Events Calendar / Main Library
In-Person Career Services with Career Coach Ed Lawrence
Get free career guidance and support from our resident career coach Ed Lawrence. Drops-in are welcome. One-hour appointments are available. Email Ed at elawrence@minlib.net to schedule yours.
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/THE LEARNING CENTER
3rd Tuesday of every Month, 5PM | MCAULIFFE, COMMUNITY ROOM
Baby Storytime at the Main Library
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets!
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.
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
In-Person Career Services with Career Coach Ed Lawrence
Get free career guidance and support from our resident career coach Ed Lawrence. Drops-in are welcome. One-hour appointments are available. Email Ed at elawrence@minlib.net to schedule yours.
Brazil: A People Who Dance: A Brazilian Independence Day Celebration
Our resistance comes from our joy, and our joy comes from our dancing bodies. Come dance a variety of Brazilian northeastern rhythms with us and celebrate our people! All ages are welcome, no experience is required to participate.
Brasil: Um Povo Que Dança Uma Celebração do Dia da Independência do Brasil
Nossa resistência vem da nossa alegria, e nossa alegria vem dos nossos corpos dançantes. Venha dançar com a gente diferentes ritmos do nordeste brasileiro e comemorar nosso povo! Todas as idades são bem vindas e não precisa de experiência para participar.
Baby Storytime at the Main Library
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets!
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.
Special 9/11 Remembrance Screening: Man in Red Bandana (1h 20m, 2017, PG-13)
“He went up, so others could come down.” This is the inspirational story of an American hero - Boston College alum, Welles Remy Crowther. Welles worked on the 104th floor of the South Tower and saved many people on September 11th. His heroics became known as a result of an ordinary item - a red bandana.
Watch the trailer here
Teen Open SparkLab
Use anything in the SparkLab to work on your projects! Design something to be 3d printed! Needle felt something! Make some stickers! You get to decide.
Fill out our registration form here if you'd like to sign up for Teen Craft program reminders: https://framinghamlibrary.short.gy/teen-crafts
Grades 6-12
International DOT Day LIVE Showing
Join us for this live streaming global celebration of creativity, courage, and collaboration from the historic Shubert Theatre in Boston! Peter H. Reynolds - New York Times best-selling author and illustrator of The Dot - and his twin brother Paul A. Reynolds will challenge everyone to be creative and find the courage to “make their mark.” All Ages
In-Person Career Services with Career Coach Ed Lawrence
Get free career guidance and support from our resident career coach Ed Lawrence. Drops-in are welcome. One-hour appointments are available. Email Ed at elawrence@minlib.net to schedule yours.
Baby Storytime at the Main Library
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets!
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.
Talk Like a Pirate Day
Ahoy, mateys! Learn to speak pirate for free with your library card. Saturday, September 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, and we’re helping you brush up on your sea-jargon! Through Mango Languages, you can take an official course in Pirate (yes, really!). Master the slang of the Seven Seas, or dive into Spanish, French, Japanese, and more - all free with your library card.
Friends Book Sale
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.
“Good to Be Me” Interactive Gratitude Workshop with Author RA Cook
Join Artservatorey in this interactive literary, art, and drama workshop featuring Springfield’s children’s book author RA Cook! Ages 5-12
Bob Dodd Sunday Concert: Spectacle Collective
We open our latest season of Sunday Concerts with the Spectacle Collective Quartet performing the world premieres of works written by up-and-coming Chilean composers.
Teen Open SparkLab
Use anything in the SparkLab to work on your projects! Design something to be 3d printed! Needle felt something! Make some stickers! You get to decide.
Fill out our registration form here if you'd like to sign up for Teen Craft program reminders: https://framinghamlibrary.short.gy/teen-crafts
Grades 6-12
In-Person Career Services with Career Coach Ed Lawrence
Get free career guidance and support from our resident career coach Ed Lawrence. Drops-in are welcome. One-hour appointments are available. Email Ed at elawrence@minlib.net to schedule yours.
Art Journal Jam for Adults
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. Some supplies are provided, but feel free to bring your favorite medium to work in. Space is limited. Registration required.
Baby Storytime at the Main Library
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets!
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.
Hot Takes: Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
NEW LOCATION! Hot Takes will now meet in the J Program Room at the Main Library.
Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
- "After a disastrous blind date, Darcy Lowell is desperate to stop her well-meaning brother from playing matchmaker ever again. Love—and the inevitable heartbreak—is the last thing she wants. So she fibs and says her latest set up was a success. Darcy doesn’t expect her lie to bite her in the...
Elle Jones, one of the astrologers behind the popular Twitter account Oh My Stars, dreams of finding her soul mate. But she knows it is most assuredly not Darcy... a no-nonsense stick-in-the-mud, who is way too analytical, punctual, and skeptical for someone as free-spirited as Elle. When Darcy’s brother—and Elle's new business partner—expresses how happy he is that they hit it off, Elle is baffled. Was Darcy on the same date? Because... awkward.
Darcy begs Elle to play along and she agrees to pretend they’re dating. But with a few conditions: Darcy must help Elle navigate her own overbearing family during the holidays and their arrangement expires on New Year’s Eve. The last thing they expect is to develop real feelings during a faux relationship. But maybe opposites can attract when true love is written in the stars?"
Mah Jongg
Come and play Mah Jongg!
Open to experienced players with a National Mah Jongg League card.
Let’s Sew Some Zines!
Learn to sew a simple, three-hole pamphlet stitch zine using upcycled materials you may already have. Get an introduction to the tools and supplies needed to create a zine longer than eight pages. Space and supplies are limited. Registration is required and opens on September 1. Register here.
Sensory Series: Barnyard Bath
Build fine motor skills by scrubbing, rinsing, and drying toy farm animals using soapy water and sponges!
Fun, safe, and simple sensory activities to help your baby explore. Ages 1-4
Anime Club
Watch anime, do crafts, eat snacks, and meet other anime and manga lovers.
If you'd like to sing up for our Anime Club monthly reminder email list, just fill out the form here: https://forms.gle/GAd6djE1WMPkm8k98
Grades 6-12
Mano a Mano: Arias in Dialogue
Enjoy the richness of Hispanic classical music with mezzo-soprano Fanny Lora and chamber ensemble where beloved European opera arias are placed in conversation with extraordinary Spanish and Latin American works. Whether you're a lifelong opera lover or simply curious to discover something new, you're warmly invited
Monday Matinee: Project Hail Mary
A science teacher wakes up alone on a spaceship. As his memory returns, he uncovers a mission to stop a mysterious substance killing Earth's sun, and realizes that an unexpected friendship may be the key.
Watch the preview here
(2h 37m, 2026, PG-13)
Teen Open SparkLab
Use anything in the SparkLab to work on your projects! Design something to be 3d printed! Needle felt something! Make some stickers! You get to decide.
Fill out our registration form here if you'd like to sign up for Teen Craft program reminders: https://framinghamlibrary.short.gy/teen-crafts
Grades 6-12
In-Person Career Services with Career Coach Ed Lawrence
Get free career guidance and support from our resident career coach Ed Lawrence. Drops-in are welcome. One-hour appointments are available. Email Ed at elawrence@minlib.net to schedule yours.
Roots & Recipes Community Showcase
Join us for a celebratory community showcase featuring a live cooking demo by guest chef Patrick St. Pierre. Attendees are encouraged to share cultural stories, bring samples for tasting, and share reflections or photos of your garden. This joyful event unites the entire series and invites the broader community to celebrate Framingham's diverse cultural heritage. With Safiyat Hamiss of Tasty Harvests.
Baby Storytime at the Main Library
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets!
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.