The recent Feed Brookline Drive was an unprecidented success, with close to $13K raised to fight hunger in Brookline.  The demand upon the Food Pantry to provide residents in need with food, however,  is ongoing.  To that end, Brookline Hub Publisher, Harvey Bravman announced the publication will launch FeedBrookline.org in the Spring of this year.  

Hey, Brookline-ites – need a little help getting into the Valentine’s Day spirit this year?  Well, you’re in luck – the Rotary Club is writing a giant love letter to the Brookline Food Pantry, and everyone is invited. The Second Annual Have a Heart Chocolate Extravaganza promises enough atmosphere to rarefy any dreary spirit, enough chocolate to lure Cupid out of the clouds, and enough community spirit to melt the shell off the hardest candy heart. And at $15 a ticket, it’s even a cheap date.

Do you love going to the movies, but hate shelling out for the double-digit ticket prices? Do you like the idea of community walk-a-thons, but balk at the prospect of actually spending all that time out in the cold? Do you want to have a good time this Friday? If any of the last three sentences resonate with you, you’re in luck –December 2nd marks the inaugural Brookline Access Television Watch-A-Thon. For 24 hours, starting at 6 PM on Friday night, the third floor windows of the BHS Unified Arts Building will be lit up by movie screens and the smiles of people playing for a good cause.

Last Wednesday, a line snaked down the Theatre Walk along Coolidge Corner Theatre and around back near the parking lot behind Harvard Street. The queue was for a Brookline Booksmith Writers & Readers Series event; this evening featuring Colin Meloy, the lead singer of the small-Pacific-Northwest-indie-rock-band-makes-it-big five-piece The Decemberists, and his wife Carson Ellis, writer and illustrator, respectively, of young adult fictive work Wildwood.

Last Sunday morning—a cool, breezy, mid-September day—at the picturesque Chestnut Hill Reservoir, which abuts Boston College’s main campus on one side and Cleveland Circle, Brighton, on the other, small groups of people—who weren’t running—dotted the 1.56-mile loop at large intervals.

The setting was perfect for the BAM Pop-Up Art Gallery the afternoon of Wednesday, June 29th, when artists and guests alike gathered at the Korean Church of Boston in Brookline Village to enjoy works by seven local artists

This summer, members of the Coolidge Corner Merchants' Association are serving up summer fun every Tuesday starting July 5th. Tuesday is a day that needs a little something, if you know what I mean. It’s not the start of the week, it’s not the end of the week, and it sure as heck isn’t the weekend. Wednesdays are Hump Day, Thursdays are the new Fridays, but Tuesdays need a little character and that’s exactly what’s in store in Coolidge Corner this summer. Many local independent merchants will be offering savings, special events, and overall good times.

The economy is at the front of pretty much everyone’s mind of late. Tonight at 7:30, the Brookline Chapter of Progressive Democrats of Massachusetts is sponsoring a forum entitled State Revenue Lost and Found : A Forum on Solving the Fiscal Crisis. Featuring three panelists, Noah Berger, President of the Massachusetts Budge and Policy Center, Peter Enrich, Professor of Law at Northeastern University and Chair of the Progressive Democrats Chapter and Rep. Jay Kaufman (15th Middlesex), House Chair of the Joint Committee on Revenue, the forum focuses on the state’s current financial health and budget process as well as long and short term solutions. This includes discussion of the Act to Invest in Our Communities (SB 1416/HB2553).

This weekend, two Brookline favorites will host a Re-Opening event featuring something for virtually all members of the family.  All of Brookline is invited to the Grand Re-opening Celebration of the Winthrop Square Park and the annual Rose Stroll at Minot Rose Garden Sunday, June 12th from 1 to 3 in the afternoon. The free events are sponsored by Brookline Parks and Open Space Division and the Friends of Minot Rose Garden.

On Monday, May 30, Memorial Day programs begin with the departure of a bus from Veteran's Post at 8:00 am for Walnut Hills Cemetery where two ceremonies will be conducted.  From there, the bus will travel to the Walnut Street Cemetery before returning to Town Hall for the main ceremony at 11:00 am.