Happy Hour Jazz
2023-04-07 13:15 - 2024-04-06 15:00, 2023-04-14 13:15 - 2024-04-13 15:00, 2023-04-21 13:15 - 2024-04-20 15:00, 2023-04-28 13:15 - 2024-04-27 15:00, 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 (America/New_York) and 8 more dates | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510

Institute Library "In-Person" Story-Sharing Group
2023-04-13 15:00 - 17:00, 2023-05-11 15:00 - 17:00, 2023-06-08 15:00 - 17:00, 2023-07-13 15:00 - 17:00 | 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.

CT Poet Chris Schlegel reads at the Library
2023-04-15 12:00 - 14:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
“Christian Schlegel‘s RYMAN consists of three talk poems, in the tradition of the artist David Antin. The first talk was conducted at the author’s desk in the Hudson Valley, the second over Zoom, and the third, in two parts, while he paced a cemetery in Ithaca and a businessperson’s hotel room in Albany. Topics include the painter Robert Ryman and his contemporaries, Romantic poetry, avant-garde film, obsessive-compulsive rumination, and friendship.
These pieces were composed ex tempore, recorded, and mostly faithfully transcribed, for an effect very close to speech, or thought in action. Something like poetry.”

Shapeshifting & Dodging Haunts: The Poetics of Haunted Bodies & Haunted Land | A Reading and Conversation between Joan Kwon Glass and Shanta Lee
2023-04-29 12:00 - 14:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Shanta Lee and Joan Kwon Glass: Two Poets
Lee and Glass will discuss their recent projects (Black Metamorphosis and Night Swim, respectively) in dialogue with one another, and with YOU!
Black Metamorphosis Shanta Lee
https://joankwonglass.com

Sound & Vision II: For the Record | Closing Event
2023-05-02 - 2023-05-03 | The Gallery Upstairs at The Institute Library, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510, United States
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 | Closing event in the gallery with an afterparty at Cafe 9 in honor of Women’s History Month.

Book Launch & Reading: My Search for Meaning, The Myron Stories by Hank Paper
2023-05-06 12:00 - 14:00 | The Institute LIbrary, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510
Local Luminary Hank Paper visits the Institute Library
Saturday, May 6, 2023 from 4:00-6:00pm
Paper‘s new book, My Search for Meaning, The Myron Stories is a collection of comic short stories.
Whether fighting an interloping bear in his basement, leading his irascible grandmother on a hair-raising tour of Old Jerusalem, or dreaming of alien body snatchers who may or may not be real, Hank Paper’s new book, My Search for Meaning, The Myron Stories, confronts the unexpected contingencies of life with humor, pathos, and, yes, even some speculative meanings for the reader.
Come hear more about Myron’s adventures at a Book Launch & Reading event on Saturday, May 6th. Paper will be reading some of his favorite stories, signing books, and charming the audience with his wit and good humor.
This event is free and open to all. Light refreshments will be served.

Institute Library "ZOOM ONLY" Story-Sharing Group
2023-05-18 15:00 - 17:00, 2023-07-20 15:00 - 17:00 | 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.

"OASIS" in the Gallery Upstairs
2023-06-02 - 2023-09-16 | The Gallery Upstairs at The Institute Library, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510, United States
Welcome! You are cordially invited to enjoy a summer art exhibit that invites us all to gather & take a breath of fresh air. Come: refresh, restore, regale, rest, bask, bathe, relax, commune, inhale, meditate, and discover. Join the caravan, as we travel to a creative refuge and a summer escape right here in downtown New Haven.
Oases, or watering holes, are sacred places where every animal can drink in peace, and where weary travelers gather to tell stories and relax after their journey. It is the blooming in the desert, a garden of delights in a cement city. Scarce and special, they offer tranquility and refreshment.
And of course, libraries themselves are oases….
This exhibit features original artwork alongside items from the Library’s collection. There will be free events scheduled for making, gathering, sharing, and basking in the peaceful glow of this Oasis.

SJR Project Presentations
2023-06-23 - 2023-06-24 | CT
Project presentations will be presented on Saturday, June 24. Time and location to be determined.

A Time To Breathe: an Oasis Workshop
2023-08-10 13:00 - 15:00 | The Gallery Upstairs at The Institute Library, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06510, United States
YOU ARE INVITED! (BUT PLEASE RSVP)August 10, 2023 from 5 to7 pmA Time To Breathe: an Oasis Workshop with exhibit curator Maxim Schmidt
READ ABOUT IT IN THE NEWS
Come visualize your dreams…
In collaboration with Oasis, artist and show organizer Maxim Schmidt will be hosting a two-hour hands-on collage workshop. Materials will be provided, but feel free to bring your own as well.
This free event is open to everyone, but there will be a donation jar to support future gallery programming. All contributions are greatly appreciated but not mandatory – what we truly want is YOU.
All ages and levels of experience are welcome.
Please RSVP to Gallery@InstituteLibrary.org
We have a capacity of 25 participants.
