May Programs for Adults!!

Events for Adults

Adult Take & Makes: Resin Photo Magnets!

Starting Monday, May 1st stop by the library to pick up your very own Resin Photo Magnet kit! Kits include supplies and instructions for making your very personalized magnet!! SUPPLIES ARE LIMITED! 1 KIT PER PERSON! Kits will be distributed on a first come first serve basis!

Knitting Group, Fridays, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Love to knit or crochet? Join our group of local fiber artists who will be meeting in the Friends of the Franklin Library Community Room on Fridays 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Friends of the Franklin Library Book Club, Tuesday, May 2, 6:30PM

Join the Friends for an evening book club! Enjoy discussion and fun with some of the best advocates a Library could ask for!

Reading: Night Agent by Matthew Quirk

What is wrong with my Houseplants?! May 4 2:00 PM

Virtual Program

As with our outdoor gardens, many things can go wrong when you grow plants indoors. Learn the factors that make for happy houseplants, including light, water, and soil...and how to provide them. Common houseplant pests and diseases are also on the agenda, as well as how to treat them. Led by Bonnie Power, a Massachusetts Master Gardener since.

Brought to you in collaboration with Tewksbury Public Library

RSVP: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6616795027780/WN_FqTxyrBCTSa_RLSedRdqog

Lotus Lantern Craft, May 6, 2:00 PM

Registration Required!

A Member of Korean Spirit and Culture Promotion Project will show us, step by step, how to make a lovely lotus flower lantern using colored paper and wire frames followed by a documentary film!

Brought to you with the generous support of the Franklin Cultural Council!

Adult Crafts Sunday, May 7, 2:00 PM

Registration Required

Pond Artist; a project inspired by Monet.

RSVP: https://www.eventkeeper.com/code/ekform.cfm?curOrg=FRANKLIN&curName=2023/05/07_Adult_Crafts

Table Top Tuesday, May 9 & 23, 6:00 PM

Registration Requested!

It's time to dust off your dice, grab a source book and role play your way through hijinks and horrors! Table Top is a Monthly game of Table Top Role Playing Games for Adults!

Email mgousie@minlib.net to sign up or get more info!

Community Conversations! Thursday May 11 @6:00PM

Folks of all ages are welcome to join us each month as we unpack, discuss, and engage with topics relevant both within our community and beyond. Come with an open mind, leave with plenty of food for thought!

Chess Club! Two Sunday, May 14 & 28, 2:00-4:30PM

Chess - The Game of Kings has resumed play! All ages and ability levels are welcomed. If you would like to learn how to play chess, you are welcome as well! Learn an opening, develop strategic & tactic abilities, improve endgame skills. Sets will be available. No registration is required, and there is no fee.

In the Newsroom with NBC10Boston/NECN's Susan Tran, May 15, 5:00 PM

Virtual Program

Meet Susan Tran, on-air reporter for NBC10Boston/NECN! We'll be discussing how Susan got to where she is, her experiences in TV media, especially as an Asian American woman, and how local news impacts our perceptions of the world around us. Bring your questions, this is sure to be a fascinating and enlightening conversation!

Brought to you in collaboration with Ashland Public Library!

RSVP: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6016811510304/WN_QF8VMnXfQUSAMh_nl_h0ug

Board Game Group, Tuesday, May 16, 6:00 PM

No registration required

Try and new game! Introduce your favorite! Most importantly... Play games!

This a monthly group dedicated to the great board games out there and a space to find some new people to play with! All ages welcome!

Rain Garden Workshop, May 18, 6:30 PM

No registration required

Rain gardens are specially designed and planted depressions in the ground that collect, filter, and treat storm water. Join a discussion with Franklin Dept. of Public Works on the installation and maintenance of a rain garden: site-selection, native plant choices, benefits, and more!

Lawns and Lawn Alternatives May 20, 2:00 PM

No registration required

Lawns are imported garden fixtures from places with cool, wet summers. Here a “perfect” lawn is a major drain on water supplies, a source of pollution, and a lot of work. Look at options for tailoring your lawn and your lawn care to fit your needs, potentially eliminating hundreds of hours of labor and expensive treatments every year. The talk will include some discussion of alternatives to the traditional grass lawn. Gretel Anspach is a Trustee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, a Lifetime Master Gardener with the Massachusetts Master Gardener Association, and a recently-retired systems engineer for Raytheon. She won the MMGA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016. Gretel established and maintains a 20,000 square foot food production garden that has provided fresh produce to the Marlboro and Maynard Food Pantries for the last ten years. Her primary interest and focus is always in the science behind horticulture.

Revolutionary Design: Modern Architecture in New England, May 22, 7:00 PM

Virtual Program

What do Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius, Louis Kahn, Philip Johnson and Maya Lin have in common? Legendary architects? Yep. Innovators in Modern design? True. They all have work in New England?! Join us over Zoom to introduce each architect and explore their notable works in New England locales.

RSVP: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6616757058913/WN_pCRL4QPMTcmfzwAnA_DcfQ

Franklin Public Library Book Club, Tuesday, May 22, 7:00 PM

The book for discussion is Interior Chinatown, by Charles Yu.

Every day Willis Wu leaves his tiny room in a Chinatown SRO and enters the Golden Palace restaurant, where Black and White, a procedural cop show, is in perpetual production. He's a bit player here too, but he dreams of being Kung Fu Guy-- and he sees his life as a script. After stumbling into the spotlight, Willis finds himself launched into a wider world than he has ever known, discovering not only the secret history of Chinatown, but the buried legacy of his own family, and what that means for him in today's America.

For more information, please contact Deputy Library Director Kim Shipala at kshipala@minlib.net .

"50 Hikes in Eastern Massachusetts" with Author Madeline Bilis, May 23, 7:00 PM

Virtual Program

Just in time for summer! We are looking forward to chatting with author Madeline Bilis about her book "50 Hikes in Eastern Massachusetts". Hopefully, we'll all feel motivated to dust off our hiking shoes and hit the road!

Brought to you in collaboration with Ashland Public Library

RSVP: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4116806470782/WN_066FNRNpT8Oal432C6sWcg

Spring Health Fair, May 24, 3:00 PM

Join us for Local Vendors • Petting Zoo • Farm Stand • Refreshments • Health Services • Face Painting • Raffles & Give-a-ways • Kids Zone • Activities • Education for all ages • and More!

The Petting Zoo is by registration.

RSVP HERE: https://www.eventkeeper.com/code/ekform.cfm?curOrg=FRANKLIN&curName=2023/05/24_Spring_Health_Fair

Adult Paint Party, Thursday, May 25^th @ 6:00PM

Registration is Required

Join local instructor Denise Palmieri for this unique paint party for adults! We will be testing out different paint pouring techniques to create abstract artwork! All materials will be provided and you'll get to take home your very own pair of painting! REGISTRATION REQUIRED! All attendees must be at least 18.

RSVP HERE: https://www.eventkeeper.com/code/ekform.cfm?curOrg=FRANKLIN&curName=2023/05/25_Adult_Paint_Party

Genealogy Club, Thursday, May 25, 6:30 p.m. The Art of Finding Living People
Our DNA series with Dr. Adina Newman wraps up with this presentation. Each program is stand alone, so it’s not necessary to have attended the other presentations. This program is free and open to all who are interested. No registration required.

Friends of Franklin Library Meeting, Wednesday, May 31, 7:00 PM

Love the Library? Then how about we be friends! Join us at the Friends of Franklin Library meeting!

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