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Public Service Returns to Downtown!
November 20, 2024
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Hartford Public Library (HPL) will reopen the Downtown Library for public service on
November 20, 2024.
A ceremony and ribbon cutting are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. at 500 Main Street, with doors opening to the public immediately following the program.
We can't wait to see you!
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New Book Alert
Join us at our book launch
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Please join us for a night of celebration as we debut Caroline Hewins: First Lady of the Library, written and illustrated by HPL's own Marie Jarry and Natalie Curtis. The event will feature an introduction by HPL Board Chair David Barrett, a reading by the author and, a Q&A led by Bridget E. Quinn, HPL President & CEO.
FREE and open to the public
Book signing and light refreshments
Take home a signed copy of the book with a $15 donation!
Thursday, October 10 | 5:30 - 7 p.m.
Downtown Library
Center for Contemporary Culture
500 Main Street, Hartford
Please enter through the Arch Street entrance.
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HPL's Book Recommendations
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
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Vanishing Maps
Cristina García
". . . Readers will commiserate with Ivanito through his trials and tribulations with problematic family members and emotional trauma as García serves up a sabroso (tasty) smorgasbord of muy human family foibles, from obsession to passion, forbearance, and all kinds of love."
—Booklist
". . . The narrative becomes much more intriguing once the family members reunite. Though a slow burn, this will appeal to readers of Cuban diasporic stories."
—The Horn Book Magazine
Find it HERE in our catalog
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Solito
Javier Zamora
New York Times Bestseller, Read With Jenna Book Club Pick as seen on Today, Winner of the Los Angeles Times Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiography , and Winner of the American Library Association Alex Award
". . . This sheds an urgent and compassionate light on the human lives caught in an ongoing humanitarian crisis."
—Publishers Weekly
". . . Beautifully wrought work that renders the migrant experience into a vivid, immediately accessible portrayal."
—Kirkus Reviews
Find it HERE in our catalog
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Beyond Words, HPL's annual signature fundraising event, celebrates how the Library goes beyond words, every day, with diverse and transformative programs and services.
Beyond Words 2024 will feature Safiya Sinclair, author of How to Say Babylon, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Autobiography, a finalist for the Kirkus Prize, longlisted for the Women’s Prize in Non-Fiction and for the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. Sinclair was born and raised in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Sinclair will be interviewed onstage by HPL Ambassador Duby McDowell.
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Join us in partnership with the Hartford Indigenous Community 8, as we celebrate the Saukiog people and their rich history.
Native dancers
Drummers
Food
Vendors
Saturday, October 12 | 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Keney Park Sustainability Project
183 Windsor Ave., Windsor
Thank you to our community partners, Keney Sustainability Project, Ebony Horsewomen, Inc., CT Explored, UConn Health, Hispanic Health Council, The Connecticut Audobon Society, Connecticut Land Conservation Council, and CT DEEP.
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La Tertulia is a partnership between Connecticut Public and Hartford Public Library bringing a bilingual conversation series that connects Latinx residents in Hartford. Tune in as community members discuss how they are involved in their local community and what change they want to see in the future.
Free food
Space is limited. Registration is required, please register HERE
Thursday, October 10 | 5:30 - 7:00 pm.
Park Street Library @ the Lyric
603 Park Street, Hartford
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HPL Studios Offers New Workshop | | |
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The skills, the equipment and the knowledge you need to get into the film industry can be found at your local library.
Join Jason Mangini, Freelance Production Sound Mixer, to learn how to record film or audio, use a mobile field recorder, microphone, lavalier, and more.
Wednesday, October 9 | 6:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Downtown Library
Classroom 140
500 Main Street
Please enter through the Arch Street entrance.
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A quarterly book discussion you don't want to miss! Join Nzima Hutchings and T'challa Williams of Harford's Literary Integrated Trailblazers (H.L.I.T.) as they cover the New York Times Bestseller, We Do This ‘Till They Free Us by Mariame Baba.
Sunday, October 13 | 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Downtown Library
Berkins on Main
500 Main Street
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Register To Vote in Your Library Today!
Friday, October 18
Voter Registration deadline, online or postmarked
Fecha límite para el registro de votantes, en línea o con matasellos
Tuesday, November 5
Election Day - Same day registration in City Hall
Día de las elecciones - Registro el mismo día en el Ayuntamiento
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A Place Like No Other
HPL offers engaging, educational, and fun programming for all ages.
Check out our full programming calendar HERE
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“All of the colors are amazing—some still linger at the edges of the sky, but when sunrise was at its peak, it felt like we were walking in a painting. Pinks, oranges, reds, purples, yellows, mixing together like watercolors. I thought I liked sunsets most, but I think I like sunrises better.”
―Javier Zamora, Solito
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