What’s happening on and around Roosevelt Island.
Join Roosevelt Island Library and A Living Library, as we learn about and plant native plants together! Mondays on the back patio!
Join us at the Roosevelt Island Library to celebrate local flavors, community, and the launch of a brand-new cookbook! Community member…
This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Do you like to build? If you do, come to the Library every FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY OF THE MONTH.
Tweens & Teens! You're all invited to join Roosevelt Island Library staff in making crafts! Each week, we will craft together and make something new.
Join us for a special time to bond with your little one and meet other caregivers. We will explore the joys of books, songs, and gentle movement in addition to building early learning skills you can practice at home.
Join Roosevelt Island Library for a discussion of the book The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin. This unique urban fantasy is perfect for fans of comic books, sci-fi, super hero stories, and New York City in general.
Join staff from the Roosevelt Island Library for Process Art! Process art emphasizes the process of "making" and focuses on empowering our young artists without step-by-step directions!
This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island branch. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active child build important early learning skills.
Board games, and card games, and other games, oh my! TWEENS AND TEENS! Join us for games, SNACKS, and FUN!
Come join us for a fun afternoon on the Library's courtyard for an afternoon full of games from different decades! For ages 5-12.
Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active child build early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood.
Tweens & Teens! Join Roosevelt Island Library staff for Techy Fridays! Spend the Techy hour playing video games, creating 3D printed objects, practicing your photography skills, and more!
Unlock your inner writer! Join us at Roosevelt Island Library for a lesson on various writing styles. Kids will learn about the different forms of writing and write their own stories, poems, and letters.
The Bloom Room™ and The Sun Room™ are structured, 12-week, DBT-informed youth empowerment programs designed for adolescents ages 13–18.…
This program will be held in-person at the Roosevelt Island Library. A modern-day fortune hunter races to find an ancient treasure hidden by the Founding Fathers.
Come and sing your favorite songs. Whether you are an experienced singer or new to karaoke, all are welcome to participate! Join us for karaoke where you can sing in a safe and supportive space!
This event will take place in-person Relax your mind with soothing music and a fun and easy arts and crafts project. Art supplies will be provided.
This event will take place in person at the Roosevelt Island library. Join us for a read-aloud followed by a craft or activity.
Wednesday's usually a challenge, which is why we're turning it into an opportunity to win prizes! Wednesday's a Challenge starts when we open.
Join the staff at the Roosevelt Island Library for the discussion of the book Deacon King Kong by James McBride. Copies of the book will be available to borrow at the circulation desk starting in July.
HEAR THE CALL! It's Call of Cthulhu time at Roosevelt island Library! We're fighting monsters, solving mysteries, befriending Bigfoot, running from lake creatures, beinmg suspicious of cultists...
ADULTS, TWEENS, & TEENS! Join us for an hour of fun, while we crochet, knit, sew, and more! Bring your own supplies, or use ours! (Limited Supplies)
Come join us for sensory activities and motor skill development for ages 3 to 5 years old.
TEENS & TWEENS! Join us for an hour of fun, while we discuss and watch our book-to-film-of-the-month! If you're interested in attending our book club, claim a copy at the circulation desk.
Join the staff at the Roosevelt Island Library for the discussion of the book Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay. Physical copies of the book are available to borrow at various NYPL locations.
Dance Party with Bubbles the Silly Entertainer. Bubbles will have you and your entirely family singing, dancing, moving and grooving with her silly antics.
Join us at the Roosevelt Island Library World Cup Celebration to pick up some fun craft materials to take home while supplies last!
Come join us for a round or two of some classic board games.
A Tale of Two Stories meets on the fourth Monday of each month to discuss two classic short stories or novellas. This month we will read and discuss "Kew Gardens" by Virginia Woolf and "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington…
A couple with ulterior motives convince Dr. Grant to go to Isla Sorna for a holiday. Rated: PG-13, 92 minutes Starring: Sam Neill, William H.
Four young friends bound by a tragic accident are reunited when they find themselves being stalked by a hook-wielding maniac in their small seaside town.
In celebration of our #US250 Summer Checkout Challenge, Tweens & Teens are invited to the Roosevelt Island Library #US250 Checkout Challenge Party!
Join the staff at the Roosevelt Island Library for the discussion of the book Violeta by Isabel Allende. Copies of the book will be available to borrow at the circulation desk in August.
The murderous fisherman with a hook is back to once again stalk the two surviving teens, Julie and Ray, who had left him for dead, as well as cause even more murder and mayhem, this time at a posh island resort.
Join the staff at the Roosevelt Island Library for the discussion of the book The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones. Physical copies of the book are available to borrow at various NYPL locations.