Events Calendar

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CALENDAR – March 2024
Location is New Haven unless noted otherwise.
*=Wheelchair accessible
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Throughout March
The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) provides free tax preparation services to help low-income taxpayers receive their tax refunds. Everyone seeking assistance must bring last year’s tax return, copies of annual income (W-2 forms), government-issued ID, and Social Security card for everyone on the tax return. Please bring 1095A form if you purchased health insurance through the Access Health. Workshops held at library branch locations throughout the month Info:: https://nhfpl.libnet.info/events.

Friday, March 1, through Saturday, March 16
Made Visible: Origins of Belonging, an exhibition bringing together individuals hailing from diverse regions, including the African diaspora, India, Central America and Palestine. Creative Arts Workshop, 203-562-4927, 80 Audubon St., Hilles Gallery, 1st and 2nd floors. *

Friday, March 1, 2–4 p.m.
Our Eyes Looking Through the Lens: Celebrating Female Directors. Alma’s Rainbow is about teenager Rainbow Gold as she enters womanhood. Director Ayoka Chenzira is one of the first African American women to write, produce, and direct a 35mm feature film. Ives Main Library, Community Program Room, 133 Elm St. *

Friday, March 1, 6–7:30 p.m.
Poet, essayist, and fiction writer Elisa Gonzalez reads from her debut poetry collection—Grand Tour. Possible Futures, 203-446-2070, 318 Edgewood Ave. *

Friday, March 1, 7 p.m.
Film: Passages (Ira Sachs, 2023, 91 mins). 
Ira Sachs in person! Set in Paris, the film traces the ebbs and flows of passion and power. English subtitles. Free. Yale, Humanities Quadrangle, LO1, 320 York St. *

Saturday, March 2
Help make LEAP’s free after-school and summer programs for youth from underserved NH neighborhoods possible. [email protected]. Q House, 197 Dixwell Ave.*

Saturday, March 2, 10 a.m.–noon
Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS) Organic Gardening Workshop. Seed starting, when and where to plant. Online class free to community gardeners with the code “honor.” To register: https://bit.ly/nhsgarden. Phone: (203) 562-0598. NHS of New Haven, 333 Sherman Ave. *

Saturday, March 2, 2–5 p.m.
Boricuas/ Puerto Ricans of all ages are invited to share their stories about their lives here in the Elm City. Info: [email protected]. Wilson Library, Family Place Room, 303 Washington Ave. *

Monday, March 4, 6 p.m.
Tea and Conversation. Join Yale Repertory Theatre and creative team members for tea and conversation about their upcoming production Escaped Alone and playwright Caryl Churchill. https://nhfpl.libnet.info/event/10137907. Mitchell Library, 37 Harrison St, *

Wednesday, March 6, 4–5:30 p.m.
Michael Willrich, Leff Families Professor of History at Brandeis University, presents his new book, American Anarchy: The Epic Struggle between Immigrant Radicals and the US Government at the Dawn of the 20th Century. Tales of anarchists including Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman, their allies, their enemies, and how their battles over freedom and power still shape our public life. Sterling Memorial Library, Lecture Hall, 120 High St. *

Wednesday, March 6th, 6:30–8 p.m.
Rabbis Ariana Katz and Jessica Rosenberg in conversation with Rabbi May Ye about their new book, For Times Such as These: A Radical’s Guide to the Jewish Year. The book offers spiritual practices and holiday rituals rooted in movements for racial justice, decolonization, feminism, and queer and trans liberation. Possible Futures, 203-446-2070; 318 Edgewood Ave. *

Thursday, March 7, 7 p.m.
Treasures from the Yale Film Archive presents two films: Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966), a Czech surrealist comedy-drama, and End of the Art World (Alexis Krasilovsky, 1971), made at Yale about the New York art scene. Alexis Krasilovsky in person! Free. Humanities Quadrangle, Lower Level, 320 York St. *

Friday, March 8, 2–4 p.m.
Our Eyes Looking Through the Lens: Celebrating Female Directors and International Women’s Day! Rosa Luxemburg, a film about the socialist and Marxist who worked tirelessly in the service of revolution in early-20th-century Poland and Germany. Ives Main Library, 133 Elm St. *

Saturday, March 9, 10 a.m.–noon
NHS Organic Gardening Workshop. Essential flowers and herbs. Online class free to community gardeners with the code “honor.” To register: https://bit.ly/nhsgarden. Phone: (203) 562-0598. NHS of New Haven, 333 Sherman Ave. *

Saturday, March 9, 3–4:30 p.m.
Nature poetry writing workshop led by teaching artist Emily Sorenson and using seedlings from the Wilson Branch Seed Library. Inspired by the ecological themes of Yale Repertory Theatre’s production of Escaped Alone by Caryl Churchill. Wilson Library, 303 Washington Ave. *

Monday, March 11, 6 p.m.
Information session to learn about the Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES) Open Choice and its application process. https://nhfpl.libnet.info/event/9693485. Mitchell Library, 37 Harrison St. *

Tuesday, March 12, 6–7:30 p.m.

The Stitch Niche. Bring your current knitting, sewing, crocheting, or other fiber arts projects and meet with other crafters. No experience is necessary. Some supplies will be available for beginners. Ives Main Library, Tinker Lab, 133 Elm St. *

Wednesday, March 13, 6–7:30 p.m.

Pamper Me Series. Join licensed esthetician Sarah Prieto for free facials and learn how to care for your skin. Free samples. RSVP: 203-946-8119. Stetson Library, Active Learning Classroom, 2nd Floor, 197 Dixwell Ave. *

Thursday, March 14, 6:30–8 p.m.
Anne de Marcken reads from her debut novel It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over. De Marcken has received fellowship and award recognition for her work across disciplines in film, site-specific installation, and writing. Possible Futures, 203-446-2070; 318 Edgewood Ave. *

Friday, March 15, 2 –3 p.m.
How Connecticut Thumbed Its Nose at Prohibition. When the US decided that alcohol was no longer benefiting society, every state — except two— voted to amend the Constitution to outlaw the manufacturing and sale of liquor. Connecticut did not support the change, and Long Island Sound afforded many opportunities for bootleggers, including East Haven’s infamous Nellie Green. Presented by Mike Allen, producer and host of podcast Amazing Tales from Off and On Connecticut’s Beaten Path. Free. Ives Main Library, Community Program Room, 133 Elm St. *

Friday, March 15, 2–4 p.m.
Everybody Loves Sombody (Todos queremos a alguien). Young and beautiful Clara Barron seems to have it all—a great job, a beautiful house in Los Angeles, and a Mexican family that loves to have fun. The only thing Barron hasn’t figured out is her love life. Catalina Aguilar Mastretta is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. Ives Main Library, Performing Arts Room, 133 Elm St. *

Saturday, March 16, 2:30–4:30 p.m.
Book club hosted by the Humanist Association of CT. Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope by Sarah Bakewell. The book asks not only what brings all these aspects of humanism together but why it has such enduring power, despite opposition from fanatics, mystics and tyrants. Wilson Library, 303 Washington Ave.*

Monday, March 18, 6 p.m.
From Danger to Dignity (and Back): The Convoluted His-tory of US Abortion Politics. Until the middle of the 1800s, abortion was not a crime and was regularly practiced in the US. Why, by the turn of the 20th Century, was the procedure illegal in every state? How did activists, legislators, and ordinary people drive the movement for legal abortion that led to Roe v. Wade? And what now? Free. Info:
https://nhfpl.libnet.info/event/10206731. Mitchell Library, 37 Harrison St. *

Wednesday, March 20, 6–7 p.m.
Nancy Biederman reads from her new nonfiction book The Disquieting Death of Emma Gill, describing New Haven in the 1890s, when Nancy Alice Guilford and her husband provided illegal abortions at their home on Wooster Square. Followed by Q&A. Ives Main Library, 133 Elm St. *

Wednesday, March 20, Thursday, March 21
Virtual Workshops on Zoom as part of the CT NOFA Winter Conference. Info: https://ctnofa.org/winter-conference/2024-winter-conference.

Friday, March 22, 2–4 p.m.

Film: Mickey and Nicky. Set over the course of one night, this restless drama finds Nicky (John Cassavetes) holed up in a hotel after the boss he stole money from puts a hit out on him. Terrified, he calls on Mikey (Peter Falk), the one person he thinks can save him. Director Elaine May was known for her sardonic wit, caustic view of human nature, and fearlessness in all her work. Ives Library, 133 Elm St. *

Saturday, March 23, 2024, 9 a.m.–5 pm.
CT NOFA Winter Conference in-person at Eastern CT State University, Willimantic. Info: https://ctnofa.org/winter-conference/2024-winter-conference.

Saturday, March 23, 3–4:45 p.m.
Sunrise Cafe Stories–Bob Silverstein Art Reception. Sunrise Cafe is a soup kitchen in New Haven, serving breakfast Monday through Friday. Their stories and portraits shine a light on the serious issues facing our community and many others throughout the country. https://nhfpl.libnet.info/event/10206941. Mitchell Library, 37 Harrison St. *

Saturday, March 23, 2–3 p.m.
Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School. Reading, signing and book talk with author Tiffany Jewell about the history of systemic racism in the American educational system. Possible Futures, 203-446-2070; 318 Edgewood Ave. *

Sunday, March 24, 4 p.m.
350CT.org, virtual talk: How Activists in Panama Used Mass Action to Win Against One of the Largest Copper Mining Companies in the World. Speaker will be Fred Fuentes, who writes on Latin America for Green Left and authored Ecological Uprising Evicts Transnational Mining Company. (https://climateandcapitalism.com/2023/12/10/ecological-uprising-evicts-transnational-mining-company.) Sign up for Zoom meeting at 350CT.org.

Sunday, March 24 2:00–4 p.m.
Margo Steines, author of Brutalities: A Love Story: “a memoir that investigates the dynamics of violence, power, desire, and a body pushed to the brink.” Discussion with Margo and conversation partner Tobi Kassim. Possible Futures, 203-446-2070; 318 Edgewood Ave. *

Monday, March 25, 6–7:30 p.m.
Charcoal Drawing Class with Artist Mark Buku in Partnership with Arts in CT. Please call Mitchell Library at 203-946-8117 to register, as space is limited! https://nhfpl.libnet.info/event/10206644, Mitchell Library, 37 Harrison St. *

Thursday, March 28, 7 p.m.
Heat and Dust (James Ivory, 1983). A young woman travels to India to unearth a long-buried scandal and embarks on a scandalous romance of her own. Free. Yale, Humanities Quadrangle, Lower Level, 320 York St. *

Saturday, March 30, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
African American Women’s Summit. Free, all welcome. Workshops for adults and youth, information tables, organization networking. Free continental breakfast and lunch. Dixwell Community Center, 197 Dixwell Ave. *

Saturday, March 30, 3 p.m.
Celebrate Women’s History Month. Historical interpreter Laura Rocklyn will perform Setting the World by the Ears, exploring the 19th-century abolitionist Maria Weston Chapman. Free. Registration required. Susan Quincy, 203-734-2513; [email protected]. Kellogg Environmental Center, 500 Hawthorne Ave., Derby, CT  *

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Thursday, April 4.
Help make LEAP’s free after-school and summer programs for youth from underserved NH neighborhoods possible. [email protected]. Q House, 197 Dixwell Ave.  *

Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20
24th Annual Women’s and Gender Studies Conference. Info: [email protected]; Web: www.southernct.edu/wgs; Phone: 203-392-6133; Fax: 203-392-6723. Southern CT State University, 501 Crescent St. *

Saturday, April 27
Rock to Rock Earth Day bike rides support local environmental organizations. Info: rocktorock.org.

Sunday, April 28, 4 p.m.
350 CT Zoom program: Updates on Stop Cop City (Atlanta) and other cop cities around the country. Info at 350ct.org.

Wednesday, May 1, all day
May Day! International Workers’ Day!

Sunday, May 5, 4 p.m.
350 CT Zoom program: The State of the Labor Climate Movement. Jeremy Brecher, author of Strike! Commentaries on Solidarity and Survival for the Labor Network for Sustainability will talk about the growing efforts by unions to take climate action and what that should mean for our strategy today. Info at 350ct.org.