Arts and Culture

Join assistant curator Yan Yang for a talk about the myriad uses of negative space in works on display in the East Asian art galleries.

Try out 2D animation with Gif-O-grafs!

Adults 18+ are invited to tell a story using 2D animation.

Registration Required.

People of all ages who enjoy children's books can read and discuss together.

Recitals are performed on Harvard’s famous 1958 D. A. Flentrop organ, at Adolphus Busch Hall.

Join graduate student Saffron Hooper Sener for a talk on the role of colonial portraiture in North American international diplomacy.

This week's selection: Voltaire, Candide

National Library Week is April 6-12.

Bring your project and enjoy the company of other fiber crafters

April Selection: Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy.

Join the Valente Branch for an exploration of literature!

Bounces and rhymes for our youngest library patrons. Recommended for babies 0-18 months and their caregivers.

Every month we will read and discuss a short story as a group.

Join us for a beginner-friendly counted cross stitch class at O'Neill!

Come to the Library for games and a different activity each week! Kids of all ages can hang out and do crafts or STEAM activities. No registration required.

We invite children and their caregivers for 20-25 minutes of stories and songs.

Priya Allen will explore the design and politics of historical drinking vessels and containers.

In this drop-in workshop, we invite families to make photographic artworks. With your permission, your process of making this creation may be later displayed at the Harvard Graduate School of Education gallery.

Join a discussion about 18 design drawings created in 1876 by John La Farge for Boston’s Trinity Church, which recently entered the collections.

Sachi Laumas will explore how three works of art engage with illness and the healing process.

We invite children and their caregivers for 20-25 minutes of stories and songs.

Join us for music, movement and stories. For children of all ages and their caregivers. Registration is not required.

 

Join us for songs, rhymes, and fingerplays. For children of all ages. 

Come to the Library for games and a different activity each week! Kids of all ages can hang out and do crafts or STEAM activities. No registration required. 

Join us to sing, play with musical props and move together.

Just for you and the baby!

It's a Library dance party!

Join us for stories, songs and rhymes! Recommended for children of all ages and their caregivers. No registration is required. Please call 617-349-4023 for more information.