August 2026 YMFL Happenings
Young Minds and Family Learning August 2026 newsletter
FREE Youth Eye Exams at NHFPL this August!
Does your child or teen squint or have trouble seeing? We’re partnering with Vision to Learn to get your student ready for school with a FREE eye exam and (if needed) a FREE pair of glasses! Vision To Learn is a nonprofit organization that provides free vision screenings, eye exams and glasses to children and teens, ages 5-18. Their mobile eye exam van is coming to an NHFPL location near you in August.
August 2026 Happenings
We’ve got a lot going on this month. Stop in and visit!
Ives Squared August Happenings
August Programming for Exchange and Tinker Lab
New Haven’s Amistad History
Image: Roger Sherman Baldwin painted by Rufus Wright Written by SCSU Intern, Isaac Rivera and Digital Inclusion Librarian, Alexandria Robison | July 2026 A Brief History In 1839, La Amistad was transporting 53 kidnapped Mende people, originally from Sierra Leone, to a plantation after being sold into slavery in Cuba. The ship was helmed by … Continued
July 2026 YMFL Happenings
Young Minds and Family Learning July 2025 newsletter
July 2026 Happenings
We’ve got a lot going on this month. Stop in and visit!
Ives Squared July Happenings
July Programming for Exchange and Tinker Lab
Tell Us Your Story!
The New Haven Free Public Library (NHFPL) is initiating an oral history project that will allow individuals to be interviewed and document their experiences for the Library’s archives, with the potential for these stories to be made available online.
New Haven’s Historic Freddy Fixer Parade
Written by SCSU Intern Isaac Rivera | June 2026 This year the 61st annual Freddy Fixer Parade was held on June 7! Learn more about its beginnings and the people that brought it to life. History The original Freddy Fixer parade wasn’t a parade at all—it wasn’t even named Freddy Fixer yet. It was a Dixwell and Newhallville neighborhood cleanup that … Continued