FixIt Clinic

Robbins Library Community Room 700 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA

Join the folks from FixIt Clinic to learn and (with luck) repair! We provide the space, tools, and expert coaches to help you tinker, troubleshoot, and perhaps fix your small appliances, toys, devices, clothing, electronics, and other items. To help us plan, please tell us what you'll be bringing to the event at bit.ly/3W4MVFM This …

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Social Worker Drop-in Hours

Robbins Library Conference Room 700 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA

Struggling to meet basic needs such as housing, food, or employment? A social worker is now available to answer questions about social services in and around Arlington.

All-Ages Communication Station hosted by Understanding Our Differences

Robbins Library Community Room 700 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA

Understanding Our Differences is a nationally recognized, award-winning program that uses a hands-on, participatory curriculum to foster respect, acceptance, and inclusion for people of all abilities in elementary schools and communities at large. The communication station program allows hands-on use of assistive technology to learn and try out all the different ways we can communicate. …

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Social Justice Book Group Discussion: Being Heumann by Judith Heumann

Robbins Library Conference Room 700 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA

Robbins Library Conference Room, with remote attendance option This month the Social Justice Book Group will be discussing the 2023 Arlington Reads Together selection Being Heumann  Email sprochet@minlib.net or call (781) 316-3218 for more information.   Co-sponsored with Envision Arlington’s Diversity Task Group. Zoom Meeting ID:  812 4108 7996

English NOW! Conversation Group

Robbins Library Community Room 700 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA

English NOW!, an Arlington-based group, offers English-language learners opportunities to practice their conversation skills, advance their knowledge of vocabulary and grammar, and make connections in the community.  Participants in these free conversation groups discuss varied subjects under the supervision of native speakers. Zoom conversation groups are also available. Email englishnowArlington@gmail.com for the Zoom links.  Zoom …

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National Park Lunchtime Lectures: John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site Presents ‘From Beals St. To The White House’

Online Event - Via Zoom MA

Enjoy a virtual lunchtime lecture from the John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site, entitled "From Beals Street to the White House." Receive a virtual tour of John F. Kennedy's birthplace home on 83 Beals Street, as well as an exploration of his boyhood neighborhood, including the second home in which the Kennedys lived, their family …

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Queer Book Group

Robbins Library 700 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA

At the March queer book group we will discuss Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia. Afia's book promo is "if you want a jazz age murder mystery starring a tiny, tired lesbian, look no further than Dead Dead Girls." Her publisher describes it a little differently. "Following a harrowing kidnapping ordeal when she was in …

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Reading Room Music Series: “CRAZY B%$CH!”: Classical Music’s Difficult Women

Robbins Library 700 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA

In the next of the series of Reading Room Concerts the Friends of the Robbins Library are delighted to bring you creator and singer Heather Gallagher and accompanist Yukiko Oba. If well-behaved women seldom make history, they certainly don’t make for good theater!  Join Ms. Gallagher and Ms. Oba for an irreverent take on Classical Music’s most timeless …

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Drop-in Tech Help

Robbins Library Conference Room 700 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA

Stop by and ask a librarian your technology-related questions. If we can't help with a specific issue you are having, we will do our best to point you to resources that can! Email arlington@minlib.net with any questions.

Robbins Library Book Discussion Group

Robbins Library Conference Room 700 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA

This month we'll be discussing Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell. Books are available for pickup at the Robbins Library. Attend in person or online! Zoom Meeting ID: 824 9097 7762 Passcode: 8u6ipe