Fizzy Hearts
Explore the fizzy sensation of vinegar and baking soda!
Ages 2-4
Fun, safe, and simple sensory activities to help your baby explore.
Events Calendar / McAuliffe Branch
Seed Lending Library: Seed Swap Party
Join Safiyat Hamiss of Tasty Harvests and our Seed Lending Library for our annual seed swap party for the Framingham community.
Monday Storytime at McAuliffe
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.
Open Color
Drop in to color printed out pictures and do fun mazes and word activity sheets!
All Ages
Yarn Social Hour
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.
Baby Sensory Series: Baby Painting
With paper and paint in a bag let you baby squish and play to make a mini masterpiece.
Fun, safe, and simple sensory activities to help your baby explore.
Ages 0-4
AARP Tax Assistance (by appointment only)
IRS trained and certified AARP tax volunteers will be available to prepare your 2024 Federal and State Income tax returns. This program is designed to assist all people of low to middle income with special attention given to those aged 60 and older. This is a free program and volunteers are unable to process complex returns.
A list of documentation required for your appointment will be available at the library prior to your scheduled appointment.
Register at tinyurl.com/FPL-AARP | Upcoming dates: 4/5, and 4/12
中文读书会
中文读书会
3-6岁宝宝
绘本，儿歌，手工
时间：每周六 下午3-4点
Main Library:
1/4, 1/18; 2/15; 3/1, 3/15, 3/29; 4/12,4/26; 5/17
McAuliffe Branch Library:
1/11, 1/25; 2/8 (2pm) 春节特别活动, 2/22; 3/8, 3/22; 4/5,4/19; 5/3, 5/31 (2pm) 端午节特别话动
地点:
Main Library: 49 Lexington Street, Framingham, MA 01702
McAuliffe Branch: 746 Water Street, Framingham, MA 01701
Monday Storytime at McAuliffe
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.
Seed Lending Library: Annual Seed Packaging Parties
Everyone is welcome to help package the seeds for stacking the Seed Lending Libraries.
March 10, 7PM | McAuliffe Branch, Community Room
March 11, 10AM | Main Library, Children’s Program Room
McAuliffe Book Discussion (Evening): This Is Your Brain on Music by Daniel Levitin
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
This month we discuss This Is Your Brain on Music by Daniel Levitin.
- Taking on prominent thinkers who argue that music is nothing more than an evolutionary accident, Levitin poses that music is fundamental to our species, perhaps even more so than language. Drawing on the latest research and on musical examples ranging from Mozart to Duke Ellington to Van Halen, he reveals:
• How composers produce some of the most pleasurable effects of listening to music by exploiting the way our brains make sense of the world
• Why we are so emotionally attached to the music we listened to as teenagers, whether it was Fleetwood Mac, U2, or Dr. Dre
• That practice, rather than talent, is the driving force behind musical expertise
• How those insidious little jingles (called earworms) get stuck in our head
Next discussion on April 8: Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James Loewen
McAuliffe Matinee: The Soloist
In 2005, Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez was inspired to write a series of articles about Nathaniel Ayers, an extraordinarily talented schizophrenic street musician. In his attempt to help Nathaniel have a better life, his good intentions run headlong into Nathaniel's personal demons and the larger issues of social injustice facing the homeless. Regardless, Lopez and Nathaniel find a way to conquer their deepest anxieties and frustrations.
PG-13, 2009, 1h 57m
Yarn Social Hour
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.
*NEW* Chair Stretch & Relax
Join certified professional trainer Sophia Mellen of Sage Wellness for Chair Stretch & Meditate for these in-person-only classes! First come, first served! Sign up for exercise class updates here.
Yarn Monograms
Trace the first letter of your name on sturdy cardstock, cut it out, and then wrap it in yarn!
AGES 5+
Women’s History Month: Letters to Educators
The theme for Women’s History Month this year is “Moving Forward Together! Women Educating & Inspiring Generations.” Write letters to your favorite Educators to share how they inspire YOU!
All Ages
Monday Storytime at McAuliffe
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.
Shamrock Sun Catchers
These lucky and beautiful suncatchers are sure to brighten your St. Patrick’s Day!
AGES 5+
Kids Chess Club
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
Queer Reads: A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
The Queer Reads Book Discussion celebrates queer authors, books, and themes. This discussion meets in person every third Tuesday of the month and alternates between the McAuliffe Branch Library and the Main Library. Register here: https://bit.ly/fpl-queerbookdiscussion
This month we discuss A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske.
- Robin Blyth has more than enough bother in his life. He’s struggling to be a good older brother, a responsible employer, and the harried baronet of a seat gutted by his late parents’ excesses. When an administrative mistake sees him named the civil service liaison to a hidden magical society, he discovers what’s been operating beneath the unextraordinary reality he’s always known.
Now Robin must contend with the beauty and danger of magic, an excruciating deadly curse, and the alarming visions of the future that come with it―not to mention Edwin Courcey, his cold and prickly counterpart in the magical bureaucracy, who clearly wishes Robin were anyone and anywhere else.
Robin’s predecessor has disappeared, and the mystery of what happened to him reveals unsettling truths about the very oldest stories they’ve been told about the land they live on and what binds it. Thrown together and facing unexpected dangers, Robin and Edwin discover a plot that threatens every magician in the British Isles―and a secret that more than one person has already died to keep.
Next discussion on April 15: Howl by Allen Ginsberg
McAuliffe Matinee: Queen of Katwe
Based on the vibrant true story of a young girl from the streets of rural Uganda whose world rapidly changes when she is introduced to the game of chess, and, as a result of the support she receives from her family and community, is instilled with the confidence and determination she needs to pursue her dream of becoming an international chess champion.
PG, 2017, 2h 4m
Yarn Social Hour
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.
Craft Ladies: Salt Shaker Button Bouquets
Join the Craft Ladies for an Adult Crafting night! We will be crafting flowers with buttons and floral wire. Decorated salt shakers will hold the button bouquets.
We will email you to confirm your registration and to remind you of the upcoming workshop.
Register at https://tinyurl.com/FPL-Salt. Space and materials are limited.
McAuliffe Book Discussion (Morning): North Woods by Daniel Mason
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
North Woods by Daniel Mason:
- When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. An English soldier, destined for glory, abandons the battlefields of the New World to devote himself to growing apples. A pair of spinster twins navigate war and famine, envy and desire. A crime reporter unearths an ancient mass grave—only to discover that the earth refuse to give up their secrets. A lovelorn painter, a sinister con man, a stalking panther, a lusty beetle: As the inhabitants confront the wonder and mystery around them, they begin to realize that the dark, raucous, beautiful past is very much alive.
This magisterial and highly inventive novel from Pulitzer Prize finalist Daniel Mason brims with love and madness, humor and hope. Following the cycles of history, nature, and even language, North Woods shows the myriad, magical ways in which we’re connected to our environment, to history, and to one another. It is not just an unforgettable novel about secrets and destinies, but a way of looking at the world that asks the timeless question: How do we live on, even after we’re gone?
Next discussion on April 17: The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex
Musicals at McAuliffe: Cyrano
A man ahead of his time, Cyrano de Bergerac dazzles whether with ferocious wordplay at a verbal joust or with brilliant swordplay in a duel. But, convinced that his appearance renders him unworthy of the love of a devoted friend, the luminous Roxanne, Cyrano has yet to declare his feelings for her, and Roxanne has fallen in love, at first sight, with Christian.
PG-13, 2021, 2h 3m
Alphabet Soup: Queer Teen Hangout
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
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.
NO SCHOOL MOVIE: Hidden Figures (2016)
Three brilliant African-American women at NASA -- Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson -- serve as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation's confidence, turned around the Space Race and galvanized the world.
Rated PG; 127 mins; Closed captions provided. All Ages
AARP Tax Assistance (by appointment only)
IRS trained and certified AARP tax volunteers will be available to prepare your 2024 Federal and State Income tax returns. This program is designed to assist all people of low to middle income with special attention given to those aged 60 and older. This is a free program and volunteers are unable to process complex returns.
A list of documentation required for your appointment will be available at the library prior to your scheduled appointment.
Register at tinyurl.com/FPL-AARP | Upcoming dates: 4/5, and 4/12
Women’s History Month: Rocket Girls
Women have worked both in rockets and behind the scenes through history in getting us into space, on the moon, and beyond. Come build and launch your own rockets in honor of all the women who helped us reach the next frontier. All are welcome to join! Registration Required: https://bit.ly/MCA-RocketGirls
Ages 8+
中文读书会
中文读书会
3-6岁宝宝
绘本，儿歌，手工
时间：每周六 下午3-4点
Main Library:
1/4, 1/18; 2/15; 3/1, 3/15, 3/29; 4/12,4/26; 5/17
McAuliffe Branch Library:
1/11, 1/25; 2/8 (2pm) 春节特别活动, 2/22; 3/8, 3/22; 4/5,4/19; 5/3, 5/31 (2pm) 端午节特别话动
地点:
Main Library: 49 Lexington Street, Framingham, MA 01702
McAuliffe Branch: 746 Water Street, Framingham, MA 01701
Monday Storytime at McAuliffe
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.
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.
Baby Sensory Series: Animal Rescue Course
Maneuver through a course to rescue trapped stuffed animals!
Fun, safe, and simple sensory activities to help your baby explore.
Ages 1-4
Yarn Social Hour
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.
*NEW* Chair Stretch & Relax
Join certified professional trainer Sophia Mellen of Sage Wellness for Chair Stretch & Meditate for these in-person-only classes! First come, first served! Sign up for exercise class updates here.
Starting Seeds Indoors
Learn how to start your seeds indoors this season. Get vegetable seeds, such as tomatoes, greens, and herbs, from the Seed Lending Library and start your garden season off right!
Book Buddies: Cosmo
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.
Monday Storytime at McAuliffe
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.