Events Calendar / October 2017

Journal Writers Group: SPECIAL 12 WEEK SESSION: The Artist’s Way thumbnail Photo

Journal Writers Group: SPECIAL 12 WEEK SESSION: The Artist’s Way

Join us for an amazing twelve weeks as we discuss Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. This international bestseller has inspired millions to overcome the limiting beliefs and fears that inhibit the creative process. In it, Julia Cameron takes readers on an amazing twelve week journey to discover the inextricable link between their spiritual and creative selves.


This groundbreaking program includes:
• An Introduction to two of Cameron’s most vital tools for creative recovery – “The Morning Pages and The Artist Date”
• Hundreds of highly effective exercises and activities
• Guidance on starting a “Creative Cluster” of fellow artists who will support you in your creative endeavors
 

Program runs every Tuesday from January 8 - March 26.

Main Library Book Discussion: Dinner with Edward: The Story of an Unexpected Friendship thumbnail Photo

Main Library Book Discussion: Dinner with Edward: The Story of an Unexpected Friendship

Dinner with Edward: The Story of an Unexpected Friendship, by New York Post Reporter, Isabel Vincent

This heartwarming memoir details the unlikely but enriching friendship that blooms between the author, then in her 40s and facing a marriage in crisis, and a 93-year-old man named Edward who’s just lost his wife of 69 years. Betsy DeGrush will lead the discussion.

Poetry Workshop with Alan Feldman and Bernard Horn

June 4: Led by Alan Feldman, Professor Emeritus at Framingham State University, in Trustees Room

June 18: Led by Bernard Horn, in Trustees Room

June 25: Led by Bernard Horn, in Children's Program Room

This drop-in class welcomes serious poets of all ages and levels of experience who would like to participate for one or more sessions. Each session begins with a discussion of a topic in poetry leading to a brief in-class assignment. Poets who wish to have their work discussed need to provide copies to distribute during the session.

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Stories for Scooters

Twenty fun-filled minutes of tiny tales and tunes in interactive fashion for little library-goers and their adults, with playtime afterward!  

Ages 0-3.

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Artist Reception: The Gateway Camera Club

The Gateway Camera Club (GCC) is made up of beginner, intermediate, and advanced amateur photographers. The club strives to learn new techniques, share knowledge with all members, and practice the art of photography with enthusiasm. Their exhibit will run through the month of October. Refreshments.

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Adult Coloring Night

Join us for an evening of coloring and music. Whether you love to color for fun or enjoy filling in all the details, coloring is relaxing and therapeutic! We will provide colored pencils and coloring pages for all levels. You are welcome to bring your own materials. No registration is required.

Lifelong Learning Lecture Series: The 1st Amendment in the Age of Trump thumbnail Photo

Lifelong Learning Lecture Series: The 1st Amendment in the Age of Trump

Guest Speaker: Dr. John Ambacher. Professor Emeritus, Framingham State University

How far must we go to protect the speech we love to hate? Can free speech undermine the foundations of American democracy? The question seems utterly outlandish. Let us explore some answers. Refreshments.

The Lifelong Learning Lecture Series is made possible through a partnership between Framingham State University (FSU) and Framingham Public Library.

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Brown Bag Learning Series: Body, Mind and Spine

Presented by Dr. Faith, PC

Join us for a fun, informative and interactive workshop. Within 50 minutes, you will begin to understand the relationship between how you feel and function in relation to your posture. Take turns analyzing each others posture for faults, then learn tips and tools on how to improve your posture with exercises that can be implemented right away!  For nearly 20 years, Dr. Faith has been restoring spinal curves and teaching people to create new posture habits  Her focus is to help people understand that they can resist Gravity and maintain GOOD POSTURE for the rest of their lives.

About Dr. Faith, PC:
Dr. Faith is the lead CBP® practitioner and founder of Body Mind and Spine.  She did her undergraduate studies at Bloomfield College, earning a BS in Biology and received her Doctorate from New York Chiropractic College.  She is a Yoga Teacher, Power Plate Trainer, Metabolic Specialist, Lecturer, mother of three boys, married for 25 years and passionate about changing peoples lives!

Friday Night Movie: The Big Sick thumbnail Photo

Friday Night Movie: The Big Sick

A romantic comedy about an inter-racial couple that has to deal with their cultural differences. One of the highest-grossing independent films of 2017. Refreshments.

Enter on the Lexington Street side between 6:30-7:15pm.

The Big Sick (2017) 2 hr. Rated R.

Dads & Donuts in combination with Baby Lapsit

Bond with your dad (and with donuts) through stories, songs and fun. Mothers, siblings and other family members welcome! Volunteer readers and donut donators needed; contact the Children’s Room, 508-532-5570 x4, for details.

All ages.

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Random Fandom: John Green Trivia Night

John Green’s first book since The Fault In Our Stars almost six years ago, Turtles All The Way Down, is released on October 10th. To celebrate, we’ll be hosting a John Green trivia night a few nights before! Form a team, and compete for world (or at least library) domination!

Journal Writers Group: SPECIAL 12 WEEK SESSION: The Artist’s Way thumbnail Photo

Journal Writers Group: SPECIAL 12 WEEK SESSION: The Artist’s Way

Join us for an amazing twelve weeks as we discuss Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. This international bestseller has inspired millions to overcome the limiting beliefs and fears that inhibit the creative process. In it, Julia Cameron takes readers on an amazing twelve week journey to discover the inextricable link between their spiritual and creative selves.


This groundbreaking program includes:
• An Introduction to two of Cameron’s most vital tools for creative recovery – “The Morning Pages and The Artist Date”
• Hundreds of highly effective exercises and activities
• Guidance on starting a “Creative Cluster” of fellow artists who will support you in your creative endeavors
 

Program runs every Tuesday from January 8 - March 26.

Poetry Workshop with Alan Feldman and Bernard Horn

June 4: Led by Alan Feldman, Professor Emeritus at Framingham State University, in Trustees Room

June 18: Led by Bernard Horn, in Trustees Room

June 25: Led by Bernard Horn, in Children's Program Room

This drop-in class welcomes serious poets of all ages and levels of experience who would like to participate for one or more sessions. Each session begins with a discussion of a topic in poetry leading to a brief in-class assignment. Poets who wish to have their work discussed need to provide copies to distribute during the session.

Stories for Scooters thumbnail Photo

Stories for Scooters

Twenty fun-filled minutes of tiny tales and tunes in interactive fashion for little library-goers and their adults, with playtime afterward!  

Ages 0-3.

Sci-Fi Book Discussion: The Dark Net by Benjamin Percy thumbnail Photo

Sci-Fi Book Discussion: The Dark Net by Benjamin Percy

This horror/sci-fi thriller fuses supernatural horror with the underworld of the Dark Net, a hidden realm of the Internet where people indulge in illicit activities and where an ancient horror lurks. A motley crew of characters join forces to prevent the demons from going viral.

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Monster Felties!

Have you ever wanted a stuffed best friend of your very own? Would you love it if that best friend was also a monster? Well you and your very specific wants are in luck! Design and sew your monster friend here at the library, and take them home with you afterwards to protect your room, and/or haunt your siblings.

Lifelong Learning Lecture Series: Woman’s Suffrage Movement in Massachusetts

Guest Speaker: Barbara Berenson, Senior Attorney, MA Supreme Judicial Court.

This talk will focus on Lucy Stone and other 19th century activists that are featured in Berenson’s upcoming book. Topics will include the women’s rights movement from within the anti-slavery movement and the post-Civil War schism over race and its lasting repercussions.

Sunday Concert Series: The Zefira Trio thumbnail Photo

Sunday Concert Series: The Zefira Trio

Featuring Olga Patramanska-Bell on violin, Ashima Scripp on cello and Eleanor Perrone on piano. The program will include the Debussy Piano Trio, Turina Circulo and Beethoven “Ghost” Trio. Refreshments.
The Sunday Concert series is sponsored in part by Roche Brothers, Metro Credit Union, Morton Shuman Law Offices and Friends of the Framingham Library.

Journal Writers Group: SPECIAL 12 WEEK SESSION: The Artist’s Way thumbnail Photo

Journal Writers Group: SPECIAL 12 WEEK SESSION: The Artist’s Way

Join us for an amazing twelve weeks as we discuss Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. This international bestseller has inspired millions to overcome the limiting beliefs and fears that inhibit the creative process. In it, Julia Cameron takes readers on an amazing twelve week journey to discover the inextricable link between their spiritual and creative selves.


This groundbreaking program includes:
• An Introduction to two of Cameron’s most vital tools for creative recovery – “The Morning Pages and The Artist Date”
• Hundreds of highly effective exercises and activities
• Guidance on starting a “Creative Cluster” of fellow artists who will support you in your creative endeavors
 

Program runs every Tuesday from January 8 - March 26.

Poetry Workshop with Alan Feldman and Bernard Horn

June 4: Led by Alan Feldman, Professor Emeritus at Framingham State University, in Trustees Room

June 18: Led by Bernard Horn, in Trustees Room

June 25: Led by Bernard Horn, in Children's Program Room

This drop-in class welcomes serious poets of all ages and levels of experience who would like to participate for one or more sessions. Each session begins with a discussion of a topic in poetry leading to a brief in-class assignment. Poets who wish to have their work discussed need to provide copies to distribute during the session.

Stories for Scooters thumbnail Photo

Stories for Scooters

Twenty fun-filled minutes of tiny tales and tunes in interactive fashion for little library-goers and their adults, with playtime afterward!  

Ages 0-3.

McAuliffe Branch Book Discussion: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling thumbnail Photo

McAuliffe Branch Book Discussion: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

Harry is summoned to attend an infamous school for wizards, and he discovers clues about his illustrious birthright. From the way he is greeted, to the unique curriculum and colorful faculty, Harry finds himself drawn deep inside a mystical world he never knew existed and closer to his own noble destiny.

Adult Coloring Night thumbnail Photo

Adult Coloring Night

Join us for an evening of coloring and music. Whether you love to color for fun or enjoy filling in all the details, coloring is relaxing and therapeutic! We will provide colored pencils and coloring pages for all levels. You are welcome to bring your own materials. No registration is required.

Lifelong Learning Lecture Series: Survive and Thrive with Climate Change

Guest Speaker: Dr. Vandana Singh, Professor, Framingham State University

How do we engage with the problem of climate change, as concerned citizens, parents and grandparents? This talk describes ways to bring greater depth and meaning to our lives and communities by transforming our relationship with the rest of nature.

McAuliffe’s Reel Life Movies: Iris thumbnail Photo

McAuliffe’s Reel Life Movies: Iris

This PBS POV documentary is about Iris Apfel, the quick-witted, flamboyantly dressed 93-year-old style maven who has had an outsized presence on the New York fashion scene for decades.

Enter between 6:30-7:15pm.

Iris (2015) 90 min. PG-13

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Friends Book Sale

9:30-10:00am: Friends Members Only
10:00am-3:00pm: Open to the public


BONUS SALE: Sunday October 22, 1-4:00pm
Just before the start of the October sale we will draw the name of the winner of the $100 VISA gift card. All members as of September 30, 2017 are automatically entered in the drawing and do not need to be present to win.


To our crafters: while they last—we are offering knitting needles (all styles), crochet and Tunisian hooks, wool tapestry yarn, embroidery thread and numerous notions, as well as featuring craft books.


Thank you to the corporate sponsors that have renewed their membership: Bernardi Auto Group, ERA Key Realty Services, Kathy Foran Realty, Kelly’s Roast Beef and Marian High School. Welcome to our newest sponsors, Allegra Print & Imaging and Framed in Time.

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Book Bingo at Main Library

Prizes, laughs, and best of all — books! Join us for our ever-popular Book Bingo, and pick up some fun books to supplement your school assignments.

Grades K+.

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Zombies vs. Vampires

It seems as if Zombies invade Framingham every October around Halloween, and every October Framingham teens fight back. This year however, we’ve heard rumors that Vampires are on their way too! Will they join forces? Or will they fight each other before they attempt to conquer the town? Hint: The program title might give it away!

To register, click on the event title and fill out the form at the bottom of the page.

Teen Tech Time: Stop Motion Animation

Teen Tech Time is a new program that will run during the spring and fall of 2017. The Framingham Public Library will be teaming up with Empow Studios to provide a series of STEAM programs focusing on programming, tech design, animation, robotics and more!

With movies like Frozen, Inside Out, and Zootopia, animations have never been more popular. This class takes one form of animation, Stop-Motion Animation, and teaches kids how to create their own animated mini-movies through storyboarding, filming, and post-production. Materials like clay and paper are used to create characters, backgrounds, and props. Teens work in pairs and depict their stories to show setting, rising action, conflict, and resolution. Once characters and backgrounds are made, students use computers, webcams and animation software to bring their stories to life! Movies are available to take home to share with family & friends.

Space is limited, so sign up by clicking on the event title and filling out the form at the bottom of the page, or by emailing our teen librarian John Garrigan at jgarrigan@minlib.net.

 

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Framingham Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Journal Writers Group: SPECIAL 12 WEEK SESSION: The Artist’s Way thumbnail Photo

Journal Writers Group: SPECIAL 12 WEEK SESSION: The Artist’s Way

Join us for an amazing twelve weeks as we discuss Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. This international bestseller has inspired millions to overcome the limiting beliefs and fears that inhibit the creative process. In it, Julia Cameron takes readers on an amazing twelve week journey to discover the inextricable link between their spiritual and creative selves.


This groundbreaking program includes:
• An Introduction to two of Cameron’s most vital tools for creative recovery – “The Morning Pages and The Artist Date”
• Hundreds of highly effective exercises and activities
• Guidance on starting a “Creative Cluster” of fellow artists who will support you in your creative endeavors
 

Program runs every Tuesday from January 8 - March 26.

Poetry Workshop with Alan Feldman and Bernard Horn

June 4: Led by Alan Feldman, Professor Emeritus at Framingham State University, in Trustees Room

June 18: Led by Bernard Horn, in Trustees Room

June 25: Led by Bernard Horn, in Children's Program Room

This drop-in class welcomes serious poets of all ages and levels of experience who would like to participate for one or more sessions. Each session begins with a discussion of a topic in poetry leading to a brief in-class assignment. Poets who wish to have their work discussed need to provide copies to distribute during the session.

Stories for Scooters thumbnail Photo

Stories for Scooters

Twenty fun-filled minutes of tiny tales and tunes in interactive fashion for little library-goers and their adults, with playtime afterward!  

Ages 0-3.

Maker’s Workshop

Join us for an afternoon of making downstairs in the craft room! Makers will be challenged to think like engineers and create something new from ordinary objects!

Grades K+.

Brazil’s Dom Pedro II, Greatest Ruler of the 19th Century?

Guest Speaker: Dr. Dan Breen, Lecturer, Brandeis University

During his 58 years of power, Dom Pedro II was idolized in the United States for his passionate support for science and the arts and his opposition to slavery. He deserves to be ranked along with Abraham Lincoln as one of the Western Hemisphere’s most consequential political leaders of the19th Century.

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Drop-in Baby Lapsit at Main Library

Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at baby lapsit time!  Parents can network while babies pick up phonological awareness, one of six foundations of future reading success. 

Ages 0-2 with caregiver.

Halloween Open Crafts

Drop in and make some scary decorations to complete your Halloween haunted house. Instructions and materials provided; you bring the clever hands!

All ages.

Open Building Play

Get creative with our Keva Planks for ages 4 and up. We also have Magnatiles and Duplos for the younger crowd.

All ages.

Special Halloween Event: Outdoor Movie: Night of the Living Dead (1968) thumbnail Photo

Special Halloween Event: Outdoor Movie: Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Special Halloween Event!

Join us for our first ever outdoor movie! It may be getting a little chillier, but that’s perfect for a spooky classic. We’ll have hot cocoa and candy for some Halloween treats before the movie. Bring your own lawn chair and/or blankets to get nice and cozy!

All ages event at parents’ discretion.

Journal Writers Group: SPECIAL 12 WEEK SESSION: The Artist’s Way thumbnail Photo

Journal Writers Group: SPECIAL 12 WEEK SESSION: The Artist’s Way

Join us for an amazing twelve weeks as we discuss Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. This international bestseller has inspired millions to overcome the limiting beliefs and fears that inhibit the creative process. In it, Julia Cameron takes readers on an amazing twelve week journey to discover the inextricable link between their spiritual and creative selves.


This groundbreaking program includes:
• An Introduction to two of Cameron’s most vital tools for creative recovery – “The Morning Pages and The Artist Date”
• Hundreds of highly effective exercises and activities
• Guidance on starting a “Creative Cluster” of fellow artists who will support you in your creative endeavors
 

Program runs every Tuesday from January 8 - March 26.