Night in the Library will be returning to the Brooklyn Central Library on Saturday, March 16. The eighth annual event will include a marathon of performances, philosophical debates, music, readings, and lectures and will keep the Library open until 2 am on Sunday, March 17.
Attendees will join leading thinkers, scientists, writers, activists, and artists addressing the theme 'Out of Darkness.' Performances and conversations will challenge audiences to confront our difficult era with honesty and curiosity.
The Night in the Library is one of the largest events in Brooklyn, regularly attracting more than 6,000 people to Central Library for one epic night each year. Registration is encouraged but all are welcome.
Event speakers and artists include:
- Holland Andrews, Vocalist, Composer, Producer and Performer
- Joe Baker, Founder, Lenape Center
- Morgan Bassichis, Jay Saper and Rachel Valinsky, Authors, Questions to Ask Before Your Bar Mitzvah
- Erica “Twelve45” Blunt, Composer, DJ and Sound Designer
- Peter Catapano, New York Times Opinion Editor
- AJ Singh Chaudry, Executive Director, Brooklyn Institute for Social Research
- Vince Colapietro, Philosopher
- Philip Gourevtich, Staff Writer, New Yorker
- Nikhil Goyal, Sociologist
- Chester Higgins, Photographer
- Marissa Holmes, Organizer, Filmmaker, Writer and Educator
- Sasha Issenberg, Journalist
- Molly Joyce, Composer and Performer
- yuniya edi kwon, violinist, vocalist and poet
- Sarah Lewis, Art Historian
- Fred Moten, Poet and Theorist
- Kat Mustatea, Artist and Author
- Ian Oaslov, Philosopher
- Ross Perlin, Linguist, Writer and Translator
- Alissa Quart, Writer
- Lee Rowland, Executive Director, National Coalition Against Censorship
- Nate Schweber, Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist
- Yasmine Seale, Writer and Translator
- Emerson Sykes, Senior Attorney, ACLU
- Astra Taylor, Author, Activist, and Philosopher
- Leila Taylor, Author
