Weekly Storytime at Main Library
Get in the library habit — drop in every week for some age appropriate stories, school readiness activities, and a thematic craft.
For Ages 3-5.
Events Calendar / March 2018
StoryWalk: The Hallelujah Flight
Drop by the Main Library and take a self-guided walk through the historical story, The Hallelujah Flight! The StoryWalk will be up until March 17th.
Perler Bead Creations (at the Main Library)
If you’ve never used Perler Beads before, you’re in for a treat. You line them up on a tray to make a cool, pixelated shape, and then iron them down so they merge together. You can turn what you’ve made into a magnet or keychain, or just keep it as a decorative figurine.
Special Play Space Activities
Drop in to play with the additional, rotating stations in our new Play Space. Check out our Facebook page to discover which rotating station we will showcase each week.
Adult Coloring Night
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.
Drop-in Baby Lapsit at Main Library
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at baby lapsit time! Parents can network while babies pick up phonological awareness, one of six foundations of future reading success.
Ages 0-2 with caregiver.
StoryWalk: The Hallelujah Flight
Drop by the Main Library and take a self-guided walk through the historical story, The Hallelujah Flight! The StoryWalk will be up until March 17th.
Special Play Space Activities
Drop in to play with the additional, rotating stations in our new Play Space. Check out our Facebook page to discover which rotating station we will showcase each week.
Brown Bag Learning Series: Kill Your Lawn
Presented by Mark Richardson of The New England Wild Flower Society
According to NASA, more surface area in the United States is covered by lawn than by any other single irrigated crop. Lawns are resource-heavy, requiring irrigation, fertilizer, and pesticides to thrive in our climate. Learn why you should “kill your lawn” and how to replace it with beautiful and environmentally friendly native plantings.
About Mark Richardson:
Mark oversees the Society’s botanic garden, Garden in the Woods, and its native plant nursery operation, Nasami Farm. He studied ornamental horticulture at University of Rhode Island while helping to run a mid-sized ornamental plant nursery before finding his true passion in public horticulture. He led undergraduate programs at Longwood Gardens, where he overhauled the curriculum of the Professional Gardener Program, and oversaw adult education at Brookside Gardens. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Delaware’s Longwood Graduate Program.
Dr. Seuss Birthday Celebration at the Main Library!
Come by Saturday, March 3, to pick up your stuffed animal and learn about all the
adventures they had spending the night in the library!
StoryWalk: The Hallelujah Flight
Drop by the Main Library and take a self-guided walk through the historical story, The Hallelujah Flight! The StoryWalk will be up until March 17th.
StoryWalk: The Hallelujah Flight
Drop by the Main Library and take a self-guided walk through the historical story, The Hallelujah Flight! The StoryWalk will be up until March 17th.
StoryWalk: The Hallelujah Flight
Drop by the Main Library and take a self-guided walk through the historical story, The Hallelujah Flight! The StoryWalk will be up until March 17th.
StoryWalk: The Hallelujah Flight
Drop by the Main Library and take a self-guided walk through the historical story, The Hallelujah Flight! The StoryWalk will be up until March 17th.
Journal Writers Group: SPECIAL 12 WEEK SESSION: The Artist’s Way
Join us for an amazing twelve weeks as we discuss Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. This international bestseller has inspired millions to overcome the limiting beliefs and fears that inhibit the creative process. In it, Julia Cameron takes readers on an amazing twelve week journey to discover the inextricable link between their spiritual and creative selves.
This groundbreaking program includes:
• An Introduction to two of Cameron’s most vital tools for creative recovery – “The Morning Pages and The Artist Date”
• Hundreds of highly effective exercises and activities
• Guidance on starting a “Creative Cluster” of fellow artists who will support you in your creative endeavors
Program runs every Tuesday from January 8 - March 26.
Main Library Book Club: Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape…
Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candice Millard
This epic adventure story of bravery, savagery, and chance encounters includes a cast of historical characters and reveals how the lessons Churchill took from the Boer War would profoundly affect twentieth century history. Bob Dodd will lead the discussion.
Poetry Workshop with Alan Feldman and Bernard Horn
June 4: Led by Alan Feldman, Professor Emeritus at Framingham State University, in Trustees Room
June 18: Led by Bernard Horn, in Trustees Room
June 25: Led by Bernard Horn, in Children's Program Room
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.
StoryWalk: The Hallelujah Flight
Drop by the Main Library and take a self-guided walk through the historical story, The Hallelujah Flight! The StoryWalk will be up until March 17th.
The Kitchen Garden (Rescheduled to April 18)
Rescheduled to April 18.
Talented local gardener and chef Renée Faubert (of Renée's Kitchen in Natick) will share some of her gardening expertise and talk about how she chooses what to grow in her garden.
Weekly Storytime at Main Library
Get in the library habit — drop in every week for some age appropriate stories, school readiness activities, and a thematic craft.
For Ages 3-5.
StoryWalk: The Hallelujah Flight
Drop by the Main Library and take a self-guided walk through the historical story, The Hallelujah Flight! The StoryWalk will be up until March 17th.
Special Play Space Activities
Drop in to play with the additional, rotating stations in our new Play Space. Check out our Facebook page to discover which rotating station we will showcase each week.
Lifelong Learning Lecture Series: Before JFK: Anti-Catholicism and American Politics
Guest Speaker: Dr. Sarah Mulhall Adelman, PhD, Associate Professor, Framingham State University
This talk explores the historical roots of American fears that Catholicism and Catholic officeholders were a threat to American democracy, and why John F. Kennedy famously reassured the American public that he would not be beholden to priests or the Pope if elected President.
StoryWalk: The Hallelujah Flight
Drop by the Main Library and take a self-guided walk through the historical story, The Hallelujah Flight! The StoryWalk will be up until March 17th.
Special Play Space Activities
Drop in to play with the additional, rotating stations in our new Play Space. Check out our Facebook page to discover which rotating station we will showcase each week.
Friday Night Film: Darkest Hour
The British war drama stars Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill, and is a fictionalized account of his early days as Prime Minister. Refreshments.
Enter on the Lexington Street side between 6:30-7:15pm.
Darkest Hour (2017) 125 min.
Drop-in Baby Lapsit at Main Library
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at baby lapsit time! Parents can network while babies pick up phonological awareness, one of six foundations of future reading success.
Ages 0-2 with caregiver.
StoryWalk: The Hallelujah Flight
Drop by the Main Library and take a self-guided walk through the historical story, The Hallelujah Flight! The StoryWalk will be up until March 17th.
Book Buddy: Read to Dogs at Main Library
Improve your reading skills the fun way by reading aloud to one of our furry friends! Book Buddy Certified Reading/Therapy Dogs Lilah, Montana, and Eloise listen as children read aloud from a book of their choice.
Registration required. Call 508-532-5570, press 4, or drop by to sign up for a 15 minute slot.
StoryWalk: The Hallelujah Flight
Drop by the Main Library and take a self-guided walk through the historical story, The Hallelujah Flight! The StoryWalk will be up until March 17th.
Book Buddy: Read to Dogs at Main Library
Improve your reading skills the fun way by reading aloud to one of our furry friends! Book Buddy Certified Reading/Therapy Dogs Lilah, Montana, and Eloise listen as children read aloud from a book of their choice.
Registration required. Call 508-532-5570, press 4, or drop by to sign up for a 15 minute slot.
Sunday Concert Series: Formosa Duo
Cellist Sam Ou and pianist Chi Chen Wu will be playing selections from Beethoven, de Falla and Brahms. Refreshments.
The series is sponsored in part by Roche Brothers, Metro Credit Union, Morton Shuman Law Offices and Friends of the Framingham Library.
StoryWalk: The Hallelujah Flight
Drop by the Main Library and take a self-guided walk through the historical story, The Hallelujah Flight! The StoryWalk will be up until March 17th.
StoryWalk: The Hallelujah Flight
Drop by the Main Library and take a self-guided walk through the historical story, The Hallelujah Flight! The StoryWalk will be up until March 17th.
StoryWalk: The Hallelujah Flight
Drop by the Main Library and take a self-guided walk through the historical story, The Hallelujah Flight! The StoryWalk will be up until March 17th.
Origami Workshop Series
Join us for another exciting workshop series with Origami expert Lucas Gustafson! Lucas is a high schooler who started folding at the age of 6 and is a longtime member of the Origami Club at MIT. With his help, participants will learn how to fold animals and geometric shapes!
For ages 7+.
Sci-Fi Book Group: The Lathe of Heaven, by Ursula LeGuin
As homage to the late great Ursula LeGuin, we will discuss The Lathe of Heaven, the story of a man whose dreams have the power to alter reality.
Atwater-Donnelly Duo
This award-winning,internationally acclaimed duo, Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly present delightful programs of traditional American and Celtic folk songs and
percussive dance.
McAuliffe Book Group: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, by Rachel Joyce
After receiving a letter from an estranged, dying friend, Harold sets off on a six hundred mile walk to the hospice, believing that as long as he walks, she will live. The journey has a stunning impact on his spirit, in this novel of unsentimental charm, humor, and profound insight.
Weekly Storytime at Main Library
Get in the library habit — drop in every week for some age appropriate stories, school readiness activities, and a thematic craft.
For Ages 3-5.
StoryWalk: The Hallelujah Flight
Drop by the Main Library and take a self-guided walk through the historical story, The Hallelujah Flight! The StoryWalk will be up until March 17th.
Perler Bead Creations (at the McAuliffe Library)
If you’ve never used Perler Beads before, you’re in for a treat. You line them up on a tray to make a cool, pixelated shape, and then iron them down so they merge together. You can turn what you’ve made into a magnet or keychain, or just keep it as a decorative figurine.
Special Play Space Activities
Drop in to play with the additional, rotating stations in our new Play Space. Check out our Facebook page to discover which rotating station we will showcase each week.
Adult Coloring Night
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.
Lifelong Learning Lecture Series: Motown: The Early Years
Guest Speaker: Dr. Steve Moysley, PhD, Director of MBA Program, Framingham State University
The formation and rise of the Motown Record Studio under the leadership of Berry Gordy and how the label influenced 1960s popular music culture and changed the face of soul music.
Bookmarkers Book Group!
On Thursday May 10th (grades K-2) and Thursday May 17th (grades 3-5) enjoy reading by meeting with friends to choose, read, and discuss books together. You’ll increase your comprehension, discuss what you know, and turn reading into a social activity that encourages more reading! Interested? Come choose the first book to read and help shape how Bookmarkers will work!
Special Fundraising Event at Barnes & Noble for the Bookmobile (extended through March 18!)
Great News! Barnes and Noble is leaving the library's wishlist up for purchase through the weekend, March 17-18. So if you missed your chance to shop in the store on Friday, you can still buy a book for the bookmobile on Saturday and Sunday. And if you present the bookfair id# 12321311 or bring a printed copy of the voucher, B&N will continue to contribute a percentage of your purchase to our fundraiser.
In support of the Framingham Public Library Foundation, Barnes & Noble will contribute a portion of your product purchase to help make our Bookmobile a reality. Come to the store on March 16 or make your purchase online from March 16-20 at BN.com/bookfairs.
And while you're at Barnes & Noble, enjoy this special event:
Author to Author Event: March 16, 7:00pm, Barnes & Noble
Come enjoy this discussion with Kate Moore, author of Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women, and author Hank Phillippi Ryan.
Drop-in Baby Lapsit at Main Library
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at baby lapsit time! Parents can network while babies pick up phonological awareness, one of six foundations of future reading success.
Ages 0-2 with caregiver.
StoryWalk: The Hallelujah Flight
Drop by the Main Library and take a self-guided walk through the historical story, The Hallelujah Flight! The StoryWalk will be up until March 17th.
Special Play Space Activities
Drop in to play with the additional, rotating stations in our new Play Space. Check out our Facebook page to discover which rotating station we will showcase each week.
Author to Author Event: Special Event at Barnes & Noble
Come enjoy this discussion with Kate Moore, author of Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women, and author Hank Phillippi Ryan.
Part of an all-day event at Barnes & Noble to help fund the Library Bookmobile. For more information, see our Bookmobile page.
McAuliffe’s Reel Life: PBS’s POV Movie Series: Cutie and the Boxer
Cutie and the Boxer, by Zachary Heinzerling
An Oscar®-nominated reflection on love, sacrifice and the creative spirit, this candid New York tale explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of famed “boxing” painter Ushio Shinohara and artist Noriko Shinohara.
Winner, Directing Award: U.S. Documentary, 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
Doors open at 6:30pm.
Book Buddy: Read to Dogs at McAuliffe
Improve your reading skills the fun way by reading aloud to our Book Buddy. Certified Reading/Therapy Dog, Chewie and our newest pal Rocky, listen as children read aloud from a book of their choice.
Registration required. Call 508-532-5636 x5 or drop by sign up for a 15 minute slot.
All ages.
Friends of the Library Two Day Book Sale
9:30-10:00am: Friends Members Only
10:00am-3:00pm: Open to the public
Bonus Sale: Sunday March 18, 1-4:00pm
Most books $1.00 or less, children’s .50 or less; single DVDs $3.00; and $7.00 for a “fill a paper grocery bag” with books in our Bag Room.
This month’s feature is music CDs in the Book Room, including Jazz, Classical, Latin, Portuguese, Country, Rock, and Broadway. Buy One for $1.00, Get One Free.
The Friends provide free movies, concerts, museum passes, audio books, CDs, and many other services to patrons and the community. Donations are gratefully accepted and may be brought in the day of the sale or made at the Library during the week.
For a full list of our corporate members , visit the Friends' web page .
StoryWalk: The Hallelujah Flight
Drop by the Main Library and take a self-guided walk through the historical story, The Hallelujah Flight! The StoryWalk will be up until March 17th.
Pop-Up Makers’ Workshop
Get in the habit of making! Join us for an afternoon of St. Patrick’s Day S.T.E.M. challenges!
All ages are welcome! No registration required.
Friends Bonus Book Sale
Most books $1.00 or less, children’s .50 or less; single DVDs $3.00; and $7.00 for a “fill a paper grocery bag” with books in our Bag Room.
This month’s feature is music CDs in the Book Room, including Jazz, Classical, Latin, Portuguese, Country, Rock, and Broadway. Buy One for $1.00, Get One Free.
The Friends provide free movies, concerts, museum passes, audio books, CDs, and many other services to patrons and the community. Donations are gratefully accepted and may be brought in the day of the sale or made at the Library during the week.
For a full list of our corporate members , visit the Friends' web page .
Community Puzzle Swap
What to do with jigsaw puzzles you’ve completed? Swap them! Bring your puzzles to exchange with others. Primarily 500+ pieces, but all levels are welcome. Bring what you have; reuse, recycle!
Weekly Storytime at Main Library
Get in the library habit — drop in every week for some age appropriate stories, school readiness activities, and a thematic craft.
For Ages 3-5.
Special Play Space Activities
Drop in to play with the additional, rotating stations in our new Play Space. Check out our Facebook page to discover which rotating station we will showcase each week.
CANCELLED Lifelong Learning Lecture Series: Celebrating Jane Austen
This event has been cancelled and will be rescheduled for a later date.
Guest Speaker: Dr. Cheryl Nixon, PhD, Associate Provost, UMass Boston
Jane Austen died in 1817, leaving behind a legacy of six of the most important and interesting novels in the English language. This talk will focus on the innovative elements of Austen’s writing as she broke new ground for the 19th century novel and how these inventions still resonate today.
Citizenship Corner Ribbon Cutting
Celebrate with us as we launch our brand new Citizenship Corner! Meet Library staff and hear from newly naturalized U.S. Citizens as we welcome you to explore our new space and learn all about United States Citizenship and the naturalization process.
Made possible by a generous grant from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
Special Play Space Activities
Drop in to play with the additional, rotating stations in our new Play Space. Check out our Facebook page to discover which rotating station we will showcase each week.
Book Buddy: Read to Dogs at McAuliffe
Improve your reading skills the fun way by reading aloud to our Book Buddy. Certified Reading/Therapy Dog, Chewie and our newest pal Rocky, listen as children read aloud from a book of their choice.
Registration required. Call 508-532-5636 x5 or drop by sign up for a 15 minute slot.
All ages.
Mindfulness Book Group: The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere
Pico Iyer is an author and world traveler. He has learned that traveling within and paying attention to the stillness around you is invaluable in this modern world that spins with distractions. It is time to step back and notice all that surrounds you in quiet contemplation. Isn't that where you would like to be for some part of each day? Come join our book discussion, followed by a short meditation.
Drop-in Baby Lapsit at Main Library
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at baby lapsit time! Parents can network while babies pick up phonological awareness, one of six foundations of future reading success.
Ages 0-2 with caregiver.
Open LEGO at Main Library
Drop in and make something creative with our supplied LEGOs. Look through our LEGO idea books to make something super exciting or design your own structure! Leave your name with the creation, and we’ll display it on top of our shelves for a month! LEGO makers can participate in our LEGO contest! Enter your creation for a chance to win a prize!
For Grades K+. No registration required.
Book Buddy: Read to Dogs at Main Library
Improve your reading skills the fun way by reading aloud to one of our furry friends! Book Buddy Certified Reading/Therapy Dogs Lilah, Montana, and Eloise listen as children read aloud from a book of their choice.
Registration required. Call 508-532-5570, press 4, or drop by to sign up for a 15 minute slot.
Book Buddy: Read to Dogs at Main Library
Improve your reading skills the fun way by reading aloud to one of our furry friends! Book Buddy Certified Reading/Therapy Dogs Lilah, Montana, and Eloise listen as children read aloud from a book of their choice.
Registration required. Call 508-532-5570, press 4, or drop by to sign up for a 15 minute slot.
Journal Writers Group: SPECIAL 12 WEEK SESSION: The Artist’s Way
Join us for an amazing twelve weeks as we discuss Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. This international bestseller has inspired millions to overcome the limiting beliefs and fears that inhibit the creative process. In it, Julia Cameron takes readers on an amazing twelve week journey to discover the inextricable link between their spiritual and creative selves.
This groundbreaking program includes:
• An Introduction to two of Cameron’s most vital tools for creative recovery – “The Morning Pages and The Artist Date”
• Hundreds of highly effective exercises and activities
• Guidance on starting a “Creative Cluster” of fellow artists who will support you in your creative endeavors
Program runs every Tuesday from January 8 - March 26.
Poetry Workshop with Alan Feldman and Bernard Horn
June 4: Led by Alan Feldman, Professor Emeritus at Framingham State University, in Trustees Room
June 18: Led by Bernard Horn, in Trustees Room
June 25: Led by Bernard Horn, in Children's Program Room
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.
Origami Workshop Series
Join us for another exciting workshop series with Origami expert Lucas Gustafson! Lucas is a high schooler who started folding at the age of 6 and is a longtime member of the Origami Club at MIT. With his help, participants will learn how to fold animals and geometric shapes!
For ages 7+.
Celebrate ‘88 30th Anniversary Film Series: Beetlejuice
The Library’s 30th Anniversary film series continues to celebrate the movies of 1988! This month's film is Beetlejuice. That’s right, Beetlejuice!
Upcoming selections:
April – Bull Durham (R)
May – The Naked Gun (PG-13)
All ages event (some movies rated R)
Weekly Storytime at Main Library
Get in the library habit — drop in every week for some age appropriate stories, school readiness activities, and a thematic craft.
For Ages 3-5.
Special Play Space Activities
Drop in to play with the additional, rotating stations in our new Play Space. Check out our Facebook page to discover which rotating station we will showcase each week.
Homework Center Event: March Math Madness Night!
With Master of Ceremonies Mr. Mark Morabito!
Sign up to compete and come to cheer for Framingham’s aspiring mathletes! Mr. Morabito, a great math teacher at Framingham High School, will run the show! Teams of middle school students will compete to solve fun and complex math problems.
Bookmarkers Book Group!
On Thursday May 10th (grades K-2) and Thursday May 17th (grades 3-5) enjoy reading by meeting with friends to choose, read, and discuss books together. You’ll increase your comprehension, discuss what you know, and turn reading into a social activity that encourages more reading! Interested? Come choose the first book to read and help shape how Bookmarkers will work!
Drop-in Baby Lapsit at Main Library
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at baby lapsit time! Parents can network while babies pick up phonological awareness, one of six foundations of future reading success.
Ages 0-2 with caregiver.
Special Play Space Activities
Drop in to play with the additional, rotating stations in our new Play Space. Check out our Facebook page to discover which rotating station we will showcase each week.
Video Game Hangout
No school day! Celebrate by playing video games and eating snacks at the library.
Seed Library Workshop
Join members of the Seed Library for a fun activity of flower pot making! Flower pots will be made from recycled Newspaper!
No registration required. For children grades K+