HALF-PRICE BOOK SALE – SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2023
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).
Events & Activities
CANCELLED!: WHAT’S NEW WITH ARLINGTON HOUSING?
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
MARTIN KILSON’S MEMOIR AND A CONVERSATION BETWEEN FRIENDS – THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2023, 7 PM
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
FINAL VINYL RECORD SALE – SATURDAY, MAY 20, 9AM-3PM
The Robbins Library has de-accessioned its collection of Vinyl and the Friends of the Robbins Library is planning a huge sale! There will be almost 3,000 albums on offer in a variety of genres – jazz, classical, popular and everything … Continued
AN INTRODUCTION TO BASKET-MAKING WITH KIMBERLEY HARDING – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 7 PM
This small basket is a great introduction to the art of basket-making. It can be filled with candy or small items and hung on a tree or doorknob. Students will have a choice of several reed and ribbon color combinations to create their unique basket. … Continued
WINTER 2023 READING ROOM CONCERT SERIES
Sundays at 3 pm in the Reading Room of the Robbins Library January 29 Louise Grasmere and Linda Shoemaker – Soul, jazz, blues, folk – www.louisegrasmere.com February 26 Aaron Larget-Caplan – Classical guitar – www.alcguitar.com April 2 Heather Gallagher – … Continued
“NEW PERENNIALS: A LOVE STORY” WITH DEBORAH CHUD – WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2023, 7PM
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
SINGER-SONGWRITER ERIN ASH SULLIVAN – SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 2023, 3 PM
To close this season’s Reading Room Music Series the Friends of the Robbins Library is delighted to welcome Erin Ash Sullivan. Erin is a Massachusetts-based, Americana/folk singer-songwriter who loves a good storytelling song. In 2021 she released her debut solo … Continued
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND “WHY ALL NEWS IS LOCAL” – WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 7 PM
Join the Friends of the Robbins Library for a moderated discussion on local journalism: Why All News is Local, featuring local journalists Jeff Barnd of Arlington Community Media (ACMi), Crystal Haynes of Channel 25 News, and Bob Sprague of YourArlington.com. Hear … Continued
“BETWEEN US SISTERS”: A DIALOGUE WITH LOUISA AND MAY ALCOTT – WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2023, 7 PM
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