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Hello reader!
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Happening this Week
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Kick off Pride with a fantastic printmaking experience with Alex Makes Art! All experience levels are welcome and necessary equipment is provided. This is a drop-in event but registration is strongly encouraged and opens at 6:30 PM on Wednesday, May 20. This event is for adults.
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This event is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Brookline Public Library.
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Join Dr. Jenny Chu of Boston PEERS® for a free community event introducing practical, evidence-based strategies that help teens and young adults build friendships and social confidence. Families, teens, young adults, educators, and community members are all welcome.
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Join Brookline Girl Scout Troop 84329 to paint Kindness Rocks with pictures or messages of encouragement, positivity, and community. You may leave your rock to be added to a public community installation of Kindness Rocks!
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This is a drop-in program, and open to patrons of all ages.
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Join the Friends of the Brookline Library and the Brookline Historical Society as they host author and award-winning
journalist Ted Reinstein and his talk, “Greetings from Breed’s Hill: Fact & Folklore on America’s
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250th”. Refreshments will be served at 6:15, a short business meeting will begin at 6:30, and the author talk will begin at 7:00.
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Come join the fun as we sing, jump, shake, laugh and go fast and slow with Music at The Blissful! For kids ages 0-7 and their families. Free tickets are required and will be available at the Children’s Desk at 10:30 AM.
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This event is generously sponsored by the Brookline Library Foundation.
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This free monthly Cafe is for people with memory challenges and their care partners. Come to socialize, partake in refreshments and engage with others in a relaxing and supportive environment. Please register at 617-730-2770.
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This program is brought to you by our colleagues from the Town of Brookline's Council on Aging.
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Join actors Stephen Collins and Poornima Kirby from New Muse Productions as they take on this three-thousand-year-old epic about the adventures of a wily and complicated traveler.
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This event is generously sponsored by the Brookline Library Foundation.
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Learn the basics of Linocut making, create your own design, and use it to create a set of cards! Attendance for this program is limited -- get a ticket at 5:30 p.m. at the Hi! Desk.
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This program is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Brookline Public Library.
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Drop in learn about zine history, how to make a zine, and create a zine or two of your own in preparation for our Queer Zine Fest!
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This event is generously sponsored by the Brookline Library Foundation.
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Come celebrate Pride at our first Brookline Queer Zine Fest! Purchase zines and art from local artists, get free zines courtesy of Brookline Booksmith, and meet fellow zine lovers!
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All age groups are welcome.
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This event is generously sponsored by the Brookline Library Foundation.
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Summer Reading is Almost Here!
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This year's theme is Plant a Seed, Read! and the program will run from June 11 - August 14. Explore the wonderful world of reading this summer with exciting programs and fun prizes! Summer Reading is open to community members of all ages, from kids through adults. Get all of the details on our website at brklib.com/summer and join us at our kickoff events!
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Celebrate the start of this year's Plant a Seed, Read summer reading program with a sweet treat. Sign up for summer reading, pick your favorite from a variety of ice cream options, and relax outside the Putterham Library.
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This event is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Brookline Public Library.
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Celebrate the start of this year's Plant a Seed, Read summer reading program with local crafting maven Alex Makes Art. Sign up for summer reading, spin the prize wheel, and make decoupage plant pots to take home! All ages are welcome.
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This program is generously sponsored by the Trustees of the Brookline Library.
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Join us for a Summer Reading Kickoff event at Emerson Garden, with lawn games, music, bubbles, giveaways, summer reading sign-ups, and more!
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This event is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Brookline Public Library and the Trustees of the Brookline Library.
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Want More Library Programs?
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including storytimes, social groups, and book clubs for kids and adults!
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Library Notes
- On Monday, June 1, repair work will begin on the brick walkway in front of the Brookline Village Library. The work is expected to be completed by the end of the week.
- All Library locations will be closed on Friday, June 19 in observance of Juneteenth. On Saturday, June 20, the Coolidge Corner and Putterham Libraries will be closed, but Brookline Village will be open on its regular schedule.
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