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Amy Ryan, President of the Boston Public Library, dropped in at the Storefront Library during our open hours today. She spent time talking with staff and volunteers, and we showed her some of our initial usage data and described our operations. We also talked about how operating in a street-level storefront space encourages us to [...]
Every Monday from 1:00-2:00pm, Storefront Library Volunteer Emily Wu leads a drop-in English Language Practice group. Participants can practice English language skills through guided conversation, which is free and open to all ages. This Monday, a group of nearly 40 ESOL students from the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center dropped in for a tour of the [...]
Leading a children’s story hour can be a challenge, even for experienced librarians. Today, Laura Jean Miller, a graduate of the Simmons Graduate Program in Library and Information Sciences and coordinator of our twice-weekly (and often bi-lingual) Storefront Library Storytime, offered an in-depth workshop for staff about strategies for reading to kids. She covered methods [...]
Jason Chou and a group of 8centric volunteers stopped by the Storefront Library as they made their way through the neighborhood on a street clean-up. Jason lives in the neighborhood and is a founder of 8centric, an organization that mobilizes volunteers to address needs in the Chinatown community. 8centric also offers a free evening English conversational [...]
On Sunday, the Storefront Library will host a Lion Dance Workshop at 2:00PM. Come learn about the Lion Dance and its history with Adam Cheung of Woo Ching White Crane. Try on the lion head and play the drum. Here’s a flyer for the event—please spread the word. We’re open every weekend from 11AM-6PM on [...]
Home Movie Night at the Storefront Library Saturday, December 5, 5:00-8:00pm. Here’s an Event Flyer—help us spread the word. This event is brought to you by the Boston hosts of the annual nationwide Home Movie Day. Home Movie Day celebrates amateur film by inviting people to bring their films to be screened. We will show film [...]
Join local authors Phil Amara and Richard Jenkins for an evening workshop on comic-making at the Storefront Library. Phil is the author of So, You Wanna Be a Comic Book Artist? and former editor of Dark Horse Comics, and Richard is the author of Comics in Your Curriculum. Phil is also a teacher at the [...]
Instructions: Make a wish. Write it down on a piece of paper. Fold it and tie it around a branch of a wish tree. Ask your friend to do the same. Keep wishing until the branches are covered. Yoko Ono’s WISH TREE project began in 1981. She was originally inspired by her childhood memory of [...]
Melissa Saggerer (Simmons GSLIS ‘10) and Amalia Child (Simmons GSLIS ‘11) entered our 3000th book into the Storefront Library catalog just before closing this evening. Over 5000 books have been donated since the project began. Read all about the collection here. Thanks to Valerie Wong, Susan Chin, and Astrid Müller for working this afternoon on [...]
An article in this week’s Sampan Newspaper looks at the Storefront Library in operation, and includes interviews with Library volunteer staff. Writer Kyle Chayka with reporters Ben Ross and Averi Becque spent several hours observing and interviewing, and their article offers a glimpse into the process of real-time evaluation and adjustment that have been central [...]
Saturday’s Storytime is all about the city. We’ll read Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and The Night Worker. We’ll also make cityscape pictures. Join us at the Storefront Library at 11:30AM on Saturday, Nov 21.
The Storefront Library will host a meeting of Friends of the Chinatown Library, Friday, November 20, 4:00pm. All welcome. For more information and to rsvp, contact Lisette Le, Civic Action Coordinator, Chinese Progressive Association, 617-357-4499 or lisette@cpaboston.org
This Thursday night, storytime is all about the farm. We’ll read This Little Chick and Duck on a Bike, and we’ll make our own Big Red Barns. The Library is open Thursday nights until 8PM. Check out photos from last week’s Storytime in the media browser to the right. When you visit the Storefront Library, [...]
Please join us for the final of three, special guided tours of the Central Branch of the Boston Public Library at Copley. These free, guided tours have been specially arranged with the Chinatown community in mind, and Storefront Library volunteers will provide translation in Cantonese. The first tours gave an overview of the Copley Branch [...]
The Storefront Library received a generous donation of books and DVDs about Hangzhou from the Municipal Government of Hangzhou, China. Hangzhou is Boston’s Sister City, with ties established in 1982. These materials are now available to the public at the Storefront Library. Thanks to Boston money manager, award-winning local author, and President of the Boston-Hangzhou [...]
Saturday is big in the Storefront Library. Start off at 11:30AM with a our weekly You and Me Storytime. This week: Cars and Trucks and Things That Go! Follow up with a special event at 2:00PM: Ancient Egypt! Discover mummies and the pyramids of Ancient Egypt. Try hand-on activities guided by Storefront Library staff, using [...]
Talk Read Play is a public awareness campaign focusing on the role of parents as their children’s first teachers from birth to age five. The campaign provides critical information and resources to support parents in educating their young children. Friday, November 13 is Talk Read Play Day in the City of Boston. Sponsors of the [...]