Happenings
JULY/AUGUST 2014
at New Haven Free Public Library
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Enjoy NHFPL Summer Reading Club 2014 activities for kids of all ages AT ALL LOCATIONS! Call individual branches for details.
Highlights:
at Fair Haven
Tuesday, July 1, and August 5, 11 am Science Snoopers with Jean Mai
Thursday, Aug. 7, 5 pm Henna Art Teen Program
Monday,July 7, 21, Aug. 4, 4 pm Peabody on the Road science program
Friday movies at noon July 11-Aug. 29
World Cup matches through July 13
at Ives Main
Tuesdays in July and August, 11am-noon Tiny Scientist Series (ages 3-4)
Tuesdays in July and August, 3-4 pm Super Scientist Series (ages 5-12)Monday, July 7, 3 pm Field Trip to Yale's Center for Engineering, Innovation & Design (ages 8-12--registration required)Monday, July 21, 6:30-7:30 pm Reading is Your Golden Ticket,celebrating 50th anniversary of Roald Dahl's Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
(ages 5-12)
Friday, July 25, 2-3 pm Zoology for Kids with Animal Embassy (ages 4 +)
Elm Street Book Club Two Thursdays a month at 4 pm, starting July 10
HS Writing Club in teen area, 4-5 pm
Friday Flix 2-3:30 pm
at Mitchell
Thursday, July 3, 2 pm Fourth of July Fun, stories and crafts (all ages)
Monday, July 7, 6 pm Meet Author Frank W. Dormer
Thursdays, July 10-Aug. 14 2 pm Movie Madness at StetsonFriday, July 18, 2-4 pm Constellation T-Shirts creation (ages 13+)
2nd & 4th Fridays July and August Steam Movie & Story Time
Mondays, 2-5 pm Skateboard Lessons, all ages. BYO board and helmet
at WilsonTuesday, July 29, 5:30 pm Bubblemania with Casie Carle
Tuesdays, 4-5 pm Craft & Create Club (ages 6+)Fridays, 2-4 pm Beat the Heat Family MovieWednesdays, July 2-Aug. 20, 4-5 pm Science Stars (ages 6+)
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Celebrating Indian Cinema
At Ives Main Library 
LUNCHBOX
Written and directed by Ritesh Batra.
Two strangers mistakenly exchange notes that lead to an unexpected friendship. (2014, in Hindi with English subtitles. 105 mins.)
Selected and introduced by NHFPL librarian Soma Mitra.
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 Monday, July 14, 5:30-7:30 pm At Ives Main Library Bastille Day Celebration film
Henri Langlois: Phantom of the Cinemateque (2004)
Langlois' film screenings in Paris in the 1950s were influential in the development of the auteur theory which recognized the importance of the role of the director in shaping film work. A controversial eccentric, Langlois was a key influence on the generation of young cinephiles who would become the French New Wave. He received an honorary Academy Award in 1974 for his devotion to the art of film. Introduced by NHFPL librarian Jane Connolly _________________________________________________ 
Commemorating the centennial of the start of World War I
Thursdays, July 3-17, 5:30-7 pm
at Ives Main Library
July 3 Discussion with Nick Rutter, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor in History at Colgate University
July 10 Film: Paths of Glory (1957) starring Kirk Douglas, directed by Stanley Kubrick. Jacinto Lirola leads discussion following film.
July 17 Film: Rosa Luxemburg (1986)_________________________________________________
at Fair Haven Branch
Film:
Pablo Neruda! Presente!*
Free screening
Thursday, July 24,
6 pm
Documentary about the life and works of the beloved Chilean poet. Stay afterward for discussion and refreshments.
*a Red Poppy production
_________________________________________________ Tuesday, August 5, 5:30 pm at Ives Main Library
MOUNTAINS THAT TAKE WING
Historically rich and unique documentary about two formidable women who share a profound passion for justice. Angela Davis, internationally renowned scholar, writer and activist, and 88-year-old Yuri Kochiyama, a revered grassroots community activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, share their experiences as political prisoners and their dedication to Civil Rights. Presented in cooperation with the City of New Haven Peace Commission, Greater New Haven Peace Council and Promoting Enduring Peace.
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Documentaries of Peruvian Director FELIPE DEGREGORI 
Thursday, August 14
at Ives Main Library
5:30 pm The Peruvian Amazon: a world like
no other (2013, 52 min.)
6:30 pm Translatina (2010, 93 min.) Documentary about transgender women in Latin America
Discussion follows screenings with Margherita Tortora, Director of the New England Festival of Ibero American Cinema._______________________________________________________________________
Weimar Unemployment and Art in films and discussion
Tuesday, August 19
at Ives Main Library
5 pm Solidarity Song: The Hanns Eisler Story (1996)
6:30 pm Kuhle Wampe (Who Owns the World) (1932)
Discussion with Jacinto Lirola follows second screening. Presented in cooperation with City of New Haven Peace Commission and DEFA Film Library at UMASS Amherst.
Details: 203-946-7431
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Syrian Film Sampler
 Thursday, August 28 and Friday, August 29
at Ives Main Library
Discussion facilitated by R. M. Khoury, Professor Emeritus of Middle Eastern History, Fairfield University.
Thursday
5 pm The Extras (1993, Arabic with English subtitles). A poor young couple arrange for an unchaperoned meeting to carry on their courtship.
7 pm Tea on the Axis of Evil (2009, English and Arabic with English subtitles). Syrians from all walks of life discuss cultural tradition, globalism, religion and education.
Friday
1 pm The Nights of the Jackal (1990, Arabic with English subtitles). A peasant patriarch's control disintegrates as he relies upon his wife's whistling to keep jackals at bay.
3 pm Woman (2007, English and Arabic with English subtitles). Writings, lectures, and activism of feminist Bouthaina Shaaban.
Special thanks to the City of New Haven Peace Commission and Arab Film Distribution.
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SUMMER OF WELLNESS AT NEW HAVEN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY
WEDNESDAY TAI CHI at Mitchell Branch
Dana Brozinski offers a 5 week series, every Wednesday in July, 10:30-11:30 am. $35 series fee payable on registration: 203-946-8117. Co-sponsored by HomeHaven.
Library Yoga at Ives Main Library
Wednesdays 1-2 pm
Various instructors, $5 (cash) per class, bring your own mat. Best deal in town!
Parent/Child Yoga at Ives Main Library
Wednesdays, Aug. 6-Sept. 3, 6-7 pm
Free for caregivers and children ages 5-14. Register at 203-946-8129.
New Haven's Shambhala Meditation Center offers free meditation classes at Ives Main Library every Tuesday, 6:30-7:30 pm. RSVP 203-946-8130 x200.
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 ABOUT JAPANESE GARDENING
A presentation by
Takaya Kurimoto, ASLA
of Penguin Environmental Design L.L.C Wednesday, JULY 30, 6-7:30 pm
at Ives Main Library
DETAILS: 203-946-8130 X200
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In remembrance...
Anne Frank's final diary entry was August 1, 1944. Help us commemorate the 70th anniversary of her legacy by adding your voice to a reading from Diary of a Young Girl at Ives Main Library on Friday, August 1, 2014, from noon-3 in the afternoon.
Drop in to read!
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Does Thomas Piketty
have it right?
Author and activist Art Perlo leads discussion about Piketty's hot new book,
Capital in the Twenty-First Century.
Thursday, Aug. 21, 6:30-7:45 pm
at Ives Main Library
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Infinities art works by Maxwell Clark On view through July 23, 2014 at IVES MAIN LIBRARY Johnes Ruta, curator 203-387-4933 | azothgallery.com
Whispering Galleries
on view through August at IVES MAIN   Art by children's illustrator FRANK W. DORMER will be on view all summer at MITCHELL BRANCH. Meet author/artist Frank W. Dormer at a STORYTELLING and ART workshop Monday, JULY 7, 6-7:30 pm at MITCHELL BRANCH |
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