BRIDGE
2022-12-05 13:00 - 15:30, 2023-01-02 13:00 - 15:30, 2023-02-08 13:00 - 15:30, 2023-03-06 13:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | 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.

Sew Sew Social: A Sewing Bee @ The Institute Library
2022-12-07 12:30 - 14:00, 2022-12-21 12:30 - 14:00, 2023-01-04 12:30 - 14:00, 2023-01-18 12:30 - 14:00, 2023-02-01 12:30 - 14:00, 2023-02-15 12:30 - 14:00, 2023-03-01 12:30 - 14:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Welcome to the Institute Library’s Sewing Bee! Bring your knitting, crocheting, sewing, embroidery, needlepoint, cross-stitch, quilting, lace-making (!) or mending project. There are no organized classes, demos, or presentations — simply an opportunity to enjoy a casual evening with fellow creatives. We will meet every other Wednesday evening, from 5:30 – 7:30 PM. Just ring the doorbell, and we will let you in. No registration necessary. So what, come sew!

Happy Hour Jazz
2022-12-09 12:15 - 2023-12-09 14:00, 2022-12-16 12:15 - 2023-12-16 14:00, 2022-12-23 12:15 - 2023-12-23 14:00, 2022-12-30 12:15 - 2023-12-30 14:00, 2023-01-06 12:15 - 2024-01-06 14:00, 2023-01-13 12:15 - 2024-01-13 14:00, 2023-01-20 12:15 - 2024-01-20 14:00, 2023-01-27 12:15 - 2024-01-27 14:00 and 5 more dates | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510

Institute Library "In-Person" Story-Sharing Group
2023-01-12 14:00 - 16:00, 2023-02-09 14:00 - 16:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
The Story Sharing Group welcomes everyone to tell stories or to listen. We give feedback to those who choose. We are informal, friendly, and fun.
Come to the Institute Library in-person only if you are vaccinated, and please bring a mask.

Waste Management: Reuse, Reimagine, Repurpose Closing Party and Exhibit Tour
2023-01-26 12:00 - 14:00 | The Gallery Upstairs at The Institute Library, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510, United States
Waste Management: Reuse, Reimagine, Repurpose Closing Party
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Closing Party (5-7pm) + Exhibit Tour (6pm)

Join Writer Calvin Ramsey in our Biography Room
2023-01-28 09:00 - 11:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Saturday, January 28th, 2023 from 2:00-4:00
Mr. Ramsey will be discussing the subject of his next work, and his writing process.
Light refreshments will be served at this casual event. NO RSVP is required, and this event is free and open to all.
Mr. Ramsey has become a familiar face to many at the Institute Library in the last year or so. While we often chat with him about jazz, and books others have written, we are pleased to give him a venue to speak with you about his latest work-in-progress, a biography of Edward Bouchet.
Edward Alexander Bouchet (1852-1918) was born in New Haven and lived here as a child with his parents and siblings. He is recognized today for being the first Black man to earn a Ph.D from an American university, in Physics; the degree was awarded by Yale University in 1876. Bouchet left New Haven and taught until he stepped down from teaching in 1913 due to poor health. Upon retirement he returned to his hometown, New Haven, and he stayed here until the end of his life in 1918.
Calvin Ramsay turned to writing as a second career and found success writing plays and books for children, among them Ruth and the Green Book (Candlewick Press), which you can purchase at your local bookstore –including Possible Futures, 318 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven CT @ corner of Edgewood & Hotchkiss

Celebrate Abraham Lincoln's Birthday!
2023-02-12 09:00 - 11:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Celebrate Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday!
Sunday, February 12th, 2023 | 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Join us in resuming a pre-COVID tradition of celebrating Lincoln’s birthday, this time with cake, liquid refreshment, and stories. When Abraham Lincoln, then an obscure Illinois lawyer, spoke about the Dred Scott case, the response propelled him to the Presidency. Many members of the Institute Library and the New Haven community have stories, poems, and memories linked somehow to Lincoln. This is your chance to share them!

Lary Bloom reads from I’ll Take New Haven: Tales of Discovery & Rejuvenation
2023-02-25 11:00 - 13:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Spend a couple of hours with local writer Lary Bloom as he discusses his recently published book of essays on life in our fair city, I’ll Take New Haven: Tales of Discovery & Rejuvenation. Readers may be familiar with Bloom’s name from the New Haven Independent, or from having read other books by Bloom. Now would be your chance to hear Bloom in person and engage him in conversation yourself!
Light refreshment provided, no RSVP necessary.
