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MOVIE SCREENING: A MAN CALLED OTTO (IN-PERSON)

Otto is an unhappy person who’s given up on life following the loss of his wife and wants to end it all. When a young family moves in nearby, he meets his match in quick-witted Marisol, leading to a friendship that will turn his world around. New Release. PG-13

Thursday, June 1
1pm
East Flushing
196-36 Northern Boulevard

Thursday, June 29
1pm
Windsor Park
79-50 Bell Boulevard, Hollis Hills

CHOSEN FAMILY (QUEERS TALKING IN PRIVATE) (IN-PERSON)

Chosen families are non-biological kinship bonds, whether legally recognized or not, deliberately chosen for the purpose of mutual support and love. This workshop provides a safe space for LGBTQ+ community members to engage in discussions about various topics using storytelling as a method of expression. Come explore family and how queer folks lean into community to thrive and live your best life! Queers Talking in Private (QTIP) is the flagship community program offered by Beta Gamma Chi Fraternity Inc. 

Thursday, June 1
6pm
Windsor Park
79-50 Bell Boulevard, Hollis Hills

ULTIMATE CARNIVAL DANCE MOVES (IN-PERSON)

Join Darren Bankss who danced with the Kofago Dance Ensemble and the Carnival Dancers, for the ultimate carnival and fete experience! Class will begin with basic information and dance history. We’ll collectively show off our dance moves at the end of class. No prior dance experience is required. Just have fun!

Thursday, June 1
6pm
Cambria Heights
218-13 Linden Boulevard

Saturday, June 3
1pm
Ridgewood
20-12 Madison Street

Thursday, June 8
6pm
South Jamaica
108-41 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard

Saturday, June 10
1pm
Forest Hills
108-19 71 Avenue

Thursday, June 15
6pm
Woodhaven
85-41 Forest Parkway

Saturday, June 17
12pm
Queens Village
94-11 217 Street

Thursday, June 22
6pm
Auburndale
25-55 Francis Lewis Boulevard, Flushing

Saturday, June 24
1pm
Astoria
14-01 Astoria Boulevard

CULTURE CONNECTION: FRAMING AGNES WITH FILMMAKER CHASE JOYNT AND BECOMING EVE AUTHOR ABBY STEIN (VIRTUAL)

QPL’s Culture Connection is honored to host an evening with Chase Joynt and Abby Stein for LGBTQ Pride Month. They will be discussing Joynt’s recent documentary film Framing Agnes.  The film turns the talk show format inside out in response to media’s ongoing fascination with trans people. The film breathes life into six previously unknown stories from the archives of the UCLA Gender Clinic in the 1950s.
Watch on our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/QPLNYC or on our YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/QueensPublicLibrary.
You can watch Framing Agnes for free from May 31 through June 7. Link: https://vimeo.com/827003235 Password: cultureconnection

Thursday, June 1
7pm

“CRUSH ON YOU” HAIR SHOW (IN-PERSON)

Join Langston Hughes Community Library & Cultural Center for “Crush on You” Hair Show, in collaboration with QPL’s 50th anniversary celebration of Hip Hop. In collaboration with celebrity stylist, MellStylez, six stylists will create unique and colorful hairstyles inspired by the trend-starting Queen, Lil Kim. Immediately following, the audience will be treated to a vogue performance.

Thursday, June 1
7pm
Langston Hughes
100-01 Northern Boulevard, Corona

PRIDE MONTH: JUNE MOVIES AT THE FOREST HILLS LIBRARY (IN-PERSON)

Join us to watch pride-themed movies throughout the month of June.
Friday, June 2: As Good As It Gets (PG-13, 2h 19m, 1997)
Friday, June 9: The Birdcage (R, 1h 58m, 1996)
Friday, June 16: Philadelphia (PG-13, 2 hours and 6 minutes, 1993)
Friday, June 23: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (PG-13, 1h 49m, 1995)

BRACELET MAKING FOR TEENS (IN-PERSON)

Join us at the Woodside Library to create bracelets to celebrate pride!

Friday, June 2
4pm
Woodside
54-22 Skillman Avenue

DIY DIAMOND PAINTING PRIDE THEMED KEYCHAINS (IN-PERSON)

June is celebrated as Pride Month worldwide. It is a time when the LGBTQ+ community comes together to celebrate diversity, acceptance, and love. Create something special with a Pride themed keychain kit using Diamond Painting craft. This kit allows individuals to express their pride and creativity with a visual representation of their support for the LGBTQ+ community. The process is relaxing and meditative, and the end result is a unique keychain which you can use or give as a gift to others.

Friday, June 2
3pm
Far Rockaway
1003 Beach 20th Street

Friday, June 2
3pm
Arverne
312 Beach 54 Street

Friday, June 2
4pm
Glendale
78-60 73 Place

Friday, June 2
4pm
St. Albans
191-05 Linden Boulevard

Saturday, June 3
3pm
South Jamaica
108-41 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard

Monday, June 5
3:30pm
Rochdale Village
169-09 137 Avenue, Jamaica

Tuesday, June 6
3:30pm
Fresh Meadows
193-20 Horace Harding Expressway

Wednesday, June 7
2:30pm
Howard Beach
92-06 156 Avenue

Thursday, June 8
4pm
Lefferts
103-34 Lefferts Boulevard, Richmond Hill

Monday, June 12
2:30pm
Cambria Heights
218-13 Linden Boulevard

Monday, June 12
3pm
East Flushing
196-36 Northern Boulevard

Monday, June 12
3pm
South Ozone Park
128-16 Rockaway Boulevard

Monday, June 12
4pm
Woodhaven
85-41 Forest Parkway

Tuesday, June 13
3:30pm
Queens Village
94-11 217 Street

Thursday, June 15
6pm
Douglaston/Little Neck
249-01 Northern Boulevard

Friday, June 16
4pm
Maspeth
69-70 Grand Avenue

Wednesday, June 21
3:30pm
Whitestone
151-10 14 Road

Wednesday, June 21
4pm
Baisley Park
117-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica

Thursday, June 22
3pm
Briarwood
85-12 Main Street

Wednesday, June 28
4pm
Broad Channel
16-26 Cross Bay Boulevard

PRIDE TEEN TIME (IN-PERSON)

Kick off Pride Month with an afternoon of themed trivia, crafts, and games! This special edition of Teen Time will include a trivia competition and diamond painting, as well as air hockey and foosball. For teens ages 12-18.

Friday, June 2
4pm
Jackson Heights
35-51 81 Street

PRIDE MONTH FAMILY STORYTIME (IN-PERSON)

Celebrate pride month in June with special Saturday storytimes.

Saturdays, June 3, 10, 17, 24
11:30am
Ridgewood
20-12 Madison Street

INTERGENERATIONAL CONNECTIONS WITH GABBING WITH GAYS (IN-PERSON)

This program is an opportunity for members of the LGBTQIA+ community to make connections and strengthen bonds through the act of storytelling and artmaking. Participants will be paired up, ideally with someone of a different generation. The participants will discuss the question, “What does Pride mean to me?” Everyone will express their thoughts through drawing and a group share. Participants will have the option of adding their drawing to a large piece of paper, allowing us to create a community mural.

Saturday, June 3
1pm
Astoria
14-01 Astoria Boulevard

Wednesday, June 28
3pm
Forest Hills
108-19 71 Avenue

EARLY LEARNING SENSORY + LITERACY ACTIVITY: PRIDE COLORS (IN-PERSON)

In this Sensory + Literacy Activity, we will read aloud Robin Stevenson’s “Pride Colors,” and then create a colorful sensory jar craft with your little one. “Pride Colors” celebrates the deep unconditional love of a parent or caregiver for a young child. The story takes a child through the name and meaning of each color on the pride flag, and the sensory jar craft will deepen that learning through the exploration of 3 senses and 3 literacy practices: Sight, Touch, and Hearing + Reading, Talking, and Playing.

Monday, June 5
11am
Corona
38-23 104 Street

Tuesday, June 6
4pm
East Flushing
196-36 Northern Boulevard

Wednesday, June 7
10:30am
Baisley Park
117-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica

Wednesday, June 7
10:30am
Glen Oaks
256-04 Union Turnpike

Wednesday, June 7
10:30am
Windsor Park
79-50 Bell Boulevard, Hollis Hills

Wednesday, June 7
3:30pm
Queens Village
94-11 217 Street

Thursday, June 8
1pm
Broad Channel
16-26 Cross Bay Boulevard

Friday, June 9
3pm
Far Rockaway
1003 Beach 20th Street

Wednesday, June 14
11:30am
Middle Village
72-31 Metropolitan Avenue

Wednesday, June 14
1pm
Whitestone
151-10 14 Road

Saturday, June 17
11:30am
Howard Beach
92-06 156 Avenue

Tuesday, June 20
4:30pm
Douglaston/Little Neck
249-01 Northern Boulevard

Wednesday, June 21
10:30am
Fresh Meadows
193-20 Horace Harding Expressway

Wednesday, June 21
11am
Seaside
116-15 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Rockaway Park

Friday, June 23
10:30am
Woodhaven
85-41 Forest Parkway

Friday, June 23
11am
Briarwood
85-12 Main Street

Monday, June 26
3pm
South Ozone Park
128-16 Rockaway Boulevard

Wednesday, June 28
11am
Auburndale
25-55 Francis Lewis Boulevard, Flushing

PRIDE TRIVIA FOR TEENS AND ADULTS (IN-PERSON)

Try your hand at some fun multiple choice trivia!

Friday, June 2
4pm
Jackson Heights
35-51 81 Street

Monday, June 5
2pm
Douglaston/Little Neck
249-01 Northern Boulevar

Wednesday, June 7
3pm
Glen Oaks
256-04 Union Turnpike

Wednesday, June 7
3:30pm
Corona
38-23 104 Street

Tuesday, June 13
2:30pm
Howard Beach
92-06 156 Avenue

Tuesday, June 13
4pm
South Ozone Park
128-16 Rockaway Boulevard

Thursday, June 15
4pm
Corona
38-23 104 Street

Friday, June 16
4pm
St. Albans
191-05 Linden Boulevard

Thursday, June 22
5pm
Middle Village
72-31 Metropolitan Avenue

Thursday, June 22
6:30pm
Broad Channel
16-26 Cross Bay Boulevard

Friday, June 23
3pm
Seaside
116-15 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Rockaway Park

Thursday, June 29
5pm
Baisley Park
117-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica

Friday, June 30
10:30am
Woodhaven
85-41 Forest Parkway

PRIDE THEMED TEEN CRICUT MAKER CRAFT TO MAKE KEYCHAINS (IN-PERSON)

Show your LGBTQIA+ pride and allyship! June is celebrated as Pride Month worldwide, a time when the LGBTQIA+ community comes together with all communities to celebrate acceptance, diversity, and love. Join us in a Cricut Maker program where you will learn about the importance of visual symbolism in the LGBTQIA+ community’s fight for recognition and equality. You will be introduced to the Cricut Machine while you design and make your own visual representation of pride and support. No prior experience needed to join in the fun - just an open mind!

Friday, June 2
4pm
Flushing
41-17 Main Street

Monday, June 5
3:30pm
Ozone Park
92-24 Rockaway Boulevard

Thursday, June 8
4pm
Woodhaven
85-41 Forest Parkway

Saturday, June 10
4pm
Woodside
54-22 Skillman Avenue

Monday, June 12
3pm
Bayside
214-20 Northern Boulevard

Friday, June 16
4pm
Arverne
312 Beach 54 Street

Tuesday, June 20
3:30pm
Seaside
116-15 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Rockaway Park

Friday, June 23
4pm
Glendale
78-60 73 Place

Thursday, June 29
4pm
Fresh Meadows
193-20 Horace Harding Expressway

PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP FOR CREATING TRANS AND GENDER ON-CONFORMING PORTRAITS: “I AM” (ESPAÑOL) (IN-PERSON)

In commemoration of Pride month, we are collaborating with the Betances Health Center. In this photography workshop series, we will explore ways to make the LGBTQ+ community visible through portrait and self-portrait techniques. There will be 4 sessions at Sunnyside Library as well as a group visit to the Noguchi Museum. No previous knowledge is needed, you can use your own camera or cell phone. Registration will be done at Sunnyside Library.

En conmemoración del mes del Orgullo, estamos colaborando con el Centro de Salud de Betances. En esta serie de talleres de fotografía, exploraremos formas de hacer visible a la comunidad LGBTQ+ a través de técnicas de retrato y autorretrato. Habrá 4 sesiones en la Biblioteca Sunnyside así como una visita grupal al Museo Noguchi. No se necesitan conocimientos previos, puedes usar tu propia cámara o celular. La inscripción se realizará en la biblioteca de Sunnyside.

Tuesdays, June 6, 13, 20, 27
3:30pm
Sunnyside
43-06 Greenpoint Avenue, Long Island City

PRIDE PAJAMA STORYTIME WITH MISS ASHLEY (IN-PERSON)

Wear your comfy clothes, bring a stuffy friend, and join Miss Ashley for a special Pride month pajama storytime!

Thursday, June 8
5:30pm
Auburndale
25-55 Francis Lewis Boulevard, Flushing

THE INFINITE LAYERS OF LOVE BY MOHAN KULASINGAM (IN-PERSON & VIRTUAL)

In this dance performance, the 19th-century South Indian masterpiece, Mohamana, comes alive through word, sound, and imagery. Come and learn about the history of the queer culture of South India. We are invited to experience love not defined by gender or sexuality, but by love and pride itself. This program will be held in-person with the option to join virtually. STARR funded program.

Join Zoom Meeting https://queenslib.org/3lTfx8K
Meeting ID: 885 8049 8548
Passcode: 0608

Thursday, June 8
6pm
Flushing
41-17 Main Street

FLUSHING AFTERNOON MOVIE SCREENING: LOVE, SIMON (IN-PERSON)

Simon is keeping a huge secret from his family and friends. It’s a little bit complicated, and he doesn’t know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he’s fallen for online. Simon must decide how to reveal his sexuality. (PG – 13)

Friday, June 9
3:30pm
Flushing
41-17 Main Street

PRIDE HAIR TIES FOR TEENS (IN-PERSON)

Join us at the Woodside Library to create Pride hair ties. At this program, you can create your own hair ties that you can use to celebrate your own pride colors!

Friday, June 9
4m
Woodside
54-22 Skillman Avenue

MAPPING MEMORIES WITH ZACH ROTHMAN-HICKS (IN-PERSON)

Mapping Memories is a hands-on storytelling activity where we will get to know each other, build community, and make new friends through the act of listening and conducting interviews. This activity will culminate with participants collaborating to create a group podcast about Pride, which will be made easily available to family and friends. No experience is necessary– just bring an open mind and spirit. All are welcome!

Friday, June 9
4pm
Jackson Heights
35-51 81 Street

CULTURE CONNECTION: INSOMNIAC CITY: NEW YORK, OLIVER, AND ME WITH NON-FICTION WRITER BILL HAYES (VIRTUAL)

QPL’s Culture Connection is honored to host an evening with Bill Hayes for Pride Month. Hayes is an American non-fiction writer and photographer. He has written five books: Sleep Demons, Five Quarts, The Anatomist, Insomniac City and Sweat and has produced one book of photography, How New York Breaks Your Heart.

Journalist and novelist Brian Alessandro will be interviewing Hayes with a focus on Insomniac City: New York, Oliver and Me which chronicles Hayes’s six-year romantic relationship with Oliver Sacks (1933-2015). Sacks was the internationally celebrated neurologist and best-selling author. Hayes’s freelance writing has appeared in a number of periodicals, most notably The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair.

Watch on our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/QPLNYC or YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/QueensPublicLibrary

Friday, June 9
7pm

AUTHOR READING, FAMILY ART AND BOOK EXPLORATION OF FITTING IN (IN-PERSON)

Join author-illustrators Haruka Aoki and John Olson for a special Pride Month reading of their picture book, Fitting In, a heart-warming and inclusive story about a square trying to fit into a world of circles. Together, let’s celebrate what makes everyone unique and special! Haruka and John will be guiding families through a drawing activity after the reading.

Saturday, June 10
11am and 2pm
Flushing
41-17 Main Street

PRIDE SENSORY LITERACY ACTIVITY (IN-PERSON)

Toddler game time provides children ages 18-36 months with activities that work their critical thinking, fine motor, and early literacy skills, including an activity for Pride Month which develops their sensory knowledge and knowledge of the LGBTQ community.

Tuesday, June 13
3pm
Arverne
312 Beach 54 Street

DRAG STORY HOUR (IN-PERSON)

Let's have some joyful fun! Join Queens Public Library for a Drag Story Hour featuring an amazing drag artist reading picture books, singing songs, and leading children in a craft activity. This delightful program is a celebration of gender diversity, offering kids unabashedly queer role models and the confidence to express themselves however they feel comfortable. This program is funded by NYC Council Member Julie Won.

Wednesday, June 14
12pm
Woodside
54-22 Skillman Avenue

Monday, June 26
12pm
Long Island City
37-44 21 Street

PRIDE BINGO (IN-PERSON)

Learn about important icons in LGBTQ+ culture while playing bingo.

Thursdays, June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
1pm
Far Rockaway
1003 Beach 20th Street

Saturday, June 10
3pm
South Jamaica
108-41 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard

Monday, June 12
4pm
Lefferts
103-34 Lefferts Boulevard, Richmond Hill

Wednesday, June 14
4pm
Baisley Park
117-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica

Friday, June 23
4pm
St. Albans
191-05 Linden Boulevard

ICONS MATCH GAME FOR TEENS AND ADULTS (IN-PERSON)

Try your hand at some fun matching games and multiple choice trivia!

Thursday, June 15
4pm
Corona
38-23 104 Street

PRIDE MOVIE SCREENING: STRANGE WORLD (IN-PERSON)

Come and join us for a fun movie time. We will screen Disney’s Strange World. A journey deep into an uncharted and treacherous land, where fantastical creatures await the legendary Clades—a family of explorers whose differences threaten to topple their latest, and by far most crucial, mission. Animated, PG, 2022.

Friday, June 16
3:30pm
Douglaston/Little Neck
249-01 Northern Boulevard

PRIDE FAMILY MOVIE MATINEE (IN-PERSON)

Join us for a screening of a film to celebrate PRIDE!

Saturday, June 17
2pm
Astoria
14-01 Astoria Boulevard

LGBT 101 FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PRESENTED BY THE LGBT NETWORK (IN-PERSON)

This interactive workshop addresses stereotypes, provides information about LGBTQ+ people, defines sexual orientation and gender identity, and discusses anti-LGBTQ+ bullying, including the inappropriate use of the word ‘gay.’

Wednesday, June 21
4pm
Ridgewood
20-12 Madison Street

PRIDE MONTH RAINBOW OMBRE CRAFT (IN-PERSON)

Join us to make a rainbow ombre craft in honor of LGBTQ+ pride month for ages 10+. No registration required.

Thursday, June 22
3:30pm
Auburndale
25-55 Francis Lewis Boulevard, Flushing

PRIDE SENSORY STORYTIME (IN-PERSON)

Join us in celebrating Pride Month with a special storytime and sensory craft program! We will be creating colorful sensory jars, plus reading a Pride-themed book. This program is for early learners up to 3 years old. A caregiver must attend with the child. Space is limited. Registration on site.

Friday, June 23
11am
Astoria
14-01 Astoria Boulevard

LITERARY THURSDAYS: BUSHRA REHMAN, AUTHOR OF ROSES, IN THE MOUTH OF A LION (VIRTUAL)

Punctuated by both joy and loss, full of ‘80s music and beloved novels, and set in Corona, Queens, Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion is a fiercely compassionate coming-of-age story of a girl struggling to reconcile her heritage and faith with her desire to be true to herself. For fans of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, this is an unforgettable story about female friendship and queer love in a Muslim-American community. Join us as Bushra Rehman discusses this new literary classic.

Join here: https://queenslib.org/3NXQQn8
By Phone: +1-408-418-9388
Access Code: 2340 421 3158

Thursday, June 22
6pm

PRIDE FLAG BUTTONS (IN-PERSON)

Design your own buttons based on the different flags of LGBTQIA+ Pride!

Friday, June 23
3pm
Woodside
54-22 Skillman Avenue

PRIDE MOVIE SCREENING: PHILADELPHIA (IN-PERSON)

Tom Hanks plays a successful gay lawyer who is fired from a prestigious law firm because he has AIDS. He teams up with an attorney (Denzel Washington), to sue the partners for discrimination. PG-13, 2 hours and 6 minutes, 1993.

Saturday, June 24
12pm
Glen Oaks
256-04 Union Turnpike