Perhaps some of the most famous sisters of all time are the Jo, Amy, Meg, and Beth of Little Women fame, the classic coming-of-age story set in Civil War-era Concord, Mass. Their real life inspirations were the Alcotts, Louisa, Anna, … Continued
In the next of the series of Reading Room Concerts the Friends of the Robbins Library are delighted to bring you creator and singer Heather Gallagher and accompanist Yukiko Oba. If well behaved women seldom make history, they certainly don’t … Continued
Donations Needed! We will need lots of great donations to make a great Sale. Please bring donated items to the Robbins Library beginning Wednesday, February 1 – look for the big blue bin near the Circulation Desk; we appreciate gently used … Continued
The Friends’ Reading Room Concert Series continues with a performance by acclaimed international recording and touring classical guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan; his solo program is titled ‘Looking Bach, Listening Forward’. Aaron is recognized as an exciting and innovative leader in classical music, … Continued
The Friends invite you to this evening with journalist, novelist and teacher Jan Brogan to discuss her book, The Combat Zone: Murder, Race and Boston’s Struggle for Justice. It was the most publicized murder of the 1970s. The victim, Harvard … Continued
The Friends’ Reading Room Concert Series is back live in 2023, and we are delighted to welcome Louise Grasmere and Linda Shoemaker to open the Series for us. With acoustic guitar, vocals and percussion they will bring songs from the … Continued
For this event we will be joined by teacher, attorney, and author Amy M. Watson whose “soul awakens when visiting libraries, museums, and historic sites”. Infants of the Brush, her debut novel, is historical fiction based on Armory v. Delamirie, a … Continued
The Friends is welcoming back the Delvena Theatre Company for this special presentation at the Robbins Library. Charles Dickens wrote some of the most powerful, imaginative, and adored novels of all time. Using lots of humor, the actors will take … Continued
The Arlington Center for the Arts and the Friends of the Robbins Library are pleased to be hosting a special poetry reading by poets from The Red Letter Project: George Kalogeris, Christopher Jane Corkery, Charles Coe, Denise Bergman, and Arlington’s … Continued
Please join us in welcoming Jessica Chloros who is the Objects Conservator at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, where she has worked since 2008. She will be discussing her recent technical study of the 12th century Chinese Buddhist sculpture, Guanyin, from the … Continued