April 2017

ADULT PROGRAMS Featured Events

Apply for a Passport at the New Haven Free

Public Library

Brought to you by the USPS® and the New Haven

Free Public Library

Saturday, April 1, 11 AM—2 PM | Ives

Saturday, April 8, 11 AM—2 PM | Fair Haven

Saturday, April 22, 11 AM—2 PM | Wilson

Saturday, April 29, 11 AM—2 PM | Stetson

Saturday, May 6, 11 AM—2 PM | Mitchell

Join us at the NHFPL Passport Fairs! NHFPL and the

United States Postal Service® have teamed up to offer

you a convenient and time-saving opportunity.

Pysanky Easter Egg Workshop

Saturday, April 1, 2 PM |

Mitchell

Discover the art of making

P y s a n k y — i n t r i c a t e l y

decorated Ukrainian Easter

eggs. Space is limited. To

register call (203) 946-8117.

Getting Started as a Certified Nurses Aid

Saturday, April 8, 10:30 AM | Mitchell

Information session presented by Excel Academy of

Westville. Learn about certification, job opportunities,

salary and benefit. To register call (203) 946-8117.

Entrepreneur Series Spring 2017

Wednesdays, April & May, 5:30—8 PM | Ives

April 12 | Business Planning with Dennis Brown

April 19 | Doing Business with State & Federal

Government with Lisa Powell

April 26 | Purple Marketing with Art Mollengarden

May 3 | Online Marketing with Vishu Rao

May 10 | Money & Finance with Tom Mazzaferro

These FREE workshops support entrepreneurs who

are currently in the planning stages or ready to launch!

Long Wharf Theatre and New Haven Free

Public Library Present! In conjunction with...

Join us to participate in conversation about the intersections of this play and New Haven.

New Haven residents may borrow a theater pass with

their library card for free tickets to LWT as available.

Kitchen Sync LIVE with Lucy Gellman

Monday, April 17, 6 PM | Mitchell

Join us for a lively interview of local chefs, led by Lucy

Gellman, Kitchen Sync talk show host from the New

Haven Independent Radio WNHH.

Second Annual History Slam

Thursday, April 20, 6 PM | Ives

Join LWT, NHFPL, and Yale Public Humanities

for this event on food, family and making

movies.

Saturday, April 22, 3—4:30 PM | Stetson

An event for the whole family!

A Story Potluck

Tuesday, April 25, 6 PM | Wilson

What recipe has meant the most to you? What

are your favorite food memories? Join us to tell

YOUR story!

Food (In)Security

Thursday, April 27, 6—8 PM | Fair Haven

Join us for a taste of Fair Haven and talk about the

food we have and the food we need as a community.

Resume Workshop

Saturday, April 22,

10:30—11:30 AM | Fair Haven

Need help creating a resume but

don’t know where to start?

Come to our Resume

Workshop where we will help

you write a resume that

employers will notice!

NEW HAVEN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY

133 Elm Street New Haven CT 06510 203-946-8130 www.nhfpl.org

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Featured Events (continued)

Yale Science Diplomats Present

Three Ways to Kill Humanity:

The Science of Human Extinction

Thursday, April 13, 6:30 PM | Ives

Poetry Reading and Book Signing

Monday, April 24, 3:30 PM | Mitchell

Co-Sponsored by Home Haven. Local author

Shulamith Chernoff will read from her new book :

Solace. For more info: www.eastrockvillage.org

Urban Life Experience Book Discussion Series

The Black Panthers: Portraits

from an Unfinished Revolution

Edited by Bryan Shih and

Yohuru Williams

Saturday, April 29, 12 PM |

Wilson

Join the Urban Life Experience book

Discussion Series at Wilson Library

for their next read.

Big Read Comes

to New Haven!

An initiative of the

National Endowment

for the Arts in

partnership with

Arts Midwest, the Big Read broadens our

understanding of our world, our communities, and

ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book.

The New Haven Free Public Library

is partnering with the International

Festival of Arts & Ideas and others

for the 2017 Big Read selection,

Luis Alberto Urrea’s book Into the

Beautiful North, with related free

events offered throughout Greater

New Haven.

Press Event at City Hall

Thursday, April 6, 10:30 AM

Join us to launch this three-month citywide initiative!

The Other Side of Immigration

Saturday, April 29, 1 PM |

Fair Haven

Join us for this 2010

documentary film that explores

why so many people leave the

Mexican countryside to travel

to work in the U.S. Discussion

to follow. Visit our website for

the full calendar of events.

3rd Annual Edible Book and Tea Party

Saturday, April 29, 2—4 | Mitchell

Edible books are made

of something you can

eat and look like the

book or something

related to the story or

characters. Books will

be on display, then

everyone will have the

chance to taste each

other’s books. All ages

welcome! To register

call (203) 946-8117.

Film Screenings & Discussions

Friday Movie Matinees:

Fridays in April, 2—4 PM | Ives

April 7 | Easter Parade

April 21 | Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

April 28 | Big Fish

Join us for springtime films on

April Afternoons!

Glance at the World Through Film

Tuya’s Marriage

Saturday, April 1, 2 PM | Mitchell

In Mandarin with English subtitles.

Set in Inner Mongolia, a

physical setback causes a

young woman to choose a

suitor who can take care of

her, as well as her disabled

husband. Discussion to

follow led by world cinema

buff, Debby Evans.

Pushback: A Film Series on Organizing and

Resistance

Saturday, April 22, 2 PM | Mitchell

Join us for a screening and

discussion of Bread and Roses,

a drama about the effort of

immigrant janitorial workers

in Los Angeles to gain better

wages and working conditions.

Discussion to follow led by

Amy Kesselman and Ann

Froines, retired professors of

Woman’s/Gender Studies.

NEW HAVEN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY

133 Elm Street New Haven CT 06510 203-946-8130 www.nhfpl.org

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