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Join us for a half price Sale-After-the-Sale on Sunday, 9/24 between 12pm – 3pm in the Community Room of the Robbins Library (lower level).

This event had been scheduled for Wednesday, September 27, 2023. The Friends of the Robbins Library is a volunteer organization with the overall goal of supporting and enhancing activities of the Robbins and Fox Libraries for the benefit of the … Continued

“WRITERS GO LIVE!” presents riveting personal stories performed by nine writers on three Wednesdays. Three writers will read on each Wednesday, October 11, 18 and 25, 7:00 – 9:00 pm in the Robbins Library Community Room. Join us for this … Continued

Join the Friends of the Robbins Library as we venture into the world of CSI with this interactive program that introduces you to the fascinating subject of forensic science. The program will delve into the functioning of the Massachusetts State … Continued

Arlington resident Marion Kilson, a volunteer with the Friends of the Robbins Library, and Gwen Wong, the Secretary for the Friends will discuss Martin Kilson’s memoir, A Black Intellectual’s Odyssey: From a Pennsylvania Milltown to the Ivy League.  Kilson takes … Continued

Please join the Friends of the Robbins Library and the Arlington Garden Club, co-sponsors of this virtual event, for a presentation by Deborah Chud, a retired Massachusetts physician turned garden-maker, consultant, and educator. entitled: “New Perennials: A Love Story”. Deborah’s … Continued

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