Events Calendar / October 2024

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Halloween Costume Swap

Bring gently used and clean children costumes or accessories to donate between October 1-30.

Stop by to choose a costume to keep, or to swap an old costume. Please ask a Children’s Librarian to be shown the costumes!

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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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Kids’ Chess Club

1st Wednesday of every Month, 5PM | MAIN, HOMEWORK CENTER [NEW DATE!]

3rd Tuesday of every Month, 5PM | MCAULIFFE, COMMUNITY ROOM

This Chess Club is an informal group welcoming everyone from new players to junior chess masters! Chess boards are provided, but you can bring your own. Staff are available to help with questions, but will not be teaching chess. For Elementary and Middle School Students.

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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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*REGISTRATION* Girls Who Code

Join our club and meet weekly (9 sessions) to learn to code and change the world! Using the curriculum from girlswhocode.com, participants will gain an understanding of computer science concepts through reading discussions and coding activities. Grades 3-5.

Space is limited; registration required: https://tinyurl.com/FPLCode2024 

Download our info packet here!

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Alphabet Soup: Queer Teen Hangout

A twice monthly meeting for LGBTQIA+ and allied teens to hang out and do arts crafts. On the first Thursday, we’ll be at the Main Library, and on the third Thursday, we’ll meet at the McAuliffe Branch.

Grades 6-12

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Huichol Yarn Painting

Learn about Mexican Huichol art using glue and yarn to create art. Ages 6+

Aprende sobre el arte huichol mexicano usando pegamento e hilo para crear arte.

Our Commitment to Cultural Respect: At Framingham Public Library, we believe in honoring and respecting all cultures. This event aims to educate participants about Hispanic Heritage Month while promoting understanding and appreciation for the craft. Our activity is designed to inspire creativity while fostering cultural sensitivity and respect.

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*REGISTRATION* Girls Who Code

Join our club and meet weekly (9 sessions) to learn to code and change the world! Using the curriculum from girlswhocode.com, participants will gain an understanding of computer science concepts through reading discussions and coding activities. Grades 3-5.

Space is limited; registration required: https://tinyurl.com/FPLCode2024 

Download our info packet here!

*REGISTRATION* Girls Who Code thumbnail Photo

*REGISTRATION* Girls Who Code

Join our club and meet weekly (9 sessions) to learn to code and change the world! Using the curriculum from girlswhocode.com, participants will gain an understanding of computer science concepts through reading discussions and coding activities. Grades 3-5.

Space is limited; registration required: https://tinyurl.com/FPLCode2024 

Download our info packet here!

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Book Buddies: Reading to Dogs (Daisy)

October 5 | 10AM (Daisy)

October 18 | 3:30PM (Cosmo)

October 19 | 10AM (Duncan)

October 26 | 10AM (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.

¡Se requiere registrarse! Llame al 508-532-5570 x4 para registrarse. Mejore sus habilidades de lectura de forma divertida leyendo en voz alta.

Registro requerido! Ligue para 508-532-5570 x4 para se registrar. Melhore suas habilidades de leitura de maneira divertida, lendo em voz alta.

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Coqui Craft

Come celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by making coquís, a frog native to and a national symbol of Puerto Rico.

All Ages

 

At Framingham Public Library, we believe in honoring and respecting all cultures. This event aims to educate participants about Coquis and their native environment in Puerto Rico while promoting understanding and appreciation for Hispanic Heritage. Our activity is designed to inspire creativity while fostering cultural sensitivity and respect.

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Mandarin Storytime and Craft

中文读书会 3-6岁宝宝 绘本,儿歌,手工

时间:每周六下午3-4点

·McAuliffe Library: 9月7,21(10am-11am); 10月5,19; 11月2,16

·Main Library: 9月14,18; 10月12,16; 11月9,23 地点:

• McAuliffe Branch: 746 Water Street, Framingham, MA 01701

• Main Library: 49 Lexington Street, Framingham, MA 01702

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Haunted House Decorating Contest - Decorate Your House At The Library

Show off your spooky decorating skills! We provide the base, you decorate it. 

Registration starts Monday, Sept 16. Pick up your base from the McAuliffe Branch starting Monday, Sept. 30 and return it by Friday, Oct. 18 to be included in the contest. 

Decorate at home or come to a drop-in decorating session at McAuliffe on Sunday, Oct. 6 from 12-4PM or Wed. Oct. 9 from 5-8PM to use the library’s supplies.

Voting will take place from Oct 21-27.

All ages. Supplies limited.

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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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Worry Monster Rocks

The object of worry stones is to rub the thumbprint back and forth as a way to calm the mind. Make yours a monster to eat the worries away!

Ages 8+

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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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Girls Who Code Club

Join our club and meet weekly (9 sessions) to learn to code and change the world! Using the curriculum from girlswhocode.com, participants will gain an understanding of computer science concepts through reading discussions and coding activities. Grades 3-5.

Space is limited; registration required: https://tinyurl.com/FPLCode2024 

Download our info packet here!

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Creating Zine Comics w/ Jonathan Todd: Autobiographical Comics

In the third of four Creating Zine Comics programs with cartoonist Jonathan Todd (Timid), he will share his approach to creating them, asking students to reflect upon personally meaningful moments in their lives and thinking of precise ways to express these memories—and their significance—in comics form.

Space is limited, so please register here: https://bit.ly/sept-zine-comics

Grades 6+

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Framingham Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

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The Art of Good Nutrition

What constitutes a healthful diet?  This class will cover much of what we know.  Topics will include the problems with highly-processed foods, and a better, healthier way of eating.  Also learn about great eating behaviors that will set you up for healthy success.  Throughout the presentation enjoy several fine art paintings of food.    

Judy Palken, MNS, RD, LDN is a registered dietitian who translates the science of nutrition into practical recommendations.  In her classes, Judy teaches how great food choices and other healthful behaviors can reduce inflammation, promote good health, and help us to feel our best.  She uses fine art paintings to convey her messages and inspire great choices. 

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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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Book Buddies: Reading to Dogs ~ Berry

Improve your reading skills by reading aloud to your new Book Buddy. Registration required. Call 508-532-5636 or drop by to sign up for a time slot. 

 

Registro requerido! Ligue para 508-532-5636 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 para registrarse. Mejore sus habilidades de lectura de forma divertida leyendo en voz alta. Todas las edades.

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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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Haunted House Decorating Contest - Decorate Your House At The Library

Show off your spooky decorating skills! We provide the base, you decorate it. 

Registration starts Monday, Sept 16. Pick up your base from the McAuliffe Branch starting Monday, Sept. 30 and return it by Friday, Oct. 18 to be included in the contest. 

Decorate at home or come to a drop-in decorating session at McAuliffe on Sunday, Oct. 6 from 12-4PM or Wed. Oct. 9 from 5-8PM to use the library’s supplies.

Voting will take place from Oct 21-27.

All ages. Supplies limited.

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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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Science Fiction Book Club: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

Join us in-person or online for this month's sci-fi book club pick: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. Register for the Zoom link.

"On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest.

Once, she was the Justice of Toren - a colossal starship with an artificial intelligence linking thousands of soldiers in the service of the Radch, the empire that conquered the galaxy.

Now, an act of treachery has ripped it all away, leaving her with one fragile human body, unanswered questions, and a burning desire for vengeance."

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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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Spooky Bones & Creepy Crawlies

Professor Bugman presents a Halloween bug event! What better way to combine the SPOOKY and the SCIENTIFIC than exploring real bones and skeletons from endemic Massachusetts animals, or hold some of the biggest bugs you've ever seen! 

Limit to first 30 kids (plus their adults). Please find the Children's Librarian for an entry ticket. All Ages!

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Mandarin Storytime and Craft

中文读书会 3-6岁宝宝 绘本,儿歌,手工

时间:每周六下午3-4点

·McAuliffe Library: 9月7,21(10am-11am); 10月5,19; 11月2,16

·Main Library: 9月14,18; 10月12,16; 11月9,23 地点:

• McAuliffe Branch: 746 Water Street, Framingham, MA 01701

• Main Library: 49 Lexington Street, Framingham, MA 01702

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Halloween Costume Swap

Bring gently used and clean children costumes or accessories to donate between October 1-30.

Stop by to choose a costume to keep, or to swap an old costume. Please ask a Children’s Librarian to be shown the costumes!

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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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CANCELLED: Kids’ Chess Club

TODAY'S CHESS CLUB HAS BEEN CANCELLED. JOIN THE LIBRARY AT THE SPOOKTACULAR INSTEAD! 4-6:30 PM @ CITY HALL

 

1st Wednesday of every Month, 5PM | MAIN, HOMEWORK CENTER [NEW DATE!]

3rd Tuesday of every Month, 5PM | MCAULIFFE, COMMUNITY ROOM

This Chess Club is an informal group welcoming everyone from new players to junior chess masters! Chess boards are provided, but you can bring your own. Staff are available to help with questions, but will not be teaching chess. For Elementary and Middle School Students.

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How to Put Your Garden to Bed

As the vegetable growing season comes to an end, it's helpful to clean and put your garden to bed for the winter. At this event, learn how to address some basic maintenance steps, maintain your frost hardy vegetables, and get a good start for next year's garden.

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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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Shrunken Head Stress Balls

I’m sure being stuck in the Neitherworld Waiting Room can be stressful, but there’s no need to lose your HEAD. Make these Beetlejuice™ inspired stress balls to help while reading your Handbook for the Recently Deceased.

Ages 5+

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Shrunken Head Stress Balls

I’m sure being stuck in the Neitherworld Waiting Room can be stressful, but there’s no need to lose your HEAD. Make these Beetlejuice™ inspired stress balls to help while reading your Handbook for the Recently Deceased. Ages 5+

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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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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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Sensory Series: Witch’s Potion

Double, double toil and trouble. Fire burn and caldron bubble! Play with your own witches brew!

Fun, safe, and simple sensory activities to help your child explore.

Ages 0-4

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Alphabet Soup: Queer Teen Hangout

A twice monthly meeting for LGBTQIA+ and allied teens to hang out and do arts crafts. On the first Thursday, we’ll be at the Main Library, and on the third Thursday, we’ll meet at the McAuliffe Branch.

Grades 6-12

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Sample Voting Ballot Breakdown

Examine a sample Framingham voting ballot for the November election, and learn about the national, state, and local election races and the ballot questions to be voted on this year.

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Mike the Tarot Guy: All Ages Tarot and Oracle Readings

The Maine Made Magic Man is making his way to Massachusetts, offering oracle cards and intuitive tarot readings. Stop on by to see what energy guides you!

Children's readings are from 6-7PM, and teen and adult readings are from 7-8PM.

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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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Book Buddies: Reading to Dogs (Cosmo)

October 5 | 10AM (Daisy)

October 18 | 3:30PM (Cosmo)

October 19 | 10AM (Duncan)

October 26 | 10AM (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.

¡Se requiere registrarse! Llame al 508-532-5570 x4 para registrarse. Mejore sus habilidades de lectura de forma divertida leyendo en voz alta.

Registro requerido! Ligue para 508-532-5570 x4 para se registrar. Melhore suas habilidades de leitura de maneira divertida, lendo em voz alta.

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Book Buddies: Reading to Dogs (Duncan)

October 5 | 10AM (Daisy)

October 18 | 3:30PM (Cosmo)

October 19 | 10AM (Duncan)

October 26 | 10AM (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.

¡Se requiere registrarse! Llame al 508-532-5570 x4 para registrarse. Mejore sus habilidades de lectura de forma divertida leyendo en voz alta.

Registro requerido! Ligue para 508-532-5570 x4 para se registrar. Melhore suas habilidades de leitura de maneira divertida, lendo em voz alta.

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Book Page Art

Use old book pages to create art with watercolors, pens, or transfer an image. Ages 6+

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Mandarin Storytime and Craft

中文读书会 3-6岁宝宝 绘本,儿歌,手工

时间:每周六下午3-4点

·McAuliffe Library: 9月7,21(10am-11am); 10月5,19; 11月2,16

·Main Library: 9月14,18; 10月12,16; 11月9,23 地点:

• McAuliffe Branch: 746 Water Street, Framingham, MA 01701

• Main Library: 49 Lexington Street, Framingham, MA 01702

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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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Girls Who Code Club

Join our club and meet weekly (9 sessions) to learn to code and change the world! Using the curriculum from girlswhocode.com, participants will gain an understanding of computer science concepts through reading discussions and coding activities. Grades 3-5.

Space is limited; registration required: https://tinyurl.com/FPLCode2024 

Download our info packet here!

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Creating Zine Comics w/ Jonathan Todd: Informational Comics

In the final Creating Zine Comics program with cartoonist Jonathan Todd (Timid), we’ll practice breaking up information and translating it into a fun, comics form, whether it’s a comic about Australian animals or the invention of the telephone.

Space is limited, so please register here: https://bit.ly/sept-zine-comics

Grades 6+

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Framingham Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

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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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Película En Español: Scooby-Doo (2002)

¡Zoinks! Dos años después de que un choque de egos obligara a Mystery Inc. a cerrar sus puertas, Scooby-Doo y sus inteligentes amigos que resuelven crímenes son convocados a Spooky Island para investigar una serie de incidentes paranormales en el ultramoderno lugar de Spring Break. Clasificación: PG, Duración: 86 Minutos. Subtitulada en inglés.

Zoinks! Two years after a clash of egos forced Mystery Inc. to close its doors, Scooby-Doo and his cunning crime-solving accomplices Fred, Daphne, Shaggy and Velma are summoned to Spooky Island to investigate a series of paranormal incidents. Rating: PG, Duration: 86 Minutes. English subtitles.

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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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Halloween Costume Swap

Bring gently used and clean children costumes or accessories to donate between October 1-30.

Stop by to choose a costume to keep, or to swap an old costume. Please ask a Children’s Librarian to be shown the costumes!

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Friday Night Film: Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

Dig out your Dr. Frank-N-Furter costume and join us for a 21+ interactive Rocky Horror Picture Show sing-a-long. Part campy musical, part horror film, the movie details the travails of a squeaky-clean couple stranded at a creepy castle where the inhabitants sing and dance through madcap, musical mayhem. 

Refreshments available. Doors open at 7:00. Film starts at 7:30. Rated R, 1h 40m.

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Book Discussion: “The Jumbies” by Tracey Baptiste

Celebrate the spooky season with a book discussion of “The Jumbies” by Tracey Baptiste, the start of an exciting series filled with Caribbean folklore and daring adventure. Limited copies available to check out from the children’s desk beginning October 2nd. Grades 4-8

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Book Buddies: Reading to Dogs (Arden)

October 5 | 10AM (Daisy)

October 18 | 3:30PM (Cosmo)

October 19 | 10AM (Duncan)

October 26 | 10AM (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.

¡Se requiere registrarse! Llame al 508-532-5570 x4 para registrarse. Mejore sus habilidades de lectura de forma divertida leyendo en voz alta.

Registro requerido! Ligue para 508-532-5570 x4 para se registrar. Melhore suas habilidades de leitura de maneira divertida, lendo em voz alta.

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Mandarin Storytime and Craft

中文读书会 3-6岁宝宝 绘本,儿歌,手工

时间:每周六下午3-4点

·McAuliffe Library: 9月7,21(10am-11am); 10月5,19; 11月2,16

·Main Library: 9月14,18; 10月12,16; 11月9,23 地点:

• McAuliffe Branch: 746 Water Street, Framingham, MA 01701

• Main Library: 49 Lexington Street, Framingham, MA 01702

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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: Practical Magic (1997)

Adapted from Alice Hoffman's novel of the same title, this crafty chick flick tells the story of two sisters who are witches: one wants to lead a normal life and the other wants to have fun, but a matter of life and death get in the way of both.

Doors open at 1:30. Rated PG-13, 1h 44m.

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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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Girls Who Code Club

Join our club and meet weekly (9 sessions) to learn to code and change the world! Using the curriculum from girlswhocode.com, participants will gain an understanding of computer science concepts through reading discussions and coding activities. Grades 3-5.

Space is limited; registration required: https://tinyurl.com/FPLCode2024 

Download our info packet here!

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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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Halloween Costume Swap

Bring gently used and clean children costumes or accessories to donate between October 1-30.

Stop by to choose a costume to keep, or to swap an old costume. Please ask a Children’s Librarian to be shown the costumes!

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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.

Stretch and Relax thumbnail Photo

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.

Book Buddies: Reading to Dogs ~ Daisy thumbnail Photo

Book Buddies: Reading to Dogs ~ Daisy

Improve your reading skills by reading aloud to your new Book Buddy. Registration required. Call 508-532-5636 or drop by to sign up for a time slot. 

 

Registro requerido! Ligue para 508-532-5636 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 para registrarse. Mejore sus habilidades de lectura de forma divertida leyendo en voz alta. Todas las edades.

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.

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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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Halloween Outdoor Movie: House on Haunted Hill

The weather may be getting a little chillier, but that’s perfect for a spooky classic. And what night better than Halloween for House on Haunted Hill!

We’ll have some treats for a taste of fall before and during the movie. Make sure to bring your own lawn chair and/or blankets to get nice and cozy!

All Ages