On Wednesday, April 2, which would have been Boston city councilor Brian Honan’s 40th birthday, the Friends of the Allston Branch of the Boston Public Library will hold a celebration in Honan’s honor. The popular city politician, who represented Allston and Brighton on the council for seven years, was waging a strong campaign for Suffolk County district attorney when he died. His death, which came after surgery for cancer, stunned the city. Thousands of Bostonians, including politicians from House Speaker Tom Finneran to State Representative Martin Walsh of Dorchester and State Senator Jack Hart of South Boston, waited outside in a pounding rainstorm to pay their respects at the Lehman and Reen Funeral Home in Brighton.

One of Honan’s achievements as a councilor was getting a new library built for Allston-Brighton. On March 13, the Trustees of the Boston Public Library officially renamed it the Honan-Allston Branch Library, in his memory.

The public is invited to attend the celebration at the Honan-Allston Branch Library, 300 North Harvard Street, on April 2, from 2 to 4 p.m.