Hailed by The Strad for playing with “tremendous heart and beauty,” the Ivalas Quartet served as the Graduate Resident String Quartet at The Juilliard School from 2022 to 2024, where they studied with the Juilliard String Quartet. They were previously in residence at the University of Colorado-Boulder under the mentorship of the Takács Quartet.
Washington Heights Library: Book Discussion — A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Book Discussion Series: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
A century before A Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros. We will follow their adventures and discuss A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
Whether you are an avid George R.R. Martin fan, read all of A Song of Ice and Fire, watched House of the Dragon on screen or are completely new to Westeros, join us for a series of discussions, coffee and tea and community. We will begin by discussing the first novella.
No registration is required. Following dates to be announced.
Heights Library, call for more information or reserve your copy online at nypl.org
Inwood Library & Dyckman Farmhouse: Black Music in America with Dr. Daphne A. Brooks
Inwood Library is teaming up with Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Alliance (DFMA) to bring you a free, in-person community livestream and discussion of both Talking About Race Matters lectures this March.
Talking About Race Matters (TARM) is a two-part virtual lecture series where notable scholars share their groundbreaking work on cultural history and social justice.
This month, TARM lectures will explore the cultural and political contributions of Black women musicians in America. This is “The Song of Our Freedom: Black Music in America” in celebration of Women’s History Month and the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
*After the livestream, in-person attendees will participate in a guided discussion and explore supplementary reading curated by Library staff and TARM lecturers. Small snacks will be provided.* Adults 18+
Dr. Daphne A. Brooks is William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Black Studies, American Studies, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Music at Yale University. She is the author of Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850-1910 (Durham, NC: Duke UP, 2006), winner of The Errol Hill Award for Outstanding Scholarship on African American Performance from ASTR; Jeff Buckley’s Grace (New York: Continuum, 2005) and Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound (Harvard University, February 2021).
Inwood Library & Dyckman Farmhouse: Alice Coltrane & the Quest for Freedom in Black Power Era America
Inwood Library is teaming up with Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Alliance (DFMA) to bring you a free, in-person community livestream and discussion of both Talking About Race Matters lectures this March.
Talking About Race Matters (TARM) is a two-part virtual lecture series where notable scholars share their groundbreaking work on cultural history and social justice.
This month, TARM lectures will explore the cultural and political contributions of Black women musicians in America. This is “The Song of Our Freedom: Black Music in America” in celebration of Women’s History Month and the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
*After the livestream, in-person attendees will participate in a guided discussion and explore supplementary reading curated by Library staff and TARM lecturers. Small snacks will be provided.* Adults 18+
Dr. Tammy Kernodle on “Lord Help Me Be: Alice Coltrane and the Quest for Freedom in Black Power Era America”
This lecture explores pianist and harpist Alice Coltrane’s role in pushing forward the avant-garde jazz aesthetic during the years immediately following the death of her husband and collaborator John Coltrane. It examines the symbiotic relationship between the music from her early solo albums and the broader idea of freedom that fueled the rise of the Black Power and Black Nationalist Movements.
Dr. Tammy L. Kernodle is the Park Creative Arts Endowed Professor and University Distinguished Professor of Music at Miami University (OH), where she teaches in the areas of African American music, gender studies in music, and race and American popular culture.
Fort Washington Library: Teen Movie & Pizza “Hidden Figures”
Women’s History Month:
Join Fort Washington Library for pizza and a movie, as we watch Hidden Figures.
Three female African-American mathematicians provide crucial calculations for NASA’s space race against the Soviets, all while dealing with the racist and sexist assumptions of their white male co-workers.
For ages 13 to 18 years