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The 100th anniversary of the first Winnie-the-Pooh book has intensified a UK campaign to return the original stuffed bear from the New York Public Library, while the BBC highlights the real-life bear that inspired the character.
Queen Camilla joined Sarah Jessica Parker for a visit to the New York Public Library’s Fifth Avenue branch during an East Coast tour with King Charles, touring the America250 collection, meeting Anna Wintour, and highlighting literacy; Camilla gifted a replacement Roo kangaroo to the library after reading Winnie-the-Pooh to NYC schoolchildren, a moment reminiscent of a scene from Sex and the City, while Parker spoke about library funding and access.
During her U.S. visit, Queen Camilla delivered a bespoke Roo replica to the New York Public Library for Winnie-the-Pooh, keeping the original Pooh dolls in a climate-controlled display. Roo, Pooh’s lost kangaroo friend, disappeared in the 1930s and the replica was crafted by Merrythought. The gesture promotes Camilla’s Queen’s Reading Room and commemorates the library’s long history with the Pooh characters, including their journey from Milne’s books to the NYPL and ongoing preservation efforts.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani urged residents to stay home during a snowstorm and take advantage of the New York Public Library’s free digital access to Rachel Reid’s queer hockey romance Heated Rivalry for library-card holders, highlighting the book’s cultural reach as the city hunkers down.
The New York Public Library will offer immediate e-book and audiobook access to Rachel Reid’s Game Changers, the source material for the heated-rivalry romance, to roughly 3,000 patrons on the waitlist. The move follows a surge in interest after Crave’s adaptation on HBO Max, with sales up about 1,000% since the show’s premiere. A new Game Changers volume, Unrivaled, is due in September, and a second season of Heated Rivalry is in the works, while the NYPL says it remains committed to meeting community needs.
The New York Public Library's Stephen A. Schwarzman building has suffered at least $75,000 in graffiti damage caused by pro-Palestinian protests, with some carved reliefs potentially needing replacement. The worst damage occurred on Thanksgiving Day when protesters sprayed "Free Palestine" in dark green paint and smeared red handprints on the steps, fountain, and facade. The cleanup costs come as New York's libraries face budget cuts and have already canceled Sunday service. Cleaning the dark paint requires multiple applications of solvent, and certain elements may need to be replaced if too damaged. The library does not currently have a fundraising effort to cover the graffiti cleanup.
Thirty-four pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York after disrupting the event by gluing themselves to the pavement and spray-painting "Free Palestine" on the New York Public Library. Some protesters wore white jumpsuits with fake blood and slogans. Thirty were issued summonses for trespassing, while four were criminally charged. The vandalism to the library comes at a time when budget cuts have affected the library system. The arrests occurred as a pause in fighting in Gaza went into effect, with aid trucks entering the Palestinian enclave.
Daniel Craig debuts a new golden quiff hairstyle and trendy glasses as he attends the Clooney Foundation For Justice event in NYC with his wife, Rachel Weisz. The James Bond star looked dapper in a double-breasted suit while Weisz stunned in a black and silver-patterned gown. The couple, who married in 2011, held hands and posed for photos on the red carpet. The event honored courageous justice defenders, including Dr. Denis Mukwege, for his work in stopping rape as a weapon of war.
Never-before-heard live recordings of John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy from their 1961 residency at New York’s Village Gate have been discovered in the New York Public Library and will be released next month. The recordings were lost in the library's archives for several decades before being rediscovered. The album, titled Evenings at the Village Gate, features classic Coltrane numbers and is the only live recording of the group’s legendary Village Gate performances. The recordings provide a special insight into Coltrane and Dolphy’s brief musical partnership, which encompassed several albums released between 1961 and 1963.