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Events Calendar / September 2022
Thursday Storytime at Main
Join your familiar children’s librarians for some stories and a craft, and keep adding to your 1000 books before Kindergarten list.
Ages 2-5, all welcome. In-person.
Tone and Stretch
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.
Dia da Independência do Brasil/ Brazilian Independence Day
Hora de histórias em Português Idades 2+
17h às 17h20, J Program Room
Junte-se a nós para ouvir histórias em português com o Dual Language Parent Advisory Council (DLPAC) das escolas de framingham!
Artesanato Bllue Morpho Butterfly e Paper Finger Snake para maiores de 4 anos
17h às 18h, Spark Lab
Entre e faça artesanato com animais inspirados em espécies sul-anericanas conhecidas! Este program será em inglês e português (traduzido pelo DLPAC)
Portuguese Storytime Ages 2+
Tuesday September 6, 5-5:20pm, Main Library, J Program Room
Join us for a storytime in Portuguese lead by the Dual language Parent Advisory Council (DLPAC) of the Framingham Schools!
Blue Morpho Butterfly and Paper Finger Snake Crafts (Ages 4+)
Tuesday September 6, 5-6pm, Main Library, Spark Lab
Drop-in and make some animal crafts inspired by well known South American creatures! This program will be in both English and Portuguese (translated by the DLPAC).
Brazilian Independence Day: 200th Anniversary
Join us to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Brazilian Independence! This is an all ages event for children and adults.
Dia da Independência do Brasil: 200º Aniversário
Comemore os 200 anos do Dia da Independência do Brasil com o Embaixador Benedicto Fonseca Filho, Cônsul Geral do Brasil em Boston. Desfrute de uma apresentação do Choro Trio, bem como de atividades para crianças. Todas as idades são bem-vindas!
Main Library Book: The Lincoln Highway
The Main Library Book group will be reading The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles. Beth Beloff will lead the discussion on September 6th at 7 p.m. Registration required: http://bit.ly/FPL-Events.
Advanced Poetry Workshop
This class welcomes serious poets with 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 by noon on the day of the workshop.
Main Library Yarn Club
Join us for knitting, crochet, and yarn crafting social hour! This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but in person we can offer pointers and tips.
McAuliffe Matinee: Persuasion (2007, Not Rated, 1h 33m)
Persuasion is a 2007 British television film adaptation of Jane Austen's 1817 novel Persuasion. It was directed by Adrian Shergold, and the screenplay was written by Simon Burke. Sally Hawkins stars as the protagonist Anne Elliot, while Rupert Penry-Jones plays Captain Frederick Wentworth.
Stretch and Relax
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.
Bee Water Dish
Save the bees! Design and paint your own terracotta bee water dish, for adults, teens, and kids! Supplies limited. All ages
Bee Water Dish
Save the bees! Design and paint your own terracotta bee water dish, for adults, teens, and kids! Supplies limited. All ages
Yarn Social Hour
Join us for knitting, crochet, and yarn crafting social hour! This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but in person we can offer pointers and tips.
National Honey Month
September is National Honey Month! Join FPL and Ken Warchol, Program Director for the Worcester County Beekeepers Association, to learn more about keeping bees and the production of honey, then taste 20 different honeys from around the US and the world!
Job Search Assistance
Looking for a job? Need to create or update a resume?
Make an appointment for remote, one-on-one Resume Help and Job Searching Strategies.
Please email elawrence@minlib.net for your appointment.
Thursday Storytime at Main
Drop in every week for age appropriate stories and craft with your favorite Children's Librarian. Ages 2-5
FPL Jazz Concerts: Sordillo, Krohne & Baboian
Join us for this free outdoor concert—the last in our jazz concert series this season. Bring your own chair!
Baby Lapsit at Main
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit.
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.
Friday Night Film: Spiderman: No Way Home (2021, PG-13)
With Spider-Man's identity now revealed, our friendly neighborhood web-slinger is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life as Peter Parker from the high stakes of being a superhero. When Peter asks for help from Doctor Strange, the stakes become even more dangerous, forcing him to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.
Main Library Yarn Club
Join us for knitting, crochet, and yarn crafting social hour! This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but in person we can offer pointers and tips.
Baby Sensory Crafts: Sensory Bottles
Sensory activities for infants need to be fun, safe, and simple, so join us for this program in helping your baby explore. Drop-in to make a visually stimulating rattle bottle craft! Ages 1-4
Book Buddies: Reading to Dogs
Registration required. Call 508-532-5570 x4 or drop by to sign up for a 15 minute slot.
Improve your reading skills the fun way by reading aloud to your new Book Buddy. All ages.
11th Annual Framingham Vegetable Gardens Tour
Join Transition Framingham and Framingham Public Library for a free tour of home and community gardens to get inspiration, ideas, and advice from local gardeners.
Gel Monoprinting
Join us and learn how to use gelatin (like Jello) to make unique prints. Registration required; Space limited. Call Main Library 508-532-5570 or sign-up in person. Ages 8+
The Bob Dodd Sunday Concert Series at FPL: Li-Mei Liang & Chi-Wei Lo
We kick off our latest season of classical concerts with violinist Li-Mei Liang and pianist Chi-Wei Lo. Join us in person at the Main Library or watch on YouTube Live at youtube.com/FraminghamPublicLibrary.
Monday Storytime at McAuliffe
Join your familiar children’s librarians for some stories and a craft, and keep adding to your 1000 books before Kindergarten list.
Ages 2-5, all welcome. In-person.
Fairytale Engineering
Every fairytale has a problem, join us to help solve the problems using fun and strange materials! Ages 8+
Join us September 12 Jack & the Beanstalk, October 17 for Rapunzel, November 14 for Three Billy Goats Bluff, and December 12 for Three Little Pigs.
Tone and Stretch
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.
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.
Club de Lectores
Libro: "La sombra del viento" por Carlos Ruiz Zafón, pgs 1-283.
Se requiere registración: https://bit.ly/FPL-club-de-lectores.
10/03: "La sombra del viento" por Carlos Ruiz Zafón, pgs 284-565
[Spanish-language book club, no translation necessary].
Weekly McAuliffe Baby Lapsit
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit. Ages 0-2 years
Astronaut Grove (Community Room in inclement weather)
McAuliffe Evening Book Club: “Every heart a doorway” by Seanan McGuire
Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere... else. But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children.
Nancy tumbled once, but now she’s back. The things she’s experienced... they change a person. The children under Miss West’s care understand all too well. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world. But Nancy’s arrival marks a change at the Home. There’s a darkness just around each corner, and when tragedy strikes, it’s up to Nancy and her new-found schoolmates to get to the heart of the matter. No matter the cost.
10/11: Devil House by John Darnielle.
Advanced Poetry Workshop
This class welcomes serious poets with 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 by noon on the day of the workshop.
Main Library Yarn Club
Join us for knitting, crochet, and yarn crafting social hour! This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but in person we can offer pointers and tips.
McAuliffe Matinee: Little Miss Sunshine (2006, R, 1h 41m)
The Hoover family -- a man (Greg Kinnear), his wife (Toni Collette), an uncle (Steve Carell), a brother (Paul Dano) and a grandfather (Alan Arkin) -- puts the fun back in dysfunctional by piling into a VW bus and heading to California to support a daughter (Abigail Breslin) in her bid to win the Little Miss Sunshine Contest. The sanity of everyone involved is stretched to the limit as the group's quirks cause epic problems as they travel along their interstate route.
Stretch and Relax
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.
Yarn Social Hour
Join us for knitting, crochet, and yarn crafting social hour! This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but in person we can offer pointers and tips.
Science Fiction Book Club: To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
Register: http://bit.ly/FPL-Events.
10/12: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr.
Virtual Conversational Cooking Class with Stearns Farm
Join Eat Your Share: Cooking and Preserving the Stearns Farm CSA Harvest author Elana Varon and chef Daphne Blacker as they discuss Stearns Farm and highlight some of the recipes included in this new cookbook. Registration required!
Register at http://bit.ly/FPL-Events for the Zoom link.
Interacting Safely with Animals
Join Baypath Humane Society Community Liaison Michelle Kreel for a hands-on workshop on best practices for interacting safely with animals. Michelle will be accompanied by her rescue dog, Lane, and stuffed animal dog, Marley, for those who may be animal shy. Michelle will also give a short introduction to animal fostering, perfect for those new to the idea of fostering, as well as those interested in learning more.
All ages. Adults, children, and teens welcome.
Job Search Assistance
Looking for a job? Need to create or update a resume?
Make an appointment for remote, one-on-one Resume Help and Job Searching Strategies.
Please email elawrence@minlib.net for your appointment.
McAuliffe Morning Book Club: Thank You Mr. Nixon by Gish Jen
Beginning with a cheery, kindly letter penned by a Chinese girl in heaven to "poor Mr. Nixon" in hell, Gish Jen embarks on an eleven-story journey through U.S.-Chinese relations, capturing not only the excitement of a world on the brink of tectonic change, but the all-too-human encounters that ensue as East meets West. Opal Chen reunites with her sisters in China after a hiatus of almost forty years; American Arnie Hsu clashes with his Chinese girlfriend Lulu Koo, who wonders why Americans "like to walk around in the woods with the mosquitoes"; Tina and Johnson Koo take wholly surprising measures to reestablish contact when their "number one daughter," Bobby, stops answering her phone in New York; and Betty Koo, brought up on "no politics, just make money," finds she must square her mother's philosophy with the repression in Hong Kong. With their profound compassion, equally profound humor, and unexpected connections, these masterful stories reflect history's shifting shadow over our boldest decisions and most intimate moments. Gradually accruing the power of a novel as it proceeds, Thank You, Mr. Nixon furnishes yet more proof of Gish Jen's enduring place among the most eminent of American storytellers.
Part of the Metrowest Read Fest.
Thursday Storytime at Main
Drop in every week for age appropriate stories and craft with your favorite Children's Librarian. Ages 2-5
Video Game Hangout
Play video games and eat snacks!
If you'd like to be added to our monthly reminder email list for our Video Game Hangouts, just fill out the form at this link: https://bit.ly/VGH-Reminder
Grades 6-12
Shrinky Dink Craft at McAuliffe
Make your own design, bake it, shrink it, and take it home. Ages 6-10
Terrifying Campfire Tales for the Whole Family
Tho’ awful wails of ghosts give fright,
And fearful beasts infest the night,
Don’t be afraid of the storyteller’s power.
Come to the library at the appointed hour
Bring your own S’mores Stick.
Baby Lapsit at Main
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit.
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.
The Friends of Framingham Library’s Monthly Book Sale
Join us this September for our monthly book sale at the Main Library!
Baby Sensory Crafts: Jello Dig
Sensory activities for infants need to be fun, safe, and simple, so join us for this program in helping your baby explore. Drop-in find toys in squishy, edible jello! Jello without food dyes will be used. Ages 0-4
Book Buddies: Reading to Dogs
Registration required. Call 508-532-5636 x4 or drop by to sign up for a 15 minute slot.
Improve your reading skills the fun way by reading aloud to your new Book Buddy. All Ages
End of Summer Party
Summer Reading is over, and now it’s time to celebrate! We’ll have snacks, games, prize drawings and more!
Grades 6-12
Framingham Sounds Concert Series: Oldsoul
Join us for the last concert in our summer Framingham Sounds concert series and hear local indie-rock band Oldsoul!
The R.M. Glee Club Acapella Concert
Come listen to these Framingham locals serenade you with showtunes, classics, and more!
Monday Storytime at McAuliffe
Join your familiar children’s librarians for some stories and a craft, and keep adding to your 1000 books before Kindergarten list.
Ages 2-5, all welcome. In-person.
Tone and Stretch
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.
Pirate Craft
Arghhh! Come celebrate Speak Like A Pirate Day by joining us by making some pirate themed crafts! Grades 2-5
What’s on Your TBR Pile?: Simran Jeet Singh
TBR is "to be read" and with a little help from our favorite authors, we can refine or (goodness!) add to our piles. Wonder what they’ve read and loved lately? Join us!
For more information and to register for the Zoom link, visit bit.ly/TBR-Singh.
Join Sarah Penner, author of The Lost Apothecary, on October 5.
Weekly McAuliffe Baby Lapsit
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit. Ages 0-2 years
Astronaut Grove (Community Room in inclement weather)
Fossil Dig
Become a paleontologist and dig up your very own fossils to take home! Can you identify the different types and get them out of their compacted dirt in one piece? Ages 7-12
First Library Card Night
Back to school? Don't have a library card yet? Join us in a celebration of getting your first library card, enjoying snacks and crafts! Ages 5+
Adults, please bring photo ID with address for registration. Thank you!
Advanced Poetry Workshop
This class welcomes serious poets with 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 by noon on the day of the workshop.
Main Library Yarn Club
Join us for knitting, crochet, and yarn crafting social hour! This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but in person we can offer pointers and tips.
Open LEGO and Block Build
Make something creative with our supplied LEGOs and blocks! Leave your name with the creations and we'll display it! Ages 5+
Stretch and Relax
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.
Yarn Social Hour
Join us for knitting, crochet, and yarn crafting social hour! This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but in person we can offer pointers and tips.
McAuliffe Craft Ladies: DIY Leaf Stamped Napkins
Get ready for your fall entertaining! Join the Craft Ladies and decorate napkins using acrylic paint and leaves.
Space and supplies are limited. We will provide two napkins, but feel free to bring your own napkins, pillow cases or tea towels!
REGISTER: https://tinyurl.com/FPL-LeafPaint
Job Search Assistance
Looking for a job? Need to create or update a resume?
Make an appointment for remote, one-on-one Resume Help and Job Searching Strategies.
Please email elawrence@minlib.net for your appointment.
Thursday Storytime at Main
Drop in every week for age appropriate stories and craft with your favorite Children's Librarian. Ages 2-5
Intro to Arduino
Arduino is back! If you missed one of our previous Intro courses, or want a refresher before we start a Halloween centric program series in October, here’s your chance to join in!
Learn the basics of Arduino, and how you can use these microcontrollers in all sorts of projects.
Registration required: Please click the link below to fill out the registration form.
Grades 5-12
Lifelong Learning Lectures: A Burning Controversy
Join us for the return of our Lifelong Learning Lecture series with our first lecture: "A Burning Controversy: Did Native Americans Modify the Landscape of New England?" with Dr. Larry McKenna, Assistant Professor of Physics and Earth Science, FSU and Co-Founder of the Center for Climate Change Education.
Baby Lapsit at Main
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit.
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.
Brown Bag Learning Series: Local Author Spotlight: Laura A. Woollett
Come hear Framingham author Laura A. Woollett discuss her award-winning young reader’s book, Big Top Burning: The True Story of an Arsonist, a Missing Girl, and The Greatest Show On Earth. Combining history, mystery and the circus, we invite you to join in what is sure to be a fiery discussion!
Film Noir Club: Blade Runner (1982) 1 hr. 50min. R.
Join us for Film Noir Club! Movie Description: Blade Runner is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, and written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos, it is an adaptation of Philip K. Dick's 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Fall Themed Coloring
Drop in for Fall themed pictures, do fun mazes and word activity sheets! All Ages
Main Library Yarn Club
Join us for knitting, crochet, and yarn crafting social hour! This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but in person we can offer pointers and tips.
Baby Sensory Crafts: Water Play
Sensory activities for infants need to be fun, safe, and simple, so join us for this program in helping your baby explore. Drop-in to play with sponges, ice cubes, all in water play! Ages 0-4
Color Science
Explore how light and colors affect each other and more in these hands-on experiments! Ages 5+
International Blockbuster Film Series: Cidade de Deus/City of God
Language: Portuguese (with English subtitles).
Monday Storytime at McAuliffe
Join your familiar children’s librarians for some stories and a craft, and keep adding to your 1000 books before Kindergarten list.
Ages 2-5, all welcome. In-person.
No School McAuliffe Movie - The Bad Guys
The Bad Guys movie. Runtime 100 minutes, Rated PG, Closed Captions provided. All Ages
Monday Matinee: West Side Story (2021, 2h36m, PG-13)
Love at first sight strikes when young Tony spots Maria at a high school dance in 1957 New York City. Their burgeoning romance helps to fuel the fire between the warring Jets and Sharks -- two rival gangs vying for control of the streets.
Tone and Stretch
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.
Community Puzzle Swap!
What to do with jigsaw puzzles you’ve completed? Swap them! Bring your puzzles to exchange with others. No puzzle to swap? Come anyway; there are always extras for you to take. All ages and levels welcome.
No registration required. For updated mask requirements, please check our website.
Weekly McAuliffe Baby Lapsit
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit. Ages 0-2 years
Astronaut Grove (Community Room in inclement weather)
Block Printing @ Main Library
Design and carve your own rubber block print that you can use as a stamp, art print, t-shirt press, and more!
Register to recieve a reminder email here: https://bit.ly/Block-Printing
Grades 6-12
Hidden Histories of Colonial Burying Grounds
Join Boston archaeologist Barbara Donohue on a fascinating journey from the world of the Puritans to the world of today via the evolution of the colonial burying ground.
Advanced Poetry Workshop
This class welcomes serious poets with 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 by noon on the day of the workshop.
Main Library Yarn Club
Join us for knitting, crochet, and yarn crafting social hour! This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but in person we can offer pointers and tips.
Stretch and Relax
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.
Children’s First Library Card Night
Entering Kindergarten? Don’t have a library card yet? Join us in a celebration of getting your first library card, enjoying snacks, and crafts! Ages 5+
Yarn Social Hour
Join us for knitting, crochet, and yarn crafting social hour! This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but in person we can offer pointers and tips.
Bullet Journal 101
A bullet journal is a creative way to organize your day. It can be as simplistic or loud as you want to create it. This system organizes scheduling, reminders, to-do lists, brainstorming, and other organizational tasks into a single notebook.
Job Search Assistance
Looking for a job? Need to create or update a resume?
Make an appointment for remote, one-on-one Resume Help and Job Searching Strategies.
Please email elawrence@minlib.net for your appointment.
Local Author Storytime at Main
Join us as local author, Janis Luedke, reads aloud from her newest book “The Hearts That Fell Out of the Sky,” followed by a heart themed craft. Ages 2-5.
Musicals at McAuliffe: Singin’ in the Rain (G, 1952, Musical/Romance, 1h 43m)
When the transition is being made from silent films to `talkies', everyone has trouble adapting. Don and Lina have been cast repeatedly as a romantic couple, but when their latest film is remade into a musical, only Don has the voice for the new singing part. After a lot of practice with a diction coach, Lina still sounds terrible, and Kathy, a bright young aspiring actress, is hired to record over her voice.
Block Printing @ McAuliffe Branch
Design and carve your own rubber block print that you can use as a stamp, art print, t-shirt press, and more!
Register to recieve a reminder email here: https://bit.ly/Block-Printing
Grades 6-12
Lifelong Learning Lectures: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Join us this season for another Lifelong Learning Lecture at the Main Library! This week's lecture is "Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: England’s First Woman Doctor" with Dr. Helen Heineman, President Emerita, FSU.
Baby Lapsit at Main
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit.
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.