Brentwood Library Fifth Anniversary Party

Brentwood Library Fifth Anniversary Party

by | Oct 11, 2023 | Community Event, Library Event

Thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate our Fifth Building Anniversary, which we hosted in collaboration with Mayor Joe Bryant, Vice Mayor Susannah Meyer, the City of Brentwood, and the Friends of the Brentwood Library! Here are some pictures of the event taken by Melissa Van Ruiten for the Press. 

Mayor Joel Bryant and Andrea Freyler, Sr. Community Library Manager welcome guests to the party.

Storytime with Mayor Bryant and Lindsay duPont, Youth Services Librarian

Mayor Bryant and Vice Mayor Susannah Meyer

Kathy Mount (left), President of the Friends of the Brentwood Library and Diane Alexander, President of the Brentwood Library Foundation, which merged with the Friends.

Below: Guests enjoyed fun craft like making the Library a Birthday Card

Come Buy Bargain Books – November 4, 2023

Come Buy Bargain Books – November 4, 2023

by | Oct 2, 2023 | Book Sales

The next Friends of the Brentwood Library book sale will be Saturday, November 4 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the library’s community room. There will be a fill-a-bag bargain sale from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. The sale is one of two held this year and features a wide variety of books and other items. The sale will also feature an assortment of holiday books and puzzles, holiday classics, and children’s, fiction, cookbooks and many of todays’ bestsellers. The sale is the largest of the year and will be include other special discounts!

Brentwood Library 5th Anniversary Party

Brentwood Library 5th Anniversary Party

by | Sep 13, 2023 | Community Event, Library Event

The Friends of the Brentwood Library is proud to help our Library celebrate it’s 5 year anniversary. It’s hard to believe it’s been 5 years since the new building opened.

We hope you will join us for the celebration on Saturday, September 30th from 10 am to 12 pm.

There will be cake, crafts and a special storytime featuring guest reader, Mayor Bryant!

Enjoy this look back at Opening Day – September 29, 2018

Mayor Bob Taylor addressed a crowd celebrating the opening of the new library building on September 29, 2018. Diana Alexander, President of the Brentwood Library Foundation is seated in the middle of a row of guests behind him. The Foundation raised over $700,000 for the new library. 

Volunteers enjoyed the new Second Story Bookshop

A large crowd attended the event

Best of Brentwood

Best of Brentwood

by | Aug 21, 2023 | Best of Brentwood, Brentwood Press

Go to the end of this link from the Press and vote by Monday, Aug. 28 for the Brentwood Library to be Best in Brentwood in the Kids Entertainment/Venue; Place for Family Recreation; Best Government Spending; and Best Place to Show a Visitor categories. Vote for the Second Story Book Shop in the Best Resale Shop Category. Vote for Friends of the Brentwood Library as best Non Profit. https://www.thepress.net/bob_ballot/