Ezekiel’s Wheels Klezmer Concert

Join our friends from Ezekiel’s Wheels Klezmer Band for an evening of klezmer music and Yiddish song! Dancing and singing along are both welcome.

Pups @ Putterham: Read to A Dog!

Reading is more fun when you’re reading to a dog! Our specially trained therapy dogs are accompanied by their human handlers, and will sit quietly while you read aloud to them. Bring a favorite book, and relax while you read to a friendly, furry, four-legged friend! For kids grades K-4.

Book your 15 minute session here.

Enso is a sweet young Goldendoodle who grew up in a house lined with books. He loves people of all ages, balls, treats and belly rubs. He is happiest when out on walks in the neighborhood, will give a high-five if asked nicely, and is the favored subject of a local photographer.

First Light Celebration- Rolled Beeswax Candles

The Library is delighted to participate in this year’s First Light Celebration. While enjoying the festivities stop by the Coolidge Corner Library to make and decorate a rolled beeswax candle! This activity is recommended for adults and kids ages 5+.

First Light is organized by the Brookline Chamber of Commerce.

Sensory Friendly Magic Show with Todd the Magician

Join us in the Coolidge Corner Library Meeting Room on Saturday, December 2 at 2 PM for a special sensory friendly magic show! You’ll see magic tricks, juggling, comedy, and a lot of audience participation! Throw out any preconceived ideas you have a typical magician because Todd puts on a different kind of show. This performance is for kids of all ages and their families.

Todd Migliacci is a nationally touring family comedy magician with over a decade of experience up his sleeve. Todd is the only magician to have performed in Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World and back home, he is ‘New England’s Favorite Magician!’ It’s a fun, unforgettable, magical experience that you and your kids won’t soon forget. Best of all this is a sensory-friendly performance so everyone can enjoy it together. For more, check out Todd online @iHeartTodd

Concert: Songs in Cello & Piano Music

The Library is pleased to present a concert of classical cello and piano music, featuring music written by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, de Falla, and Rachmaninoff. The featured musical works are inspired by vocal genres including German opera and Spanish folksongs, and transcribed from songs without words. In classical music, the term “songs” refers to musical works written to be sung by vocalists. Cello, known as the closest instrument to the human voice, will be sung by Ji Young Lee and piano by Victor Cayres.

This concert will include comments on the music and a Q&A session. Adults and children of all ages are welcome, no registration required. Doors will open at 3 PM.

About the musicians

Cellist Ji Young Lee is known for her evocative interpretation and emotional depth in sound. Her solo performances include Korea’s Seoul Symphony Orchestra, New York’s Hudson Valley Philharmonic, New Jersey’s Bergen Philharmonic, New York Classical Players, The Juilliard Orchestra, and Seoul National University Orchestra. She holds Bachelor’s degree from Curtis Institute of Music, Master’s degree and Artist Diploma from The Juilliard School. Her teachers include Peter Wiley, Timothy Eddy, and Joel Krosnick. Currently Ji Young is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts at the New England Conservatory with Laurence Lesser. She plays a cello by Raphael Antonio Gagliano from 1853. She now lives in Back Bay, Boston and likes to walk by the Charles River during sunset. Learn more about Ji Young Lee’s work on her website.

Pianist Victor Cayres has earned praise for concerts with the Sine Nomine string quartet and as soloist with Boston Pops, Orchestre des Jeunes de Fribourg in Switzerland, and Brno Philharmonic in the Czech Republic. He has been a guest artist at Banff Center for the Arts in Canada, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Claflin University, Western Washington University, Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Conservatory and State University for Arts and Culture. He has recorded for Albany, Centaur, Navona, and Parma Records, and frequently performs in Brazil, Europe, South Korea, and in the United States, including Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, Chicago’s Preston Bradley Hall, Boston’s Symphony Hall and Jordan Hall. His concerts have been broadcast live at Brazil’s TV Cultura channel, Boston’s WGBH 99.5 All Classical, and Chicago’s WFMT Fine Arts Radio. Mr. Cayres currently serves as Visiting Lecturer at Boston University, Co-Director for Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Piano Program, Faculty at New England Conservatory Preparatory School and Rivers School Conservatory. In his free time he enjoys cooking and playing soccer. Learn more about Victor Cayres’s work on his website.