All across the five boroughs, we're bringing arts and culture right to your back yard! In addition to providing library cardholders with free passes to museums and theaters, Culture Pass works with partner organizations to bring unique cultural programming to branches across the city. Check out the schedule below to see when and where we'll be next.
NOVEMBER 2024
Origami Paper Power
11/6/2024 - 3:30pm - QPL Mitchell-Linden Branch, 31-32 Union Street, Queens
Presented by the Lewis H. Latimer House Museum
Mathematics and circuitry were very important for Lewis Latimer in his career. Combine both skills and celebrate International Origami Day with the Lewis Latimer House Museum as we transform paper into origami creations and illuminate them using LEDs! More Info
Ages: Children & Families. Duration: 1 hour. Language: English.
From Tenements to Stained-Glass: An Exploration of the Eldridge Street Synagogue
11/6/2024 - 3:30pm - NYPL Chatham Square Branch, 33 East Broadway, Manhattan
Presented by the Museum at Eldridge Street
Join the Museum at Eldridge Street for this family friendly exploration of a hidden gem and New York City landmark.Built in 1887, the Eldridge Street Synagogue is the first grand synagogue built by Eastern European Jews in the United States and a symbol of immigrant aspiration. This program will explore the history of our synagogue and the history of immigration at the turn of the century. We will also explore the building itself, with a fun stained-glass activity! More Info
Ages: Adults & Older Adults. Duration: 1 hour. Language: English.
The Colors of Frida
11/9/2024 - 11:30am - NYPL Harry Belafonte 115th Street Branch, 203 West 115th Street, Manhattan
Presented by Teatro SEA
A bilingual, one-woman show about the great Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, which combines storytelling, music, visual arts, puppets and audience participation.
Un espectáculo bilingüe sobre la gran pintora mexicana Frida Kahlo, que combina música, arte visual, narración de cuentos, títeres y la participación del público. More Info
Ages: Children & Families. Duration: 1 hour. Language: English & Spanish.
A Taste of Indo-Caribbean Culture with Bharati Sukul Kemraj
11/15/2024 - 1:00pm - QPL Pomonok Branch, 158-21 Jewel Avenue, Queens
Presented by the Kupferberg Center for the Arts
The Queens borough is known to be a melting pot with people from all around the world. To help us understand a little about the everyday “culture in our community” when it comes to South Asians, Indo-Caribbeans and the term Bollywood or Hinduism, our artist Bharati Sukul Kemraj will share with us a little knowledge on her culture through mandala drawing, a Bollywood dance performance and some story telling. More Info
Ages: All Ages. Duration: 1 hour. Language: English.
From Tenements to Stained-Glass: An Exploration of the Eldridge Street Synagogue
11/16/2024 - 11:30am - NYPL Harry Belafonte 115th Street Branch, 203 West 115th Street, Manhattan
Presented by the Museum at Eldridge Street
Join the Museum at Eldridge Street for this family friendly exploration of a hidden gem and New York City landmark.Built in 1887, the Eldridge Street Synagogue is the first grand synagogue built by Eastern European Jews in the United States and a symbol of immigrant aspiration. This program will explore the history of our synagogue and the history of immigration at the turn of the century. We will also explore the building itself, with a fun stained-glass activity! More Info
Ages: Children & Families. Duration: 1 hour. Language: English.
DrawNowDibujaAhora!
11/23/2024 - 11:30am - NYPL Harry Belafonte 115th Street Branch, 203 West 115th Street, Manhattan
Presented by The Drawing Center
Join Ada Pilar Cruz, teaching artist with The Drawing Center for an in-person discussion and art making workshop. Participants will explore the works from their current exhibition and then make their own drawings while experimenting with and using an assortment of mark making tools, from pencils and crayons, to erasers, markers, scratch boards and drawing with very long sticks. Materials will be provided.
La educadora y artista Ada Pilar Cruz, de The Drawing Center presentará un taller de arte. Los participantes explorarán el trabajo derivado de la exhibición presente y despues dibujarán su propio arte experimentando con todo tipo de herramientas como lápices y crayones, hasta borradores y marcadores. Todos los materiales serán proporcionados. More Info
Ages: Children & Families. Duration: 1 hour. Language: English & Spanish.
Jazz Music Concert
11/26/2024 - 6:00pm - BPL Greenpoint Branch, 107 Norman Avenue, Brooklyn
Presented by the New York Youth Symphony
NYYS shall present a Jazz Music Concert. The New York Youth Symphony Jazz Band is a 17-member swing ensemble dedicated to studying, rehearsing, and performing classic big band jazz music. Modeled on the bands of the 1930’s and 1940’s, the Jazz program preserves this heritage and, keeping with jazz traditions, incorporates it into the current and emerging styles that define the genre for the present generation. More Info
Ages: All Ages. Duration: 1 hour. Language: English.
Additional support for Culture Pass branch programming is provided by the Nissan Foundation.