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Journal Writers Group: SPECIAL 12 WEEK SESSION: The Artist’s Way

September 04, 2018 , 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm / Christa McAuliffe Branch Library, Community Room

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 Group: Manhattan Beach, by Jennifer Egan

September 04, 2018 , 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm / Main Library, Trustees Room

In this portrait of Depression and WWII era New York City, eleven-year-old Anna Kerrigan and her father meet with a gangster, a man crucial to their survival. Anna is mesmerized by the sea and by a mystery between the two men.

Led by Lena Kilburn.

Stories for Scooters at Main Library

September 05, 2018 , 10:15 am - 10:45 am / Main Library, J Program Room

Join us every Wednesday for stories, songs, and puppets at our weekly storytime! Parents and child can both enjoy a variety of picture books, classic nursery rhymes and meeting new people!

Ages 0-3 years old.

Healthy Living Series: Low Impact Exercise with Linda Bellefeuille

September 05, 2018 , 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm / Callahan Center

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A Tomato Showcase

September 05, 2018 , 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm / Main Library, Costin Room

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.

Weekly Storytime at Main Library

September 06, 2018 , 10:15 am - 10:45 am / Main Library, Children's Program Room

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.

Healthy Living Series: Feldenkrais® with Mara Yale

September 06, 2018 , 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm / Main Library, Costin Room

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Special Play Space Activities

September 06, 2018 , 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm / Main Library, Children's Room

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

September 06, 2018 , 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm / Main Library, Spark Lab

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.

Draw Yourself All Grown Up

September 06, 2018 , 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm / Main Library, J Craft Room

What will you be when you grow up? Come into the library and draw a self-portrait of you all grown up! Portraits will be on display at the Main Library Lobby the last two weeks in September!

All ages are welcome!

Choro Das 3

September 06, 2018 , 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm / Main Library, Costin Room

Consisting of three sisters and their father, Choro das 3 is a Brazilian instrumental group that is reviving the traditional “Choro” music that has resonance with New Orleans jazz/ragtime as well as bluegrass music in the US.

This event is part of the 23rd Annual Brazilian Independence Day Festival in Boston taking place at various locations from September 6-9. View more information about the Festival in English or information about the Festival in Portuguese.

In collaboration with the Brazilian Women’s Group.

Special Play Space Activities

September 07, 2018 , 11:00 am - 1:00 pm / Main Library, Children's Room

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: It Takes a Community to Care for Alzheimer’s

September 07, 2018 , 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm / Main Library, Costin Room

Presented by Deborah Lynn Strafuss

Become informed and empowered to interact positively with friends, family and customers with Alzheimer’s and other dementias. Deborah will share excerpts from her book, On Angels’ Wings, A Journey Through Alzheimer’s with My Mother, as she de-mystifies Alzheimer’s and memory diseases for those attending. Interactive conversation, poetry and informational resources will complement an open discussion. Come and learn about Alzheimer’s and how you, as part of your community, can welcome and support those living with it.

About Deborah Lynn (Strafuss)

Deborah is as a poet and author, an Alzheimer’s Advocate and Ambassador for the MA/NH Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association and volunteers as an Alzheimer’s support group facilitator at the Callahan Senior Center. A member of the Metro West Alzheimer’s partnership for the past 6 years, she loves to share her story to raise awareness, educate the public and help those struggling to cope with caregiving. Deborah learned Reiki to support her mother through the later stages of AD, is a Certified Dementia Trained Practitioner through the NCCDP, and a certified Reiki Master and Teacher with her own practice at the Gentle Place Wellness Center in Framingham.

Drop-In Baby Lapsit at the Main Library

September 08, 2018 , 10:30 am - 11:00 am / J Program Room, Main Library

Come sing and play with words, rhymes, and puppets at Baby Lapsit! Parents can network while babies can pick up phonological awareness, one of six foundations of future reading success.

No registration required. For children ages 0-2 years old.

End of Summer Rock Band/Ice Cream Party

September 08, 2018 , 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm / Main Library - Costin Room

Summer’s over, and the school year has started up again, but there’s still time for one last party! We’ll play Rock Band, eat a bunch of ice cream, and draw all of the raffle prize winners for the Summer Reading Program.

School’s Out Movie: Love Simon @ McAuliffe Branch Library

September 10, 2018 , 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm / McAuliffe Branch - Community Room

No school today, so we’re showing Love, Simon, based on Becky Albertalli’s great book, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. We’re showing the movie at both libraries, so come to whichever is closest to you.

School’s Out Movie: Love Simon @ Main Library

September 10, 2018 , 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm / Main Library - Costin Room

No school today, so we’re showing Love, Simon, based on Becky Albertalli’s great book, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. We’re showing the movie at both libraries, so come to whichever is closest to you.

Keva Plank Building at Main Library

September 10, 2018 , 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm / Main Library, J Craft Room

Explore your artistic nature, problem solve and engage in play with the deceptively simple KEVA planks. Come amaze us with your creations!

Journal Writers Group: SPECIAL 12 WEEK SESSION: The Artist’s Way

September 11, 2018 , 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm / Christa McAuliffe Branch Library, Community Room

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.

Framingham Chautauqua

September 11, 2018 , 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm / Main Library, Costin Room

Guest Speaker: Anita C. Danker, Ed.D.

Based primarily on artifacts and printed material housed in the Framingham Public Library and the Framingham History Center, this interactive lecture tells the story of the New England Chautauqua Assembly at Mount Wayte. Largely forgotten today, the Chautauqua provided unique learning vacations for individuals of all ages and convened from 1880-1918.

In collaboration with the Framingham Historical Society.

Poetry Workshop with Alan Feldman and Bernard Horn

September 11, 2018 , 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm / Main Library

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.