Events Calendar / April 2023

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Film Noir Club: The Asphalt Jungle (NR, 1950, 1h 52m)

Join us for April's Film Noir Club: The Asphalt Jungle (NR, 1950, 1h 52m), directed by John Huston and starring Sterling Hayden and Louis Calhern.

From imdb.com:
"A major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel."

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Book Buddies

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

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Metrowest Performing Arts Center Faculty Recital: Dave McLellan, Classical Guitarist

Performing Arts Center of MetroWest faculty member and veteran classical guitarist Dave McLellan presents ‘The Colorful 20th Century Guitar’, a program full of rich and exciting musical colors. We explore the idea that the listener may see sounds in color, and those colors enhance the listening experience.

NEA Grant recipient and competition winner Dave McLellan brings a lifetime of perspective to the music of Spain, Brazil, Cuba, Scotland, and the U.S.

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March Madness: Battle of the Books

Your favorite books from across genres go head-to-head for March Madness: Battle of the Books! Stop by either library to vote and see which book wins it all!

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Bob Dodd Sunday Concert Series: Anthony Ratinov

Join us for our Bob Dodd Sunday Concert featuring pianist Anthony Ratinov! No registration required!

Come in person to the Main Library or stream live on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/framinghampubliclibrary. (Please note the video appears about 10 minutes before the start of the event.)

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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.

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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. 

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Drop-in Paper Quilling For Adults

Learn the basics of paper quilling to create beautiful designs. Imagine your own masterpiece or use our template! No registration required. While supplies last.

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Club de Lectores: Máscaras por Leonardo Padura

Libro: "Máscaras" por Leonardo Padura, pgs 121-240

Se requiere registración: https://bit.ly/FPL-club-de-lectores

01 de mayo: "El cuaderno de Maya" por Isabel Allende, pgs 1-240

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8 Weeks in Ukraine: Life In the City of Lviv During War

Lviv, Ukraine has managed to avoid large-scale destruction but how do residents manage to keep going while Russian missiles and Iranian drones cut power and water, and lay waste to nearby cities, villages, and towns?

Join Tania Vitvitsky as she shares photos and stories of her recent visit to Lviv. Get a glimpse of life during war, how she managed a daily routine during frequent air raid sirens and assisted a rapidly expanding non-profit organization working with the neediest of families and children.

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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, register at bit.ly/fpl-poetry by noon on the day of the workshop.

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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.

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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.

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Thursday Storytime at Main

Drop in every week for age appropriate stories and craft with your favorite Children's Librarian. Ages 2-5

Musicals at McAuliffe: Mamma Mia! (PG-13, 2008, 1h 48m) thumbnail Photo

Musicals at McAuliffe: Mamma Mia! (PG-13, 2008, 1h 48m)

Join us for Musicals at McAuliffe: Mamma Mia! (PG-13, 2008, 1h 48m), starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, and Amanda Seyfried.

From imdb.com:
​"The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular 1970s group ABBA."

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Baby Lapsit at Main

Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit.

Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.

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Lunchtime Learning Series: Stress Less—Joy More

This interactive discussion led by MaryEllen Giombetti, professional coach and health consultant of Empowered by Meg, explores strategies and offers ways to reduce stress on the spot and bring more joy into your day to day life.

Whether you feel overwhelmed, anxious, and uninspired, or you just want to experience more consistent moments of happiness, Stress Less-Joy More sets you up with practical tips you can get busy implementing right away.

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Friday Night Film: Banshees of Inisherin (R, 2022, 1h 54m)

Join us for April's Friday Night Film: Banshees of Inisherin (R, 2022, 1h 54m), starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson.

From imdb.com:
"Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them."

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Bee Watering Dishes

​Save the bees! During droughts, bees may struggle to find appropriate sources of water. Help them out! Design and paint your own terracotta bee water dish to put in your yard and catch rain water.

Also, learn about our grant with Roots + Shoots to create more pollinator habitat around the library. Supplies limited. Ages 7+ .

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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.

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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. 

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Drop-in Adult Coloring

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.

McAuliffe Animatinee: Weathering With You (2019, PG-13, 1h 52m) thumbnail Photo

McAuliffe Animatinee: Weathering With You (2019, PG-13, 1h 52m)

Join us for April's McAuliffe Animatinee: Weathering With You (2019, PG-13, 1h 52m).

Set during a period of exceptionally rainy weather, high-school boy Hodaka Morishima runs away from his troubled rural home to Tokyo and befriends an orphan girl who can manipulate the weather.

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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, register at bit.ly/fpl-poetry by noon on the day of the workshop.

McAuliffe Matinee: Titanic (PG-13, 1997, 3h 16m) thumbnail Photo

McAuliffe Matinee: Titanic (PG-13, 1997, 3h 16m)

Join us for an April McAuliffe Matinee: Titanic (PG-13, 1997, 3h 16m), starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.

James Cameron's Titanic is an epic, action-packed romance set against the ill-fated maiden voyage of the R.M.S. Titanic, the pride and joy of the White Star Line and, at the time, the largest moving object ever built. She was the most luxurious liner of her era -- the "ship of dreams" -- which ultimately carried over 1,500 people to their death in the ice cold waters of the North Atlantic in the early hours of April 15, 1912.

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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.

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Monthly Free Practice Interview Group

Want to improve your job interview skills? Join career coach Ed Lawrence for this free monthly practice session.

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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.

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Thursday Storytime at Main

Drop in every week for age appropriate stories and craft with your favorite Children's Librarian. Ages 2-5

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Baby Lapsit at Main

Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit.

Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.

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Cosplay 101

Want to know what Cosplay is? We share some good places to buy costumes and tell how to create your own from scratch. Learn some basics for Cosplay so you can dress as your favorite characters!

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Sensory Storytime

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

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Bloom and Grow Bug Crafts

 Come make yarn-wrapped bugs and paper plate snails with local crafter, Kristin of Bloom and Grow Creative crafts. Ages 2-10

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Creating Comics Series: World Building and Concept Art

There’s a lot that goes into making and telling a story, and everyone knows you’ve got to start somewhere. In this series, we break down the different components of Comics so that you can make and tell your own stories.

Fear not, however, if you’re not interested in creating your own Comics, all of the lessons still apply for any project you want, including novels, short stories, or even video games!

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Origami Letterfold Workshop for Adults

April is National Letter Writing Month! Learn to fold three styles of envelopes, then stay to write letters to mail your envelopes. Supplies limited. Register at bit.ly/FPL-Events.

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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, register at bit.ly/fpl-poetry by noon on the day of the workshop.

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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: Drive My Car (NR, 2021, 2h 59m) thumbnail Photo

McAuliffe Matinee: Drive My Car (NR, 2021, 2h 59m)

Join us for the McAuliffe Matinee: Drive My Car (NR, 2021, 2h 59m).

An aging, widowed actor seeks a chauffeur. The actor turns to his go-to mechanic, who ends up recommending a 20-year-old girl. Despite their initial misgivings, a very special relationship develops between the two.

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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.

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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.

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Thursday Storytime at Main

Drop in every week for age appropriate stories and craft with your favorite Children's Librarian. Ages 2-5

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Release, Relax & Reinvigorate: Meditation with Leslie

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.

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Lifelong Learning: Can the food industry be part of the solution to challenges in food systems?

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.

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Veterans At Ease Coffee Hour

Join us and your local, fellow veterans on the 3rd Friday of each month for free coffee and light refreshments.

This program is a collaboration between the Framingham Public Library and the City of Framingham Veterans Services.

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Baby Lapsit at Main

Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit.

Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.

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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.

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Monday Matinee: Can You Ever Forgive Me? (R, 2018, 1h 47m)

Join us for the Monday Matinee: Can You Ever Forgive Me? (R, 2018, 1h 47m), starring Melissa McCarthy.

From imdb.com:
"When Lee Israel falls out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception."

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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. 

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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.

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Spring 2023 Adventures in Lifelong Learning

Enjoy courses for adults 60+ on ZOOM! Online registration opens on Monday, March 27 at 11am. Registration is required by Friday, April 21. 

For full course descriptions, registration information, and instructions for using Zoom (by computer, tablet or phone), go to framinghamlibrary.org/adventures or bit.ly/Adventures-FSU.

Have questions? Email lifelonglearning@framingham.edu or call 508-215-5127. To join our mailing list, go to bit.ly/Adventures-mailing-list.

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Art Journal Workshop for Adults

Get started creating your very own art journal out of recycled materials. No experience required, just a willingness to get messy and have some fun!

Space is limited. Please register at bit.ly/FPL_Art_Workshop.

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McAuliffe Sing-Along: Mamma Mia! Here we Go Again

I have a dream, a song to sing! Or you could just sing along with the entire Mamma Mia! And Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again for our first Musical Sing along! 

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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, register at bit.ly/fpl-poetry by noon on the day of the workshop.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Thursday Storytime at Main

Drop in every week for age appropriate stories and craft with your favorite Children's Librarian. Ages 2-5

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Baby Lapsit at Main

Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets at Baby Lapsit.

Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.

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Professor Bugman presents: Arthropod Petting Zoo

Wanted: Brave Scientific Minds! Get up-close and personal with some of the biggest, creepiest, and friendliest insects you've ever seen!  

Reach out and hug a bug! Get up-close and personal with some of the biggest, creepiest, and friendliest insects you've ever seen!  They might look scary, but these gentle giants are friendly, fun, and can teach us a lot about creatures very different from ourselves.  All Ages

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The Drive to Sing Documentary Screening

Join us for the family-friendly, award-winning documentary The Drive to Sing followed by a Q&A with local director and producer Bryce and Kathryn Denney! 

This film features choirs from across the US and Canada during the pandemic. Hear beautiful choral music from unexpected places and learn the importance of making music together.