April Events for Adults!
Adult Take & Makes: Signs of Spring!
Starting Saturday, April 1st stop by the library to pick up your very own Signs of Spring kit. Kits include supplies and instructions for making an adorable springtime wall hanging! 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.
Chess Club! Two Sunday, April, 16 & 30, 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.
Friends of the Franklin Library Book Club, Tuesday, April, 4 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: Vladimir: A Novel by Julia Jonas
YA Book Club (For Adults!), Tuesday, April, 4 7:00 PM
April Book: The Wide Starlight by Nicole Lesperance
Real talk; Young Adult Books are not just for young adults... Join a book club celebrating favorites young and old! Getting cozy STRONGLY encouraged! Check us out at https://www.franklinma.gov/adult-programs-services/pages/ya-book-club
Friends of Franklin Library Meeting, Wednesday, April 5, 7:00 PM
Love the Library? Then how about we be friends! Join us at the Friends of Franklin Library meeting!
Contact us at: fofl02038@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @FriendsFranklin
Mid-Week Reset Wednesday, April, 5 7:00 PM
No registration required
Join us for a mid-week breather at our guided meditation. This event is open to all levels and no prior experience is required. The only thing necessary is the desire to disconnect for a few moments and allow yourself some peace.
Bulb Gardening Thursday April, 6 2:00PM
Virtual Program RSVP Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3516795027561/WN_fQo3MvcSRQSrg4l2OPoPUw
Bulbs are nature’s little packages all ready to produce a beautiful flower for you. Find out about the history of common and not so common bulbs and how to bring spring and summer beauty to the garden for years to come. Led by Kathi Gariepy, a Lifetime Master Gardener with the Massachusetts Master Gardener Association, volunteering more than 10,000 hours, past Vice President of the MMGA, past chair of the Master Gardener Advisory Board, and past president of the Attleboro Garden Club. Owner of the garden design company Pleasant Vistas, Kathi has also worked as lead teacher for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, education coordinator for MassAudubon and studied landscape design at Rhode Island School of Design. She is also the recipient of the MMGA’s Lifetime Achievement Award (the Golden Trowel) and the MHS Silver Medal and is currently the chair of the Attleboro Conservation Commission. Kathi teaches children and adults about the wonders of nature. Kathi lives in an old farmhouse with perennial borders, herb gardens, a vegetable garden, grapes, blueberries, raspberries and some very old, still producing, apple trees.
In collaboration with Tewksbury Public Library!
National Poetry Month Celebrations: Workshops, Saturday, April 8, 12:00 PM
No registration required
You’re a poet, you just didn’t know it! Try “Found Poetry” by creating a poem from selected passages of other works with Camille Napier Bernstein or “I write – You Do, Too” were poets of all journey levels will experience writing when prompted by the energy of community, purpose and creativity. Everyone will have the opportunity to not only create, but share as well with Jamele Adams!
Table Top Tuesday, April 11 & 25, 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!
Adult Crafts Sunday, April 16, 2:00 PM
Registration Required
“Watercolor Ocean Animals”
Register Here: https://www.eventkeeper.com/code/ekform.cfm?curOrg=FRANKLIN&curName=2023/04/16_Adult_Crafts
Genealogy Club, Thursday, April 20, 6:30 p.m. DNA Surprises
Our DNA series with Dr. Adina Newman continues! DNA testing is a powerful tool for genealogical research, but the test can have unexpected and sometimes life-changing results. This program is free and open to all who are interested. No registration required.
Angora Rabbits: Fluffy Bunny to Luxury Yarn Tuesday, April 18, 2:00 PM
All ages welcome and please be extra mindful with young children!
Coming down from Winterberry Homestead meet some of the fluffiest bunnies around! Brush an angora rabbit and slip them a carrot while you’re at it! Spin angora fiber on drop spindles made from recycled materials then take home spindles and fiber to keep on spinning!
Board Game Group, Tuesday, April 18, 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! No registration required!
Spring Sing Fling! Free Concert from NoteAble Blend Wednesday, April 19th, 7:00 PM
Swing on down to the Library to put that April spring in your step! Enjoy 4-part a cappella renditions of show tunes including some ballads, up tunes, and songs from various movies and musicals!
Brought to you through a grant from the Franklin Cultural Council!
Tactics for Saving Money! Prescription Medications, Thursday, April 20, 7:00 PM
No registration required
Do you know what an Rx-savings card is? How about a co-pay card? Want to know how they work? Patricia Prewitt of My Personal Rx Advisor explains options, tricks, and tactics for paying less in the complex world of Healthcare!
RSVP to join us online here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lce2vrz0oG9yHtOsE7uz_URoopAZO-mGO
Chocolate Talk & Tasting, Saturday, April 22, 1:00 PM
Registration Required
They say eating chocolate releases endorphins that make you happy. Let's find out if it's true!
Come try an array of gourmet chocolate delights brought to you by Therapy Gardens. Milk, dark, and LOW sugar chocolate will be offered for sampling. Learn about the ingredients, processing and where cocoa pods are grown. We will also share tips on where to get quality chocolate!
Register Here: https://www.eventkeeper.com/code/ekform.cfm?curOrg=FRANKLIN&curName=2023/04/22_Chocolate_Talk_&_Tasting
Franklin Public Library Book Club, Tuesday, April 25, 7:00 PM
The book for discussion is The Plot, by Jean Hanff Korelitz.
Professor Jake Bonner steals his late student’s premise for a novel, and publishes it as his own. Years later, now wealthy and successful, he receives an email, “You are a thief”. What is the real story behind the plot, and who stole it from whom?
For more information, please contact Deputy Library Director Kim Shipala at kshipala@minlib.net .
Author Talk with Jason Gay Wednesday April 26, @ 7:00 PM
This is a Virtual Program
We are excited to welcome New York Times best-selling author Jason Gay to talk about his latest book, I Wouldn't Do That If I Where Me: Modern Blunders and Modest Triumphs (but Mostly Blunders). In Gay's most recent work, he takes a humorous and insightful look at life in the face of overwhelming societal change that we never anticipated - from the effects on parenthood, marriage, friendship, work, and play to all other aspects of the strange lives we find ourselves living.
Jason Gay is the sports and humor columnist at the Wall Street Journal, and he is very aware of how that sounds. In 2010, 2016, and 2019, Gay was named Sports Columnist of the Year by Society of Professional Journalists. He is the author of Little Victories and a finalist for the 2016 Thurber Prize in American Humor.
This program is brought to you in collaboration with Belmont Public Library and sponsored by the Friends of Belmont Public Library!
RSVP here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/7216795879217/WN_3dvW9mU9T0-n8ilyjD6BnA
Community Conversations! Thursday, April 27, @6:00PM
No registration required
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! This month’s topic: Food Insecurity!
National Poetry Month Celebration: Reading, Saturday, April 29, 12:00 PM
No registration required
Choose a favorite published poem that you have long treasured or recently discovered. Read it for a recording celebrating National Poetry Month for later inclusion on the Franklin Matters’ podcast!
Note: Poems may not be ones you or family members or friends have written.
Limit: Five minutes reading time.