All ages.
This month bond with your dad (and with donuts) through stories, songs and fun moving and grooving, including an obstacle course, dancing and a parachute! Mothers, siblings and other family members welcome! Volunteer readers and donut donators needed; contact the Children’s Room, 508-532-5570 x4, for details.
All ages at parents’ discretion.
Moana (Rated PG for peril, some scary images and brief thematic elements). Moana is a daughter of her tribe’s chief, coming from a long line of navigators. She sets off for a fabled island with her hero, the demigod Maui. Along the way, they battle the treacherous ocean and all which it hides.
Come to the library for a special Sunday book sale! Have sports events, work, or other obligations kept you away from the Saturday sales? Then this special Sunday sale is perfect for you. The book sale room and lobby will be open for business (no Bag Room on this day) with all the usual bargain-priced books, DVDs, music CDs, and more.
Everyone needs coasters to set their cups on, and now you can make your own! We’ll be using old books, comics, maps, and more to create unique ways to keep your coffee table safe. Feel free to bring your own paper materials/decorations/print-outs to add to your collage.
Fountain Street Studios began in 1996 and is now a thriving artists’ community located in the historic Bancroft Building in South Framingham with over 70 working artists. A multitude of visual styles and media exist within the group of member artists whose innate goal is to make art that inspires, excites, breaks boundaries and fosters creativity in all. Refreshments .
Euphoria by Lily King
Inspired by an event in the life of Margaret Mead, Euphoria, by award-winning author Lily King is a powerful and captivating story about three young anthropologists in 1930s New Guinea and the explosive intertwining of their lives, all set against a fascinating backdrop of cultures very different from our own. Led by Liz Fideler.
Ages 0-3.
Twenty fun-filled minutes of tiny tales and tunes in interactive fashion for little library-goers and their adults, with playtime afterward!
Join us for an evening of coloring and music. Whether you love to color for fun or enjoy filling in all the details, coloring is relaxing and therapeutic! We will provide colored pencils and coloring pages for all levels. You are welcome to bring your own materials. No registration is required.
Join us for an evening of coloring, calming tea, and music. Coloring is relaxing and therapeutic! We will provide colored pencils and coloring pages. You are welcome to bring your own materials. No registration is required.
GUEST SPEAKERS: Dr. Daisy Ball, Assistant Professor, FSU and Dr. Ke Li, Assistant Professor, FSU
Asian Americans are typically cast as the “model minority.” This characterization overshadows their criminal justice involvement. Dr. Ball and Dr. Li will discuss Asian Americans as victims of crime and perpetrators of crime.
This free lecture series is a partnership of Framingham State University (FSU) and Framingham Public Library (FPL). The series is sponsored in part by a grant from the Framingham Cultural Council. Refreshments.
Presented by Jenna Porter of Rivers Edge
Join Jenna Porter of River’s Edge and learn how to plan, prepare, plant and maintain beautiful containers of flowers, herbs and vegetables. Learn about soil, watering, fertilizing and of course plant selection. Jenna also lets you know her best picks for containers and talks about her favorite veggie, herb and tomato varieties and uses!
About Jenna Porter:
Jenna Porter is the owner and operator of River’s Edge Garden Center. River’s Edge has been the local “go to” garden center for over 50 years. They take great pride in their products and provide personalized customer service. Products are primarily grown by River’s Edge or bought from local quality growers that they have worked with for years. River’s Edge invites you to come visit their garden center to see the vast array of items they carry, whether you are looking for flowers, herbs, vegetables, garden ornaments, statuary or gifts – you will find it here!
*Brown Bag Learning Series (Brown Bag Brain Boost)*
Join us from 12-1:00pm one Friday a month for an informal lunch time program featuring speakers from local businesses and organizations. A wide range of topics will be discussed that are educational and entertaining. The Brown Bag Learning Series is free to the public. Guests are welcome to bring their lunch; refreshments will be provided.
After the death of his older brother, Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck) is shocked to learn that he’s been made guardian to his nephew, Patrick. Lee leaves his job and reluctantly returns to Manchester-by-the-Sea to care for Patrick, and is forced to deal with a past that separated him from his wife and the community where he was born and raised. Refreshments.
Doors open at 6:30pm. Please use the Lexington Street entrance.
The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud
Join us to discuss this page turning novel named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times and other newspapers.
Nora Eldridge once dreamed of being an artist, a wife, and a mother. Instead she has ended up a single, middle-aged elementary school teacher in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Nora befriends the family of one of her students, Reza Shahid. His mother is Sirena, an Italian artist who invites Nora to share her studio space and return to her work as an artist, and his father is a professor in Boston. When Reza is attacked by school bullies, Nora is drawn deep into their family dynamics and discovers a ferocity in herself that she did not know was there.
One of the world’s foremost concert saxophonists, J. Michael Leonard has appeared with orchestras around the world. Valerie Becker has been a soloist with the Boston Pops Orchestra, and rehearsal pianist for the Boston Symphony. Refreshments. Doors open 30 minutes prior to the performance.
The series is sponsored in part by the The Saul B. and Naomi R. Cohen Foundation, Cumberland Farms, Roche Bros., Metro Credit Union, Hammond Residential Real Estate, Morton Shuman Law Offices and Friends of the Framingham Library.
Teen Tech Time is a new program that will run during the spring and fall of 2017. The Framingham Public Library will be teaming up with Empow Studios to provide a series of STEAM programs focusing on programming, tech design, animation, robotics and more!
All of the music you hear today on the radio or in the movies need electronic components. Whether or not you’ve played an instrument before, this class will introduce you to becoming the audio engineer. Lead by an expert teacher, students will work with a digital audio workstation using loops, samples, virtual instruments, and MIDI controllers, as their compositions start to come to life. After students lay down their individual tracks, they’ll learn about mixing techniques including equalizers, panning, and filters, to augment their sounds and finalize their tunes.
Space is limited, and currently the program is full. If you'd like to be placed on the waitlist, please contact our teen librarian John Garrigan at jgarrigan@minlib.net, and he will get back to you if a spot opens up.
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.
Ages 0-3.
Twenty fun-filled minutes of tiny tales and tunes in interactive fashion for little library-goers and their adults, with playtime afterward!
Come and learn exercises to maintain healthy joints, increase strength and flexibility and improve overall stamina based on the Arthritis Foundation's land exercise program. This is a group, low impact exercise class and will include exercises for joint mobility and range of motion, muscle strengthening and stretching.
The class will also include a brief guided relaxation/meditation for stress reduction and pain management. Learn specific exercises for low back, hip and knee, hands and feet (including ankle and wrist joint mobility), upper back, neck and shoulders. No registration is required.
LVM Literacy Unlimited is the adult tutoring program of FPL. Interested in helping a newcomer learn English? Come to our orientation session to find out more.
The next 6-week tutor training begins April 19, 6-9:00pm (J Program Room).
Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer
In the year 2454, people live in an uneasy utopian world. The paths of a convict whose punishment is to become the servant of anyone he encounters, and a spiritual adviser converge when they stumble across an unusual boy who could tip the balance of this hard earned utopian society.
Our Little Sister (Unimachi Diary)- Kore-eda Hirokazu, Japan 2015
Discussion Leader: Dr. Arthur Nolletti, Jr., Professor Emeritus, Framingham State University
This beautifully observed family drama focuses on three sisters who impetuously invite the half-sister they have just met to live with them. 127 min. In Japanese with English subtitles.
Part of the Films Around the World Series.
9:30-10:00am: Friends Members Only
10:00am-3:00pm: Open to the public
The Friends are pleased to announce an extra sale to be held Sunday April 2 from 1-4:00pm at the Main Library. There will be no bag room for this sale but the book room and lobby will have regular offerings. Another extra sale is planned for July.
On April 28 and 29 the Friends will host a Silhouettes Fundraiser at the Christa McAuliffe Branch Library. Create a precious memory of your child with this unique portrait. For details, please see our flyer or contact Marsha Farmelant at mfarmelant@aol.com.
All ages. Explore your artistic nature, problem solve and engage in play with the deceptively simple KEVA planks. Come amaze us with your creations!
Everyone needs coasters to set their cups on, and now you can make your own! We’ll be using old books, comics, maps, and more to create unique ways to keep your coffee table safe. Feel free to bring your own paper materials/decorations/print-outs to add to your collage.
A member of the Framingham DPW will be on hand to talk about recycling and waste and how individuals can make a difference with the choices they make for how to dispose of their trash. Bring your questions, but not your trash, with you to this environmentally conscious program.
Led by Bernard Horn, Professor Emeritus at Framingham State University
This drop-in class welcomes serious poets of all ages and levels of experience who would like to participate for one or more sessions. Each session begins with a discussion of a topic in poetry leading to a brief in-class assignment. Poets who wish to have their work discussed need to provide copies to distribute during the session. Bernard Horn, whose poetry collection, Our Daily Words, won the Old Seventy Creek Poetry Prize, is professor emeritus at Framingham State University.
Ages 0-3.
Twenty fun-filled minutes of tiny tales and tunes in interactive fashion for little library-goers and their adults, with playtime afterward!
Grades K+
Amazing things happen when matter changes temperature. With the help of a Museum
educator and an intensely cold liquid, participants experience the remarkable changes in size, form, and behavior that occur when a variety of objects and substances are super-cooled. Funded by the Museum of Science's Boston Marathon Team.
Ages 5 and up.
Relax and join us for a kid friendly yoga adventure with our certified yoga teacher Sonia.
Come and learn exercises to maintain healthy joints, increase strength and flexibility and improve overall stamina based on the Arthritis Foundation's land exercise program. This is a group, low impact exercise class and will include exercises for joint mobility and range of motion, muscle strengthening and stretching.
The class will also include a brief guided relaxation/meditation for stress reduction and pain management. Learn specific exercises for low back, hip and knee, hands and feet (including ankle and wrist joint mobility), upper back, neck and shoulders. No registration is required.
The Lightkeepers by Abby Geni
Miranda is a writer who travels to the exotic and dangerous Farallon Islands for a residency documenting fish, sharks and birds that sometimes attack. But, the wildlife aren’t the only dangers. Called an “old-fashioned thriller,” by the New York Times Book Review, this is a tense, fast-paced, atmospheric mystery.
It’s Spring Break time, so join us to watch Newt Scamander attempt to clean up the mess he makes in a magical New York City.
It’s Spring Break time, so join us to watch Newt Scamander attempt to clean up the mess he makes in a magical New York City.
Ages 4+.
Join Museum staff as they look at an art reproduction from their permanent collection, read a thematically related book and finish with a simple art-making activity. This month: The Music Lesson, lithograph by Thomas Hart Benton; 88 Instruments, book by Chris Barton.
Come celebrate our 10th Anniversary Concert with us!
10 years ago this month we held our first piano concert at the Library with our new piano. Shuann Chai performed that concert, and has returned for the Anniversary. Shuann Chai has been critically acclaimed for interpretations on both modern and historical pianos. She has performed throughout Europe and maintains an active profile in Asia as well as in her native USA. Her first solo CD, featuring Beethoven Sonatas on the fortepiano, was released in 2012 to critical acclaim. Refreshments provided by Trader Joe's.
Ages 0-3.
Twenty fun-filled minutes of tiny tales and tunes in interactive fashion for little library-goers and their adults, with playtime afterward!
All ages at parents’ discretion. Families welcome to bring their own snacks.
Moana (Rated PG for peril, some scary images, and brief thematic elements)
Moana is a daughter of the chief of her tribe, coming from a long line of navigators. She sets off for a fabled island with her hero, the demigod Maui. Along the way, they battle the treacherous ocean and all which it hides.
All ages.
Drop in for some earth friendly crafts, and pick up some books about Earth Day while you are here!
All Ages.
Drop in and make some wild and weird creations with our recyclable materials and a little of your creativity.
During the summer of 1979, a Santa Barbara single mom and boardinghouse landlord (Annette Bening) decides the best way she can parent her teenage son is to enlist her young tenants – a quirky punk photographer, a mellow handyman and her son’s shrewd best friend – to serve as role models in a changing world. Refreshments.
The Framingham State University Chorus includes students and alumni from the University as well as area community members. The choir will be presenting a concert entitled “Anniversaries” featuring the repertoire from its past ten years under the direction of Dr. Paul Cienniwa. With well known classics along with contemporary and popular music, there is something for everyone to enjoy. Refreshments.
Ages 0-3.
Twenty fun-filled minutes of tiny tales and tunes in interactive fashion for little library-goers and their adults, with playtime afterward!
Come and learn exercises to maintain healthy joints, increase strength and flexibility and improve overall stamina based on the Arthritis Foundation's land exercise program. This is a group, low impact exercise class and will include exercises for joint mobility and range of motion, muscle strengthening and stretching.
The class will also include a brief guided relaxation/meditation for stress reduction and pain management. Learn specific exercises for low back, hip and knee, hands and feet (including ankle and wrist joint mobility), upper back, neck and shoulders. No registration is required.
Join us for an evening of coloring and music. Whether you love to color for fun or enjoy filling in all the details, coloring is relaxing and therapeutic! We will provide colored pencils and coloring pages for all levels. You are welcome to bring your own materials. No registration is required.
Led by Alan Feldman, Professor Emeritus at Framingham State University
This drop-in class welcomes serious poets of all ages and levels of experience whowould like to participate for one or more sessions. Each session begins with a discussion of a topic in poetry leading to a brief in-class assignment. Poets who wish to have their work discussed need to provide copies to distribute during the session. Alan’s new collection, Immortality, was recently awarded the Massachusetts Book Award for Poetry in 2016.
Join us for an evening of coloring, calming tea, and music. Coloring is relaxing and therapeutic! We will provide colored pencils and coloring pages. You are welcome to bring your own materials. No registration is required.
GUEST SPEAKER: Dr. Helen Heineman, President Emerita, FSU
These six poems consider universal human problems and questions using the medium of poetic language, the most concentrated and intense form of communication ever known.
This free lecture series is a partnership of Framingham State University (FSU) and Framingham Public Library (FPL). The series is sponsored in part by a grant from the Framingham Cultural Council. Refreshments.
A Fundraising Event to benefit the Friends of the Framingham Library
Hand-cut artist Jean Comerford, these lovely portraits make wonderful gifts and precious mementos. All work is done free-hand and wiggly little ones are welcome!
By appointment only: Please contact Marsha Farmelant at (508) 875-1918 or mfarmelant@aol.com
Pricing: Silhouette…$35 Duplicate of original silhouette…$15
5x7 Frame…$35 8x10 Frame…$45
For one silhouette For 2-3 silhouettes
10% Happier by Dan Harris
Please join us for a Mindfulness Book Group, which will meet monthly starting this month. After a book discussion, a short meditation will follow. Together, we will find the best way to incorporate meditation into, and perhaps beyond, the book group.
A Fundraising Event to benefit the Friends of the Framingham Library
Hand-cut artist Jean Comerford, these lovely portraits make wonderful gifts and precious mementos. All work is done free-hand and wiggly little ones are welcome!
By appointment only: Please contact Marsha Farmelant at (508) 875-1918 or mfarmelant@aol.com
Pricing: Silhouette…$35 Duplicate of original silhouette…$15
5x7 Frame…$35 8x10 Frame…$45
For one silhouette For 2-3 silhouettes
