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Support the Associates of the Boston Public Library in our mission to preserve and promote the @BPLboston ’s artistic and historic treasures. This photo is of the Associates staff with Associates-funded BPL Curator of Music, Jared Rex. associatesbpl.org/donate

Missed the ‘Koussevitzky’s Legacy’ program on October 29th? No worries! View the condensed event recording here. youtu.be/aSrIEjlOVV4?si…

Honoring Veterans Day with a look back at history. This 1960 image from a Veterans Day parade in Boston, part of @bplboston Edmund L. Mitchell Collection, captures a moment of tribute to those who have served.

Happy International Day of Public Transport! 🚋 Travel Back in Time with this 1925 poster designed by Herbert Warren Packard in the @BPLboston Boston Elevated Railway Company Poster Collection.

Meet Jared Rex, the @BPLboston Curator of Music. The Associates of the Boston Public Library is proud to underwrite Jared's position. 🎵 youtu.be/hFbSTA87qq0

Missed the first night of the Associates’ Pierce Performance Series, 150 Years of Koussevitzky? View the condensed event recording of the ‘Koussevitzky, Innovator’ program on our YouTube page! Don’t forget to subscribe to see regular video updates! youtube.com/watch?v=ChNTMx…

Ask a Conservator Day remembers the catastrophic flooding in Florence on Nov 4, 1966, which damaged lives and artifacts. The Associates proudly underwrite the BPL’s Conservation Officer. youtube.com/watch?v=gi6OoF…

In honor of Election Day, enjoy this photo from “ONWARD-Votes for Women,” our 2021 Pierce Performance! The Associates commissioned playwright @LisaJRafferty to write this play to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment! 💪

Happy National Authors Day from the Associates of the Boston Public Library! ✍️ Here is a picture of our wonderful Writer-in-Residence alumni, @AutumnAAllen, @jdeleonwriter, and @ElaineDimop, who were panelists at @bostonbookfest !

Happy Native American Heritage Month from the Associates! This 1971 photo by Spencer Grant from the @bplboston Spencer Grant Collection shows Native American advocate, Russell Charles Means.

Happy Halloween! Get some costume inspiration from these photos of trick-or-treaters from Halloween 1953 in the @BPLboston’s Edmund L. Mitchell Collection 🎃

Happy Diwali! 🪔 Diwali, is one of the major religious festivals in Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism, and symbolizes the victory of light over darkness. Enjoy this early 20th-century travel poster from the @BPLboston Arts Department depicting Bodh Gayā, a religious site in Bihar.

Last night we celebrated Night two of the Associates’ sixth Annual Pierce Performance Series, ‘150 Years of Koussevitzky!’ 🎵

Join us for night two of ‘150 Years of Koussevitzky’ in collaboration with the @bostonsymphony and @bplboston TONIGHT, October 29th! 🎶 Reserve free tickets: pierce2024.eventbrite.com/?aff=X

Happy United Nations Day! 🌐 Enjoy this iconic Tichnor Brother postcard from the 1930s of the New York @UnitedNation headquarters. The Associates is proud to fund the digitization of culturally significant collections like this one!

Save the Date - Literary Lights will be on April 27, 2025! The Associates of the Boston Public Library cordially invites you to the 35th annual Literary Lights Dinner with Keynote Speaker, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author, Elizabeth Strout at the Fairmont Copley Plaza.

@BostonSymphony @BPLBoston Check out the BPL Special Collections exhibit, ‘Living In Music: Serge Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony Orchestra,’ in the BPL Special Collections Lobby from now till March 2025 to see the annotated score!

instagram.com/p/DBZCfv-OLOL/ @bostonsymphony 🐶 @bplboston Curator of Music, Jared Rex, tells us about ‘Fanfare for Bima,’ a piece composed by Koussevitzky’s student, Leonard Bernstein, inspired by Koussevitzky’s musical whistle to call his dog.

Join a @bostonbookfest panel on the Writer-in-Residence program on Saturday, October 26, from 1-2 PM in the Orientation Room at the @bplboston. Hear from our program alumni @ElaineDimop, @AutumnAAllen, and @jdeleonwriter, who will share insights about the residency.