Bacon Free Library Weekly Newsletter - October 10, 2022

Schools and Libraries

October 11, 2022

An update from Bacon Free Library

Tuesdays at 10:00 am outdoors & indoors
Here’s a chance for the little ones to learn their A-B-C’s. We’ll start outside with stories and songs that feature our letter of the week. Then we’ll head inside for some simple crafts with the special letter. Feel free to join for part or all of the story time. Be sure to bring a blanket or chair for outside. Also, each child can bring something with them that starts with the letter of the week – we’ll do a mini show & tell along with stories. This week's letter is F.

Jammin With You

Wednesday, October 12 at 10:00 am outdoors

Be prepared to laugh, dance, sing, and jam your way through 30 minutes of non-stop family fun! This performance is geared for kids ages 1–7, but fun for the whole family. With modern takes on children’s classics and classic original tunes, you’ll be humming and bopping your way all the way home! If it is 60 degrees or warmer, this program will be held outside on the library lawn so bring a blanket or chair. If it is rainy or less than 60 degrees, this program will be moved indoors.

Natick Community Senior Center event: 13 Moons, 12,000 Years: Wampanoag History presented by Plimoth Patuxet Museum

Wednesday, October 12 at 1:30 pm on Zoom

Join Timothy Turner, Associate Director of Indigenous Education at Plimoth Patuxet Museums for a live unique conversation that explores 12,000 years of Wampanoag history and how communities past and present have adapted and sustained their seasonal, 13-moon lifecycles amid changing natural, social, and political landscapes. Timothy Turner is from the Cherokee Nation and in 2017, Tim was honored with the Hornblower Award for outstanding contribution to the spirit of Plimoth Patuxet's founder, Henry Hornblower II. Please call Natick Community Senior Center at 508-647-6540 to register for this free event.

History Book Club

Thursday, October 13 at 11:00 am on Zoom

Join us for a virtual discussion of On Her Own Ground by A'Lelia Bundles. Copies of the book available at the library. Please email [email protected] to register and receive the Zoom link.

Ask a Muslim Anything

Saturday, October 15 at 11:00 am at the library

Join us for coffee and one-on-one conversation with Robert Azzi. He has been traveling throughout the Northeast and beyond at the invitation of local communities to speak about his life and what it’s like to be Muslim in America, how he came to convert to Islam and about the religion of Islam and its history – especially in America – and about the Middle East, terrorism and associated political and social issues. Nothing is off the table except rudeness and disrespect.

Monkey Business
We are looking for several like-new or gently-used stuffed monkeys for the BFL entry into the Elm Bank Festival of Trees. We are representing the book Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business by Esphyr Slobodkina. Please bring monkeys into the library at your convenience. Thanks in advance. Also looking for the game Barrel of Monkeys for the same. If you have this game and are willing to part with it, we would love to have it.

Art Exhibit: Samantha Eio

Currently on display at the library

Visit the library to view the work of local landscape artist Samantha Eio, whose painting series In Nature will be featured at the BFL until January 4th. Samantha Eio is a self-taught landscape artist who works in acrylic and watercolor paint. Her paintings feature meaningful locations from throughout New England, many from right here in Natick, where Samantha resides with her family. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Syracuse University, and is a member of the Natick Art Association, the Dedham Art Association, and the Wellesley Society of Artists.

Story Walk ®

Stop by the BFL grounds to check out our latest Story Walk: Frog on a Log? by Kes Gray and Jim Field. Read the book one page at a time on the library grounds.

The StoryWalk®Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, Vermont and developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library.

Museum Passes

The BFL is happy to offer our patrons free or reduced-price passes for a selection of great local organizations! Visit our website to learn more.

Join One Of Our Book Clubs!

Visit our website or click below to learn more about our book clubs. Copies of book club titles are set aside at Bacon Free Library, and often also available to borrow digitally. Pick up a copy today so you're ready for the next meeting. New members always welcome!

Cinéphile Mondays

Monday, October 31 @ 4:00 pm on Zoom

Cinephiles, join us for our film series! Watch a movie at home and then join Film History & Media studies Professor MV for a virtual discussion on the last Monday of the month. Join us this month for a discussion of Jean-Luc Godard's Le Mépris, available to borrow on DVD through the Minuteman Network. Visit our website to learn more and email [email protected] to register for the Zoom meeting.

Around the web...

Here are some online materials we've seen recently:
French writer Annie Ernaux is this year's recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature

You can now stay in the Hocus Pocus house

Check out the National Book Awards finalists

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