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Join us, along with millions of children and adults across the country, to celebrate literacy by participating in the largest shared reading experience. We'll read this year's book Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells. We'll also make bunny ears, Max stick puppets, and enjoy mini bunny cakes! For children ages 18 months to five years.
We'll celebrate the season with crafts at 3:00 p.m. and Rosalita's Puppets Haunted Woods show at 4:00 p.m. Take a spooky (but not too spooky) walk through Rosalita's Haunted Woods and meet some spiders, ghosts, and witches! We'll end the afternoon with creepy crawly cupcake decorating. Rosalita's Puppets funded by the Friends of the Jamaica […]
Across the country, thousands of young people of color have taken to the streets. Defying authority and traditional methods of political change, they are demanding an end to racism in policing, and in the justice and economic systems. Please come to hear Carl Williams, Staff attorney at ACLU, and Ivan Richiez of Youth Against Mass […]
What happened to former slaves and their families after emancipation? Writer/educator Desiree Taylor will talk about the life of Amanda Berry Smith (1837-1915), a former slave who sought freedom of spirit and circumstance for herself, her community and the world.
Get ready for a renovation! Please join representatives from the Boston Public Library and Utile, Inc. for the 4th Jamaica Plain Community Advisory Committee meeting. Be part of the process! The Branch closes at 6pm, please enter through the back entrance off Sedgwick Street.
Join us for the next public meeting on the renovation project. Designs are finalized and it is time to discuss interior details! Please bring your thoughts about what should be included in the renovated building and also what to do during the closure to support JP patrons. The library building actually closes at 6pm so […]
Join us for our Every Hero has a Story summer reading kick-off! “Sir George and the Dragon” is a fun and exciting medieval tale and Kordas’ trademark humor and use of audience participation update this classic. The knight Sir George rescues the Princess Petunia from a very hungry baby dragon. No swords here, but Sir […]
Children meet live animals and learn about amazing reptile characteristics with staff from the Museum of Science. For children ages six and older.
Award-winning singer/songwriter/guitarist (and former JP resident) Terry Kitchen and award-winning banjoist/folklorist Ken Perlman will present an evening of traditional and original folk music at the Jamaica Plain Branch Library on Thursday November 2. The program begins at 6:30 PM and admission is free. Both Kitchen and Perlman have worked with legendary folksinger Pete Seeger, and […]
See what qigong is all about in this one-hour "taster" workshop. Take an hour to take care of yourself. Qigong (“chee-gung”) is the practice of cultivating mental and physical balance by coordinating breath, movement and awareness. Medical qigong is said to help the body heal and stay strong through the use of exercises designed to […]
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