Visit www.brooklinelibrary.org for more information. Hours are in effect through June 15.

Visit www.brooklinelibrary.org for more information. Hours are in effect through June 15.

Brookline Library Music Association

The Brookline Library Music Association continues its 61st season of free music at the Main Library, Hunneman Hall, on Sunday, Feb. 3, at 2:30 p.m., when cellists John Bumstead and Javier Caballero of Due Celli perform the works of Kummer, Marcello, Ticciati, Geminiani, Ungar, and others. All are welcome but seating is limited. Doors open at 2 p.m. Hunneman Hall is handicapped-accessible.

Brookline Reads/Climate Week Events

Meet Kristin Kimball, author of this year’s Brookline Reads selection, “The Dirty Life, a Memoir of Farming, Food and Love,” and learn firsthand about changes in her life, and her quest with her husband to feed an entire community, Thursday, Jan. 31, Main Library, Hunneman Hall, 7-9 p.m.

Opportunities in Urban Agriculture: Feeding Our Community: A panel of organizations making groundbreaking progress will report on the potential and the opportunities for citizens in urban areas like Boston and Brookline to raise their own food and lower their carbon footprint on Saturday, Feb. 2, Coolidge Corner Library, Meeting Room, 1-2 p.m., followed by an informal reception.

Be-A-MAZED! Explore this outdoor installation between the Main Library and Town Hall through Feb. 9. This walking maze invites active participation and reconsideration of old thought patterns and daily habits around climate action and presents the science behind climate change. It is math and more!

Brookline Reads/Climate Week Exhibits at Main through Feb. 24

Farm2Table2Farm by Evelyn Berde, Carolyn Lovit, Gwen Ossenfort, Tilla Rodemann, and Tate Mitchell. Experience the cyclorama that follows food from seed to harvest to table and back to the earth in Hunneman Hall through Feb. 24. It is a farm for all ages in honor of Brookline Reads 2013 selection, “The Dirty Life, a Memoir of Farming, Food and Love,” by Kristin Kimball.

 

The Price of Extreme Weather by Michael Stone and David Lowe, first floor Lobby case. Learn the economic toll of major weather disasters in the United States that have impacted Brookline and communities beyond Brookline.

Take Action Today: Easy Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint by Michael Stone and Alan Leviton, first floor Emery case. Discover ways to lower your environmental impact in Brookline through a number of greenhouse gas reducing measures at home and in your daily life.

Brookline’s Climate Action Plan Needs YOU! By Luisa Ortiz Wren and Pat Maher, first floor, Foundation case (left entrance). Brookline has a new Climate Action Plan approved by the Board of Selectmen December, 2012. Learn about the 38 actions that will bring Brookline closer to its goal of reducing our greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2020 and by 80% by 2050. The Climate Action Plan is a living document with a wiki version on line at www.brooklinema.gov/cap. Children have an opportunity to become part of the exhibit by illustrating actions. Materials can be found in the children’s library.

Early winter children’s programs

For more listings, go to brooklinelibrary.org.

MAIN: 3- to 5-year-olds, drop-in stories and crafts, Wednesdays, 3:30 p.m., through May 29.

MAIN: Friday Flicks, Feb. 1, Main Library, Hunneman Hall, 10:30-11 a.m., ages 2 and up. The Friday Flicks children’s program presents an environmental film in honor of Climate Week. Come enjoy!

CC: First Light Fun with Mashpee Wampanoag Annawon Weeden, Wednesday, Feb. 20,
10:30 a.m., Coolidge Corner Library. Suitable for all ages over 3.

CC: Pajama Story time, all ages, Thursdays, 6:30 p.m., Feb. 14, March 14, April 11, and May 9.

PUTT: 3- to 5-year-olds, drop in stories and crafts, Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m., through March 19, drop-in.       

PUTT: Tales from the Magic Carpet, stories for 6- to 8-year-olds, Saturdays, 3:30 p.m., Feb. 16, and March 16, registration recommended.

PUTT: Rhythms and Rhymes for the Very Young (6 mos. to 2-year-olds), Fridays 10:30- 11:15 a.m., March 8-May 3. Registration required.

More Exhibits at Main and Coolidge

In the Children’s Room at Main, Molly Kleiner’s collection of hair accessories was on view until Jan. 19, Calder Anderson’s keychains and Zulfiya Baseman’s Tintin and Tick books are on view until Feb. 2, and Meg Hitchcock-Smith will display her rocks and minerals, and Michelle and Brianna Yang their erasers, pencils, and tiaras from Feb. 2-16.

Branch supervisor Catherine Dooley is displaying her collection of miniature books at Coolidge through Feb. 14.

Monthly events

Adult, Adult/teen, and Ages 10-13 book discussion groups

MAIN: Monday, Feb. 4, 7:30 p.m., “You Know When the Men are Gone,” by Siobhan Fallon, led by Brian Hodgdon.

MAIN: (Teen Literature) Wednesday, Feb. 13, 7 p.m., “Hush,” by Eishes Chayil.

MAIN: (Bestsellers Ages 10-13, Rabbit Hole) Thursday, Feb. 14, 3:30 p.m., “Julie of the Wolves,” by Jean Craighead George.

MAIN: (Mystery) Tuesday, Feb. 19, noon, “The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher,” by Kate Summerscale.

PUTT: Thursday, Feb. 28, 2 p.m., Short Story Reading Group, Barb Warner (617-730-2385) & Alan Allaire (617 738-1984).

A Taste of Poetry

MAIN: Thursday, Feb. 7, noon, love poems, led by Meagan Parker.

Bibliophile Cinema

BATV: Thursday, Feb. 28, 6 p.m.: “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” by Patricia Highsmith.

 
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