October 2020 Youth and Family Programs
October 2020 Adult Programming
EXHIBITS
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Nuestro 3er Evento Anual De Empoderamiento De La Mujer
*EVENTO VIRTUAL*
Concurso de mascarillas celebrando la herencia hispana, Uds. ¡Eligen la mejor!
• Tendremos una Invitada especial!
• Puedes ganar premios!
• Clase de Yoga!
Para más información llame a: Maria Ortiz, Trabajadora Communitaria (860) 527-0856, ext. 1243, o puedes llamar a: Graciela Rivera, HPL- Gerente de la sucursal de la Park al (860) 500-8492
La Fecha: Viernes, 30 de octubre
Hora: 5PM a 6PM de Facebook LIVE
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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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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 October 2020, date TBD— check back in for more event registration details
Noname's October Pick:
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 Prison By Another Other Name by Maya Schenwar & Victoria Law
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A crucial indictment of widely embraced "alternatives to incarceration" that exposes how many of these new approaches actually widen the net of punishment and surveillance "But what does it mean--really--to celebrate reforms that convert your home into your prison?" --Michelle Alexander, from the foreword Electronic monitoring. Locked-down drug treatment centers. House arrest. Mandated psychiatric treatment. Data-driven surveillance. Extended probation. These are some of the key alternatives held up as cost-effective substitutes for jails and prisons. But many of these so-called reforms actually widen the net, weaving in new strands of punishment and control, and bringing new populations, who would not otherwise have been subject to imprisonment, under physical control by the state. As mainstream public opinion has begun to turn against mass incarceration, political figures on both sides of the spectrum are pushing for reform. But--though they're promoted as steps to confront high rates of imprisonment--many of these measures are transforming our homes and communities into prisons instead. In Prison by Any Other Name, activist journalists Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law reveal the way the kinder, gentler narrative of reform can obscure agendas of social control and challenge us to question the ways we replicate the status quo when pursuing change. A foreword by Michelle Alexander situates the book in the context of criminal justice reform conversations. Finally, the book offers a bolder vision for truly alternative justice practices.
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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!
October Pick:
 So You Want To Talk About Race by Iljeoma Oluo
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In this New York Times bestseller, Ijeoma Oluo offers a hard-hitting but user-friendly examination of race in America Widespread reporting on aspects of white supremacy--from police brutality to the mass incarceration of Black Americans--has put a media spotlight on racism in our society. Still, it is a difficult subject to talk about. How do you tell your roommate her jokes are racist? Why did your sister-in-law take umbrage when you asked to touch her hair--and how do you make it right? How do you explain white privilege to your white, privileged friend? In So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo guides readers of all races through subjects ranging from intersectionality and affirmative action to "model minorities" in an attempt to make the seemingly impossible possible: honest conversations about race and racism, and how they infect almost every aspect of American life. "Oluo gives us--both white people and people of color--that language to engage in clear, constructive, and confident dialogue with each other about how to deal with racial prejudices and biases." --National Book Review "Generous and empathetic, yet usefully blunt . . . it's for anyone who wants to be smarter and more empathetic about matters of race and engage in more productive anti-racist action." --Salon (Required Reading)
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October Session Meets:
Session 1: October 15th
Session 2: October 29th
@ 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.
October Pick:
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 Citizen: by Claudia Rankine
Claudia Rankine's bold new book recounts mounting racial aggressions in ongoing encounters in twenty-first-century daily life and in the media. Some of these encounters are slights, seeming slips of the tongue, and some are intentional offensives in the classroom, at the supermarket, at home, on the tennis court with Serena Williams and the soccer field with Zinedine Zidane, online, on TV-everywhere, all the time. The accumulative stresses come to bear on a person's ability to speak, perform, and stay alive. Our addressability is tied to the state of our belonging, Rankine argues, as are our assumptions and expectations of citizenship.
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October Session Meet:
October 27th, 7:00PM 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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