Putterham Branch open normal hours during roof replacement, but check back here for latest.
Main Library Parking and Access Limitations
The Main Library garage is closed for repair, and a waterproofing project will limit (and occasionally, eliminate) driveway access this summer ... more ›
ESPECIALLY FOR ADULTS
Senior Cinema at Coolidge Corner
Thu 8/5 1:30 PM: To Kill a Mockingbird more ›
Mystery Writers of America • New England Chapter
Monthly meetings in Hunneman Hall • Donation requested to cover refreshments
ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS
Summer Reading Program: Go green at your library
Special Programs
Tue 8/3 12:30 PM: Picnic with Pippi, Tuesdays July 13 - August 3 at Main Library, Lawn outside the Children's Room more ›
Tue 8/3 3:30 PM: Bob Kanegis at Coolidge Corner more ›
Thu 8/5 2:30 PM: Deb Costine: Gerwick Puppets at Main Library more ›
Tue 8/10 3:30 PM: Andrew Anselmo at Putterham more ›
Wed 8/18 3:30 PM: Ice Cream Party! at Coolidge Corner or Putterham more ›
Thu 8/19 7:00 PM: Pajama Storytime at Coolidge Corner more ›
Story Times, Sing-Alongs & Book Groups
Fridays 10:30 AM Friday Flicks! for preschoolers ages 2 and up at Main
ESPECIALLY FOR TEENS
Teen Summer Reading Program
Mon 8/9 2:00-5:00 PM: GO GREEN, ANIME STYLE Join us for a special meeting of the Manga and Anime club featuring green titles and a kit-kat taste off! at Main Library in Hunneman Hall
Mon 9/13 3:00-4:30 PM: FINALE Join us for our finale raffle for prizes large and small. Outdoors at Main Library, or in Hunneman Hall
Manga and Anime Club
First Tuesday of each month, at Main Library in Hunneman Hall
The Library Guild (formerly the Teen Advisory Group)
3rd Tues. every other month Oct. 20, 2009 – June 15, 2010, at Main Library in Teen Room
DISCUSSION GROUPS FOR READERS
Teen Literature Book Group at Main Library—the Chaos Walking trilogy
Wed 8/11 7:00 PM: Patrick Ness, Monsters of Men, more ›
Mystery Book Discussion Group starts again in September
Tue 9/21 12:00 PM: Robert B. Parker, Looking for Rachel Wallace, more ›
Main Library Book Group
Mon 9/13 7:00 PM: Valerie Martin, Trespass, more ›
Putterham/Council on Aging Book Group
Mon 8/16 2:00 PM: Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge, more ›
A Taste of Poetry
Thu 8/5 12:00 PM: John Keats, more ›
EXHIBITS & PERFORMANCES
BLMA Concerts start again in the fall
Sun 10/3 2:30 PM: Mana Tokuno, piano more ›
Exhibits
6/21-7/29: Riva Berkovitz: Macro Photography more ›
7/7-8/17: Phoebe Ann Erb: The Scraps & Snibbles Alphabet more ›
7/7-8/17: "Go Green" (Mass. Statewide Summer Reading Program)—opening reception Thu 7/15, 5:30-7:30 PM more ›
8/20-10/1: Attractions: New Art Coming to the Brookline Arts Center—reception Thu 9/30, 5:30-7:30 PM more ›
8/25-10/1: "Express Yourself"—Creative Work by Young Adults more ›
SUMMER HOURS
| Main | Coolidge | Putt. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| M | 10-9 | 10-6 | 1-9 |
| Tu | 10-9 | 10-9 | 10-6 |
| W | 10-9 | 10-6 | 1-9 |
| Th | 10-9 | 10-9 | 10-6 |
| F | 10-5 | 9:30-5 | 10-5 |
| Sa | Closed | 9:30-5 | Closed |
| Su | Closed | Closed | Closed |
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WHAT'S NEW AT THE LIBRARY
- Summer Reading Programs
- For kids and teens—sign up online or update your log.
- Online Services including magazine and newspaper indexes, with much full-text
- HeritageQuest & Proquest Obituaries: Genealogy research tools
Naxos Music Library • Naxos Jazz
Mango Languages: Online ESL and foreign language tutorials • Mango In-Library Link
- Mango IPhone app available in August 2010!
- Looking for a Good Book?
- Our online reader's advisory service is a way for you to request a customized reading list from the library staff, taking into account your reading habits, likes and dislikes, and story must-haves. Check out past recommendations here!
- ESL Conversation Groups
- Tue 7 PM at Main; Thu 10:30 AM at Coolidge and Putterham. Sponsored by the Friends of the Brookline Public Library.
- Brookline Public Library Authors' Collaborative
- Ongoing • Brookline Writes! on BATV
- Useful/Related Links
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Friends of the Brookline Public Library & Booksale
Town of Brookline web site
Brookline School Library with Summer Reading Lists
Minuteman Library Network
Brookline Sister City Project
Mystery Writers of America, New England Chapter
Brookline Networking Group (for jobhunters)
The Today Show: Libraries lend a hand in tough times
At the Brookline libraries in the Brookline TAB
Poetry Workshop at Framingham Public Library
Minuteman Libraries Helping Job Seekers
Massachusetts One-Stop Career Centers