Unless noted otherwise, all programs are free of charge and in person at the Roslindale Branch. Learn more at friendsofroslindalelibrary.org.
Roslindale Branch Is Open!
Branch Hours
The Roslindale Branch is open Mondays - Wednesdays 10 AM - 6 PM; Thursdays 12 PM - 8 PM; Fridays 9 AM - 5 PM; and Saturdays 9 AM - 5 PM.
BPL Jobs
Do you need a job? The Boston Public Library is hiring system-wide. They have MANY positions that need to be filled. The sooner we fill the vacancies, the sooner we can look forward to a second late night, faster building repairs, and a less stressed staff!
https://www.bpl.org/jobs-at-the-bpl/
Gardening Help needed
The Friends are seeking gardening helpers to remove the dead plants from the library planters and make a replanting and maintenance plan. The BPL has no landscape staff, so it is up to us. Please contact Nancy at [email protected] if you are interested in helping out.
Classroom Teacher Book Give Away
The Friends will make donated children’s and young adult books available to teachers for their classroom libraries. We also have books on tape and children’s films. The Giveaway will be held at the library on the following dates:
August 31, September 2, 5 & 6. If you are interested, please email [email protected] to be notified of the final schedule.
August Events
FORL at Roslindale Village Farmer's Market
August 5 and September 30, 9 AM - 1:30 PM
Adams Park
Come to our table to buy books or just say hello!
Book Discussion Club: Homegoing (2016) Yaa Ngasi
Wednesday, August 2, 11 AM – 12 PM and Thursday, August 3, 6:30 – 7:30 PM
Email [email protected] to join.
Kindergarten Camp
For children entering kindergarten Fall 2023
Wednesday, August 2, 9, 16, and 23, 4:30 PM
Practice school readiness skills like listening and following directions while working on fine motor, gross motor, and cognitive skills. Each week, we will focus on a different theme. The program will include a story and activity stations: a sensory table, a structured activity table, and an open-ended art activity table. Due to the interactive nature of this program, registration is limited to 20 children. Only children who will be starting Kindergarten may attend this program. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Register at https://tinyurl.com/RosiKindergartenCamp
Family Storytime
Ages 0-5
Saturday, August 12 and 26, 10:30 AM
Children ages 0-5 join Miss Celeste for stories, songs, and activities to promote early literacy
Hora de cuentos con convospan
Edades 3-7
Los sábados 5 y 19 de agosto: 11:00 AM
¡Disfrutemos de cuentos y canciones en español para luego jugar y colorear con Miss Jeannette con ConvoSpan!
Birds of Prey
Monday, August 7, 10:30 – 11:30 PM
For children ages 5-12. Birds of prey are also known as raptors, and they are hunting birds characterized by hooked beaks and powerful grabbing feet armed with sharp talons. Raptors can also boast the best eyesight and the sharpest hearing in the animal kingdom. Raptors include hawks, falcons, and owls, and this presentation, which incorporates five live birds of prey, all native to New England, gives an overview of these different categories.
Poplar Street Better Bike Lane In-Person Office Hours
Thursday, August 10, 4 – 7 PM
The City of Boston’s Better Bike Lanes will be on site with information regarding the creation of a two-way bike lane installation of traffic-calming measures on Poplar Street.
Free Legal Clinic for Immigration Assistance
Thursday, August 17, 3 – 8 PM
Free, drop-in legal consultations for immigrants will be offered by Rian Immigrant Center’s expert legal staff and pro bono attorneys. Translators will be present to assist. (Please note that attorneys are not able to review or fill out forms.)
Alfred Hitchcock Film Series
Join Barry Marshall, Senior Affiliated Faculty member in the Visual and Media Arts Department at Emerson College, to view and discuss films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Suspicion (1941)
Thursday, August 3, 2 – 4 PM
A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder. Starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, and Leo G. Carroll. 1 hr 41 min.
Saboteur (1942)
Thursday, August 10, 2 – 4 PM
A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder. Starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, and Leo G. Carroll. 1 hr 41 min.
Race and Inclusion Discussion: Poverty, By America
Saturdays, September 9, 16 & 23, 9:15- 11 AM
This group is now meeting in person at the Roslindale Branch. They will be reading Poverty, By America, by Matthew Desmond. In this landmark book, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history, research, and original reporting to show how affluent Americans knowingly and unknowingly keep poor people poor. Those of us who are financially secure exploit the poor, driving down their wages while forcing them to overpay for housing and access to cash and credit. We prioritize the subsidization of our wealth over the alleviation of poverty, designing a welfare state that gives the most to those who need the least. And we stockpile opportunity in exclusive communities, creating zones of concentrated riches alongside those of concentrated despair. Some lives are made small so that others may grow. Elegantly written and fiercely argued, this compassionate book gives us new ways of thinking about a morally urgent problem. It also helps us imagine solutions. Desmond builds a startlingly original and ambitious case for ending poverty. He calls on us all to become poverty abolitionists, engaged in a politics of collective belonging to usher in a new age of shared prosperity and, at last, true freedom.
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