Join us for a virtual discussion of: Moloka'i by Alan Brennert. Copies of the book will be available at the Bacon Free Library. Call 508-653-6730 to arrange pick up. Or request your own copy HERE Also available on Overdrive HERE For details on how to attend this virtual meeting via Zoom, please contact mking@minlib.net […]
Bacon Free Library
58 Eliot Street, Natick, MA, United States
Join us on the back lawn for a special story time with our furry friend Lorcan and his human Cheryl! We will read books that are doggie approved, while kids can take turns petting Lorcan. No registration required.
Bacon Free Library
58 Eliot Street, Natick, MA, United States
Join the Natick Historical Society and the BFL at 2:00 at Shaw Park (across the street from the BFL) for a free hands-on program on how to draw a Kōlam, a traditional decorative floor art practiced by generations of Tamil Hindu women across South India. Supplies will be provided. To know the history and cultural […]
Bacon Free Library
58 Eliot Street, Natick, MA, United States
Starting today, visit the Bacon to view the beautiful work of local artist and children’s book illustrator Rob Dunlavey. Rob's landscape drawings and paintings will be displayed until September 28. An opening reception will be held on June 21st at 5:30 P.M. It's free and open to the public. Rob’s lyrical and expressionistic drawings of […]
Presented by Tower Hill Botanic Gardens: Explore the wide world of plants as we sing songs, read, play, investigate, and plant our own beans to care for at home. Materials Soil, seeds Best for Grades PreK-K This program will be held on the grounds of the library. Space is limited. Registration required. Each child must […]
Bacon Free Library
58 Eliot Street, Natick, MA, United States
Join us for a Zoom discussion of Under a white sky : the nature of the future / Elizabeth Kolbert Copies of the book will be available at the Bacon Free Library. Or request your own copy HERE Also available on Overdrive Join environmental enthusiast, Arthur Ensroth, in discussing current, historical and future environmental issues through […]
Bacon Free Library
58 Eliot Street, Natick, MA, United States
June 16 – September 28 You are welcome to view the art of Natick artist and children’s book illustrator, Rob Dunlavey. His landscape drawings and paintings will grace the walls of the BFL from June 16 - September 28. Rob’s lyrical and expressionistic drawings of the South Natick dam capture the plant and animal life […]
Bacon Free Library
58 Eliot Street, Natick, MA, United States
Diane Edgecomb is back! Bring your blanket and snacks and hear stories from one of the best. Step off the Beaten Path and into the Big Outdoors in this fun-loving Participatory Program with award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb. We’ll go on a fossil dig in Montana to discover a new dinosaur and take on the world’s sassiest bugs all […]
Bacon Free Library
58 Eliot Street, Natick, MA, United States
This month, we will discuss The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande. According to Malcolm Gladwell's review of The Checklist Manifesto, Gawande is a gorgeous writer and storyteller, and the aims of this book are ambitious. Gawande thinks that the modern world requires us to revisit what we mean by expertise: that experts need help, and […]
Cinephilia is an academic word literally meaning “love of cinema,” but it also contains hints of nostalgia and passion for a film art that was undoubtedly the defining media experience of the twentieth century. As such, cinema has a variegated and fascinating history which extends well beyond the Hollywood we are all familiar with. Meant […]