• Story Hour: Bears All Around (ages 3–5)

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    3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for an interactive Story Hour in a small group!

  • (Hybrid) Lauren Bastide on Feminist Futures

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    Could feminism save the world? Lauren Bastide speaks on the application of feminist principles to society at large, with life-altering consequences.

    Free
  • Critical Conversations Meeting One: Overstimulated in a Hyperstimulated World

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    Meeting one of Critical Conversations, an expert-led discussion series that allows Library members to ponder the most important issues of our time. This season: a reflection on how to lead a contemplative, vital, and unmediated life in an ever-faster digital world.

  • History of Paris Scavenger Hunt (ages 12–18)

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    Join Assistant Children’s and Teens’ Services Librarian Jason Hazard for a scavenger hunt dedicated to research—and discover Paris in a new light.

  • Story Hour: Thanksgiving (ages 3–5)

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    3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for an interactive Story Hour in a small group!

  • (Hybrid) Marc Selverstone on The Kennedy Withdrawal

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    American history expert Marc Selverstone offers a new and surprising response to a famously unanswerable question: what were JFK’s intentions for Vietnam?

    Free
  • Paris Explorers (ages 8–12)

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    Learn research skills, and uncover facts about the city of light!

  • Entre Nous: Thinking Translation with Gayatri Spivak and Emily Apter

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    Gayatri Spivak and Emily Apter appear on Zoom to discuss translating thought and thinking translation. A conversation at the Library organized in collaboration with Columbia Global Centers | Paris and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination.

    Free
  • (Online) Simon Critchley on Questioning Everything

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    Virtual Event

    Philosopher Simon Critchley speaks about the most fundamental questions in philosophy, their relevance in the contemporary age, and how we might try to answer them.

    Free