Happy Hour Jazz
2023-05-05 13:15 - 2024-05-04 15:00, 2023-05-12 13:15 - 2024-05-11 15:00, 2023-05-19 13:15 - 2024-05-18 15:00, 2023-05-26 13:15 - 2024-05-25 15:00, 2023-06-02 13:15 - 2024-06-01 15:00, 2023-06-09 13:15 - 2024-06-08 15:00, 2023-06-16 13:15 - 2024-06-15 15:00, 2023-06-23 13:15 - 2024-06-22 15:00 (America/New_York) and 1 more date | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510

LOOK BOOK
2024-03-13 - 2024-05-25 | The Gallery Upstairs at The Institute Library, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510, United States
Look Book: A visual celebration of Woman’s Herstory month exploring how we express ourselves through Fashion and Adornment.

BRIDGE
2024-05-13 15:00 - 16:30, 2024-06-10 15:00 - 16:30, 2024-07-08 15:00 - 16:30, 2024-08-12 15:00 - 16:30, 2024-09-09 15:00 - 16:30, 2024-10-14 19:00 - 20:30 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
A low key evening of bridge, for people who know how and people who don’t know anything at all.

De-Circulated: An Interpretation of Banned Books, Art by Karen Duncan Pape
2024-05-29 - 2024-09-08 | The Gallery Upstairs at The Institute Library, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510, United States
De-Circulated: An Interpretation of Banned Books, Art by Karen Duncan Pape
Posters by Jeanne Criscola and featuring favorite banned books from the Library and our Community.
What books are being banned and where?
See Karen Pape’s updated list here:
https://mcusercontent.com/1c3aeb8c5e84e311c51042004/files/6b67ffc2-b6b4-d5c5-a8fc-d2b2ad15429b/banned_books_inprogess_to_print.pdf
De-Circulated opens with a party on Thursday, May 30 6-8 pm
and runs through September 8 when we will close with a ticketed adult-only event related to the show- a banned book burlesque cabaret by Madame Thalia and friends.For this live performance the library will be transformed into a multi-media speakeasy.
You don’t want to miss this.

Opening Reception: De-Circulated: An Interpretation of Banned Books
2024-05-30 14:00 - 16:00 | The Gallery Upstairs at The Institute Library, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510, United States
De-Circulated: An Interpretation of Banned Books – Art by Karen Duncan Pape
May 30-September 8, 2024
Opening Reception:
Thursday, May 30th 6-8 pm

Spinning Poetry: Quality Recordings of Quality Work.
2024-06-12 13:00 - 15:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Spinning Poetry: Quality Recordings of Quality Work. Mid-20th century, Caedmon Records began to release LP recordings of famous poets reading their own work, giving the listener a special kind of access to poetry by some of the best writers of the time.
At the Institute Library, we’ll be taking some time to delve into these records and give them a chance to speak to us today. Prof. Phillip Beard will be your tour guide; we’ll listen to writers such as Edna St. Vincent Millay, Conrad Aiken, Theodore Roethke, and Wallace Stevens.
This event is free and open to all; $5.00 donation encouraged.
Questions? Email Eva@InstituteLibrary.org.

Italian Cinema: La Citta della Donne (City of Women)(Fellini, 1980, rated R)
2024-06-25 14:30 - 17:30 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
La Citta della Donne (City of Women) (Fellini, 1980, rated R)
Doors open at 6:30, movie starts at 7:00
Ciao, Bella: Classic Italian Cinema, screened at the Institute Library. A short summer film series, designed for you to enjoy and escape from Life as You Know It. Movies shown with subtitles (NOT dubbed). These events are free and open to all ($10 suggested donation, if you can swing it): No RSVP or ticket required.
Italian ices provided to enrich your movie-going experience.
Got questions? Email Eva@InstituteLibrary.org

Italian Cinema: Mamma Roma (Pasolini, 1962, not rated)
2024-07-11 14:30 - 17:30 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Mamma Roma (Pasolini, 1962, not rated)
Doors open at 6:30, movie starts at 7:00
Ciao, Bella: Classic Italian Cinema, screened at the Institute Library. A short summer film series, designed for you to enjoy and escape from Life as You Know It. Movies shown with subtitles (NOT dubbed). These events are free and open to all ($10 suggested donation, if you can swing it): No RSVP or ticket required.
Italian ices provided to enrich your movie-going experience.
Got questions? Email Eva@InstituteLibrary.org

Italian Cinema: Le Notte de Cabiria (Nights of Cabiria) (Fellini, 1957, not rated)
2024-07-25 14:30 - 17:30 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Le Notte de Cabiria (Nights of Cabiria) (Fellini, 1957, not rated)
Doors open at 6:30, movie starts at 7:00
Ciao, Bella: Classic Italian Cinema, screened at the Institute Library. A short summer film series, designed for you to enjoy and escape from Life as You Know It. Movies shown with subtitles (NOT dubbed). These events are free and open to all ($10 suggested donation, if you can swing it): No RSVP or ticket required.
Italian ices provided to enrich your movie-going experience.
Got questions? Email Eva@InstituteLibrary.org

Bonsoir, Mes Amis: A Screening of Beauty and the Beast
2024-08-29 14:30 - 17:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Doors open at 6:30 | Movie starts 7:00
The stars are aligning and we will be screening another series of three films: this time, French flicks are the name of the game. The first movie, Beauty and the Beast, will be screened on Thursday August 29th — the second two movies will have their moments in the dark on September 8th and 26th. The movie screenings have proven sufficiently popular we’ve decided to ask for RSVPs to ensure seating space for all who come.

$10 Suggested Donation hugely appreciated merci beaucoup à nos amies!

Please RSVP : Beauty and the Beast
Online donation link here TAILORED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS SERIES

This series is presented with assistance from our cherished friends at Best Video in Hamden, CT.

SENSO DI VOCE: Megan Kyle and Esin Gunduz in performance
2024-09-10 14:30 - 17:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Doors open at 6:30 | Performance starts at 7:00
Senso di Voce presents ‘…through itself…’

…a new commissioned work inspired by the philosophical ideas of revolutionary Islamic mystic İbn ‘Arabî plus improvisations with a performance built around explorations of shimmering timbral resonances and other astonishing acoustical phenomena.

Megan Kyle – oboe, English horn

Esin Gunduz – voice, composition, tremolo harmonica, bass harmonica, harmonium

About Senso di Voce
Megan Kyle (oboe, English horn) & Esin Gunduz (voice, composition, tremolo harmonica, bass harmonica, harmonium). The duo focuses on the embodied experience of varying acoustical phenomena. Implementing the unique acoustic properties of their instruments and of the performance space, they create otherworldly performances that reveal the interconnected timbral threads among new music and early music from diverse cultural traditions. This, combined with improvisation and movement, brings audiences into an immersive experience that transcends expectations.
Their performance features a brand new piece by Esin for the duo. Inspired by the writings of revolutionary Islamic thinker İbn ‘Arabî (1165-1240), ‘…through itself…’ is an exploration of his profound philosophical concepts, through sound. The piece will be followed by improvisations that expand on this sonic world.
Senso di Voce’s previous work includes multiple performances for Silo City, a collection of repurposed grain elevators in Buffalo, NY. They have created performances and sound installations in partnership with several art museums and art festivals in Western New York. Tierceron, their album of improvisations with collaborator Henry Birdsey, was released on Other Minds Records (San Francisco) in 2023.
This commission has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Bonsoir, Mes Amis: A Screening of Orpheus
2024-09-12 14:30 - 17:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Doors open at 6:30 | Movie starts 7:00
The stars are aligning and we will be screening another series of three films: this time, French flicks are the name of the game. The first movie, Beauty and the Beast, will be screened on Thursday August 29th — the second two movies will have their moments in the dark on September 8th and 26th. The movie screenings have proven sufficiently popular we’ve decided to ask for RSVPs to ensure seating space for all who come.

$10 Suggested Donation hugely appreciated merci beaucoup à nos amies!

Please RSVP : Orpheus
Online donation link here TAILORED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS SERIES

This series is presented with assistance from our cherished friends at Best Video in Hamden, CT.

Spinning Poetry
2024-09-18 13:00 - 15:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
A little chance to relax and think and absorb noted works of poetry as read by its authors. This month, we continue our tour of Caedmon recordings from the 20th century, and visit the 1950s recordings of Pound, Eliot, and Sitwell: Masters of Irony, Collage, and Innovation? Or Complicated Fops and Poseurs? Our tour guide, Phillip Beard, will explore with you and guide you through the high modernist wackiness.

Poet Joan Kwon Glass reading from her new collection of poetry, Daughter of Three Gone Kingdoms (Perugia Press, 2024)
2024-09-21 12:00 - 14:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Doors open at 4:00
Tea/reading concludes by 6:00

Winner of the 2024 Perugia Press Poetry Prize, Daughter of Three Gone Kingdoms explores themes familiar to those who know Kwon’s work: it’s described as part lamentation and part hymn—an illumination of diasporic hungers, hauntings, absence, and resilience. This collection “explores colonialism and “postcolonialism” through disordered eating, suicide loss, religious damage, familial estrangement, addiction, motherhood, and recovery. These poems ask urgent questions: What does it mean to be a mixed-race survivor of generational traumas in a world that often insists on binaries and singular narratives? What role does “hunger” play in navigating life in the diaspora? And, ultimately, what is required to raise an American daughter while forging a path forward?” Joan Kwon Glass, Milford Poet Laureate, is known for her searching, thoughtful earlier works, Night Swim (2023), Pancakes for a Dead Boy (2022), and If Rust Can Grow on the Moon (2022). She is the editor of Harbor Review, and the winner of numerous awards and prizes for her work. This event is free and open to the public.
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Bonsoir, Mes Amis: A Screening of Breathless
2024-09-26 14:30 - 17:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Doors open at 6:30 | Movie starts 7:00
The stars are aligning and we will be screening another series of three films: this time, French flicks are the name of the game. The first movie, Beauty and the Beast, will be screened on Thursday August 29th — the second two movies will have their moments in the dark on September 8th and 26th. The movie screenings have proven sufficiently popular we’ve decided to ask for RSVPs to ensure seating space for all who come.

$10 Suggested Donation hugely appreciated merci beaucoup à nos amies!

Please RSVP : Breathless
Online donation link here TAILORED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS SERIES

This series is presented with assistance from our cherished friends at Best Video in Hamden, CT.

Glorious Index: New Haven Fall Open Studios, 2024
2024-10-04 - 2024-12-14 | CT
Hours: Tues – Fri: 11-5 / Sat: 12-2
Sun & Mon: Closed

Glorious Index Opening Reception
2024-10-05 18:00 - 20:00 | The Gallery Upstairs at The Institute Library, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510, United States
Opening Reception for Glorious Index: New Haven Fall Open Studios, 2024
The opening on October 5th will be a special party
in celebration of the artists in our community opening their doors throughout the city this month. We offer a delightful mix of small works by a multitude of participating artists, a map board with info on all weekends and events and an impressive selection of Indexes and Directories from the Library’s historic collection.
For the opening party will offer a special online link on the night of so that those unable to attend for any reason can have a special sneak peek, can say hello to fellow artists and otherwise participate. Please email us at gallery@institutelibrary.org by 5pm Oct 5th with the header screenparty and we will send you the invite!
Dress Code:
In the interests of more emphatic pointing fun, we are suggesting dressing up your index finger for this event. Fancy nails? Foam Finger? So many options…..
Post images of each other pointing at favorite works at the event
with the hashtag #GloriousIndex to share the party!
