Boston libraries events

Charting An Empire: The Atlantic Neptune

Thursday, May 23 9:00a

Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, Boston

After the French and Indian War (1754-1763), Britain wanted accurate charts of its empire in Atlantic Canada and along the Eastern Seaboard from new England to the West Indies...

Reading Kickstarter

Saturday, Jun 15 10:00a

Boston Public Library - West End, Boston

Learn how to help your child in reading and writing. Bring them to a free reading screening with a certified teacher. Free consultation and a literacy road-map provided for all children who sign up.

Bicycle Workshop with Ashmont Cycles

Tuesday, May 28 7:00p

Grove Hall Library, Boston

May is Bike Month...

''Is There Value in Your Old and Rare Books?"

Wednesday, Jun 5 7:00p

Brookline Public Library, Brookline

Kenneth Gloss, owner of the Brattle Book Shop in Boston will talk about the joys of book-collecting and what makes an old book valuable as a guest of the Friends of the Brookline Library...

Eastern Red-backed Salamanders: Wolves of the Forest Floor

Tuesday, Jun 11 7:00p

Newton Free Library, Newton

Join Newton’s resident ecologist Brooks Mathewson for a talk that will focus on the biology of red-backed salamanders, provide an overview of his research, and present his photography of the great ...

Whitey The Life of America's Most Notrorious Mob Boss

Monday, Aug 26 6:30p

Boston Public Library - East Boston Branch, Boston

Dick Lehr, co author of Whitey, will talk about the recently published book...

Free Teen Creative Writing Program

Sunday, Jun 9 1:00p

Somerville Public Library, Main Branch, Somerville

Designed for any teen aged 13-17. The program will be once a month on Sundays, beginning March 24, from 1pm to 4pm. Continuing, April 14, May 19, and June 9...

Folk Music Concert

Sunday, Jun 16 2:00p

Newton Free Library, Newton

Join folksinger Gail Finnie Rundlett, guitar and Appalachian dulcimer, Kenny Selcer, guitar/vocals and Julian Rundlett, piano, acoustic guitar and vocal harmonies for a lively afternoon concert of ...

Book Sale and Puzzle Swap

Saturday, Jun 1 1:00p

Grove Hall Library, Boston

Join the Friends of the Grove Hall Branch Library for a book sale and puzzle swap to benefit the Grove Hall Branch Library...

The Mobile Genealogist: Imaging on the Go

Saturday, Aug 17 10:30a

New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston

The Mobile Genealogist is a two-part lecture series introducing technology and equipment for organizing and conducting genealogy research while on the go...

Gardening Afternoons

Friday, Jun 7 3:00p

Grove Hall Library, Boston

Come see othe raised bed garden. Plant vegetables, water and tend the garden, and harvest and eat the food we’ve grown...

Fierce Reads Author Tour

Saturday, Jun 15 2:00p

Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge

A crack team of YA authors is coming to Cambridge Public Library's Teen Room...

Piano Trio Program

Saturday, Jun 15 12:00p

The Boston Athenaeum, Boston

Aaron Jackson, piano, Chase Spruill, violin, and Adrienne Taylor, cello, perform a Piano Trio Program including Dvorak's "Dumky" Trio and Jackson's "Piano Trio...

Reading Kickstarter

Saturday, Jun 1 10:00a

Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge

Don't know how to help your child in reading? A 1:1 screening session with a teacher can tell you a lot! Join us for our summer reading kickstarter - meet with a certified teacher who will do a fre...

Jazz Concert

Sunday, Jun 2 2:00p

Newton Free Library, Newton

Join Joe Reid, piano, Peter Tillotson, bass and Sergei Ioannisyan, drums, for a tour of music from the jazz repertoire as seen through the lens of the seasons.

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