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SUMMARY:Firefighter Storytime
DESCRIPTION:Join us at BFL for a special Firefighter Storytime with Fire Chief Jason Freschke of the Natick Fire Department! Meet Fire Chief Freschke and learn about fire safety. This family-friendly event helps children become comfortable with firefighters\, gives kids and families the opportunity to learn important fire safety tips\, and strengthens community connections.
URL:https://baconfreelibrary.org/event/firefighterst1026/
LOCATION:Bacon Free Library\, 58 Eliot Street\, Natick\, MA\, 01760\, United States
CATEGORIES:Kids Events
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SUMMARY:Know Your Neighbor Community Cider Social
DESCRIPTION:Join your neighbors for a cozy autumn afternoon at our Know You Neighbor: Community Cider Social on Tuesday\, October 13th from 5:00PM to 7:30PM on the lawn of the Bacon Free Library. \n\nAre you new to the area\, or simply looking to connect with your neighbors? Over the past few weeks\, we have had many fresh faces stop by the library looking for ways to learn about our wonderful town and get to know the people who live here.\n \n\n\nAs your cozy neighborhood library\, we pride ourselves on being a warm\, welcoming space for everyone. This gathering is the perfect opportunity to tap into our close-knit community spirit and give a hearty welcome to our newest neighbors.\n\n \nNo registration is required.\n\n \n\n\nCome enjoy delicious cider\, share local tips\, and make new friends in a relaxed\, friendly setting. Whether you have lived here for decades or just moved in this month\, we cannot wait to see you there!\n\n \n 
URL:https://baconfreelibrary.org/event/kynccs101326/
LOCATION:Bacon Free Library\, 58 Eliot Street\, Natick\, MA\, 01760\, United States
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SUMMARY:Virtual - A Book Birthday with Horror Writer Robert Ottone in conversation with Lauren Bolger
DESCRIPTION:**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email.**   \nYou all know we love our book birthdays and we can’t wait to celebrate Amityville Awakens with horror author Robert Ottone! The book will have just come out on October 6th\, so we’re sure there will be plenty to chat about.  Robert is joined by Lauren Bolger for a conversation about his new book\, his process\, and whatever other horror-ific things they’d like to chat about. We hope you can join us for this fun discussion (although\, it is BYOC – bring your own cake :).  \nRegister directly on Zoom HERE. \nRECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.  \nYou can purchase signed books by Robert and/or Lauren from Aesop’s Fable. Just note in the comments that you would like your book to come with a signed bookplate. \n\nRobert P. Ottone is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Triangle and is also the best-selling author of Curse of the Cob Man\, The Sleepy Hollow Gang\, The Vile Thing We Created and Nocturnal Creatures. His short fiction has been collected in Wrapped in Plastic and Other Sweet Nothings as well as Her Infernal Name & Other Nightmares. ​ \nHe holds two master’s degrees in Education\, as well as an MFA in Children’s Literature. Robert is also a true crime lecturer for various universities\, libraries and groups. ​A bagel-loving fabulist of spooky absurdity\, Ottone enjoys cigars\, cocktails and time with his wife. \nLauren has this to say about herself: I’m a Chicago chapter member of the Horror Writers Association\, an avid music fan. I live in a town you’ve never heard of with my husband\, kids and cats.  \n  \nPlease register for this event through Zoom and you’ll receive the link in the confirmation and reminder emails. \nThis program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library and we’re thrilled to be collaborating with a multitude of MA Libraries to bring this program to our communities.
URL:https://baconfreelibrary.org/event/rottone1026/
LOCATION:VIRTUAL\, 58 Eliot Street\, Natick\, MA\, 01760\, United States
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SUMMARY:Virtual - Author Leslye Penelope Discusses "The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass"
DESCRIPTION:**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email.**  \nBack by popular demand\, we are thrilled to welcome author Leslye Penelope to our virtual stage! We hosted Leslye years ago and we had such a great conversation so we expect we’ll have another great time. This time\, Leslye will be discussing her new book\, The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass which she tells us is not strictly a romance but with a strong romantic subplot – you know what? We’ll take it!  \n  \nSave your sister\, doom the world. For five years\, Zahara Douglass has been haunted by her sister’s impossible disappearance. Now\, in December 1999\, with the world on the brink of chaos\, Zahara sets out to find her sister no matter the cost in this twisty and compelling modern fantasy. Sounds awesome\, right? We hope you can join us for this fun discussion! \nRegister directly on Zoom HERE. \nRECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.  \n\nAbout the Book: \nIn April 1995\, Zahara watched her twin sister\, Annica\, get hustled into a stranger’s car and disappear—only to return to a world where no one remembers Annica ever existed. Not her mother. Not the police. No one. \nFive years later\, as the world braces for the looming Y2K crisis\, Zahara finds evidence proving her sister is real. Determined to uncover the truth\, she hires a private investigator and begins digging into her family’s shadowed past. When the investigation leads to two charismatic men who once served with her father in Vietnam\, Zahara realizes she and her sister may be pawns in a dangerous power struggle with unthinkable consequences. \n​To find Annica\, Zahara must face the truth about her family\, her memories\, and the power lurking within her. But the twins’ reunion comes at a price—one that could unravel reality and bring about the end of the world.  \n\nAbout Leslye: \nLeslye Penelope\, who also writes as L. Penelope\, has been writing since she could hold a pen and loves getting lost in the worlds in her head. She is an award-winning author of fantasy and paranormal romance. Her debut novel Song of Blood & Stone was chosen as one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time. The novel also won the inaugural award for Best Self-Published Fiction from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. Her novel The Monsters We Defy won the 2023 Audie Award for Best Fantasy Audiobook. \nShe was born in the Bronx\, not long after the birth of hip hop\, but left before she could acquire an accent. Equally left and right-brained\, she studied film production at Howard University and minored in computer science. This led to a master’s degree in multimedia and a career in website development. She’s also an award-winning independent filmmaker\, co-founded a literary magazine\, and sometimes dreams in HTML. \nLeslye is an alumna of VONA/Voices and Hurston/Wright Writers Workshop. She has spoken and taught at conferences and festivals around the country including the Baltimore Book Festival\, Romance Writers of America\, Writers Digest Annual & Novel Writing Conferences\, and the Historical Novel Society.
URL:https://baconfreelibrary.org/event/lpenelope1026/
LOCATION:VIRTUAL\, 58 Eliot Street\, Natick\, MA\, 01760\, United States
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SUMMARY:Virtual - Even More Haunted Lighthouses of New England with Author Jeremy D'Entremont
DESCRIPTION:**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email.**  \nWe always have such a blast with Jeremy on this talks about haunted lighthouses\, that we just had to have him back! He’s working on a 4.0 program just for us! Even more stories\, even more ghosts\, even more sightings – just more!  \nLighthouses and ghost stories often seem to go hand in hand. In the past\, Jeremy has discussed the lovelorn spirit known as Ernie at Connecticut’s New London Ledge Light and the piano playing ghost of Maine’s Seguin Light\, among others as well as about the mysterious Woman in White in the Isles of Shoals and the spirit of a drowned lighthouse keeper at Penfield Reef in Connecticut. This time\, who knows what fascinating and haunting tales Jeremy will come up with. \nRegister directly on Zoom HERE. \nRECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program \nJeremy D’Entremont is the president and historian of the American Lighthouse Foundation\, historian for the U.S. Lighthouse Society\, and the author of more than 20 books and hundreds of articles on lighthouses and maritime history. He’s the producer and host of the U.S. Lighthouse Society’s podcast\, Light Hearted. He has appeared on the popular Ghost Hunters TV show\, as well as Haunted Lighthouses of America on the Travel Channel. He has also appeared on the History Channel\, Public Television\, and National Public Radio speaking about lighthouses. \nYou can find all of Jeremy’s past talks with us on our YouTube Channel. \nPlease register for this event and you’ll receive the link in the confirmation and reminder emails – make sure to check your spam folder for them\, the email will be coming from Zoom. \nThis program is brought to you in collaboration with the Chelmsford\, Groton\, and Tewksbury Libraries. We’re also thrilled to be partnering with a multitude of additional MA & NH Libraries to bring this program to our communities. \nThis program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library
URL:https://baconfreelibrary.org/event/jdentremont1026/
LOCATION:VIRTUAL\, 58 Eliot Street\, Natick\, MA\, 01760\, United States
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