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Bacon Free Library

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Phone 508-653-6730
Website https://baconfreelibrary.org/

The Bacon Free Library was established in 1880 and continues to provide the community with library services and programs today. The library provides its users with a charming blend of today’s best-sellers, old fashioned friendliness, and modern technology in an historic neighborhood setting. Our riverside location offers the perfect spot to relax with a book or laptop computer. Through the Bacon Free Library, patrons have access to over five million items from the 40+ public & academic libraries of the Minuteman Library Network. The library also provides access to regional electronic databases and the internet. Ask us about obtaining any information or materials that you need.

The Bacon Free Library offers a variety of adult, child, and seasonal programs. Many of our library programs and collections are made possible by the generous support of the Friends of the Bacon Free Library. The building also houses the Natick Historical Society Museum in the lower level, which offers a rich collection of artifacts and memorabilia of local significance. Visit the museum website for hours.

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  • June 2025

  • Tue 10

    Juggling Class for Adults

    June 10, 2025@5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
    Bacon Free Library - 58 Eliot Street Natick, MA 01760 United States

    Learn some basic juggling skills in this fun outdoor class from our neighbors at Eastern Acrobatics! This session is for adults. Registration is required.

  • Fri 13

    VANISH: Disappearing Icons of a Rural America – streaming documentary film

    June 13, 2025@8:00 AM - June 27, 2025@5:00 PM

    VANISH chronicles the “visual preservation” adventures of fine art photographer, Jim Westphalen, as he travels across the country seeking out and creating stunning imagery of America’s disappearing rural structures. Equal parts art, history, and storm chasing, this film takes you on a road-trip with Westphalen as he races against time and the unrelenting elements to capture […]

  • Fri 13

    Read-a-Story, Dance-a-Story

    June 13, 2025@10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
    Bacon Free Library - 58 Eliot Street Natick, MA 01760 United States

    Join us on the lawn of the Bacon Free Library for an outdoor dance class inspired by the enchanting tale, The Firebird. We’ll glide through spellbound forests, flap like mystical birds, and break a powerful curse with our dance. Perfect for young movers and curious minds, this class blends storytelling, dance, and music for a joyful […]

  • Mon 16

    Virtual: Summer Romance Beach Read Recommendations with Lorelei of Lorelei’s Lit Lair

    June 16, 2025@7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

    If you know romance, you probably know Lorelei!  Affectionately referred to as a passionate romance ambassador, Lorelei has been offering book recommendations through social media since 2010.  In this program, Lorelei will chat about the books she’s looking forward to reading this summer — the best of romance beach reads!  If your TBR pile isn’t […]

  • Mon 23

    Virtual: “Dead End Road” with True Crime Author E.C. Hanson

    June 23, 2025@7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

    In June 1977, Renee Freer, nicknamed Giggles, went out to play with her friends. A few hours later, she was found bludgeoned to death with a rock. In a true crime book unlike most others, E.C. Hanson stumbles upon an unsolved murder case that haunted his former stepfather. Unable to get specifics from the old […]

  • Tue 24

    Big Bubbles with Mr. Vinny the Bubble Guy

    June 24, 2025@4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
    Bacon Free Library - 58 Eliot Street Natick, MA 01760 United States

    Kick off Summer Reading with some running, jumping, and bubble-popping fun! With his giant, homemade bubble wands, Mr. Vinny gets kids and adults involved in bubble chasing games. Silly, interactive entertainment for all ages! This program will be held outdoors at the Bacon Free Library. If it rains, the fun will move to the Morse […]

  • Fri 27

    Professor Bugman’s Insect Safari

    June 27, 2025@3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    Bacon Free Library - 58 Eliot Street Natick, MA 01760 United States

    Come to the Bacon Free Library to explore the arthropod biodiversity outside in your own community with a real entomologist! Professor Bugman will bring the equipment and expertise; you bring the curiosity! Geared toward ages 4-12. Registration is required. If it rains, this program will be held indoors at the Morse Institute Library. Registration is required […]

  • Mon 30

    Drop-In Plein Air Art Studio

    June 30, 2025@1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
    Bacon Free Library - 58 Eliot Street Natick, MA 01760 United States

    Join Natick landscape artist Barbara Levine this summer for drop-in plein air (outdoors in natural light) painting on the grounds of the Bacon Free Library. (Other locations may be considered as well.) All levels of painters, and all mediums are welcome. Supplies will not be provided, so please bring your own equipment including: easels, paints, […]

  • July 2025

  • Mon 7

    Virtual: “Heal the Beasts – A Jaunt through the Curious History of the Veterinary Arts” with Author Philipp Schott

    July 7, 2025@7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    Bacon Free Library - 58 Eliot Street Natick, MA 01760 United States

        Author and veterinarian, Philipp Schott, DVM will be on hand to discuss his new book, Heal the Beasts: A Jaunt Through the Curious History of the Veterinary Arts.  This history of veterinary medicine provides an abundance of bizarre, funny, surprising, and heartwarming anecdotes. Heal the Beasts chronicles human efforts to treat animal illnesses from 14,000 BCE […]

  • Wed 9

    Virtual: In Conversation with Romance Author Rachel Reid

    July 9, 2025@7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    Bacon Free Library - 58 Eliot Street Natick, MA 01760 United States

      Do you love sports romances?  Are you intrigued by the behind-the-scenes of this romance sub-genre?  Well then, join us for a virtual conversation with Rachel Reid, Canadian author and hockey fan who explains “I like to write cute smut about hockey players and other people.”  Rachel has been dubbed “the queen of M/M hockey […]

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