Events for 05/12/2025

2:00pm

Big Read 2025

Fair Haven Book Club: Fahrenheit 451

New Haven Free Public Library

Join the club for a discussion of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Bradbury’s dystopian novel presents a future American society where books are outlawed, and “firemen” burn any that are found. Copies of the book are available.

5:00pm

Film 2025

Sister City Film - Vietnam: Don't Burn (Đừng đốt) (2009)

In the spring of 2005, an elderly mother in Hanoi receives a diary—one that belonged to her daughter, Dang Thuy Tram, a young doctor who served at a liberation front hospital during the Vietnam War. From 1968 until her tragic death, she documented her experiences, hopes, and sacrifices in the pages of her journal. Decades later, her words resurface, sparking a national sensation in Vietnam and offering a deeply personal glimpse into the resilience and humanity of those affected by war.