Events
Calling all building enthusiasts!
Stop by our weekly drop-in building program to use your creativity while building STEM skills. Work with friends or on your own to create whatever you can imagine from our large bins of bricks.
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Calling all Building Masters!
You're invited for an afternoon of crafting the wildest, most fanciful creations you can imagine with friends at the library!
Both standard LEGO bricks and larger, infant-friendly building blocks will be…
Join Boston Bikes for a FREE hands-on bike repair workshop!
They will do all basic bike repair including: patching flat tires, aligning brakes, and adjusting gears and shifters.
Event happens once a month on…
Join us for for our weekly Manga Club on Wednesdays for kids ages 10-15; we’ll practice drawing manga, watch anime clips, talk about our favorite series, and more!
Accessibility Notice: We strive to make our events accessible. To request a…
This workshop aims to teach tweens ages 8-14 about the different elements of creative writing and how to get started writing your own story. Each meeting of the workshop features different prompts and ways for participants to use their…
Charles Cleary (known to Hyde Park generations as Charlie) is ready to play a game of checkers or chess with you, whether you're young or old, a beginner or an experienced player. Have a fun game, and maybe get a pointer or two. You were…
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Join us for an inspiring two-part program, hosted by Hist-oric-aly Cor-rect, celebrating the achievements and contributions of African American women from Roxbury, Massachusetts, such as Melnea Cass, Sarah Ann Shaw, Maria…
Join us in the afternoons all year at the Hyde Park Branch to watch and talk about anime!
Make new friends, build community, and even get help with your homework!
Accessibility Notice: We strive to make our events accessible. To…
Help plant and care for the Mattapan Branch Library's garden. We will be getting ready to plant seeds and seedlings outside! Dress for the weather and to get dirty.
Best for ages 5+.
Accessibility Notice: We strive to make our events…
Join us for this children's arts and crafts program on Thursday afternoons for a variety of crafting, painting, and more.
This program is best suited for kids ages 4-10.
Large groups wishing to attend must contact the library…
Drop in every Thursday at 4:30 pm to celebrate the end of the week with some crafting!
Supplies will be available, or you can bring your own.
This program is open to anyone up to age 18, but adult family members of children and teens are…
Do you have what it takes to beat your friends or family at board games? Whether you’re looking for competition or just wanting to have fun, you’ll have plenty of games to choose from at our weekly gaming time. Drop by any time between…
Kids of all ages are invited for an afternoon of play!
You name it, we’ve probably got it — whether you love board games like chess and Chutes and Ladders, virtual favorites like Mario Kart, or old-fashioned, get-involved…
LEGO Club is a time for kids to stretch their creativity with LEGOs and DUPLOS.
Recommended for children ages 3-12.
Accessibility Notice: We strive to make our events accessible. To request a disability accommodation and/or…
Learn to play Chess with Kai, an experience Chess player who has competed in many Chess tournaments.
Kai will teach moves, provide guidance, and share strategies that will lead to fun and perhaps checkmates!
Programming at the Boston…
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This interactive, 2.5-hour workshop will create a safe, age-appropriate, and engaging space for tweens (8-12) and their caregivers to learn and talk openly about puberty, bodies, boundaries, and consent, while strengthening family…
Charles Cleary (known to Hyde Park generations as Charlie) is ready to play a game of checkers or chess with you, whether you're young or old, a beginner or an experienced player. Have a fun game, and maybe get a pointer or two. You were…
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Join us for an all ages arts and crafts workshop series in April and May presented by Artz Over Anxiety. Each week, Sweetz, founder of Artz Over Anxiety, will cover a different healing topic through crafts, food, and…
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Kids and their caregivers will build with wave after wave of materials, guided by a high-energy audiovisual spectacle! Ages 6-12.
Accessibility Notice: We strive to make our events accessible. To request a disability accommodation…
Charles Cleary (known to Hyde Park generations as Charlie) is ready to play a game of checkers or chess with you, whether you're young or old, a beginner or an experienced player. Have a fun game, and maybe get a pointer or two. You were…