Chinatown Storefront Library Blog Archive

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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....

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...