September 2020 Youth and Family Programs
September 2020 Adult Programming
EXHIBITS
To submit a public program or exhibition proposal, click here.
Freedom From Smoking 2020
Join us for a FREE program for those ready to quit smoking. Group meets Thursday evenings for 7 weeks, including Monday, November 2nd.
Requirements to participate:
• Ready to quit
• Must be available for 8 sessions
• Must be able to access documents electronically
• Must be able to connect virtually for weekly meetings
DATES: October 8 — November 19
TIME: 5:30 — 7 p.m.
LOCATION: Webex link to follow after registration
TO SIGN UP: Call 860.679.4007. Space is limited.
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2020 Multimodal and Transit Summit Book Club
Hartford Public Library has partnered with Transport Hartford with the Center for Latino Progress, on their upcoming book club leading up to the Northeast Multimodal and Transit Summit. Ahead of the Nov 23rd Northeast Multimodal and Transit Summit, we'll be reading two thoughtful books and setting up one (or perhaps two) online discussion groups to respond and explore the subject matter. Those RSVP'd to this form will get a link to the online discussion(s). This book club is apart of the entire Northeast Multimodal and Transit Summit. For information about the summit, click here.
Our book picks:
(1) Bicycle / Race by Adonia Lugo, PhD - Transportation, Culture, & Resistance
(2) Right of Way by Angie Schmitt, with foreword by Charles T. Brown - Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America
Library Option - Hartford Public Library has already ordered e-books that you can check out, with paper copies on the way. As other regional libraries add the books, we'll let you know - and you can request these books be carried by your favorite local library.
Stay tuned to your email for a date and time announcement for the online book club discussion(s).
Date: TBD- Check back for details
Time: TBD- Check back for details
Virtual: Details to follow
For more information and to register, click here
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Local Business Spotlight
Join us as we celebrate Black owned businesses in Hartford! Hear what business owners have to say about their establishments and the role Black literature has played in their journey. Tune in to hear their stories and learn about businesses in your neighborhood.
Date: Every Friday through the month of September
Time: 10:00 AM
Virtual: HPL Facebook, Instagram, Twitter & Youtube
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Book Clubs
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"Reading material for the homies."
Hartford Public Library is a chapter of Noname's Book Club, an online/irl community dedicated to uplifting POC voices. They do this by highlighting two books each month written by authors of color. From cult classics to the words of emergent authors, Noname’s Book Club highlights books that speak on human conditions in critical and original ways. In addition to social media presence have free virtual meet ups to discuss the monthly picks in a safe and supportive environment. Click here for more information on Noname's Book Club.
*If you have incarcerated friends/family who would be interested in reading along with us email their information to info@nonamebooks.com and they will send them the books.
Join Noname's Digital Nationwide Monthly Meet Up
Next Zoom session will be at the end of Sptember 2020, date TBD— check back in for more event registration details
Noname's September Picks:
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Disability Visibility by Alic(1).jpg) e Wong
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One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent--but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings together this urgent, galvanizing collection of contemporary essays by disabled people. It invites readers to question their own understandings. It celebrates and documents disability culture in the now. It looks to the future and the past with hope and love.
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.jpg) Capitalism and Disability by Marta Russell
Spread out over many years and many different publications, the late author and activist Marta Russell wrote a number of groundbreaking and insightful essays on the nature of disability and oppression under capitalism. In this volume, Russell's various essays are brought together in one place in order to provide a useful and expansive resource to those interested in better understanding the ways in which the modern phenomenon of disability is shaped by capitalist economic and social relations.
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For a list of all of Noname's book picks, click here.
The Awakening Book Club
We understand the need for a safe and open space for young adults, ages 13-25, to connect around a good book. Join us for a much needed conversation about past and present racial injustices through a discussion of Kendi's book, How To Be An Antiracist. Not an avid reader? Come and hear what others have to say about this important dialogue. This series consists of biweekly discussions of a book of the month, which addresses and actively fights systemic racism on topics such as medical negligence towards Black people and mass incarceration.
Please register for the book club so we can save you a seat!
August Pick:
 White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
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The New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality. In this "vital, necessary, and beautiful book" (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and "allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to 'bad people' (Claudia Rankine). Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue. In this in-depth exploration, DiAngelo examines how white fragility develops, how it protects racial inequality, and what we can do to engage more constructively.
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September Session Meets:
Session 1: September 10th
Session 2: September 24th
@ 6pm via zoom
Zoom instruction sent following registration
African American Literature Book Club
The AAL Book Club is for anyone interested in reading and discussing African American literature, both fiction and nonfiction, as well as sharing information and learning about the African American experience. It is an opportunity for us to get to know each other while we engage in lively and stimulating discussion of topics of interest to us all.
September Pick:
 Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents: by Isabel Wilkerson
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The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.
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September Session Meet:
September 22nd, 7:00-8:00 PM Via Zoom
Please RSVP to Carolyn Korber at cjkorber@gmail.com
Browse our past online programs and click the links to watch videos!
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To browse our past virtual Art Inside programs, click here
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To browse our past virtual Reads From the Hart programs, click here
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To browse our past virtual Wellness Wednesdays programs, click here
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To browse our past virtual Home Hacks programs, click here
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To browse our past virtual Friday Jams programs, click here
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To browse our past virtual local business spotlight programs, click here
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ART WALK
ArtWalk at Hartford Public Library offers one of the largest and most stunning exhibition spaces in greater Hartford and the opportunity for Hartford residents and others to view art in a magnificent setting in our city.
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Lost in Color
Erik Williams, Black Frame Vision
UPDATE: Exhibit runs through July 6, 2020
ArtWalk, Downtown Library
Watch Virtual Exhibit HERE
Virtual Artist Talk on @HPLCT Instagram Live:
Watch Recorded Interview HERE
Erik Williams is a street photographer and also the owner of Black Frame Vision, a street photography brand based in Connecticut. He fell in love with this style of photography because of its rawness and the opportunity it creates to capture honest moments. It allows him to connect with people from all walks and to share their stories candidly through the lens of his camera.
"I use my photography to catch a glimpse of what I see, in order to share it with others. I look for the beauty in any and everything that most overlook.
My choice of subject is anything organically appealing to my eye, whether it's a kid sleeping on the city bus or a reflection of a building from a puddle. I enjoy using natural light, shadows, contrast and clarity as a way to communicate the essence of what I see. I'm drawn to people that radiate energy and great character, because that's all that truly matters. I am inspired by their stories."
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Hartford Women: Leading the Way
Online exhibit available HERE!
Actresses, award-winners, broadcasters, business women, politicians, soldiers, students, and truck drivers; all Hartford women who broke barriers and paved the way for other women.
In celebration of Women’s History Month this March, enjoy a selection of photographs of extraordinary Hartford women from the Hartford Times collection housed in the Hartford History Center at Hartford Public Library.
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Ella Brown, Hartford Times photograph by Morton J. Boardman
January 23, 1962
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New Banner at Downtown Library
A banner was recently installed on the northwest corner of Hartford Public Library, 500 Main Street. The banner depicts various library activities.
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When Ramiro Louisa returned to Hartford from the Netherlands, one of the first place he brought his daughter, Delyani, was the Hartford Public Library’s Children’s Department.
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On Wednesday, May 15, Connecticut Ballet came to Hartford Public Library to present a free preview of “Old, New, Borrowed and Blue, an incredibly beautiful show it performed later in the week at The Bushnell. Shown here are Connecticut Ballet dancers are Stephen Diaz and Claire Mazza, performing ‘In The Shadow of Women’ by Marden Ramos.
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Each library in the HPL system tailors its programming to reflect the population it serves. The Downtown Library’s Children’s Department is very popular with Indian-Americans who live in the surrounding area. Each year, the department celebrates both Diwali in the fall and Holi in the spring. Yogitha Sarjay is shown making a decoration for Diwali, also known as the Festival of Lights.
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