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Perkins Library provides free services to Massachusetts residents who have difficulty reading print materials due to a disability. We are a part of Perkins School for the Blind. Learn more at PerkinsLibrary.org.

A group of people, including Boston Mayor Wu, posing behind black letters "ADA" that are about 4 feet tall

Perkins Library Without Walls: Disabled Author Panel with Abbie Johnson Taylor, Lynda McKinney Lambert, and Dorothy Kelly - July 21, 2PM
Photo portraits: A smiling Abbie with short brown hair, smiling Lynda with curly white hair, and an illustration from Dorothy's book showing a girl with red hair and sunglasses

Narrated Soundscapes: Visit with Volcanoes
Image: A night scene lit up with bright red, bubbling lava spurting from a volcanic crater

Pages to Popcorn: July 28, 2026
Movie poster: The Shawshank Redemption
Book cover: Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption

NLS Patron Corner: Celebrating 20 Years of BARD, Monday, July 13, 7 PM EST.
Image: A dark silhouette of a man speaking into a recording studio microphone

Perkins Summer Reading: A discussion with Riley Black, paleontologist and author, July 10
Image: A smiling Riley Black, a White woman with brown hair dyed purple and pink in a few strands and wearing a baseball cap, sunglasses, and a bandanna around her neck. Behind her portrait is a leafy background and illustrations of a t-rex and brontosaurus

4th of July Fireworks with Audio Description, Saturday, July 4, 2026, 8-10 PM ET, 5-7 PM PT
Graphic: Illustration of colorful fireworks in the night sky

Perkins Library Independence Day reminder: We will be closed on Friday, July 3, 2026.
Graphic: Fireworks in a dark sky

A pair of fingers feeling raised graphics on a page featuring stripes of the rainbow represented by different, tactile patterns.
Graphic: The colors of the LGBTQ Pride flag coming from a cloud

Narrated Soundscapes: Beam into Badlands
Image: The rocky terrain of the Badlands bathed in the pink hued light of a sunset.

A bronze bust sculpture of a young Helen Keller leaning her head against that of Annie Sullivan while the two hold hands

Meet Nile, the Whalemobile, July 17
Image: An inflatable whale taking up the length of half of a basketball court
Background image: Blue waves

Action Alert: Thursday, June 25: National Call-in Day to oppose moving IDEA out of the U.S. Department of Education

Perkins Summer Reading: A discussion with Daisy Russell, blind YA fantasy author, June 30
Image: A smiling Daisy Russel, a White woman with brown hair tied into a ponytail and wearing a purple shirt. Behind her portrait is a leafy background and illustrations of a t-rex and brontosaurus

Juneteenth reminder: Perkins Library will be closed on Friday, June 19, 2026.
Graphic: The Juneteenth flag with a 5-point star inside of a 12-point star all on top of a curving red field on top of a blue field.

"Art is an exploration of yourself. If it’s good art, then it’s also an exploration for other people." - MAURICE SENDAK, Author of Where the Wild Things Are
Image: Illustration of a parade of smiling, hairy creatures with horns, one with feathers and a beak, and a boy in onesie pajamas holding up a scepter and wearing a crown while riding on the shoulders of one of the creatures.

Audio descriptive commentary: Available on the free FIFA Audio Description app via Google Play or Apple App stores
Image: A phone screen showing a foot in a cleat about to kick a soccer ball and a speech bubble reading "He's heading toward the opposing goal."

An elementary age students leads a woman down a concrete path colored on the edges with stretches of rainbow colors running the length of the path

Perkins Library Without Walls presents author of Robert B. Parker's Buzz Kill, Alison Gaylin. June 16, 2:00 PM EST.
Image: A smiling Alison Gaylin, a White woman with below-shoulder-length brown hair and wearing a dark blue blouse

Title: Read the Revolution MA250, LGBTQIA+ Rights
A grid of six book covers: And the Band Played On, Let the Record Show, The Gay Revolution, All Boys Aren't Blue, The Stonewall Riots, Last Night at the Telegraph Club