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.
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 22nd we’ll have a cookies and hot cocoa party with prizes and more to wrap up our winter reading program! Ages 0-12
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets!
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.
Start off the New Year with some bright colors and an upcycling project! Paint a key to add to our community wind chimes that we will display at the library and in the pollinator garden at the McAuliffe Branch. Or, create a wind chime of your own to take home. All Ages.
Saturday, Jan. 4 from 10-11am
Monday, Jan. 13 from 5-6pm
Saturday, Jan. 18 from 10-11am
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.
All Ages
When a woman's first love suddenly reenters her life, her relationship with a charming, but abusive neurosurgeon is upended and she realizes she must learn to rely on her own strength to make an impossible choice for her future.
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
Main Library:
1/4, 1/18; 2/15; 3/1, 3/15, 3/29; 4/12,4/26; 5/17
McAuliffe Branch Library:
1/11, 1/25; 2/8 (2pm) 春节特别活动, 2/22; 3/8, 3/22; 4/5,4/19; 5/3, 5/31 (2pm) 端午节特别话动
地点:
Main Library: 49 Lexington Street, Framingham, MA 01702
McAuliffe Branch: 746 Water Street, Framingham, MA 01701
Join us for this month’s Bob Dodd Sunday Concert, featuring violinist Kristopher Tong and pianist Miki Sawada. Doors open at 2:30. Refreshments provided.
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.
Fun, safe, and simple sensory activities to help your baby explore. Ages 1-4
Every Monday we’re open in January, stop by the library after school to make a delicious mug cake!
If you'd like to be added to our email list for cooking program reminders, just fill out the form at this link: https://bit.ly/mug-cakes-reminder
Grades 6-12
This paint is made of shaving cream and glue, and makes it a little puffy!
Fun, safe, and simple sensory activities to help with exploration.
Ages 2-4
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.
1st Tuesday of every Month, 5PM | MAIN, HOMEWORK CENTER
3rd Tuesday of every Month, 5PM | MCAULIFFE, COMMUNITY ROOM
Join the Main Library Adult Book Discussion online for our January book pick: The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel.
If you are new to this book group and are not a member of our mailing list, join the Main Library Book Discussion mailing list to receive the Zoom link.
Join us for a yarn social hour for knitting, crocheting, and yarn crafting at the Main Library, McAuliffe Branch, or both!
At the Main Library, meet Wednesday mornings at 10 AM and the 2nd and 4th Saturdays at 10 AM. At the McAuliffe Branch, meet Wednesday evenings at 6 PM.
This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but we can offer pointers and tips.
A librarian possesses a unique gene that lets him involuntarily travel through time. His wife, Claire Abshire, finds it difficult to cope with it.
Once you’ve signed up for the server, you’ll be able to use it whenever you want. But if you want to build when you know there will be other people on too, join us every Wednesday from 2:30-4:00 PM. We can chat, work on group builds, and/or explore the map together.
If you don't yet have access to the server, visit www.framinghamlibrary.org/minecraft for more details and the application form.
Must Be Accepted on Minecraft Server to Participate
Grades 4-12
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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.
Drop in to color printed out pictures and do fun mazes and word activity sheets!
All Ages
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.
There are only three real powers in the universe: the corporate power of the Trust versus the Union's labor's leverage. And between them, the Guild tries to keep everyone's hands above the table. It ain't easy.
Join us on February 12 for The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas.
Join our Science Fiction book discussion mailing list to receive the Zoom link.
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.
Make a LEGO creation each month, using our spinning wheel of ideas or using your imagination! Ages 5+
Start the new year off right by making a vision board of your goals and dreams for the upcoming months.
Fill out our registration form here if you'd like to sign up for Teen Craft program reminders: https://bit.ly/FPL-Teen-Crafts
Grades 6-12
There is a lot of potential for AI to help us in creative thinking. Let’s explore some affordances and consider how critical thinking is a necessary ingredient for using AI as a partner in creativity.
All Lifelong Learning mailing list recipients receive the Zoom link. If you have not joined our Lifelong Learning mailing list, go to bit.ly/Lifelong-Learning-Lectures.
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets!
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.
Create a snowflake with tape and then use blue watercolor, paint the page. Once dry, you have a beautiful snowflake!
All Ages
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
Main Library:
1/4, 1/18; 2/15; 3/1, 3/15, 3/29; 4/12,4/26; 5/17
McAuliffe Branch Library:
1/11, 1/25; 2/8 (2pm) 春节特别活动, 2/22; 3/8, 3/22; 4/5,4/19; 5/3, 5/31 (2pm) 端午节特别话动
地点:
Main Library: 49 Lexington Street, Framingham, MA 01702
McAuliffe Branch: 746 Water Street, Framingham, MA 01701
Come learn Bachata at the library. Beginner-friendly, accessible, and everyone is welcome. No partner is necessary!
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 22nd 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.
Every Monday we’re open in January, stop by the library after school to make a delicious mug cake!
If you'd like to be added to our email list for cooking program reminders, just fill out the form at this link: https://bit.ly/mug-cakes-reminder
Grades 6-12
Start off the New Year with some bright colors and an upcycling project! Paint a key to add to our community wind chimes that we will display at the library and in the pollinator garden at the McAuliffe Branch. Or, create a wind chime of your own to take home. All Ages.
Saturday, Jan. 4 from 10-11am
Monday, Jan. 13 from 5-6pm
Saturday, Jan. 18 from 10-11am
Sing songs, rhymes, and read a book. Stay after for open play and chat. Filled with fun, learning, and bonding for you and your baby! Ages 0-2.
Register starting January 13th online by Google Form or call 508-532-5570. Registraion required; space is limited.
Program is every Monday for 8 weeks from January 27 - March 24 (excluding holidays) from 5:30-6:30pm at the Main Library.
The specific dates are as follows:
January 27
February 3, 10, 24
March 3, 10, 17, 24
The Main Library shouldn’t get all the fun! Meet at the McAuliffe Branch after school for a tasty mug cake treat.
If you'd like to be added to our email list for cooking program reminders, just fill out the form at this link: https://bit.ly/mug-cakes-reminder
Grades 6-12
I'm Ernest Cunningham. Call me Ern or Ernie. I wish I'd killed whoever decided our family reunion should be at a ski resort, but it's a little more complicated than that. Everyone in my family has killed someone.
Join us for our next book discussion on February 11: Shark Heart by Emily Habeck. Join our McAuliffe Book Discussion mailing list.
Join us for a yarn social hour for knitting, crocheting, and yarn crafting at the Main Library, McAuliffe Branch, or both!
At the Main Library, meet Wednesday mornings at 10 AM and the 2nd and 4th Saturdays at 10 AM. At the McAuliffe Branch, meet Wednesday evenings at 6 PM.
This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but we can offer pointers and tips.
A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?
Once you’ve signed up for the server, you’ll be able to use it whenever you want. But if you want to build when you know there will be other people on too, join us every Wednesday from 2:30-4:00 PM. We can chat, work on group builds, and/or explore the map together.
If you don't yet have access to the server, visit www.framinghamlibrary.org/minecraft for more details and the application form.
Must Be Accepted on Minecraft Server to Participate
Grades 4-12
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.
Due to unforseen circumstances, this event has been Cancelled.
JAN. 15, 5PM | Duncan
JAN. 25, 11AM | Duncan
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.
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 the Craft Ladies for an Adult Crafting night! We will be making 3D wall art on canvases with floral cardstock and twine.
Space and supplies are limited. Register at https://tinyurl.com/FPL-3D-art. Registration opens on January 2.
Sing songs, rhymes, and read a book. Stay after for open play and chat. Filled with fun, learning, and bonding for you and your baby! Ages 0-2.
Register starting January 13th online by Google Form or call 508-532-5570. Registraion required; space is limited.
Program is every Monday for 8 weeks from January 27 - March 24 (excluding holidays) from 5:30-6:30pm at the Main Library.
The specific dates are as follows:
January 27
February 3, 10, 24
March 3, 10, 17, 24
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 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.
Join our Meditation mailing list to receive a monthly email with Zoom link.
January 1888, a sudden blizzard struck Dakota just as schools let out, leaving teachers with life-and-death choices. The novel follows two sisters, Raina and Gerda Olsen—one a hero, the other ostracized—along with Anette Pedersen, a servant whose survival changes her life, and a newspaperman seeking redemption.
Join us for our next book discussion on February 20: Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton. Join our McAuliffe Book Discussion mailing list.
When a backwoodsman in 1850s Oregon brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.
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.
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets!
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.
Play video games and eat snacks!
If you'd like to be added to our monthly reminder email list for our Video Game Hangouts, just fill out the form at this link: https://bit.ly/VGH-Reminder
Grades 6-12
Sing songs, rhymes, and read a book. Stay after for open play and chat. Filled with fun, learning, and bonding for you and your baby! Ages 0-2.
Register starting January 13th online by Google Form or call 508-532-5570. Registraion required; space is limited.
Program is every Monday for 8 weeks from January 27 - March 24 (excluding holidays) from 5:30-6:30pm at the Main Library.
The specific dates are as follows:
January 27
February 3, 10, 24
March 3, 10, 17, 24
Start off the New Year with some bright colors and an upcycling project! Paint a key to add to our community wind chimes that we will display at the library and in the pollinator garden at the McAuliffe Branch. Or, create a wind chime of your own to take home. All Ages.
Saturday, Jan. 4 from 10-11am
Monday, Jan. 13 from 5-6pm
Saturday, Jan. 18 from 10-11am
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.
NOTE: Prices are subject to change.
Celebrate the Lunar New Year with a collection of crafts. Make a Paper Lantern, Accordion Fan, Dragon Puppet, or A Spiral Snake Mobile for the Year of The Snake!
All Ages
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
Main Library:
1/4, 1/18; 2/15; 3/1, 3/15, 3/29; 4/12,4/26; 5/17
McAuliffe Branch Library:
1/11, 1/25; 2/8 (2pm) 春节特别活动, 2/22; 3/8, 3/22; 4/5,4/19; 5/3, 5/31 (2pm) 端午节特别话动
地点:
Main Library: 49 Lexington Street, Framingham, MA 01702
McAuliffe Branch: 746 Water Street, Framingham, MA 01701
Sing songs, rhymes, and read a book. Stay after for open play and chat. Filled with fun, learning, and bonding for you and your baby! Ages 0-2.
Register starting January 13th online by Google Form or call 508-532-5570. Registraion required; space is limited.
Program is every Monday for 8 weeks from January 27 - March 24 (excluding holidays) from 5:30-6:30pm at the Main Library.
The specific dates are as follows:
January 27
February 3, 10, 24
March 3, 10, 17, 24
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.
1st Tuesday of every Month, 5PM | MAIN, HOMEWORK CENTER
3rd Tuesday of every Month, 5PM | MCAULIFFE, COMMUNITY ROOM
Cut out a snowflake and turn it into a bright suncatcher with tissue paper and contact paper. Ages 5+
Bring your own art journal and prepare to get messy! Join us for this casual, unstructured session exploring the possibilities of art journals. No experience required.
Bring your own journal or sketchbook. Other supplies are provided, but feel free to bring your favorite medium to work in. Space is limited. Register at bit.ly/FPL_Art_Workshop.
Nick Russo has worked his way from a rough Brooklyn neighborhood to a reporting job at one of the city's biggest newspapers. But the late 1950s are a hostile time for gay men, and Nick knows that he can't let anyone into his life. He just never counted on meeting someone as impossible to say no to as Andy.
Join us for our next book discussion on February 18: Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle. Join our Queer Reads book discussion mailing list.
Join us for a yarn social hour for knitting, crocheting, and yarn crafting at the Main Library, McAuliffe Branch, or both!
At the Main Library, meet Wednesday mornings at 10 AM and the 2nd and 4th Saturdays at 10 AM. At the McAuliffe Branch, meet Wednesday evenings at 6 PM.
This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but we can offer pointers and tips.
Once you’ve signed up for the server, you’ll be able to use it whenever you want. But if you want to build when you know there will be other people on too, join us every Wednesday from 2:30-4:00 PM. We can chat, work on group builds, and/or explore the map together.
If you don't yet have access to the server, visit www.framinghamlibrary.org/minecraft for more details and the application form.
Must Be Accepted on Minecraft Server to Participate
Grades 4-12
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.
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.
Sing songs, rhymes, and read a book. Stay after for open play and chat. Filled with fun, learning, and bonding for you and your baby! Ages 0-2.
Register starting January 13th online by Google Form or call 508-532-5570. Registraion required; space is limited.
Program is every Monday for 8 weeks from January 27 - March 24 (excluding holidays) from 5:30-6:30pm at the Main Library.
The specific dates are as follows:
January 27
February 3, 10, 24
March 3, 10, 17, 24
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 make a relaxing Early Release Day pixel art craft.
Grades 5-12
Warm up with some hot chocolate and sing along! Rated PG; 108 mins; Closed captions in English provided. All Ages.
New year, new journal! Learn how to sew a simple, pamphlet-stitched journal, and then stay to decorate it. Supplies and space are limited. Registration is required and opens on January 2.
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets!
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.
Sing songs, rhymes, and read a book. Stay after for open play and chat. Filled with fun, learning, and bonding for you and your baby! Ages 0-2.
Register starting January 13th online by Google Form or call 508-532-5570. Registraion required; space is limited.
Program is every Monday for 8 weeks from January 27 - March 24 (excluding holidays) from 5:30-6:30pm at the Main Library.
The specific dates are as follows:
January 27
February 3, 10, 24
March 3, 10, 17, 24
Start the day with energetic music, play some instruments, and dance around!
Ages 2+
JAN. 15, 5PM | Duncan
JAN. 25, 11AM | Duncan
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.
2 de noviembre (a las 3 de la tarde), 21 de diciembre, 25 de enero, 8 de febrero, 8 de marzo, 5 de abril, 10 de mayo
Acompáñenos para escuchar historias divertidas y hacer manualidades temáticas. Todas las edades son bienvenidas. Se recomiendan las manualidades para niños mayores de 3 años.
***CANCELED***
Our apologies for the short notice, this program has been canceled.
Hang out and make fuse bead designs. Grades 4-8.
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
Main Library:
1/4, 1/18; 2/15; 3/1, 3/15, 3/29; 4/12,4/26; 5/17
McAuliffe Branch Library:
1/11, 1/25; 2/8 (2pm) 春节特别活动, 2/22; 3/8, 3/22; 4/5,4/19; 5/3, 5/31 (2pm) 端午节特别话动
地点:
Main Library: 49 Lexington Street, Framingham, MA 01702
McAuliffe Branch: 746 Water Street, Framingham, MA 01701
Sing songs, rhymes, and read a book. Stay after for open play and chat. Filled with fun, learning, and bonding for you and your baby! Ages 0-2.
Register starting January 13th online by Google Form or call 508-532-5570. Registraion required; space is limited.
Program is every Monday for 8 weeks from January 27 - March 24 (excluding holidays) from 5:30-6:30pm at the Main Library.
The specific dates are as follows:
January 27
February 3, 10, 24
March 3, 10, 17, 24
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.
Kate Carter, a retired tornado-chaser and meteorologist, is persuaded to return to Oklahoma to work with a new team and new technologies.
Every Monday we’re open in January, stop by the library after school to make a delicious mug cake!
If you'd like to be added to our email list for cooking program reminders, just fill out the form at this link: https://bit.ly/mug-cakes-reminder
Grades 6-12
Fold and cut a snowflake and then using contact paper and tissue paper make your snowflake into a suncatcher.
Ages 5+
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.
Join us in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day to experience a Virtual Reality tour of the Anne Frank House. To reserve a 45 minute time slot, please call the McAuliffe Branch at 508-532-5636 or register online.
Join us at McAuliffe for an Adult Spark Lab Satellite Craft Night! We’ll be making felt succulents to plant in upcycled book planters. You will be creating a beautiful, low-maintenance "garden" that’s perfect for any space. All materials are provided, supplies and space are limited. Grab your friends, bring your imagination, and let’s turn old books into blooming works of art!
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 22nd we’ll have a cookies and hot cocoa party with prizes and more to wrap up our winter reading program! Ages 0-12
Join us for a yarn social hour for knitting, crocheting, and yarn crafting at the Main Library, McAuliffe Branch, or both!
At the Main Library, meet Wednesday mornings at 10 AM and the 2nd and 4th Saturdays at 10 AM. At the McAuliffe Branch, meet Wednesday evenings at 6 PM.
This is not a learn to knit or crochet program, but we can offer pointers and tips.
Join us in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day to experience a Virtual Reality tour of the Anne Frank House. To reserve a 45 minute time slot, please call the McAuliffe Branch at 508-532-5636 or register online.
Once you’ve signed up for the server, you’ll be able to use it whenever you want. But if you want to build when you know there will be other people on too, join us every Wednesday from 2:30-4:00 PM. We can chat, work on group builds, and/or explore the map together.
If you don't yet have access to the server, visit www.framinghamlibrary.org/minecraft for more details and the application form.
Must Be Accepted on Minecraft Server to Participate
Grades 4-12
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.
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.
It’s an early release day, so I’ll bring some movies and popcorn, and you can choose what we watch.
Grades 5-12
Join us in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day to experience a Virtual Reality tour of the Anne Frank House. To reserve a 45 minute time slot, please call the McAuliffe Branch at 508-532-5636 or register online.
Join us the last Thursday of each month to create, using items from our makerspace! Every month we’ll bring out different materials and tools. Grades 4-8
Come sing and play with words, rhyme, and puppets!
Ages 0-2 and their caregivers, all welcome.
Squish, push, and explore with fun winter themed sensory bags!
Fun, safe, and simple sensory activities to help your babies and toddlers explore.
Ages 0-4
Join us in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day to experience a Virtual Reality tour of the Anne Frank House. To reserve a 45 minute time slot, please call the McAuliffe Branch at 508-532-5636 or register online.
