Encounters: One Year After Hurricane Maria

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico. The surrounding destruction and displacement, along with Puerto Rico’s status as an unincorporated territory, has led some scholars, such as Yomaira Figueroa, to call the event a “natural colonial disaster.” Join us a year after Hurricane Maria for small group discussions on the historical and contemporary issues still plaguing Puerto Rico and federal responses to the crisis.

Please review the following readings prior to the discussion:
1. Working With Dark Light by Samuel Granados & Kevin Schaul (February 28, 2018)
2. STORM SURGE: Report on the Findings…on Impact of Post-Maria Displacement… Carlos Vargas Ramos, Hunter College & Charles R. Venator-Santiago, UConn (July 11, 2018)

Lunch will be provided after the 10am-12pm discussion. Space is limited. Please RSVP to jeagosto@hplct.org

Encounters is a partnership program between UCONN Humanities Institute, the Wadworth Atheneum Museum of Art, The Amistad Center for Art and Culture, and the Hartford History Center at Hartford Public Library.

The Author’s Table: Shawn Flynn

Saturday, September 22, 11 am – 2 pm

Downtown Library, 500 Main Street

Join award-winning Connecticut author, Shawn Flynn, at The Author’s Table at the Hartford Public Library, 500 Main Street, Hartford, CT on Saturday, September 22nd from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM to learn more about his heartwarming pet rescue story, “THE KITTY Who Rescued Me After I Rescued Him.” Flynn’s book won a 2017 Readers’ Favorite Book Award, was an award-winning finalist in both the 2017 Best Book Awards and the 2017 International Book Awards competitions, and was recently nominated for a 2018 Top Shelf Indie Book Award. Bionic Basil and The 'B' Team, one of the UK's Top 10 Pet Blogs, described it as, "A total gem!"
 

African American Literature Book Club

October 2nd - Another Country by James Baldwin
November 6th - Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston

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.

Please RSVP to Carolyn Korber at cjkorber@gmail.com.

Encounters: Surrealism and War

In the midst of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and World War II (1939-45), European and American artists found themselves confronting the atrocities brought on by war. What was once thought mere fantasy became a devastating reality for those who would become part of the Surrealist Movement. Join us for small group discussions on the historic relationship between surrealism and war and how this understanding can impact how we think of art and war today.

Readings TBA. Lunch will be provided after the 10am-12pm discussion. Space is limited. Please RSVP to faculty@wadsworthatheneum.org

Encounters is a partnership program between UCONN Humanities Institute, the Wadworth Atheneum Museum of Art, The Amistad Center for Art and Culture, and the Hartford History Center at Hartford Public Library.

GAMES! 

Tuesdays 5-8PM, Thursdays 11AM-2PM
Downtown, Main Floor

Weekly games! Activities include board games, puzzles, arts and crafts, jumbo games, marble mazes, cards, and more!

ServSafe Food Handler Program

UConn Writing Center

Room 23, Ground Floor
Noon to 4 pm
Every Saturday, Starting in September 2018

The Hartford UConn Writing Center is available to writers of any skill level working on any kind of project.  Visitors will receive an hour of one-on-one discussion about their project, their goals, and how their current material fits those plans. We are consultants who want to offer our experience as writers and readers to any who would like guidance, support, technical assistance, or anything else to do with growing as a writer. 

Please note the Center is on hiatus Summer 2018 until September.

Our Advisors:

Brianna McNish is a third-year Honors student at the University of Connecticut studying English with concentrations in Creative Writing and Teaching English. She is currently the fiction editor at Long River Review.
Jacob Horn is an Assistant Professor of English in Residence at the University of Connecticut. He has taught classes on academic writing and worked as a coordinator for creative writing groups and writers.

Poets on Poetry Series

The Connecticut Poetry Society's monthly poetry book discussion is free and open to the public.
For further information, visit www.ctpoetry.net.
To nominate a poet for discussion or volunteer to moderate, contact:
Christine Beck
christinebeck90@gmail.com
860-655-3263

Upcoming dates for 2018:

June 30, 2018: Billy Collins. Poet Maria Sassi will moderate.

DOWNTOWN 3RD FLOOR
On display July 16 - September 29, 2018
Meet the Weavers: Mon, August 13, 10:30am

This year, the Hartford Artisans Weaving Center presents BLOCK BY DESIGN. A block is a basic unit of design in weaving. The weaver is able to create beautiful patterns by using blocks of various sizes and textures. The block design is determined as the warp goes on the loom. Each different block requires a special threading. As the cloth is woven the weaver can select arrangements, combinations, and sizes of the blocks. More interest is added by the choices of color and texture of the yarns. Block weaves offer the artisans countless possibilities for dynamic designs.

Historical Hartford Views

DOWNTOWN 3RD FLOOR
on display through May 2018

“Historical Hartford Views” are acrylic landscapes painted by Hartford artist TR Colletta in 1980. Paintings were purchased by Howard Fromson and hung in his Rockville, CT company Anocoil. Presstek LLC purchased Anocoil in 2016 and donated the paintings to Hartford Public Library in the fall of 2017 under the guidance of Howard and Sandy Fromson.

Painting: State Street, Hartford 1920.