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Hartford Public Library's events, programs and classes provide new windows on learning, research, art, music and history, and new friends to share it all with. We're making the news like no other organization! Read the 'buzz' here. Then come join in the fun!

Press Releases

February 2012
02/10/2012 Jazz Series continues to heat up Hartford's sunday afternoons
02/03/2012 Race and Representation in Black Connecticut in Celebration of Black History
02/02/2012 Hartford: The Making of a City, 1890-1930

January 2012
01/31/2012 Celebrating the First Annual Take Your Child to the Library Day
01/17/2012 Love of Jazz Inspires Artist’s Paintings
01/03/2012 Baby Grand Jazz opens its 9th season at Hartford Public Library

December 2011
12/16/2011 Library to Host Arianna Huffington at One Big Summer Night in 2012
12/15/2011 Baby Grand Jazz at Hartford Public Library warms up cold sunday afternoons
12/07/2011 McPhee Homework Clubs Help Students Make the Grade

November 2011
11/29/2011 Literary Community Celebrates 10th Annual Connecticut Book Awards
11/28/2011 Exhibit Celebrates Radio Icon Bob Steele at Hartford Public Library
11/25/2011 Watercolor Paintings Reflect the Beauty of Nature with a Chinese Influence
11/09/2011 Downloadable eBooks now available at Hartford Public Library
11/08/2011 Hartford Students Give Voice to Social Justice Issues Through Art

October 2011
10/31/2011 Leadership Appointments at Hartford Public Library
10/26/2011 Celebrating 16 Years of the Wallace Stevens Birthday Bash in Hartford
10/24/2011 Hartford Students Give Voice to Social Justice Issues Through Art
10/24/2011 Hartford Public Library’s Dwight Branch Will Close for Renovation and Expansion
10/18/2011 Hartford students give voice to social justice issues through art
10/13/2011 Hartford Public Library’s New Albany Branch Opens
10/11/2011 Connecticut Book Awards Celebrate 10 Years of Connecticut’s Notable Authors and Illustrators

September 2011
09/29/2011 Hartford Public Library Receives Grant from the Department of Homeland Security
09/28/2011 Hartford Public Library’s Albany Avenue Branch will Close to Move to New Location
09/27/2011 Hartford Public Library Appoints New Chief Administrative Officer
09/23/2011 Transforming Old into New: Collage Exhibit at Hartford Public Library
09/22/2011 ENCORE for Hartford Public Library
09/08/2011 Hartford Public Library launches new web site
09/06/2011 Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America

August 2011		  
08/31/2011 Mark Twain Branch Opens At Hartford Public High School
08/18/2011 Hartford Public Library Appoints New Leadership
08/11/2011 Mark Twain Library Branch to close for move to Hartford Public High School
08/11/2011 My Hartford, My Neighborhood

July 2011		  
07/07/2011 The Stars Aligned for Library's "One Big Summer Night" Gala
07/05/2011 CEO of Hartford Public Library Elected to National Post

April 2011		  
04/29/2011 Hartford Public Library Celebrates Annual Days of Remembrance
04/26/2011 Get Noticed! Learn the inside scoop for getting your book published at Hartford Public Library
04/26/2011 Catch Up To Math at Hartford Public Library!
04/08/2011 Celebrate National Library Week at Hartford Public Library and Get Ready for Your Close-up on Snapshot Day

March 2011		  
03/24/2011 Classic Cars Come to Life at Hartford Public Library
03/02/2011 Author Talk Celebrates Women's History Month

February 2011		  
02/22/2011 Remembering the Old Neighborhood: Stories of Hartford's North End
02/04/2011 Pictures Worth 1,000 Words: Artist Cora Marshall Speaks at Library
02/02/2011 Author Talks Celebrate Hip-Hop Music and the Harlem Renaissance for Black History Month

January 2011		  
01/31/2011 Library’s Common Cent$ Fair Teaches How to Hang On to Your Money
01/29/2011 Books Discussions "Terrorism & Takeovers" Illustrate Strength of Human Spirit
01/10/2011 “Homeless Souls” to Open at Hartford Public Library with Slam Poetry Performance
01/04/2011 Library Offers "Success with Email Marketing" Series

December 2010 
12/29/2010 Local Jazz Legends Slated for Sunday Afternoon Jazz Series