Join us on the 3rd Saturday of each month (except for July and August) beginning at 10am for our monthly book sale at the Main Library.
Help support your local library! Learn more and join Friends of the Framingham Library.
NOTE: Prices are subject to change.
Explore water with sponges, toys, and more! Dress accordingly for fun! Ages 2-4
Fun, safe, and simple sensory activities to help with exploration.
Come make some Pine Cone Bird Feeders to celebrate the Winter Solstice! These feeders will help birds that live in your backyard find food during the winter. This program is peanut butter free.
All Ages
2 de noviembre (a las 3 de la tarde), 21 de diciembre, 11 de enero, 8 de febrero, 8 de marzo, 5 de abril, 10 de mayo
Acompáñenos para escuchar historias divertidas y hacer manualidades temáticas. Todas las edades son bienvenidas. Se recomiendan las manualidades para niños mayores de 3 años.
Join your familiar children’s librarians for some stories and a craft, and keep adding to your 1000 books before Kindergarten list.
Ages 2-5, all welcome. In-person.
DEC. 14, 11AM | MAIN, J PROGRAM ROOM (Duncan)
DEC. 18, 6PM | MAIN, J PROGRAM ROOM (Duncan)
DEC. 23, 1PM | MAIN, J PROGRAM ROOM (Cosmo)
Improve your reading skills by reading aloud to your new Book Buddy. Registration required. Call or drop by to sign up for a time slot.
¡Se requiere registrarse! Llame al 508-532-5570 x4 para registrarse. Mejore sus habilidades de lectura de forma divertida leyendo en voz alta.
Registro requerido! Ligue para 508-532-5570 x4 para se registrar. Melhore suas habilidades de leitura de maneira divertida, lendo em voz alta.
The Muppets' version of the Dickens holiday classic about a miser who's visited by three ghosts features Kermit the Frog as the penny-pincher's hardworking and loyal employee.
Join us to make your own decorative gnome with no sewing required (unless you want to). Come one week to make something simple, or come back several weeks in a row to make an elaborate masterpiece!
Fill out our registration form here if you'd like to sign up for Teen Craft program reminders: https://bit.ly/FPL-Teen-Crafts
Grades 6-12
What to do with jigsaw puzzles you’ve completed? Swap them! Bring your puzzles to exchange with others. No puzzle to swap? Come anyway; there are always extras for you to take. All ages and levels welcome.
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit. Ages 0-2 years
Make an appointment for remote, one-on-one career services, including resume help and job searching strategies with professional career coach Ed Lawrence.
Appointments are free and available every Thursday from 9am-1:30pm online via Zoom. Please email elawrence@minlib.net to schedule your appointment.
Drop in throughout the afternoon for hands-on engineering challenges with everyday materials. Ages 8+
1-2pm: Build a bridge (to help “The 3 Billy Goats Gruff”)
2:30-3:30pm: Build a tower for Rapunzel (or a way for her to get down)
4-5pm: Make a duct tape boat to sail in a castle moat.
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets!
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.
Kick back this winter break and make your own themed snow globes! With glitter, figurines, and a ton of imagination, you’re bound to have fun making and shaking these snow globes!
Ages 8+
Supplies Limited
Do you want to build a (cottonball) snowman? Or perhaps see one melt away? Make one or both for this winter wonderland craft!
Ages 2+
Join us for our monthly Bachata at the library! It's beginner-friendly and inclusive. No partner is necessary. Everyone is welcome! The lesson will be followed by a social dance party.
For every book you read, fill out a “cookie” and fill up the glasses of milk in the Children’s Rooms! Sign up anytime during Dec-Feb. February 22nd we’ll have a cookies and hot cocoa party with prizes and more to wrap up our winter reading program! Ages 0-12
Join your familiar children’s librarians for some stories and a craft, and keep adding to your 1000 books before Kindergarten list.
Ages 2-5, all welcome. In-person.
Improve your reading skills by reading aloud to your new Book Buddy. Registration required. Call 508-532-5636 or drop by to sign up for a time slot.
Registro requerido! Ligue para 508-532-5636 para se registrar. Melhore suas habilidades de leitura de maneira divertida, lendo em voz alta. Todas as idades.
¡Se requiere registrarse! Llame al 508-532-5636 para registrarse. Mejore sus habilidades de lectura de forma divertida leyendo en voz alta. Todas las edades.
These beautiful beaded snowflakes are one of a kind, make your own to have a forever winter wonderland! Ages 5+
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit. Ages 0-2 years
Welcome in the New Year at noon! Perfect for kids and those won’t stay up till midnight! Make crafts, dress up, and get ready for a balloon countdown drop at noon! All Ages welcome.
The Autism Alliance joins us to create sensory friendly activities 10am-12pm, and a “quiet” balloon drop at noon!
For every book you read, fill out a “cookie” and fill up the glasses of milk in the Children’s Rooms! Sign up anytime during Dec-Feb. February 22nd we’ll have a cookies and hot cocoa party with prizes and more to wrap up our winter reading program! Ages 0-12
A twice monthly meeting for LGBTQIA+ and allied teens to hang out and do crafts. On the first Thursday, we’ll be at the Main Library, and on the third Thursday, we’ll meet at the McAuliffe Branch.
Grades 6-12
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets!
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.
Start off the New Year with some bright colors and an upcycling project! Paint a key to add to our community wind chimes that we will display at the library and in the pollinator garden at the McAuliffe Branch. Or, create a wind chime of your own to take home. All Ages.
Saturday, Jan. 4 from 10-11am
Monday, Jan. 13 from 5-6pm
Saturday, Jan. 18 from 10-11am
When a woman's first love suddenly reenters her life, her relationship with a charming, but abusive neurosurgeon is upended and she realizes she must learn to rely on her own strength to make an impossible choice for her future.
Join us for this month’s Bob Dodd Sunday Concert, featuring violinist Kristopher Tong and pianist Miki Sawada. Doors open at 2:30. Refreshments provided.
Join your familiar children’s librarians for some stories and a craft, and keep adding to your 1000 books before Kindergarten list.
Ages 2-5, all welcome. In-person.
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit. Ages 0-2 years
This Chess Club is an informal group welcoming everyone from new players to junior chess masters! Chess boards are provided, but you can bring your own. Staff are available to help with questions, but will not be teaching chess. For Elementary and Middle School students.
1st Tuesday of every Month, 5PM | MAIN, HOMEWORK CENTER
3rd Tuesday of every Month, 5PM | MCAULIFFE, COMMUNITY ROOM
Join the Main Library Adult Book Discussion online for our January book pick: The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel.
If you are new to this book group and are not a member of our mailing list, join the Main Library Book Discussion mailing list to receive the Zoom link.
Join us for knitting, crochet, and yarn crafting social hour! This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but in person we can offer pointers and tips.
A librarian possesses a unique gene that lets him involuntarily travel through time. His wife, Claire Abshire, finds it difficult to cope with it.
Join us for knitting, crochet, and yarn crafting social hour! This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but in person we can offer pointers and tips.
There are only three real powers in the universe: the corporate power of the Trust versus the Union's labor's leverage. And between them, the Guild tries to keep everyone's hands above the table. It ain't easy.
Join us on February 12 for The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas.
Join our Science Fiction book discussion mailing list to receive the Zoom link.
Make a LEGO creation each month, using our spinning wheel of ideas or using your imagination! Ages 5+
There is a lot of potential for AI to help us in creative thinking. Let’s explore some affordances and consider how critical thinking is a necessary ingredient for using AI as a partner in creativity.
All Lifelong Learning mailing list recipients receive the Zoom link. If you have not joined our Lifelong Learning mailing list, go to bit.ly/Lifelong-Learning-Lectures.
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets!
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.
2 de noviembre (a las 3 de la tarde), 21 de diciembre, 11 de enero, 8 de febrero, 8 de marzo, 5 de abril, 10 de mayo
Acompáñenos para escuchar historias divertidas y hacer manualidades temáticas. Todas las edades son bienvenidas. Se recomiendan las manualidades para niños mayores de 3 años.
For every book you read, fill out a “cookie” and fill up the glasses of milk in the Children’s Rooms! Sign up anytime during Dec-Feb. February 22nd we’ll have a cookies and hot cocoa party with prizes and more to wrap up our winter reading program! Ages 0-12
Join your familiar children’s librarians for some stories and a craft, and keep adding to your 1000 books before Kindergarten list.
Ages 2-5, all welcome. In-person.
Start off the New Year with some bright colors and an upcycling project! Paint a key to add to our community wind chimes that we will display at the library and in the pollinator garden at the McAuliffe Branch. Or, create a wind chime of your own to take home. All Ages.
Saturday, Jan. 4 from 10-11am
Monday, Jan. 13 from 5-6pm
Saturday, Jan. 18 from 10-11am
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit. Ages 0-2 years
I'm Ernest Cunningham. Call me Ern or Ernie. I wish I'd killed whoever decided our family reunion should be at a ski resort, but it's a little more complicated than that. Everyone in my family has killed someone.
Join us for our next book discussion on February 11: Shark Heart by Emily Habeck. Join our McAuliffe Book Discussion mailing list.
Join us for knitting, crochet, and yarn crafting social hour! This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but in person we can offer pointers and tips.
A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?
Join us for knitting, crochet, and yarn crafting social hour! This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but in person we can offer pointers and tips.
Join the Craft Ladies for an Adult Crafting night! We will be making 3D wall art on canvases with floral cardstock and twine.
Space and supplies are limited. Register at https://tinyurl.com/FPL-3D-art. Registration opens on January 2.
Join Leslie Gabriele of With Love and Gratitude on the third Thursday of each month for a half hour of guided meditation and other opportunities for carefree relaxation.
Join our Meditation mailing list to receive a monthly email with Zoom link.
January 1888, a sudden blizzard struck Dakota just as schools let out, leaving teachers with life-and-death choices. The novel follows two sisters, Raina and Gerda Olsen—one a hero, the other ostracized—along with Anette Pedersen, a servant whose survival changes her life, and a newspaperman seeking redemption.
Join us for our next book discussion on February 20: Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton. Join our McAuliffe Book Discussion mailing list.
When a backwoodsman in 1850s Oregon brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.
A twice monthly meeting for LGBTQIA+ and allied teens to hang out and do crafts. On the first Thursday, we’ll be at the Main Library, and on the third Thursday, we’ll meet at the McAuliffe Branch.
Grades 6-12
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets!
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.
Start off the New Year with some bright colors and an upcycling project! Paint a key to add to our community wind chimes that we will display at the library and in the pollinator garden at the McAuliffe Branch. Or, create a wind chime of your own to take home. All Ages.
Saturday, Jan. 4 from 10-11am
Monday, Jan. 13 from 5-6pm
Saturday, Jan. 18 from 10-11am
Join us on the 3rd Saturday of each month (except for July and August) beginning at 10am for our monthly book sale at the Main Library.
Help support your local library! Learn more and join Friends of the Framingham Library.
NOTE: Prices are subject to change.
Join your familiar children’s librarians for some stories and a craft, and keep adding to your 1000 books before Kindergarten list.
Ages 2-5, all welcome. In-person.
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit. Ages 0-2 years
Cut out a snowflake and turn it into a bright suncatcher with tissue paper and contact paper. Ages 5+
Bring your own art journal and prepare to get messy! Join us for this casual, unstructured session exploring the possibilities of art journals. No experience required.
Bring your own journal or sketchbook. Other supplies are provided, but feel free to bring your favorite medium to work in. Space is limited. Register at bit.ly/FPL_Art_Workshop.
Nick Russo has worked his way from a rough Brooklyn neighborhood to a reporting job at one of the city's biggest newspapers. But the late 1950s are a hostile time for gay men, and Nick knows that he can't let anyone into his life. He just never counted on meeting someone as impossible to say no to as Andy.
Join us for our next book discussion on February 18: Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle. Join our Queer Reads book discussion mailing list.
Join us for knitting, crochet, and yarn crafting social hour! This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but in person we can offer pointers and tips.
Join us for knitting, crochet, and yarn crafting social hour! This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but in person we can offer pointers and tips.
Warm up with some hot chocolate and sing along! Rated PG; 108 mins; Closed captions in English provided. All Ages.
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets!
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.
Join your familiar children’s librarians for some stories and a craft, and keep adding to your 1000 books before Kindergarten list.
Ages 2-5, all welcome. In-person.
Kate Carter, a retired tornado-chaser and meteorologist, is persuaded to return to Oklahoma to work with a new team and new technologies.
What to do with jigsaw puzzles you’ve completed? Swap them! Bring your puzzles to exchange with others. No puzzle to swap? Come anyway; there are always extras for you to take. All ages and levels welcome.
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit. Ages 0-2 years
Join us in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day to experience a Virtual Reality tour of the Anne Frank House. To reserve a 45 minute time slot, please call the McAuliffe Branch at 508-532-5636 or register online.
Join us at McAuliffe for an Adult Spark Lab Satellite Craft Night! We’ll be making felt succulents to plant in upcycled book planters. You will be creating a beautiful, low-maintenance "garden" that’s perfect for any space. All materials are provided, supplies and space are limited. Grab your friends, bring your imagination, and let’s turn old books into blooming works of art!
For every book you read, fill out a “cookie” and fill up the glasses of milk in the Children’s Rooms! Sign up anytime during Dec-Feb. February 22nd we’ll have a cookies and hot cocoa party with prizes and more to wrap up our winter reading program! Ages 0-12
Join us for knitting, crochet, and yarn crafting social hour! This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but in person we can offer pointers and tips.
Join us in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day to experience a Virtual Reality tour of the Anne Frank House. To reserve a 45 minute time slot, please call the McAuliffe Branch at 508-532-5636 or register online.
Join us for knitting, crochet, and yarn crafting social hour! This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but in person we can offer pointers and tips.
Join us in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day to experience a Virtual Reality tour of the Anne Frank House. To reserve a 45 minute time slot, please call the McAuliffe Branch at 508-532-5636 or register online.
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets!
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.
Join us in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day to experience a Virtual Reality tour of the Anne Frank House. To reserve a 45 minute time slot, please call the McAuliffe Branch at 508-532-5636 or register online.
