Celebrating Pride Month!

May 17, 2023

This Pride Month, the Library is celebrating LGBTQIA+ history and culture with programs and displays for adults and kids of all ages! Visit any Library location to browse our displays, and check out the programs we’ll be holding throughout the month.


Events

We’re excited to be hosting Pride Month programs for library-goers of all ages this June! Here’s our current lineup:


Pride Month Scavenger Hunts

Kids & Tweens | All Month at the Brookline Village Library

Swing by our Children’s & Tween Rooms at Brookline Village and ask for a scavenger hunt sheet to search for as many different Pride flags or LGBTQIA+ figures as you can find!


Drag Queen Story Hour

Kids ages 3-8 and their families | Monday, June 5 at 10:30 AM at the Coolidge Corner Library

Join a fabulous queen from the Boston chapter of Drag Queen Story Hour for a family storytime! Drag Queen Story Hour is a program for children ages 3–8 that promotes self-love, creativity, and literacy. It will be led by a local Boston drag queen who will sing songs and read picture books.


Pride Button Making

All Ages | Monday, June 5 at 2:30 PM at the Brookline Village Library

The Library is celebrating Pride – with our trusty button maker! We have supplies to make buttons featuring a wide range of Pride flags and pronouns. Stop by the front porch of the Brookline Village Library, and we’ll make a button or two for you.


Queer & Trans History: Looking Back and Moving Forward

Adults & Teens | Wednesday, June 7 at 7 PM at the Brookline Village Library

How can we learn about queer and trans people of the past, and how does their history connect to the present day? Join us for an interactive workshop with educator Matisse DuPont, tracing the lineage of LGBTQIA+ identities over 200 years.


Pride Button Making

All Ages | Wednesday, June 14 at 2:30 PM at the Brookline Village Library

The Library is celebrating Pride – with our trusty button maker! We have supplies to make buttons featuring a wide range of Pride flags and pronouns. Stop by the front porch of the Brookline Village Library, and we’ll make a button or two for you.


Pride Button Making

All Ages | Wednesday, June 21 at 2:30 PM at the Coolidge Corner Library

The Library is celebrating Pride – with our trusty button maker! We have supplies to make buttons featuring a wide range of Pride flags and pronouns. Stop by the Coolidge Corner Library, and we’ll make a button or two for you.


Drag Queen Story Hour

Kids ages 3-8 and their families | Wednesday, June 28 at 3:30 PM at the Putterham Library

Join a fabulous queen from the Boston chapter of Drag Queen Story Hour for a family storytime! Drag Queen Story Hour is a program for children ages 3–8 that promotes self-love, creativity, and literacy. It will be led by a local Boston drag queen who will sing songs and read picture books.