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Is NYC too damn quiet for you now during COVID-19 lockdown? Do you miss the constant honking of horns, car alarms, shouty drunks at 3:30 AM? Sick of all the birds pleasantly chirping without anything to drown it out? Or just miss the general soundtrack of the hustle and bustle? The New York Public Library is here to help.

Michael Stipe & Douglas Coupland's new photo book, Our Interference Times: A Visual Record, is out now

The New York Public Library's Lou Reed Archive opens today and to celebrate they're issuing a limited edition Lou Reed library card.

New York City's public libraries have long been a free video store (and record store) alternative for those in the know, and now it's even an alternative to streaming services. Starting Friday, August 4, anyone with a New York or Brooklyn Public Library Card can have access to thousands of films...

These events are in celebration of The New York Public Library acquiring Lou Reed's archives.

We're only days away from the 50th anniversary of the day The Beatles set foot in America, and as you may know that means tons of events, many of which are right here in NYC...

Weedeater @ the Charleston in 2009 (more by Paul Birman) today in NYC * Ninjasonik @ SOB's * Louis CK @ Carolines * Questlove @ Brooklyn Bowl * Brain Cloud @ Barbes * Greg Cohen @ The Stone * Skuli Sverisson @ The Stone * Chicago Afrobeat Project @ Cameo * Gwar @ Starland Ballroom (NJ) * Holcombe Waller @ Joe's Pub * The Jolly Boys @ Hiro Ballroom * Bon Jovi @ Madison Square Garden * Charlie Hunter @ Rose Live Music * Phyllis Chen, Proper Glue Duo @ Barbes * Allen Ritter, Ninjasonik @ Public Assembly * My Morning Jacket @ VH1 Storytellers * Francis and the Lights @ Le Poisson Rouge * Porcelain Raft, Aislyn @ Mercury Lounge * Bustle In Your Hedgerow @ Brooklyn Bowl * Princeton, The Front Bottoms @ Mercury Lounge * Ravens & Chimes, Harper Blynn @ Cameo Gallery * Girl Talk, Max Tundra, Junk Culture @ Terminal 5 * Wanda Jackson, The Lustre Kings @ Bowery Ballroom * My Best Fiend, Mike Bones, Open Ocean @ Union Pool * Yellow Ostrich, Holy Spirits, Empress Hotel @ Pianos * Weedeater, ASG, Naam, Clean Teeth @ Santos Party House * Barrington Levy, The Skatalites, The Itals @ Irving Plaza * Collide-O-Scope Music, Toomai Quintet @ Issue Project Room * BRAHMS, Acrylics, New Moods, Tanlines (DJ set) @ Glasslands * Neko Case & Michael Showalter @ Barnes & Noble Union Square * Radical Dads, Quilty, Diehard, Mala Strana, Ovlov @ Silent Barn * ...

"ANARCHY at www.nypl.org/ 2night when the Velvet Underground is oversold and hits max. capacity early. Even tkt holders not allowed in!" - Nerida Brownlee David Fricke, Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker & Doug Yule @ tNYPL ( at the NY Public Library last night with the remaining members (sans John Cale) of the Velvet Underground was very very good, although it did leave something to be desired...

After canceling his October 19th appearance at MoMA because of a "sports-related injury," John Cale has rescheduled his talk at the museum for Monday, February 15th...

Former Velvet Underground members Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker and Doug Yule will make an extremely rare joint public appearance on Dec. 8 at the New York Public Library...