Brookline Public Library

Join children’s librarian Leah for stories, songs, movement, and other fun ways of building early literacy skills! Ideal for children ages 0-5 and their grownups. No registration required

Join special performer Matt Heaton for an interactive singalong! This program is for families and kids of all ages, but may be most appealing to kids ages 0-5. This will be a thirty minute concert. Ab...

Practice English at the library and meet other language learners! Join this informal conversation and reading group that meets in the Meeting Room - on the 1st floor of the Brookline Village Library. ...

Join us for Tuesday morning fun! BEEP and the Public Library of Brookline are teaming up to bring little ones and their caregivers weekly playgroups. Every Tuesday we will share a warm hello circle, a...

Join this Italian conversation group for adults in person. This session will be held at the Marriott in Coolidge Corner, 40 Webster St, Brookline, MA 02446

Registration for this program opens Tuesday, December 30 at 6 PM. Are you a fan of novels in verse? Our Salamanders book club is a novel in verse book club for kids grades 3-5. This group meets for 45...

Join us for our monthly ukulele jam session, hosted by the Strummerville Ukuele Club! Grab your uke and join us as we sing and strum the hits! All experience levels welcome, some ukuleles will be prov...

A Social Worker from the Brookline Council on Aging / Senior Center will be here to answer any questions you have about programs and services available at the Senior Center and through the Council on ...

Come sing and dance along with some of your favorite songs and learn some new hits led by children’s librarian Leah! Ideal for children ages 0-5 and their grownups. No registration required

Join us for fun stories, songs, and movement on Wednesday mornings in Hunneman Hall (on the second floor of the Brookline Village Library). This program is aimed at children ages 0-5. Please stop by t...

Come to the Coolidge Corner Library for free screenings every week of recent favorite films! Doors open 1:15 PM. Film starts 1:30 PM

Join us to make do-it-yourself resin bookmarks! Use special materials to create bookmarks with our ideaSPACE equipment, like UV resin and resin lamps! Open to tweens and teens in grades 5-12 only. Thi...

Calling all 5-9 year old LEGO enthusiasts! Come to the Library for free-building fun with LEGO. We supply the LEGO bricks. This is a drop-in program on Wednesday afternoons from 3-4 PM in the Meeting ...

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, ...

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BEEP and the Public Library of Brookline are teaming up on a weekly playgroup for little ones and their caregivers, generously funded by a Coordinated Family and Community Engagement (CFCE) Network gr...

日本語での楽しいおはなしや歌を聞きに是非いらしてください！このプログラムは０〜５才のお子様向けです。 Join us for fun stories and songs in Japanese! This program is aimed at children ages 0-5.

Join us for interactive stories, songs, and movement on Thursday mornings in Hunneman Hall (on the second floor of the Brookline Village Library). Be prepared to sing, dance, and shake your sillies ou...

Calling all 5-9 year old LEGO enthusiasts! Come to the Library for free-building fun with LEGO. We supply the LEGO bricks. This is a drop-in program on Thursday afternoons from 3:30-4:30 PM in the Rab...

Drop in to exercise your creativity using different materials every week! Ideas and instructions will be available as an option to kickstart your crafting inspiration, or go wild with free-crafting. I...

Read and discuss books by queer authors in a variety of genres. This group has a stress-free structure, where the conversation we develop about identity, gender, race, and all intersections that these...

Read and discuss books by queer authors in a variety of genres. This group has a stress-free structure, where the conversation we develop about identity, gender, race, and all intersections that these...

PLEASE NOTE THIS SESSION IS IN PERSON ONLY -- NO ZOOM! Join us at the Putterham Library for Gentle Chair Yoga with the amazing Keith Beasley, every Friday at 10:30-11:30 AM! New attendees are always w...

Kids 5-9 can grab their lab coats and join us to make, play with, and take home some classic slime. No ticket required! This event is generously sponsored by the Brookline Library Foundation.

Brookline Poet Laureate, Allison Adair, will share some examples of love poems, then help teens craft their own! Just in time for Valentine's Day! For folks in grades 8-12.

Brookline Poet Laureate, Allison Adair, will share some examples of love poems, then help teens craft their own! Just in time for Valentine's Day! For folks in grades 8-12.

Check out any item on Valentine's Day at the Putterham Library and get a festive treat from our team! This program is generously sponsored by the Brookline Library Foundation.

This public, Mandarin-language program introduces the basics of community choir singing to Chinese-speaking participants. The session includes an overview of how community choirs work, vocal warm-ups,...

Join us for friendly chess games, mini-lessons, and puzzles. Chess Club will meet every other week. Open to kids ages 8-15, no experience required. Come check it out! This event is generously sponsore...

Come to Hunneman Hall on Valentine's Day to make cards for your loved ones! All ages are welcome to stop by any time between 1 and 3 PM. Supplies will be provided. No registration required. This progr...

Drop in and work on your current crafting project in the company of other crafters! Don’t have a work-in-progress right now, but want to stop in for crafty conversation and inspiration? Crafting suppl...

Join the Coolidge Corner Library in celebrating Lunar New Year and the Year of the Horse with a special performance. Gund Kwok Asian Women's Lion and Dragon Dance Troupe returns to the Public Library ...

Want to get started with Libby or Hoopla for ebooks/audiobooks? Have a basic tech question like how to send an email or call an Uber? Bring your own device to this drop-in tech assistance program at t...

Join us for Open Gameplay with Virtual Reality! One Up Games brings a variety of next-gen consoles and gaming monitors to the Library. Play popular, classic, and retro games - with the freedom to move...

A no-stakes, all supplies provided, fiber arts group for teens in grades 8-12!

Registration for this program opens Tuesday, December 23 at 6 PM. Are you a graphic novel fan? Our Dragonflies book club is a graphic novel book club for kids grades 1-4. This group meets for 45 minut...

Join Deborah Hope, MBA, CIC, an experienced executive career coach who will facilitate this professional forum for networking with peers in a safe and comfortable environment. If you are unemployed an...

Drop in and decorate a CD to either take home or be displayed at the Library!

Puppeteer Nicola Rose and her band of puppets will be visiting the library for a puppet playtime aimed at kids 0-5! The puppets will sing songs, read a story or two, and lead everyone through some mov...

Join us for an interactive, family-friendly magic show with Ed Popielarczyk at the Brookline Village Library! Ed is a professional magician, balloon sculptor, flea circus ringmaster, and storyteller w...

Join us for an interactive, family-friendly magic show with Ed Popielarczyk at the Brookline Village Library! Ed is a professional magician, balloon sculptor, flea circus ringmaster, and storyteller w...

Registration for this program opens Tuesday, December 23 at 6 PM. Our Pollywogs book club is a book club for kids grades 1 and 2. This group meets for 45 minutes twice a month on Wednesdays from 3:30-...

Are you looking for a low-lift reading group? Come and meet other millennial-identified folk in an informal book group that's been meeting since 2013. We read a variety of mostly recent-ish books. Las...

Come play instruments, sing songs, and jam along to music with special performer Sarah Gardner! This program is for ages 0-5 and requires a free ticket, which will be available at the Children's Desk ...

Join us in Hunneman Hall to fold and decorate a red envelope to celebrate Lunar New Year! This is a drop-in event for children ages 5 and up. 欢迎来Hunneman Hall折叠和/或装饰一个红包，与我们一起庆祝农历新年！此活动面向5-9岁的儿童，无需门票....

Brrr, winter is cold in New England! How do animals survive here? Learn about what mammals, birds, insects and reptiles do in the winter with Joy from Joys of Nature and meet some live animals! We're ...

Brrr, winter is cold in New England! How do animals survive here? Learn about what mammals, birds, insects and reptiles do in the winter with Joy from Joys of Nature and meet some live animals! We're ...

クーリッジコーナー図書館の地下プログラムルームで行われる日本語でのおはなしや歌をききに是非いらしてください。このおはなし会は0歳から5歳のお子様とそのご家族様が対象となっております。 Join us at the Coolidge Corner in the downstairs program room for stories and songs in Japanese. This storyt...

Join us for French Storytime for kids ages 0-5. This program will be held at the Brookline Village Library in Hunneman Hall. Joignez-nous pour des histoires et des chansons en français, pour les enfan...

Kids, tweens, and teens can join us at our crochet club once a month on Fridays in the Rabbit Hole! Each time we meet we will review crochet basics and learn something new. No registration required, a...

We are pleased to present a student piano recital at the Brookline Public Library on 2/21. This event is designed to motivate students and enhance their musical education through a formal recital sett...

OUR ADVENTURING PARTY AND WAITLIST ARE CURRENTLY FULL. We apologize for any inconvenience, please check back for future dates soon. Calling all adventurers - Dungeons and Dragons has returned to the P...

Warm up your house with your very own candle. Join us at the Coolidge Corner Library to learn how to make candles with Hand.the.Light. Patrons will be able to decorate, and scent their own candles. Ag...

The Putterham Library is delighted to welcome Xi Ouyang, founder of Kong Mountain Tea, for a calming and immersive tea workshop. Xi brings a deep appreciation for tea as a practice of presence, healin...

Come build your own chain reactions with Playful Engineers! This is a drop-in, hands-on program recommended for ages 5 and up. Stop by Hunneman Hall any time between 2:30 PM and 4:00 PM to test out yo...

At this event, the Lotus Project MA (an organization dedicated to uplifting the voices of female AAPI youth) will celebrate both Lunar New Year and Valentine's Day through crafts, books, and conversat...

Please join us for the Brookline Music School faculty concert series! Fun for the whole family.

This public lecture introduces basic music theory concepts for community members with little or no formal music training. Topics may include rhythm, melody, harmony, and how music is structured. The p...

Scarlett Yang, 13-year-old, who started a project called “Storytelling in Music” - a community project that pairs live harp playing with narrative picture-book reading to foster imagination, connectio...

Join children’s librarian Carrie for stories, songs, movement, and other fun ways of building early literacy skills! Ideal for children ages 0-5 and their grownups. No registration required.

Join us on Monday mornings in Hunneman Hall for a baby lapsit program. Come prepared to sit on the floor with your baby in your lap and sing and play together! The second half of the program will be a...

Join special performer Matt Heaton for an interactive singalong! This program is for families and kids of all ages, but may be most appealing to kids ages 0-5. This will be a thirty minute concert. Ab...

Join us either in person or virtually for a senior book discussion of titles ranging from recent award winners to timeless classics. We meet every third or fourth Monday of the month. New members are ...

Villains in musicals almost always have at least one great song -- a funny song, a sad song, a scary song, or a production number. Sometimes they are the lead; sometimes they are a supporting characte...

Drop in and join us for an opportunity to free-build or complete building challenges with Legos and Duplo! This program is intended for kids ages 5-9, along with siblings and caregivers.

Join us for a discussion of recent titles that expand our worldview and lead to discussion of important topics, themes, and viewpoints. Books are usually under 400 pages and are selected to represent ...

Calling all artists! Join us on Mondays from 3:30 – 4:30 PM in the Rabbit Hole for a weekly craft program. We’ll have different materials each week, and kids will have access to a variety of art suppl...

Join us for twice monthly Girls Who Code club meetings! Our first meeting, on Monday, September 22, will be an information session for anyone interested in our Girls Who Code clubs and their parents o...

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Snapping Turtles is a book club for all tween readers (grades 5-7/ages 10-13) who love to talk about the books they read. Loved it? Hated it? Come talk about it! This group meets for 1 hour once a mon...

Join us for an in-person Storytime in Español, filled with fun stories, songs, and more!! This program is aimed at children ages 0-5. All children must be accompanied by an adult. This program is pres...

Spend an afternoon crafting in the tween room! Crafts rotate throughout the year, so stop by to see what we're doing. No registration required, as supplies last. For tweens in grades 5-7 (ages 10-13) ...

Spend the afternoon creating paper fortune tellers at the Putterham Library. This program is open to tweens and teens in grades 5-12 (ages 10-18) only. No registration required. As supplies last.

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, ...

Calling all adventurers ages 5 to 9! Unleash the power of your voice at the library's Mandarin Program for Kids. We'll discover exciting stories, learn new words, and have fun interacting—all in Manda...

This public lecture introduces basic music theory concepts for community members with little or no formal music training. Topics may include rhythm, melody, harmony, and how music is structured. The p...

Join us for a Spanish storytime filled with stories, songs, and more! This storytime is aimed at children ages 0-5. Acompáñenos para la hora de cuentos—será un evento lleno de cuentos, canciones, y má...

Join us for twice monthly Girls Who Code club meetings! Our first meeting, on Monday, September 22, will be an information session for anyone interested in our Girls Who Code clubs and their parents o...

Open to the public 1 pm – 6 pm To meet the needs of patients, the Red Cross needs to collect about 13,000 blood donations and more than 2,500 platelet donations every day. 84% of donations are collect...

Brookline PAX is pleased to host a legislative update from Senator Cindy Creem and Representative Tommy Vitolo, including amply opportunity for the public to ask questions.

Learn about three Brookline parks and other green spaces with rich but often overlooked histories. Speakers from the Friends of the Old Burying Ground, the Friends of Hall's Pond, and the Friends of L...

Bring your lunch and an appetite for poetry, and join us on Zoom to discuss a selection of poems. Each month we look at half a dozen poems by a well-known poet. We provide copies of the poems – no nee...

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Join us at the Coolidge Corner Library for everything Pokémon! Come to face off against each other in battles, trade cards, or simply learn about the game! We strongly recommend that attendees create ...

Music recital for student's of Alex Stening from the John Payne Music Center.

Introverts Unite! Quietly of course. This group starts with a half hour of unstructured social time and light refreshments followed by an hour of uninterrupted silent reading. Bring your own book, and...

日本語での楽しいおはなしや歌を聞きに是非いらしてください！このプログラムは０〜５才のお子様向けです。このプログラムはブルックラインビレッジ図書館内のハ二メンホール（２階）で開催されます。 Join us for fun stories and songs in Japanese! This program is aimed at children ages 0-5. This program wi...

Love puzzles? Come join us for a friendly puzzle race! Up to 8 teams can register, with a maximum of 4 people per team. Each team will get the same 300-piece puzzle, which will be revealed at the star...

Calling all sports fans! Let’s get together at the Putterham Library to talk what’s current, what’s to come, and maybe even share our favorite moments from sports history. Whether you’re a casual or d...

Join us for an in-person Taiwanese Storytime filled with stories, songs, and more! All children must be accompanied by an adult. Capacity is limited, so tickets for this session can be picked up on a ...

Join The Welcome Blanket crew and knit/crochet/sew for a good cause!

Join us for a delightful Student Piano Duet Recital, where young musicians showcase their teamwork and musicality through engaging duet performances. Piano duets not only challenge students to refine ...