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Author, activist, social critic, Civil Rights pioneer, and LGBTQ+ icon #JamesBaldwin was born 100 years ago today. (Painting of James Baldwin, by Lyle Suter, at our #LangstonHughesLibrary in Corona.) #Baldwin100

📣 We are looking for volunteers to help out at Home Movie Day held at Ridgewood Library on Saturday, October 19 📣 📽️ More info re Home Movie Day coming soon 📽️ 🙏 Drop us an email at [email protected] if you're interested and have time to help 🙏

Let QPL take the stress out of the citizenship exam and application process with these free, informative workshops! queenslibrary.org/calendar?searc…

In the #1950s, Queens residents flocked to #RockawayQueens to enjoy some summer fun! These #QPLDigitalArchives postcards show beachgoers beneath blue skies & a rollercoaster rider’s view from atop the Atom Smasher of Rockaways' Playland, from the 1952 film, “This Is Cinerama."

🎆 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of the 1964 #WorldsFair 🎆 Our featured #oralhistory spotlights John Kriskiewicz who was 5 years old at the time: buff.ly/4fGFlMt ✨ Interview conducted by Daniel Kopeloff as part of Queens College | The City University of New York Fall 2016 American Studies 110W Course✨

It's our favorite day of the year, #NationalRelaxationDay! Come on, Queens, get busy relaxing like Leo in 1961 Belle Harbor, Rockaway. Photo donated by Abigail Miller. #QPLArchives #RockawayQueens #1960s #KodaChrome

Interested in getting involved in #ClimateWeek? Curious about #climateeducation in NYC? We're organizing a climate event in collab with New York Climate Exchange (The New York Climate Exchange), and we're looking for volunteers! 📆 Sat, 9/28 ⏰ 3 - 6pm 📍 Governor's Island DM us if interested 🙏

📣 Our new #curatedcollection - the STEAM Society - is up on Name Explorer 📣 The collection spotlights the famous scientists whose achievements set in motion pivotal moments in history & the places in Queens named after them - buff.ly/3YQAq5u #queensexplore

#TBT to the corner of 82nd St & 37th Ave in Jackson Heights, ca. 1940. Tudor-style storefronts lined the street, including Liggette's drugstore and the Queensboro Corporation RE offices. #QPLarchives #JacksonHeights #1940s

"We need affordable housing now!" is a new Making Contact episode by MAKING CONTACT by FoC Media, featuring 2 stories that underscore the importance of #affordablehousing. It features an excerpt from "Invisible Homeless" and is def worth a listen in its entirety - buff.ly/4dMZZIU 🫶🙏😍

Next Tues, 9/3, the monthly #CommunityArchiving #HappyHour returns with special guest, Anna Trammell, from the Internet Archive where she oversees Community Webs ☀️ Join us at 4pm EDT on Zoom. Register here - buff.ly/48P2W9e - to receive Zoom link to access the event 🙏

Under the BMT Line: These #1970s photos show #BushwickBrooklyn during a time of change and are from the William A. Brief Collection at #QPLarchives, taken for his real estate business in the 60s to early 2000s. B'way & Whipple St - B'way & Vernon Ave - Myrtle & Knickerbocker Ave

We have an exciting lineup of fall events coming up, including a #NewYorkClimateWeek program on #GovernorsIsland, presented by The New York Climate Exchange 🥳 📆 Sat, 9/28 ⏰ 3 - 6pm 📍 Governors Island 🔗 buff.ly/3My89to More info coming soon about our Oct event in Cambria Heights 💌

Back to School Queens College flashback! Powdermaker Hall 1962 (former Social Sciences Bldg.) was named for pioneering sociologist Dr. Hortense Powdermaker. #QPLarchives #QueensCollege QC Alumni More on Dr. Powdermaker here: buff.ly/4gbUGVy Post Gianna Fraccalvieri

Our fall programming continues with three Queens Name Explorer events in #Flushing #JacksonHeights and on Zoom. Many 🙏 to our community partners for making these events possible - @rbratspies 34AveOpenStreets Sherese Francis Open House New York #QueensExplore

It's #september11 tom & we're sharing an interview from the archives. In this clip, Gina Pinos recalls how #FDNYfirefighter James Nicholas Pappageorge proposed with the help of her young son, Justin ❤️ Listen: buff.ly/3EF3VMx Many🙏 to Áine Pennello 📷 from Gina Pinos

On the corner of 98th & 38th Ave in #JacksonHeights, is a street named "Firefighter James Pappageorge Way" after a dedicated #EMT worker who became a #firefighter just wks before 9/11. His fiancé, Gina Pinos, tells the story: buff.ly/4glKNF2 🙏 Áine Pennello #memorial

🚨 Our #ClimateWeek program on #GovernorsIsland is <2 wks away & we're excited to announce this amazing lineup of panelists who will be guiding us thru the podcast listening & discussion 🚨 RSVP for free 🎫: buff.ly/3Xptytw Many 🙏 to The New York Climate Exchange A-Doc @qplnyc

Our Fall #ClimateSeries continues at the Cambria Heights Library @qplnyc on Thurs, 10/10 🤲💫🎉 Join us for a topical convo on #climatejustice, #flooding, and #housing in SE Queens. Refreshments will be served at 5:30pm. Discussion will begin at 6pm. RSVP: buff.ly/4e04UXz

#TBT The 7 Train crossing the Roosevelt Avenue Bridge, taken from Roosevelt Avenue west of College Point Boulevard before crossing Flushing Creek. Flushing, Queens. September 2016. #FlushingQueens #7train #September #QueensNYC Photo William Wiedenbaum & Regina Carra