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Community Canvas - Dream Up a Character

Something GIANT is coming to the Ives Main Library Children's Room! Come visit the GIANT Remix station, open during regular operating hours from Monday, March 17 to Monday, March 31. Created by The...  More
Date:
Friday, March 28th, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
All Day Event
Location:
Ives Main Library
Audience:
  Family and Children (0-5)     Family and Children (6-12)     Ages 0-5     Ages 6-11  
Categories:
  Literature, Arts and Culture  

VITA Tax Prep @ Ives In-Person

Free income tax preparation by Yale VITA volunteers For more info contact Tom Costa 203-946-8130 x218 tcosta@nhfpl.org
Date:
Friday, March 28th, 2025
Time:
11:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Location:
Performing Arts, Ives Main Library
Audience:
  Adults (19+)  
Categories:
  Civic and Community Engagement  

The Unhoused Activists Community Team (U-ACT) In-Person

The Unhoused Activists Community Team (U-ACT) is an organization made up of people fighting for the rights and dignity of unhoused people in New Haven. U-ACT combines direct action, meetings with...  More
Date:
Friday, March 28th, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location:
Phillip Marrett Room, Ives Main Library
Audience:
  Adults (19+)     Teens (12-18)  
Categories:
  Civic and Community Engagement     Education and Lifelong Learning  

Teen Game Club In-Person

Hang out with your friends and get to play against other teens at Teen Game Club every Tuesday and Friday! Everything from our card games (Uno, Sushi Go!, Monikers, etc.) to our video games (Switch &...  More
Date:
Friday, March 28th, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
2:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Location:
Teen Center, Ives Main Library
Audience:
  Teens (12-18)  
Categories:
  Digital Learning and Technology     Literacy and Language     Literature, Arts and Culture     Summer Reading  

Hypertension Awareness & Prevention Program at Yale (HAPPY) In-Person

Hypertension Awareness & Prevention Program at Yale (HAPPY) is a collaboration of Yale University students, health professionals, and New Haven health care organizations dedicated to providing...  More
Date:
Friday, March 28th, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location:
Ives Rotunda, Ives Main Library
Audience:
  Adults (19+)  
Categories:
  Civic and Community Engagement     Health and Wellness  

Community Canvas - Dream Up a Character

Something GIANT is coming to the Ives Main Library Children's Room! Come visit the GIANT Remix station, open during regular operating hours from Monday, March 17 to Monday, March 31. Created by The...  More
Date:
Saturday, March 29th, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
All Day Event
Location:
Ives Main Library
Audience:
  Family and Children (0-5)     Family and Children (6-12)     Ages 0-5     Ages 6-11  
Categories:
  Literature, Arts and Culture  

Community Canvas / Lienzo Comunitario: Publish Your Own Trading Card! / ¡Publica tu propia tarjeta coleccionable! In-Person

Dream up your own original character that you would like to see come alive on a professionally printed trading card at the GIANT Remix station. This storytelling-themed station was created by The...  More
Date:
Saturday, March 29th, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
All Day Event
Location:
Fair Haven Main Floor, Fair Haven Library
Audience:
  Family and Children (6-12)     Ages 6-11  
Categories:
  Literature, Arts and Culture  

Stay and Play In-Person

Join us for stories, songs, and play! Ages 0-4 with caregiver.
Date:
Saturday, March 29th, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Location:
Young Minds Discovery Room - 1st Floor, Stetson Branch
Audience:
  Ages 0-5  
Categories:
  Literacy and Language     Literature, Arts and Culture  

Meditation with Elm Community Insights In-Person

Join us for Saturday morning meditation led by Elm Community Insight in collaboration with the NHFPL. Elm Community Insight was founded by Gina LaRoche and Lee Barbera in 2015 in Hamden,...  More
Date:
Saturday, March 29th, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Location:
Phillip Marrett Room, Ives Main Library
Audience:
  Adults (19+)  
Categories:
  Civic and Community Engagement     Education and Lifelong Learning     Literature, Arts and Culture  

VITA Tax Preparation

File your taxes here with assistance from preparers from VITA. Appointment required, no walk-ins. Call 2-1-1 or visit 211ct.org to make your reservation.
Date:
Saturday, March 29th, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Location:
Fair Haven Library
Audience:
  Adults (19+)  
Categories:
  Civic and Community Engagement  

Author visit with Adriana Hernández Bergstrom In-Person

Local author and illustrator Adriana Hernández Bergstrom visits the Library to present her picture book Abuelita and I Make Flan. Listen to this heart-warming, intergenerational story of family,...  More
Date:
Saturday, March 29th, 2025
Time:
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location:
Children's Program Room, Ives Main Library
Audience:
  Family and Children (0-5)     Family and Children (6-12)     Ages 0-5     Ages 6-11  
Categories:
  Literacy and Language     Literature, Arts and Culture  

VITA Tax Prep @ Ives In-Person

Free income tax preparation by Yale VITA volunteers For more info contact Tom Costa 203-946-8130 x218 tcosta@nhfpl.org
Date:
Saturday, March 29th, 2025
Time:
11:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Location:
Performing Arts, Ives Main Library
Audience:
  Adults (19+)  
Categories:
  Civic and Community Engagement  

Urban Life Experience Book Discussion: a Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun by Angela Jackson In-Person

New Readers Welcome Saturdays at 12 noon at Wilson Library. Urban Life Experience Book Discussion reads and discusses a Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun: Life and Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks by...  More
Date:
Saturday, March 29th, 2025
Time:
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Location:
Wilson Music Room, Wilson Branch
Audience:
  Adults (19+)  
Categories:
  Literature, Arts and Culture  

VITA Tax Prep at Wilson Library In-Person

VITA tax prep volunteers offer free, in-person services to qualifying community members. Vita Tax Preparation services will be offered at the Wilson Branch every Tuesday from 4:30-7pm and Saturday...  More
Date:
Saturday, March 29th, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Location:
Computer Lab, Wilson Branch
Audience:
  Adults (19+)  
Categories:
  Education and Lifelong Learning  

NCAT Learn-to-Ride Bicycle class (for kids)

Ride safely on New Haven streets with instruction and tips from New Haven Coalition for Active Transportation (NCAT).
Date:
Saturday, March 29th, 2025
Time:
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Location:
Fair Haven Library
Audience:
  Family and Children (6-12)     Ages 6-11  
Categories:
  Education and Lifelong Learning     Health and Wellness