June 2023 Programs for Adults!!!
Posted on: May 29, 2023 - 12:00am
Library Hours
The Franklin Public Library will be closed Monday, June 19th for Juneteenth. The Library’s summer hours are Monday through Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday hours will resume after Labor Day.
Library News – Get more eContent from Libby
Did yu know that Libby app allows Minuteman users to borrow eBooks & audiobooks from other public library networks in Massachusetts? By adding these libraries to your Libby account, you can search, browse, and check out items from their digital collections. These networks include: Boston Public Library, SAILS Library network, CLAMS, NOBLE, CW MARS, OCLN, and the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium. To add libraries, open your Libby app, tap on the settings menu in the bottom center of the screen-select “add a library” - Search for one of the following: Boston Public Library, CLAMS, CW MARS, Merrimack Valley Library Consortium, NOBLE, or OCLN (you will have to add them one at a time) - When asked to add a library card, choose "I'm visiting from Another Library." Choose "Minuteman Library Network." Enter your MLN card number and PIN. You can now search and check out materials from a partner library just as you do from Minuteman!
Featured Databases
Libby. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and streaming video from our libraries with the Libby App. Watch video tutorials for Libby here.
Hoopla. Borrow thousands of movies, television, music, and audiobook titles for free with your library card. Always available, no waiting lists. Enjoy on your PC, tablet, smart TV, or phone. Access to this database is limited to Franklin residents. Watch video tutorials on using hoopla here.
Kanopy is an on-demand movie streaming video service with access to thousands of documentary, foreign, silent, and independent films. Stream over 30,000 films from hundreds of popular producers such as The Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, and PBS, as well as thousands of independent filmmakers. Stream Kanopy on your computer or download the app on your phone, tablet or Roku device. Access to this database is limited to Franklin residents.
Creativebug Creativebug.com has more than 1,000 award-winning art & craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists. Access to this database is limited to Franklin residents.
New Materials
Check out the latest additions to the library’s collection!
Book Sale
Franklin Library Book Sale
Friday, June 16th, 1:00-5:00 p.m. Saturday, June 17th, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon.
All books are just one dollar!
Friday, June 16th, 1:00-5:00 p.m. Saturday, June 17th, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon.
All books are just one dollar!
Bag Sale - $5 A Bag—Saturday, June 17th, from 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Come fill a brown bag with all the books you can!
Come fill a brown bag with all the books you can!
Franklin Library ESL & Adult Literacy Program
The Franklin Public Library has started an English as a Second Language and Adult Literacy Program to serve Franklin and its surrounding communities. Volunteers and students do not need to be Franklin residents. If interested, please fill out the registration form on the library’s website or call 508-520-4941.
Massachusetts Center for the Book 2023 Reading Challenge
May: A book set in a country you’ve never visited
Do you have a cozy reading corner you’ve been wanting to spend more time in? Do you have a group of friends who like to select books together? Maybe a little constraint helps you choose what to read next.
If you are looking for a fun, unique reading challenge to take on in 2023, Massachusetts Center for the Book has you covered.
Check it out today! https://www.massbook.org/readingchallenge
Events for Adults
Adult Take & Makes: Air Plant Terrariums!
Starting Thursday, June 1st stop by the library to pick up your very own Air Plant Terrarium kit!
Kits include supplies and instructions for making your very own hanging terrarium! The perfect plant-lovers craft! SUPPLIES ARE LIMITED! Kits will be distributed on a first come first serve basis! *LIMIT 1 PER PERSON*
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.
Spinners & knitters, Sunday, June 4 1:30 PM
Gather to spin on spinning wheels or knit! Feel free to stop by to watch or ask questions.
Beer Hiking in New England with Carey Kish, Monday, June 5 7:00 PM
This is a virtual event.
Author Carey Kish traveled over 300 miles on foot and tasted more than 230 different beers to bring readers this great selection of hikes and brews. Join him for a talk about his new guidebook, Beer Hiking in New England, which showcases a wide variety of fun beer hikes in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, from easy walks to moderate ramble and strenuous climbs. Carey will talk about the stunning scenery that awaits you and the breweries and brewpubs nearby that’ll quench your thirst at the end of your hike. He also has a few interesting tales to tell about the beer hiking journey.
Carey Kish is a seasoned hiker, outdoors writer, beer enthusiast and longtime New England denizen. Kish has hiked the 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine (twice), the 1,100-mile Florida Trail and the 2,654-mile Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada. Beer Hiking New England is a product of Kish’s lifelong passion for hiking and his love for tasty craft-brewed beer. He is also editor of the AMC Maine Mountain Guide and author of AMC’s Best Day Hikes Along the Maine Coast. You can find him on Facebook and on Instagram @careykish.
Please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4416808146855/WN_-okkI7ulRe-bnAlII6Mlzw
In collaboration with Belmont Public Library, Franklin Public Library, Lincoln Public Library, Lucius BeeBee Memorial Library, Needham Public Library, Peabody Institute Library of Danvers, Rockport Public Library, Tewksbury Public Library, Thomas Crane Public Library, Wayland Public Library, and Wellesley Free Library.
This program is made possible by the generous donors to the Cary Library Foundation.
Friends of the Franklin Library Book Club, Tuesday, June 6, 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: “The Pull of the Stars” by Emma Donoghue
Friends of Franklin Library Meeting, Wednesday, June 7, 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
LiveArts Quartet Concert, Saturday, June 10, 2:00 PM
This concert will include Three Rags for String Quartet by William Bolcom, Crisantemi by Giacometti Puccini, and the String Quartet in F Major by Maurice Ravel. The performance is free and open to the public!
The LiveARTS String Quartet -- Gregory Vitale, violin, Omar Chen-Guey, violin, Donald Krishnaswami, viola, and Jennifer Lucht, cello, have performed together for over a decade while maintaining active careers playing and teaching throughout New England and beyond.
This performance is made possible through a grant from the Franklin Cultural District, which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Chess Club! Two Sunday, June 11 & 25, 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.
Table Top Tuesday, June 13 & 27, 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 June 13, 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!
Micro-Adventures in Massachusetts Wednesday, June 14, 7:00 PM
Massachusetts is full of history, spectacular scenery, wildlife, and wonderful opportunities for adventure. The best part is most of these places are hidden in plain sight: in our state parks and accessible nature preserves. Get inspiration for all of your summer day trips and adventures in one program! (GREAT for families with kids!)
Bystander First Aid Saturday June 17 2:00 PM
Are you ready for an emergency? Let's review first aid best practices with Laurie A. Kaye, Lieutenant/Paramedic, from the Franklin Fire Department!
We’ll cover:
- Discuss when and how to call 911
- Safely assess emergency situations
- Demonstrate how to stop bleeding
- Determine the need for CPR and AED
- Position the injured party and provide comfort
- Review more advanced first aid education and certification
Board Game Group, Tuesday, June 20, 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!
High Flying Dogs, Wednesday, June 21, 4:00 PM
Join us on the Town Common! for extreme tail wagging fun for the whole family! Mike Piazza and his team of Border Collies are set to impress with their frisbee tricks and more!
Inside Earth's Neighborhood: Exploring the Sun, Moon and Mars, Wednesday, June 21 7:30 PM
Join astronomer and educator Alex Trunnell to explore the exciting world of Earth's neighborhood! Celebrate the summer solstice by learning about this stellar annual event, and compare the solstice we experience here on Earth to the solstice on Mars. Learn more about how astronomers study objects in the night sky, and examine real pieces of the Moon and Mars. After the talk, see them for yourself through 4" and 9.5" telescopes!
Monday Movie, Monday, June 26, 6:00 PM
Enjoy a movie at the Library! Bring your own candy. Popcorn Provided!
Franklin Public Library Book Club, Tuesday, June 27, 7:00 PM
The book for discussion is The Lioness of Boston, by Emily Franklin.
A deeply evocative portrait of Isabella Stewart Gardner, a daring visionary who created an inimitable legacy in American art and transformed the city of Boston itself. By the time Isabella Stewart Gardner opened her Italian palazzo-style home as a museum in 1903 to showcase her collection of old masters, antiques, and objects d'art, she was already well-known for scandalizing Boston's polite society. But when Isabella first arrives in Boston in 1861, she is twenty years old, newly married to a wealthy trader, and unsure of herself. Puzzled by the frosty reception she receives from stuffy bluebloods, she strives to fit in. After two devastating tragedies and rejection from upper-society, Isabella discovers her spirit and casts off expectations. Freed by travel, Isabella explores the world of art, ideas, and letters, meeting such kindred spirits as Henry James and Oscar Wilde. From London and Paris to Egypt and Asia, she develops a keen eye for paintings and objects, and meets feminists ready to transform nineteenth century thinking in the twentieth century. Isabella becomes an eccentric trailblazer, painted by John Singer Sargent in a portrait of daring décolletage, and fond of such stunts as walking a pair of lions in the Boston Public Garden. The Lioness of Boston is a portrait of what society expected a woman's life to be, shattered by a courageous soul who rebelled and determined to live on her own terms. -- Provided by publisher.
For more information, please call the library at 508-520-4941.
Genealogy Club, Thursday, June 29, 6:30 p.m. Is that one person or two? How do identify and separate people of the same name with Marian Pierre-Louis
Common names or people of the same name in one family can cause a lot of confusion in genealogy. Is that the father getting married for the second time or his son getting married for the first? Has somebody given your ancestor different parents? Can there be two Joseph Johnsons born the same year in the same town? We will look at different ways to determine how to separate unique individuals. This program is free and open to all who are interested. No registration required.
Common names or people of the same name in one family can cause a lot of confusion in genealogy. Is that the father getting married for the second time or his son getting married for the first? Has somebody given your ancestor different parents? Can there be two Joseph Johnsons born the same year in the same town? We will look at different ways to determine how to separate unique individuals. This program is free and open to all who are interested. No registration required.
Fun with Drones! Friday, June 30, 1:00 PM
Join licensed drone pilot Brian Kourtz of Boston 25 News as he shows us the different types of drones, uses for drone footage, how to get your pilot's license, and of course, how to fly a drone!
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