Events Calendar / September 2023

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Adventures in Lifelong Learning: Registration opens!

Adventures in Lifelong Learning runs Tuesdays, October 3, 10, 17, and 24. Online registration opens on Tuesday, September 5 at 11am.

Enjoy these FREE courses for adults 60+ on ZOOM! Registration is required and due by Friday, September 29. Visit framinghamlibrary.org/adventures or bit.ly/Adventures-FSU for full course descriptions, registration information, and instructions for using Zoom by computer, tablet, or phone. 

For questions, email lifelonglearning@framingham.edu or phone 508.215.5127. To join our mailing list, go to bit.ly/Adventures-mailing-list.

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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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Dia da Independência do Brasil Histórias e Artesanato / Brazilian Independence Day Storytime & Craft

QUA. SETEMBRO 6, 17h-17h30 | MAIN, COSTIN ROOM

QUA. SETEMBRO 6, 17h30-18h30 | MAIN, COSTIN ROOM

Junte-se a nós para uma hora de história em português liderada pelo Dual Language Parent Advisory Council (DLPAC) das Escolas de Framingham, depois fique para um artesanato infantil com tema brasileiro!  para todas as idades

 

WED. SEP. 6, 5-5:30PM | MAIN, COSTIN ROOM

WED. SEP. 6, 5:30-6:30PM | MAIN, COSTIN ROOM

Join us for a storytime in Portuguese led by the Dual language Parent Advisory Council (DLPAC) of the Framingham Schools, then stay for a Brazilian themed kids craft! All ages!

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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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Comemoração do Dia da Independência do Brasil / Brazilian Independence Day Celebration

Comemoração do Dia da Independência do Brasil

Em parceria com o Grupo Mulher Brasileira e DLPAC

Abertura do Dia da Independência do Brasil e música para todas as idades

Venha comemorar com o Grupo Mulher Brasileiras e a Biblioteca Pública de Framingham! Temos a honra de ter o evento aberto pelo Consul Geral do Brasil em Boston, Embaixador Santiago Irazábal Mourão, e com muito prazer convidamos toda a comunidade para um lanche leve e a música do Ebinho Cardoso Modern Trio!

Agenda de eventos:

18h30 Discurso do Embaixador

18h45-19h45 Ebinho Cardoso Trio Moderno

Transmita ao vivo no YouTube em youtube.com/FraminghamPublicLibrary.

 

Brazilian Independence Day Celebration

In partnership with the Brazilian Women's Group and DLPAC

Come celebrate with the Brazilian Women’s Group and the Framingham Public Library! We’re honored to have the event opened by the Boston Brazilian Consul General, Ambassador Santiago Irazábal Mourão, and then thrilled to invite you to enjoy some refreshments and the music of the Ebinho Cardoso Modern Trio!

Schedule of Events:

6:30PM Ambassador’s address

6:45-7:45PM Ebinho Cardoso Modern Trio

Stream live on YouTube at youtube.com/FraminghamPublicLibrary.

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Adult Lego Build Night

McAuliffe Branch Library, Community Room

Have fun with engineering!! Bring your imagination and your inner child, using our legos to build a masterful creation.

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Resume Help & Job Searching Strategies

Make an appointment for remote, one-on-one 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.

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First Library Card Night

MOVED INTO TO CHILDREN'S ROOM & SPARK LAB

Don’t have a library card yet? Join us in a celebration of getting your first library card, enjoy snacks, and crafts! Ages 5+

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Lunchtime Learning Series: That’s eEntertainment!

Trying to finish all the titles on your “To Be Read” list but can’t fit all the books in your bag? Looking to watch your favorite show or documentary from the comfort of your couch? The library has you covered! 

Come learn more about our digital library and resources: how to download, stream, and more…and always for free!

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Friday Night Film: La Traviata (1983, G)

Join us for pizza and a movie as we screen the 1983 Grammy-winning film adaptation of the classic Italian opera, introduced by our own Bill Wray. Come hungry for pizza and popcorn!

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Baby Fitness

Join Jessica from Emotions in Motion for a workout with you and your baby! Best suited for pre-walkers and all fitness levels are encouraged. Please bring a mat.

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The Bob Dodd Sunday Concert Series presents Chester Brezniak & Yelena Beriyeva

Join us for a concert featuring clarinetist Chester Brezniak and pianist Yelena Beriyeva! Come in person to the Main Library or stream live on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/FraminghamPublicLibrary.

This event is sponsored in part by Metro Credit Union, Middlesex Savings Bank, Roche Brothers, St. Mary’s Credit Union, and Friends of the Framingham Library.

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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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Película En Español: Vivo (2021)

Un kinkajou amante de la música se embarca en el viaje de su vida para cumplir su destino y entregar una canción de amor para un viejo amigo. Clasificación: PG, Duración: 95 Minutos. Subtitulada en inglés. Todas las edades.

CLOSED CAPTIONS IN ENGLISH ARE PROVIDED.

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Book Buddies: Reading to Dogs

​Improve your reading skills by reading aloud to your new Book Buddy. Registration required. Call or drop by to sign up for a time slot. 

Registro requerido! Ligue para 508-532-5636 x4 para se registrar. Melhore suas habilidades de leitura de maneira divertida, lendo em voz alta. Todas as idades.

¡Se requiere registrarse! Llame al 508-532-5636 x4 para registrarse. Mejore sus habilidades de lectura de forma divertida leyendo en voz alta. Todas las edades.

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McAuliffe Evening Book Club: “True Biz” by Sara Novac

True biz? The students at the River Valley School for the Deaf just want to hook up, pass their history finals, and have politicians, doctors, and their parents stop telling them what to do with their bodies. This revelatory novel plunges readers into the halls of a residential school for the deaf, where they'll meet Charlie, a rebellious transfer student who's never met another deaf person before; Austin, the school's golden boy, whose world is rocked when his baby sister is born hearing; and February, the headmistress, who is fighting to keep her school open and her marriage intact, but might not be able to do both. As a series of crises both personal and political threaten to unravel each of them, Charlie, Austin, and February find their lives inextricable from one another's—and changed forever.

Hybrid: In-Person/Zoom

Register at: http://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.

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McAuliffe Matinee: Knives Out (PG-13, 2019, 2h 10m)

The circumstances surrounding the death of crime novelist Harlan Thrombey are mysterious, but there's one thing that renowned Detective Benoit Blanc knows for sure -- everyone in the wildly dysfunctional Thrombey family is a suspect. Now, Blanc must sift through a web of lies and red herrings to uncover the truth.

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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. No registration necessary. Drop-ins welcome! 

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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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Resume Help & Job Searching Strategies

Make an appointment for remote, one-on-one 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.

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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

If you've already filled this out in the past, there's no need to do so again.

Grades 6-12

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Sustainability Series: Composting: The Next Frontier

Learn the ins and outs of curbside compost collection for households, cafeterias, and commercial spaces. Katy from Black Earth Compost tells us how we can handle organic waste collection—the same way we used to when putting out the trash and recycling.

Find out how organic waste is converted to nutrient rich compost, a sustainable replacement for synthetic fertilizers in gardens and lawns. 

Come with questions to the Main Library or stream live on YouTube at youtube.com/FraminghamPublicLibrary.

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Book Buddies: Reading to Dogs (Arden)

​Improve your reading skills by reading aloud to your new Book Buddy. Registration required. Call or drop by to sign up for a time slot. 

Registro requerido! Ligue para 508-532-5636 x4 para se registrar. Melhore suas habilidades de leitura de maneira divertida, lendo em voz alta. Todas as idades.

¡Se requiere registrarse! Llame al 508-532-5636 x4 para registrarse. Mejore sus habilidades de lectura de forma divertida leyendo en voz alta. Todas las edades.

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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.

Advanced Poetry Workshop thumbnail Photo

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.

Main Library Yarn Club thumbnail Photo

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.

Yarn Social Hour thumbnail Photo

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.

Resume Help & Job Searching Strategies thumbnail Photo

Resume Help & Job Searching Strategies

Make an appointment for remote, one-on-one 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.

McAuliffe Morning Book Discussions: “House of Broken Angels” by Luis Alberto Urrea thumbnail Photo

McAuliffe Morning Book Discussions: “House of Broken Angels” by Luis Alberto Urrea

The definitive Mexican-American immigrant story, a sprawling and deeply felt portrait of a Mexican-American family occasioned by the impending loss of its patriarch, from one of the country's most beloved authors.

Hybrid: In-Person/Zoom

To attend virtually register at: http://bit.ly/FPL-Events

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Lifelong Learning: Back to the Future: Food Conservation Posters in the United States 1917-1918

Presented by Janet Schwartz, MS, RD, Emeritus Professor and former Chair of the Department of Food and Nutrition, FSU

If you think the United States can’t reduce its food waste, think again and go “back to the future.”

During World War I, the government asked Americans to change their food habits to “win the war” by reducing food waste and reducing their sugar, wheat, fat, and meat intake. Posters and local libraries were used to change food habits of Americans.

Professor Schwartz presents the posters and draws comparisons between the food and nutrition messages in 1917 and 2023.

Stream live on YouTube at youtube.com/FraminghamPublicLibrary.

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Literacy Unlimited MEGA Yard Sale!

Don't miss the MEGA YARD SALE at the Framingham Public Library! 

We will have bikes, toys, clothing, jewelry and more! All proceeds benefit Literacy Unlimited.

See you on Saturday, September 23rd from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. 

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Hobbit Garden Party

Mcauliffe Branch Library Astronauts Grove, Community Room, Craft Room

Celebrate The Hobbit’s 86th anniversary (Sept. 21) and Bilbo and Frodo’s Birthdays (Sept. 22) with lawn
games, LOTR themed crafts and snacks, and general merriment. Middle-earth attire is encouraged but not required!

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Anime Club

Join us to watch your favorite anime and eat some 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

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Book Buddies: Reading to Dogs

​Improve your reading skills by reading aloud to your new Book Buddy. Registration required. Call or drop by to sign up for a time slot. 

Registro requerido! Ligue para 508-532-5636 x4 para se registrar. Melhore suas habilidades de leitura de maneira divertida, lendo em voz alta. Todas as idades.

¡Se requiere registrarse! Llame al 508-532-5636 x4 para registrarse. Mejore sus habilidades de lectura de forma divertida leyendo en voz alta. Todas las edades.

Monday Storytime at McAuliffe thumbnail Photo

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 thumbnail Photo

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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Puzzle Swap: McAuliffe Branch

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.

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Board Game Night: Lord of the Rings escape room

Join us at McAuliffe as we put our wits to the test to help the Fellowship save Middle Earth. Celebrate Frodo and Bilbo's birthday playing this Lord of the Rings escape room. Game play will take around an hour and is intended for players age 10 and up.

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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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Virtual Reality Tour: BRINK Traveler

Travel around the world experiencing amazing natural locations, all from the comfort of the McAuliffe Library! Choose from 22 unique locations to explore and learn about without having to leave your chair. Please call the McAuliffe Branch at 508-532-5636 or sign up here to reserve your 45 minute time block.

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“Gather Hear Louisiana”: Film Screening & Piano Concert

Join us for an event that explores how classical music intertwines with America through the lens of pianist Miki Sawada. Miki traveled through Louisiana with a U-Haul and an upright piano, performing spontaneously anywhere people would listen. 

Screen the short film about this adventure, which premiered at Independent Film Festival Boston. Following the screening, Miki performs solo piano works by Florence Price, George Walker, and Franz Schubert.

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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.

Main Library Yarn Club thumbnail Photo

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.

Virtual Reality Tour: BRINK Traveler thumbnail Photo

Virtual Reality Tour: BRINK Traveler

Travel around the world experiencing amazing natural locations, all from the comfort of the McAuliffe Library! Choose from 22 unique locations to explore and learn about without having to leave your chair. Please call the McAuliffe Branch at 508-532-5636 or sign up here to reserve your 45 minute time block.

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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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Hojalata Mexican Tin Art

Create your own tin foil art inspired by the Mexican folk art tradition hojalata. Ages 6+

Crea tu propio arte de papel de aluminio inspirado en la tradición del arte popular mexicano de hojalata. Edades 6+

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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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Books in Bloom

View floral interpretations of favorite books from 90 years ago by members of the Framingham Garden Club as we celebrate our 90th anniversary.

Reception Wednesday, September 27th, 7PM. View floral displays through September 30.

Join us live at the Main Library, 49 Lexington St. in Framingham or stream live on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/FraminghamPublicLibrary.

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Resume Help & Job Searching Strategies

Make an appointment for remote, one-on-one 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.

Virtual Reality Tour: BRINK Traveler thumbnail Photo

Virtual Reality Tour: BRINK Traveler

Travel around the world experiencing amazing natural locations, all from the comfort of the McAuliffe Library! Choose from 22 unique locations to explore and learn about without having to leave your chair. Please call the McAuliffe Branch at 508-532-5636 or sign up here to reserve your 45 minute time block.

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Book Buddies: Reading to Dogs

***TIME CHANGED TO 11am-12pm***

​Improve your reading skills by reading aloud to your new Book Buddy. Registration required. Call or drop by to sign up for a time slot. 

Registro requerido! Ligue para 508-532-5636 x4 para se registrar. Melhore suas habilidades de leitura de maneira divertida, lendo em voz alta. Todas as idades.

¡Se requiere registrarse! Llame al 508-532-5636 x4 para registrarse. Mejore sus habilidades de lectura de forma divertida leyendo en voz alta. Todas las edades.