Hartford Public Library wins Read For The Record award! |
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At Kennelly School in Hartford the energy was unmatched as a drum line welcomed volunteer readers including HPL President and CEO Bridget E. Quinn, Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin and Hartford Superintendent of Schools Leslie Torres-Rodriguez for the Read for the Record event. |
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Hartford Public Library, Hartford Public Schools and the United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut were recently selected as having the Best Community Celebration during Jumpstart’s fall 2021 Read for the Record Event!
The early education organization invited volunteers across the country to read Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon to children in their communities. More than two million readers participated across the country!
Photo: HPL President and CEO Bridget E. Quinn reads to students in a Kennelly School classroom.
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We've got two excellent book recommendations for you. |
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The most comprehensive, must-read narrative from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. addressing civil rights and social justice.
"If there is one book Martin Luther King, Jr. has written that people consistently tell me has changed their lives, it is Strength to Love."
— Coretta Scott King.
"This book best explains the central element of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s philosophy of nonviolence — his belief in a divine, loving presence that binds all life." — Coretta Scott King
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Christine Pride & Jo Piazza
Named a Best Book Pick of 2021 by Harper’s Bazaar and Real Simple
Told from alternating perspectives, an evocative and riveting novel about the lifelong bond between two women, one Black and one white, whose friendship is indelibly altered by a tragic event — a powerful and poignant exploration of race in America today and its devastating impact on ordinary lives.
"We Are Not Like Them is spellbinding from cover to cover." — Booklist (starred)
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The best part of the Summer of Soul award-winning documentary is the music. Sly and the Family Stone, Nina Simone, Gladys Night & the Pips, the 5th Dimension and more...
Now the soundtrack is available to you free through
Freegal is a download music service that we offer free of charge, for use by all library cardholders.
Want to feel happy? Listen to music you love.
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Grab your coat and grab your hat. Leave your worries at the doorstop... |
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...life can be so sweet on the sunny side of the street.
performance by the amazing vocalist Dana Lauren
this Sunday,
January 16th, 3 pm
Learn more about Dana HERE
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The Adornment Series: Images of Empowerment
By Michelle Thomas
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January 7th – February 19th
Closing Event: Friday, February 18th
5:30-7:30 pm
ArtWalk
Third Floor
Downtown Library
500 Main St.
MASKS ARE REQUIRED.
Michelle Thomas' mask making workshop.
Saturday, February 12th, 2-4 pm
ABOUT THE SHOW:
Hartford's own Michelle Thomas creates large scale works that use ceramic mask making techniques and found objects to create sculptural portrayals of people of African descent in the US to connect these communities to deeper, more diverse, ancestral roots before slavery and combat imagery that denigrates the history of Black people in America.
Learn more about Michelle HERE
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Hello, have I got a story for you. |
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Take a break from looking at your screens and call the HPL Dial-a-Story line.
We got a variety of children’s songs/rhymes and stories in English, Spanish and Urdu.
Listened to two or more stories, rhymes or songs?
to be entered into a raffle!!
Dial-A- Story: 860-695-6288
Raffle runs now through March 31st.
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We're partnering with the City of Hartford to get at-home COVID-19 tests to you. |
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This Thursday, January 13th, in partnership with the City of Hartford, we will be distributing at-home COVID-19 tests at three of our libraries. You can get your tests at:
Downtown Library
(Café space off Main Street)
500 Main St.
10am-6pm
Campfield Library
(Outside)
30 Campfield Ave.
10am-6pm
Albany Library
(Outside)
1250 Albany Ave.
10am-6pm
Tests are available while supplies last. One test kit (contains two tests) per adult. Proof of Hartford residency required.
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We're the Library and we're here to help you. |
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Need advice for your device?
Receive one-on-one guidance on how to use your smartphone or tablet to download and read ebooks, watch videos or more with your library card.
Downtown Library
500 Main Street
January 12th - 10 am to 12 pm
January 19th - 2 pm to 4 pm
Library staff will be available for tutorials.
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We're partnering with the IRS to offer free, in-person tax help for qualifying taxplayers.
Appointments with tax preparation volunteers can be made beginning online HERE or by calling 860-695-6300.
Fridays & Saturdays
Downtown Library
500 Main St.
10 am to 2 pm
January 28th through April 16th.
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We're looking for a few good people. |
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We're hiring!
Join an excellent and fun group of colleagues and help us make a difference in our community
Check out our many opportunities HERE
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We'll Miss You.
Reminder:
All Hartford Public Library locations will be closed on
Monday, January 17th
In observance of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
We will reopen on Tuesday, January 18th.
Thank you.
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“So maybe the marching, rallying, showing up, it serves a purpose. It says, We will not be invisible or afraid. We will not give up. And that’s not nothing. It might actually be everything.” ― Christine Pride, We Are Not Like Them
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