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h2Search
h2About
h3About Us
h3Connect
h3Organization
h3Policy & Planning
h2Visit
h3Central Library
h3Branch Libraries
h3Other
h2Books & More
h3By Format
h3Reading Recommendations
h3Reading Challenges
h2Services
h3Sign Up For...
h3Services by Topic
h3Services by Audience
h3Using Library Spaces
h2Learning & Research
h2Events
h3Events Calendar
h3By Age Group
h3Private Event Rental
h2Support the BPL
h1Boston Public Library Homepage
h2Featured
h3Hip-Hop Production and Recording
h3Author Talk: Illustrator Ruth Chan
h3Finding the Stories of Your Ancestors
h313 Moons & 12,000 Years: Wampanoag History Past & Present
h2Featured Events
h3Encounters: From Local Streets to Distant Lands - An Art…
h3Job Help by Appointment
h3Revolution! 250 Years of Art & Activism in Boston
h3Author Talk: Ruth Chan - Uprooted
h2Native American Heritage Month
h3BPL Celebrates National Native American Heritage Month
h3Native Lives, Native Stories 2025
h3New England's Indigenous Authors
h3Native American Newspapers
h3BPL Celebrates National Native American Heritage Month
h3Native Lives, Native Stories 2025
h3New England's Indigenous Authors
h3Native American Newspapers
h2Programs & Exhibitions
h3Revolutionary Art
h3Revolution! 250 Years of Art & Activism in Boston
h3Author Talk: Illustrator Ruth Chan
h3Proposing Programs for the Boston Public Library

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### Hip-Hop Production and Recording
Nov 20th | 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Mattapan

Join DJ and music producer Tony Hamoui in this workshop class all about songwriting, rapping, and recording hip-hop music.



### Author Talk: Illustrator Ruth Chan

Ruth Chan is an award-winning author and illustrator of comics and children’s books, including her graphic memoir.



### Finding the Stories of Your Ancestors
Nov 19th | 6:00pm - 7:30pm Online Event

What did your ancestors eat or wear, what was their daily life like, why did they do the things they did?



### 13 Moons & 12,000 Years: Wampanoag History Past & Present
Nov 18th | 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Central Library in Copley Square

Join an Indigenous Museum Educator for a unique conversation that explores 12,000 years of Wampanoag history

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### Encounters: From Local Streets to Distant Lands - An Art…

Oct 16th - Dec 30th | All day

West Roxbury
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### Job Help by Appointment

Nov 18th | 10:00am - 5:30pm

Codman Square
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### Revolution! 250 Years of Art & Activism in Boston

Nov 18th | 10:00am - 7:00pm

Central Library in Copley Square
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### Author Talk: Ruth Chan - Uprooted

Nov 18th | 10:15am - 11:15am

Brighton

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## Native American Heritage Month

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### BPL Celebrates National Native American Heritage Month

Oct 29, 2025

BPL’s observance of National Native American Heritage Month includes new booklist and special events

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- Biography & Memoirs

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### Native Lives, Native Stories 2025

This list is part of the Boston Public Library's annual observance of Native American Heritage Month, since 2021.

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- Biography & Memoirs
- Fiction
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### New England's Indigenous Authors

Check out these 12 books for adults & children penned by authors from various New England tribes: Nipmuc, Mashpee, Abenaki, Mohegan & more!

Karie Schulenburg

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- Biography & Memoirs
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### Native American Newspapers

Newspapers, ranging from historic pressings to contemporary periodicals, exploring nearly 200 years of Indigenous print journalism.

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### BPL Celebrates National Native American Heritage Month

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BPL’s observance of National Native American Heritage Month includes new booklist and special events

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- Stream & Download
- Native American Heritage Month
- Biography & Memoirs

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### Native Lives, Native Stories 2025

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- Biography & Memoirs
- Fiction
- History

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### New England's Indigenous Authors

Check out these 12 books for adults & children penned by authors from various New England tribes: Nipmuc, Mashpee, Abenaki, Mohegan & more!

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- Native American Heritage Month
- Biography & Memoirs
- History
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Newspapers, ranging from historic pressings to contemporary periodicals, exploring nearly 200 years of Indigenous print journalism.

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- Indigenous Peoples' Month
- Native American Heritage Month

## Programs & Exhibitions

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### Revolutionary Art

Exploring the connection between art and social change, “Revolutionary Art” continues the three-year cycle of programs leading to the 250th.

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### Revolution! 250 Years of Art & Activism in Boston

Sep 22, 2025

Honoring the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, this BPL exhibition reflects on freedom, justice, and activism.

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### Author Talk: Illustrator Ruth Chan

Ruth Chan is an award-winning author and illustrator of comics and children’s books, including her graphic memoir.

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- In Your Neighborhood

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### Proposing Programs for the Boston Public Library

Learn about proposing programs to be held at the Boston Public Library.

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### Revolutionary Art

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### Revolution! 250 Years of Art & Activism in Boston

Sep 22, 2025

Honoring the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, this BPL exhibition reflects on freedom, justice, and activism.

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- The Arts
- Exhibitions

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### Author Talk: Illustrator Ruth Chan

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- In Your Neighborhood

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### Proposing Programs for the Boston Public Library

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Bring unopened spices and dried herbs to your branch! Each branch will donate to families and individuals across Eastern MA.

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### Job & Career Success!

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## Get a Boston Public Library Card Today

*Your library card is your passport to technology, literacy, fluency, community, and so much more.*

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## Highlights from New Collections on Digital Commonwealth

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Crane Museum of Papermaking

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Dartmouth St. and Boylston St. sides, construction of the McKim Building

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### Practicing Gratitude

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### Fit for a Princess: 15 Easy Readers for Disney Princess Fans

Celebrate National Princess Day on November 18th with one of these picks!

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### Browse Boston Public Library's New Zine Collection

Come check out our new collection of more than 945 zines (300+ unique titles)! A zine is a small, independently-produced publication.

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### Comics Plus: Teen Library

Enjoy unlimited access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga — without holds, wait lists, or monthly limits.

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### Massachusetts Driver’s License Practice Tests

Access car, motorcycle, and CDL practice tests and handbooks, presented in partnership with driving-tests.org.

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### Browse Boston Public Library's New Zine Collection

Come check out our new collection of more than 945 zines (300+ unique titles)! A zine is a small, independently-produced publication.

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### Comics Plus: Teen Library

Enjoy unlimited access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga — without holds, wait lists, or monthly limits.

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### Massachusetts Driver’s License Practice Tests

Access car, motorcycle, and CDL practice tests and handbooks, presented in partnership with driving-tests.org.

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BPL offers many resources and events for job seekers, entrepreneurs, nonprofits, investors, makers, and more.

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Explore our many business online resources including databases, newspapers, periodical indexes, and directories.

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We help Boston history become more inclusive by offering support for anyone who wants to document, share, and save their stories.

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### Together We See More (Looking at Art)

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### Revolution! 250 Years of Art & Activism in Boston

Honoring the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, this BPL exhibition reflects on freedom, justice, and activism.

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### Together We See More (Looking at Art)

Nov 15th - Jan 11th | All day

Central Library in Copley Square

Join your community to question, connect, and talk a few artworks through—together.

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### Revolution! 250 Years of Art & Activism in Boston

Honoring the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, this BPL exhibition reflects on freedom, justice, and activism.

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Resources for researching questions such as how old your house is, who the architect was, how to find plans of your house, and more.

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### Boston's Annexed Towns and Some Neighborhood Resources

Boston is a city of neighborhoods, an amalgamation of towns that were annexed in the 19th and early 20th century.

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### Getting Started with Oral History

Find tips and tools to help you plan and implement an oral history project in this research guide.

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Resources for researching questions such as how old your house is, who the architect was, how to find plans of your house, and more.

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### Boston's Annexed Towns and Some Neighborhood Resources

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### Getting Started with Oral History

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