The New York Public Library Celebrates Pride Month with After Hours, Anti-Prom, and More

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With robust programming, book lists spotlighting Gear Plus
voices and historical collections that amplify gear
plus experiences, NYPL will celebrate Pride Month with a
wide range of offerings. Of the more than sixty programs
across NYPLS 90 plus branches, Highlights include the Pride

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edition of Library After Hours, a reading of super gay poems,
and a creative workshop exploring identity and
self-expression. More details and noteworthy
events below. Program highlights.
June 3rd. Teen Band Book Club with June El
Ingwen on the Magic Fish, a moving graphic novel about a

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Vietnamese American teen using fairy tales to navigate identity
and family. June 6th, The Stavrus NI Archos
Foundation Library opens its rooftop terrace to teens who D
rather stay in for a pyjama party then go out for this year
as quiet queers. June 10th, Melrose Library in

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the Bronx will host a Pride party for teens with crafts and
giveaways. June 13th The Pride edition of
Library After Hours, a premiere event series by Live from NYPL,
will feature notable guests fromthe LGBTQ Plus archives, live
performances and special displays in a building wide

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takeover of the Stephen A Schwartman Building.
June 18th Curated by Stephanie Byrd, Super Gay Poems is a
boundary pushing anthology of 51poems tracing the evolution of
queer poetry since the StonewallRiots.
The reading will feature Burt alongside Z Leon Koh, Marissa

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Crawford, Marilyn Hacker and more in conversation.
June 20th Anti Prom comes to Manhattan featuring a special
fashion show and dance performance in a night of fun at
the Stephen A Schwartman building.
Browse all Pride programs in theBronx, Manhattan, and Staten
Island. About the New York Public

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Library The New York Public Library is a free provider of
education and information for the people of New York and
beyond. With 92 locations, including
research and branch libraries throughout the Bronx, Manhattan
and Staten Island, the library offers free materials, computer
access, classes, exhibitions, programming and more to everyone

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from toddlers to scholars and has seen record numbers of
attendance and circulation in recent years.
The New York Public Library serves nearly 17,000,000 patrons
who come through its doors annually and millions more
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