Posts from Bronx Library Center

Este mes en celebración de la Herencia Hispana estamos destacando la exhibición Pura Belpré, Embajadora del Floklore Puertorriqueño perteneciente al Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños del Hunter College.

As you head back to class this fall, be sure to explore our many databases and online resources to help with research, learning a second language, and completing homework.

Looking for new ways to celebrate Bronx Week? Check out these free resources!

In this episode, Rich and Herb dive into National Poetry Month and interview Adult Services Librarian Dana Bello of the Countee Cullen branch in Harlem.

In this episode, Rich and Herb dive into Women's History Month and interview the Bronx Library Center's Managing Librarian, Melissa Davis.

In this episode we dive into Isabel Wilkerson's 'The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration' and Ernest Hemingway's 'The Old Man and the Sea'. Then we interview Mrs. Cheryl Shackelton-Hawkins, a former NYPL librarian who guided us into the world of Caribbean and African American genealogy.

Some of the key issues that Alvarez's work tackles are breastfeeding in public, fertility, motherhood, and genetics.

We have many helpful resources to help you find your next great read!

Durante el mes de febrero, la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York celebra el Mes de la Historia Negra, a continuación una lista de algunos autores afroamericanos que debemos conocer.

The exhibit centers on mixed media art created to uplift women from all walks of life and explores female identity and multicultural shared experiences.

Schomburg fue uno de los principales coleccionistas de literatura Negra, narrativas de esclavos, obras de arte y materiales de la diáspora: un titán de la preservación.

Las sesiones de teatro de títeres de Pura eran tan queridas en las aulas y bibliotecas de toda la ciudad de Nueva York que los cuentos eventualmente se publicaron como libros para niñas y niños.

Find out how we are continuing to connect with patrons through a podcast, Virtual Heritage Tours, and more.

Empowering Black Families aims to create and promote programs, services, collections, and resources that are responsive to the needs and experiences of the Black community.

This list of over 100 books celebrates notable achievements by Black people in science, technology engineering, the arts, math and medicine.

Are you studying to become a US citizen? Join us online for interactive weekly study groups.

For artist Evelyn Ray and the senior citizens who participate in her art classes, the pandemic has been a trying time that forced them to seek camaraderie and recreation using unconventional means.

These large folkloric masks were purchased in Ponce, Puerto Rico and created by renowned artisan Miguel Caraballo.

Belpre’s storytelling skills and puppeteering became major community attractions that showcased her grandmother’s folkloric tales during story sessions.