Michelle Williams, Julianne Moore and Salman Rushdie Hit New York Galas
Actors reacted to a tentative deal to end their strike at a Creative Time fund-raiser, and the New York Public Library hosted its annual Library Lions gala.
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A Joan Didion Party at the New York Public Library
Writers and editors celebrated the author, and sampled her recipes, at a party commemorating the library’s acquisition of her voluminous archive.
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Wax Cylinders Hold Audio From a Century Ago. The Library Is Listening.
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts acquired a machine that transfers recordings from the fragile format. Then a batch of cylinders from a Met Opera librarian arrived.
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A Music Historian Takes a Top Job at the New York Public Library
Brent Reidy, the new director of Research Libraries, said he hoped to help democratize the 127-year-old library by reaching a younger generation.