Playspace

Join us for a half hour of interactive play and social development for 0-5 year olds. No ticket required.

Coolidge Corner - Meeting Room

Teen & Tween Crafternoon

Spend an afternoon crafting at Coolidge! More details coming soon. For tweens and teens in grades 5-12. No registration required. As supplies last.

Coolidge Corner - Meeting Room

Pokémon League

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 ......More

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 a Pokémon trainer account here. The more registered Pokémon trainers who sign up for our League, the more free swag we can receive from the Play! Pokémon program. For adults, tweens, and children ages 6 and up. Patrons aged 6 – 8 must be accompanied by an appropriate caretaker. Registration is required. If event exceeds room capacity, registered attendees will take priority. Register online here.

Coolidge Corner - Meeting Room

Graphic Novel Group

Come join us and read the latest and greatest in graphic novels. From familiar chestnuts to new future classics, from big name writers and artists to up-and-comers, from manga to superheroes to artsy indie comix and everything in between, if it's got sequential art in......More

Come join us and read the latest and greatest in graphic novels. From familiar chestnuts to new future classics, from big name writers and artists to up-and-comers, from manga to superheroes to artsy indie comix and everything in between, if it's got sequential art in it, we'll read it! All are welcome and all graphic novels are welcome too. You can find a list of our upcoming graphic novels on this page. Copies of the upcoming meeting's selection will be held behind the circulation desk at the Brookline Village Library.

Brookline Village - Conference Room

Gentle Chair Yoga with Keith Beasley

Please join us in person, drop in, Gentle Yoga class with Keith Beasley Friday mornings from 10:30-11:30 AM. The class is designed for those seeking improved strength, flexibility, and balance with gentle movements and gently performed yoga postures. The class will b......More

Please join us in person, drop in, Gentle Yoga class with Keith Beasley Friday mornings from 10:30-11:30 AM. The class is designed for those seeking improved strength, flexibility, and balance with gentle movements and gently performed yoga postures. The class will be done seated in a chair with some optional standing. This program will also be simultaneously streamed virtually through Zoom. If attending virtually, please register for the program using this registration link.

Putterham - Meeting Room

Virtual Gentle Chair Yoga with Keith Beasley

Please join in a Gentle Yoga class on Zoom with Keith Beasley Friday mornings from 10:30-11:30 AM. The class is designed for those seeking improved strength, flexibility, and balance with gentle movements and gently performed yoga postures. The class will be done sea......More

Please join in a Gentle Yoga class on Zoom with Keith Beasley Friday mornings from 10:30-11:30 AM. The class is designed for those seeking improved strength, flexibility, and balance with gentle movements and gently performed yoga postures. The class will be done seated in a chair with some optional standing. Sign up to register for Gentle Yoga here! When you sign up, you will be sent the Zoom link, Meeting ID, and password. After you join and enter the password, you’ll be placed in a waiting room and accepted into the meeting at 10:30 AM.

Virtual - Zoom

English Club

Join us at the Library to practice English! English Club is an informal conversation group where you can practice speaking and get to know each other. This program meets on the ground floor of the Brookline Village Library and is open to adult language learners of al......More

Join us at the Library to practice English! English Club is an informal conversation group where you can practice speaking and get to know each other. This program meets on the ground floor of the Brookline Village Library and is open to adult language learners of all levels. Every week we propose a topic that participants discuss in small groups. English Club is drop-in, so you can attend whenever you like. No registration is required. New members are always welcome! Children are welcome to join their parents during English Club, but please stay near your children at all times. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].

Brookline Village - Tween Room

Citizenship Class

Need help preparing for the U.S. Citizenship Test?  Join this Citizenship Class and learn the answers to the 100 civics questions, and how to prepare for the reading and writing test.  All materials included.  Students need to have a basic level of English, and have a......More

Need help preparing for the U.S. Citizenship Test?  Join this Citizenship Class and learn the answers to the 100 civics questions, and how to prepare for the reading and writing test.  All materials included.  Students need to have a basic level of English, and have a legal Permanent Resident Card for at least 5 years, or, if married to a U.S. citizen, for at least 3 years. Registration is limited.  Please register for the Coolidge Corner Library session online at St. Mark Website. Classes are in partnership with St Mark's Community Education Program.  Referrals are available for students who need technical and/or legal help with their N-400 application. For more information, please contact: St. Mark Community Education Program at 617-288-8515 or email: [email protected]

Coolidge Corner - Meeting Room

Chinese Calligraphy Workshop with Kang Zhou

Discover the beauty of Chinese characters through Chinese calligraphy! In this introductory workshop, Kang Zhou will explore how to appreciate the artistic complexity of strokes and structures in Chinese characters from a calligraphic perspective. Additionally, he wi......More

Discover the beauty of Chinese characters through Chinese calligraphy! In this introductory workshop, Kang Zhou will explore how to appreciate the artistic complexity of strokes and structures in Chinese characters from a calligraphic perspective. Additionally, he will introduce the basic techniques of brush writing, the aesthetic principles of calligraphy, and how calligraphy is applied in the daily lives of Chinese people. The workshop is for adults and older teens interested in Chinese calligraphy -- all levels welcome! Attendance is limited to 15 participants. Kang Zhou is a Lecturer in Chinese at MIT. He teaches various levels of Mandarin courses along with a Chinese calligraphy course. He is the co-author of “Beginning Mandarin Chinese Characters” (Liao & Zhou, Tuttle, 2018) and two intermediate level Chinese textbooks “Life in China: Impressions(中国印象)” and “Life in China: Observations(中国观察)” (Liu & Zhou, in field testing at Harvard University).

Putterham - Meeting Room

Babytime

Join us for a storytime that is specially designed for our youngest library patrons! Babytime is full of early literacy fun with books, rhymes, bounces, and songs. This is a lapsit program that is for children who are not yet walking and their caregivers.  Free ticke......More

Join us for a storytime that is specially designed for our youngest library patrons! Babytime is full of early literacy fun with books, rhymes, bounces, and songs. This is a lapsit program that is for children who are not yet walking and their caregivers.  Free tickets are required for this program. Tickets will be available at the Children's Desk starting at 10 AM.

Brookline Village - Hunneman Hall

Mother Goose on the Loose

Join us for songs, nursery rhymes, and stories at this fun storytime! This program is designed for babies and toddlers ages 0-2 and their caregivers. All attendees must have a ticket from the Children's desk, which are available a half hour before the program begins. ......More

Join us for songs, nursery rhymes, and stories at this fun storytime! This program is designed for babies and toddlers ages 0-2 and their caregivers. All attendees must have a ticket from the Children's desk, which are available a half hour before the program begins. Mother Goose on the Loose™ is a proven method for planning and presenting programs that focuses on the whole child and incorporates research-based theories of learning, music, puppets, picture books, nursery rhymes, art, math, play, and language. Read more about the benefits of this national program and its creator Dr. Betsy Diamant-Cohen at www.mgol.net.

Brookline Village - Hunneman Hall

Family Storytime, Music and Movement with Miss Marcy

Join us at the Putterham Library on Monday mornings for interactive stories, songs, and movement with Miss Marcy. Be prepared to sing, dance, and shake your sillies out! This program is designed for children ages 0-3, but older siblings are welcome to attend.   ...More

Join us at the Putterham Library on Monday mornings for interactive stories, songs, and movement with Miss Marcy. Be prepared to sing, dance, and shake your sillies out! This program is designed for children ages 0-3, but older siblings are welcome to attend.  

Putterham - Meeting Room

Unavailable

Youth Services Program Planners meeting

Brookline Village - Conference Room

Homework Club for Tweens & Teens

Join us every Monday in Hunneman Hall for a quiet, productive space to get work done! Basic school supplies, fun drinks, and lo-fi music to study to will all be readily available. For tweens and teens in grades 5-12 ONLY. No registration required.

Brookline Village - Hunneman Hall

Family Storytime

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

Coolidge Corner - Meeting Room

Unavailable

Library Staff Meeting: Youth Services Department Meeting

Brookline Village - Conference Room

Caffe Italiano

Join this Italian conversation group for adults in person at the Coolidge Corner Library!

Coolidge Corner - Meeting Room

Teen & Tween Crafternoon

Spend an afternoon crafting at Putterham! More details coming soon. For tweens and teens in grades 5-12. No registration required. As supplies last.

Putterham - Meeting Room

Unavailable

Reserved for library programming. More information coming soon!

Brookline Village - The Rabbit Hole

Archives Office Hours

Ever wondered how archives are put together and how archivists decide what goes in them? Curious about what the library holds in it's own archive? Want to see an archival collection up close and in person? Then come to Archives Office Hours, where Jared will discuss a......More

Ever wondered how archives are put together and how archivists decide what goes in them? Curious about what the library holds in it's own archive? Want to see an archival collection up close and in person? Then come to Archives Office Hours, where Jared will discuss a collection from the library's holdings and answers any questions you have about it and archives and archival practice overall. This event will be held in Meeting Room A on the first floor of the Brookline Village library. Hope to see you all there!

Brookline Village

Movie Matinee

Join us for weekly movies at the Coolidge Corner Library! Current titles are listed on our Book & Social Groups page. Doors open at 1:15 PM. The movie will start at 1:30 PM.

Coolidge Corner - Meeting Room

Unavailable

Staff Meeting: Adult Programming Committee

Brookline Village - Conference Room

Playspace

Join us for a half hour of interactive play and social development for 0-5 year olds. No ticket required.

Coolidge Corner - Meeting Room

Teen & Tween Crafternoon

Spend an afternoon crafting at Coolidge! More details coming soon. For tweens and teens in grades 5-12. No registration required. As supplies last.

Coolidge Corner - Meeting Room

Pokémon League

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 ......More

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 a Pokémon trainer account here. The more registered Pokémon trainers who sign up for our League, the more free swag we can receive from the Play! Pokémon program. For adults, tweens, and children ages 6 and up. Patrons aged 6 – 8 must be accompanied by an appropriate caretaker. Registration is required. If event exceeds room capacity, registered attendees will take priority. Register online here.

Coolidge Corner - Meeting Room

Gentle Chair Yoga with Keith Beasley

Please join us in person, drop in, Gentle Yoga class with Keith Beasley Friday mornings from 10:30-11:30 AM. The class is designed for those seeking improved strength, flexibility, and balance with gentle movements and gently performed yoga postures. The class will b......More

Please join us in person, drop in, Gentle Yoga class with Keith Beasley Friday mornings from 10:30-11:30 AM. The class is designed for those seeking improved strength, flexibility, and balance with gentle movements and gently performed yoga postures. The class will be done seated in a chair with some optional standing. This program will also be simultaneously streamed virtually through Zoom. If attending virtually, please register for the program using this registration link.

Putterham - Meeting Room

Virtual Gentle Chair Yoga with Keith Beasley

Please join in a Gentle Yoga class on Zoom with Keith Beasley Friday mornings from 10:30-11:30 AM. The class is designed for those seeking improved strength, flexibility, and balance with gentle movements and gently performed yoga postures. The class will be done sea......More

Please join in a Gentle Yoga class on Zoom with Keith Beasley Friday mornings from 10:30-11:30 AM. The class is designed for those seeking improved strength, flexibility, and balance with gentle movements and gently performed yoga postures. The class will be done seated in a chair with some optional standing. Sign up to register for Gentle Yoga here! When you sign up, you will be sent the Zoom link, Meeting ID, and password. After you join and enter the password, you’ll be placed in a waiting room and accepted into the meeting at 10:30 AM.

Virtual - Zoom

English Club

Join us at the Library to practice English! English Club is an informal conversation group where you can practice speaking and get to know each other. This program meets on the ground floor of the Brookline Village Library and is open to adult language learners of al......More

Join us at the Library to practice English! English Club is an informal conversation group where you can practice speaking and get to know each other. This program meets on the ground floor of the Brookline Village Library and is open to adult language learners of all levels. Every week we propose a topic that participants discuss in small groups. English Club is drop-in, so you can attend whenever you like. No registration is required. New members are always welcome! Children are welcome to join their parents during English Club, but please stay near your children at all times. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].

Brookline Village - Tween Room

Citizenship Class

Need help preparing for the U.S. Citizenship Test?  Join this Citizenship Class and learn the answers to the 100 civics questions, and how to prepare for the reading and writing test.  All materials included.  Students need to have a basic level of English, and have a......More

Need help preparing for the U.S. Citizenship Test?  Join this Citizenship Class and learn the answers to the 100 civics questions, and how to prepare for the reading and writing test.  All materials included.  Students need to have a basic level of English, and have a legal Permanent Resident Card for at least 5 years, or, if married to a U.S. citizen, for at least 3 years. Registration is limited.  Please register for the Coolidge Corner Library session online at St. Mark Website. Classes are in partnership with St Mark's Community Education Program.  Referrals are available for students who need technical and/or legal help with their N-400 application. For more information, please contact: St. Mark Community Education Program at 617-288-8515 or email: [email protected]

Coolidge Corner - Meeting Room