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Friday Happy Hour Jazz
2021-12-17 12:30 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Listening to: Earl “Fatha” Hynes, Ellis Larkins, and Oscar Peterson
BYOB beverage and treat; join a congenial little group up on the third floor of the Institute Library to listen to recordings you forgot about or never knew about — and stick around a bit to discuss the music!
Friday Happy Hour Jazz is presented in concert with and support from Jazz Haven.
Please consider making a $5 donation when you come to Friday Happy Hour Jazz.

Friday Happy Hour Jazz
2021-12-10 12:30 - 14:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Listening to: Eddie South, Joe Venuti, and Stuff Smith
BYOB beverage and treat; join a congenial little group up on the third floor of the Institute Library to listen to recordings you forgot about or never knew about — and stick around a bit to discuss the music!
Friday Happy Hour Jazz is presented in concert with and support from Jazz Haven.
Please consider making a $5 donation when you come to Friday Happy Hour Jazz.

Tellabration Performances Nov 18
2021-11-18 14:30 - 16:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Tellabration Performances will take place on Wednesday & Thursday, November 17 & 18
7:30-9:00 p.m.

At 7:30 on the evenings of November 17 & 18, the Institute Library Story Sharing group will present its eighth annual Tellabration, an offering of stories that we are honing in our workshops. For the past seven years listeners have laughed, learned, and been moved as we have taken them to a ranch in Montana, a political demonstration in Northern Ireland, a beach in Milford, a rainstorm in East Rock Park, and a host of other places.
Here’s a sample of our Zoom shows from last year.
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In person or online?
The 2021 Tellabration performances will have a small in-person audience invited by the tellers, and will also be available on Zoom at the links below.

We hope to return to full in-person performances next year.
Zoom Links
Wednesday, November 17: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84122016046

Thursday, November 18: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85419785657
We suggest a $10 donation to the Institute Library which is hosting us. Your $10 suggested donation covers Tellabration on both November 17 and 18. Click here to donate.

Tellabration Performances Nov 17
2021-11-17 14:30 - 16:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510

Tellabration & Workshop Series
2021-11-11 14:00 - 16:00, 2021-11-04 15:00 - 17:00, 2021-10-28 15:00 - 17:00, 2021-10-21 15:00 - 17:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Tellabration Workshops: Thursdays at 7 P.M. (10/21, 10/28, 11/04 and 11/11)
Tellabration: 11/17 & 11/18
The Institute Library Story Sharing Group is gearing up for its eighth annual workshop series and Tellabration performance. Experienced tellers and newbies are invited to join.
We begin with four workshops. Each participant chooses a story to tell and prepares it for public telling, with the help of feedback from the other participants. Stories may be of any genre; most of the stories we hear come from the tellers’ own lives, but if you want to share your version of Jack and the Beanstalk that’s fine. At the end, those who choose to do so tell their stories at a public performance, a “Tellabration”, which is one of many Tellabration sites across Connecticut every November.
The story sharing group is informal, friendly, and fun.
Suggested donation is $30 for members and $45 for non-members
Your donation covers four workshops plus the Tellabration. Click here to sign up.
The workshops will be held from 7 PM to 9 PM on four Thursdays, October 21 and 28, and November 4 and 11. The Tellabration will be on the evenings of November 17 and 18; for the past several years we have had too many tellers to fit into one evening, so we are keeping two evenings open this year.
We expect that the workshops will be held in person, observing masking and social distancing, and limiting participation to those vaccinated against Covid. The Tellabration format is still under consideration. Traditionally we have performed in person; in 2020 we moved on line. We hope to resolve the 2021 plan soon.
Link to register
We are asking workshop participants who can afford it to make a donation to the Institute Library of $30 for members and $45 for non-members. This covers all four workshops plus the Tellabration. If this is a hardship, join us anyway. We do not want to exclude anyone.
Click here or use the QR Code to access the registration form.
For questions, contact the story sharing group coordinator, Arnie Pritchard, at 203-624-2520, apritchard01@snet.net.

Meet the authors of The Legendary Toad’s Place
2021-10-27 13:30 - 15:30 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
The Legendary Toad’s Place: Stories from New Haven’s Famed Music Venue
Meet the authors, Brian Phelps and Randall Beach In Conversation at The Institute Library
Wednesday, Oct. 27th, 2021 at 5:30 p.m.
Anyone who has lived near New Haven, Connecticut, in the past 40-plus years has surely heard of Toad’s Place. With a capacity of 750, Toad’s has served as the perfect spot for musicians who prefer smaller venues. U2 played one of their first US concerts there, on their Boy tour. In 1978, Bruce Springsteen was in New Haven and arrived at Toad’s unannounced, and got up and played. The surprises kept coming and the club was attracting big names, as well as up-and-comers. In 1989, the Rolling Stones played a surprise show on a Saturday night, giving 700 fans the night of their dreams. Nothing could have been better—the Rolling Stones in downtown New Haven was unimaginable! That is only a taste of the stories that are uncovered in this book. Randall Beach and Toad’s owner Brian Phelps recall the legendary shows and behind-the-scenes stories.
Copies of The Legendary Toad’s Place will be available for purchase and signing.
CLICK HERE to register to attend.
About the Authors
Brian Phelps started working at Toad’s Place alongside the original owner, Mike Spoerndle, shortly after Toad’s opened. He had just finished his college career and didn’t have another career in mind… but soon, Spoerndle made Phelps an offer to become business partners, and Phelps accepted. In January 1995, Brian took control of the company and bought the rest of the business in 1998.
Randall Beach was the rock music critic for the New Haven Register (1978-1984). He later
wrote about rock music for the New Haven Advocate, the Hartford Courant and Billboard
magazine. He was also a reporter and columnist for the New Haven Register (1997-2020). In
addition, he writes the Beachcombing column for Connecticut magazine. He lives in New
Haven.
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Friday Happy Hour Jazz :: Brazilian Jazz
2021-09-24 13:30 - 15:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Brazilian Jazz

Friday Happy Hour Jazz :: Clifford Brown
2021-09-17 13:30 - 15:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Clifford Brown
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More September Dates:
Friday, September 24th: Brazilian Jazz

In the Gallery Upstairs :: John T. Hill: Persistent Observer :: Tues – Fri: 11 AM -5 PM • Sat: 12 – 2 PM • Mon & Sun: Closed
2021-09-14 - 2022-01-15 | The Gallery Upstairs at The Institute Library, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510, United States
John T. Hill: Persistent Observer
September 15, 2021- January 15, 2022
Closing Reception: January 15, 2022
John T. Hill is a photographer, graphic designer, and author. He taught photography and graphic design at the Yale University School of Art, co-founded Yale’s first Department of Photography, and was its first director of graduate studies. His published works include Walker Evans: Depth of Field and May Day at Yale,1970: Recollections.
Organized By Stephen V. Kobasa
Selected from 65 years of photographs

The Gallery Upstairs at the Institute Library features a challenging roster of contemporary art exhibitions throughout the year. We offer visual art with strong connections to words, language, literature, libraries, and collections, with the active interest of sparking dialogue, providing a locus and salon for visual culture within our community.

Are you interested in proposing a show? Download our form for more information and instructions on how to submit your ideas. Or, rent the space! More details on private event rentals, here.

Friday Happy Hour Jazz :: Local Heroes Night! Featuring Anthony Davis and Charles McPherson
2021-09-10 13:30 - 15:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Local Heroes Night! Featuring Anthony Davis and Charles McPherson———————————
More September Dates:
Friday, September 17th: Clifford Brown
Friday, September 24th: Brazilian Jazz

Story Sharing -- Thursday, September 9, 2021 -- 7:00-9:00 p.m.
2021-09-09 15:00 - 17:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Via Zoomlink here. Stories do not have to be fully developed – we welcome first stabs. Tellers who so choose get feedback from the group. Those who wish to simply listen are also very welcome. We are informal, friendly, and fun. We encourage vaccinated and masked people to join in person. Questions? Contact the coordinator, Arnie Pritchard, at 203-624-2520, or email apritchard01@snet.net.
Remember, too: October 2021 means TELLABRATION! Workshops, and November 2021 means TELLABRATION!

Friday Happy Hour Jazz :: The Jazz Music of Argentina
2021-09-03 13:30 - 15:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
The Jazz Music of Argentina
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More September Dates:
Friday, September 10th: Local Heroes Night! Featuring Anthony Davis and Charles McPherson
Friday, September 17th: Clifford Brown
Friday, September 24th: Brazilian Jazz

Friday Happy Hour Jazz
2021-08-06 13:30 - 15:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
FRIDAY HAPPY HOUR JAZZ — 5:30-7:00 Every Friday in August 2021
Friday Happy Hour Jazz! Bring the libation of your choice, the crunchy/salty thing that brings you joy, and get your bad self up to the third floor of 847 Chapel Street. Friday, August 6, we bring you the event rescheduled from July 9th (the night of the storm that kind of wasn’t): we will listen to and discuss the music of Bill Evans; Debby Evans, Bill’s niece will host this session. RSVP here!

In the Gallery Upstairs :: Monica Ong: Planetaria :: Tues – Fri: 11 AM -5 PM • Sat: 12 – 2 PM • Mon & Sun: Closed
2021-06-07 - 2021-09-08 | The Gallery Upstairs at The Institute Library, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510, United States
June 8 – September 8, 2021
We are proud to present our summer show Planetaria. Monica Ong blends poetry, astronomy, printmaking, assemblage, and personal meditations on family and working motherhood, into a compelling, tactile exhibit that telescopes between the personal and the cosmic.
Please consider becoming a member of the Library or contributing to the Gallery or Library- all gifts are greatly appreciated. The Gallery does not charge fees to artists or visitors and most Gallery events are free of charge.
Read the Press Release.
