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A note from the Executive Director
I’ve been a little under the weather and have missed my time at the library. We have been doing some amazing things, and I’ve missed Jazz Night, Film Night, and all the wonderful characters who come in to visit. So it was a good-news/bad-news moment when Madame Thalia had to move her performance, originally scheduled for Sunday, September 8th. I am tickled that she will be with us on October 27th, allowing us an excuse to celebrate her performance and Halloween! More information to follow, of course, but you know it will be great fun!
Another perk of being at home is the reading time I’ve been able to enjoy. I discovered what
turns out to be a favorite of Eva’s. If you haven’t read Nora Ephron’s Heartburn, do yourself a
favor and make time. Or find any of Ms. Ephron’s wonderful works. We have a copy of I Remember Nothing, and Eva's planning to ensure that we have I Feel Bad About My Neck*. And I have a stack of murder mysteries with my name on it, so recuperation is more fun than ever.
Nights are cool, and I’ve even spotted some leaves changing colors. Looking forward to seeing you soon as we head into fall.
Cheers,
Jan
*We should have had I Feel Bad About My Neck in the first place, Eva adds in this footnote, and Eva is appalled by the gap in the collection. Eva's also going to try to find the old stuff, Crazy Salad and Scribble Scribble, because it's the right thing to do.
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The evening with Madame Thalia originally scheduled for
September 8th has been rescheduled for Sunday, October 27th.
We apologize for the inconvenience. It was beyond our control.
Madame Thalia, a woman of international intrigue and drama, was the victim of forces beyond her control. We advise you that you simply take advantage of having extra time to fine-tune your finery for the evening!
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A longstanding dream of ours will be fulfilled when the Institute Library becomes
a speakeasy for one night
with entertainment provided by
the always full of surprises
Madame Thalia
complete with bathtub gin cocktails.
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Sunday, October 27th
6:00 p.m.
21 and older
only, please.
Tickets for this evening, regardless of Institute Library membership status, are $20.00 each.
Seating is limited for this event. There were some seats available at the time of Madame Thalia's disappearance from her public, but not many: please don't wait to snag one of those last seats remaining!
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This adult-only evening is also a tip-jar fundraiser for the Gallery, so please consider bringing some extra moolah to throw in the kitty. We are dough-raising to be able to fund more artists and more talent and to say yes to new events going forward…
Come dressed in your finest vintage finery and creatively celebrate freedom of speech with us.
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RSVPs are required
The secret password permitting you entree for the evening
will be provided with your RSVP confirmation.
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Senso di Voce is: Megan Kyle (oboe, English horn) & Esin Gunduz (voice, composition, tremolo harmonica, bass harmonica, harmonium). Their performance features a brand new piece by Esin for the duo, commissioned through a Classical Commissioning Grant from Chamber Music America and support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Inspired by the writings of revolutionary Islamic thinker İbn 'Arabî (1165-1240), ‘...through itself...’ is an exploration of his profound philosophical concepts. | |
Tuesday, Sept. 10
Senso di Voce:
Megan Kyle
and
Esin Gunduz
Live in concert
Tickets
($20 each) can be purchased in advance or at the door.
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Bonsoir, Mes Amis! A Short Series of French Films | |
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The stars have aligned and we are screening a series of French films, presented by Library member John Hatch in conjunction with Best Video. Doors open at 6:30; movies start at 7:00. We've decided to ask for RSVPs to ensure seating space for all who come -- RSVP online to claim seats for you and your friends!
$10 Suggested donation hugely appreciated, merci beaucoup à nos ami(e)s!
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The movies screening in September: | | |
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#2 in the series, showing September 12
doors at 6:30, movie at 7:00:
Orpheus
(1950, Jean Cocteau, 95 minutes)
and
#3 in the series, showing September 26
doors at 6:30, movie at 7:00:
Breathless
(1960, Jean-Luc Godard, 90 minutes)
yes, it was originally going to be The 400 Blows. Minds were changed.
All movies subtitled.
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All of the events in our film series are possible thanks to assistance from our comrades at Best Video in Hamden -- we so appreciate their help, and hope you will help us all continue this program!
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Joan Kwon Glass, Milford Poet Laureate, is known for her searching, thoughtful earlier works, Night Swim (2023), Pancakes for a Dead Boy (2022), and If Rust Can Grow on the Moon (2022). She is the editor of Harbor Review, and the winner of numerous awards and prizes for her work.
This event is free and open to the public.
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Saturday September 21
a late afternoon tea featuring
A visit and reading/book signing with poet
JOAN KWON GLASS
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Joan was last here in the spring of 2023; we are pleased and proud to welcome here back as she celebrates the publication of her collection of new work, Daughter of Three Gone Kingdoms.
Winner of the 2024 Perugia Press Poetry Prize, Daughter of Three Gone Kingdoms explores themes familiar to those who know Kwon's work: it's described as part lamentation and part hymn—an illumination of diasporic hungers, hauntings, absence, and resilience.
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This collection "explores colonialism and “postcolonialism” through disordered eating, suicide loss, religious damage, familial estrangement, addiction, motherhood, and recovery. These poems ask urgent questions: What does it mean to be a mixed-race survivor of generational traumas in a world that often insists on binaries and singular narratives? What role does “hunger” play in navigating life in the diaspora? And, ultimately, what is required to raise an American daughter while forging a path forward?" | |
Friday Happy Hour Jazz |
Fridays in September | 5:15-7:00 p.m.
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September 6 -- Top swing clarinets Benny Goodman and Edmund Hall.
September 13 -- LPs recorded in San Francisco’s Black Hawk Club
September 20 -- Listener's Choice
September 27 -- Listener's Choice
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Join a congenial little group up on the third floor of the Institute Library to listen to recordings you forgot about or never knew about and stick around a bit to discuss the music!
BYOB beverage and treat.
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Although always subject to change as to artistic spotlight, Friday Happy Hour Jazz will continue a swinging tour of that great American art form, “LP Jazz”, meeting at 5:15 or so every Friday, in the third floor music room, to consider, contemplate and appreciate the wonders in the Collection.
Updates to the schedule, including inclement weather closures, will be provided via the internal Jazz email list. Want to be added to that list? Let us know!
Please consider making a $5 donation when you come to Friday Happy Hour Jazz.
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Friday Happy Hour Jazz is presented with support from Jazz Haven
www.jazzhaven.org
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Poetry Spinning:
The Spoken Word
Wednesday, September 18
5:00 - 7:00
Masters of Irony, Collage, and Innovation?
or Complicated Fops and Poseurs?
Let's visit the 1950s, and experience some high modern wackiness.
Philip Beard will guide our travels through three albums from the Caedmon Records catalogue: readings by Ezra Pound,
T.S. Eliot, Dame Edith Sitwell
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CARDS WILL BE SHUFFLED NEXT ON
Monday, September 9th 7:00 p.m.
(subject to change; please reach out to us for schedule confirmation)
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LOW-KEY BRIDGE:
The Oldest Established Permanent Floating
Bridge Game at
847 Chapel Street
If you'd like to be added to the
email list of players
please reach out to
Eva Geertz: Eva@InstituteLibrary.org
SECOND MONDAYS AT THE INSTITUTE LIBRARY
ALL LEVELS WELCOME
As with all our programs, there is no fee to play bridge at the Institute Library, but we hope people who dig the game and want to play regularly will consider making a small donation to the library and/or become members!
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about parking:
The website Park New Haven provides a link where you can learn about the location of metered parking spots and local parking garages near the purple star on the map (us!). You probably know about this stuff, but if you're explaining it to friends, use this link! It might make things easier.
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An Important Note about Driving and Parking on Chapel Street:
The east bound side of Chapel Street (across from the Library) is closed to traffic for the nonce. Regardless: We are open! There are many parking garages, including two on State Street, one and a half blocks from the library. Please call us if you have concerns.
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Hi everybody, it's your loyal Operations Manager here.
I want you to know a few things. One is:
I'm as disappointed as anyone by the turn of events with the Madame Thalia Speakeasy night here, but I'm also relieved I have more time to figure out which brooch to affix to my turban.
Another is: of the six books I took with me on my holiday in August, I read four. One of them, Paved Paradise, was a knockout fun read about car parking -- I'm totally serious -- and another, Susie Boyt's Loved and Missed, was not at all the novel-of-manners romp I had somehow anticipated, but it was worth reading even so.
We've survived the launch of the new school year, presenting ourselves to the Yale undergraduate community via an event at the Schwarzman Center; we welcomed dozens of people to a series of French films (saw old familiar faces there, a lot of new-to-us faces, and we were surprised to be joined that night by some adventuresome local teenagers who weren't dragged in by their parents, even! How cool of them to come out on a school night and check out some Cocteau, huh?).
This month is so busy, I really have no idea who's going to show up next.
I truly feel like anything is possible. In the meantime, I'm working on the next purchase order -- got thoughts? email me to make requests and I'll do what I can for you -- and looking forward to cool weather, which as we all know is the best weather for reading.
Below please read the short version of our calendar for the months -- it's a lot -- and know that you are welcome to attend any and all of these evenings, but even more so, we hope you'll come sink into a chair with a book, enlightening or distracting, and just enjoy being here. See you at the candy dish.
Friday HH Jazz every week starting at 5:15,
bringing you the best old LPs with the coolest (or the hottest) recordings
you forgot or never knew about
plus:
Monday, Sept. 9: Lowkey Bridge
Tuesday, Sept. 10: Senso Di Voce (live music)
Thursday, Sept. 12: Bonsoir, Mes Amis #2
Wednesday, Sept. 18: Spinning Poetry
Saturday, Sept. 21: Joan Kwon Glass reading
Thursday, Sept. 26: Bonsoir, Mes Amis #3
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If you did your membership payment online in late July or in August and still haven't gotten your membership card in the mail, please get in touch with me via Eva@Institutelibrary.org and I will remedy the situation ASAP. I'm worried a few people may have slipped through the cracks and I want to make it right. | |
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Hours of Operation
Closed Sunday & Monday | Tuesday-Friday: 11:00-5:00 | Saturday: 12:00-2:00
Location
The Institute Library, 847 Chapel St, New Haven, CT 06510
(203) 562-4045
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