The Institute Library

Storytelling Workshop
2023-10-05 15:00 - 17:00, 2023-10-12 15:00 - 17:00, 2023-10-19 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
The Institute Library Story Sharing Group is gearing up for its tenth annual workshop series and Tellabration performance. Experienced tellers and newbies are invited to join us. Here is the registration link.
We should point out, however, that there are no real newbies in storytelling. Everyone tells stories all the time – when we update the boss on our latest project, tell our partner about our day, or tell our kids about the weird thing we did back in middle school. All we do in the story sharing group is make the process a bit more deliberate.
We begin with four workshops, during which each participant chooses a story 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. Those who choose to do so will tell their stories at a public performance, a “Tellabration”, which is one of many Tellabration sites across Connecticut every Fall.
The workshops will be from 7-9 P.M. on four Thursdays, September 28 and October 5, 12, and 19. Workshops will be held at the Library. Participants should be fully vaccinated against Covid.
The Tellabration will be at 7:30 P.M. on October 26. In recent years we have had too many tellers to fit into one evening. if that happens this year there will also be a performance on October 25. The performance(s) will be at the Library.
We are asking workshop participants who can afford it to make a donation to the Institute Library of $30 for Library 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.
Here is the registration link again.
You only need to register once for the four workshops and the Tellabration.

Listen Here!
2023-10-10 14:00 - 16:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510

Mysterious Circumstances
2023-10-18 - 2024-01-24 | The Gallery Upstairs at The Institute Library, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510, United States

Opening Reception for Mysterious Circumstances & Halloween Party
2023-10-29 12:00 - 14:00 | The Gallery Upstairs at The Institute Library, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510, United States
Join us for the Opening Reception of Mysterious Circumstances on Sunday October 29.
**Yes it is Halloween so please dress accordingly.

RANDALL BEACH, Local Chronicler of the Hyperlocal, on Connecticut Characters
2023-11-04 09:00 - 11:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Longtime New Haven journalist Randall Beach visits to talk about his recently published collection of profiles of New Haven area personalities, Connecticut Characters: Rascals and Renegades. Copies of the book, published by Globe Pequot, will be available for purchase. This event is free and open to the public.

DAVID OTTENSTEIN and ROBERT LISAK, Connecticut Photographers, discuss their recently published book, CAPITOL AMERICA: A Photographic Portrait of the 50 State Capitols
2023-11-04 12:00 - 14:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Robert Lisak and David Ottenstein, master photographers, have seen their project of over a decade find fruition now in 2023 with the publication of this glorious collection of photographs. Hear them discuss their work, the process, and the beauty of the state capitols. This event is free and open to the public.

SPENCER W. STUART, Bibliophilic Advisor, chats with The Institute Library Community via ZOOM EVENT
2023-11-09 11:00 - 12:00 | Institute Library via Zoom
Spencer Stuart, author of Contemporary Issues in Rare Book and Manuscript Collecting: A Handbook for Collectors and the Trade, , speaks to questions of interest to today’s bibliophiles. Book collecting is not what it was 50, or even 15, years ago; Spencer will enlighten us as to the significance and opportunities afforded because of speedy evolution in the world of rare book collecting. What does it even mean, now, to collect rare books? It may not be what you think!
This is a Zoom-only event, and ticket purchase and registration is required. Please visit https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/lM_z3E08cMvSgWYzljXpew?t=1697906605 to register. Registering gives you access to the Zoom link. Tickets are $5 for people with active memberships at the Library, and $10 for others.

Institute Library "In-Person" Story-Sharing Group
2023-11-09 14:00 - 16:00, 2023-12-14 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.
For questions, contact the group coordinator, Arnie Pritchard, at apritchard01@snet.net.

Institute Library "ZOOM ONLY" Story-Sharing Group
2023-11-16 14:00 - 16:00 | Institute Library via Zoom
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.
This meeting is being offered as a ZOOM ONLY meeting.
Join the Institute Library Story-Sharing group via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82984857044
For questions, contact the group coordinator, Arnie Pritchard, at apritchard01@snet.net.

CHRIS MOLANPHY, Music and Culture Critic, Visits to Discuss New Book about Lil Nas X’s OLD TOWN ROAD
2023-11-17 12:30 - 14:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Chris Molanphy, columnist for Slate and writer for publications including Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, New York Magazine, NPR Music, and the Village Voice, visits the Institute Library to celebrate the publication of his new book, from the Duke University Press Singles series, about the Lil Nas X song Old Town Road. Critical acclaim from Emily Lordi: “Chris Molanphy provides a (typical for him) master class in understanding ‘Old Town Road’ as well as the interaction between race, the charts, and country music. A fascinating, rigorous, and joyful book.” Copies of Old Town Road will be for sale courtesy of New Haven’s own Possible Futures. This event is free and open to the public.

Holiday Party! with the Yale Alley Cats and special guest Malachi Dre Beasley
2023-12-01 13:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Join us at the Institute Library to welcome in the holiday season featuring the Yale Alley Cats with special guest Malachi Dre Beasley.
7:00pm: Malachi Dre Beasley
7:45pm: Alley Cats
A lovely gathering for all to enjoy — music, drink, quality nibbles, and divine company. This is how to start the month of December!
$10 Non-Members / FREE for members (Please RSVP)
For non-member use, please click here to buy $10 tickets.
For folks with up-to-date memberships, please click here to simply RSVP.

Special Film Event: The Age of Love
2024-02-09 13:00 - 15:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Free Screening • Refreshments
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9 • 6-8 PM
Limited Seating
RSVP NOW! Use this form to RSVP

A Grand Tour of the United States with Painter James Lancel McElhinney
2024-02-17 10:00 - 12:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
A Grand Tour of the United States with Painter James Lancel McElhinney
Fight Your Cabin Fever Here!
Saturday, February 17, 2024
3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
At the Institute Library, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven CT 06510 — Biography Room

Painter, author, and topographer James Lancel McElhinney returns to the Institute Library on a February day to show you his work: books of paintings, a visual travelogue, depicting travels across the United States. The most recent in the series, Sketchbook Traveler: New England, was published in 2023. The Sketchbook Traveler books are portable, interactive art journals and field guides that inspires through depictions scenery across America; through these books McElhinney encourages a deeper engagement with travel through painting, drawing, and writing. Shake off your own mid-winter cabin fever by tramping to the Institute Library on this Saturday afternoon, and enjoy McElhinney as he describes his work through his unofficial position as skilled raconteur! Tea and light refreshments will be served; no RSVP is required for this event, which is free and open to all.

BRIDGE
2024-03-11 15:00 - 16:30, 2024-04-08 15:00 - 16:30, 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 | 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.

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.

An Evening of Fashion & Fascism
2024-04-25 14:00 - 16:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Fashion & Fascism: A Dialogue between Gioia Dliberto, Becky Conekin, and Debby Applegate

Join us at the Institute Library on Thursday, April 25th for a special event indeed, one of the Gallery events held in conjunction with : authors Gioia Diliberto, Becky Conekin, and Debby Applegate will discuss the connections between fashion, and the people who make it, and fascism, and the people who make that happen, with a particular focus on personages of the early 20th century.
This is the kind of hidden history where we think we know what we’re looking at, but the true story is more weird and complex than we can guess at — and what could be better than having learned, eloquent, elegant people discuss such matters?
Gioia Diliberto is the author of several books about noteworthy women in history. Her most recent title, Coco at the Ritz, is a novel about Coco Chanel’s involvement with members of the Nazi party during World War II, and the impact her personal decisions had on her life and work. Becky Conekin, currently teaching at Yale University, is the author of many books on the subject of history and fashion, including works on Lee Miller (Monacelli, 2013) and Vernier (Univ. of Chicago, 2012). Debby Applegate is the author of The Most Famous Man in the World, and more recently, a biography of Polly Adler, Madam (Random House, 2021).
These three women visiting us on the 25th collectively know more about brazen women in the 20th century than most of us can imagine. Come hear their presentations and conversation, and ask questions during the Q&A session to follow. We will be convening in the Music Suite on the third floor of the Institute Library, and this will be an intimate evening: please click to RSVP for seating.
While this event is free and open to the public, there is a $10 suggested donation for this event; we will be so grateful to those who make a gift to the Institute Library online by clicking here or who’ll fling some moolah/spondulicks/dosh/cabbage into a donation box on-site on April 25th.

Use this QR code to purchase Lee Miller in Fashion by Becky Conekin. At check-out, enter promo code PHAIDON20 to get 20% off the retail price of the book.

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
