Weekly Prizes! For adults 18 and over. Read or listen to a book between July 1 and August 19, 2017. Turn in the completed entry form at the Wilson Library. Each entry must include name and telephone number. Only one weekly prize to a person. Grand prizewinner will be announced August 28.

Learn about healthy meal planning on budget while we prepare and eat easy and delicious dishes that your family will enjoy! All participants will get $10 for the CitySeed Farmers Market. For information and to register, call (203) 773-3736 or email [email protected] .

Come help us care for our community garden! Watering, planting, building, and weeding. What you do depends on what the garden needs!

Local author Sharon Webb Jackson will read from her new book, Moving Beyond Your Today and Stepping into Your Tomorrow .

NHFPL and the United States Postal Service® have teamed-up to offer you a convenient and time-saving opportunity.

August 21 |  Survivors Swingband

The Beecher Park Summer Concert Series is an annual, live music series showcasing talented local artists. Bring a blanket or lawn chair, enjoy the food trucks and picnic with the whole family! Co-sponsored by Westville Village Renaissance Alliance. Learn more at www.westvillect.org.

Join fellow readers for a discussion of the book, Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt. Afternoon Book Club meets monthly - join anytime!

Youth Mental Health First Aid is an 8-hour certification course that introduces participants to the unique risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems in adolescents, builds an understanding of the importance of early intervention, and teaches participants how to help and adolescent in crisis, experiencing a crisis, or suffering from substance abuse challenges. Register for one 2-day course HERE.

These FREE workshops support entrepreneurs who are currently in the planning stages or ready to launch! To register call (203) 946-7431.

AIDS Project New Haven is the oldest AIDS service organization in the State of  Connecticut that provides education, non-judgmental, comprehensive, and holistic services to individuals infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.

Join the Urban Life Experience Book Discussion Series at Wilson Library for their next read.

"Who ya gonna call?" August is Sigourney Weaver month at the NHFPL!

For parents, grandparents, teachers, students, and educators. How can the upcoming school year be different for our children? Join us to watch, think and reflect on these two award winning documentary films from the library's collection: Schools Out: Lessons from a Forest Kindergarten (2013, 36 minutes) and Race to Nowhere: The Dark Side of America's Achievement Culture (2010, 86 minutes).

PG-13. A five-year-old boy becomes separated from his family in India. He finds an adoptive home with an Australian couple. Though he grows up happy with them, he still thinks of the parents that he left behind. As an adult, he decides to undertake an epic quest in order to find his birth family.

Summer is a great time to fall in love with a new author, borrow books for your beach vacation or tackle a new skill or hobby!  Get ready for the   Windham Campbell Literary Festival (September 13-15) by reading the works of the 2017 authors. Search our catalog under "Windham-Campbell 2017" to find them.

An art exhibition of 4 local artists who painted together in college in the 1970s, went their own way, and now at 60, have been painting together again for the last 4 years. Clay Fried, Abbie Rabinowitz, Laura Levine, and Mark Patnode are CALM.

Do Not Engage. Only Connect. is a wandering journey through the artist's attempts at understanding empathy and connection as her antidote for shame. A story of motherhood, reclaimed, no matter what.

50+ years of age and just starting or have a computer dilemma?  Sign up for one-on-one free computer help at your own pace. To register call 203.946.7001.

Place article copy here. Be sure to make the articles short and concise as people tend not to read much more than a couple of paragraphs.

Literacy Volunteers of Greater New Haven presents free classes to help adults learn to read, write and understand more words in a small class setting. 

Weekly conversational English Class for new Americans, co-sponsored by Literacy Volunteers of Greater New Haven. Learn to improve your pronunciation, listening and speaking skills in an informal English conversation group. Please call (203) 776-5899 or email [email protected] to register for classes.

Have you always wanted to write but felt like you didn't know where to start? Is writing what you do best? Have a story you've been trying to finish but need a little moral support? Just need an idea to get started? Join us!

Come armed with your own needles and yarn - join anytime, newcomers and beginners welcome!

Classes all require some familiarity with using a keyboard and mouse. Classes include different levels for Word, Excel, Internet Explorer, PowerPoint and Keyboard/Mouse/Email.  For detailed class schedule please see our calendar .

Stop by the lower level Information Desk for on demand one-on-one sessions on technology and employment assistance. Our knowledgeable staff is ready to help you find the answers to many of your questions!

Meet one-on-one to discuss your individual technology needs. To schedule an appointment at Fair Haven call 203.946.8115; for Mitchell, call 203.946.8117; for Stetson contact Rory at 203.946.8119 or [email protected] ; and at Wilson call 203.946.2228.

Beginners and experienced practitioners are invited to join this guided mediation brought to you in cooperation with the New Haven Zen Center . Instruction for beginners at 5:45 pm.

Learn   the ins and outs of one of the nation's most generous rehabilitation incentive programs for individual homeowners with Architectural Preservationist Alyssa Lozupone from   the State Historic Preservation Office, Department of Economic and Community Development. Please register by Thursday, September 7 to  [email protected] or (203) 562-5919.