City, booktv visited the New York Public Library where we thought what the librarys president and ceo, it anthony marx about the history of the institution as well as its Current Operations and future. Host tony marx, lets start with some numbers. How big is the New York Public Library . How many employees, budget, et cetera . Guest the New York Public Library circulates the largest in america. 88 branches in every neighborhood diversely serve as well as for Important Research libraries, this one being the crown jewel at the center of the system, but also the Schaumburg Center in harlem, library for performing arts at Lincoln Center and science industry and is this library. We have about 2100 employees. We have a budget of about 280 million a year operating about half comes from the city of new york, largely to pay for the circulating Library System in all the neighborhoods. The other half comes from return on the billion dollars endowment of the private foundation that employs me, the
On a recent trip to new york city, booktv visited the New York Public Library where we spoke with the librarys president and ceo, anthony marx, but the history of the institution as well as its Current Operations and future. Lets start with some numbers. How big is the New York Public Library . How many employees, budget, et cetera . New York Public Library combines the largest circulating Branch Library system in america, 88 branches, in every neighborhood in the boroughs we serve, as well as for Important Research libraries. This one being the crown jewel at the center of the system but also the Schomburg Center and harlem, the library for performing arts, the lincoln said, science industry and Business Library. Have about 2100 employees. We have a budget of about 280 million a year operating about half comes from the city of new york. Largely to pay for the circulating Library System in all the neighborhoods. The other half comes from a return on a billion dollar endowment of the pr
A weak, ineffective monarch who is deposed. Here, cousin seize the crown. Although richard ii is set in a distant past not all the water in the rough, rude sea can wash the balm from an anointed king. Announcer richard ii on shakespeare uncovered. Captioning made possible by friends of nci major funding for shakespeare uncovered is provided by. The National Endowment for the humanities. Exploring the human endeavor. The howard and Abby Milstein foundation. Shakespeare is an enduring treasure of western art. Bringing new audiences to his work is a key reason were funding shakespeare uncovered. Please join us in supporting your Public Television station. Announcer major funding is also provided by rosalind p. Walter; the polonsky foundation. Virginia and dana randt; the luesther t. Mertz charitable trust; and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. For gods sake let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings. Westminster abbey, for ov
Announcer ethan hawke explores the black heart of the scottish play. Hawke you can watch polanskis macbeth, you can watch orson welles macbeth, and of course the trick is then you have to forget all that and live it. Man ethan, over there is Dunsinane Hill. History is always written by the victors. As the loser, macbeth is invented as a tyrant. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Announcer macbeth on shakespeare uncovered. Captioning made possible by friends of nci major funding for shakespeare uncovered is provided by. The National Endowment for the humanities. Exploring the human endeavor. The howard and Abby Milstein foundation. Shakespeare is an enduring treasure of western art. Bringing new audiences to his work is a key reason were funding shakespeare uncovered. Please join us in supporting your Public Television station. Announcer major funding is also provided by rosalind p. Walter; the polonsky foundation. Virginia and dana randt; the lue
Actors reacted to a tentative deal to end their strike at a Creative Time fund-raiser, and the New York Public Library hosted its annual Library Lions gala.