English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Conversation Group

Practice speaking English with other adult learners in an informal and friendly group setting led by a volunteer teacher. Class requires basic English-speaking skills. Beginning students should contact the Literacy Services department for a list of beginner class opti......More

Practice speaking English with other adult learners in an informal and friendly group setting led by a volunteer teacher. Class requires basic English-speaking skills. Beginning students should contact the Literacy Services department for a list of beginner class options.  This is a drop-in program. No registration is required. For more information, contact the Jamaica Plain Branch Library at 617-524-2053 or Literacy Services at 617-859-2446 or [email protected].

Pajama Story Time

Send your children off to dreamland with this fun pajama story time!  Every story time consists of three stories, finger plays, songs, and some prop activities.  Come one come all!  Accessibility Notice: We strive to make our events accessible. To request a disabilit......More

Send your children off to dreamland with this fun pajama story time!  Every story time consists of three stories, finger plays, songs, and some prop activities.  Come one come all!  Accessibility Notice: We strive to make our events accessible. To request a disability accommodation and/or language services, contact the department listed in the "Contact Info" pane on the right. Please allow at least two weeks to arrange accommodation.

Baby Story Time

Story Time introduces your child to books, rhymes, rhythm, music, song, puppets, flannel board stories, taking turns, paying attention, and being in a group. Each session is typically 25 to 30 minutes in length to accommodate attention span and developmental levels, an......More

Story Time introduces your child to books, rhymes, rhythm, music, song, puppets, flannel board stories, taking turns, paying attention, and being in a group. Each session is typically 25 to 30 minutes in length to accommodate attention span and developmental levels, and some Story Times include a craft or other learning activity. All story times are different, and the babies will generally spend most of the story time, singing, dancing, and bouncing.  Accessibility Notice: We strive to make our events accessible. To request a disability accommodation and/or language services, contact the department listed in the "Contact Info" pane on the right. Please allow at least two weeks to arrange accommodation.

Library Drop-In Hours at Chill on Park

Do you have questions about using your computer, cell phone, tablet, or eBooks? Would you like to take advantage of one of the many online resources available with a BPL card?  The Fields Corner Branch librarians can help! Please meet us at Chill on Park; located at......More

Do you have questions about using your computer, cell phone, tablet, or eBooks? Would you like to take advantage of one of the many online resources available with a BPL card?  The Fields Corner Branch librarians can help! Please meet us at Chill on Park; located at 142 Park Street, Dorchester, MA 02122 (across from the Fields Corner Branch Library). Laptops and limited free printing will be available.  A selection of Lucky Day books will be available for checkout, and we will also be able to create library cards and help with requesting books if needed.  Questions? Email us at [email protected]. Accessibility Notice: We strive to make our events accessible. To request a disability accommodation and/or language services, contact the department listed in the "Contact Info" pane on the right. Please allow at least two weeks to arrange accommodation.

LEGO Club

Now's the time to think big and build that LEGO creation of your dreams! Children ages four and up are invited to join us in the Children's Room to build and play. We have the LEGOs, just bring your imagination!

Fiber Arts Club

Join us for friends and fiber arts!  Bring your knitting, crocheting, embroidery, felting, or any other fiber art project or get inspired by our materials and tools! Come to the library for some cozy fun.  All ages and experience levels are welcome. Accessibility N......More

Join us for friends and fiber arts!  Bring your knitting, crocheting, embroidery, felting, or any other fiber art project or get inspired by our materials and tools! Come to the library for some cozy fun.  All ages and experience levels are welcome. Accessibility Notice: We strive to make our events accessible. To request a disability accommodation and/or language services, contact the department listed in the "Contact Info" pane on the right. Please allow at least two weeks to arrange accommodation.

Meditation Circle: Queer Folx, Trans Folx, and BIPOC

This is a place where our identities are welcome as we explore pausing and sitting together. This hour will include readings from a variety of sources, some from Buddhist and other traditions; along with sitting in silence, and a circle of sharing. Free and open to a......More

This is a place where our identities are welcome as we explore pausing and sitting together. This hour will include readings from a variety of sources, some from Buddhist and other traditions; along with sitting in silence, and a circle of sharing. Free and open to all. Co-led by Tam Willey of Toadstool Walks and Tracy Rich of Welcoming Journey. Accessibility Notice: We strive to make our events accessible. To request a disability accommodation and/or language services, please contact [email protected] or 617-524-2053. Please allow at least two weeks to arrange accommodation.

Pre School Story Time

Story Time introduces your child to books, rhymes, rhythm, music, song, puppets, flannel board stories, taking turns, paying attention, and being in a group. Each session is typically 25 to 30 minutes in length to accommodate attention span and developmental levels, an......More

Story Time introduces your child to books, rhymes, rhythm, music, song, puppets, flannel board stories, taking turns, paying attention, and being in a group. Each session is typically 25 to 30 minutes in length to accommodate attention span and developmental levels, and some Story Times may also include a craft or other learning activity. All Story Times are different, and the pre schoolers will generally spend most of the time singing, dancing, and bouncing.  Accessibility Notice: We strive to make our events accessible. To request a disability accommodation and/or language services, contact the department listed in the "Contact Info" pane on the right. Please allow at least two weeks to arrange accommodation.

After School Crafts Club

Come to the Jamaica Plain Branch on Wednesday afternoons and join the After School Crafts Club!  Each week, Children's Librarian Chris will read a story and lead a related craft activity. Drop in and have fun! 

JP Writers' Corner

A community space to work on any writing project you want –– fiction, non-fiction, journalism, zines, poetry... We'll sit and write for an hour and have some time at the end to talk about our writing. All levels of writers are welcome, whether new or experienced. ......More

A community space to work on any writing project you want –– fiction, non-fiction, journalism, zines, poetry... We'll sit and write for an hour and have some time at the end to talk about our writing. All levels of writers are welcome, whether new or experienced. We will not critique work but are set up to provide a community of writers. Email Larry at [email protected] or [email protected] to ask any questions. Accessibility Notice: We strive to make our events accessible. To request a disability accommodation and/or language services, contact the department listed in the "Contact Info" pane on the right. Please allow at least two weeks to arrange accommodation.

JP Fiber Arts Club

Join us for friends and fiber arts!  Bring your knitting, crocheting, embroidery, felting, or any other fiber art project or get inspired by our materials and tools! Come to the library for some cozy fun.  All ages and experience levels are welcome. Accessibility N......More

Join us for friends and fiber arts!  Bring your knitting, crocheting, embroidery, felting, or any other fiber art project or get inspired by our materials and tools! Come to the library for some cozy fun.  All ages and experience levels are welcome. Accessibility Notice: We strive to make our events accessible. To request a disability accommodation and/or language services, contact the department listed in the "Contact Info" pane on the right. Please allow at least two weeks to arrange accommodation.

Fiber Arts Club

Join us for friends and fiber arts!  Bring your knitting, crocheting, embroidery, felting, or any other fiber art project or get inspired by our materials and tools! Come to the library for some cozy fun.  All ages and experience levels are welcome. Accessibility N......More

Join us for friends and fiber arts!  Bring your knitting, crocheting, embroidery, felting, or any other fiber art project or get inspired by our materials and tools! Come to the library for some cozy fun.  All ages and experience levels are welcome. Accessibility Notice: We strive to make our events accessible. To request a disability accommodation and/or language services, contact the department listed in the "Contact Info" pane on the right. Please allow at least two weeks to arrange accommodation.

New England Poetry Club Reading: Naomi Mulvihill, Nidia Hernández, and Cheryl Clark Vermeulen

Join us for a Saturday poetry reading by Jamaica Plain poets Naomi Mulvihill, Nidia Hernández, and Cheryl Clark  Vermeulen of the New England Poetry Club. Each poet will read from their works, and they will be available to talk and sign copies of their books afterward......More

Join us for a Saturday poetry reading by Jamaica Plain poets Naomi Mulvihill, Nidia Hernández, and Cheryl Clark  Vermeulen of the New England Poetry Club. Each poet will read from their works, and they will be available to talk and sign copies of their books afterwards. Naomi Mulvihill Naomi Mulvihillwas a Margaret Murphy endowed fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA. Her chapbook, We All Might Be (Factory Hollow Press), won the 2022 Tomaž Šalamun Prize Editor’s Choice Selection. Her first full length volume of poems, The Knife Thrower’s Girl, was awarded the 2022 Washington Prize (The Word Works). Her poems have appeared in the Kenyon Review Online, Michigan Quarterly Review, New Orleans Review, Salamander, Cimarron, West Branch and others, and featured in Verse Daily. Naomi’s essays on language and learning have appeared in The Writer’s Chronicle and Harvard Educational Review. She is a veteran bilingual teacher in the Boston Public Schools. Nidia Hernández Nidia Hernández is a poet, translator, editor, poetry curator, broadcaster, and radio producer. Her project "La Maja desnuda" won the World Summit Award 2011 in Culture & Heritage. You can listen her Radio show on the UPV Radio website. Hernández serves as Associate Editor at Arrowsmith Press and is the poetry curator of Poesiaudio. She's also a board member of The New England Poetry Club. Her latest book, The Farewell Light (2024), was published by Arrowsmith Press. “These poems are set against an invisible clock ticking, poignantly reminding us of the fleetingness of everything—the stability of the speaker’s home country, familial memories, and lost beloveds all retreat into the sea, like turtle hatchlings guided away from the shore”. ~Patricia Guzman, World Literature Today. Cheryl Clark Vermeulen Cheryl Clark Vermeulenis author of They Can Take It Out and chapbooks Dead-Eye Spring and This Paper Lantern. Cheryl received an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Her poems, translations, or poetry reviews have appeared in many literary journals and the anthology Connecting Lines: New Poetry from Mexico. She edits poetry for Pangyrus literary magazine and teaches at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, where she founded the Creative Writing Minor. She lives in Boston with her family. Find out more at https://linktr.ee/cherylclarkvermeulen. Accessibility Notice: We strive to make our events accessible. To request a disability accommodation and/or language services, contact the department listed in the "Contact Info" pane on the right. Please allow at least two weeks to arrange accommodation. Programming at the Boston Public Library is funded through private support. To learn more about supporting the Library, please visit the Boston Public Library Fund's website:https://bplfund.org/

Age Strong Commission's Memory Café

The Memory Café is a free program for those living with memory loss, their loved ones, and care partners. Engage in social and artistic activities, while light refreshments are served.  For more info and to RSVP, contact Corinne White at [email protected] or by ......More

The Memory Café is a free program for those living with memory loss, their loved ones, and care partners. Engage in social and artistic activities, while light refreshments are served.  For more info and to RSVP, contact Corinne White at [email protected] or by calling 617-635-3745.

Drop-In Notary Service Hours

Come by any time during our open notary hours to get documents notarized. Please note the following: All forms must be complete except for signatures to be notarized. Do not sign the form until you are in the presence of a notary. You and any other signers must have......More

Come by any time during our open notary hours to get documents notarized. Please note the following: All forms must be complete except for signatures to be notarized. Do not sign the form until you are in the presence of a notary. You and any other signers must have an up-to-date, government issued photo ID with you, such as a passport, driver's license, or state ID. If your document(s) require witnesses, you must provide them yourself. If you need certified copies of documents notarized, please bring in the originals as well. We can only notarize documents in English. If you have any questions, you can email [email protected] or call the Branch at 617-524-2053. Programming at the Boston Public Library is funded through private support. To learn more about supporting the Library, please visit the Boston Public Library Fund's website: https://bplfund.org/ Accessibility Notice: We strive to make our events accessible. To request a disability accommodation and/or language services, contact the department listed in the "Contact Info" pane on the right. Please allow at least two weeks to arrange accommodation.

English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Conversation Group

Practice speaking English with other adult learners in an informal and friendly group setting led by a volunteer teacher. Class requires basic English-speaking skills. Beginning students should contact the Literacy Services department for a list of beginner class opti......More

Practice speaking English with other adult learners in an informal and friendly group setting led by a volunteer teacher. Class requires basic English-speaking skills. Beginning students should contact the Literacy Services department for a list of beginner class options.  This is a drop-in program. No registration is required. For more information, contact the Jamaica Plain Branch Library at 617-524-2053 or Literacy Services at 617-859-2446 or [email protected].

Pajama Story Time

Send your children off to dreamland with this fun pajama story time!  Every story time consists of three stories, finger plays, songs, and some prop activities.  Come one come all!  Accessibility Notice: We strive to make our events accessible. To request a disabilit......More

Send your children off to dreamland with this fun pajama story time!  Every story time consists of three stories, finger plays, songs, and some prop activities.  Come one come all!  Accessibility Notice: We strive to make our events accessible. To request a disability accommodation and/or language services, contact the department listed in the "Contact Info" pane on the right. Please allow at least two weeks to arrange accommodation.

Baby Story Time

Story Time introduces your child to books, rhymes, rhythm, music, song, puppets, flannel board stories, taking turns, paying attention, and being in a group. Each session is typically 25 to 30 minutes in length to accommodate attention span and developmental levels, an......More

Story Time introduces your child to books, rhymes, rhythm, music, song, puppets, flannel board stories, taking turns, paying attention, and being in a group. Each session is typically 25 to 30 minutes in length to accommodate attention span and developmental levels, and some Story Times include a craft or other learning activity. All story times are different, and the babies will generally spend most of the story time, singing, dancing, and bouncing.  Accessibility Notice: We strive to make our events accessible. To request a disability accommodation and/or language services, contact the department listed in the "Contact Info" pane on the right. Please allow at least two weeks to arrange accommodation.

Library Drop-In Hours at Chill on Park

Do you have questions about using your computer, cell phone, tablet, or eBooks? Would you like to take advantage of one of the many online resources available with a BPL card?  The Fields Corner Branch librarians can help! Please meet us at Chill on Park; located at......More

Do you have questions about using your computer, cell phone, tablet, or eBooks? Would you like to take advantage of one of the many online resources available with a BPL card?  The Fields Corner Branch librarians can help! Please meet us at Chill on Park; located at 142 Park Street, Dorchester, MA 02122 (across from the Fields Corner Branch Library). Laptops and limited free printing will be available.  A selection of Lucky Day books will be available for checkout, and we will also be able to create library cards and help with requesting books if needed.  Questions? Email us at [email protected]. Accessibility Notice: We strive to make our events accessible. To request a disability accommodation and/or language services, contact the department listed in the "Contact Info" pane on the right. Please allow at least two weeks to arrange accommodation.

LEGO Club

Now's the time to think big and build that LEGO creation of your dreams! Children ages four and up are invited to join us in the Children's Room to build and play. We have the LEGOs, just bring your imagination!