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
Ives Squared June Happenings
June Programming for Exchange and Tinker Lab
June 2026 YMFL Happenings
Young Minds and Family Learning July 2025 newsletter
June 2026 Happenings
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Summer Learning at the New Haven Free Public Library!
Participate in our ALL-AGES annual summer learning program from May 30 through August 22!
New Haven’s 1970 May Day Protest
Protesters in the streets. National Guard troops deployed against U.S. citizens. Sounds like scenes ripped from recent headlines, but these events date back to May Day, 1970, when New Haven became a flashpoint in a nationwide struggle. Let us peer back through the mists of history and vagaries of memory to a time that seems so different than our own yet is all too familiar in many respects. The sixties were a time … Continued
Ives Squared May Happenings
May Programming for Exchange and Tinker Lab
May 2026 YMFL Happenings
Young Minds and Family Learning July 2025 newsletter
May 2026 Happenings
We’ve got a lot going on this month. Stop in and visit!
NHFPL Partners with Arts and Ideas and the NEA Big Read to Celebrate The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
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.