Dec 5, 2009
We just read with interest about a newly launched “Express Library” in Mesa Arizona: 2500 square feet, open three days a week, funded by impact fees from real estate developers. Less than 7% of the start-up costs were used to renovate the storefront—the...
Dec 5, 2009
Start things off with Storytime at 11:30AM. Follow with Chinese Celebrations from 2:00pm – 4:00pm where you can drop in and learn about Chinese celebrations through hands-on activities, guided by Storefront Library staff, using kits provided by the Boston...
Dec 4, 2009
Tonight was record-breaking—three simultaneous events and scores of people using the library into the evening. But why is busy important to us? In short, the more you use the Storefront Library, the more we learn from this experiment. Boston Street Lab and the...
Dec 3, 2009
Film Screening: From Hutong to Highrise: The Transformation of Beijing, a documentary by Jasper Goldman and Beatrice Chen Friday Dec 4 6pm. (20 minute film). Here’s an event Flyer—help us spread the word. In the summer of 2001, urban planning students Beatrice...
Dec 3, 2009
The Storefront Library will host a meeting of Friends of the Chinatown Library, Friday, December 4, 4:00pm. All welcome. For more information and to rsvp, contact Lisette Le, Civic Action Coordinator, Chinese Progressive Association, 617-357-4499 or...
Dec 2, 2009
Storefront Library staff coordinated and delivered a donation of 350 high quality classic fiction titles to the Quincy Upper School, a Boston Public School on Arlington Street that serves grades 6 – 12. The books had been carefully selected from high school...
