Community

The Library is a vibrant member of the Greater New Haven Community. We cast our net widely to collect and share information that can help all of us live prosperous and fulfilling lives.

Read our Community posts (sidebar) for announcements and useful information. Click on Community Calendar (below) for events that bring us together–and you are welcome to email your own listing to cbrown@nhfpl.org for inclusion. Finally, our Community links (below) connect you to agencies and resources that serve the community in a wide variety of ways.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Send your Calendar listings to cbrown@nhfpl.org 

Wednesdays through June 19 (except May 29, when Library is Closed), 1-2 pm–Library Yoga with Ellen Barrett, at Ives Main Library. $5, bring your own mat, drop-ins welcome. 203-946-8835

Saturdays through June 1, 11:30-12:30 am–Saturday Tai Chi with Kathleen Brenner, at Ives Main Library, 133 Elm St. $8 drop-in. 203-946-8835.

May 24 and 25–Don’t Spread Lead workshops–Friday, 8 am-noon, at Grand Paint & Floor Covering (451 Grand Ave, New Haven) and  Saturday, 9 am-1 pm at Harbor Freight Tools (84 Whalley Ave, New Haven). Learn about dangers of poisoning and other health risks caused by lead in the paint of old houses and a lot of city soil.
May 25, 10 am-2 pm–Immigration Community Talk at James Hill House High School, 480 Sherman Pkwy, New Haven. Community fair, immigration reform updates, driver’s license bill, Trust Act, DACA. 203-787-0191 x 14 or anamaria.rivera@juntainc.org.
May 28, 1 pm–Stage.Page.Engage, a community conversation about race and real estate in New Haven, a collaboration with Long Wharf Theatre, at Wilson Branch. Local historians Colin Caplan and Thomas Ficklin  lead a discussion following a dramatic scene from Clybourne Park, now playing at Long Wharf. Free and open to public.
May 28, 6:30-7:30–Science in the News: Mind Reading: should we do it?Presented by Yale Science Diplomats at Ives Main Library. Free. 203-946-8835.

NOTE: All branches of the New Haven Free Public Library will be closed on Wednesday, May 29, to allow for an all-staff training.

May 29, 7:30-9:30 am–Christian Community Action Business Breakfast presentation, “Economic Recovery: For Some, But Not For All?”  with economist and Yale lecturer Dr. Nicholas Perna, in Community Room at Gateway Community College, New Haven. $35/$15 students.  Register at 203-777-7848 x 19.

June 1, 1 pm–Stage. Page. Engage. Local historians Colin Caplan and Thomas Ficklin offer a series of neighborhood-centric conversations about race, gentrification and the evolving neighborhood in New Haven, at Fair Haven Branch. A brief scene from Long Wharf Theatre’s current offering, Clybourne Park, inspires the dialogue. Presented as a collaboration between the library and the Long Wharf Theatre.
June 7–Long Wharf Theatre Gala:Mandy Patinkin: Dress Casual, with Paul Ford on Piano. 203-772-8234.

June 8, 9:45am-1 pm– Finding Your Voice-Making it Matter, a workshop for women aged 18-30, with Deb Sofield, speech and presentations skills coach and former President of the Women’s Campaign School at Yale. Free, presented by Women & Girls Fund at Community Foundation of GNH, 70 Audubon St, New Haven.  Lunch provided.  RSVP at info@WCSYale.org.  203 734 7385

June 8, noon-5 pm (rain or shine)—Audubon Arts on the Edge, free music, dance, circus performances, arts-and-crafts activities, and interactive educational programs for all ages. Audubon Street (New Haven) itself will morph into a meandering chalk mural; play on an “instrument petting zoo,” create art on a giant painting wall,  make useable art from recycled materials. There’s a dress- up corner, caricaturist, cupcake-decorating table, storytellers, face painters, creative science station, sea life touch tank, and much more! newhavenarts.org or 203-772-2788.

June 19– International Maintenance Institute Expo and Outing, at Holiday Hill, Candee Rd., Prospect-Cheshire.  860-521-2750.

June 20, 6-7:30–Dare To Write It: a workshop with author Sandi Kahn Shelton. $5 payable at door, bring your own writing materials. At Ives Main Library, registration required: 203-946-8835.
June 22, 1-3 pm–How To Paint Pastel Flowers, a workshop for adults with artist Gregory Maichack, at Ives Main Library, 133 Elm St. Maichack offers a hands-on workshop in the art of pastel, in the style of Georgia O’Keefe. Class limited to 20 students, includes all materials and easels. $30. Register here by June 15.
June 23, 2-5 pm–Artemis Rising, poetry at NeverEnding Bookstore, 810 State St., New Haven. Poets include Eileen Albrizio, Linda Yuhas, Mary Elizabeth Lang, Paula Panzarella, Priscilla Herrington, Suzanne Niedzielska, Suzy Lamson, Terri Klein, Victoria Rivas, with music by Elaine Kolb.
June 24, 2-5 pm—Block Party Celebrating ‘r kids Families, featuring local, state and federal legislators, artists-in-residence, exhibitors, musicians, health screenings, haircuts, food, more. At 45 Dixwell Ave, New Haven. Visit website or call 203-865-5437.
June 25, 6-7:30 pm–Stand Your Ground, a poetry event with Bolade Akintolayo, Ewuare X. Osayande and Shaunda Holloway (Sekai), at Ives Main Library. A book project to raise support for families of Trayvon Martin and Marissa Alexander. Details: brighteyesholloway@yahoo.com.
June 29, 3 pm–AfternoonTea with Cole Porter, featuring vocalist Julie Harris, guitarist Stephen Roane and David Childs on keyboard. Sample Cole Porter classic tunes with lemonade and cookies. All ages welcome, no charge. At Ives Main Library. 203-946-8835.
JULY
July 26– Guilford Art Center’s  Great Gatsby Gala, at Pine Orchard Yacht & Country Club, Branford.  203-453-5947
OCTOBER
Oct. 22–Christian Community Action presents Abyssinian: A Gospel Celebration, featuring Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, at Woolsey Hall, New Haven. Tickets on sale after Labor Day. 203-777-7848 x 19
NOVEMBER
Nov 6, 6-9 pm–CT Women’s Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary Induction Ceremony, at CT Convention Center, Hartford. Inductees include Rosa DeLauro, Barbara Hackman Franklin, Linda Koch Lorimer, and Augusta Lewis Troup.

 

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CONTACT

Carol Brown
Manager of Programming/Communications
203.946.8835
cbrown@nhfpl.org