Go Fish (Rose Troche, 1994, DCP, 83 mins)

Guinevere Turner in person! 30th anniversary screening! This low-budget black-and-white indie rom-com was a hit at Sundance and a landmark in ‘90s queer cinema. College student Max (Guinevere Turner) looks for her dream girl in Chicago, with matchmaking help from a quirky coterie of friends. “Witty and, in the end, subtly heartwarming, a lurching-toward-love story for anyone” (Frank Bruni). DCP from Academy Film Archive. Presented in celebration of LGBT History Month.

Center Church on the Green and Beinecke Library welcome all to a special screening of the documentary film “What Could Have Been” about the proposal for America’s first HBCU in New Haven in 1831

The screening will be followed by a conversation and q&a session with film director Tubyez Cropper and narrator Charles Warner, Jr. They are both lifelong New Haveners and graduates of New Haven Public Schools. Cropper is a Community Engagement Program Manager at Beinecke and Warner is Chair of the Connecticut Freedom Trail.

The Beinecke Library and the New Haven Museum join forces again to celebrate Dictionary Day, with displays at the museum, 114 Whitney Avenue on Saturday, October 19, 12 noon-5pm, and the library, 121 Wall Street, Sunday, October 20, 1pm-4pm. This year, we are also joined by colleagues from the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society, who will be at the Beinecke Library to share items and insights from their Webster collections.

Business owner, abolitionist, service worker, father, community leader: John William Creed embodies the many strands of New Haven Black history in the 19th century.

His photograph, taken in 1863, was recently found in the Beinecke, included in the back of a photo album of the secret society, Skull and Bones, where Creed worked. The pencil inscription reads “Old Creed, janitor.” Since finding the image of Creed, several other photographs of Black custodians have been located in the Yale collections.

2024 Puerto Rican Festival PRESENTED BY PUERTO RICANS UNITED & CT LEAD–FEATURING –EN VIVO– MANNY MANUEL, LUIS FIGUEROA, Orquesta Afinke, Movimiento Cultural, Choco Band, DJ Red El Colorao, DJ Carlos “Lokito”.

“In addition to our private sponsors, funding for this event has been provided by the Connecticut State Legislature and is administered by the Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of the Arts.”