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Start: 2025-02-06T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-06T19:30:00-05:00
Location: North Haven Memorial Library

Must See Movie: The Real Mo Farah

1:30pm - 2:30pm

Adults

Arts, Films, & Music, History

Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Arts, Films, & Music, History

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In this deeply personal and emotionally powerful film, Mo Farah, Somali-born British hero of the London 2012 Olympics, and one of the most successful athletes in history, reveals for the first time the truth about his early life and explore

Old New Haven

2:30pm - 3:30pm

Adults

History, Local

Open

Registration

Open

Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: History, Local

Registration Required

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Enjoy photographs of Old New Haven and area towns dating back from the 1880's to the 1940's.

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Liability Waver

By registering for this program, the individual(s) and/or parent/legal guardian of the registered child(ren) do hereby agree to waive, release, and hold harmless the Town of North Haven and its agents and employees from any and all causes of action including personal injury and/or property damage.

Closed for Washington's Birthday

All Day

Closing

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North Haven Memorial Library

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The Library will be closed, Monday, February 17th in observance of Washington's Birthday. We will reopen on Tuesday, February 28th.

Online Author Talk: Lee Hawkins

2:00pm - 3:00pm

Adults

Book Discussions, History, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events

Virtual Event

Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library

Room: Virtual

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Book Discussions, History, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events

Event Details:

We welcome you to our conversation with journalist and author Lee Hawkins as he talks to us about the examination of his family’s legacy of post-enslavement trauma and resilience in this riveting memoir, I Am Nobody's Slave:

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Library Speaker Consortium

Please note, the Author Talk series is brought to the North Haven Library through a partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium, sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Because this series is facilitated by the Library Speakers Consortium, you must register for this event directly through the library's Author Talk portal (click here to register). Upon successful registration, you will receive the link to join the webinar from the North Haven Memorial Library via info@libraryc.org. Please be sure to check your spam if you do not receive your registration email in a timely manner. If you have any difficulty registering for this event, please contact the library for assistance at 203-239-5803. Sponsored by The Friends of the North Haven Library.

Must See Movie: Storming Caesars Palace

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Adults

Arts, Films, & Music, History

Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Arts, Films, & Music, History

Event Details:

Chronicles the extraordinary life of Ruby Duncan, an activist who fights the welfare system and becomes a White House advisor.

True Crime: Murder and Mayhem in the Museum

6:00pm - 7:00pm

Teens, Adults

History, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Local

Open

Registration

Open

Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Teens, Adults

Program Type: History, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Local

Registration Required

Event Details:

Forgeries, theft, murder: our museum is full of artifacts that tell stories of long-ago crime and punishment.

Additional Information

Liability Waver

By registering for this program, the individual(s) and/or parent/legal guardian of the registered child(ren) do hereby agree to waive, release, and hold harmless the Town of North Haven and its agents and employees from any and all causes of action including personal injury and/or property damage.

Photography/Recordings

Per the North Haven Memorial Library's Program Policy, the library reserves the right to to photograph/record individuals and groups attending library services and programs. These photos and/or videos may be used for promotional purposes. Participants may request from a staff member that their image, or that of their child, not be used by the Library for these purposes.

Must See Movie: Mahalia

1:30pm - 3:15pm

Adults

Arts, Films, & Music, History

Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Arts, Films, & Music, History

Event Details:

The story of the New Orleans-born crooner who began singing at an early age and went on to become one of the most revered gospel figures in U.S. history, melding her music with the civil rights movement.

Additional Information

Liability Waver

By registering for this program, the individual(s) and/or parent/legal guardian of the registered child(ren) do hereby agree to waive, release, and hold harmless the Town of North Haven and its agents and employees from any and all causes of action including personal injury and/or property damage.

Hartford Circus Fire

6:00pm - 7:00pm

Teens, Adults

History, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Local

Open

Registration

Open

Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Teens, Adults

Program Type: History, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Local

Registration Required

Event Details:

In 1944, one of the worst fire disasters in American history occurred in Hartford. The circus fire has lived in the memories of survivors and the imaginations of Connecticans ever since.

Additional Information

Liability Waver

By registering for this program, the individual(s) and/or parent/legal guardian of the registered child(ren) do hereby agree to waive, release, and hold harmless the Town of North Haven and its agents and employees from any and all causes of action including personal injury and/or property damage.

Photography/Recordings

Per the North Haven Memorial Library's Program Policy, the library reserves the right to to photograph/record individuals and groups attending library services and programs. These photos and/or videos may be used for promotional purposes. Participants may request from a staff member that their image, or that of their child, not be used by the Library for these purposes.

#31 Titles Women In History

2:30pm - 4:00pm

Adults

History, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events

Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: History, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events

Event Details:

A review of a list of 31 books recommended to read to celebrate Women's History Month. This event includes a Bingo-styled game with small prizes.

Additional Information

Liability Waver

By registering for this program, the individual(s) and/or parent/legal guardian of the registered child(ren) do hereby agree to waive, release, and hold harmless the Town of North Haven and its agents and employees from any and all causes of action including personal injury and/or property damage.

Photography/Recordings

Per the North Haven Memorial Library's Program Policy, the library reserves the right to to photograph/record individuals and groups attending library services and programs. These photos and/or videos may be used for promotional purposes. Participants may request from a staff member that their image, or that of their child, not be used by the Library for these purposes.

Online Author Talk: Clara Bingham

2:00pm - 3:00pm

Adults

Book Discussions, History, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events

Virtual Event

Library Branch: North Haven Memorial Library

Room: Virtual

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Book Discussions, History, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events

Event Details:

Join us for a transformative conversation with award-winning journalist and author, Clara Bingham, as she chats with us about her new book, The Movement: How Women’s Liberation Transformed America, 1963-1973

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The Library will be closed, Thursday, January 1st in observance of New Years Day. We will reopen on Friday, January 2nd.

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