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ROBBINS – 10am Story Time for Ages 1-2
Story time for kids ages 1-2. Stories, songs, and rhymes! Pick up free ticket 1/2 hour prior.
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Fox Walking Club
Fox Walking Club
We will meet at the library and walk between 1.5-3 miles mostly along the Arlington Cultural District and Minuteman Bikeway. This is a great way to stay active and make some new friends in your community. Getting regular physical activity is one of the best things you can do for your health. Weather permitting.
ROBBINS – 10:45am Story Time for Ages 1-2
ROBBINS – 10:45am Story Time for Ages 1-2
Story time for kids ages 1-2. Stories, songs, and rhymes! Pick up free ticket 1/2 hour prior.
2 events,
ROBBINS – Kids’ Sing-a-Long
ROBBINS – Kids’ Sing-a-Long
Sing and dance with our fantastic musicians! Pick up a free ticket 1/2 hour prior.
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Drop-in Tech Help
Drop-in Tech Help
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.
3 events,
ROBBINS – Wednesday Story Time for Ages 3-5
ROBBINS – Wednesday Story Time for Ages 3-5
Story time for kids ages 3-5. Stories, rhymes, crafts, and/or fingerplay. Pick up free ticket 1/2 hour prior.
English NOW! Conversation Group
English NOW! Conversation Group
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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Explore The Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
Explore The Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
Zoom Program Register: shorturl.at/gpCE1 In the 1600's, on the banks of the Saugus River, something extraordinary happened -- the birth of the American Iron and Steel Industry! Explore the place where European iron makers brought their special skills to a young Massachusetts colony. Saugus Iron Works is a twelve-acre National Historic Site that includes working …
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3 events,
FOX – Kids’ Sing-a-Long
FOX – Kids’ Sing-a-Long
Sing and dance with our fantastic musicians! Pick up a free ticket 1/2 hour prior.
ROBBINS – Family Game Night
ROBBINS – Family Game Night
Grab a friend or your favorite adult and come play our board games or bring your own! Drop-in. For kids or all ages and their adults.
Find Happiness through Mindfulness, Yoga, & Meditation
Find Happiness through Mindfulness, Yoga, & Meditation
Experience ancient practices of breathing and meditation in an informal virtual setting. Discover secrets to increasing happiness in everyday life and learn ways to make it grow each day. No previous experience required. Sessions are led by mindfulness, yoga and meditation teacher Janhavi Wadwhani. The sessions will continue on the first and third Thursdays of …
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2 events,
ROBBINS – Toddler Play Together
ROBBINS – Toddler Play Together
Toddlers! Grab your grown ups and meet up in the Robbins Library Children's Room to play, build & imagine with a new collaborative toy! Ages 2-4. Drop in.
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CANCELLED: ROBBINS – Writing Club: Make Your Own Journal
CANCELLED: ROBBINS – Writing Club: Make Your Own Journal
CANCELLED: Journals are amazing! Use them to record special and ordinary days, dreams for the future, and everything in between. Join us as we decorate journals and explore different ways of expressing our thoughts and ideas . For ages 7-10. Registration is required for this event and began March 1. Sign up here: https://writingclubjournal.eventbrite.com
2 events,
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ROBBINS – Mindfulness for Kids
ROBBINS – Mindfulness for Kids
Learn the benefits from having a Mindfulness practice! Mindfulness can help you focus and relieve stress. We'll do simple and fun activities to encourage relaxation. Space is limited; pick up a free ticket 1/2 hour prior.
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Fix-it Clinic
Fix-it Clinic
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 here: bit.ly/3W4MVFM Co-sponsored …
1 event,
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ROBBINS – The Real Cinco de Mayo: Bilingual Storytelling
ROBBINS – The Real Cinco de Mayo: Bilingual Storytelling
Come to a family-friendly Spanish immersion storytelling program! The presenters will tell stories based on history, myths, and legends, narrated simultaneously in English and Spanish. Then we'll sing and dance to music based on the stories you hear! For ages 4+ Space is limited, pick up a free ticket 1/2 hour prior.
5 events,
ROBBINS – 10am Story Time for Ages 1-2
ROBBINS – 10am Story Time for Ages 1-2
Story time for kids ages 1-2. Stories, songs, and rhymes! Pick up free ticket 1/2 hour prior.
Fox Walking Club
Fox Walking Club
We will meet at the library and walk between 1.5-3 miles mostly along the Arlington Cultural District and Minuteman Bikeway. This is a great way to stay active and make some new friends in your community. Getting regular physical activity is one of the best things you can do for your health. Weather permitting.
ROBBINS – 10:45am Story Time for Ages 1-2
ROBBINS – 10:45am Story Time for Ages 1-2
Story time for kids ages 1-2. Stories, songs, and rhymes! Pick up free ticket 1/2 hour prior.
3 events,
ROBBINS – Kids’ Sing-a-Long
ROBBINS – Kids’ Sing-a-Long
Sing and dance with our fantastic musicians! Pick up a free ticket 1/2 hour prior.
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Beehive Poetry with Arlington’s Poet Laureate
Beehive Poetry with Arlington’s Poet Laureate
All aspiring and experienced poets are invited to the Arlington Poet Laureate's Drop-in Hours. Participants should have 10 copies of a poem they’d like to share — and a notebook for workshop writing exercises. Contact Jean Flanagan at jean.poetlaureatearlington@gmail.com
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Best Bike Rides in New England with Author David Sobel
Best Bike Rides in New England with Author David Sobel
Zoom Program Register: shorturl.at/bLMY3 Author David Sobel will give a presentation based on his new book, "Best Bike Rides in New England," in this Zoom webinar. Sobel will reveal three of his favorite rides, discuss the variables he uses when designing a ride, explain how to design rides using online tools like “Map My Ride” …
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3 events,
ROBBINS – Wednesday Story Time for Ages 3-5
ROBBINS – Wednesday Story Time for Ages 3-5
Story time for kids ages 3-5. Stories, rhymes, crafts, and/or fingerplay. Pick up free ticket 1/2 hour prior.
English NOW! Conversation Group
English NOW! Conversation Group
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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Explore The Adams National Historical Park
Explore The Adams National Historical Park
Zoom Program Register: shorturl.at/lmQ14 From the sweet little farm at the foot of Penn’s Hill to the gentleman’s country estate at Peace Field, Adams National Historical Park is the story of “heroes, statesman, philosophers … and learned women” whose ideas and actions helped to transform thirteen disparate colonies into one united nation. Learn about this …
5 events,
FOX – Kids’ Sing-a-Long
FOX – Kids’ Sing-a-Long
Sing and dance with our fantastic musicians! Pick up a free ticket 1/2 hour prior.
Poet Laureate on Duty
Poet Laureate on Duty
Are you working on a poem you’d like to share but don’t feel it’s ready for your poetry group? Did you just start writing poetry and you’re not sure of what you have on the page? Come share and work on your poetry with the Arlington Poet Laureate, Jean Flanagan.
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Electrify Arlington Fair
Electrify Arlington Fair
Free advice on energy efficiency, clean cooling technologies, rebates, and more! The Electrify Arlington campaign will host an educational fair to celebrate EcoFest. Refreshments will be served. Residents may stop by at any time to sign up for a free home energy assessment, meet the Electrify Arlington coaches, and learn about clean cooling technologies.
1 event,
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ROBBINS – Toddler Music Fun
ROBBINS – Toddler Music Fun
Sing and move to the beat! We'll read a story about music and then enjoy fun filled rhymes and songs sure to get toddlers on their feet. For ages 2-4. Pick up tickets 1/2 hour prior.
2 events,
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ROBBINS – Moving & Grooving
ROBBINS – Moving & Grooving
Move, wiggle, dance and explore with your little one. For children ages 1-3. Please pick up a ticket at the Children’s Desk 1/2 hour prior.
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ROBBINS – Ready, Set, LEGO!
ROBBINS – Ready, Set, LEGO!
Calling all builders in training - test out your skills at the Robbins Library. We provide the LEGOs and YOU bring the creativity! Geared at ages 3+. Drop-in.
0 events,
4 events,
ROBBINS – 10am Story Time for Ages 1-2
ROBBINS – 10am Story Time for Ages 1-2
Story time for kids ages 1-2. Stories, songs, and rhymes! Pick up free ticket 1/2 hour prior.
Fox Walking Club
Fox Walking Club
We will meet at the library and walk between 1.5-3 miles mostly along the Arlington Cultural District and Minuteman Bikeway. This is a great way to stay active and make some new friends in your community. Getting regular physical activity is one of the best things you can do for your health. Weather permitting.
ROBBINS – 10:45am Story Time for Ages 1-2
ROBBINS – 10:45am Story Time for Ages 1-2
Story time for kids ages 1-2. Stories, songs, and rhymes! Pick up free ticket 1/2 hour prior.
3 events,
ROBBINS – Kids’ Sing-a-Long
ROBBINS – Kids’ Sing-a-Long
Sing and dance with our fantastic musicians! Pick up a free ticket 1/2 hour prior.
Poet Laureate on Duty
Poet Laureate on Duty
Are you working on a poem you’d like to share but don’t feel it’s ready for your poetry group? Did you just start writing poetry and you’re not sure of what you have on the page? Come share and work on your poetry with the Arlington Poet Laureate, Jean Flanagan.
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Social Justice Book Club: His Name is George Floyd
Social Justice Book Club: His Name is George Floyd
This month’s Social Justice Book Group selection will discuss His Name is George Floyd: one man's life and the struggle for racial justice by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa. This book will discuss George Floyd’s life in the larger context of the history of systemic racism in the United States. Copies available in our Arlington …
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6 events,
ROBBINS – Wednesday Story Time for Ages 3-5
ROBBINS – Wednesday Story Time for Ages 3-5
Story time for kids ages 3-5. Stories, rhymes, crafts, and/or fingerplay. Pick up free ticket 1/2 hour prior.
English NOW! Conversation Group
English NOW! Conversation Group
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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Explore The Springfield Armory National Historic Site
Explore The Springfield Armory National Historic Site
Zoom Program Register: shorturl.at/klwF8 For nearly two centuries, the U.S. Armed Forces and American industry looked to Springfield Armory for innovative engineering and superior firearms. The Springfield Armory commemorates the critical role of the nation’s first armory by preserving and interpreting the world's largest historic US military small arms collection, along with historic archives, buildings, …
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4 events,
FOX – Kids’ Sing-a-Long
FOX – Kids’ Sing-a-Long
Sing and dance with our fantastic musicians! Pick up a free ticket 1/2 hour prior.
ROBBINS – Family Game Night
ROBBINS – Family Game Night
Grab a friend or your favorite adult and come play our board games or bring your own! Drop-in. For kids or all ages and their adults.
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Martin Kilson’s Memoir and a Conversation Between Friends
Martin Kilson’s Memoir and a Conversation Between Friends
Arlington resident Marion Kilson, a volunteer with the Friends of the Robbins Library, and Gwen Wong, the Secretary for the Friends will discuss Martin Kilson’s memoir, A Black Intellectual’s Odyssey: From a Pennsylvania Milltown to the Ivy League. Kilson takes readers on a fascinating journey from his upbringing in the small Pennsylvania milltown of Ambler, …
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3 events,
ROBBINS – Toddler Play Together
ROBBINS – Toddler Play Together
Toddlers! Grab your grown ups and meet up in the Robbins Library Children's Room to play, build & imagine with a new collaborative toy! Ages 2-4. Drop in.
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ROBBINS – Afternoon Story Time
ROBBINS – Afternoon Story Time
A special afternoon story time! Join Stephanie in the Children' Room for silly songs and stories. Kids of all ages. Drop in.
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Arlington’s 2023 Teen Pride Prom
Arlington’s 2023 Teen Pride Prom
Arlington’s annual celebration of joyful self expression for teens returns! Teens aged 13-18 of all genders and sexualities are welcome to celebrate their authentic selves by enjoying music, food, and a live interactive drag performance.
3 events,
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Final Vinyl Record Sale
Final Vinyl Record Sale
The Robbins Library has de-accessioned its collection of Vinyl and the Friends of the Robbins Library is planning a huge sale! There will be almost 3,000 albums on offer in a variety of genres – jazz, classical, popular, and everything in between. Come browse and buy from the Library’s record album collection. Prices are $3.00 …
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FOX – Maura Mendoza: Musifiesta!
FOX – Maura Mendoza: Musifiesta!
Join Maura Mendoza in this fun Latin American singalong! Dance and keep to the beat with egg shakers, tambourines, and maracas. For kids of all ages. Pick up a free ticket ½ hour prior.
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ROBBINS – Crafter-day!
ROBBINS – Crafter-day!
Come and create! We'll provide the materials, you provide the imagination! Drop-In. For kids of all ages.
0 events,
5 events,
ROBBINS – 10am Story Time for Ages 1-2
ROBBINS – 10am Story Time for Ages 1-2
Story time for kids ages 1-2. Stories, songs, and rhymes! Pick up free ticket 1/2 hour prior.
Fox Walking Club
Fox Walking Club
We will meet at the library and walk between 1.5-3 miles mostly along the Arlington Cultural District and Minuteman Bikeway. This is a great way to stay active and make some new friends in your community. Getting regular physical activity is one of the best things you can do for your health. Weather permitting.
ROBBINS – 10:45am Story Time for Ages 1-2
ROBBINS – 10:45am Story Time for Ages 1-2
Story time for kids ages 1-2. Stories, songs, and rhymes! Pick up free ticket 1/2 hour prior.
1 event,
ROBBINS – Kids’ Sing-a-Long
ROBBINS – Kids’ Sing-a-Long
Sing and dance with our fantastic musicians! Pick up a free ticket 1/2 hour prior.
3 events,
ROBBINS – Wednesday Story Time for Ages 3-5
ROBBINS – Wednesday Story Time for Ages 3-5
Story time for kids ages 3-5. Stories, rhymes, crafts, and/or fingerplay. Pick up free ticket 1/2 hour prior.
English NOW! Conversation Group
English NOW! Conversation Group
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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Explore The Lowell National Historical Park
Explore The Lowell National Historical Park
Zoom Program Register: shorturl.at/lJT36 Lowell’s water-powered textile mills catapulted the nation – including immigrant families and early female factory workers – into an uncertain new industrial era. Nearly 200 years later, the changes that began here still reverberate in our shifting global economy and serve as a living testament to the dynamic human story of …
2 events,
FOX – Kids’ Sing-a-Long
FOX – Kids’ Sing-a-Long
Sing and dance with our fantastic musicians! Pick up a free ticket 1/2 hour prior.
ROBBINS – Family Game Night
ROBBINS – Family Game Night
Grab a friend or your favorite adult and come play our board games or bring your own! Drop-in. For kids or all ages and their adults.
1 event,
ROBBINS – Toddler Play Together
ROBBINS – Toddler Play Together
Toddlers! Grab your grown ups and meet up in the Robbins Library Children's Room to play, build & imagine with a new collaborative toy! Ages 2-4. Drop in.
2 events,
ROBBINS – Kids’ Sing-a-Long
ROBBINS – Kids’ Sing-a-Long
Sing and dance with our fantastic musicians! Pick up a free ticket 1/2 hour prior.
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Visit the Old Burying Ground
Visit the Old Burying Ground
Near the Robbins Library is Arlington’s Old Burying Ground, established back in 1724 when Arlington was the Second Precinct of Cambridge and called Menotomy. In this program, Local History Librarian Steven Prochet will give a tour of the Old Burying Ground, profiling those buried in the cemetery like Jason Russell and Samuel Abbott Smith, explain …
4 events,
ROBBINS – Wednesday Story Time for Ages 3-5
ROBBINS – Wednesday Story Time for Ages 3-5
Story time for kids ages 3-5. Stories, rhymes, crafts, and/or fingerplay. Pick up free ticket 1/2 hour prior.
English NOW! Conversation Group
English NOW! Conversation Group
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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Queer Book Group: Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park
Queer Book Group: Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park
The May selection is Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park. Copies of Love in the Big City are available at the Robbins Library Circulation Desk. The book group will meet on Wednesday May 31st from 7:00-8:00 p.m. in the Robbins Library 4th floor conference room and on Zoom. Newcomers are welcome! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82574195308 …
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5 events,
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Drop-in Tech Help
Drop-in Tech Help
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: Family Game Night for Kids and their adults
ROBBINS: Family Game Night for Kids and their adults
Grab a friend or your favorite adult and come play our board games or bring your own! Drop-in. For kids of all ages and their adults
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Science Book Group: The Botany of Desire
Science Book Group: The Botany of Desire
This book group is dedicated to reading and discussing books about science and the many different disciplines and topics it encompasses. Join us every other month to make friends and acquire new knowledge! We’ll be discussing The Botany of Desire: A Plant's Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan. This is a hybrid event …
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1 event,
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FOX: Rockabye Beats at 10:00 for all ages
FOX: Rockabye Beats at 10:00 for all ages
A unique and interactive music experience for the whole family! Includes Spanish language, freestyle dance, musical jams and more! For all ages. Please pick up a free ticket 1/2 hour before the program.
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