Request a puzzle to pick up at McAuliffe through http://bit.ly/Puzzle_Swap_Request and then take it home! Choose how many pieces you'd prefer the puzzle to contain and bring home some fun. Just like with our in-person Puzzle Swap, you can choose to return it to the Branch when you are finished, or bring back a completely different puzzle (or any extra puzzles you wish to join the swap!).
ALL KITS RESERVED: Take & Make Kit: Valentine Critters
Tuesday February 9, 2021 (Ages 4-12)
Make your own fuzzy, googly eyed valentine critter. All materials and instructions provided. Supplies are limited. Sign-ups begin on February 1, pick-ups begin February 9. Please register at: https://tinyurl.com/FPLCraftCritters
Join your familiar children’s librarians for some stories, perhaps catch a glimpse of your friends on the gallery screen, and keep adding to your 1000 books before Kindergarten or since Kindergarten list. Keep
your library habit going even during shelter in place! Email mcauliffechildrensroom@gmail.com to receive an invitation.
Ages 2-6, all welcome.
Join us for a knitting, crochet, and yarn crafting social hour! Mondays from 11:00am-12:00pm and/or Wednesdays 6:00-7:00pm. This is not a learn to knit or crochet program.
Register for the Zoom Link at: http://bit.ly/FPL-Events
ALL KITS RESERVED: Take & Make Kit: STEM Valentine's Circuit Bookmarks
Thursday February 11 (Ages 9-14)
Create a light up Valentine’s Day themed bookmark using circuits, LED light, and a battery! All materials are provided in a kit available for curbside pickup. Sign-ups begin on February 1, pick-ups begin February 8. Join us on Zoom to build together on Thursday, February 11 from 5-6pm. Supplies are limited. Please register on February 1 at https://tinyurl.com/kits-circuit-bookmarks and schedule a time to pick up your kit. When you sign up, you also will automatically receive the Zoom link emailed the day of the program.
ALL KITS RESERVED: Take & Make Kit: Valentine Critters
Tuesday February 9, 2021 (Ages 4-12)
Make your own fuzzy, googly eyed valentine critter. All materials and instructions provided. Supplies are limited. Sign-ups begin on February 1, pick-ups begin February 9. Please register at: https://tinyurl.com/FPLCraftCritters
ALL KITS RESERVED: Take & Make Kit: STEM Valentine's Circuit Bookmarks
Thursday February 11 (Ages 9-14)
Create a light up Valentine’s Day themed bookmark using circuits, LED light, and a battery! All materials are provided in a kit available for curbside pickup. Sign-ups begin on February 1, pick-ups begin February 8. Join us on Zoom to build together on Thursday, February 11 from 5-6pm. Supplies are limited. Please register on February 1 at https://tinyurl.com/kits-circuit-bookmarks and schedule a time to pick up your kit. When you sign up, you also will automatically receive the Zoom link emailed the day of the program.
Louise Erdrich pays poignant homage to her grandfather in this sweeping novel about Native American dispossession in the 1950s. Like her grandfather, our titular hero is a humble night watchman, also the tribal chairman of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa in North Dakota. Initially an uneventful post, Thomas Wazhashk’s life is upended when he learns that the U.S. government has earmarked them for “emancipation”...The Night Watchman follows Thomas’s tireless efforts to persuade the U.S. government to honor treaties that protected what remained of their already picked-over lands. And Erdrich further expounds on the scourge of systemic racism, sexual exploitation, and other unsavory sundries through the stories of his extended family, and those in their orbit. (Excerpted from Amazon.com Book Review)
Please email framinghamlibrarybookgroups2@gmail.com for the Zoom link to join.
PLEASE NOTE NEW DAY AND TIME.
Led by Alan Feldman, Professor Emeritus at Framingham State University
This 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. Poets may discuss their work. If you are new to the group and would like to participate, please email FPLpoetryworkshop@gmail.com.
ALL KITS RESERVED: Take & Make Kit: Valentine Critters
Tuesday February 9, 2021 (Ages 4-12)
Make your own fuzzy, googly eyed valentine critter. All materials and instructions provided. Supplies are limited. Sign-ups begin on February 1, pick-ups begin February 9. Please register at: https://tinyurl.com/FPLCraftCritters
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Zoom Mother Goose on the Loose with Jennifer
Wednesdays January 27- March 17
10:15-10:45am
Contact JRosenberg@minlib.net beginning January 11 to pre-register, schedule your supply pick-up, and get the zoom invites. Spaces are limited.
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. A bag of supplies including books, shakers, and more is required to participate; remember to schedule a pickup time when you register.
Ages 0-3 with caregiver
Join this class to maintain body flexibility, improve balance and reduce stress.
If you have NEVER attended this class, please register at this link: http://bit.ly/FPL-Exercise-Classes. If you HAVE attended any of our online exercise classes in the past, we already have your information, and you do not need to register again.
ALL KITS RESERVED: Take & Make Kit: STEM Valentine's Circuit Bookmarks
Thursday February 11 (Ages 9-14)
Create a light up Valentine’s Day themed bookmark using circuits, LED light, and a battery! All materials are provided in a kit available for curbside pickup. Sign-ups begin on February 1, pick-ups begin February 8. Join us on Zoom to build together on Thursday, February 11 from 5-6pm. Supplies are limited. Please register on February 1 at https://tinyurl.com/kits-circuit-bookmarks and schedule a time to pick up your kit. When you sign up, you also will automatically receive the Zoom link emailed the day of the program.
Join us for a knitting, crochet, and yarn crafting social hour! Mondays from 11:00am-12:00pm and/or Wednesdays 6:00-7:00pm. This is not a learn to knit or crochet program.
Register for the Zoom Link at: http://bit.ly/FPL-Events
ALL KITS RESERVED: Take & Make Kit: Valentine Critters
Tuesday February 9, 2021 (Ages 4-12)
Make your own fuzzy, googly eyed valentine critter. All materials and instructions provided. Supplies are limited. Sign-ups begin on February 1, pick-ups begin February 9. Please register at: https://tinyurl.com/FPLCraftCritters
Join your familiar children’s librarians for some stories, perhaps catch a glimpse of your friends on the gallery screen, and keep adding to your 1000 books before Kindergarten or since Kindergarten list. Keep
your library habit going even during shelter in place! Email mcauliffechildrensroom@gmail.com to receive an invitation.
Ages 2-6, all welcome.
ALL KITS RESERVED: Take & Make Kit: STEM Valentine's Circuit Bookmarks
Thursday February 11 (Ages 9-14)
Create a light up Valentine’s Day themed bookmark using circuits, LED light, and a battery! All materials are provided in a kit available for curbside pickup. Sign-ups begin on February 1, pick-ups begin February 8. Join us on Zoom to build together on Thursday, February 11 from 5-6pm. Supplies are limited. Please register on February 1 at https://tinyurl.com/kits-circuit-bookmarks and schedule a time to pick up your kit. When you sign up, you also will automatically receive the Zoom link emailed the day of the program.
GUEST SPEAKER: Jack Beatty, News Analyst for NPR and WBUR’s On Point
Jack Beatty, longtime senior editor for The Atlantic Monthly, and author of several books including The Rascal King which was nominated for the National Book Critics Award, and most recently The Lost History of 1914, will discuss prospects for the Biden administration.
Please email framinghamlibraryevents@gmail.com to join our Winter-Spring 2021 mailing list and receive Zoom links to lectures. All requests must be received by 5:00 pm on the day of the lecture.
NOTE: If you registered for the Fall 2020 series, you do not need to re-register.
ALL KITS RESERVED: Take & Make Kit: Valentine Critters
Tuesday February 9, 2021 (Ages 4-12)
Make your own fuzzy, googly eyed valentine critter. All materials and instructions provided. Supplies are limited. Sign-ups begin on February 1, pick-ups begin February 9. Please register at: https://tinyurl.com/FPLCraftCritters
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit. Break up your shelter in place time or take a break from your work from home time with some fun time with your little one, catch a glimpse
of your friends on the gallery screen, and keep adding to your child’s 1000 books before Kindergarten (retroactive sign up when we reopen)!
Email us at mcauliffechildrensroom@gmail.com to receive an invitation to join us on Zoom.
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.
Presented by: Christopher Hauck, D.C.
Is your stress level through the roof? Have your home and work life started blending together? We have learned that each day is unpredictable, and we aren't the only ones affected - our kids are struggling too. It's no longer enough to be surviving; we need to start thriving. Join Dr. Hauck as he discusses these topics:
Please email brownbagprogram49@gmail.com by 9am on February 5 to receive an invitation to the Zoom session.
About Christopher Hauck D.C.
Chiropractic Solutions is owned by Webster-certified chiropractor Dr. Hauck. Driven by his passion for all things wellness, Dr. Hauck offers health strategies to patients based on current research available through his chiropractic office. He graduated from Ithaca College Cum Laude with a degree in Pre-Med and Exercise Physiology.
ALL KITS RESERVED: Take & Make Kit: STEM Valentine's Circuit Bookmarks
Thursday February 11 (Ages 9-14)
Create a light up Valentine’s Day themed bookmark using circuits, LED light, and a battery! All materials are provided in a kit available for curbside pickup. Sign-ups begin on February 1, pick-ups begin February 8. Join us on Zoom to build together on Thursday, February 11 from 5-6pm. Supplies are limited. Please register on February 1 at https://tinyurl.com/kits-circuit-bookmarks and schedule a time to pick up your kit. When you sign up, you also will automatically receive the Zoom link emailed the day of the program.
The weather is cold and dry, but lip balm can be expensive. Learn how to make your own with our next Take & Make kit!
ALL KITS RESERVED
Grades 6-12
Don’t want to make breakfast in the morning? Throw together a quick jar of overnight oats the night before, and have a tasty meal waiting for you when you wake up!
Supplies are limited. CLICK HERE to register and reserve your kit.
Grades 6-12
ALL KITS RESERVED: Take & Make Kit: STEM Valentine's Circuit Bookmarks
Thursday February 11 (Ages 9-14)
Create a light up Valentine’s Day themed bookmark using circuits, LED light, and a battery! All materials are provided in a kit available for curbside pickup. Sign-ups begin on February 1, pick-ups begin February 8. Join us on Zoom to build together on Thursday, February 11 from 5-6pm. Supplies are limited. Please register on February 1 at https://tinyurl.com/kits-circuit-bookmarks and schedule a time to pick up your kit. When you sign up, you also will automatically receive the Zoom link emailed the day of the program.
Join us for Bookworm Book Club with Max! Sundays at 2:00 pm for Grades 3-6. Email us to receive an invite to join on Zoom at framinghamlibrarybookgroups@gmail.com.
Sunday, February 7 will discuss Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary.
Sunday, February 21 will discuss Charlie Small: The Puppet Master by Charlie Small.
These books are available on Overdrive/Libby as an ebook and audiobook for Beezus and Ramona, or request a copy for The Puppet Master or Beezus and Ramona from the Minuteman Catalog.
ALL KITS RESERVED: Take & Make Kit: STEM Valentine's Circuit Bookmarks
Thursday February 11 (Ages 9-14)
Create a light up Valentine’s Day themed bookmark using circuits, LED light, and a battery! All materials are provided in a kit available for curbside pickup. Sign-ups begin on February 1, pick-ups begin February 8. Join us on Zoom to build together on Thursday, February 11 from 5-6pm. Supplies are limited. Please register on February 1 at https://tinyurl.com/kits-circuit-bookmarks and schedule a time to pick up your kit. When you sign up, you also will automatically receive the Zoom link emailed the day of the program.
Join your familiar children’s librarians for some stories, perhaps catch a glimpse of your friends on the gallery screen, and keep adding to your 1000 books before Kindergarten or since Kindergarten list. Keep
your library habit going even during shelter in place! Email mcauliffechildrensroom@gmail.com to receive an invitation.
Ages 2-6, all welcome.
Yeti Storytime
Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 11:00-11:30am (Ages 3+)
Join Miss Jill and Mr. Dana for a special winter themed Yeti storytime with a snack, and a craft! Registration required; kit available for pickup at the Main and McAuliffe branches with all your supplies and treat. Please register at https://tinyurl.com/YetiStorytime and schedule a time to pick up your kit.
Join us for a knitting, crochet, and yarn crafting social hour! Mondays from 11:00am-12:00pm and/or Wednesdays 6:00-7:00pm. This is not a learn to knit or crochet program.
Register for the Zoom Link at: http://bit.ly/FPL-Events
A variety of functional fitness exercises to tone core, upper and lower body muscles followed by stretches. This is a low impact class designed to be adaptable to participants’ different levels.
If you have NEVER attended this class, please register at this link: http://bit.ly/FPL-Exercise-Classes. If you HAVE attended any of our online exercise classes in the past, we already have your information, and you do not need to register again.
ALL KITS RESERVED: Take & Make Kit: STEM Valentine's Circuit Bookmarks
Thursday February 11 (Ages 9-14)
Create a light up Valentine’s Day themed bookmark using circuits, LED light, and a battery! All materials are provided in a kit available for curbside pickup. Sign-ups begin on February 1, pick-ups begin February 8. Join us on Zoom to build together on Thursday, February 11 from 5-6pm. Supplies are limited. Please register on February 1 at https://tinyurl.com/kits-circuit-bookmarks and schedule a time to pick up your kit. When you sign up, you also will automatically receive the Zoom link emailed the day of the program.
Yeti Storytime
Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 11:00-11:30am (Ages 3+)
Join Miss Jill and Mr. Dana for a special winter themed Yeti storytime with a snack, and a craft! Registration required; kit available for pickup at the Main and McAuliffe branches with all your supplies and treat. Please register at https://tinyurl.com/YetiStorytime and schedule a time to pick up your kit.
Virtual Book Discussion: The Woman who Smashed Codes: a True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine who Outwitted America's Enemies by Jason Fagone
Tuesday February 9, 7:00-8:00pm
Available in our catalog in print or audiobook or as an ebook on Overdrive/Libby and Hoopla.
The story of Elizabeth Smith, one of the founders of modern code breaking, reads like an espionage thriller. From World War I to the Cold War, her role in intercepting and decoding messages, to catching gangsters and smugglers and exposing a Nazi spy ring, is riveting. She and her husband, William Friedman, were important parts of American national security history.
Led by Linda Goldberg. Please email lgoldberg@minlib.net for the Zoom link to join.
The title for our March discussion is The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict.
PLEASE NOTE NEW DAY AND TIME.
Led by Alan Feldman, Professor Emeritus at Framingham State University
This 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. Poets may discuss their work. If you are new to the group and would like to participate, please email FPLpoetryworkshop@gmail.com.
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Zoom Mother Goose on the Loose with Jennifer
Wednesdays January 27- March 17
10:15-10:45am
Contact JRosenberg@minlib.net beginning January 11 to pre-register, schedule your supply pick-up, and get the zoom invites. Spaces are limited.
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. A bag of supplies including books, shakers, and more is required to participate; remember to schedule a pickup time when you register.
Ages 0-3 with caregiver
Yeti Storytime
Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 11:00-11:30am (Ages 3+)
Join Miss Jill and Mr. Dana for a special winter themed Yeti storytime with a snack, and a craft! Registration required; kit available for pickup at the Main and McAuliffe branches with all your supplies and treat. Please register at https://tinyurl.com/YetiStorytime and schedule a time to pick up your kit.
Join this class to maintain body flexibility, improve balance and reduce stress.
If you have NEVER attended this class, please register at this link: http://bit.ly/FPL-Exercise-Classes. If you HAVE attended any of our online exercise classes in the past, we already have your information, and you do not need to register again.
Join us for a knitting, crochet, and yarn crafting social hour! Mondays from 11:00am-12:00pm and/or Wednesdays 6:00-7:00pm. This is not a learn to knit or crochet program.
Register for the Zoom Link at: http://bit.ly/FPL-Events
Jamie Waterman, a Native American geologist, is chosen at the last minute for the first manned exploration of the planet Mars. On touchdown, he makes a political mistake that sets off a chain reaction among the leaders and politicians on Earth. Thus starts Bova’s sprawling space opera in which the expedition is really the protagonist, not the international cast of characters.
(Available in our catalog in print and as an eBook or audiobook on Hoopla)
Led by Lucy Loveridge, Library Liaison. Please email lloveridge@minlib.net to receive the Zoom invitation.
The title for our March 10 discussion is Zed, by Joanna Kavenna.
Join your familiar children’s librarians for some stories, perhaps catch a glimpse of your friends on the gallery screen, and keep adding to your 1000 books before Kindergarten or since Kindergarten list. Keep
your library habit going even during shelter in place! Email mcauliffechildrensroom@gmail.com to receive an invitation.
Ages 2-6, all welcome.
Yeti Storytime
Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 11:00-11:30am (Ages 3+)
Join Miss Jill and Mr. Dana for a special winter themed Yeti storytime with a snack, and a craft! Registration required; kit available for pickup at the Main and McAuliffe branches with all your supplies and treat. Please register at https://tinyurl.com/YetiStorytime and schedule a time to pick up your kit.
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit. Break up your shelter in place time or take a break from your work from home time with some fun time with your little one, catch a glimpse
of your friends on the gallery screen, and keep adding to your child’s 1000 books before Kindergarten (retroactive sign up when we reopen)!
Email us at mcauliffechildrensroom@gmail.com to receive an invitation to join us on Zoom.
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.
The weather is cold and dry, but lip balm can be expensive. Learn how to make your own with our next Take & Make kit!
ALL KITS RESERVED
Grades 6-12
Don’t want to make breakfast in the morning? Throw together a quick jar of overnight oats the night before, and have a tasty meal waiting for you when you wake up!
Supplies are limited. CLICK HERE to register and reserve your kit.
Grades 6-12
Let’s play Among Us! We’ll hunt down imposters and attempt to survive together.
Registration required. CLICK HERE to sign up.
Grades 6-12
Improve your reading skills the fun way by reading aloud to your new Book Buddy over Zoom. Certified Reading/Therapy Dog Lilah listens as children read aloud from a book of their choice.
All ages welcome.
Appointments are 10 minutes long.
Register by sending an email to:
McAuliffeChildrensRoom@gmail.com with your email, your child’s name, and your preferred time for the appointment.
ALL KITS RESERVED: Tween Take & Make Kit: Macrame Jar Hangers
Monday, February 22, 2021 (Ages 11-14)
Make a DIY mini macrame jar hanger using minimal macrame knots. Perfect for beginners to macrame!
Registration required. All supplies included in a kit available for pickup at the Main and McAuliffe branches. Sign-ups begin on Monday February 15 and pick-ups begin on Monday February 22. Please register at: https://tinyurl.com/DIYMacrameJars
Request a puzzle to pick up at McAuliffe through http://bit.ly/Puzzle_Swap_Request and then take it home! Choose how many pieces you'd prefer the puzzle to contain and bring home some fun. Just like with our in-person Puzzle Swap, you can choose to return it to the Branch when you are finished, or bring back a completely different puzzle (or any extra puzzles you wish to join the swap!).
Yeti Storytime
Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 11:00-11:30am (Ages 3+)
Join Miss Jill and Mr. Dana for a special winter themed Yeti storytime with a snack, and a craft! Registration required; kit available for pickup at the Main and McAuliffe branches with all your supplies and treat. Please register at https://tinyurl.com/YetiStorytime and schedule a time to pick up your kit.
GUEST SPEAKER: Bakari Kitwana
A contributor to the newly released anthology 400 Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 (edited by Dr. Ibram Kendi and Dr. Keisha Blain), hip-hop author and activist Bakari Kitwana will speak on his essay, “The Convergence of Civil Rights/ Black Power and Hip-Hop 1984-1989,” which documents the evolution of Black political thought from the Baby Boom generation to the Hip-Hop generation. Dr. Maytha Alhassen hosts the program.
Email framinghamlibraryevents@gmail.com by 5pm on February 16 to register and receive the Zoom invitation.
This February, join us for an unconventional book group discussion! Choose any modern retelling of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" and we will discuss the books that were chosen.
Please email us for the Zoom link to join at framinghamlibrarybookgroups@gmail.com. Led by Jillian Holmberg.
March 16th's title is The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson.
PLEASE NOTE NEW DAY AND TIME.
Led by Alan Feldman, Professor Emeritus at Framingham State University
This 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. Poets may discuss their work. If you are new to the group and would like to participate, please email FPLpoetryworkshop@gmail.com.
ALL KITS RESERVED: Tween Take & Make Kit: Macrame Jar Hangers
Monday, February 22, 2021 (Ages 11-14)
Make a DIY mini macrame jar hanger using minimal macrame knots. Perfect for beginners to macrame!
Registration required. All supplies included in a kit available for pickup at the Main and McAuliffe branches. Sign-ups begin on Monday February 15 and pick-ups begin on Monday February 22. Please register at: https://tinyurl.com/DIYMacrameJars
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Zoom Mother Goose on the Loose with Jennifer
Wednesdays January 27- March 17
10:15-10:45am
Contact JRosenberg@minlib.net beginning January 11 to pre-register, schedule your supply pick-up, and get the zoom invites. Spaces are limited.
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. A bag of supplies including books, shakers, and more is required to participate; remember to schedule a pickup time when you register.
Ages 0-3 with caregiver
Join this class to maintain body flexibility, improve balance and reduce stress.
If you have NEVER attended this class, please register at this link: http://bit.ly/FPL-Exercise-Classes. If you HAVE attended any of our online exercise classes in the past, we already have your information, and you do not need to register again.
Join us for a knitting, crochet, and yarn crafting social hour! Mondays from 11:00am-12:00pm and/or Wednesdays 6:00-7:00pm. This is not a learn to knit or crochet program.
Register for the Zoom Link at: http://bit.ly/FPL-Events
Join your familiar children’s librarians for some stories, perhaps catch a glimpse of your friends on the gallery screen, and keep adding to your 1000 books before Kindergarten or since Kindergarten list. Keep
your library habit going even during shelter in place! Email mcauliffechildrensroom@gmail.com to receive an invitation.
Ages 2-6, all welcome.
Join Dana, your children's librarian, as he poses some live Lego challenges with an historical theme in honor of Presidents’ Day! Participants will use their Lego blocks to design some creations such as monuments, dwellings of the past and outmoded systems of transportation to show off their Lego building imagination and skill! Register at Mcauliffechildrensroom@gmail.com specifying “Lego challenge” to receive the Zoom link.
AGES 5+
Please note: Bags of Legos are available if needed, but please feel free to use your own for this challenge. If Legos are needed, tell us in your registration email so we can arrange a pick up time for you.
Literacy Unlimited is now virtual and offering ESOL conversation classes and tutoring remotely. For more information about Literacy Unlimited, click HERE.
Contact us at 508-532-5574 or at fplmail4@minlib.net.
ALL KITS RESERVED: Tween Take & Make Kit: Macrame Jar Hangers
Monday, February 22, 2021 (Ages 11-14)
Make a DIY mini macrame jar hanger using minimal macrame knots. Perfect for beginners to macrame!
Registration required. All supplies included in a kit available for pickup at the Main and McAuliffe branches. Sign-ups begin on Monday February 15 and pick-ups begin on Monday February 22. Please register at: https://tinyurl.com/DIYMacrameJars
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit. Break up your shelter in place time or take a break from your work from home time with some fun time with your little one, catch a glimpse
of your friends on the gallery screen, and keep adding to your child’s 1000 books before Kindergarten (retroactive sign up when we reopen)!
Email us at mcauliffechildrensroom@gmail.com to receive an invitation to join us on Zoom.
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.
AstroNights LIVE is a live, family-friendly exploration of your night sky that you can join from the comfort of your home. View live on YouTube or join the Zoom Webinar for extra interactive features! Our educators leave audiences with simple advice for observing your real night sky when the program is over.
Ages 7+
Click HERE for more information.
The weather is cold and dry, but lip balm can be expensive. Learn how to make your own with our next Take & Make kit!
ALL KITS RESERVED
Grades 6-12
Don’t want to make breakfast in the morning? Throw together a quick jar of overnight oats the night before, and have a tasty meal waiting for you when you wake up!
Supplies are limited. CLICK HERE to register and reserve your kit.
Grades 6-12
Join us for Bookworm Book Club with Max! Sundays at 2:00 pm for Grades 3-6. Email us to receive an invite to join on Zoom at framinghamlibrarybookgroups@gmail.com.
Sunday, February 7 will discuss Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary.
Sunday, February 21 will discuss Charlie Small: The Puppet Master by Charlie Small.
These books are available on Overdrive/Libby as an ebook and audiobook for Beezus and Ramona, or request a copy for The Puppet Master or Beezus and Ramona from the Minuteman Catalog.
At home performing on a street corner in Mattapan Square or the Kennedy Center in DC, the Boston Public Quartet was created to connect, inspire and innovate as an ensemble-in-residence in Boston’s diverse neighborhoods. The BPQ is dedicated to presenting rarely heard and underrepresented composers alongside the traditional canon of classical chamber music. Violaist Jason Amos and Violinist Betsy Hinkle will perform works by W.A. Mozart, Adolphus Hailstork, Franz Schubert, and Jessie Montgomery.
Facebook Live: www.facebook.com/framinghamlibrary
No registration required.
The series is sponsored in part by Middlesex Savings Bank, Metro Credit Union, Brookdale Cushing Park, Roche Bros., Law Office of Framingham Attorney Jeffrey M. Steinberg, St. Mary’s Credit Union, and Friends of the Framingham Library.
ALL KITS RESERVED: Tween Take & Make Kit: Macrame Jar Hangers
Monday, February 22, 2021 (Ages 11-14)
Make a DIY mini macrame jar hanger using minimal macrame knots. Perfect for beginners to macrame!
Registration required. All supplies included in a kit available for pickup at the Main and McAuliffe branches. Sign-ups begin on Monday February 15 and pick-ups begin on Monday February 22. Please register at: https://tinyurl.com/DIYMacrameJars
Join your familiar children’s librarians for some stories, perhaps catch a glimpse of your friends on the gallery screen, and keep adding to your 1000 books before Kindergarten or since Kindergarten list. Keep
your library habit going even during shelter in place! Email mcauliffechildrensroom@gmail.com to receive an invitation.
Ages 2-6, all welcome.
Join us for a knitting, crochet, and yarn crafting social hour! Mondays from 11:00am-12:00pm and/or Wednesdays 6:00-7:00pm. This is not a learn to knit or crochet program.
Register for the Zoom Link at: http://bit.ly/FPL-Events
A variety of functional fitness exercises to tone core, upper and lower body muscles followed by stretches. This is a low impact class designed to be adaptable to participants’ different levels.
If you have NEVER attended this class, please register at this link: http://bit.ly/FPL-Exercise-Classes. If you HAVE attended any of our online exercise classes in the past, we already have your information, and you do not need to register again.
Many scientists agree that the Earth is warming and it is a result of the weather and climate machine called Earth. Join scientists as they travel the globe to see the real and demonstrable effects of climate change.
"Decoding the Weather Machine" is a PBS NOVA production.
Register HERE by 9am on February 22 for the Zoom link.
Answer the questions in the survey and color in the lines around your footprint to see how big your carbon footprint is and your impact on the environment!
Supplies limited. Instructions available in English only.
Click HERE to register and reserve your kit starting on February 16.
Look HERE for the complete schedule of programs and events.
Based on extensive research on chimpanzees, biologist and primatologist Frans de Waal draws fascinating parallels between alpha males in human and chimpanzee societies. De Waal’s often humorous observations shatter some commonly held myths about alpha males and compel you to examine the qualities that constitute effective leadership. Let’s discuss how this talk confirmed or upended your prior beliefs about alpha males and then consider these concepts in the context of leadership in today’s tumultuous world. Before you join us for the discussion, we invite you to watch the TED Talk HERE.
Email us at framinghamlibraryevents@gmail.com to receive an invitation and link to the Zoom session.
PLEASE NOTE NEW DAY AND TIME.
Led by Alan Feldman, Professor Emeritus at Framingham State University
This 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. Poets may discuss their work. If you are new to the group and would like to participate, please email FPLpoetryworkshop@gmail.com.
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Zoom Mother Goose on the Loose with Jennifer
Wednesdays January 27- March 17
10:15-10:45am
Contact JRosenberg@minlib.net beginning January 11 to pre-register, schedule your supply pick-up, and get the zoom invites. Spaces are limited.
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. A bag of supplies including books, shakers, and more is required to participate; remember to schedule a pickup time when you register.
Ages 0-3 with caregiver
Join this class to maintain body flexibility, improve balance and reduce stress.
If you have NEVER attended this class, please register at this link: http://bit.ly/FPL-Exercise-Classes. If you HAVE attended any of our online exercise classes in the past, we already have your information, and you do not need to register again.
Join us for a knitting, crochet, and yarn crafting social hour! Mondays from 11:00am-12:00pm and/or Wednesdays 6:00-7:00pm. This is not a learn to knit or crochet program.
Register for the Zoom Link at: http://bit.ly/FPL-Events
The weather is cold and dry, but lip balm can be expensive. Learn how to make your own with our next Take & Make kit!
ALL KITS RESERVED
Grades 6-12
Don’t want to make breakfast in the morning? Throw together a quick jar of overnight oats the night before, and have a tasty meal waiting for you when you wake up!
Supplies are limited. CLICK HERE to register and reserve your kit.
Grades 6-12
Join your familiar children’s librarians for some stories, perhaps catch a glimpse of your friends on the gallery screen, and keep adding to your 1000 books before Kindergarten or since Kindergarten list. Keep
your library habit going even during shelter in place! Email mcauliffechildrensroom@gmail.com to receive an invitation.
Ages 2-6, all welcome.
GUEST SPEAKER: Kimberly Atkins, Senior Opinion Writer, Boston Globe and MSNBC Contributor
This lecture examines how racism in everything from home lending, student loans, access to business capital and investing for retirement is at the foundation of American financial systems.
Email framinghamlibraryevents@gmail.com to register for our Lifelong Learning Lecture Series and receive the Zoom invitation.
All requests to register must be received by 5pm on the day of a lecture to receive the link.
NOTE: If you registered for the Fall 2020 series, you do not need to re-register.
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit. Break up your shelter in place time or take a break from your work from home time with some fun time with your little one, catch a glimpse
of your friends on the gallery screen, and keep adding to your child’s 1000 books before Kindergarten (retroactive sign up when we reopen)!
Email us at mcauliffechildrensroom@gmail.com to receive an invitation to join us on Zoom.
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.
Improve your reading skills the fun way by reading aloud to your new Book Buddy over Zoom. Certified Reading/Therapy Dog Lilah listens as children read aloud from a book of their choice.
All ages welcome.
Appointments are 10 minutes long.
Register by sending an email to:
McAuliffeChildrensRoom@gmail.com with your email, your child’s name, and your preferred time for the appointment.
