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February

Tuesday, February 18
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, February 18
Art and Architecture Tour
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, February 18
Docent-Led Gallery Talk: Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library
6:45 pm to 7:15 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, February 19
EmpowerHER: Black Women in the Arts
6:00 pm to 7:15 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, February 20
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, February 20
Art and Architecture Tour
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, February 20
CANCELLED: Comics Club
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is for members only
Friday, February 21
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, February 22
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, February 22
Art and Architecture Tour
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, February 22
Visitor Story Time
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, February 22
Film: Who Killed Vincent Chin?
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Free and open to the public
Tuesday, February 25
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, February 25
Art and Architecture Tour
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, February 26
Docent-Led Gallery Talk: Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library
10:15 am to 10:45 am
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, February 26
The Atlas of Boston History
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, February 26
Young Readers' Book Group
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is for members only
Thursday, February 27
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, February 27
Art and Architecture Tour
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, February 27
Member Meet and Greet
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
This event is for members only
Friday, February 28
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, February 28
Art and Architecture Tour
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, February 29
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, February 29
Visitor Story Time
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, February 29
CANCELLED: Teen Writing Group
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Members only with no fee

March

Tuesday, March 3
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, March 3
The Body Papers: A Memoir
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, March 3
Up Close Tour: Designing Women
5:00 pm to 5:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, March 4
Curator's Choice: Art + Design
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, March 5
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, March 5
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, March 5
Curator's Choice: Revere's Engraving of the Boston Massacre
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, March 5
Staff-Led Gallery Talk: Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library
4:15 pm to 4:45 pm
This event is open to the public
Friday, March 6
Curator's Choice: Sartorial Suffrage
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, March 7
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, March 7
Visitor Story Time
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, March 7
LEGO®, Chess, and Puzzle Club
2:30 pm
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, March 10
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, March 10
What The Books Don't Tell You
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, March 10
Member’s Choice: Once Upon a Neighborhood: Timeline and Anecdotal History of the South End of Boston
6:30 pm
This event is for members only
Wednesday, March 11
Panel Discussion: Community Conversations
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, March 11
Ask a Librarian Conversations
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is for members only
Thursday, March 12
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, March 12
Curator-Led Gallery Talk
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, March 12
A Conversation on Agency: Displacement and Power During Political Turmoil
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Friday, March 13
Film: Who Killed Vincent Chin?
11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Free and open to the public
Saturday, March 14
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, March 14
Visitor Story Time
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, March 14
Docent-Led Gallery Talk: Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library
12:15 pm to 12:45 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, March 14
Second Saturday Crafts
2:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Monday, March 16
Eye of the Expert: Crossing the Line
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is for members only
Tuesday, March 17
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, March 19
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, March 19
John Hubbard Sturgis Eaton Endowed Lecture: The Cathedral and The City
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is for members only
Friday, March 20
Day Trip: "Shipwrecked" in Worcester
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
This event is for members only
Friday, March 20
Up Close Tour: Two Presidents and a Ghost
12:00 pm to 12:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, March 21
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, March 21
Visitor Story Time
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, March 21
LEGO®, Chess, and Puzzle Club
2:30 pm
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, March 24
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Wednesday, March 25
Boston Art Song Society Presents a Celebration of Music by African American Composers
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, March 26
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, March 26
These Fevered Days: Ten Pivotal Moments in the Making of Emily Dickinson
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, March 28
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, March 28
Visitor Story Time
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, March 31
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee

April

Thursday, April 2
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, April 2
This is Shakespeare
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, April 4
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, April 4
Visitor Story Time
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, April 4
LEGO®, Chess, and Puzzle Club
2:30 pm
Members only with no fee
Monday, April 6
Poets' Theatre: Blazing Banners
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, April 7
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, April 7
Up Close Tour: Designing Women
5:00 pm to 5:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, April 8
Slavery and the Making of the Early American Libraries: British Literature, Political Thought, and the Transatlantic Book Trade, 1731-1814
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, April 8
Ask a Librarian Conversations
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is for members only
Thursday, April 9
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, April 11
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, April 11
Visitor Story Time
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, April 11
Up Close Tour: Athena at the Athenæum
12:30 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, April 11
Second Saturday Crafts
2:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, April 14
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Wednesday, April 15
The Advocates: The Parthenon Marble Debate
5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, April 16
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, April 16
Film Screening: Sherlock, Jr. in Concert with the New England Philharmonic
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Friday, April 17
Up Close Tour: Three Notables
12:00 pm to 12:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, April 18
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, April 18
Visitor Story Time
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, April 18
LEGO®, Chess, and Puzzle Club
2:30 pm
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, April 21
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, April 21
The Seed of an Idea: Growing a Seed Library at lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, April 22
The Sum of the People: How the Census Has Shaped Nations, From the Ancient World to the Modern Age
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, April 23
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, April 25
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, April 25
Visitor Story Time
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, April 28
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, April 28
Eye of the Expert: Crossing the Line
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is for members only
Wednesday, April 29
Portrait Talk & Demonstration
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, April 30
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, April 30
Here All Night: Poetry & Cocktails
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public

May

Tuesday, May 5
Birder on Birder Lane
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, May 6
Field Report: Boston Athenæum Fellow Eli Portman
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Free and open to the public
Wednesday, May 13
Ask a Librarian Conversations
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is for members only

June

Thursday, June 4
Cultivated: The Elements of Floral Style
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, June 10
Ask a Librarian Conversations
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is for members only

July

Wednesday, July 8
Ask a Librarian Conversations
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is for members only
Wednesday, July 15 to Friday, July 17
Educator Workshop: Primary Sources in the Classroom
6:00 pm to 5:00 pm
This event is open to the public