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
May Happenings / Novedades de Mayo
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Library Doors Swing Back Open
Our friends at the New Haven Independent wrote a great piece about our re-opening. Public Service Administrators Susan Totter and Sharon Lovett-Graff spoke to the Independent about the library’s re-opening (at limited capacity), our plans to keep patrons, and our excitement to see your faces in person again! Check it out here. Image Credit: New … Continued
NHFPL partners with Arts and Ideas Festival and NEA Big Read to celebrate the first indigenous poet laureate Joy Harjo
Don’t miss the Big Read this May 20! Join us as we celebrate US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s An American Sunrise, the Festival’s choice as the 2021 NEA Big Read. Harjo’s poems sing of beauty and survival, illuminating a spirituality that connects her to her ancestors and thrums with the quiet anger of living amid the … Continued
April Happenings / Novedades de Abril
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NHFPL Expands Opening to Include Short Browsing Visits and Technology Appointments
On Monday, March 29, the New Haven Free Public Library will expand the opening of its doors with limited hours for technology use and short browsing visits by appointment and on a walk-in basis as capacity allows. Need to make an appointment? Call any of our locations to pick a time that works for you! … Continued
March Happenings/Novedades de Marzo
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Need a computer or free wifi? We can help! Chromebooks and wifi hotspots are now available for checkout.
Free, computer use and mobile internet anytime, anywhere with wifi hotspots and Chromebook lending. Call your nearest location for availability. Chromebooks and hotspots are available to adult New Haven card holders for checkout up to 3 weeks. ¡Ahora puede pedir prestados Hotspot WiFi y Chromebooks en todas las sucursales de NHFPL! Llame a la biblioteca … Continued