Teen & Tween Hangout

Choose your own adventure at Coolidge! Drop-in to hang out with friends, do homework, play a game, or make a craft. For teens and tweens in grades 5-12. No registration required.

Coolidge Corner - Meeting Room

Silent Book Club

  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 take some time to tackle that TBR pile. The Silent Book Club does n......More

  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 take some time to tackle that TBR pile. The Silent Book Club does not have a preselected reading list. While all ages […]

Coolidge Corner - Meeting Room

Silent Book Club

  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 take some time to tackle that TBR pile. The Silent Book Club ......More

  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 take some time to tackle that TBR pile. The Silent Book Club does not have a preselected reading list. While all ages are welcome at this book club, participants should be able to read quietly without disrupting others.

Coolidge Corner - Meeting Room

Silent Book Club

  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 take some time to tackle that TBR pile. The Silent Book Club ......More

  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 take some time to tackle that TBR pile. The Silent Book Club does not have a preselected reading list. While all ages are welcome at this book club, participants should be able to read quietly without disrupting others.

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

Slime Time

Kids 5-9 can grab their lab coats and join us for a series of hands-on sessions of making and playing with a different kind of slime each time. No ticket required!

Coolidge Corner - Meeting Room

Reserved for Library programming

Reserved for library programming. More details are to come soon.

Reserved for Library programming

Reserved for library programming. More details are to come soon.

Reserved for Library programming

Reserved for library programming. More details are to come soon.

Girls Who Code: Grades 3-5

Join us for weekly Girls Who Code club meetings! Our weekly club meetings will start in early October. We will update with the sign up link once we're accepting club members! This Girls Who Code club is for members age 8 to 10 (in grades 3-5) only. We also have a Gi......More

Join us for weekly Girls Who Code club meetings! Our weekly club meetings will start in early October. We will update with the sign up link once we're accepting club members! This Girls Who Code club is for members age 8 to 10 (in grades 3-5) only. We also have a Girls Who Code club for grades 6-12, which meets at the same time in the Teen Room, so check in with that club if you're looking for a club for older coders!

Brookline Village - Tween Room

Girls Who Code: Grades 6-12

Join us for weekly Girls Who Code club meetings! Our weekly club meetings will start in early October. We will update with the sign up link once we're accepting club members! This Girls Who Code club is for members age 11 to 18 (in grades 6-12) only. We also have a ......More

Join us for weekly Girls Who Code club meetings! Our weekly club meetings will start in early October. We will update with the sign up link once we're accepting club members! This Girls Who Code club is for members age 11 to 18 (in grades 6-12) only. We also have a Girls Who Code club for grades 3-5, which meets at the same time in the Tween Room, so check in with that club if you're looking for a club for younger coders!

Brookline Village - Teen Room

Girls Who Code: Grades 3-5

Join us for weekly Girls Who Code club meetings! Our weekly club meetings will start in early October. We will update with the sign up link once we're accepting club members! This Girls Who Code club is for members age 8 to 10 (in grades 3-5) only. We also have a Gi......More

Join us for weekly Girls Who Code club meetings! Our weekly club meetings will start in early October. We will update with the sign up link once we're accepting club members! This Girls Who Code club is for members age 8 to 10 (in grades 3-5) only. We also have a Girls Who Code club for grades 6-12, which meets at the same time in the Teen Room, so check in with that club if you're looking for a club for older coders!

Brookline Village - Tween Room

Girls Who Code: Grades 3-5

Join us for weekly Girls Who Code club meetings! Our weekly club meetings will start in early October. We will update with the sign up link once we're accepting club members! This Girls Who Code club is for members age 8 to 10 (in grades 3-5) only. We also have a Gi......More

Join us for weekly Girls Who Code club meetings! Our weekly club meetings will start in early October. We will update with the sign up link once we're accepting club members! This Girls Who Code club is for members age 8 to 10 (in grades 3-5) only. We also have a Girls Who Code club for grades 6-12, which meets at the same time in the Teen Room, so check in with that club if you're looking for a club for older coders!

Brookline Village - Tween Room

Girls Who Code: Grades 6-12

Join us for weekly Girls Who Code club meetings! Our weekly club meetings will start in early October. We will update with the sign up link once we're accepting club members! This Girls Who Code club is for members age 11 to 18 (in grades 6-12) only. We also have a ......More

Join us for weekly Girls Who Code club meetings! Our weekly club meetings will start in early October. We will update with the sign up link once we're accepting club members! This Girls Who Code club is for members age 11 to 18 (in grades 6-12) only. We also have a Girls Who Code club for grades 3-5, which meets at the same time in the Tween Room, so check in with that club if you're looking for a club for younger coders!

Brookline Village - Teen Room

Girls Who Code: Grades 6-12

Join us for weekly Girls Who Code club meetings! Our weekly club meetings will start in early October. We will update with the sign up link once we're accepting club members! This Girls Who Code club is for members age 11 to 18 (in grades 6-12) only. We also have a ......More

Join us for weekly Girls Who Code club meetings! Our weekly club meetings will start in early October. We will update with the sign up link once we're accepting club members! This Girls Who Code club is for members age 11 to 18 (in grades 6-12) only. We also have a Girls Who Code club for grades 3-5, which meets at the same time in the Tween Room, so check in with that club if you're looking for a club for younger coders!

Brookline Village - Teen Room

English Club

Practice English at the library and meet other language learners! English Club is an informal conversation group that meets in the tween room - on the ground floor of the Brookline Village Library. Every week we propose a topic that participants discuss in smalls gr......More

Practice English at the library and meet other language learners! English Club is an informal conversation group that meets in the tween room - on the ground floor of the Brookline Village Library. Every week we propose a topic that participants discuss in smalls groups. This program is open to adult language learners of all levels. English Club is drop-in, join whenever you can. New members are always welcome! If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].

Brookline Village - Tween Room

English Club

Practice English at the library and meet other language learners! English Club is an informal conversation group that meets in the tween room - on the ground floor of the Brookline Village Library. Every week we propose a topic that participants discuss in smalls gr......More

Practice English at the library and meet other language learners! English Club is an informal conversation group that meets in the tween room - on the ground floor of the Brookline Village Library. Every week we propose a topic that participants discuss in smalls groups. This program is open to adult language learners of all levels. English Club is drop-in, join whenever you can. New members are always welcome! If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].

Brookline Village - Tween Room

English Club

Practice English at the library and meet other language learners! English Club is an informal conversation group that meets in the tween room - on the ground floor of the Brookline Village Library. Every week we propose a topic that participants discuss in smalls gr......More

Practice English at the library and meet other language learners! English Club is an informal conversation group that meets in the tween room - on the ground floor of the Brookline Village Library. Every week we propose a topic that participants discuss in smalls groups. This program is open to adult language learners of all levels. English Club is drop-in, join whenever you can. New members are always welcome! If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].

Brookline Village - Tween Room

Teen & Tween Crafternoon

Join us for an afternoon of hanging and crafting at Putterham! More details coming soon. For teens and tweens in grades 5-12. No registration required.

Putterham - Meeting Room

Teen & Tween Hangout

Choose your own adventure at Coolidge! Drop-in to hang out with friends, do homework, play a game, or make a craft. For teens and tweens in grades 5-12. No registration required.

Coolidge Corner - Meeting Room

ELL Workshop: Practice English while Making Art

Join Gabriele Dressler, an art therapist from Germany and English learner in this collage making workshop for English language learners. Gaby will lead us in designing unique personal collages out of paper of different shapes and colors. We will experiment with cutti......More

Join Gabriele Dressler, an art therapist from Germany and English learner in this collage making workshop for English language learners. Gaby will lead us in designing unique personal collages out of paper of different shapes and colors. We will experiment with cutting and combining paper and inspire each other in art making, while speaking English! All materials will be provided. If you have interesting paper or pictures that you want to add to your collage or share with others, please bring them to the workshop. Registration is required and limited to 8 people. Registration will open at the eventbrite site here on July 5 at 10:30 AM. Due to space constraints we will not be able to accommodate accompanying babies or children. If you have any questions, contact [email protected].

Brookline Village - Conference Room

ELL Workshop: Practice English while Making Art

Join Gabriele Dressler, an art therapist from Germany and English learner in this collage making workshop for English language learners. Gaby will lead us in designing unique personal collages out of paper of different shapes and colors. We will experiment with cutti......More

Join Gabriele Dressler, an art therapist from Germany and English learner in this collage making workshop for English language learners. Gaby will lead us in designing unique personal collages out of paper of different shapes and colors. We will experiment with cutting and combining paper and inspire each other in art making, while speaking English! All materials will be provided. If you have interesting paper or pictures that you want to add to your collage or share with others, please bring them to the workshop. Registration is required and limited to 8 people. Registration will open on the eventbrite site here on September 4 at 10:30 AM. Due to space constraints we will not be able to accommodate accompanying babies or children. If you have any questions, contact [email protected].

Brookline Village - Conference Room

ELL Workshop: Practice English while Making Art

Join Gabriele Dressler, an art therapist from Germany and English learner in this collage making workshop for English language learners. Gaby will lead us in designing unique personal collages out of paper of different shapes and colors. We will experiment with cutti......More

Join Gabriele Dressler, an art therapist from Germany and English learner in this collage making workshop for English language learners. Gaby will lead us in designing unique personal collages out of paper of different shapes and colors. We will experiment with cutting and combining paper and inspire each other in art making, while speaking English! All materials will be provided. If you have interesting paper or pictures that you want to add to your collage or share with others, please bring them to the workshop. Registration is required and limited to 8 people. Registration will open on the eventbrite site here on September 4 at 10:30 AM. Due to space constraints we will not be able to accommodate accompanying babies or children. If you have any questions, contact [email protected].

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

Wisdom Cafe

Join us at the Putterham Library for Wisdom Cafe: a social hour that features guest speakers sharing their knowledge across a diverse range of topics. Wisdom Cafe takes place on the first or second Friday of the month following Gentle Chair Yoga. Coffee and pastries pro......More

Join us at the Putterham Library for Wisdom Cafe: a social hour that features guest speakers sharing their knowledge across a diverse range of topics. Wisdom Cafe takes place on the first or second Friday of the month following Gentle Chair Yoga. Coffee and pastries provided! Fall’s featured guests: September 13 – eLibrary resources with […]

Putterham - Meeting Room

Wisdom Cafe

Join us at the Putterham Library for Wisdom Cafe: a social hour that features guest speakers sharing their knowledge across a diverse range of topics. Wisdom Cafe takes place on the first or second Friday of the month following Gentle Chair Yoga. Coffee and pastries ......More

Join us at the Putterham Library for Wisdom Cafe: a social hour that features guest speakers sharing their knowledge across a diverse range of topics. Wisdom Cafe takes place on the first or second Friday of the month following Gentle Chair Yoga. Coffee and pastries provided! Fall's featured guests: September 13 - eLibrary resources with Ginger O'Day Join local librarian and Putterham's own Branch Supervisor Ginger O'Day to learn about accessing the Public Library of Brookline's digital collection. She'll walk attendees through the three most widely used resources for ebooks, audiobooks, movies, and more: Libby, Hoopla, and Kanopy! October 11 - Legacy letters with Miriam Diamond Convey your personal values and life lessons with a legacy letter: a means of conveying personal ideals to inspire family, community members, friends, and future generations. Program leader and frequent Library collaborator Miriam Diamond will guide attendees through reflecting on, articulating, and preparing to communicate their special insights. November 1 - Therapy dog meet and greet with Deb Harrow and Buddy Therapy dog handler and Library volunteer Deb Harrow will be joining us to speak about therapy dogs and provide a special Q+A session. Attendees get to meet the amazing Buddy, Deb's dog and one of the stars of our popular Pups @ Putterham reading program!

Putterham - Meeting Room

Wisdom Cafe

Join us at the Putterham Library for Wisdom Cafe: a social hour that features guest speakers sharing their knowledge across a diverse range of topics. Wisdom Cafe takes place on the first or second Friday of the month following Gentle Chair Yoga. Coffee and pastries ......More

Join us at the Putterham Library for Wisdom Cafe: a social hour that features guest speakers sharing their knowledge across a diverse range of topics. Wisdom Cafe takes place on the first or second Friday of the month following Gentle Chair Yoga. Coffee and pastries provided! Fall's featured guests: September 13 - eLibrary resources with Ginger O'Day Join local librarian and Putterham's own Branch Supervisor Ginger O'Day to learn about accessing the Public Library of Brookline's digital collection. She'll walk attendees through the three most widely used resources for ebooks, audiobooks, movies, and more: Libby, Hoopla, and Kanopy! October 11 - Legacy letters with Miriam Diamond Convey your personal values and life lessons with a legacy letter: a means of conveying personal ideals to inspire family, community members, friends, and future generations. Program leader and frequent Library collaborator Miriam Diamond will guide attendees through reflecting on, articulating, and preparing to communicate their special insights. November 1 - Therapy dog meet and greet with Deb Harrow and Buddy Therapy dog handler and Library volunteer Deb Harrow will be joining us to speak about therapy dogs and provide a special Q+A session. Attendees get to meet the amazing Buddy, Deb's dog and one of the stars of our popular Pups @ Putterham reading program!

Putterham - Meeting Room

Slime Time

Kids 5-9 can grab their lab coats and join us for a series of hands-on sessions of making and playing with a different kind of slime each time. No ticket required!

Coolidge Corner - Meeting Room