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
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 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
The Friends of the Robbins Library are delighted to welcome Susan Stamps, a representative from the Arlington Tree Committee. The Tree Committee was established in 2010 by Arlington’s Select Board to promote the protection, planting and care of trees in … Continued
The Friends of the Robbins Library will hold a Book Sale on Saturday, March 26, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm in the Robbins Library Community Room. Support Arlington’s libraries by purchasing children’s and teen books, movies, and music. There will … Continued