Events Calendar / Adults

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Adult Paint Night

Come join instructor Ashwini Chitnavis as she joyfully leads this adult-only paint night! No experience is necessary; supplies and instruction are provided.
Registration required. Registration opens April 1, 2026.  Register: bit.ly/FPLadultpaint26

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Stacks and Facts Trivia Night

Join us on the 2nd Monday of every month for an evening of general knowledge trivia. We cover topics from history and geography to music and science, with plenty of laughs guaranteed. Bring your friends, form a team (up to 5 people), or arrive solo and we'll help you find a group. It's a great way to connect, learn new things, and enjoy a fun night out at your library.

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Walk-in Career Services with Resident Career Coach Ed Lawrence

Have career-related questions? Need help with a resume? Maybe you want to practice your interview skills. Stop by our Walk-in Career Services and meet with resident career coach Ed Lawrence for expert advice.

Find Ed every Tuesday evening from 6–8PM at the Main Library in the former Homework Center on the first floor. No appointment necessary and always free!

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Spanish Classes

Designed for people interested in improving their Spanish as a second language. All classes include pronunciation, writing exercises, basic communication skills, and simple conversations. These are beginner level classes with Spanish immersion. Registration is for the entire course: Every Tuesday at 7PM from January 13 - May 19. 

*REGISTRATION IS FULL*

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Main Library Yarn Social Hour

Join us for a yarn social hour for knitting, crocheting, and yarn crafting at the Main Library, McAuliffe Branch, or both!

At the Main Library, meet Wednesday mornings at 10AM and the 2nd and 4th Saturdays at 10AM. At the McAuliffe Branch, meet Wednesday evenings at 6PM.

This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but we can offer pointers and tips.

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Stretch, Relax, and Mobilize

Join Fitness Specialist, Sophia Mellen for a full body stretch. Mobilize your body head to toe through various exercises in standing, on the floor, or using a chair. If you have not registered before, join our mailing list: bit.ly/FPL-Exercise-Classes

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McAuliffe Branch Yarn Social Hour

Join us for a yarn social hour for knitting, crocheting, and yarn crafting at the Main Library, McAuliffe Branch, or both!

At the McAuliffe Branch, meet Wednesday evenings at 6PM. At the Main Library, meet Wednesday mornings at 10AM and the 2nd and 4th Saturdays at 10AM.

This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but we can offer pointers and tips.

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One-on-One Career Services

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.

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Lifelong Learning Lecture: Race, Immigration & Health Care Exclusion in the Age of Obamacare

Guest speaker: Tiffany D. Joseph, Associate Professor of Sociology and International Affairs, Northeastern University

Immigration and health policy have been at the core of recent U.S. legislative debates. Explore how the intersection of both has narrowed healthcare access for immigrants and citizens of the Commonwealth under the Massachusetts and Affordable Care Act (ACA) reforms and the dismantling of the ACA. 

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.

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Job Search Prep Program: Modern Resumes

What’s the purpose of the resume? What are the rules to follow? How do you make your resume standout from all the others? What does ATS mean anyway? Join Certified Professional Resume Writer Ed Lawrence to discuss all things resume and the fine art of self-promotion.

The Job Search Prep Program is a six-week program to help you get ready to find your next job. Beginning March 26, we meet each Thursday evening from 7–8:30PM in the Technology Learning Center at the Main Library. Space is limited, so reserve your spot now! Come to any one or all of our sessions.

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Veterans At Ease Coffee Hour

Join us and your local, fellow veterans on the 3rd Friday of each month for free coffee and light refreshments.

This program is a collaboration between the Framingham Public Library and the City of Framingham Veterans Services.

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Change in Bloom: Making Mixed Media Zines

Spring is the season of growth and new energy. Bring your spring colors to life on the page with writing and art! We will be making Zines, small handmade books that combine words and images. Using poetry, watercolor, and collage, we will explore themes of movement and change. You will finish the workshop with an original zine to take home. No writing or art experience required! * Las profes hablan español

Registration Required. Registration opens April 1, 2026. Register here: bit.ly/FPLinbloom26

About our instructors:

  • Robin Danzak has always been passionate about making and sharing art, most recently focusing on pottery, printmaking, and zines that integrate her own mixed-media images and text. Check out Robin's work at dharmazines.org. Robin is a professor at Emerson College, where she teaches courses in language, literacy, and arts in health. She has taught Spanish and English to adults and in the K-12 system. Outside of teaching and artmaking, Robin enjoys moving through nature on foot, bike, or snowshoes!
  • Audra Mackey Beal is passionate about writing, art, and writing about art. Her primary forms are poetry and pottery. She is also interested in the intersection between the arts, healing, and social change. When she is not writing or working with clay, she is typically walking in the woods, teaching, or doing community organizing and disability rights work. 
     
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Walk-in Career Services with Resident Career Coach Ed Lawrence

Have career-related questions? Need help with a resume? Maybe you want to practice your interview skills. Stop by our Walk-in Career Services and meet with resident career coach Ed Lawrence for expert advice.

Find Ed every Tuesday evening from 6–8PM at the Main Library in the former Homework Center on the first floor. No appointment necessary and always free!

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Spanish Classes

Designed for people interested in improving their Spanish as a second language. All classes include pronunciation, writing exercises, basic communication skills, and simple conversations. These are beginner level classes with Spanish immersion. Registration is for the entire course: Every Tuesday at 7PM from January 13 - May 19. 

*REGISTRATION IS FULL*

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Main Library Yarn Social Hour

Join us for a yarn social hour for knitting, crocheting, and yarn crafting at the Main Library, McAuliffe Branch, or both!

At the Main Library, meet Wednesday mornings at 10AM and the 2nd and 4th Saturdays at 10AM. At the McAuliffe Branch, meet Wednesday evenings at 6PM.

This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but we can offer pointers and tips.

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Stretch, Relax, and Mobilize

Join Fitness Specialist, Sophia Mellen for a full body stretch. Mobilize your body head to toe through various exercises in standing, on the floor, or using a chair. If you have not registered before, join our mailing list: bit.ly/FPL-Exercise-Classes

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McAuliffe Branch Yarn Social Hour

Join us for a yarn social hour for knitting, crocheting, and yarn crafting at the Main Library, McAuliffe Branch, or both!

At the McAuliffe Branch, meet Wednesday evenings at 6PM. At the Main Library, meet Wednesday mornings at 10AM and the 2nd and 4th Saturdays at 10AM.

This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but we can offer pointers and tips.

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Mah Jongg

Open to experienced players with a National Mah Jongg League card.

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One-on-One Career Services

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.

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Documentaries in Dialogue: Feeding Tomorrow (2024, PG, 1h20m)

Join us in discussion after watching Feeding Tomorrow; A documentary that explores solutions for a more just, sustainable, and regenerative food system while offering actionable insights for better environmental and human health. With a special guest from Black Earth Compost joining the conversation.

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Job Search Prep Program: Establishing Rapport with Interviewers

They like your resume and invited you to interview for the role. You’re nervous. How best to prepare? How do you calm your nerves? We hear likability is key, so how do you get them to like you? Join resident Certified Interview Coach Ed Lawrence to discuss interviewing and to practice the fine art of building rapport with the interviewer.

The Job Search Prep Program is a six-week program to help you get ready to find your next job. Beginning March 26, we meet each Thursday evening from 7–8:30PM in the Technology Learning Center at the Main Library. Space is limited, so reserve your spot now! Come to any one or all of our sessions.

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Release, Relax, Reinvigorate: Meditation with Leslie

Join Leslie Gabriele of With Love and Gratitude on the fourth Monday of each month from September to May for a half hour of guided meditation and other opportunities for carefree relaxation. Leslie teaches valuable techniques to help you learn to release, relax, and reinvigorate your mind. 

Join our Meditation mailing list to receive a monthly email reminder with Zoom link.

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Monday Matinee: Song Sung Blue

“Lightning and Thunder, a Milwaukee husband and wife Neil Diamond tribute act, experience soaring success and devastating heartbreak in their musical journey together.”  (2025, PG-13, 2h 13m)

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Puzzle Swap: McAuliffe Branch

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.

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Walk-in Career Services with Resident Career Coach Ed Lawrence

Have career-related questions? Need help with a resume? Maybe you want to practice your interview skills. Stop by our Walk-in Career Services and meet with resident career coach Ed Lawrence for expert advice.

Find Ed every Tuesday evening from 6–8PM at the Main Library in the former Homework Center on the first floor. No appointment necessary and always free!

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Make It Tuesday: Blackout Poetry

Turn old books into new art! Join us for a Blackout Poetry session where we’ll transform recycled pages into modern poems. We’ll provide the book pages and all the supplies you need to create new art without the pressure of a blank page.

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Spanish Classes

Designed for people interested in improving their Spanish as a second language. All classes include pronunciation, writing exercises, basic communication skills, and simple conversations. These are beginner level classes with Spanish immersion. Registration is for the entire course: Every Tuesday at 7PM from January 13 - May 19. 

*REGISTRATION IS FULL*

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Main Library Yarn Social Hour

Join us for a yarn social hour for knitting, crocheting, and yarn crafting at the Main Library, McAuliffe Branch, or both!

At the Main Library, meet Wednesday mornings at 10AM and the 2nd and 4th Saturdays at 10AM. At the McAuliffe Branch, meet Wednesday evenings at 6PM.

This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but we can offer pointers and tips.

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Stretch, Relax, and Mobilize

Join Fitness Specialist, Sophia Mellen for a full body stretch. Mobilize your body head to toe through various exercises in standing, on the floor, or using a chair. If you have not registered before, join our mailing list: bit.ly/FPL-Exercise-Classes

McAuliffe Branch Yarn Social Hour thumbnail Photo

McAuliffe Branch Yarn Social Hour

Join us for a yarn social hour for knitting, crocheting, and yarn crafting at the Main Library, McAuliffe Branch, or both!

At the McAuliffe Branch, meet Wednesday evenings at 6PM. At the Main Library, meet Wednesday mornings at 10AM and the 2nd and 4th Saturdays at 10AM.

This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but we can offer pointers and tips.

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One-on-One Career Services

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.

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Job Search Prep Program: Negotiating Salary & Benefits

Congratulations! You just  landed a job! Have you discussed salary yet? How about the benefits? You think salary negotiation is one of the scariest situations you’ll ever face. Let us calm your fear. They said they want you. Now is the time to tell them what you want. Join resident career coach Ed Lawrence to discuss the fine field of salary and benefits.

The Job Search Prep Program is a six-week program to help you get ready to find your next job. Beginning March 26, we meet each Thursday evening from 7–8:30PM in the Technology Learning Center at the Main Library. Space is limited, so reserve your spot now! Come to any one or all of our sessions.

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Spanish Classes

Designed for people interested in improving their Spanish as a second language. All classes include pronunciation, writing exercises, basic communication skills, and simple conversations. These are beginner level classes with Spanish immersion. Registration is for the entire course: Every Tuesday at 7PM from January 13 - May 19. 

*REGISTRATION IS FULL*

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Main Library Book Discussion: North Woods by Daniel Mason

May Book: North Woods by Daniel Mason

  • "A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those who inhabit it across the centuries—a daring, moving tale of memory and fate from the Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Piano Tuner and The Winter Soldier. 

    When a pair of young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become home to an extraordinary succession of inhabitants . An English soldier, destined for glory, abandons the battlefields of the New World to devote himself to apples. A pair of spinster twins survive war and famine, only to succumb to envy and desire. A crime reporter unearths a mass grave, but finds the ancient trees refuse to give up their secrets. A lovelorn painter, a conman, a stalking panther, a lusty beetle; as each one confronts the mysteries of the north woods, they come to realize that the dark, raucous, beautiful past is very much alive.

    ​Traversing cycles of history, nature, and even literature, North Woods shows the myriad, magical ways in which we’re connected to our environment and to one another, across time, language and space. Written along with the seasons and divided into the twelve months of the year, it is an unforgettable novel about secrets and fates that asks the timeless how do we live on, even after we’re gone?"

 

The Main Library Book Discussion meets on the first Tuesday of each month. Books chosen are generally literary fiction or narrative nonfiction. Participants take turns leading the discussion. This discussion currently meets online via Zoom. Register here: https://bit.ly/fpl-adultbookdiscussion

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Main Library Yarn Social Hour

Join us for a yarn social hour for knitting, crocheting, and yarn crafting at the Main Library, McAuliffe Branch, or both!

At the Main Library, meet Wednesday mornings at 10AM and the 2nd and 4th Saturdays at 10AM. At the McAuliffe Branch, meet Wednesday evenings at 6PM.

This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but we can offer pointers and tips.

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Stretch, Relax, and Mobilize

Join Fitness Specialist, Sophia Mellen for a full body stretch. Mobilize your body head to toe through various exercises in standing, on the floor, or using a chair. If you have not registered before, join our mailing list: bit.ly/FPL-Exercise-Classes

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McAuliffe Branch Yarn Social Hour

Join us for a yarn social hour for knitting, crocheting, and yarn crafting at the Main Library, McAuliffe Branch, or both!

At the McAuliffe Branch, meet Wednesday evenings at 6PM. At the Main Library, meet Wednesday mornings at 10AM and the 2nd and 4th Saturdays at 10AM.

This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but we can offer pointers and tips.

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One-on-One Career Services

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.

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Stacks and Facts Trivia Night

Join us on the 2nd Monday of every month for an evening of general knowledge trivia. We cover topics from history and geography to music and science, with plenty of laughs guaranteed. Bring your friends, form a team (up to 5 people), or arrive solo and we'll help you find a group. It's a great way to connect, learn new things, and enjoy a fun night out at your library.

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Spanish Classes

Designed for people interested in improving their Spanish as a second language. All classes include pronunciation, writing exercises, basic communication skills, and simple conversations. These are beginner level classes with Spanish immersion. Registration is for the entire course: Every Tuesday at 7PM from January 13 - May 19. 

*REGISTRATION IS FULL*

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McAuliffe Book Discussion (Evening):  The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong

May Read: The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong

  • "One late summer evening in the post-industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge in pelting rain, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow succumbing to dementia, who convinces him to take another path. Bereft and out of options, he quickly becomes her caretaker. Over the course of the year, the unlikely pair develops a life-altering bond, one built on empathy, spiritual reckoning, and heartbreak, with the power to alter Hai’s relationship to himself, his family, and a community at the brink.

    Following the cycles of history, memory, and time, The Emperor of Gladness shows the profound ways in which love, labor, and loneliness form the bedrock of American life. At its heart is a brave epic about what it means to exist on the fringes of society and to reckon with the wounds that haunt our collective soul. Hallmarks of Vuong’s writing – formal innovation, syntactic dexterity, and the ability to twin grit with grace through tenderness – are on full display in this story of loss, hope, and how far we would go to possess one of life’s most fleeting mercies: a second chance."

 

The McAuliffe Branch hosts two book discussion groups to discuss various fiction and nonfiction, as well as contemporary and classic literature. You can join us anytime to discuss one particular book or become a regular. Register here: https://bit.ly/mca-bookdiscussions

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Stretch, Relax, and Mobilize

Join Fitness Specialist, Sophia Mellen for a full body stretch. Mobilize your body head to toe through various exercises in standing, on the floor, or using a chair. If you have not registered before, join our mailing list: bit.ly/FPL-Exercise-Classes

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McAuliffe Branch Yarn Social Hour

Join us for a yarn social hour for knitting, crocheting, and yarn crafting at the Main Library, McAuliffe Branch, or both!

At the McAuliffe Branch, meet Wednesday evenings at 6PM. At the Main Library, meet Wednesday mornings at 10AM and the 2nd and 4th Saturdays at 10AM.

This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but we can offer pointers and tips.

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Sci-Fi Book Discussion: Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky

May 13: Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky

  • "Professor Arton Daghdev has always wanted to study alien life in person. But when his political activism sees him exiled to the planet Kiln, condemned to work under an unfamiliar sky until he dies, his idealistic wish becomes a terrible reality.

    Kiln boasts a ravenous, chaotic ecosystem. Its monstrous alien life means Arton will risk death on a daily basis – if the camp’s oppressive regime doesn’t kill him first. But, if he survives, Kiln’s lost civilization holds a wondrous, terrible secret. It will redefine life and intelligence as he knows it – and might just set him free."

The Sci-Fi Book Discussion reads and discusses both classic and contemporary science fiction, covering subgenres such as speculative fiction, alternate history, and apocalyptic. This discussion meets the second Wednesday of the month, from 7-8 pm. This group is hybrid, meeting at the Main Library and streaming to Zoom. Register here: https://bit.ly/fpl-scifidiscussion

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One-on-One Career Services

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.

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Veterans At Ease Coffee Hour

Join us and your local, fellow veterans on the 3rd Friday of each month for free coffee and light refreshments.

This program is a collaboration between the Framingham Public Library and the City of Framingham Veterans Services.

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Release, Relax, Reinvigorate: Meditation with Leslie

Join Leslie Gabriele of With Love and Gratitude on the fourth Monday of each month from September to May for a half hour of guided meditation and other opportunities for carefree relaxation. Leslie teaches valuable techniques to help you learn to release, relax, and reinvigorate your mind. 

Join our Meditation mailing list to receive a monthly email reminder with Zoom link.

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Spanish Classes

Designed for people interested in improving their Spanish as a second language. All classes include pronunciation, writing exercises, basic communication skills, and simple conversations. These are beginner level classes with Spanish immersion. Registration is for the entire course: Every Tuesday at 7PM from January 13 - May 19. 

*REGISTRATION IS FULL*

Stretch, Relax, and Mobilize thumbnail Photo

Stretch, Relax, and Mobilize

Join Fitness Specialist, Sophia Mellen for a full body stretch. Mobilize your body head to toe through various exercises in standing, on the floor, or using a chair. If you have not registered before, join our mailing list: bit.ly/FPL-Exercise-Classes

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McAuliffe Branch Yarn Social Hour

Join us for a yarn social hour for knitting, crocheting, and yarn crafting at the Main Library, McAuliffe Branch, or both!

At the McAuliffe Branch, meet Wednesday evenings at 6PM. At the Main Library, meet Wednesday mornings at 10AM and the 2nd and 4th Saturdays at 10AM.

This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but we can offer pointers and tips.

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One-on-One Career Services

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.

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McAuliffe Book Discussion (Morning): Black Woods, Blue Sky: A Novel by Eowyn Ivey

May read: Black Woods, Blue Sky: A Novel by Eowyn Ivey 

  • "Birdie’s keeping it together; of course she is. So she’s a little hungover sometimes, and she has to bring her daughter, Emaleen, to her job waiting tables at an Alaskan roadside lodge, but she’s getting by as a single mother in a tough town. Still, Birdie can remember happier times from her youth, when she was free in the wilds of nature. 

    Arthur Neilsen, a soft-spoken and scarred recluse who appears in town only at the change of seasons, brings Emaleen back to safety when she gets lost in the woods. Most people avoid him, but to Birdie he represents everything she’s ever longed for. She finds herself falling for Arthur and the land he knows so well. Against the warnings of those who care about them, Birdie and Emaleen move to his isolated cabin in the mountains on the far side of the Wolverine River.

    It’s just the three of them in the vast black woods, far from roads, telephones, electricity, and outside contact, but Birdie believes she has come prepared. At first, it’s idyllic, but soon Birdie discovers that Arthur is something much more mysterious and dangerous than she could have imagined, and that like the Alaska wilderness, a fairy tale can be as dark as it is beautiful."

 

The McAuliffe Branch hosts two book discussion groups to discuss various fiction and nonfiction, as well as contemporary and classic literature. You can join us anytime to discuss one particular book or become a regular. Register here: https://bit.ly/mca-bookdiscussions

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Puzzle Swap: McAuliffe Branch

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.

Stretch, Relax, and Mobilize thumbnail Photo

Stretch, Relax, and Mobilize

Join Fitness Specialist, Sophia Mellen for a full body stretch. Mobilize your body head to toe through various exercises in standing, on the floor, or using a chair. If you have not registered before, join our mailing list: bit.ly/FPL-Exercise-Classes

McAuliffe Branch Yarn Social Hour thumbnail Photo

McAuliffe Branch Yarn Social Hour

Join us for a yarn social hour for knitting, crocheting, and yarn crafting at the Main Library, McAuliffe Branch, or both!

At the McAuliffe Branch, meet Wednesday evenings at 6PM. At the Main Library, meet Wednesday mornings at 10AM and the 2nd and 4th Saturdays at 10AM.

This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but we can offer pointers and tips.

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Hot Takes: Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore by Emily Krempholtz

May read: Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore by Emily Krempholtz

  • "She traded curses for carnations. But old magic dies hard...

    Guy Shadowfade is dead, and Violet Thistlethwaite is out of a job. After a lifetime as the dark sorcerer's right-hand witch, she's ready to turn over a new leaf. And this time, she wants to sprout peonies instead of poison.

    The quiet town of Dragon's Rest seems like the perfect place to start over. Violet opens a flower shop, swears off dark magic, and does her best to be...good. Even if her reputation - and her mildly homicidal, sentient houseplant - make that tricky.

    Her vibrant bouquets soon charm the locals, but nothing she does seems to impress the grumpy (and infuriatingly gorgeous) Nathaniel Marsh, the alchemist she's forced to share a greenhouse with.

    But when a strange blight begins to rot the roots of Dragon's Rest, Violet and Nathaniel must work together - through their fears, pasts, and growing feelings - to save the town.

    And as old secrets start to surface, Violet can't help but does a former villain like her truly deserve a happily-ever-after?"

 

Hot Takes: Romance Book Discussion at the Main Library meets on the 4th Wednesday of each month. This discussion group will delve into the world of romance through genres such as contemporary fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, and more! We welcome all tastes and experiences in our judgement free zone. Register here for email updates: https://bit.ly/FPL-Hot-Takes

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Mah Jongg

Open to experienced players with a National Mah Jongg League card.

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One-on-One Career Services

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.