Little Cocoa Bean Tot Cafe is celebrating its one-year anniversary on December 16, from 10 am to 5pm with family fun activities. Stop on by!

At the Connolly Branch Library, José C. Massó III and debut author Margarita Barresi will discuss her book A Delicate Marriage, which is loosely based on her grandparents lives in mid-1900s Puerto Rico. They will also discuss how becoming a U.S. colony impacted the island, its people, and its politics during the time period of the novel through the present day. Following the talk there will be time for audience Q&A. A book signing will…

Nine Lessons & Carols December 16th @ 7:00 455 Arborway, Jamaica Plain, 02130 Celebrate the season with an evening of joyful music and Christmas readings followed by a reception. The event is free and open to all. Nine Lessons & Carols Tickets, Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite

Mariana brings a multicultural, bilingual, and interactive music experience full of original songs and some classics that will make you sing and move to the varied styles. For children ages 0-5 at the Connolly Library. Mariana trae una experiencia musical bilingue e interactiva donde cantarás, bailarás y te divertirás al ritmo de los variados estilos de sus canciones originales y algunas conocidas. Para niñxs entre las edades 0-5.

The Connolly Public Library is hosting Gentle Yoga for adults with JP Centre Yoga's Henri Garrison-Desany, for new and experienced practitioners alike on Thursdays, Jan. 11 and 18 from 11 am to noon. Please bring your own yoga mat. To register, please email Nic at connolly@bpl.org or call 617-522-1960.    

The Connolly Public Library is hosting Gentle Yoga for adults with JP Centre Yoga's Henri Garrison-Desany, for new and experienced practitioners alike on Thursdays, Jan. 11 and 18 from 11 am to noon. Please bring your own yoga mat. To register, please email Nic at connolly@bpl.org or call 617-522-1960.    

While completing his latest book, Alex Krieger realized that his own neighborhood of Jamaica Plain is emblematic of a number of American ideals. Not least of which is the yearning to achieve what observers of American culture have called the “ middle landscape,” or “middle state,” or more philosophically as the “ethic of the middle link.” Best expressed by Ralph Waldo Emerson in his lament, “I wish for rural strength and religion, and city facility…

The Connolly Public Library Virtual Adult Book Discussion Group will discuss Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng. A limited number of copies are available at the branch. Please email Nic at connolly@bpl.org for the Zoom link to participate.  

The Connolly Public Library and Mothers Out Front are hosting a Book Discussion and Virtual Q&A with Dr. Margaret Klein Salamon, author of Facing the Climate Emergency: How to Transform Yourself with Climate Truth on Saturday, Jan. 27 from 2-4 pm. Participants are encouraged to read as much as they can, but not required to have finished the book in order to attend. Please email Nic at connolly@bpl.org for the Zoom link to participate.  

At least 27 Africans were enslaved in Jamaica Plain in the 1700s.  Hidden Jamaica Plain will present an overview of slavery in Jamaica Plain. This history includes land theft, enslavement first of Indigenous people and then expansion to Africans.  Massachusetts Bay was the first English colony in North America to legalize slavery in 1641.  Chattel slavery existed in Massachusetts at the time of the American Revolution, and several Jamaica Plain patriots were enslavers. Hidden Jamaica…