Events Calendar / September 13, 2025

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Spooktastic Book Fair 2025

Author and Spooktastic creator Alyssa Alessi (@pagesinthegraveyard) brings the third annual Spooktastic Book FairTM to haunt the Framingham Public Library on Saturday, September 13th! We'll be hosting 60+ authors ranging from creepy kidlit to adult horror, six publishers, several vendors of interesting and mysterious items, food trucks, and a brewery! Save the date and start off Spooky Season right!

Walk ins are more than welcome, but if you'd like to register for a reminder email and/or to get added to our Horror Author Event email list, please fill out the form here: https://framinghamlibrary.short.gy/Spooktastic-2025

All Ages Event!

  This program is supported in part by a grant from the Framingham Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

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Mask Making w/ Ira Marcks

As part of our Spooktastic Book Fair, cartoonist Ira Marcks (author of Spirit Week, and MA Children’s Book Award nominee Shark Summer), will teach kids and teens how to make spooky masks in the spirit of classic horror film special makeup effects!

This is a drop in program running all day, with no registration required.

For kids and teens

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Book Buddies: Reading to Dogs (Arden)

​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.