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Gallery 93 opens Trachtenberg paintings exhibit Sept. 14
Gallery 93 at the Brookline Senior Center opens "Without a Map," a paintings and mixed-media exhibition by Boston artist Barbara Trachtenberg, running Monday, Sept. 14 through Nov. 30 with an artist's talk Oct. 22.
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First Parish hosts Blessing of the Animals service Aug. 30
First Parish in Brookline holds its annual Blessing of the Animals service Sunday, Aug. 30, at 10 a.m. in Lyon Chapel, with song, story, a social hour and an open invitation for leashed pets.
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Gallery 93 opens Trachtenberg paintings exhibit Sept. 14
Gallery 93 at the Brookline Senior Center opens "Without a Map," a paintings and mixed-media exhibition by Boston artist Barbara Trachtenberg, running Monday, Sept. 14 through Nov. 30 with an artist's talk Oct. 22.
Community
Gallery 93 opens Trachtenberg paintings exhibit Sept. 14
Gallery 93 at the Brookline Senior Center opens "Without a Map," a paintings and mixed-media exhibition by Boston artist Barbara Trachtenberg, running Monday, Sept. 14 through Nov. 30 with an artist's talk Oct. 22.
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View MoreBrookline storyteller collecting residents' memories for new digital archive
Brookline resident Beth Jones is collecting personal stories tied to places and objects in town for Entering Brookline, a multimedia digital archive sponsored by the Brookline Commission for the Arts and Mass Cultural Council, with submissions open through early November 2026.
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View MoreRidley School art policy heads into fall with no details on how reviews will work
Six weeks after announcing a new pre-screening policy for student artwork at school exhibitions, the Public Schools of Brookline have not explained who will review work or what criteria will apply, even as community letters continue to stake out opposing positions on the controversy.
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View MoreHall's Pond Sanctuary celebrates reopening with ribbon cutting after boardwalk renovation
The Brookline Department of Public Works and Friends of Hall's Pond celebrated the sanctuary's reopening on Wednesday, July 15, with a ribbon cutting and community gathering after months of boardwalk construction closed the North Brookline conservation area.
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View MoreA ballpoint pen, a few sheets of paper, and a thank-you note that turned into art
The Public Library of Brookline's "Art from Inside" exhibit at Hunneman Hall displays artwork created with ballpoint pens and pencils by incarcerated readers of the Prison Book Program, curated by head of reference Jessica Steytler.
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View MoreBrookline's summer calendar is heating up, with free concerts, outdoor yoga, family events and the return of Brookline Day still ahead.
Brookline's summer community calendar features an expanded free concert series with three shows still ahead, weekly yoga starting July 19, a farmers' market in its 47th year, and the Brookline Day street festival on September 27 in Coolidge Corner.
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View MoreOne student's art project has split a Brookline school community over where free expression ends and harm begins
A Jewish Brookline parent published a letter on July 14 arguing the Public Schools of Brookline's new art pre-screening policy risks censorship, the latest voice in a divided community debate over how the district responded to a May 20 Ridley School art show that included a piece depicting a pierced Israeli flag.
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View More25 years, 13,000 older adults served, and now a big award to show for it
The Brookline Senior Center received the Charles River Regional Chamber's 2026 Nonprofit of the Year award at the chamber's first Brookline Night event on June 24, recognizing 25 years of service to the town's 13,000-plus older adults.
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View MoreA sea of yellow jerseys, a packed bar, and one goal that made El Peñol erupt
Brookline bars and restaurants have been packed with World Cup fans this summer, led by El Peñol on Harvard Street, after the Select Board voted in June to extend alcohol service hours for late-night matches.
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View MoreHer office closed in 2020. She found herself stuck in a Zoom box. Here's how she found her way back to real connection.
Brookline is surveying 5,000 older residents about unmet needs in housing, transportation, and services as part of an effort to renew its age-friendly community designation within the AARP network, backed by a formal Select Board letter of support signed June 30.
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View MoreBrookline seniors find friendship and purpose through Neighbors Connect
Neighbors Connect, a nonprofit formerly called JP@Home, gives older Brookline-area adults a packed social calendar and mutual aid network through Ethos, with about 135 active members participating in walks, dinners, cruises, and more.
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View MoreBrookline hazardous waste drop-off closed early Tuesday due to heat
Brookline's Department of Public Works shortened Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off hours to 7:30–11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 14, closing the outdoor facility 90 minutes early to protect workers during the town's declared heat emergency.
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View MoreThe world's Orthodox Christian community is marking a 35-year milestone right here in Brookline
The Huffington Ecumenical Institute at Hellenic College Holy Cross will host a two-day colloquium at Brookline's Maliotis Cultural Center on September 14–15, 2026, marking Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew's 35 years of ministry, with in-person and online registration open to the public.
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