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October

Tuesday, October 22
Programming Advisory Meeting
8:30 am to 9:30 am
Free and open to the public
Tuesday, October 22
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, October 22
Film: Who Killed Vincent Chin?
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Free and open to the public
Wednesday, October 23
Baby Play Time
9:30 am to 10:00 am
Members only with no fee
Wednesday, October 23
Curator-Led Gallery Talk
10:00 am to 11:00 am
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, October 23
Up Close Tour: Three Notables
11:00 am to 11:30 am
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, October 23
Boston Music Showcase and Wine Night
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, October 23
Young Readers' Book Group
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is for members only
Thursday, October 24
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, October 24
Sensory Story Time
4:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Thursday, October 24
The Ghosts of Eden Park
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Friday, October 25
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, October 25
Visitor Story Time
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, October 26
Spooky Stories for Kids
10:30 am
This event is open to the public
Saturday, October 26
Teen Writing Group
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, October 29
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, October 29
The Life and Saga of Harriet Jacobs
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Free and open to the public
Wednesday, October 30
Docent-Led Gallery Talk: Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library
10:15 am
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, October 30
Up Close Tour: Three Notables
11:00 am to 11:30 am
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, October 30
Images and Shadows
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, October 31
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, October 31
Jefferson's White House: Monticello on the Potomac
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Free and open to the public

November

Friday, November 1
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, November 1
Visitor Story Time
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Friday, November 1
Friday DIY: Sock Puppets
3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Saturday, November 2
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, November 2
Art and Architecture Tour
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, November 2
LEGO®, Chess, and Puzzle Club
2:30 pm
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, November 5
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, November 5
Director's Coffee Hour
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, November 5
Art and Architecture Tour
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, November 6
Independent Readers’ Book Group
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Thursday, November 7
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, November 7
Art and Architecture Tour
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, November 7
Art and Architecture Tour
3:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, November 7
Staff-Led Gallery Talk: Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library
4:15 pm to 4:45 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, November 7
The Mind has Cliffs of Fall
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, November 7
Comics Club
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is for members only
Friday, November 8
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, November 8
Visitor Story Time
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Friday, November 8
Heirs of an Honored Name: The Decline of the Adams Family and the Rise of Modern America
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, November 9
Second Saturday Story Time
10:30 am
This event is open to the public
Saturday, November 9
Art and Architecture Tour
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, November 9
Docent-Led Gallery Talk: Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library
12:15 pm to 12:45 pm
This event is open to the public
Monday, November 11
A Celebration of Veterans and Our Special Collections
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, November 12
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, November 12
Art and Architecture Tour
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, November 12
Member's Choice: Teffi: A Life of Letters and of Laughter
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
This event is for members only
Wednesday, November 13
Up Close Tour: Too Much Nakedness: The Boston Athenæum and the Rise of American Sculpture
11:00 am to 11:30 am
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, November 13
Teen Readers’ Book Group: Mystery
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is for members only
Wednesday, November 13
Thomson Endowed Lecture, All Necessary and Useful Knowledge: Thomas Bray’s Libraries for Colonial America
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is for members only
Thursday, November 14
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, November 14
Art and Architecture Tour
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, November 14
Proprietors' Autumn Meeting
3:30 pm to 6:00 pm
This event is by invitation only
Friday, November 15
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, November 15
Visitor Story Time
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, November 16
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, November 16
Art and Architecture Tour
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, November 16
LEGO®, Chess, and Puzzle Club
2:30 pm
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, November 19
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, November 19
This Land is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, November 19
Eye of the Expert: (Anti) Suffrage
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is for members only
Tuesday, November 19
Art and Architecture Tour
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, November 19
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, November 20
Up Close Tour: Athena at the Athenæum
11:00 am to 11:30 am
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, November 20
Conservation Lab Tour with Chief Conservator Dawn Walus
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
This event is for members only
Wednesday, November 20
Young Readers' Book Group
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is for members only
Thursday, November 21
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, November 21
Curator-Led Gallery Talk
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, November 21
Art and Architecture Tour
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, November 21
Sensory Story Time
4:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Thursday, November 21
Poets' Theatre: Blazing Banners
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Friday, November 22
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, November 22
Visitor Story Time
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, November 23
Up Close with the Orchestra
10:30 am
This event is open to the public
Saturday, November 23
Film: Who Killed Vincent Chin?
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Free and open to the public
Saturday, November 23
Teen Writing Group
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, November 26
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Wednesday, November 27
Baby Play Time
9:30 am to 10:00 am
Members only with no fee
Wednesday, November 27
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, November 27
Up Close Tour: Two Presidents and a Ghost
11:00 am to 11:30 am
This event is open to the public
Friday, November 29
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, November 29
Visitor Story Time
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, November 30
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, November 30
Art and Architecture Tour
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
This event is open to the public

December

Tuesday, December 3
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, December 3
Art and Architecture Tour
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, December 3
The World That We Knew
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, December 4
Up Close Tour: Designing Women
11:00 am to 11:30 am
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, December 4
Independent Readers’ Book Group
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Thursday, December 5
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, December 5
Art and Architecture Tour
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, December 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
Thursday, December 5
Comics Club
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is for members only
Friday, December 6
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, December 6
Visitor Story Time
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Friday, December 6
Friday DIY: Knitting
3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Saturday, December 7
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, December 7
Art and Architecture Tour
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, December 7
Pop-Up Holiday Bookstore
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Monday, December 9
Eye of the Expert: (Anti) Suffrage
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is for members only
Tuesday, December 10
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, December 10
Art and Architecture Tour
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, December 10
Member's Choice: What Does Classical Art Tell Us: Guqin, Elegance Through Thousands of Years
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
This event is for members only
Wednesday, December 11
Up Close Tour: Designing Women
11:00 am to 11:30 am
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, December 11
The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, December 11
Teen Readers’ Book Group: Fantasy
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is for members only
Thursday, December 12
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, December 12
Film: Who Killed Vincent Chin?
11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Free and open to the public
Thursday, December 12
We The People: The 500-Year Battle Over Who is American
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, December 12
Art and Architecture Tour
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, December 12
Curator-Led Gallery Talk
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Friday, December 13
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, December 13
Visitor Story Time
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, December 14
Second Saturday Story Time
10:30 am
This event is open to the public
Saturday, December 14
Art and Architecture Tour
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, December 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, December 14
Winter Craft Party
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Monday, December 16
Reading Craft: Understanding History Through Reproduction
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, December 17
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, December 17
Art and Architecture Tour
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, December 17
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, December 18
Up Close Tour: Too Much Nakedness: The Boston Athenæum and the Rise of American Sculpture
11:00 am to 11:30 am
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, December 18
Young Readers' Book Group
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is for members only
Thursday, December 19
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, December 19
Art and Architecture Tour
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, December 19
Sensory Story Time
4:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Friday, December 20
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, December 20
Visitor Story Time
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, December 21
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, December 21
LEGO®, Chess, and Puzzle Club
2:30 pm
Members only with no fee
Thursday, December 26
Art and Architecture Tour
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, December 28
Art and Architecture Tour
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
This event is open to the public

January

Thursday, January 2
Staff-Led Gallery Talk: Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library
4:15 pm to 4:45 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, January 9
Curator-Led Gallery Talk
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, January 11
Docent-Led Gallery Talk: Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library
12:15 pm to 12:45 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, January 15
Film: Who Killed Vincent Chin?
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Free and open to the public
Tuesday, January 21
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, January 29
Docent-Led Gallery Talk: Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library
10:15 am to 10:45 am
This event is open to the public

February

Thursday, February 6
Staff-Led Gallery Talk: Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library
4:15 pm to 4:45 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, February 8
Docent-Led Gallery Talk: Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library
12:15 pm to 12:45 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, February 12
Curator-Led Gallery Talk
10:00 am to 11:00 am
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
Saturday, February 22
Film: Who Killed Vincent Chin?
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Free and 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

March

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
Thursday, March 12
Curator-Led Gallery Talk
5:00 pm to 6:00 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
Docent-Led Gallery Talk: Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library
12:15 pm to 12:45 pm
This event is open to the public