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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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July 29, 2024 3:00 PM @ Brookline Village - Hunneman Hall |
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Boost your child’s STEAM interest with Buildwave® — a building event that feels like a gameshow! During the event, participants build with waves of diverse materials like Lego®, Plus-Plus®, and more. Each building wave is enhanced by a dynamic audiovisual experience unlike any other. As participants complete wave after wave of building, they gain creative confidence, enhance teamwork, and experience design fundamentals in a unique and memorable context. Learn more at www.buildwave.com
We’ll have two sessions of this program (both identical). The first session runs 3-4 PM and the second session runs 4-5 PM. Both sessions will be held in Hunneman Hall and require a free ticket to attend. This program is for kids ages 5 and up.
Tickets will be available 30 minutes before the start time of each session at the Children’s Desk of the Brookline Village Library.
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July 29, 2024 4:00 PM @ Brookline Village - Hunneman Hall |
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Boost your child’s STEAM interest with Buildwave® — a building event that feels like a gameshow! During the event, participants build with waves of diverse materials like Lego®, Plus-Plus®, and more. Each building wave is enhanced by a dynamic audiovisual experience unlike any other. As participants complete wave after wave of building, they gain creative confidence, enhance teamwork, and experience design fundamentals in a unique and memorable context. Learn more at www.buildwave.com
We’ll have two sessions of this program (both identical). The first session runs 3-4 PM and the second session runs 4-5 PM. Both sessions will be held in Hunneman Hall and require a free ticket to attend. This program is for kids ages 5 and up.
Tickets will be available 30 minutes before the start time of each session at the Children’s Desk of the Brookline Village Library.
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July 30, 2024 7:00 PM @ Brookline Village - Hunneman Hall |
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As part of Summer Reading , the library offers this all-ages program!
What do Yebba, JRR Tolkein, and Jazz have in common? Come find out as the Greg Loughman trio leads you on a jazz-infused exploration of epic fantasy novels. With this concert, we will highlight a diverse group of epic fantasy fiction writers and describe the works they have written while performing music related to their stories. If you enjoy jazz, you’ll love how Greg Loughman’s trio uses epic fantasy authors and works as inspiration for their jazz compositions and performance. If you’re a fan of epic fantasy, you can celebrate your favorite authors and books and discover new works while being entertained by world-class jazz. Authors celebrated will be Tolkien (LOtR), Tomi Adeyemi (Legends of the Orisha), Liani Taylor (Daughter of Smoke & Bone), Robin Hobb (Farseer Trilogy), George RR Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire), and others.
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July 31, 2024 1:00 PM @ Off site |
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On Wednesday, July 31 at 1 PM at Brookline Senior Center, join us for this very special and important event. Race and Song was born in 2020 out of a deep bond and nearly 30-year friendship between veteran musicians and storytelling troubadours Reggie Harris and Alastair Moock. Together in musical conversation, the two explore complex issues of race, class, gender, and history, framing their lived experiences through music for a program that’s as entertaining as it is educational. One of Alastair and Reggie’s greatest strengths as a duo is their ability to meet audiences where they are, adapting their conversation and musical repertoire for a wide range of ages and experiences.
For adults who want to deepen their understanding of antiracism and get more comfortable talking about difficult subjects, Race and Song is an invitation to listen, learn, and engage. Reggie and Alastair have performed together at theaters, arts centers, houses of worship, libraries, senior centers, and universities nationwide, modeling what productive interracial conversations about race can look like while swapping tunes and inviting audience participation in a welcoming and non-judgmental atmosphere.
This program is generously co-sponsored by The Brookline Senior Center, The Brookline Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Community Relations, Hebrew SeniorLife | Center Communities of Brookline, Goddard House Assisted Living & Memory Support, The Public Library of Brookline, The Brookline Department of Public Health and Human Services, and BrooklineCAN.
Please register at 617-730-2770!
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August 3, 2024 1:00 PM @ Brookline Village - Tween Room |
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Ever wanted to learn how to fix or repair broken and damaged items you own, like torn clothing or broken electronics, bicycles, computers, toys, or the like? You can learn how at the Fixit Clinic. We’ll pair you with a volunteer coach who can walk you through diagnosing the problem, disassembling the item as needed, and hopefully fixing whatever the issue is. This event is open to all and registration is suggested, but not required.
If you would like to register for the clinic here: https://bit.ly/itemcheckin
If you’d register as a volunteer coach, you can do that here: http://bit.ly/inpersoncoachsignup
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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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