Spanish Study group — Mondays at 4:30 p.m. Practice your Spanish conversational skills in a friendly atmosphere. Participants should be able to read a Spanish language newspaper.
ESL Conversation Group — Tuesdays 10 a.m. to noon, and Thursdays at 6 p.m.
Kids Club — Wednesdays, at 4 p.m. Stories and crafts for children ages 7 and older. Groups cannot be accommodated. Please pre-register.
Adult Book Discussion — Thursdays at 7 p.m. Dec. 13, The Dive from Clausen’s Pier by Ann Packer; Jan. 10, Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss; Feb. 14, Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian; March 13, All Souls A Family Story from Southie by Michael Patrick MacDonald; April 10, Ash Wednesday by Ethan Hawke; May 8, Feeding the Monster: How Money, Smarts and Nerve Took a Team to the Top by Seth Mnookin; June 12, The Coffin Quilt: The Feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys by Ann Rinaldi; July 10, Ranch of Dreams: The Heartwarming Story of America’s Most Unusual Animal Sanctuary by Cleveland Amory.
Outta the Basement — On display indefinitely during library hours. Posters of the Jamaica Plain Branch’s past.
Reading Readiness — Tuesdays, through Dec. 11, at 10:30 a.m. Children ages 2-5 will explore pre-reading concepts through stories, music and crafts. Ellen Hoffman performs on Dec. 4. Pre-registration is required.
Toddler Storytime – Wednesdays, through Dec. 12 at 10:30 a.m. Stories, fingerplays and crafts for children ages 18-36 months. Pre-registration is required.
Native American History Month Film — Thursday, Nov. 29, at 6 p.m. Incident at Oglala: The Leonard Peltier Story (1992, 89 min.)
Chanukah Songs — Saturday, Dec. 1 at 11 a.m. Workmen’s Circle Music Director Lisa Gallatin leads a concert and singalong of songs of freedom and hope in Yiddish and Hebrew.
Milk, Cookies and Bedtime Stories — Thursdays, at 6:30 p.m. for children ages 2-5. Dec. 6, Cozy Blankets; Jan. 3, It’s Snowing.
Acoustic Brazil — Saturday, Dec. 8 at 10 a.m. Acoustic Brazil exposes kids and families to the different musical styles of Brazil. They will learn about instruments and become a part of a Carnaval rhythm section.
Wintertime Holiday Open House — Thursday, Dec. 13 at 6 p.m. Food, crafts and fun. At 7 p.m., Rosalita’s Puppets present Winter Wonderland. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Jamaica Plain Branch Library.
Footlight Troupe performs — Saturday, Jan. 12 at 11 a.m. The Friends of the Jamaica Plain Branch Library are sponsoring this family performance of The Universe and Other Stuff.
Animals in Winter Storytime — Monday, Jan. 14 at 10:30 a.m. Staff from the Boston Nature Center share stories for children ages 3-5.
1st Thursday – “Here, There & About.” Photographs by Christopher Ribot. Thursday, Dec. 6, Reception from 6 – 8 p.m.