All NHFPL locations will be CLOSED Thurs, Oct 29 for staff development. Regular hours will resume on Friday, Oct 30. | Todas las sedes de la NHFPL estarán cerradas el jueves 29 de octubre por actividades de capacitación del personal. El horario habitual se reanudará el viernes 30 de octubre.
A series of six photos, two showing areas before redevelopment, two showing building being torn down, and two are from after redevelopment in early 60s

Happenings At NHFPL

A series of six photos, two showing areas before redevelopment, two showing building being torn down, and two are from after redevelopment in early 60s

The other side of Richard C. Lee’s Redevelopment

When the young, working-class Mayor, Richard C. Lee, took office in 1954, he was determined to remake the city he had grown up in. Mayor Lee pursued redevelopment with a zeal that impressed and unnerved people in roughly equal measure; even sympathetic accounts noted the complaint that he was “too cocky, that he was dictatorial … Continued

Introducing DEEP Laptop ConneCT!

Registrations are now full. We are not be accepting any additional applications at this time. The tabling sessions planned for Tuesday, October 20 and Wednesday, October 21 have been canceled. You can follow our social media or register for our newsletter for any program updates.

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Hispanic Heritage Month In New Haven

New Haven’s Hispanic and Latine community is vibrant and rapidly growing at approximately 41,700 residents (2026), making up over 31% of the City’s population. Notable persons shaping the City’s cultural, historic, and civic landscape include trailblazing community organizers, prominent elected officials and longtime journalists from the Greater New Haven area. Juan Candelaria Alice Caraballo Migdalia … Continued

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Explore New Haven’s Public Arts Scene

New Haven has a vibrant history of Public Art, from the monuments and memorials built after the Civil War to artwork funded by the Depression-Era Public Works Art Projects, the CETA Program (1970s), the Percent for Art Program (1980s), and the ongoing Straight Up Art Program.   New Haven’s story is still being told through public art, and once you start noticing it, you see art everywhere. Here’s a 30-minute Art Walk starting at City Hall and ending at the Ives Main Library, with a couple of … Continued