Events Calendar / October 2019
Journal Writer’s Group
Drop-in or join the group as we discuss and discover the many ways to journal for personal growth and enrichment.
Mother Goose on the Loose
Wednesdays September 4-October 23, 2019
10:15-10:45am
Mother Goose on the Loose is an eight-week, thirty-minute program that uses rhymes, songs, puppets, instruments, and more to stimulate the learning process of babies and toddlers.
Ages 0-3 accompanied by a caregiver.
Pre-registration required.
Weekly Storycraft at the Main Library
Get in the library habit — drop in every week for some age appropriate stories, school readiness activities, and a thematic craft.
Ages 3-5.
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: Race and Revolution with Dr. Maria Bollettino
GUEST SPEAKER: Dr. Maria Bollettino, Associate Professor, History, Framingham State University
Enslaved people represented 20% of the population of British North America. The American Revolution established a new nation based on the principle that “all men are created equal,” yet slavery remained in place. This talk will explore the role of enslaved and free blacks in the American Revolutionary War and the legacies of the Revolution for race and slavery.
Brown Bag Learning Series: Understanding Social Security: Your Questions Answered
Presented by Vance Williams, ChFC® and CLU®
Social Security will likely be the foundation of your retirement income. Before you retire, it's important to understand your options and the impact your decisions have on your retirement. This workshop will help guide you in this process.
About Vance Williams:
Vance earned a bachelor's degree in business administration at Adelphi University. He is a ChFC® and CLU® professional. As an Edward Jones financial advisor, he believes it’s important to invest time to understand what you’re working toward before you invest your money, whether you're planning for retirement, saving for college for children or grandchildren, or just trying to protect the financial future of the ones you care for the most. Outside of the office, Vance enjoys spending time with family traveling, teaching his kids how to swim, playing squash and volunteering with the Framingham Rotary.
Dads, Donuts, and Discoveries
Bond with your dad (and with donuts) through stories and songs while discovering new friends and activities.
Mothers, siblings and other family members welcome!
Movie Matinee: Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
After accidentally releasing Slappy, three friends must lock the evil puppet and his creatures back into R.L. Stine's book before he takes over. (2018)
Running time: 90 minutes
Rated PG for scary creature action and images, some thematic elements, rude humor, and language
Sunday Concert Series: Igor Lovchinsky
A Russian/American pianist and physicist, Igor Lovchinsky has performed at some of the major concert halls in the United States, and internationally.
The series is sponsored in part by Middlesex Savings Bank, Metro Credit Union, Brookdale Cushing Park, Law Office of Framingham Attorney Jeffrey M. Steinberg, St. Mary’s Credit Union, Roche Brothers, and the Friends of the Framingham Library.
Weekly Storytime
Get in the library habit — drop in every week for some age appropriate stories and school readiness activities.
Ages 2-4
Main Library Movie Matinee: Boy Erased
The son of a Baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents. Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Starring Lucas Hedges and Nicole Kidman.
(2018) 115 min. Rated R for sexual content, some language and brief drug use.
Journal Writer’s Group
Drop-in or join the group as we discuss and discover the many ways to journal for personal growth and enrichment.
Mother Goose on the Loose
Wednesdays September 4-October 23, 2019
10:15-10:45am
Mother Goose on the Loose is an eight-week, thirty-minute program that uses rhymes, songs, puppets, instruments, and more to stimulate the learning process of babies and toddlers.
Ages 0-3 accompanied by a caregiver.
Pre-registration required.
Origami Club
We will be folding a variety of animals and geometric shapes. Led by Lucas Gustafson, a high schooler who started folding at the age of 6 and is a longtime member of the Origami Club at MIT.
Ages 7+.
Sci-Fi Book Group: Terminal Alliance, by Jim C. Hines
A plague has killed most of humankind and turned the survivors into feral monsters – all except Lt. Marion "Mops" Adamopoulos and her Hygiene and Sanitation Team. In this humorous military sci-fi tale, the future of humanity depends on a group of janitors, who must commandeer a damaged spaceship and work with an alien species called the Krakau to thwart the villains who are trying to undo the cure for the plague.
Weekly Storycraft at the Main Library
Get in the library habit — drop in every week for some age appropriate stories, school readiness activities, and a thematic craft.
Ages 3-5.
Baby Lapsit
Saturday October 19
Fridays October 11 and 25
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit! Parents can network while babies pick up phonological awareness, one of six foundations of future reading success.
Ages 0-2 with caregiver.
Book Buddy: Reading to Dogs
Improve your reading skills the fun way by reading aloud to your new Book Buddy.
Registration required. Call 508-532-5636 x5 or drop by to sign up for a 15 minute slot.
All ages.
AniManga Club October
AniManga club is for everyone who enjoys all things Anime and Manga. This month we’ll watch something creepy to go with our tasty Japanese snacks.
Grades 6-12
Journal Writer’s Group
Drop-in or join the group as we discuss and discover the many ways to journal for personal growth and enrichment.
Main Library Book Group: Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro
Join us in reading and discussing this New York Times bestselling memoir Manhattan Beach author Jennifer Egan calls “a gripping genetic detective story, and a meditation on the meaning of parenthood and family.”
Poetry Workshop
Led by Alan Feldman, 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. We begin with a discussion of a topic in poetry leading to a brief in-class assignment. Poets who wish to have their work discussed should bring copies.
Alan’s collection, Immortality, was awarded the Massachusetts Book Award for Poetry in 2016.
Mother Goose on the Loose
Wednesdays September 4-October 23, 2019
10:15-10:45am
Mother Goose on the Loose is an eight-week, thirty-minute program that uses rhymes, songs, puppets, instruments, and more to stimulate the learning process of babies and toddlers.
Ages 0-3 accompanied by a caregiver.
Pre-registration required.
McAuliffe Matinee: Kinky Boots
Based on a true story. Charlie Price is facing a closure of his family’s Northampton shoe factory. Just when he feels that all is lost, a chance encounter with Lola, a flamboyant transvestite cabaret star, provides a glimmer of hope. Lola's desire for stylish, kinky boots for herself and her colleagues just may be the answer.
(2006). 1 hr.47 min. Rated PG-13 for thematic material involving sexuality, and for language.
McAuliffe Book Discussion: The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
In 1865, a series of gruesome murders occur in post-Civil War Boston. The Dante Club, a group of writers including Oliver Wendell Holmes and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, is working secretly on a translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy and observe that the murders are imitating the tortures of Hell’s punishments in The Inferno. The group conducts its own investigation into the killings, racing to find the killer before their secret is exposed. Led by Kim Jung.
Weekly Storycraft at the Main Library
Get in the library habit — drop in every week for some age appropriate stories, school readiness activities, and a thematic craft.
Ages 3-5.
Open LEGO and Block Build
Thursday October 17, 2:00-4:00pm,
Drop in and make something creative with Keva Planks, Legos, Magnatiles, and more!
All ages.
Early Release Makers Workshop: 3-D Doodle Pen Pumpkins
Come join us to make some 3-D pumpkins with our new doodle pens! There are a limited amount of 3D pens so this program will be first-come, first-craft. This event is open to children 7 and olden but it is a harder craft which may require some help from a guardian.
Don’t forget to bring any outgrown Halloween costumes to put into our Costume Swap.
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: The President and the Press: From Teddy Roosevelt to Donald Trump
Presented by Dr. David Smailes, Associate Professor, Political Science, Framingham State University
Presidents have always had a complicated relationship with the press. We will explore that relationship, beginning with Theodore Roosevelt’s skillful use of the press and ending with current debates surrounding the fairness of political coverage and whether truly “objective” political reporting can take place.
Book Buddy: Reading to Dogs
Improve your reading skills the fun way by reading aloud to your new Book Buddy.
Registration required. Call 508-532-5636 x5 or drop by to sign up for a 15 minute slot.
All ages.
Friends Monthly Book Sale
9:30-10:00am: Friends Members
10:00am-3:00pm: Open to the public
Most Books $1.00 or less; Children’s .50 or less; single DVD’s $2.00.
We have something for everyone!! 3 Rooms + the lobby chock full of books
Check out the vast children’s section, discover the foreign books collection, and peruse the many books in all genres. The lobby features an assortment of high-quality books at $2.00 each.
Thanks to your support of the Friends, we can provide free movies, concerts, programs, museum passes, audio books, CDs, Children’s Room apps, and many other services to patrons and the Framingham community.
Many thanks to renewing corporate members: Bernardi Toyota, L/R General Contractors, The Optical View, & True Salon and Color Cafe. And a big welcome to this month’s new member: McCarthy, McKinney, & Lawler Funeral Home.
Baby Lapsit
Saturday October 19
Fridays October 11 and 25
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit! Parents can network while babies pick up phonological awareness, one of six foundations of future reading success.
Ages 0-2 with caregiver.
Open LEGO
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!
Grades K+.
Storywalk (every day through November 15)
Take a self-guided walk around the library to read our fall title, Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds! Start at the bottom of the Pearl St. ramp, continue around the building, up the Lexington St. steps, then halfway down the ramp to the stairs to the Reading Garden and the end of the story.
Sunday Celebrations: Halloween Costume Swap and Storywalk
All Ages!
1:30pm Storywalk
Come join together for a walk around the library to read our fall title, Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds! Snack provided afterward (I bet you can guess what it is!)
2:00-3:00 pm Costume Swap Room Open
Have an outgrown costume or one in good condition that you just aren’t using? Drop off your gently used costume(s) of any size between before Saturday, Oct. 19! Then, come grab one that’s new to you at Framingham Public Library’s Costume Swap. Costume Room open from 2-3 pm or while supplies last.
3:00 pm Storywalk
Come join together for a walk around the library to read our fall title, Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds! Snack provided afterward (I bet you can guess what it is!)
Bookworm Book Club with Max!
Join us for an exciting book club discussion on The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling, with a craft and light refreshments led by 8th grader Max!
Grades 2-4.
Gateway Camera Club Member Photo Exhibition Art Reception
Serving Boston’s MetroWest, the Gateway Camera Club membership consists of beginner, intermediate and advanced photographers with a goal to share ideas, knowledge and insight, and to help improve members skills and abilities.
Storywalk (every day through November 15)
Take a self-guided walk around the library to read our fall title, Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds! Start at the bottom of the Pearl St. ramp, continue around the building, up the Lexington St. steps, then halfway down the ramp to the stairs to the Reading Garden and the end of the story.
Weekly Storytime
Get in the library habit — drop in every week for some age appropriate stories and school readiness activities.
Ages 2-4
Storywalk (every day through November 15)
Take a self-guided walk around the library to read our fall title, Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds! Start at the bottom of the Pearl St. ramp, continue around the building, up the Lexington St. steps, then halfway down the ramp to the stairs to the Reading Garden and the end of the story.
Make It! Henna Tattooing - REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Diwali is coming up on October 27th, so let’s celebrate a little early with Manisha Trivedi from Henna Cafe! She’ll be going over the history, culture, and science of henna tattooing, along with the fundamentals of Indian, African, and Moroccan designs, with plenty of time for participants to practice and draw on their own mehndi!
REGISTRATION REQUIRED. If you would like to register, click on the event listing and fill out the form at the bottom of the page. When doing so, please put the grade of the person/people attending in the "Message" box, as well as the names of any additional registrants.
"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."
Grades 6-12
Journal Writer’s Group
Drop-in or join the group as we discuss and discover the many ways to journal for personal growth and enrichment.
Poetry Workshop
Led by Alan Feldman, 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. We begin with a discussion of a topic in poetry leading to a brief in-class assignment. Poets who wish to have their work discussed should bring copies.
Alan’s collection, Immortality, was awarded the Massachusetts Book Award for Poetry in 2016.
Storywalk (every day through November 15)
Take a self-guided walk around the library to read our fall title, Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds! Start at the bottom of the Pearl St. ramp, continue around the building, up the Lexington St. steps, then halfway down the ramp to the stairs to the Reading Garden and the end of the story.
Mother Goose on the Loose
Wednesdays September 4-October 23, 2019
10:15-10:45am
Mother Goose on the Loose is an eight-week, thirty-minute program that uses rhymes, songs, puppets, instruments, and more to stimulate the learning process of babies and toddlers.
Ages 0-3 accompanied by a caregiver.
Pre-registration required.
Storywalk (every day through November 15)
Take a self-guided walk around the library to read our fall title, Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds! Start at the bottom of the Pearl St. ramp, continue around the building, up the Lexington St. steps, then halfway down the ramp to the stairs to the Reading Garden and the end of the story.
Weekly Storycraft at the Main Library
Get in the library habit — drop in every week for some age appropriate stories, school readiness activities, and a thematic craft.
Ages 3-5.
Early Release Movie: Avengers Endgame (Main Library)
First early release day of the year means we’re watching the biggest movie of the year! Join us at either library to watch Avengers: Endgame with some fresh popcorn.
Grades 6-12
Early Release Movie: Avengers Endgame (McAuliffe Library)
First early release day of the year means we’re watching the biggest movie of the year! Join us at either library to watch Avengers: Endgame with some fresh popcorn.
Grades 6-12
KEVA Plank Building
All ages.
Explore your artistic nature, problem solve and engage in play with the deceptively simple KEVA planks. Come amaze us with your creations!
Storywalk (every day through November 15)
Take a self-guided walk around the library to read our fall title, Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds! Start at the bottom of the Pearl St. ramp, continue around the building, up the Lexington St. steps, then halfway down the ramp to the stairs to the Reading Garden and the end of the story.
Baby Lapsit
Saturday October 19
Fridays October 11 and 25
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit! Parents can network while babies pick up phonological awareness, one of six foundations of future reading success.
Ages 0-2 with caregiver.
Survive the Zombie Apocalypse! - REGISTRATION REQUIRED
It’s back!! Can you survive the annual zombie invasion of Framingham? It’s up to all of you to find the tools to defeat them and survive.
REGISTRATION FOR THIS PROGRAM IS REQUIRED. If you would like to register, click the link above and fill out the form at the bottom of the page. When doing so, please put the grade of the person/people attending in the "Message" box, as well as the names of any additional registrants.
Grades 6-12
Friday Night Movie: Yesterday
A struggling singer-songwriter whose dreams of fame are rapidly fading, despite the fierce devotion and support of his childhood best friend, suffers a freak bus accident during a mysterious global blackout. He wakes up to discover that The Beatles have never existed...and he finds himself with a very complicated problem, indeed.
(2019) 112 min. Rated PG-13
Storywalk (every day through November 15)
Take a self-guided walk around the library to read our fall title, Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds! Start at the bottom of the Pearl St. ramp, continue around the building, up the Lexington St. steps, then halfway down the ramp to the stairs to the Reading Garden and the end of the story.
Halloween Open Craft
All Ages.
Drop-in and make some scary decorations to complete your Halloween haunted house. Instructions and materials provided; you bring the clever hands!
“Beyond Playing” Portuguese Storytime
Ages 2-5.
Join Alexa Chew as she brings a delightful hour of resourceful, playful interactions and stories in Portuguese to your children.
Es un programa artísticamente diseñado y conducido por la importancia del juego en el desarrollo infantile.
Fall Fest at McAuliffe
Join us for a fun fall day of crafts, baby animal petting zoo with Animal Craze: Traveling Petting Zoo and Farm Animals, a Screaming Contest, and more! Fun for all ages and the whole family! Light refreshments provided.
Animal Craze: Traveling Petting Zoo and Farm Animals: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm, Back Patio
Children’s Mask Craft: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm, Craft Room. Decorate your own eye mask!
Screaming Contest: 12:00 pm, Outside in Front of Library. We'll be judging the loudest, scariest, funniest, and quietest screams!
In case of rain, Animal Craze will be inside the Community Room.
Storywalk (every day through November 15)
Take a self-guided walk around the library to read our fall title, Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds! Start at the bottom of the Pearl St. ramp, continue around the building, up the Lexington St. steps, then halfway down the ramp to the stairs to the Reading Garden and the end of the story.
Book Buddy Reading to Dogs
Improve your reading skills the fun way by reading aloud to your new Book Buddy. Certified Reading/Therapy Dog Lilah listens as children read aloud from a book of their choice.
Registration required.
Call 508-532-5570 x4
or drop by to sign up for a 15 minute slot.
All ages.
Storywalk (every day through November 15)
Take a self-guided walk around the library to read our fall title, Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds! Start at the bottom of the Pearl St. ramp, continue around the building, up the Lexington St. steps, then halfway down the ramp to the stairs to the Reading Garden and the end of the story.
Weekly Storytime
Get in the library habit — drop in every week for some age appropriate stories and school readiness activities.
Ages 2-4
Storywalk (every day through November 15)
Take a self-guided walk around the library to read our fall title, Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds! Start at the bottom of the Pearl St. ramp, continue around the building, up the Lexington St. steps, then halfway down the ramp to the stairs to the Reading Garden and the end of the story.
Spark Lab McAuliffe Pop Up: Frankentoys
It’s our very first teen Spark Lab (makerspace) program! We’ll be chopping up old toys and putting them back together in creepy ways.
Grades 6-12
Journal Writer’s Group
Drop-in or join the group as we discuss and discover the many ways to journal for personal growth and enrichment.
Poetry Workshop
Led by Alan Feldman, 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. We begin with a discussion of a topic in poetry leading to a brief in-class assignment. Poets who wish to have their work discussed should bring copies.
Alan’s collection, Immortality, was awarded the Massachusetts Book Award for Poetry in 2016.
Storywalk (every day through November 15)
Take a self-guided walk around the library to read our fall title, Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds! Start at the bottom of the Pearl St. ramp, continue around the building, up the Lexington St. steps, then halfway down the ramp to the stairs to the Reading Garden and the end of the story.
Knitting with Round Needles
Interested in knitting on round needles but are a bit intimidated? Now is your chance! In this workshop you will learn to use round needles to make a basic hat. Supplies provided. Must be able to knit and purl.
Spark Lab: Frankentoys
It’s our very first teen Spark Lab (makerspace) program! We’ll be chopping up old toys and putting them back together in creepy ways.
Grades 6-12
Barrett Family Wellness Center Play & Learn Event
Ages 2-5.
Participate with your preschooler in fun and engaging sensory stations known to stimulate both language and play. Chat with pediatric speech and occupational therapists to gain insight into your child’s development and learn what upcoming developmental milestones to expect.
Storywalk (every day through November 15)
Take a self-guided walk around the library to read our fall title, Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds! Start at the bottom of the Pearl St. ramp, continue around the building, up the Lexington St. steps, then halfway down the ramp to the stairs to the Reading Garden and the end of the story.
Weekly Storycraft at the Main Library
Get in the library habit — drop in every week for some age appropriate stories, school readiness activities, and a thematic craft.
Ages 3-5.
Halloween Early Release Movie: ??? Something Scary (Main Library)
Two early release days in October? And one of them is on Halloween??? We clearly need to watch something scary. I’ll bring a stack of creepy movies, and you can decide which to watch.
Grades 6-12
Halloween Early Release Movie: ??? Something Scary (McAuliffe Branch Library)
Two early release days in October? And one of them is on Halloween??? We clearly need to watch something scary. I’ll bring a stack of creepy movies, and you can decide which to watch.
Grades 6-12
Early Release Halloween Trick or Treat
Come trick or treat through the Children’s Room in your costume, get a treat and take a picture using our green screen app in the SparkLab.
Storywalk (every day through November 15)
Take a self-guided walk around the library to read our fall title, Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds! Start at the bottom of the Pearl St. ramp, continue around the building, up the Lexington St. steps, then halfway down the ramp to the stairs to the Reading Garden and the end of the story.