Listen to life-long Belmont resident, Athena McInnis speak about her historic home, the Thadeus Frost House, and about life in Belmont, then and now.
If you are interested in becoming a part of Belmont’s oral history project, contact Nancy McColm at [email protected] or 617-993-2870 or Joanna Tzouvelis at [email protected]
Listen to Dr. Paul Soloman and his wife Phyl interview one another about their careers, family life ,and their service to the Town of Belmont.
Find out more about the Belmont Story Project.
Listen to Dr David Alper speak with the Belmont Citizen-Herald’s Joanna Tzouvelis about owing a private practice in Belmont, his 30+ years on the Town’s Board of Health, and the rewards of volunteering.
Find out more about the Belmont Story Project.
Friday Movie Night! December’s aptly themed pick is Scrooged (PG-13) with Bill Murray, “a selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.” We’ll have popcorn and refreshments, come make a night of it and get in the holiday spirit!
DIAL M FOR MOVIES, hosted by Library Director, Peter Struzziero. Watch the film on your own or at the Library on our Film Screening Night with popcorn and drinks, and then join Peter and other film buffs for a lively discussion! Generously sponsored by the Friends of the Belmont Public Library.
Please bring non-perishable canned goods to the library when you come to have your fines waived. All items will be donated to the Belmont Food Pantry to support those in need.
Listen to MA State Senator Will Brownsberger speak with his daughter Carly, about about raising a family in Belmont, his work on the Board of Selectmen, and being a MA state senator.
Find out more about the Belmont Story Project.
Join us November 21 at 3PM for a discussion of George Saunders’, “Lincoln in the Bardo.” This imaginative novel, tells the story of Lincoln’s grief at losing his 11 year old son Willie, through characters living and deceased; real and imagined. BBD meets on the third Wednesday of every other month. Please note, we will also vote on the titles for 2019 at this meeting.
1968 was one of the most memorable and turbulent years in American history, with the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, inner-city riots, campus takeovers, and, looming over everything, the war in Vietnam. The Game is the story of that iconic American year, as seen through an unforgettable group of young athletes who battled in the legendary 1968 Harvard-Yale football game.
| Monday, November 5th |
| 11am, Library Assembly Room |
Author George Howe Colt
All are welcome to attend this free program. Refreshments will be provided. Books will be available for purchase and signing. The Assembly Room is handicapped accessible. This program made possible by the Friends of the Belmont Public Library. Click here to learn how to join the Friends or renew your membership.
Ted Reinstein is back by popular demand, discussing his latest book, New England’s General Stores.
| Thursday, November 8th |
| 7:00PM, Library Assembly Room |
Join Chronicle’s Ted Reinstein as he takes us through the wooden doors of New England’s general stores and back in time, into a Norman Rockwell painting and into the heart of America. New England’s General Stores offers a nostalgic picture of this colonial staple and, fortunately, steadfast institution of small towns from Connecticut to Maine. In tough times, the general store treated customers like family, extending credit when no one else would. Stubborn as New Englanders themselves, the general store has refused to become a mere sentimental relic of an earlier age.
Ted Reinstein has been a reporter for “Chronicle,” WCVB-TV/Boston’s award-winning-and America’s longest-running, locally-produced-nightly news magazine since 1997. In addition, he is a regular contributor for the station’s political roundtable show and writes a weekly opinion column. He lives just west of Boston with his wife and two daughters. He is also the author of New England Notebook (2013) and Wicked Pissed (2016).
You provide the pumpkin—we provide the party!
| Friday, October 26th |
| 3pm-5pm, Library Assembly Room |
| Registration required. Register online with the Library or the Recreation Department, or call (617) 993-2760. |
Join the Belmont Recreation Department and the Library for crafting fun -just in time for Halloween. Grades K-3 can decorate their pumpkins, and grades 4 and above have the option to carve. We’ll have staff on hand to help with your creation.
This party is BYO Pumpkin. Register online with the Library or the Recreation Department, or call (617) 993-2760.
