Library News & Updates
As the United States celebrates the nation’s “triumph over race” with the election of Barack Obama, the majority of young black men in major American cities are locked behind bars…
The Alternatives Library is starting an archive of social movement art, but we need your help! We want to document the work of activists and activist struggles through collecting posters,…
Published in 1939, Pietro DiDonato’s Christ in Concrete examines the American experience for hard-working Italian immigrants living in New York City’s Lower East Side shortly before the Great Depression and…
Executive Producer Ricki Lake and Filmmaker Abby Epstein follow their landmark documentary, The Business of Being Born, with an all-new, four part DVD series that continues their provocative and entertaining…
That’s right, the mobile circulation desk will be set up in the Greenstar Foyer the next 2 wednesdays from 4 – 6pm. We’ll bring a selection of new materials and…
We’ve always had a selection of Hip-Hop music at Alternatives Library, but now we’ve consolidated it into a new section, and added a considerable amount of new material. Come check…
A curious raccoon emerges from his bed and starts hunting for food. Tempted by sticky honey oozing from a bee’s nest, the little raccoon finds trouble he did nto bargain…