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.
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.
Join this class to maintain body flexibility, improve balance and reduce stress.
If you haven't already, join our Execise mailing list to receive email reminders of upcoming classes.
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.
Make an appointment for remote, one-on-one career services, including resume help and job searching strategies with professional career coach Ed Lawrence.
Appointments are free and available every Thursday from 9am-1:30pm online via Zoom. Please email elawrence@minlib.net to schedule your appointment.
Join us for a Beginner Reader level book with a fun game or craft inspired by the story! Grades K-2
January 5: Pete the Cat: Making New Friends by: James Dean
February 2: What About Worms!? by: Ryan T. Higgins
March 2: Frog and Toad are Friends by: Arnold Lobel
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets!
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.
“Let’s Go to Kindergarten” Fridays, 12:00pm with Jeanette Registration required; sign up here!
“Vamos al Jardín de Infancia” Viernes, 12:00pm con Jeanette
“Vamos para o Jardim da Infância" Sexta-feira, 12:00pm com a Jeanette
Experience a brief history of Framingham Public Schools from 1700 to 1929 with Framingham History Center Director of Programs & Education Laura Rankin. Discover how the inspiration for school names evolved from districts, neighborhoods, and street names to prominent local and national public figures.
Join us in person or stream on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/FraminghamPublicLibrary.
Join us for Where the Crawdads Sing (PG-13, 2022, 2h 5m) at the Main Library, Costin Room.
From imdb.com: "A woman who raised herself in the marshes of the Deep South becomes a suspect in the murder of a man with whom she was once involved."
Come enjoy open play time with our puppets, toys, and more. Pretend play fun! Ages 3-7
Fun, safe, and simple sensory activities to help your baby/toddler explore. Crawl and climb over pillows, blankets, and stuffed animals. Ages 1-4
Join us for a fun-filled storytime and craft featuring a friendly Yeti! All Ages.
Watch your favorite anime and eat tasty Japanese snacks!
If you'd like to be added to our monthly reminder email list for our Anime Club, just fill out the form at this link: https://bit.ly/Anime-Reminder
Grades 6-12
Join us for Film Noir Club: The Woman in the Window (NR, 1944 1h 39m), starring Edward G. Robinson and Joan Bennett!
“When a conservative middle aged professor engages in a relationship with a femme fatale, he's plunged into a nightmarish world of blackmail and murder.”
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.
“Play, Learn, and Grow Together” Mondays, 11:00am with Jane Registration required; sign up here!
“Jugar, Aprender,y Crecer Juntos” Lunes, 11:00am con Jane
“Brinque, Aprenda e Cresça Juntos” com a Jane Segunda-feira, 11:00am
Use recycled materials to create your own train while learning about the African American advocates, innovators, and visionaries in the surface transportation industry. Ages 3+
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 haven't already, join our Execise mailing list to receive email reminders of upcoming classes.
Interested in electric vehicles? Are you a two car family looking to replace one soon? Find out what type of electric or hybrid electric vehicle might be right for you and where to charge up here in Framingham. Hear about those tax credits and incentives. Learn about a way to calculate costs to see if you can afford an EV today.
Sponsored by the Framingham Sustainability Committee and the Framingham Public Library.
Libro: "El amor en los tiempos del cólera" por Gabriel García Márquez, pgs 175-348
Se requiere registración: https://bit.ly/FPL-club-de-lectores
03/06: "Máscaras" por Leonardo Padura, pgs 1-120
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit. Ages 0-2 years
Make your own dinosaur to play with out of colored paper plates and toilet paper rolls.
Did you know the woman credited with popularizing Valentine Cards was from Worcester? Make your own vintage Valentine Cards inspired by Esther Howland’s lacy, fanciful designs to give out to friends and family.
Celebrate Black History Month by painting in the style of famous artist Alma Thomas. Ages 5-11
Join the Main Library Adult Book Club online for our February book pick: Snow by John Banville. Register for the Zoom link at bit.ly/FPL-Events.
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, register at bit.ly/fpl-poetry by noon on the day of the workshop.
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.
Join us for our Wednesday matinee If Beale Street Could Talk (Rated R, 2018, 1h 59m), based on the James Baldwin novel and featuring an Oscar-winning performance by Regina King.
Stop by to design and make your Valentine’s Day cards. All Ages
Join this class to maintain body flexibility, improve balance and reduce stress.
If you haven't already, join our Execise mailing list to receive email reminders of upcoming classes.
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.
Join us for our February Science Fiction Book Club with this month's selection: The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley. Register now for the Zoom link at bit.ly/FPL-Events.
Make an appointment for remote, one-on-one career services, including resume help and job searching strategies with professional career coach Ed Lawrence.
Appointments are free and available every Thursday from 9am-1:30pm online via Zoom. Please email elawrence@minlib.net to schedule your appointment.
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
If you've already filled this out in the past, there's no need to do so again.
Grades 6-12
Stop by to design and make your Valentine’s Day cards. All Ages
Dr. Audrey Kali talks about the making of her documentary film, Farm and Red Moon. The film follows Dr. Kali as she visits farms and slaughterhouses and meets with experts to reveal the ambiguous moral underbelly of humane animal slaughter.
What starts out as a concern for animals becomes a story about people. What she once saw as senseless acts of violence, she understands as a complicated agricultural system, pursued by decent people fully cognizant of the contradictions and complexity of their actions.
Let’s get crafty! Join the Framingham History Center (FHC) for a program series titled “Craft with History.” Throughout the year, an object or topic with craft-related history will be pulled from the FHC collection to be featured alongside a craft workshop. These 60-minute workshops will be led by a local crafter, and did we mention there will be wine? Bring a friend for a fun night out at the museum!
Features historic signatures and handwritten letters, craft is introduction to calligraphy.
Must be 21+. Supplies will be provided. Space is limited.
Tickets: $20/FHC member, $25/non-member.
https://framinghamhistory.org/events/craft-with-history-series/
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets!
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.
“Let’s Go to Kindergarten” Fridays, 12:00pm with Jeanette Registration required; sign up here!
“Vamos al Jardín de Infancia” Viernes, 12:00pm con Jeanette
“Vamos para o Jardim da Infância" Sexta-feira, 12:00pm com a Jeanette
Stop by to design and make your Valentine’s Day cards. All Ages
Studio Ghibli - Movie and Craft Morning - My Neighbor Totoro. Ages 5+
Visit the Framingham Library Bookmobile at Eastleigh Farmer's Market on February 12 from 12-3pm for their Share the Love, Valentine's Market!
Join us for a performance with Aroma Duo, cellist Johnny Mok and pianist Tianhong Yang. Come in person to the Main Library or stream live on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/FraminghamPublicLibrary.
THU. DEC. 1-SAT. FEB. 25 | MAIN & MCAULIFFE CHILDREN’S ROOM
For every book you read, fill out a “cookie” and fill up the glasses of milk in the Children’s Rooms! Sign up anytime during Dec-Feb. February 25th we’ll have a cookies and hot cocoa party with prizes and more to wrap up our winter reading program! Ages 0-12
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.
“Play, Learn, and Grow Together” Mondays, 11:00am with Jane Registration required; sign up here!
“Jugar, Aprender,y Crecer Juntos” Lunes, 11:00am con Jane
“Brinque, Aprenda e Cresça Juntos” com a Jane Segunda-feira, 11:00am
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 haven't already, join our Execise mailing list to receive email reminders of upcoming classes.
Join us to learn about the Massachusetts history of Valentines, and then make your own unique Valentine! All ages.
Join us the second Monday night of each month for adult coloring night! We provide the supplies, or feel free to bring your own and join others in our Spark Lab.
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit. Ages 0-2 years
Join us for a Tuesday matinee of The Notebook (PG-13, 2004, 2h 1m), starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks.
This program has been postponed and rescheduled for Tuesday, February 14.
Join us for some crafty fun just in time for Valentine’s Day! Create a one-of-a-kind card or assemble a charming pendant and coordinating gift box—or both! No experience or artistic talent required. All materials provided while supplies last.
Create a mandala design of your own with local artist Samela St. Pierre. This meditative practice can help bring you to a peaceful and calm state.
Join us for this month's McAuliffe Evening Book Club pick: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Come in-person to the McAuliffe Branch or online via Zoom. Register for the Zoom link at bit.ly/FPL-Events.
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, register at bit.ly/fpl-poetry by noon on the day of the workshop.
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.
Want to improve your job interview skills? Join career coach Ed Lawrence for this free monthly practice session. No registration required!
Bring your curiosity and find out what’s inside owl pellets! Register at: https://tinyurl.com/McAOwlPellets Ages 7-11 Registration required, space limited
Join this class to maintain body flexibility, improve balance and reduce stress.
If you haven't already, join our Execise mailing list to receive email reminders of upcoming classes.
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.
Please join the McAuliffe Craft Ladies for an Adult craft night and create your own junk journal from envelopes. Embellish it with pictures, stickers, lace and other ephemera.
REGISTER:https://tinyurl.com/FPL-JunkJrnl
Space and supplies are limited.
Make an appointment for remote, one-on-one career services, including resume help and job searching strategies with professional career coach Ed Lawrence.
Appointments are free and available every Thursday from 9am-1:30pm online via Zoom. Please email elawrence@minlib.net to schedule your appointment.
Come discuss our February book club pick: Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan--in-person or online! Register for the Zoom link at bit.ly/FPL-Events.
It’s back! Join Leslie Gabriele of With Love and Gratitude on the third Thursday of each month for a half hour of guided meditation and other opportunities for carefree relaxation.
See The Phantom of The Opera (PG-13, 2004, 2h 23m), starring Gerard Butler and Emmy Rossum!
Horror authors are visiting the nearby town of Ashland on the 25th (more info here: https://framinghamlibrary.org/calendar/event/mini-horror-book-festival-the-ashland-library), so we’re teaming up with them to celebrate the spooky this winter!
Join us to make your own posable mummy figure while we watch a classic Mummy movie on the big screen!
Grades 6-12
American society has faced many moments of political and social division, and our present politics seems especially divided—so much so that some even use the phrase “a second civil war” to characterize the depth of our disagreements.
Join us as we examine how one American political thinker, Abraham Lincoln, wrestled with the political divisions of his time, and what we can learn from his experience about resolving these divisions in our time.
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets!
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.
“Let’s Go to Kindergarten” Fridays, 12:00pm with Jeanette Registration required; sign up here!
“Vamos al Jardín de Infancia” Viernes, 12:00pm con Jeanette
“Vamos para o Jardim da Infância" Sexta-feira, 12:00pm com a Jeanette
Join us as you and your child experience movement in a whole new way! Bring a mat or blanket and water.
Monday 1/23, 2/27, 3/27 11:00 – 12:00
Tuesday 1/31 10:00-11:00
Friday 2/17, 3/17 12:00- 1:00
This event is funded through the generosity of the Framingham Cultural Council in partnership with the Early Childhood Alliance of Framingham, the Framingham Public Library, and Pelham Lifelong Learning Center.
Come see February's Animatinee at McAuliffe: Princess Mononoke (PG-13, 1997, 2h 13m)!
Storytime for a neurodiverse audience. Parent or supporting adult should accompany each child. Registration required walk-ins welcome as space allows. Call 508-532-5636 X 4 or drop by to sign up. Ages 3-8
Join us on the 3rd Saturday of each month (except for July and August) beginning at 10am for our monthly book sale at the Main Library.
Help support your local library! Learn more and join Friends of the Framingham Library.
TUE. FEB. 21 All Day - Drop Off | WED, FEB 22 All Day - Pickup
Drop off your stuffed animal for their own overnight adventure in the library! Bring in your stuffed animal before7pm February 21st and pickup the next day or at the stuffed animal storytime at 11:00am! Ages 5-10
Registration is required and space is limited. Please call 508-532-5636 x 4 to reserve a space.
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit. Ages 0-2 years
Miles Morales becomes the Spider-Man of his universe, and must join with five spider-powered individuals from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realities. Rated PG. 116 mins. Closed Captions in English provided.
Horror authors are visiting the nearby town of Ashland on the 25th (more info here: https://framinghamlibrary.org/calendar/event/mini-horror-book-festival-the-ashland-library), so we’re teaming up with them to celebrate the spooky this winter!
Join us to make your own posable mummy figure while we watch a classic Mummy movie on the big screen!
Grades 6-12
Learn to use a shuttle loom and weave a 6 inch wall hanging using yarn and other decorative items. Supplies and space limited. For adults. Registration required at bit.ly/FPL-ShuttleLoom.
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, register at bit.ly/fpl-poetry by noon on the day of the workshop.
TUE. FEB. 21 All Day - Drop Off | WED, FEB 22 All Day - Pickup
Drop off your stuffed animal for their own overnight adventure in the library! Bring in your stuffed animal before 7pm February 21st and pickup the next day or at the stuffed animal storytime at 5:30pm! Grades K-5
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.
Come and learn how to use GarageBand to create unique music. Bring your own iPad or use one of ours. Grades 4-8
Registration required if you would like to borrow an iPad. To sign up to borrow an iPad: https://tinyurl.com/FPLGarageBand
Join this class to maintain body flexibility, improve balance and reduce stress.
If you haven't already, join our Execise mailing list to receive email reminders of upcoming classes.
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.
Art Reception: Inca Legends, Gods & Heroes: Watercolor and ink illustrations by Framingham Artist Samela St. Pierre.
Wednesday February 22, 2023
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Meet the artist and enjoy Peruvian refreshments. Exhibit runs February 9 - 27, 2023.
Make an appointment for remote, one-on-one career services, including resume help and job searching strategies with professional career coach Ed Lawrence.
Appointments are free and available every Thursday from 9am-1:30pm online via Zoom. Please email elawrence@minlib.net to schedule your appointment.
Celebrate Black artist Alma Thomas by making a colorful collage inspired by her paintings.
Watch a movie and then make a cool Howl craft! Ages 8-12
This Lifelong Learning Lecture is postponed due to inclement weather.
Our food systems have many immediate challenges, including sustainable production, food insecurity, food wastage, and healthy diets. The food industry is often a key part of these systems.
Finding a reasonable solution to these challenges may hinge on or be hindered by food manufacturers. This lecture examines the role of the food industry in addressing these challenges—whether it makes a case for or against the food industry is to be determined.
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets!
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.
“Let’s Go to Kindergarten” Fridays, 12:00pm with Jeanette Registration required; sign up here!
“Vamos al Jardín de Infancia” Viernes, 12:00pm con Jeanette
“Vamos para o Jardim da Infância" Sexta-feira, 12:00pm com a Jeanette
Imagination has no limits with this open play with different size and material parts!
We're so excited to welcome horror authors Kayla Cottingham, Christopher Golden, Eric LaRocca, Hillary Monahan, Errick Nunnally, and Paul Tremblay to Ashland for our very first Mini-Fest! If you've read their books, you already know they are spooky, thought provoking, and scare-your-pants off fun. The day will include a panel discussion (which will be recorded if you can't make it to the live event), small group conversations, and a book sale/signing. So, grab your horror lovin' friends (because it's no fun to be so scared on your own), and come on down to the Ashland library!
Books for the book sale will be provided by Aesop's Fable. You can PREORDER books by any of our authors and Aesop's will bring your books to the Fest - easy peasy and no worries that they'll sell out! - https://aesopsfable.com/pages/horror-festival
If you are coming in person, feel free to walk in but we're also requesting registration so we know how many chairs to have out (and you'll receive reminders). Please REGISTER HERE if joining us IN-PERSON - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mini-horror-book-festival-the-ashland-library-registration-471750226627
Ashland Public Library is partnering with the Framingham Public Library for this event!
Click event link for more info, including schedule of events, and author bios
Join us for a cookies and hot cocoa party with prizes and more to wrap up our winter reading program! Ages 0-12 plus families! Gluten free, vegan, and nut free cookies will be available and are generously donated by Wegmans.
Read stories, sing interactive songs, and make a craft. Fun for the whole family!
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.
“Play, Learn, and Grow Together” Mondays, 11:00am with Jane Registration required; sign up here!
“Jugar, Aprender,y Crecer Juntos” Lunes, 11:00am con Jane
“Brinque, Aprenda e Cresça Juntos” com a Jane Segunda-feira, 11:00am
Come to our Monday Matinee for Matrix Resurrections (R, 2021, 2h 28m), starring Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss.
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 haven't already, join our Execise mailing list to receive email reminders of upcoming classes.
Make a LEGO creation based on each month’s theme. February’s theme is Spinner Challenge!
Inconceivable, a Princess Bride Board Game Night! Together, we will race through the Cliffs of Insanity and navigate the Fire Swamp, for Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while. Promises of Fencing, Fighting, Torture, Revenge, Monsters, Giants, Chases, Escapes, True Love, and Miracles!
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.
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit. Ages 0-2 years
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, register at bit.ly/fpl-poetry by noon on the day of the workshop.