October 2016 Library News & Events

All programs take place at the Roslindale Branch Library and are free of charge unless noted otherwise. The library will be closed on Monday, October 10 for Columbus Day.  Call the branch at 617-323-2343 for more information.  Learn more at friendsofroslindalelibrary.org.

Homework Assistance Program
Starting October 3, Mondays – Thursdays, 3:30-5:30pm
Homework Help is not available on Boston Public School holidays, early-release days, or the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving and winter break.  Get homework help from a Boston Teacher Union member on Thursdays, 4-6pm.

Aging Mastery Program
Wednesdays, 1:30 p.m.
The National Council on Aging is providing this 12-week program. Topics include improving your health, financial well-being, community involvement and more. Participants will receive real incentives and rewards, and make new friends. Please sign up with Tiffany Favers at 617-635-0027 or [email protected].

LEGO Club
Starting Thursday, October 6, 4-5pm
Bring your creativity, we’ll provide the LEGOS!  The first 10 kids are guaranteed to have enough materials. For children ages four and up. No registration is required. For more information please contact the branch at 617-323-2343. Sponsored in part by the Friends.  The topics for LEGO club are as follows: 10/6 Schools, 10/13 Parks, 10/20 Castles, 10/27 Robots.

Theater Reading Series
Thursday, October 6, 6pm
Theater group Office of War Information will do a reading of “Who Do You Think I Am.”  More information: officeofwarinformation.com.

Reading Readiness for Ages 3-5
Starting Friday, October 7, 10:30am
Please register at the circulation desk.

Artistically Senior with Michele Brooks
Wednesday, October 12, 11am-Noon
We will be making felt Jack-O-Lanterns!

Shakespeare Behind Bars Film Viewing
Thursday, October 13, 6pm
Shakespeare Behind Bars is a compelling documentary that follows an all-male Shakespearean theater company composed of convicted felons.  For one year, while incarcerated at Kentucky’s Luther Luckett Correctional Complex, the cast rehearses and performs a full production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

Shakespeare to Hip-Hop
Thursday, October 14, 1pm
Children’s event. Call the children’s librarian for more information.

Boston Book Festival
Saturday, October 15, Copley Square
Celebrating the power of words to stimulate, agitate, unite, delight,
and inspire, Boston Book Festival presents year-round events
culminating in this annual festival that promotes a culture of reading
and ideas and enhances the vibrancy of our city. More information: bostonbookfest.org

This Changes Everything Film Viewing
Saturday, October 15, 6:30pm, Roslindale Congregational Church
City Council President Michelle Wu and the Roslindale Affinity Group, which is involved in resisting the West Roxbury pipeline, are showing this film about global warming.  This event is co-sponsored by the Friends.

Adult Book Discussion
Thursday, October 20, 1:30pm
We will be reading Margaret Atwood’s Stone Mattress.  Refreshments will be provided and newcomers are always welcomed.

Rozzie Reads Poetry Open Mic
Thursday, October 20, 7pm, Roslindale House
Denise Bergman and Adam Sheffler are the featured readers.

Women and Business
Saturday, October 22, 11:30am-1pm
This information session led by Trina Ruffin will focus on starting up and expanding businesses for women in Massachusetts.  Sign up at the circulation desk.

Home Buying 101 Workshop
Thursday, October 27, 6pm
Learn what it takes to buy a home today with RE/MAX Leading Edge.

Day of the Dead Celebration!
Saturday, October 29, 10:30am
Meet at the Farmers’ Market Kids’ area at 10am for a Halloween Costume Parade that ends at the library at 10:30am, where families can join us for a traditional Dia de Los Muertos. Performers from La Piñata will present interactive sonajas and danza Azteca-Tonantzin + Ehekatl. Participants will leave with a mini Day of the Dead alter. Don’t forget to bring a picture of a loved one to add to the library’s traditional Day of the Dead alter. Traditional Mexican hot chocolate and pan de muerto will be served. Co-sponsored by the Friends and RVMS Farmers’ Market.

Exhibit: Early Abstracts & Landscapes
Through October
Paintings by local artist Mary Russell are on display.

Regular Children’s Programming

Preschool Movies
Mondays, 10:30 am

Toddler Time
Tuesdays, 10:30 am

Library Creative Drama
Tuesdays, 4 pm

Homework Assistance
Mondays – Thursdays, 4 pm – 6 pm

LEGO Club
Thursdays, 4-5pm

Regular Adult Programming

English Conversation Group
Thursdays, 6 pm and Saturdays 9:30 am

Spanish Conversation Group
Saturdays, 11 am

Coming Soon!

Annual Posada Procession
December

Buy a Book, Donate a Book!
In addition to the outdoor book sales we host in the community, we also sell books year round in the Roslindale library rotunda!  These books are refreshed regularly. The sale there is on the honor system with payments made in a small wooden box on one of the shelves.  All payments go towards sponsoring library programs, such as LEGO Club, Day of the Dead and Posada celebrations, the library renovation project and other community events.

Consider donating gently used books now for future sales and give them a new home. Current fiction and nonfiction selections are most in demand. We would like: history, new fiction, art books, children’s books. Please, no encyclopedias, out-of-date books abou computers, travel, etc.  Donations can be dropped off at the Roslindale Library during business hours.

Support the Roslindale Library Renovation Project!
We are running a letter writing campaign to make sure our elected officials keep the Roslindale Library renovation project on target by writing emails to them. We have already written the letter for you. All you have to do is fill in your contact information and click to send, or edit the letter to send a more personalized message. For more information about the project and how you can get involved, go to friendsofroslindalelibrary.org/renovation.