This library’s annual lock-in is an autodidact’s dream come true.

The Brooklyn Public Library hosted its annual Night in the Library, a free public teach-in event. This year’s festival explored truths, proofs, and paradoxes, celebrating math and philosophy. Events ran from 7 p.m. until 3:14 a.m., in honor of Pi Day. German filmmaker Werner Herzog anchored the program with a keynote on Mathematics and the Sublime. Other speakers included novelist Michael Cunningham, artist and activist Molly Crabapple, and artist Paul Chan. The event included tap dancing, textile workshops, and concerts. Nights in the Library began in 2017 as an experiment to bring people together to engage with new ideas and points of view.

• The annual festival amounts to a series of free public teach-ins, typically gathered around a theme.
• Events ran from 7 in the evening and wound down deliberately at 3:14 am, in honor of Pi Day.
• The Nights make a case for the library as public forum.

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