|
|
Monday, February 3rd 2020
|
|
Hello reader!
Read on for what's happening at the library this week.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lunar New Year Celebration 慶祝農曆新年
|
|
|
|
SUNDAY, February 9 at 2 PM
|
Come ring in the Year of the Rat with us! We will be celebrating on Sunday, February 9 at 2 PM with a Lion Dance demonstration by Gund Kwok, the only Asian women’s Lion & Dragon dance troupe in the United States; a Chinese calligraphy demonstration; and a children’s activity. All ages welcome. Generously sponsored by the Friends of the Brookline Public Library, Trader Joe’s, and Roche Bros.
|
|
農曆新年慶祝活動将于2月9日，星期日，下午2点开始
|
|
將有賀年揮春示範，兒童手工 並有美國唯一全女班醒獅團–巾幗，表演金龍舞獅迎新春。
|
|
鳴謝贊助:布魯克拉圖書館友協，Trader Joe’s, Roche Bros.
|
|
|
|
Children’s Room Construction
|
|
|
|
MONDAY, February 10 - WEDNESDAY, February 12
|
The Brookline Village Children’s Room will be closed for carpet replacement from Monday, February 10, 2020 through Wednesday, February 12, 2020. Youth Services staff and a small selection of Children’s materials will be located on the second floor in Hunneman Hall during the closure. The rest of the Library will remain open during the room closure.
|
|
No afternoon Children’s programs will be held on February 10, 11, or 12. Terrific Twos (And Threes!) on Tuesday, February 11th at 10:30 AM will be held on the ground floor in the Commons. Mother Goose On the Loose on Wednesday, February 12 at 10:30 AM will be held on the ground floor in the Commons. Neither storytime will require a ticket. Please contact the Children’s Room at 617-730-2340 for any questions.
|
|
|
|
Author Talk: Alex Myers
|
|
|
|
SATURDAY, February 8 at 2 PM
|
|
What is gender? Why does it matter? Author Alex Myers will talk about the basics of gender identity using his novel Continental Divide and his own life experiences as a guide for understanding. The talk will consider historical and cultural contexts for understanding gender and look at Continental Divide, which tells the story of a teenage trans boy in 1992 who heads from Boston out west in search of the masculine ideal.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UPCOMING EVENTS
|
|
|
Get Certified: Button Makers!
|
|
|
|
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7 at 2:30 PM
|
|
Did you know we have a button maker? Would you like to get certified to use it?
|
|
Drop by the Coolidge Corner Library any time between 2:30 PM and 3:30 PM for a pop-up button certification workshop. Once you’ve been certified, you’ll be able to borrow the button maker for in-library use whenever you’d like!
|
|
|
|
AARP Tax Assistance Program
|
|
|
|
AARP Volunteer Tax Assistance will be available at the Brookline Village Library on the following days: February 13, February 20, February 21, March 5, March 6, and March 13.
|
|
There is no income guideline to qualify for assistance. However AARP’s target group for the tax aid program is low and moderate individuals or families. Appointments must be made in-person at the Brookline Village Reference Desk. For more information please visit or call the Reference Desk at the Brookline Village location.
|
|
|
|
Teen Cookie Trivia and Taste Test
|
|
|
|
MONDAY, February 10 at 2:30 PM
|
|
Calling all teens! Drop by the Coolidge Corner Library to judge the most delicious cookie and play cookie trivia. The trivia winner will take home a prize of mystery cookies.
|
|
|
|
|
UPCOMING SCREENINGS
|
|
|
MIDDAY MOVIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
MOVIE MATINEE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
