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BOOK PLATESA Benefit for The Institute Library

Monday, July 21, 20146:00pm – 9:30pm

Join us for an evening of food, fellowship, and fundraising in support of the Institute Library, New Haven, Connecticut’s oldest independent circulating library and one of the last remaining membership libraries in North America.

This special evening includes dinner at the Historic 9th Square restaurant of your choice in the company of a New Haven area author. Dessert, coffee and tea, cocktails, and unique programming will follow at the Institute Library, including a performance by the energetic and improvisational Dr. Caterwaul’s Cadre of Clairvoyant Claptraps. They make the old seem new again, and the new seem like it’s always been around.

Attendees also receive a special commemorative Book Plate created by a New Haven area artist.

6:30 pm: Registration and dinner at selected restaurant 8:00 pm: The Institute Library for the evening’s event

Visit infonewhaven.com/parking-map for details regarding available on- and off-street parking.

Seats are limited at each restaurant, so please reply

early to secure your first choice. Every attempt will be made to accommodate preferences.

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ABOUT THE INSTITUTE LIBRARY

he Institute Library was a center of liter-ary culture, adult education, and civil

discourse in New Haven for much of the 19th century, serving for many years as the largest circulating library in the city and as the site of popular lecture series that attracted such notable speakers as Henry Ward Beecher, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Dickens, and Frederick Douglass. The Library has occupied its present home at 847 Chapel Street since 1878, and is one of the last remaining libraries of its kind in North America.

Today, the Library is in the midst of a remark-able renaissance. The staff, board of directors, and dedicated volunteers have created read-ers’ and writer’s groups, special lecture series, youth poetry programming, panel discussions and presentations, and a gallery showcasing the work of local artists. The Institute Library proudly opens its doors to all visitors with regular community programming and events. The Institute Library is “living history”; your support will keep it a place for civil discourse and lifelong learning for generations to come.

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