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Pride Month Brings Drag And Delight To The Library

Arts & Culture  |  Books  |  Culture & Community  |  LGBTQ  |  Literacy  |  New Haven Free Public Library  |  New Haven Pride Center  |  Pride Month  |  Westville Lucy Gellman | June 17th, 2024

Ladybugs, Literacy Take Flight At Mitchell Library

Arts & Culture  |  Books  |  Culture & Community  |  Literacy  |  New Haven Free Public Library  |  Westville Abiba Biao | June 7th, 2024

Top: The caged ladybugs waiting to be released Bottom: Sun Holland receiving a ladybug. Abiba Biao Photos.

Library Launches Into Summer Learning

Arts & Culture  |  Books  |  Downtown  |  Literacy  |  New Haven Free Public Library Abiba Biao | June 4th, 2024

Banned Books Spotlighted at the Institute Library

Arts, Culture & Community  |  Books  |  Institute Library  |  Photography Kapp Singer | June 4th, 2024

De-circulated: An Interpretation of Banned Books at the Institute Library. Photos Kapp Singer.

Big Read Dives Deep On Migration, Motherhood & Identity

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Books  |  Culture & Community  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas  |  New Haven Free Public Library Lucy Gellman | April 5th, 2024

Lucy Gellman Photos.

Collection Takes Books Beyond the Binding

Arts, Culture & Community  |  Books  |  Design  |  Libraries  |  Southern Connecticut State University Kapp Singer | February 28th, 2024

Destination Moon by Karen Hammer. Photos Kapp Singer.

Little Free Library Helps Reading Stay Fresh & Clean

Arts, Culture & Community  |  Books  |  New Haven Schools  |  Possible Futures Kapp Singer | February 26th, 2024

Lauren Canalori's third grade class at L.W. Beecher with LaundroMax's Chris Walker. Photos Kapp Singer.

A Decade of Impact for ‘African American Connecticut Explored’

Black History Month  |  Books  |  New Haven Museum Kapp Singer | February 2nd, 2024

Frank Mitchell, Fiona Vernal, and Camesha Scruggs (from left to right) discuss the impact of African American Connecticut Explored at the New Haven Museum on Thursday. Photos Kapp Singer.

Poet Chapman Grapples with History in New Memoir

Arts, Culture & Community  |  Atticus  |  Best Video Film & Cultural Center  |  Books Kapp Singer | January 23rd, 2024

Danielle Chapman (right) and the Rev. Jack Perkins Davidson at Best Video Film & Cultural Center.