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Hartford Public Library (HPL) is excited to introduce a brand-new Library on Wheels (LOW). We are hosting a ribbon cutting this Friday, June 6, at 11:15 a.m. on Trinity Street in Bushnell Park.
We have a long history of Bookmobiles serving our community, dating back to 1942. Join us to celebrate this new chapter of HPL history and to explore the new LOW!
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Friday, June 6 |11:15 a.m.
Trinity Street in Bushnell Park
| | | Our Summer Learning Kickoff Is Here! | |
Join us this Saturday, June 7, for the Hartford Summer Learning Kickoff: One City, Many Stories. There will be various family-friendly activities, including live performances by Hartford Proud Drill Drum & Dance, FriendZ World Music, an acrobatic show, face painting, henna, and Pride Cafe. Special Appearances from Sugar & Spice Fairytales, featuring Elphaba and Batman, the Yard Goats Mascot, and more!
Saturday, June 7 | 12:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Downtown Library
500 Main Street
A special thank you to our partners: Hartford Public Schools, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, City of Hartford, Early Learning Division of the City of Hartford, The Village for Families & Children, Catholic Charities, Boys & Girls Club of Hartford, Hartford Performs, The Children's Museum, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Hartford Yard Goats, United Way, Mega Education, Dressler Law, Regional School Choice Office, Hispanic Health Council, ConnectiKids, Center for Latino Progress, 2-4-1 Sports, and Hartford Athletic.
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Can't make it?
We are hosting kickoff parties at our other HPL locations!
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Don't worry, adults can join in on the fun too!
Plus a chance to win some $$$ :)
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Adults, we've got you covered with our Adult Summer Learning Challenge! Explore Hartford and HPL programs while getting stamps to complete your raffle card for a chance to win a $250, $100, or $50 Visa gift card.
Pick up a card at a HPL location, complete 9 qualifying activities, and get your stamps. Submit your completed card to a HPL location by Saturday, August 16, for a chance to win!
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Stag Dance
Torrey Peters
National Bookseller | New York Times Review Editors' Choice | Vulture's Best Book of the Year
"Hot, heartbreaking, and thrillingly victorious."
—Miranda July, New York Times bestselling author of All Fours
"Peters explores her characters’ conundrums with striking honesty, revealing how they’re bound by indecision and insecurities from finding happiness, and she exhibits spectacular flexibility with language and form. It’s a marvel."
—Publishers Weekly
Find it HERE in our catalog
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Stop Me If You've Heard This One
Kristen Arnett
“Sweet, sexy, sad, articulate, and funny."
—Vogue
“Arnett's writing is particularly strong when exploring the ways we show up for ourselves and our communities—as well as the sacrifices we should and shouldn’t make for our art. A funny and tender novel about life’s best and worst punchlines."
—Kirkus Reviews
Find it HERE in our catalog
| | Author Talks with Bern Nadette Stanis & Tokunboh (Toki) Talabi | | |
HPL presents an author talk and book signing of Good Times, Ain’t We Lucky We Got ‘Em by Bern Nadette Stanis.
Bern Nadette Stanis is best known as the original "It" girl, Thelma Evans, from the sitcom Good Times in the 1970's. She was the first African American female teenager to be cast in a full family show, and she remains the personification of the "gem" that young girls aspire to be. Her place in television history was solidified by her contributions to redefining the role of a young Black girl from inner-city ghettos across America, challenging the stereotypes.
Registration is required.
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Friday, June 13 | 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Downtown Library
Center for Contemporary Culture (CCC)
500 Main Street
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Author Tokunboh (Toki) Talabi, of The Evolution of the Unwritten Girl, will be in attendance for a poetry reading and an author talk.
Tokunboh (Toki) Talabi is a playwright, actress, and poet from Hartford. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Corporate Communications and a Master of Science in Human Services Counseling. Tokunboh uses her talent and skills to bring a voice to those who have been silenced. Tokunboh hopes that her work serves to acknowledge, validate, and heal Black women worldwide.
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Wednesday, June 4 | 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Downtown Library
Atrium
500 Main Street
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Secured your dream home but still have questions?
You are invited to an interactive homeownership seminar where you can learn more about saving for future cost, network, and to build your confidence as a homeowner.
Registration is required.
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Wednesday, June 4 | 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Downtown Library
CCC
500 Main Street
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Join us to make your very own paper flower bouquet, a garden guaranteed to last a lifetime.
Registration is required.
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Wednesday, June 11| 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Park Street Library @ the Lyric
603 Park Street
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Hartford Public Library + Bus or Car Rides = FREE rides to medical appointments for Hartford residents.
Contact us or have your provider contact us to schedule transportation to your next verified medical appointment.
(959) 257-3630 or (860) 840-1264
socialservices@hplct.org
| | The café at the Downtown Library is temporarily closed as of May 29. We apologize for any inconvenience. Hartford Public Library plans on reopening the café in the near future. Stay tuned for updates! | | |
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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"I recall well how the manly aspects of a person can overgrow and overtake him, cancer-like, to becoming beastly and monstrous—the way canker causes a tree to encrust itself in bark so thick that it comes to appear deformed and tumorous in its own treeness."
―Torrey Peters, Stag Dance
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