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2025 Summer Reading Program
Programs for Adults
Take Our Magazine Collection Survey
Programs for All Ages
Programs for Teens
Stream Award-Winning Media at Home with your Library Card
Programs for Children
Storytimes at Our Libraries
STAFF PICKS: LGBTQIA+ Pride
Announcements

Summer reading starts in just a few weeks! Scroll below to learn more. Additionally, the library is seeking opinions on our magazine collection − fill out our short survey to let us know what you would like to see!
 
Upcoming Closures:
All Somerville Public Library locations will be closed on Thursday, June 19, for Juneteenth.
2025 Summer Reading Program
Level Up at Your Library!

The Somerville Public Library 2025 Summer Reading Program runs from Monday, June 16 through Saturday, August 16 – for everyone! Learn more about summer reading and how to participate here:
 
Children's Summer Reading | Teen Summer Reading
Adult Summer Reading
Programs for Adults
Transcript: Wing masters: New England Birds of Prey.Supporting Our LGBTQ+ Children with PRIDE!
Monday, June 2 - 6:00 PM
West Branch Community Room
 
Meet other parents of LGBTQ Youth for a parent support group. Join us in a lively discussion with peer support, and get your questions answered by Cambridge Health Alliance Health Educators. Registration required.
Transcript: Wing masters: New England Birds of Prey.Movie and Craft Night: Pride (2014)
Monday, June 9 - 6:00 PM
West Branch Community Room
 
Join us at the West Branch for a movie and craft night inspired by Pride Month! We'll be watching Pride, which tells the true story of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners. Registration required.
Transcript: Wing masters: New England Birds of Prey.Writing for Transformation:
An Expressive Writing Community Workshop
Saturday, June 28 - 12:30 PM
Central Library Auditorium
 
Join the Somerville Public Library and hosts Anna Fubini and Brenda Echeverry for an interactive writing workshop that invites Somerville residents to reflect, reconnect, and reimagine. Registration required.
Jun. 5 - 10:00 AM
East Branch
Jun. 5 - 6:30 PM
Central Library Auditorium
Jun. 11 - 7:00 PM
Virtual on Zoom
Jun. 16 - 7:00 PM
Virtual on Zoom
Jun. 18 - 6:30 PM
Central Library Auditorium
Jun. 23 - 6:00 PM
West Branch Community Room
Take Our Magazine Collection Survey
Programs for All Ages
Transcript: Wing masters: New England Birds of Prey.Puzzle Palooza & Swap
Sunday, June 15 - 1:30 PM
Central Library Auditorium
 
Stop by the Central Library on Sunday afternoon with your old (gently used) puzzles and swap them out for ones you have not yet done! We will also be holding a small competition to see what team can complete a 500 piece puzzle the fastest!  
Transcript: Wing masters: New England Birds of Prey.Learn to Make Brazilian Brigadeiro
Saturday, June 28 - 11:00 AM
East Branch
 
Join SPL and baker Junior Garcia for a live, in-person demonstration, sampling, and making of traditional Brazilian Brigadeiro (Brazilian Chocolate Truffle).
This presentation will be in Portuguese with interpretation into English offered by Somerville Office of Immigrant Affairs (SOIA). Registration required.
Jun. 11 - 7:00 PM
Central Library Auditorium
Jun. 12 - 6:00 PM
Central Library Auditorium
Suggested for ages 16+
Jun. 21 - 2:00 PM
Central Library Auditorium/Lawn
Programs for Teens
Transcript: Wing masters: New England Birds of Prey.LGBTQIA+ Hangout for Tweens & Teens
Tuesday, June 3 - 3:00 PM
Central Library Auditorium
 
Come hang out with other queer tweens and teens: chat, snack, play board games and craft! No registration required.
Transcript: Wing masters: New England Birds of Prey.Make a Gnome with Needle Felting
Tuesday, June 10 - 6:30 PM
Central Library Auditorium
 
Learn how to needle felt wool with the Pop up Art School. Using a needle and wool roving, create your very own felted gnome! Registration required.
Jun. 2 - 2:45 PM
Central Library Auditorium
Jun. 9 - 6:30 PM
West Branch Children's Room
Jun. 11 - 12:45 PM
Central Library Auditorium
Stream Award-Winning Media at Home
with your Library Card
Programs for Children
Transcript: Wing masters: New England Birds of Prey.Make Your Own Board Game
Saturday, June 21 - 10:30 AM &
Monday, June 30 - 2:00 PM
West Branch Children's Room
 
Make Your Own Board Game at West! We'll have various parts and pieces – you provide the inspiration and creativity. Registration encouraged.
STEAM with Jessica Garrett: Squishy Circuits
Thursday, June 26 - 3:00 PM
Central Library Auditorium
 
Join science educator Jessica Garret for a hands-on STEAM program: Squishy Circuits! Recommended for kids ages 5-12. Registration required.
Mondays - 4:00 PM
Central Library Auditorium
Jun. 9 - 10:30 AM
East Branch
Jun. 23 - 4:00 PM
West Branch Children's Room
Jun. 26 - 3:30 PM
Central Library Children's Room
Registration opens 6/23
Jun. 27 - 2:00 PM
West Branch Children's Room
Jun. 30 - 6:30 PM
Central Library Children's Room
Storytimes at Our Libraries
STAFF PICKS: LGBTQIA+ Pride
June is LGBTQIA+ Pride Month
Here are some of our favorite reads centering queer voices to celebrate! Click a book cover to find the title in our catalog and learn more.
 
In an alternative past where Napoleon won, Joe Tournier believes a mysterious postcard is the key to regaining his memories.
 
- Rowan, Senior Substitute Librarian
 
Aidan, a trans boy, worries for his future sibling when the only thing anyone asks his pregnant mom is whether the baby is a boy or a girl.
 
- Muhl, Generalist Librarian
 
A cozy queer polyamorous tale featuring three adorable people trapped in a storm together.
 
- Rowen, Library Assistant
 
A witch with a complicated relationship to her magic and a child of influencers vying for independence are thrust together in a way you could only call "star-crossed."
 
- Cami, Library Assistant
 
A fantasy novel blending unique narrative styles with storytelling traditions to bring us a tale that is part adventure, part folklore, and part queer love story.
 
- Jake, Library Social Worker
A "support" group for families who refuse to accept their TGNC children turns out to be soul-sucking in more ways than one, throwing A into a fight against demonic forces.
 
- Annie, Children's Librarian
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