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Hall's Pond sanctuary seeks volunteers for Oct. 18 cleanup
Friends of Hall's Pond hosts its annual Fall Community Day on Sunday, Oct. 18, inviting Brookline residents of all ages to help with trail work, invasive species removal and new plantings at the recently reopened sanctuary.
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Coolidge Corner Theatre brings Cannes winner to Brookline in 35mm
The Coolidge Corner Theatre is selling advance tickets for La Bola Negra, the Cannes Best Director winner from Los Javis, with 35mm screenings starting Oct. 30 in Brookline.
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Hall's Pond sanctuary seeks volunteers for Oct. 18 cleanup
Friends of Hall's Pond hosts its annual Fall Community Day on Sunday, Oct. 18, inviting Brookline residents of all ages to help with trail work, invasive species removal and new plantings at the recently reopened sanctuary.
Community
Hall's Pond sanctuary seeks volunteers for Oct. 18 cleanup
Friends of Hall's Pond hosts its annual Fall Community Day on Sunday, Oct. 18, inviting Brookline residents of all ages to help with trail work, invasive species removal and new plantings at the recently reopened sanctuary.
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View MoreChamber hosts free networking event at bartaco Brookline on July 28
The Charles River Regional Chamber is hosting a free young professionals networking event at bartaco on Beacon Street on Tuesday, July 28, open to members and non-members as the regional organization continues building Brookline programming after absorbing the former Brookline Chamber in April.
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View More108 years after his death, a soldier finally got the headstone — and the prayer — he was owed
Jesse Hefter, a Chestnut Hill resident and Brookline School Committee member, traveled to Saint-Quentin, France, on July 3 to recite Kaddish at the grave of his great-uncle Isidor Katzenstein, an 18-year-old German Jewish soldier killed in World War I whose headstone was corrected from a Latin Cross to a Star of David through the nonprofit Operation Benjamin and its German partner program, Operation Levi.
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View MoreFree arts walk in Brookline Village on August 20
ArtsBrookline's free Third Thursdays series returns to Brookline Village on Thursday, August 20, with open studios, a free pottery class, and a creative writing night at three walkable venues.
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View MoreBrookline week ahead: McBride documentary, free concerts, puppet show, yoga
Brookline's week of July 20–26 brings a documentary screening on Rep. Sarah McBride's historic campaign with a live director Q&A at Coolidge Corner Theatre, a free family concert and meals, a civic food forest tour, yoga in the park, a puppet show, and a free educator event at Brookline Booksmith.
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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 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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