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Join Hartford Public Library and Community Solutions and come share your ideas with us for our new North End Library at the Swift Factory.

Together let's reimagine what a library experience will be for our community.

Wednesday, May 25: 5 pm
Swift Factory 
10 Love Lane

Learn more about this exciting project HERE.
Kiss My Aztec at Hartford Stage
Tickets for Kiss My Aztec!
June 1-26

Beginning May 25 you can can get your FREE tickets HERE (and check out the many museum passes we have to offer our cardholders.)

Learn more about the show HERE.
This is your brain on art
Andy Warhol for Neuroscientists by Valerie van Mulukom
Paint your own mini masterpiece

Discover the connection between creativity and your brain during Mental Health Awareness Month.

Thursday, May 26: 2-3 pm
Albany Library
1250 Albany Ave.
Register HERE
Language & Motion. Together
Dance & Dream

Dancer Peter Kyle will conduct a workshop inviting participants to create and exchange written translations of movement they see each other do in real time. This experiment asks us all to consider how motion and language are fundamental, integrated elements in our lives. No prior experience required.

Thursday, May 26: 2-3 pm
Dwight Library
17 New Park Ave.

Learn more about Peter HERE.
Moon May
Moon May, a series of events centering femme mental health & creativity hosted by Zulynette Morales.

creativity & femme mental health
Saturday, May 28: 6 pm
Downtown Library
Center for Contemporary Culture
500 Main St.
With special drag makeup workshop by Journee Lafond, MSW, and healing potion workshop with Ehhsteph, Stehani & Zulynette, MSW

Register HERE.
Celebrating some seriously talented teens
Last week,Jessie and Jessica Neriil, twins from Haiti, received the Seal of Biliteracy Award from Hartford Public Schools for mastering three (yes, three!) languages.

Jessie and Jessica arrived in the U.S. in September and immediately began participating in Hartford Public Library's English Learner Success program. They are graduating from high school in June and have been accepted at Capital Community College. Library staff assisted in the process of applying for college admission and financial aid.  

Jessie and Jessica were two of six English Learner Success students recognized for biliteracy and triliteracy skills on May 17. Congratulations to all the students!

Jessie, left, and Jessica, right, are pictured with HPL's Michele Brophy, director of the English Learner Success program
Check out these gems (and more) in our catalog
Hanya Yanagihara
National Bestseller
National Book award finalist  
Man Booker Prize finalist 
Kirkus Prize winner

This beautiful novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves.

“Spellbinding. ... An exquisitely written, complex triumph.” — O, Oprah Magazine
Sequoia Nagamatsu
National Bestseller
New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

This original novel tells the story about the resilience of the human spirit, our dreams and the connective threads that tie us all together in the universe.

"Haunting and hopeful story about grief, loss and the different ways we move on. ... Deeply moving." — NBC News
Celebración del Día Multicultural
Celebrate the many different cultures in the Frog Hollow neighborhood with activities, music, art, food, and fun for all ages.

Pase por la biblioteca de Park Street para celebrar la cultura, a través de actividades, actuaciones musicales y mucha diversión para todos.

Wednesday, June 1: 4-6 pm
miercoles, 1ro de junio, 4pm a 6 pm
Park Street Library @ The Lyric
603 Park St.

Questions? Contact Graciela
Join Our Team
Help us build collections, provide much-needed services for our neighbors and strengthen and celebrate our diverse community.

Learn about the many positions open in lots of different departments HERE.
COVID-19 Vaccines, Test Kits and N95 Masks
*Special Notice: The expiration date on the free COVID-19 test kits available at HPL has been extended by three months.*

Look for a new expiration date using the lot number printed on your kit HERE.

Questions? contact the City of Hartford Department of Health and Human Services at 860-757-4830.
Reminder: We're closed Monday, May 30