Movement & Music with Walnut Hill

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

 Join Miss Katie from the Community Academy at Walnut Hill School for the Arts for a fun program that emphasizes the bond between children and their caregivers, while simultaneously enriching their musical, cognitive, and physical development. Caregivers are led in enjoyable yet simple rhythmic patterns, dances, and activities. Instruments like rhythm sticks, bells, shakers, and drums are […]

Recurring

ScrubaDub Car Wash Coupon Fundraiser

Morse Institute Library

You know it’s time to wash winter off your car. Give your car a little TLC, patronize a local business, and support the Friends of the Morse Institute Library at the same time. From March 3 to March 30, the Friends are partnering with Natick’s own ScrubaDub to sell discounted tickets for ScrubaDub’s Express Wash. […]

Meet an Alpaca!

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

Meet an alpaca at the Bacon Free Library! Harvard Alpaca Ranch will bring one of their alpacas to the library for a visit. After listening to a presentation all about alpacas, you’ll have the chance to meet the alpaca up close. All ages are welcome. The program will be held outdoors on the library lawn, […]

Crankie Music Program

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

The Magid Ensemble presents Shterna and the Lost Voice, a musical crankie Yiddish folktale. This new folktale by A.C. Weaver is inspired by mythical stories of Elyahu Hanovi and traditional Yiddish folklore. Shterna and the Lost Voice follows a young woman’s quest from the realms of the dead to the celestial gardens of the immortal – all to restore her […]

Ecosystem Explorers with the MHS Plantmobile

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

Join us at the Bacon Free Library for a hands-on, science-based program courtesy of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s Plantmobile. Dive into the intricate web of ecosystems and learn how plants play a vital role in our environment. This program will be outdoors, weather permitting. The Plantmobile program is geared toward kids in grades pre-K to […]

Sustainable Gardening – Virtual

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

The Blackstone Valley Veggie Gardens presents a virtual program on Sustainable Gardening. Become a more efficient gardener by learning how to elongate your growing season and maximize your output, all while preserving resources.  This program is hosted by the Bacon Free Library. This program will be held over Zoom. Please register to receive the program […]

Drop-In Craft: Storybook Flowers

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

Stop by the Bacon Free Library to make a colorful flower with recycled book pages! All ages are welcome.

Celebrate the Earth – Seedling Swap and Ask a Master Gardener Table

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

To celebrate all things gardening, stop by the Bacon Free Library on Saturday, April 27th. Bring your homegrown (or store bought) seedlings to swap with others: have 6 tomato plant seedlings but only need 2? Swap them for others that you need. The maximum seedlings to trade is 4. Our Seed Library will also be […]

Meet the Artist – Rebecca McGee Tuck

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

Drop in at the Bacon Free Library to meet sculptor and social activist, Rebecca McGee Tuck, and enjoy a viewing of her display "Along the Wrack Line." Rebecca is a sculptor and an ocean activist.  Her current display, “Along the Wrack Line,” deals with the overwhelming amount of debris and plastic trash that contaminate our […]

Zentangle

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

The Zentangle® Method is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns (called tangles). In this workshop at the Bacon Free Library, learn the history of Zentangle, the basic steps of the method, and the tools used. Through step-by-step instructions, you will be immersed in creating an original Zentangle […]