Fab 5 Freddy Book Talk
Queens Central Library 89-11 Merrick Blvd Jamaica, NY 11432, United StatesPlease join us for a book talk of "Everybody's Fly" by author Fab 5 Freddy - hosted by QPL's Hip Hop Coordinator Ralph McDaniels! "Everybody’s Fly" is a fast-moving, all-access pass to Fred’s extraordinary life—one that begins in a book-…
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Literary Thursdays: Clare Pollard, Author Of “Lives Of The Female Poets”
Virtual EventDon’t miss this episode of Literary Thursdays in honor of National Poetry Month! Poet, editor, and translator Clare Pollard celebrates history’s greatest female poets in this playful poetry collection that offers glimpses into her everyday life and those of the…
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Arab American Heritage Month: The Ancient Egyptian Galleries At The Brooklyn Museum
Virtual EventJoin us for a virtual tour of the Brooklyn Museum’s world-renowned Ancient Egyptian Galleries, with one of the museum’s educators, Natalie Aguilar. With more than 1,200 objects, including sculpture, reliefs, paintings, pottery, and papyri, the Brooklyn Museum’s collection is one…
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