All Together: Preschool Storytime

Join us on Mondays and Tuesdays for stories and songs! Outdoors, weather permitting. Bring along a blanket to get comfy. Note: if the weather is wet or below 55 degrees, we’ll move this storytime indoors. The historic nature of our building limits accessibility. This pr......More

Join us on Mondays and Tuesdays for stories and songs! Outdoors, weather permitting. Bring along a blanket to get comfy. Note: if the weather is wet or below 55 degrees, we’ll move this storytime indoors. The historic nature of our building limits accessibility. This program is also offered in an accessible location at the Morse Institute Library (click here for dates, times, and more information).

Bacon Free Library, 58 Eliot Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States

Virtual - Celebrating America's 250th: Petticoat Patriots with Speaker and Author Libby McNamee

  **PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Register to receive a Zoom link via email. **   We are so pleased to be ending our year-long celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence with speaker and ......More

  **PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Register to receive a Zoom link via email. **   We are so pleased to be ending our year-long celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence with speaker and author Libby McNamee! Libby will be discussing the Petticoat Patriots of the American Revolution – this talk includes  the “Daughters of Liberty” and future “Lady Presidents” Martha Washington, and Abigail Adams. We will also meet Mrs. Adams’ friend Mercy Warren, as well as Esther Reed, a Philadelphia socialite. Then we will marvel over the courageous midnight-riders: Susanna Bolling of VA, Betsy Dowdy of NC, and Sybil Ludington of CT. Lastly, we will explore the soldiers, Deborah Sampson of MA and “Molly Pitcher” of NJ.  We hope you can join us for this fascinating conversation!   Register directly on Zoom HERE.  RECORDING NOTE: This program will NOT be recorded. You can buy signed books by Libby from Aesop’s Fable, just make a note that you want the books signed when you check out. About Libby: Libby Carty McNamee is a speaker, lawyer, and award-winning author of “Susanna’s Midnight Ride,” “Dolley Madison and the War of 1812,” and “The Union Spymistress: The Story of Elizabeth Van Lew” and their Study Guides. She is also Co-Editor of “The Epic Story of 1776” and “The Epic Story of 1777-1779.” Libby lives with her husband in Richmond, Virginia, and a son in college. She is a graduate of Georgetown University and Catholic University School of Law. She practiced law in firms and corporations. She is also a Veteran who served as a major in the U.S. Army JAG Corps in South Korea, Washington State, Bosnia, and Germany. Please 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.  This 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. We are also pleased to be partnering with the Ashland Senior Center for this event.

VIRTUAL, 58 Eliot Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States

All Together: Preschool Storytime

Join us on Mondays and Tuesdays for stories and songs! Outdoors, weather permitting. Bring along a blanket to get comfy. Note: if the weather is wet or below 55 degrees, we’ll move this storytime indoors. The historic nature of our building limits accessibility. This pr......More

Join us on Mondays and Tuesdays for stories and songs! Outdoors, weather permitting. Bring along a blanket to get comfy. Note: if the weather is wet or below 55 degrees, we’ll move this storytime indoors. The historic nature of our building limits accessibility. This program is also offered in an accessible location at the Morse Institute Library (click here for dates, times, and more information).

Bacon Free Library, 58 Eliot Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States

Closed for Veteran's Day

History Book Club

  Join us for a virtual discussion of  Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity by Joseph Lee.  Copies of the book will be available at the Bacon Free Library, or if you’d like to pick up the book at another location, you may r......More

  Join us for a virtual discussion of  Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity by Joseph Lee.  Copies of the book will be available at the Bacon Free Library, or if you’d like to pick up the book at another location, you may request your own copy.   For details on how to attend this virtual meeting via Zoom, please contact [email protected] The Zoom link to the discussion will be sent at a later date. 

VIRTUAL, 58 Eliot Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States

Jammin With You @ CSSC

Please note that this event will be held at the Common Street Spiritual Center at 13 Common Street in Natick Center. Be prepared to laugh, dance, sing, and jam your way through 30 minutes of non-stop family fun! This performance is geared toward kids ages 1 – 7, but fun......More

Please note that this event will be held at the Common Street Spiritual Center at 13 Common Street in Natick Center. Be prepared to laugh, dance, sing, and jam your way through 30 minutes of non-stop family fun! This performance is geared toward 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 all the way home. For greater accessibility, this program will be held at the Common Street Spiritual Center once each month from October 2026 through April 2027. Check our event calendar for date and registration information.

common street spiritual center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760

All Together: Preschool Storytime

Join us on Mondays and Tuesdays for stories and songs! Outdoors, weather permitting. Bring along a blanket to get comfy. Note: if the weather is wet or below 55 degrees, we’ll move this storytime indoors. The historic nature of our building limits accessibility. This pr......More

Join us on Mondays and Tuesdays for stories and songs! Outdoors, weather permitting. Bring along a blanket to get comfy. Note: if the weather is wet or below 55 degrees, we’ll move this storytime indoors. The historic nature of our building limits accessibility. This program is also offered in an accessible location at the Morse Institute Library (click here for dates, times, and more information).

Bacon Free Library, 58 Eliot Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States

Virtual - "Little Mister Victory" with Author and Historian David Kruh

  Join us for a talk with one of our favorite speakers, David Kruh, on his new book “Little Mister Victory: A Daughter’s Search for the Woman Who Abandoned Her Father on VJ Day, co-written by Tina Drzal. Little Mister Victory is the story of Tina’s decades-long search f......More

  Join us for a talk with one of our favorite speakers, David Kruh, on his new book “Little Mister Victory: A Daughter’s Search for the Woman Who Abandoned Her Father on VJ Day, co-written by Tina Drzal. Little Mister Victory is the story of Tina’s decades-long search for the woman who abandoned her father on VJ Day. Using cutting-edge DNA analysis and good-old-fashioned detective work (burrowing into newspaper archives, ecclesiastic and government documents) David and Tina found the mother, along with a surprise abandoning her newborn baby was not the most shocking act of her life. **PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Register to receive a Zoom link via email.**   Register directly on Zoom HERE. RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.  About the Author: Little Mister Victory is David’s sixth published book. Along with dozens of columns and articles in local newspapers and national magzines, his other work includes two books on Boston’s Scollay Square and the building of Route 128, as well as a musical about the Boston Red Sox so-called Curse (which he says may have returned.) This 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.

VIRTUAL, 58 Eliot Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States

All Together: Preschool Storytime

Join us on Mondays and Tuesdays for stories and songs! Outdoors, weather permitting. Bring along a blanket to get comfy. Note: if the weather is wet or below 55 degrees, we’ll move this storytime indoors. The historic nature of our building limits accessibility. This pr......More

Join us on Mondays and Tuesdays for stories and songs! Outdoors, weather permitting. Bring along a blanket to get comfy. Note: if the weather is wet or below 55 degrees, we’ll move this storytime indoors. The historic nature of our building limits accessibility. This program is also offered in an accessible location at the Morse Institute Library (click here for dates, times, and more information).

Bacon Free Library, 58 Eliot Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States

Lapsit Storytime

Stories, bounces, and songs for babies 0-24 months and their grownups! The historic nature of our building limits accessibility. This program is also offered in an accessible location at the Morse Institute Library (click here for dates, times, and more information).  ...More

Stories, bounces, and songs for babies 0-24 months and their grownups! The historic nature of our building limits accessibility. This program is also offered in an accessible location at the Morse Institute Library (click here for dates, times, and more information).  

Jammin With You @ BFL

Please note that this event will be held indoors at the BFL.  Please register below because space is limited. Be prepared to laugh, dance, sing, and jam your way through 30 minutes of non-stop family fun! This performance is geared toward kids ages 1 – 7, but fun for th......More

Please note that this event will be held indoors at the BFL.  Please register below because space is limited. Be prepared to laugh, dance, sing, and jam your way through 30 minutes of non-stop family fun! This performance is geared toward 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 all the way home. For greater accessibility, this program will be held at the Common Street Spiritual Center once each month from October 2026 through April 2027.  

Bacon Free Library, 58 Eliot Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States

All Together: Preschool Storytime

Join us on Mondays and Tuesdays for stories and songs! Outdoors, weather permitting. Bring along a blanket to get comfy. Note: if the weather is wet or below 55 degrees, we’ll move this storytime indoors. The historic nature of our building limits accessibility. This pr......More

Join us on Mondays and Tuesdays for stories and songs! Outdoors, weather permitting. Bring along a blanket to get comfy. Note: if the weather is wet or below 55 degrees, we’ll move this storytime indoors. The historic nature of our building limits accessibility. This program is also offered in an accessible location at the Morse Institute Library (click here for dates, times, and more information).

Bacon Free Library, 58 Eliot Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States

All Together: Preschool Storytime

Join us on Mondays and Tuesdays for stories and songs! Outdoors, weather permitting. Bring along a blanket to get comfy. Note: if the weather is wet or below 55 degrees, we’ll move this storytime indoors. The historic nature of our building limits accessibility. This pr......More

Join us on Mondays and Tuesdays for stories and songs! Outdoors, weather permitting. Bring along a blanket to get comfy. Note: if the weather is wet or below 55 degrees, we’ll move this storytime indoors. The historic nature of our building limits accessibility. This program is also offered in an accessible location at the Morse Institute Library (click here for dates, times, and more information).

Bacon Free Library, 58 Eliot Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States

Lapsit Storytime

Stories, bounces, and songs for babies 0-24 months and their grownups! The historic nature of our building limits accessibility. This program is also offered in an accessible location at the Morse Institute Library (click here for dates, times, and more information).  ...More

Stories, bounces, and songs for babies 0-24 months and their grownups! The historic nature of our building limits accessibility. This program is also offered in an accessible location at the Morse Institute Library (click here for dates, times, and more information).  

Closed for Thanksgiving