A “crawl,” or tour, is a fun way to visit multiple libraries in your area. There are twelve different libraries on the Crawl. The challenge is to visit as many as you can and take a picture of yourself with a designated item in each library—it’s a 21st century scavenger hunt! If you get to at least five libraries, you’ll get a prize.
For a list of libraries and more information, click here.
For all ages!
Guest Speaker: Ray Ajemian
This presentation will cover both the history of the Armenian Genocide and its effects on the world, particularly its influence on the United States as recently as the Obama years.
Ray Ajemian has two degrees in history and is a retired professor from Bridgewater State University. His specialty is Middle Eastern history and he has read extensively on the Armenian Genocide and others of the 20th century.
Twenty fun-filled minutes of tiny tales and tunes in interactive fashion for little library-goers and their adults, with playtime afterward!
Ages 0-3.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, August 2 through August 25
The Framingham Public Library will be offering films and lunch three days a week this summer to children under the age of 18. Drop by, eat, watch some movie shorts, and pick up some summer reading while you’re here. August 2 will feature Bill Nye, the Science Guy (no movie will accompany lunch on August 4); August 7, 9, and 11 will feature Scooby Doo; August 14, 16 and 18 will feature Spongebob Squarepants; and August 21, 23 and 25 will feature Tom and Jerry.
Ages 18 and under.
Experience chair yoga and feel better! Chair yoga is a gentle form of yoga practiced while sitting in a chair. No experience necessary.
Instructor Vicki Brunelle has owned her own yoga studio for 18 years and currently teaches at a senior center as well. She has been teaching classes for over 20 years.
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.
In collaboration with Amazing Things Arts Center, four local jazz bands will perform on Thursday evenings at our Christa McAuliffe Branch Library.
Upcoming concerts:
August 3: Michelle Hirsch
August 17: Kaoruko Pilkington
If time permits, join in and jam after the performance!
In case of rain, performances will be in the Community Room. Sponsored in part by Middlesex Savings Bank and Friends of the Framingham Library.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, August 2 through August 25
The Framingham Public Library will be offering films and lunch three days a week this summer to children under the age of 18. Drop by, eat, watch some movie shorts, and pick up some summer reading while you’re here. August 2 will feature Bill Nye, the Science Guy (no movie will accompany lunch on August 4); August 7, 9, and 11 will feature Scooby Doo; August 14, 16 and 18 will feature Spongebob Squarepants; and August 21, 23 and 25 will feature Tom and Jerry.
Ages 18 and under.
The Framingham Public Library is pleased to accept the "We Love Libraries" grant from "Sisters in Crime". Join us as we welcome "Sisters in Crime" authors: Susan Oleksiw, Lisa Lieberman and Carolyn Wilkins for a panel discussion. They will speak briefly about where they get their ideas, how they write their books and then give a short reading.
About Susan Oleksiw:
Susan is the author of the Mellingham series and the Anita Ray series. Susan was a co-founder of Level Best Books, which publishes an annual anthology of crime fiction, and a co-founder of the Larcom Press and the Larcom Review. She is a member of Sisters in Crime and the Mystery Writers of America.
About Lisa Lieberman:
Lisa is the author of the Cara Walden series of historical mysteries featuring blacklisted Hollywood people in postwar Europe. She is a member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America.
About Carolyn Wilkins:
Carolyn is the author of two mysteries, featuring college choir director and amateur sleuth, Bertie Bigelow: "Melody for Murder" and "MOJO for Murder". She is a Professor of Ensembles at Berklee College of Music.
Join us for Halloween in August! Come in costume if you like and explore Halloween yoga postures, fun yoga games, and creative breath work all designed to give kids an introduction to the benefits and joy of yoga! Taught by Elizabeth Heller, Founder of PranaPlay.
Walkers to age 3. Registration required.
Celebrate the grand opening of our new Early Literacy Playspace! After the ribbon cutting, kids can engage in by interactive play in the Playspace, which includes a play kitchen and farmer’s market stand, wall mounted activities, light tables, sensory tables and more! For more information, read the official press release.
The Playspace is funded in part by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awarded from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
All ages.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, August 2 through August 25
The Framingham Public Library will be offering films and lunch three days a week this summer to children under the age of 18. Drop by, eat, watch some movie shorts, and pick up some summer reading while you’re here. August 2 will feature Bill Nye, the Science Guy (no movie will accompany lunch on August 4); August 7, 9, and 11 will feature Scooby Doo; August 14, 16 and 18 will feature Spongebob Squarepants; and August 21, 23 and 25 will feature Tom and Jerry.
Ages 18 and under.
Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago. Starring Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere. Refreshments: Ice cream cups from Stop and Shop.
(2002) 1 hr. 53 min. PG-13
Please join us for a discussion of this beautiful book of paintings, as the author uses art to guide us through the many aspects of mindfulness and meditation. We hope you will learn to see art and life through new eyes. Meditation will follow the discussion.
Enter the Construction Zone! Watch the three pigs hard at work on their houses, and see magic wishes build a cottage, a mansion and a castle. Other tales complete the program.
Ages 4+. Registration required.
Twenty fun-filled minutes of tiny tales and tunes in interactive fashion for little library-goers and their adults, with playtime afterward!
Ages 0-3.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, August 2 through August 25
The Framingham Public Library will be offering films and lunch three days a week this summer to children under the age of 18. Drop by, eat, watch some movie shorts, and pick up some summer reading while you’re here. August 2 will feature Bill Nye, the Science Guy (no movie will accompany lunch on August 4); August 7, 9, and 11 will feature Scooby Doo; August 14, 16 and 18 will feature Spongebob Squarepants; and August 21, 23 and 25 will feature Tom and Jerry.
Ages 18 and under.
Experience chair yoga and feel better! Chair yoga is a gentle form of yoga practiced while sitting in a chair. No experience necessary.
Instructor Vicki Brunelle has owned her own yoga studio for 18 years and currently teaches at a senior center as well. She has been teaching classes for over 20 years.
Join us at 2:30 to sample some ice cream and chocolate sauce with a surprise celebrity scooper (or two?). Then at 3:00, we’ll be treated to a unique combination of original songs, masterful shadow puppetry, storytelling and just plain old good fun from the Toe Jam Puppet Band.
Grades K+.
Todd Brunel is an innovative, critically acclaimed clarinetist, saxophonist, composer and producer. He is on the faculty of Wheaton College and can be heard on the soundtrack for the PBS documentary, “Paul Robeson, Here I Stand” and several independent films. Brunel and his groups have played in Brussels, BE, The Montreal Jazz Festival, The Boston Jazz Festival, The International Woodwind Festival, Preservation Jazz Hall and many others throughout the US and abroad. Refreshments provided.
In this series opener, Joe Ledger is a hard-boiled detective who has been recruited by the Department of Military Science to combat a terrorist group with an unusual bioweapon—one that turns people into zombies. Patient Zero is a fast paced, action packed technothriller that a fellow author describes as “Night of the Living Dead meets Michael Crichton.”
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.
Pearl McCarthy focuses on capturing a likeness of her subjects while conveying a sense of tranquility. She has won dozens of awards for her work, some of which are featured in private collections.
The exhibit runs from August 1 through August 14.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, August 2 through August 25
The Framingham Public Library will be offering films and lunch three days a week this summer to children under the age of 18. Drop by, eat, watch some movie shorts, and pick up some summer reading while you’re here. August 2 will feature Bill Nye, the Science Guy (no movie will accompany lunch on August 4); August 7, 9, and 11 will feature Scooby Doo; August 14, 16 and 18 will feature Spongebob Squarepants; and August 21, 23 and 25 will feature Tom and Jerry.
Ages 18 and under.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, August 2 through August 25
The Framingham Public Library will be offering films and lunch three days a week this summer to children under the age of 18. Drop by, eat, watch some movie shorts, and pick up some summer reading while you’re here. August 2 will feature Bill Nye, the Science Guy (no movie will accompany lunch on August 4); August 7, 9, and 11 will feature Scooby Doo; August 14, 16 and 18 will feature Spongebob Squarepants; and August 21, 23 and 25 will feature Tom and Jerry.
Ages 18 and under.
Twenty fun-filled minutes of tiny tales and tunes in interactive fashion for little library-goers and their adults, with playtime afterward!
Ages 0-3.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, August 2 through August 25
The Framingham Public Library will be offering films and lunch three days a week this summer to children under the age of 18. Drop by, eat, watch some movie shorts, and pick up some summer reading while you’re here. August 2 will feature Bill Nye, the Science Guy (no movie will accompany lunch on August 4); August 7, 9, and 11 will feature Scooby Doo; August 14, 16 and 18 will feature Spongebob Squarepants; and August 21, 23 and 25 will feature Tom and Jerry.
Ages 18 and under.
Experience chair yoga and feel better! Chair yoga is a gentle form of yoga practiced while sitting in a chair. No experience necessary.
Instructor Vicki Brunelle has owned her own yoga studio for 18 years and currently teaches at a senior center as well. She has been teaching classes for over 20 years.
Its time to rumble!!! Game Underground and Framingham Public Library will be hosting a Wii U Super Smash Bros. tournament in August. Pick your character, and work your way up the ranks to be the supreme champion. Who knows, there may even be a prize for the contestant who comes out on top.
For those of you who just want to come and watch, or play a more casual match, we'll have several TVs and game systems set up for you to have fun too.
Please register by clicking on the event and filling out the form at the bottom of the page to guarantee a spot in the competition. In the message section, please enter the grade you'll be attending in the fall. There will be maximum of 64 players entered, so get your registration in soon!
On a foggy summer night, a private jet headed from Martha’s Vineyard to New York plunges into the ocean leaving only two survivors. With chapters weaving between the aftermath of the crash and the backstories of the passengers and crew members, the mystery surrounding the tragedy heightens. Amidst an escalating storm of media outrage and accusations, the survivors struggle to cope and the authorities scramble to salvage the truth from the wreckage.
Come in costume for a story and parade before viewing the newest adaptation of the fairy tale about a monstrous-looking prince and a young woman who fall in love. Refreshments provided.
Beauty and the Beast (Rated PG; for some action violence, peril and frightening images).
Ages 4+ at parents’ discretion. Registration 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.
In collaboration with Amazing Things Arts Center, four local jazz bands will perform on Thursday evenings at our Christa McAuliffe Branch Library.
Upcoming concerts:
August 3: Michelle Hirsch
August 17: Kaoruko Pilkington
If time permits, join in and jam after the performance!
In case of rain, performances will be in the Community Room. Sponsored in part by Middlesex Savings Bank and Friends of the Framingham Library.
Show off your best tomatoes at this celebratory tasting event. Whether you have grown them from seed or a purchased plant, bring some to display and share. Make sure to label each variety. We will review how to save tomato seeds and share best growing tips. If you have a favorite tomato based recipe, bring a copy along with you.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, August 2 through August 25
The Framingham Public Library will be offering films and lunch three days a week this summer to children under the age of 18. Drop by, eat, watch some movie shorts, and pick up some summer reading while you’re here. August 2 will feature Bill Nye, the Science Guy (no movie will accompany lunch on August 4); August 7, 9, and 11 will feature Scooby Doo; August 14, 16 and 18 will feature Spongebob Squarepants; and August 21, 23 and 25 will feature Tom and Jerry.
Ages 18 and under.
A suit-wearing, briefcase-carrying baby pairs up with his 7-year-old brother to stop the dastardly plot of the CEO of Puppy Co. Also a hilariously universal story about how a new baby's arrival impacts a family.
Rated PG for some mild rude humor. All ages at parents’ discretion.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, August 2 through August 25
The Framingham Public Library will be offering films and lunch three days a week this summer to children under the age of 18. Drop by, eat, watch some movie shorts, and pick up some summer reading while you’re here. August 2 will feature Bill Nye, the Science Guy (no movie will accompany lunch on August 4); August 7, 9, and 11 will feature Scooby Doo; August 14, 16 and 18 will feature Spongebob Squarepants; and August 21, 23 and 25 will feature Tom and Jerry.
Ages 18 and under.
Come to this three day (August 22-24) math camp at the Library and gear up for a successful school year in math! Students will learn to solve grade level math equations in a variety of fun and different ways! For more information and to register, please contact Judy Gatlin at jgatlin@minlib.netundefined.
Bring the book of your choice and treat yourself to an hour of uninterrupted reading in the company of fellow book lovers.
Emma Watson stars in this live action retelling of the much beloved classic story. Come join us for this family event. Fresh popped popcorn!
Rated PG; for some action violence, peril and frightening images. All ages (at parents’ discretion for children).
Come to this three day (August 22-24) math camp at the Library and gear up for a successful school year in math! Students will learn to solve grade level math equations in a variety of fun and different ways! For more information and to register, please contact Judy Gatlin at jgatlin@minlib.netundefined.
Twenty fun-filled minutes of tiny tales and tunes in interactive fashion for little library-goers and their adults, with playtime afterward!
Ages 0-3.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, August 2 through August 25
The Framingham Public Library will be offering films and lunch three days a week this summer to children under the age of 18. Drop by, eat, watch some movie shorts, and pick up some summer reading while you’re here. August 2 will feature Bill Nye, the Science Guy (no movie will accompany lunch on August 4); August 7, 9, and 11 will feature Scooby Doo; August 14, 16 and 18 will feature Spongebob Squarepants; and August 21, 23 and 25 will feature Tom and Jerry.
Ages 18 and under.
Experience chair yoga and feel better! Chair yoga is a gentle form of yoga practiced while sitting in a chair. No experience necessary.
Instructor Vicki Brunelle has owned her own yoga studio for 18 years and currently teaches at a senior center as well. She has been teaching classes for over 20 years.
Celebrate the finale for the Adult Summer Reading Program with The Love Dogs! The Love Dogs wow audiences and critics alike with their combination of great musicianship and pure fun, combining elements of jump blues, New Orleans R&B and early rock ‘n’ roll into their own powerhouse sound.
The grand prizes of an $80 gift card to Barnes & Noble or a Kindle Paperwhite donated by the Friends of the Framingham Library will be drawn at the concert. Enjoy ice cream donated by Ben & Jerry’s Natick Ice Cream Scoop Shop.
Come to this three day (August 22-24) math camp at the Library and gear up for a successful school year in math! Students will learn to solve grade level math equations in a variety of fun and different ways! For more information and to register, please contact Judy Gatlin at jgatlin@minlib.netundefined.
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.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, August 2 through August 25
The Framingham Public Library will be offering films and lunch three days a week this summer to children under the age of 18. Drop by, eat, watch some movie shorts, and pick up some summer reading while you’re here. August 2 will feature Bill Nye, the Science Guy (no movie will accompany lunch on August 4); August 7, 9, and 11 will feature Scooby Doo; August 14, 16 and 18 will feature Spongebob Squarepants; and August 21, 23 and 25 will feature Tom and Jerry.
Ages 18 and under.
Build a better mini golf course. Have you ever played mini golf and thought to yourself, "I could design a better course than this!" Well it's your lucky day. On Friday, August 25th, the McAuliffe Branch Library will be hosing a DIY Mini Golf event where you, yes you, will get to create and play your very own mini golf holes. Use cardboard, tubes, books, and anything else you can find to create loops, ramps, corners, and more! Then, when we're all done creating, we'll take the time to play a round of whatever you come up with.
Registration isn't required, but please do so on the next page so that we have an estimate of how many people will be there.
Twenty fun-filled minutes of tiny tales and tunes in interactive fashion for little library-goers and their adults, with playtime afterward!
Ages 0-3.
Experience chair yoga and feel better! Chair yoga is a gentle form of yoga practiced while sitting in a chair. No experience necessary.
Instructor Vicki Brunelle has owned her own yoga studio for 18 years and currently teaches at a senior center as well. She has been teaching classes for over 20 years.
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.
