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Cinco de Mayo Trivia

Happy Cinco de Mayo! In honor of Cinco de Mayo, we want to challenge you with a fun game of trivia. Try your best to answer these ten questions, then see how many you got right below. 

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Jewish American Heritage Month

May is Jewish American Heritage Month. During this month, we celebrate the achievements and contributions of American Jews. 

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AAPI Heritage Month Reading List

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. During this month, we celebrate the cultures and traditions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. I created a recommended reading list for this monthly celebration.

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Get Organized Day 2024

Do you find yourself feeling like you have too much clutter? Maybe there’s a junk drawer that you haven’t looked through or a closet that you need to clean out. Maybe you just haven’t gotten to that spring cleaning yet.

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Passover 2024

Passover is a Jewish holiday celebrating Jewish people's freedom from slavery in Egypt. This year, Passover is celebrated from Monday, April 22 to Tuesday, April 30.

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RIP Terry Anderson

Terry Anderson was an Associated Press correspondent who was kidnapped in Lebanon by Hezbollah militants. He was captured in 1985 and was not released until 1991.

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National Anime Day 2024

April 15 is National Anime Day, a celebration of the widely popular Japanese-animated TV shows and movies that have grown in popularity around the world.  

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No Missing Pieces: Autism Awareness Month at Yonkers Public Library

At Yonkers Public Library, we know that everyone has varying needs, in public spaces and in their private lives.

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National Library Week 2024

Today we close out National Library Week, a week-long celebration of reading, librarians and library workers, and the role public libraries play in our community.

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Frank O'Hara: A Poet for the People

For National Poetry Month, YPL celebrates "Lunch Poems," a slender, quirky, and effortlessly lyrical book of verse by Frank O’Hara (1926 – 1966).
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National Arab American Heritage Month Reading List

April is National Arab American Heritage Month. During this month, the culture and heritage of Arab Americans is celebrated. It is also a time to pay tribute to the contributions of Arab Americans to this nation.

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National Library Week 1963

As part of a National Library Week celebration, 1010 Wins broadcaster Stan Z. Burns came to the Grinton I.

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National Library Week: Things are Afoot

For this year's National Library Week, enjoy our first installment of: resources you might not have realized your library has!

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Nuevo Recurso: The Shelf / New Digital Resource: The Shelf

La Biblioteca Pública de Yonkers (YPL) está suscripta a docenas de servicios en línea y bibliotecas de contenido, que van desde servicios de transmisión de video hasta bases de datos de investigación y aplicaciones de aprendizaje de idiomas.

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National Bookmobile Day

April 10th is National Bookmobile Day. Bookmobiles are mobile libraries that transport books and other materials to locations within a community. The Yonkers Public Library used bookmobiles from 1930 to 2009.

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