Join the New Haven Free Public Library, the International Festival of Arts & Ideas, and the National Endowment for the Arts in our celebration of Rebekah Taussig's Sitting Pretty. Get a calendar of events at artidea.org/Read. Borrow a copy of Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary, Resilient, Disabled Body at any library location!
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Featured Adult Events
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Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution: Documentary Screening and Discussion
Saturday, June 3, 2-4 pm | Mitchell
Join the Mitchell Branch for a screening and discussion of the 2020 Netflix Documentary, Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution. Light refreshments will be provided.
Preserving Your History: Getting Started with Your
Own Archives
Wednesday, June 7, 6-7 pm | Ives
Join archivist Jennifer Coggins from Yale’s Beinecke Library for an introduction to preserving the records and stories you want to pass on to future generations. Learn strategies for deciding what to keep, preserving materials in different formats, and applying “archival thinking” in our day-to-day lives.
Fair Haven Book Club
Monday, June 12, 2-3 pm | Fair Haven
Join the club for a discussion of “River of the Gods”. Candice Millard’s historical epic concerns the late 19th century quest to find the source of the Nile River. Copies available to check out from the library.
Free Friday Films: CODA
Friday, June 16, 2-4 pm | Ives
Find your voice with a free film screening of the 2021 Academy Award-winning film CODA.
Make Music Day New Haven: Find Your Voice!
Wednesday, June 21, 3:30-5:30 pm | Wilson
Join us for Make Music Day New Haven, a live festival happening on the summer solstice. Find your voice at the library for a fun filled. Everyone should attend! We will be celebrating our 3rd year participating in this joyous occasion with local trumpeter and music teacher at Truman School, Nick Di Maria, who will perform with a Jazz Quartet. Yale Center for British Art will join with a creative art experience through drawing and sculpting responses to music with color, shape, line and more!
Animation Celebration! Rezo (2018)
Monday, June 26, 7-8 pm | ZOOM
Join our online movie discussion club focusing on animated films from around the world and throughout history! This month we'll be talking about Rezo; an animated documentary celebrating the Georgian screenwriter, artist and puppeteer Rezo Gabriadze.
Tea Time! Community Conversation
Tuesday, June 27, 4-5:30 pm | Wilson
The Tenant Energy Advocacy (TEA) Project has been doing research with tenants and other stakeholders in New Haven about energy efficiency and tenant collective action for energy justice. Hear what we learned about what is going on in New Haven rental properties.
