Events & Activities

When not creating decorative artwork using the beautiful and primitive images carved on old New England gravestones, the Gravestone Girls give lectures and tours on cemetery art, history and symbolism as well as teach gravestone rubbing classes! From the colonial … Continued

YOU CAN NOW VIEW THIS PRESENTATION HERE. There’s not a single dusty bookshelf to be found in this fast-paced illustrated history of Arlington’s libraries brought to us by renowned regional historian and author Richard Duffy.  From the town’s first year … Continued

Amy Stewart is the author of over a dozen books, including the Kopp Sisters novels and four New York Times bestsellers, one of which is Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln’s Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities. Here she takes … Continued

The Beantown Buckaroos cook up classic Western Swing and Country music, with a dash of Tex-Mex and Cajun for picante. You could say they play both kinds of music, Country and Western. The Bucks were born when a few vets of Boston’s … Continued

Rain or Shine, come by the Robbins’ back parking lot – look for the tent! We’ll be selling bags of books sorted by genre: mystery, hardcover fiction, trade paperbacks, cooking, health, children’s, take a chance, and more.  Brown bag ($5) or Friends’ … Continued

The closing of the Library due to COVID-19 precipitated the cancellation of all remaining Friends’ programs for this season. Not knowing when the Library will be open again for large groups, we will be planning virtual programs for the fall/winter … Continued