
April is National Poetry Month!
by Amanda Breeden, Adult Services Librarian at the Ives Main Library | Originally published April 1, 2024 April is National Poetry Month! National Poetry Month aims to increase people’s immersion in and appreciation for poetry. Stop by the Ives Branch this National Poetry Month to begin or continue your love and appreciation for poetry! Not … Continued

April 2024 Happenings
We’ve got a lot going on this month. Stop in and visit!

Ives Squared Happenings
April Programming for Exchange and Tinker Lab

NHFPL Partners with Arts and Ideas and the NEA Big Read to Celebrate The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
Take a closer look at the powerful themes of this year’s citywide National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read. Explore the topics of cultural identity, migration, and family with our micro branches and events.

An Artistic Celebration for Women’s History Month 2024
The New Haven Free Library presents a special exhibit of technical pen and ink illustrations, in celebration of Women’s History Month 2024 drawn by Connecticut Artist, Graphic Designer and 3D Computer Model Maker L. Llewellyn James. The exhibit is titled: We have nothing but fury, for anyone leaving Women in any way scorned: a pen … Continued

March 2024 Happenings
We’ve got a lot going on this month. Stop in and visit!

Ives Squared Happenings
March Programming for Exchange and Tinker Lab

Check Out Guyanese Authors at the Ives Branch!
To kick off Black History Month, the New Haven Free Public Library has partnered up with the Ely Center of Contemporary Art to create a Guyanese author display to coincide with the Ely Center’s Stanwyck Cromwell exhibit opening this month! Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a small Caribbean country located in the … Continued


Ives Squared Happenings
February Programming for Exchange and Tinker Lab