VIRTUAL: Author Shannon Reed Discusses “Why We Read”

**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.**   This program is for readers everywhere!  Join us as we chat with author Shannon Reed about her latest book, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before […]

Friends of the Morse Institute Library May 2025 Book Sale

Morse Institute Library

It’s time for the Friends’ spring Book, Music, and Bake Sale! Join us on Saturday, May 17 (8:30-4:30) and Sunday, May 18 (12:00-3:00) and browse a wide selection of 25,000+ gently used books, CDs, and vinyl, and choose from an assortment of tantalizing treats from our bake sale in the library lobby. Proceeds from our […]

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VIRTUAL: Q&A with Romance and Mystery Writer Olivia Waite

Listen in — or bring questions and join in — to this fun conversation with romance author, Olivia Waite.  Olivia has brought her blend of heart and humor to historical romance, fantasy, science fiction, and essays, so who knows where the conversation might lead!  You can be sure we’ll delve into her newest book, Murder by […]

How to Create a Homegrown National Park

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

Join us for a fun and informative stroll around the lovely grounds of the Bacon Free Library.  Our gardening guru Monica Foley will point out and discuss the native plants in our gardens.  She will offer many practical ideas to help you encourage birds and other pollinators to your yard and to increase the biodiversity […]

Instrument Petting Zoo

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

The Bacon Free Library is partnering with Bach to Rock in Wellesley to bring you this instrument petting zoo. B2R will bring a variety of musical instruments to the Bacon for 60 minutes of instrument exploration to give people of all ages a chance to learn about instruments and experience playing them. This event will be held outdoors at […]

VIRTUAL: Q&A with Romance Author Nalini Singh on “Archangel’s Ascension”

Join us for a lively conversation with blockbuster romance author, Nalini Singh.  We’ll definitely chat about her most recent Guild Hunter Series book Archangel’s Ascension, and there will be spoilers — you have been warned!!  Be prepared for a rapid fire Q&A about all things SparkleBell — we’ll have our own questions but we know that Nalini fans […]

Virtual: Death in the National Parks with Author Randi Minetor

Why do some people lose their lives in America’s national parks? Randi Minetor, author of seven books in the nonfiction Death in the National Parks series, will explore the fatal mistakes people make when they venture into unfamiliar wilderness. Some forget critical steps in their preparation, forging off into wild lands far too challenging for their level […]

Art Exhibit: Maps of Natick

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

Stop by the Bacon Free Library to view a selection of Natick Historical Society’s maps of Natick, on display May 21st to June 30th.  These fascinating reproductions show the streets, properties, and bodies of water of Natick, while some also display sketches of trees & buildings, and in one case, the handwritten names of property […]