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Tuesday, February 13th 2018
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Good morning reader!
Read on for what's happening at the library this week.
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ATTENTION GAMERS
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We know everyone enjoys the chance to check out video games from our locations. Good news! Video games can now be requested for pick up at their owning location.
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GOT PAJAMAS?
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The Coolidge Corner Library is participating in the Boston Bruins and Cradles to Crayons annual PJ drive. Please bring your donation of new pajamas to Coolidge Corner!
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Brookline Eats! continues to bring you tasty treats and engaging speakers. Please click the button below for details on over twenty-five programs over the next four months that celebrate community, cuisine, and the culinary traditions of Brookline.
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Union Square Donuts
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Learn about making donuts and hear the story of Union Square Donuts. Donuts will be served!
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Feeding Each Other: a Discussion of Recipes, People and Places
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Join your neighbors for a discussion of how to commemorate and celebrate community foodways in dinner parties and cookbooks. Petra Beunderman, host of a long-running community dinner party, will talk with Megan J. Elias from Boston University’s Gastronomy Program about the history of community cookbooks and communal dining.
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Black History Month Film Series
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In honor of Black History Month, the Public Library of Brookline is screening select titles all month long.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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December 12, 2023 3:30 PM @ Putterham - Meeting Room |
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Join local graphic novelist Jonathan Todd in this comics-making workshop! This workshop is about Making Autobiographical Comics. You’ll learn how to express important memories and moments from your life, in comic form!
For kids ages 8 and up. Limited to 20 participants. No registration required.
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December 12, 2023 6:30 PM @ Brookline Village - Tween Room |
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Join us for a cheerful evening of crafting and queer community building at the Brookline Village Library. Alex Makes Art will be leading a night of DIY! You’ll learn how to make your own gift wrap by carving potatoes and stamp, stamp, stamping. There will also be a buffet of bits and bobs to create unique decorations. Share in the spirit of the season in a collaborative, community environment.
This event is drop-in and open to all adults, no registration required.
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December 13, 2023 7:00 PM @ Putterham - Meeting Room |
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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.
Upcoming events:
December 6: Goose, with handler Lisa Griffin (SOLD OUT)
December 13: Buddy, with handler Deb Harrow (spots available)
December 20: TBA
December 27: no session
Stay tuned for 2024 dates!
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December 30, 2023 2:00 PM @ Putterham - Meeting Room |
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Join us at the Putterham Library for a special cake tasting event as part of our Saturday Snacks series – featuring the delicious pastries of Athan’s Bakery in Brookline’s Washington Square! Between 2 and 3 PM as supplies last, drop in to the Meeting Room and you’ll be given six different cake samples to taste. Can you guess which one is which?
Those who get it right will be entered into a raffle and the winner gets a $20 gift card to Athan’s!
For more information on their services and goodies, please visit the Athan’s Bakery website.
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STAFF PICKS
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Love is Love
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Our staff invites you to celebrate all the love we cherish: romance, friendship, family.
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MEET THE STAFF
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Library Assistant at Putterham Stephen Toropov
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First literary crush (author or character): Han Solo (who had some great and not-so-great appearances in the old Star Wars Extended Universe Books).
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Last song you listened to: We Do It Different on the West Coast by the Mountain Goats.
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Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff.
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Name a word that starts with the letter Q: Quotidian.
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Movie or TV show you always watch when it comes on screen, no matter what: Mythbusters.
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If you could travel back in time, what period would you go to? The Founding of the Library of Alexandria.
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Cake or pie? Pie, no question.
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Big dogs or small dogs? Big dogs. My grandparents had a series of Bernese Mountain Dogs when I was growing up, and my heart got set on large dogs ever since.
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Hardcover or paperback? Hardcover.
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Fictional world or game you'd most like to visit? The Culture, from the sci-fi series by Iain M. Banks. Quite literally a technological utopia.
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What book would you most like to see turned into a top-notch film or miniseries? A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers would make a really fascinating sci fi character study.
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Favorite fictional librarian? The ominous and eldritch librarians from Welcome to Nightvale.
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Favorite fictional detective? If we're limited to literary detectives, Hercule Poirot, no contest. If I can include TV, Shawn Spencer from the TV show Psych.
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CHILDREN'S WINTER PROGRAMS
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Terrific Twos (And Threes!)
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Tuesdays at 10:30 AM
Age: 2 years old
Mother Goose on the Loose
Wednesdays at 10:30 AM
Age: 13 to 23 month-olds (get ticket at desk)
Stories and Crafts (Drop In)
Wednesdays at 3:30 PM
Age: 3-5 years old
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Stories and Crafts (Drop In)
Thursdays at 10:30 AM
Age: 2-3 years old (get ticket at desk)
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Thursdays at 3 PM
Age: 5 and up
Friday Flicks (Drop In)
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Fridays at 10:30 am
Age: 2 years and older. Parents and caregivers are also welcome.
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Saturdays at 2:30 PM
Age: 6-8 years old
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Come Play With Us
Mondays at 10:15 AM
Age: Infants-12 month-olds
Mother Goose
Tuesdays at 10:15 AM
Age: 1-2 years-old
Sing Along, Dance and Play
Wednesdays at 10:15 AM
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Sing Along, Dance and Play
Saturdays at 10:30 AM
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Tuesdays at 10:30 AM
Age: 2-3 year-olds
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Tuesdays at 3:30 PM
Age: 3-6 year-olds
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Sing and Dance with Martha Leader
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UPCOMING BOOK SELECTIONS
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All of our book clubs are drop in. If you'd like to join us, you may pick up the next title at the Circulation Desk of the hosting library and attend the next meeting ready to discuss.
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The Firebrand and the First Lady
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Evicted by Matthew Desmond
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