Join us to shake off the end-of-winter blues at our annual Tropical Fiesta! The Friends of the JP Branch Library are helping to welcome Spring with delicious food (Coco Verde Vegan) combined with some delicious live music (Jefferey Clayton from the Pan Neubean Steel Band).

Join us for sweet treats and a flash book sale!

The Gloucester Hornpipe & Clog Society's annual benefit concert for the Friends of the JP Branch Library will feature a range of music to welcome spring at the JP Branch Library, including rousing Celtic songs and tunes, boisterous maritime music, revivals from their long tradition of performances, original tunes, and some delightful surprises.   A $10 donation is requested.  Snacks will be on sale. The Gloucester Hornpipe & Clog Society are a recipient of the City-Wide Friends of the BPL Inaugural BPL Benefactor Award and have been holding this annual fundraiser for more than 30 years - help them support the Jamaica Plain Branch and treat yourself to a wonderful evening.

Cannot attend but still want to contribute? Please use the Donate button on our website to send in a contribution. Thank you!

A great way to start off your holiday shopping while also supporting the Jamaica Plain Branch Library.  We will offer gently used books and DVDs all with bargain rates (all items just $1 or $2).  Books for all ages and in every genre. 

Book dealers please note - we ask that you do not use scanners at this December book sale and we will restrict purchases to no more than 20 items at a time.

All members of the Friends of the Jamaica Plain Branch Library are invited to our annual meeting. The meeting will include a small business section and then we will have a concert by the Pat Loomis Trio.

Refreshments will be served. While this event serves as our annual meeting, all patrons of the JP Branch Library are welcome to attend.

The Gloucester Hornpipe & Clog Society's annual benefit concert for the Friends of the JP Branch Library will feature a range of music to welcome spring at the JP Branch Library, including rousing Irish songs and tunes, boisterous maritime music, revivals from their long tradition of performances, original tunes, and some delightful surprises.   A $10 donation is requested.  Snacks will be on sale. The Gloucester Hornpipe & Clog Society are a recipient of the City-Wide Friends of the BPL Inaugural BPL Benefactor Award and have been holding this annual fundraiser for more than 30 years - help them support the JP Plain Branch and treat yourself to a wonderful evening. Tickets are available beforehand using the button to the right - or you can always pay at the door.

Cannot attend but still want to contribute? Please use the Donate button on our website to send in a contribution. Thank you!

Did you make a new year's resolution to clean out some of your clutter? Dave Downs will present a fun-filled humorous program loaded with personal examples of his own love/hate relationship with STUFF!  He wants to address these questions: Why do Americans have too many possessions? How can we begin to resolve this problem?

After presenting several BIG reasons why we have so much STUFF, Dave shares original thoughts, practical tips, and easy to understand strategies that anyone can use to begin the process of change. This is an innovative, upbeat program that contains useful information that will help motivate you to control your clutter.

A great way to start off your holiday shopping while also supporting the Jamaica Plain Branch Library.  We will offer gently used books and DVDs all with bargain rates (all items just $1 or $2).  Books for all ages and in every genre. 

Book dealers please note - we ask that you do not use scanners at this December book sale and we will restrict purchases to no more than 20 items at a time.

The Friends of the JP Branch Library invite everyone in the community to kick off the holiday season with a little food and some great entertainment.  We'll have a potluck - please bring an item to share - followed by a return performance by the Boston Typewriter Orchestra.  Back by popular demand!

All are welcome!

All members of the Friends of the Jamaica Plain Branch Library are invited to our annual meeting.  In 2017, the Friends turn 65!  Help us celebrate this milestone (and relish it in our new renovated Branch building). The meeting will include a small business section and then we will have refreshments.  All this will be topped off by a wonderful musical performance by Reynaliz Herrera 'Ideas, not Theories"

IDEAS, NOT THEORIES Is a theatrical percussion show. The performance features original music which explores the use of unconventional instruments such as: bicycles, tap and body percussion, water, brushes, as well as traditional percussion instruments such as marimbas and drums. All of the musical works are linked together through a story line, physical comedy and original characters, making the complete performance a unique, quirky and creative artistic experience. 

While this event serves as our annual meeting, all patrons of the JP Branch Library are welcome to attend.

Tres Gatos, Boston's first full-service restaurant, book and music store is holding a fundraiser for the Friends of the Jamaica Plain Branch Library!  A portion of all proceeds on the First Tuesday in October will be given to the Friends of the JP Branch.  So please come out on October 3rd to enjoy excellent food and drink...and bring your friends.

The Friends will bring a random assortment of used books (children's, young adults, adult fiction and non-fiction) along with DVDs over to the Thursdays on the Lawn event to sell. Our prices cannot be beat:  all Children/YA Books $1, Soft Cover $1, Hard Cover $2, DVDs $2.  All proceeds go to supporting the JP Branch Library.  Stop by to check out our selection and say hi! #TOTLatLGH

The Friends will bring a random assortment of used books (children's, young adults, adult fiction and non-fiction) along with DVDs over to the Thursdays on the Lawn event to sell. Our prices cannot be beat:  all Children/YA Books $1, Soft Cover $1, Hard Cover $2, DVDs $2.  All proceeds go to supporting the JP Branch Library.  Stop by to check out our selection and say hi! #TOTLatLGH

The Friends will bring a random assortment of used books (children's, young adults, adult fiction and non-fiction) along with DVDs over to the Thursdays on the Lawn event to sell. Our prices cannot be beat:  all Children/YA Books $1, Soft Cover $1, Hard Cover $2, DVDs $2 and all proceeds will go to supporting the JP Branch Library.  Stop by to check out our selection and say hi! #TOTLatLGH

The Friends will bring a random assortment of used books (children's, young adults, adult fiction and non-fiction) along with DVDs over to the Thursdays on the Lawn event to sell. Our prices cannot be beat:  all Children/YA Books $1, Soft Cover $1, Hard Cover $2, DVDs $2 and all proceeds will go to supporting the JP Branch Library.  Stop by to check out our selection and say hi! #TOTLatLGH

The Friends will bring a random assortment of used books (children's, young adults, adult fiction and non-fiction) along with DVDs over to the Thursdays on the Lawn event to sell. Our prices cannot be beat:  all Children/YA Books $1, Soft Cover $1, Hard Cover $2, DVDs $2 and all proceeds will go to supporting the JP Branch Library.  Stop by to check out our selection and say hi! #TOTLatLGH

(We need to leave early for a Board meeting!)