New York City public libraries offer free winter adult classes

Public libraries in New York City will offer free winter classes in subjects including web coding, Mandarin, oil painting, crochet, and origami, the New York Post reported. The offerings also feature activities such as pottery, philosophy, and Pilates. [1]

The upcoming schedule follows a record year for library attendance in the city. According to city data cited by the New York Post, the New York Public Library welcomed 1.36 million visitors in Manhattan and over 843,000 visitors in Brooklyn. [1]

Ariel Lee, the creator of the discovery platform Library Scout, told the New York Post that people would likely be surprised by how specific the library class offerings get. [1]

Pilates is a mind-body exercise method developed in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates, who originally called the discipline Contrology. Pilates and his wife Clara opened a physical exercise studio in New York City in 1926. [3][4]