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Poet Joan Kwon Glass reading from her new collection of poetry, Daughter of Three Gone Kingdoms (Perugia Press, 2024)

The Institute LIbrary 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT

Joan Kwon Glass's most recent collection, Daughter of Three Kingdoms, is the 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.

Bonsoir, Mes Amis: A Screening of Breathless

The Institute LIbrary 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT

A series of three films, this time bringing Francophiles joy as we screen three French classics. August 29th: Beauty and the Beast (Cocteau, NR, 1946, run time 1 hr. 36 mins.); Sept 8: Orpheus (Cocteau, NR, 1950, 95 minutes); Sept. 26: The 400 Blows (Truffaut, NR, 1959, 99 minutes)

Happy Hour Jazz

The Institute LIbrary 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT

Friday Happy Hour Jazz at the Institute Library will continue a swinging tour of that great American art form, “LP Jazz”, meeting at 5:15 or so every Friday, in the third floor music room, to consider, contemplate and appreciate the wonders in the Collection.

Happy Hour Jazz

The Institute LIbrary 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT

Friday Happy Hour Jazz at the Institute Library will continue a swinging tour of that great American art form, “LP Jazz”, meeting at 5:15 or so every Friday, in the third floor music room, to consider, contemplate and appreciate the wonders in the Collection.

Glorious Index Opening Reception

The Gallery Upstairs at The Institute Library 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, United States

Opening Reception for Glorious Index: New Haven Fall Open Studios, 2024

Happy Hour Jazz

The Institute LIbrary 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT

Friday Happy Hour Jazz at the Institute Library will continue a swinging tour of that great American art form, “LP Jazz”, meeting at 5:15 or so every Friday, in the third floor music room, to consider, contemplate and appreciate the wonders in the Collection.

Event Series LOW KEY BRIDGE

BRIDGE

The Institute LIbrary 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT

A low key evening of bridge, for people who know how and people who don't know anything at all.

Listen Here!

The Institute LIbrary 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT

Spend an evening listening to brilliant short fiction read aloud by actors from the New Haven Theater Company. After the reading the stories are broken down, discussed, illuminated, if you will, by Bennett Lovett-Graff.

Happy Hour Jazz

The Institute LIbrary 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT

Friday Happy Hour Jazz at the Institute Library will continue a swinging tour of that great American art form, “LP Jazz”, meeting at 5:15 or so every Friday, in the third floor music room, to consider, contemplate and appreciate the wonders in the Collection.

Spinning Poetry: The Spoken Word

The Institute LIbrary 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT

Spinning Poetry is a program where we’re invited to hear poets as they read their own works, many of which are old familiar pieces, but many of which have fallen out of fashion or just gotten swallowed by time. By playing Caedmon Records’ recordings of these readings, we can gain a new appreciation for works we’ve gotten accustomed to just seeing, if we see them at all, on a printed page. Now: the voices come alive! Held monthly, with Philip Beard as your literary tour guide.

Achtung, October: Fritz Lang’s M, starring Peter Lorre

The Institute LIbrary 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT

A classic of German expressionism, M is often cited as one of the most blood-chilling movies ever made. Released in 1931, M is a stone-cold classic, a movie worth reading up on before seeing: a cinematic landmark. Run time: 111 minutes. NR. Subtitled.