Smithsonian Magazine on MSN5d
Over the Last 200 Years, a Small Library Became One of New York City’s Biggest Museums. A New Showcase Tells the Story of Its Unique Legacy
To mark its bicentennial, the Brooklyn Museum highlights the pieces that have shaped its collection—and the foundational art ...
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Queens Public Library earns spot on Forbes’ best midsize employers list
Queens Public Library has been recognized as one of the top midsize employers, ranking 46th on Forbes’ list of America’s Best Midsize Employers ...
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Armed With Just a Badge, Los Angeles’ First Policewoman Protected the City’s Most Vulnerable in the Early 20th Century
Alice Stebbins Wells patrolled dance halls, skating rinks, penny arcades and movie theaters, keeping these public spaces free ...
The Valencia Ballroom has entertained York for nearly a century
When the remodeled Valencia Ballroom reopened in 1934, famed big band leaders who performed there considered it one of the ...
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City to Invest $2.4M to Tackle Digital Divide
The investment will renovate computer labs in libraries and older adult centers across the five boroughs and expand the NYCHA ...
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How Brooklyn's First Free Library Became the Brooklyn Museum
It grew from a small library to a massive and wide-ranging educational institution before focusing on art.
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Three New Musicians to Join Boston Symphony Orchestra for the 2025–26 Season
The Boston Symphony Orchestra has appointed Caleb Quillen as the orchestra’s new principal bass. BSO third horn Michael ...
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In 'Dreaming in Ensemble,' WPI professor explores how Black artists helped transform opera
more than 250 young Black women showed up for a singing contest held at 135th Street Branch of the New York City Public Library in Harlem. The contest was for African American sopranos who hoped ...
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The Valencia Ballroom has entertained York for nearly a century
Martin Library opened a ... It was the only York County hotel listed in the book. Mixed race audiences would view touring performers in some city venues. In 1941, famed Black singers Marian ...
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Two NYC yeshivas are not meeting standards and must effectively close, state rules
The New York ... halls of government and the public square, this is the first time the state has effectively closed a Hasidic school. The two yeshivas are in Williamsburg, the center of the city ...
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At town halls, Republicans feel the heat from Trump and Musk's firing and cutting spree
Many members of the House skipped holding large, public events while out of Washington this week. But the Republicans who did hold town halls back ... hall in Albany, New York, a man told ...
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THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Special to The New York Times. TimesMachine is an exclusive ... The forty-seventh annual report of the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston has just been issued.