
Introducing our 2021-2022 EIR and CIR
The New Haven Free Public Library is thrilled to announce the appointment of our 2021-2022 EIR and CIR

Call for Applications: Make To Sell
Are you someone who has an idea for an online business but doesn’t know where to start? Do you have a product already but don’t know how to move it online? This new program could be solution!

Call for Applications for Entrepreneur-In-Residence and Creative-In-Residence
Submission Deadline: July 30, 2021 Ives Squared and the New Haven Free Public Library (an anchor institution of the New Haven Innovation Collaborative) are seeking applications for two, ten-month, in-residence opportunities starting September 2021 in Ives Squared, the Main Ives Library’s innovation commons. Both in-residence appointments will work closely together with a focus on mentoring … Continued

July Happenings / Novedades de Julio
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NHFPL Launches Book Club Kits!
Part of a book club or looking to start one? NHFPL now offers Book Club Kits at the Ives Main Library. Kits contain everything you need to host a great book discussion – 8-10 copies of a title, author bio, reader’s guide, tips for hosting and discussion questions! Borrow one today and keep it for … Continued

NHFPL Locations Host Community Memorial Art Collaboration Diary Disks
The New Haven Free Public Library is proud to have our locations host Diary Disks – a project of of the Design Brigade project, initiated by Yale Center for Collaborative Arts & Media and Atelier Cho Thompson. These Diary Disks are circular blackboards placed around New Haven to gather the hopes, stories, and memories of … Continued

UniteCT Mobile Bus Coming to a Library Location Near You
The New Haven Free Public Library will host visits from the UniteCT Mobile Bus during June at the Ives Main Library, the Wilson Branch Library, Fair Haven Branch Library, and the Valley Street Community Center in collaboration with the Connecticut Department of Housing, the Urban League of Southern Connecticut, New Haven Homeownership Center, United Way, … Continued

June Happenings / Novedades de Junio
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Summer Learning starts June 12!
The New Haven Free Public Library Community Summer Learning Program launches on Saturday, June 12 and runs through September 3 at all library locations. The annual Summer Learning Program is designed to advance literacy and transform lives by providing free, fun, family-friendly programs and services all summer long. New features for summer 2021: Participants can … Continued

Dive deeper into the NEA Big Read and Arts and Ideas this summer
Explore the themes of the NEA Big Read, An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo, and this year’s International Festival of Arts and Ideas with our micro branches! The poems in An American Sunrise were written by Joy Harjo after returning to her family’s lands where in the early 1800s the Mvskoke people were forcibly removed … Continued