Posts by Sherri Machlin

Women's History Month has come and gone, but the staff of Mulberry Street Branch are keeping the vibe going with this booklist celebrating outstanding women and their extraordinary accomplishments.

From humorous rom coms to biographies and poetry, here are some selections we think you'll enjoy as much as our staff.

"I realized that even though my life was now unfolding in a new country, Italy and its culture would always be an important part of my life. It was also during this first visit that I decided I could carry the Italian spirit within me by becoming an artist."

Her all white-on-white exhibition is on view at the Mulberry Street Library.

Is that soapy water staring at me? Is that a banana peel or a jaunty old man? These are some of the questions you may encounter when pondering the latest body of work from photographer Ner Beck.

Feel the need to be wowed by wide open spaces and awe inspiring landscapes? Even if you can't travel out West this summer, artist Yuko K. has brought back a little piece of magic from Monument Valley for your visual enjoyment. We spoke about her recent trip.

A collaborative exhibition Paintings by Ann Schaumburger and Paintings and Prints by Michael Pellettieri will be on view at the Mulberry Street Library from April 7–21, 2016. I spoke with the artists recently about their work.

A surprised looking bathtub, a quixotic building column, and a pipe that looks like it might go “meow!”

What's that ruckus we've been hearing in the Children's Room lately? A herd of elephants doing yoga?!

Shimmering blue water. A hand, a rose, emerges from a kaleidoscope color field. Glimpses from a small village named Eldorado. These are just some of the stunning imagery captured by Brazilian-born photographer Fernanda Rocha.

Both Gone Girl and Medea feature two classic examples of the Femme Fatale archetype. In this installment of the Reader's Den, we will examine the appearance of the vengeful female or femme fatale as portrayed in film.

This familiar trope plays out in a complex web of nail-biting intrigue in Gillian Flynn's popular mystery novel and screenplay Gone Girl, but this theme of punishing a philandering spouse to the extreme has ancient roots.

We're really "branching" out into new forms of art at Mulberry Street Library with our latest exhibition by neighborhood artist Tony Jannetti. "The Not-Seen Ubiquitous - Visual Works by Tony Jannetti" is on view at Mulberry Street branch through October 31, 2015.

Mulberry Street Library is proud to host a one-of-a-kind art exhibit: Reflections: Rebecca and Sasha Rubenstein. Mother and daughter Rebecca and Sasha Rubenstein love to draw, paint, take photos and visit museums together.

On view now through June 29, 2015 in the Community Room of Mulberry Street Library are the photographs of David Penner.This series he is presenting is called "Manhattan Pairs" and features portraits of pairs of people in various NYC locales. I spoke with David recently about his photography.

Stop by the streets around the New Museum between Thursday May 28th and Saturday May 30th, and you'll see the invisbile city come alive with new, progressive ideas as part of the Ideas City festival for the future. To tie in with the theme of Invisible Cities, we polled our patrons at the Mulberry Street Library to see how the library helps them uncover hidden resources that make the city seem less invisible.

This Spring, everything is coming up foodie! Here is a list of recent books on cooking and eating.

The Mulberry Street Library is proud to host the art exhibition "Love, Masks, and Flowers" by Greenwich Village based artist Rossella BLUE Mocerino. A veteran exhibitor of NYPL Libraries, BLUE brings extraodinary color and verve to her work, on display through June 27th, 2015. I spoke with the artist about her work.

On view at the Mulberry Street Library through February 28, 2015 are the delicate drawings and cutouts on paper by artist and teacher Karl Lorenzen. I spoke with the artist about his work.