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  • Middle & High School Essay Contest: “What I Love about Framingham”

    Middle & High School Essay Contest: “What I Love about Framingham”

    2015 Framingham Essay Contest
    Entries due by Monday, February 23rd, 2015 at 5:00pm.

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – Calling all middle and high school students! Tell us what you love about our town by writing a 500 word essay.

    Include three or more features of Framingham that you love. Possible topics; your school, Framingham Public Library, Framingham sports, our history, multicultural community, or something you love about the town.

    All essays will be awarded a thank you gift. One winning essay from each middle & high school will be chosen and read by the author at the Deluxe Depot Diner, Thursday February 26th, 2015 at 6:00pm.

    20% of proceeds to be donated to the Framingham Public Library Foundation.

    Essays due by Monday, February 23rd, 2015 at 5:00pm. Please pass in to the Homework Center at the Framingham Public Library. For more information, contact Judy Gatlin at jgatlin@minlib.net

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  • Library Foundation’s Fermentable Fundraiser

    Library Foundation’s Fermentable Fundraiser

    Jack's Abby Brewing (2012) Jack, Eric and Sam Hendler
    Brothers Jack, Eric and Sam Hendler of Jack’s Abby Brewing to host Framingham (Library) Fermentable Fundraiser December 1st, 2012.

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – Award-winning Framingham craft brewery Jack’s Abby Brewing is teaming up with the Framingham Public Library Foundation for a fermentable fundraiser.

    On Saturday, December 1st, 2012 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm, the brewery, located at 81 Morton Street, will host a guided tasting of its beers and a private tour of the facility.

    The event is to help the Foundation raise money to offset the cost of building a new McAuliffe Branch Library and create an endowment fund for other library projects.

    The evening will feature talks about beer styles and the brewing process by head brewer and co-owner Jack Hendler along with local newspaper writer Norman Miller who is (more…)

  • Meet Author Dennis Lehane at Framingham Public Library

    Meet Author Dennis Lehane at Framingham Public Library

    Dennis Lehane, Author, Screenwriter
    Dennis Lehane – Author, Screenwriter, (Photo by Diana Lucas Leavengood)

    FRAMINGHAM, MA– You’ve read the books and seen the movies — “Mystic River“, “Gone, Baby, Gone“, “Shutter Island“, and “The Given Day” — one of his most recent books which has been hailed as a classic Great American Novel.

    Now you can meet famed author and Boston-area native Dennis Lehane, in Framingham.

    On Saturday, October 6th, 2012, from 7:00-9:00 p.m., the Framingham Public Library Foundation presents “An Evening With Dennis Lehane”.

    A coffee and dessert reception will be followed by a talk and a book signing by Mr. Lehane, a passionate supporter of public libraries.

    The New England Mobile Book Fair will be on site selling Mr. Lehane’s books, and all attendees will be entered in a drawing for a signed copy of his novel Moonlight Mile.

    Admission to this fund raising event for the Framingham Public Library Foundation is $30 per ticket.

    Tickets go on sale beginning September 4th, 2012 at (more…)