The Library offers free public classes, programs, and exhibitions at its 10 locations throughout the City of Hartford. Below is a selection of upcoming events.
For a listing of events in our Center for Contemporary Culture, please click here.
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Hartford Times - Voices of Change Exhibit
Greater Hartford Arts Council Gallery 1960′s photographs from The Hartford Times offer a look back at a decade of protest that focused local and national attention on the civil rights of African Americans, the war in Vietnam, and the inequalities facing women. On display through spring 2014. |
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Small Business Workshop SeriesThe U.S. Small Business Administration, in partnership with Hartford Public Library and the Hartford SCORE chapter, will host a 5-week small business workshops series taught by SBA employees and business professionals, beginning Thursday, May 1 at the Downtown Library. Workshops begin promptly at 5:30pm and end at 7:30pm. Click here for full workshop descriptions. Free and open to the public. To earn a certificate of completion, attendance at all workshops is encouraged. Registration required, contact: 860.695.6334 or naficy@hplct.org |
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The Way We Worked
March 15th - April 23rd, 2014 Experience The Way We Worked, an exhibition created by the Smithsonian Institution, drawing on the National Archives rich photographic collections to document 130 years of changing work life in America. Using images, video, audio and interactive components, the exhibition reveals the effects of industrialization, urbanization, immigration, labor unrest, wars and economic depression on ordinary working Americans, whether they toiled in a coal mine, on a tractor, at a typewriter or on an assembly lines. The exhibit is open to the public starting Saturday, March 15th. |
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Beatrice Fox Auerbach: The Woman, Her World and Her Wardrobe
On display February 5, 2014 - May 10, 2014 Curator Talk: Saturday, March 15, 2014, 2:00 PM Glimpse into the life of Beatrice Fox Auerbach in an exhibit of garments and personal items of the world traveler, influential philanthropist, and owner and CEO of America's largest privately owned department store, G. Fox & Co. The exhibit is presented in partnership with the University of Connecticut Historical Costume & Textile Collection Department, and is free and open to the public during Hartford History Center hours, Tuesday through Saturday, 1 PM - 5 PM. |
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Hartford Loves Poetry
Date: April 7th - April 19th, 2014 2 weeks: 10 branches: 20 languages: 1 purpose Readings - Workshops - Open mics In celebration of National Poetry Month, HPL hosts a citywide celebration featuring poetry performances at all ten library branches. Sponsored by the City of Hartford's Marketing, Events and Cultural Affairs Division, curated by award-winning poet Bessy Reyna. Click here for dates and locations |
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Arts and Archives
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Baby Grand Jazz 2014
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ART WALKArtWalk 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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CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY CULTUREThe Center for Contemporary Culture hosts lectures, readings, musical performances and other events for people of all ages. |
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