Events Calendar | Framingham Public Library

Adventures in Lifelong Learning: The John L. Heineman Intersession

January 21, 2020 , 9:30 am - 2:35 pm / Main Library, Costin Room

Tuesdays, January 14, 21 and 28 (makeup date: February 4)

Our latest installment in our Adventures in Lifelong Learning series features The 17th Century: Reformation to Revolution. Please register online or pick up a registration form at either Library. Registration is open to all. On-site registration assistance will be available January 6, 11am-12:30pm at the Main Library, 49 Lexington Street.

Questions: email lifelonglearning@framingham.edu or call FSU at 508-626-4603

Drop-in Baby Lapsit @ McAuliffe

January 21, 2020 , 10:00 am - 10:30 am / McAuliffe Branch Children’s Room

Tuesdays 10:00-10:30am

Ages 0-2 with an adult.

Come sing and play with words, rhyme and puppets at Baby Lapsit. Parents can network while babies pick up phonological awareness, one of six foundations of future reading success. This informal program for babies and their parents/caregivers runs about 20 minutes and introduces the pleasures of the library to your baby or toddler.

Journal Writer’s Group

January 21, 2020 , 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm / Christa McAuliffe Branch, Craft Room

Drop-in or join the group as we discuss and discover the many ways to journal for personal growth and enrichment.

Drop-in Knitting

January 22, 2020 , 10:00 am - 11:00 am / Main Library

Unwind with your knitting and your crocheting at the library! Share tips, conversation, and a love of making. Drop in for a little while or for the whole time. Instruction is provided if needed. Bring your own materials, although we do have some tools to get you started.

Meets every Wednesday and the second and fourth Saturday of the month.

Mother Goose on the Loose

January 22, 2020 , 10:15 am - 10:45 am / Main Library, Children's Program Room

Mother Goose on the Loose is an eight-week, thirty-minute program that uses rhymes, songs, puppets, instruments, and more to stimulate the learning process of babies and toddlers.

Ages 0-3 accompanied by a caregiver.
Pre-registration is required.

McAuliffe Matinee Movie: Downton Abbey: The Motion Picture

January 22, 2020 , 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm / Christa McAuliffe Branch Library, Community Room

The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the king and queen of England soon unleashes scandal, romance and intrigue -- leaving the future of Downton hanging in the balance.

Rated PG.

Learn to Knit and Crochet

January 22, 2020 , 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm / Christa McAuliffe Branch Library, Community Room

Learn to knit a facecloth and crochet a scrunchie with Svetlana and Mila! All materials provided. Registration required.*

Ages 8-16.

Call 508-532-5636, press 5 or drop by the McAuliffe Children’s Desk to register before the program.

McAuliffe Book Discussion: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

January 23, 2020 , 10:00 am - 11:00 am / Christa McAuliffe Branch Library, Craft Room

In this stunning West-African inspired debut novel, Zélie has one chance to restore the magic to Orisha. With the aid of her brother and a rogue princess, she must outrun and outwit the crown prince who would eradicate magic forever. But her powers and her feelings may be the greatest danger of all.

Led by Danielle Barney.

Weekly Storycraft at the Main Library

January 23, 2020 , 10:15 am - 10:45 am / Main Library, Children's Program Room

Get in the library habit — drop in every week for some age appropriate stories, school readiness activities, and a thematic craft.

Ages 3-5.

Spark Lab: Bath Bombs

January 23, 2020 , 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm / Main Library, Spark Lab (Downstairs)

It’s Treat Yo’ Self month in the Spark Lab, so we’re going to make bath bombs! You’ll get to mix your own batch to take home with you, and even learn a little chemistry when I teach you how to mix them so they explode in water.

Grades 6-12

Special Play Space Activities

January 23, 2020 , 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm / Main Library, Children's Room

Drop in to play with the additional, rotating stations in our Play Space.

Thursdays 6:00-8:00pm
Fridays 11:00am-1:00pm

Preschool ages.

Special Play Space Activities

January 24, 2020 , 11:00 am - 1:00 pm / Main Library, Children's Room

Drop in to play with the additional, rotating stations in our Play Space.

Thursdays 6:00-8:00pm
Fridays 11:00am-1:00pm

Preschool ages.

Drop-in Knitting

January 25, 2020 , 10:00 am - 11:00 am / Main Library

Unwind with your knitting and your crocheting at the library! Share tips, conversation, and a love of making. Drop in for a little while or for the whole time. Instruction is provided if needed. Bring your own materials, although we do have some tools to get you started.

Meets every Wednesday and the second and fourth Saturday of the month.

Building Boom Afternoon

January 25, 2020 , 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm / Main Library, the Spark Lab Makerspace

Explore your artistic nature, problem solve and engage in play with the deceptively simple KEVA planks and our new Q-Ba-Maze marble run set. Come amaze us with your creations!

Ages 5+

Bookworm Book Club with Max!

January 26, 2020 , 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm / Christa McAuliffe Branch Library, Craft Room

Join us for an exciting book club discussion led by 8th grader Max on Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner on January 12 and on How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell on January 26 with crafts and light refreshments!

Grades 2-4.

Concert: La Bek Accompanied by Jack Perricone

January 26, 2020 , 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm / Main Library, Costin Room

La Bek is a terrific performer, a singer of songs ranging from the Great American Songbook to deep-down blues to original songs written by her husband, Jack Perricone, as well as their daughter, Sonya Rae Taylor. La Bek (Rebecca Perricone) is also a skilled actress and is a Professor at Berklee College of Music; Jack was Chair of Berklee’s innovative Songwriting Department for 27 years and is the author of two books on songwriting.

La Bek has released four CDs. Her latest is With You, For You. It contains a diverse collection of styles that include a tango-based/Astor Piazzolla-influenced treatment of songs from the Great American Songbook, blues based songs and originals from Sonya Rae Taylor and Jack Perricone.

Weekly Storytime

January 27, 2020 , 10:00 am - 10:30 am / McAuliffe Branch, Children's Room

Get in the library habit — drop in every week for some age appropriate stories and school readiness activities.

Ages 2-4

SCORE: Free Small Business Consulting

January 27, 2020 , 10:00 am - 1:00 pm / Main Library, 3rd Floor

Starting or running a small business? You can get free and confidential business advice from SCORE of Boston! Make an appointment to meet with a SCORE volunteer at Framingham Public Library.

Runs every Monday.

Kids Sewing

January 27, 2020 , 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm / Christa McAuliffe Branch Library, Community Room

Learn how to hand sew your own colorful bird bookmark with Svetlana. All materials provided. Registration required.*

*Call 508-532-5636 x5 or drop by the McAuliffe Children’s Desk to register before the program.

Ages 7-16.

Community Puzzle Swap!

January 27, 2020 , 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm / Christa McAuliffe Branch Library, Craft Room

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.

Adventures in Lifelong Learning: The John L. Heineman Intersession

January 28, 2020 , 9:30 am - 2:35 pm / Main Library, Costin Room

Tuesdays, January 14, 21 and 28 (makeup date: February 4)

Our latest installment in our Adventures in Lifelong Learning series features The 17th Century: Reformation to Revolution. Please register online or pick up a registration form at either Library. Registration is open to all. On-site registration assistance will be available January 6, 11am-12:30pm at the Main Library, 49 Lexington Street.

Questions: email lifelonglearning@framingham.edu or call FSU at 508-626-4603