Author Philip Gulley will speak at the New Albany-Floyd County Public Library on Thursday, May 4, 2017, from 6:00-7:30 PM in Strassweg Auditorium. This conversation with Philip Gulley, a Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award honoree, is part of the Novel Conversations Speakers Program, sponsored by Indiana Humanities with support from The Glick Fund, [...]
Tuesday, March 21, 2017, 6:00-7:00 PM Strassweg Auditorium Join us at the New Albany-Floyd County Public Library in March for a special performance of Celtic music by Guilderoy Byrne. Louisville-based band Guilderoy Byrne performs Celtic and international selections played on a variety of acoustic folk instruments. Their repertoire includes traditional and contemporary songs, tunes, and [...]
Film Explores End-of-Life Care Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 6:00-8:00 PM Strassweg Auditorium The New Albany-Floyd County Public Library is holding a free, community screening and discussion of the PBS documentary Being Mortal on Tuesday, February 21, 2017, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM in Strassweg Auditorium, located in the lower level of the Library. After the [...]
Saturday, February 18th from 2:00-3:30 PM Carnegie Center for Art and History The National African American Read-In is the nation’s first and oldest event dedicated to diversity in literature. It was established in 1990 by the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English to make literacy a significant part of Black History [...]
Join us at the New Albany-Floyd County Public Library for a special musical performance featuring the Jamey Aebersold Jazz Quartet! Enjoy the relaxing sounds of jazz music during this free concert. Guests of all ages are invited to hear an inspired collection of jazz favorites. Jamey Aebersold Jazz has generously made it possible for members [...]
A frequent (but hard to “stick with”) New Year’s Resolution is to become more organized – and your friends at the New Albany-Floyd County Public Library want to help! In the program “Lessons Learned from KonMari”, Library staff will share some practical lessons learned from the popular Kon Mari Method of organization, introduced by Marie [...]
Let your imagination take you to a winter wonderland when you join the Children’s Winter Reading Club (for ages 0 – 5th grade) or Teen Winter Reading Club (for 6th grade – 12th grade) at the New Albany-Floyd County Public Library. Both Winter Reading Clubs will run from December 1st through January 31st. Beginning December [...]
Join us for Holiday Traditions on Thursday, December 8th from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM in Strassweg Auditorium. Enjoy making some new traditions of your own! Our Holiday Traditions program offers a variety of ornament crafts that are yours to keep, a selection of holiday music from around the world, and a sampling of international [...]
Listen to local authors David Barksdale and Gregory Sekula give the unique histories and fascinating stories of local homes as they speak about their newest book “Historic Homes of New Albany, Indiana.” As part of the Bicentennial Lunch & Learn series, the New Albany-Floyd County Public Library will host a Historic Homes of New Albany [...]
Join us on Tuesday, November 1 for music, games, and a traditional paper craft as we celebrate Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) at the New Albany-Floyd County Public Library! Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico (where it is a public holiday) and by people of Mexican ancestry [...]