Bacon Free Library Weekly Newsletter - October 23, 2022

Schools and Libraries

October 26, 2022

An update from Bacon Free Library

Wednesday, October 26 at 10:00 am outdoors

Be prepared to laugh, dance, sing, and jam your way through 30 minutes of non-stop family fun! This performance is geared for 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 your way all the way home! If it is 50 degrees or warmer, this program will be held outside on the library lawn so bring a blanket or chair. If it is rainy or less than 50 degrees, this program will be moved indoors.

Monkey Business

We are looking for several like-new or gently-used stuffed monkeys for the BFL entry into the Elm Bank Festival of Trees. We are representing the book Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business by Esphyr Slobodkina. Please bring monkeys into the library at your convenience. Thanks in advance. Also looking for the game Barrel of Monkeys for the same. If you have this game and are willing to part with it, we would love to have it.

Art Exhibit: Samantha Eio

Currently on display at the library

Visit the library to view the work of local landscape artist Samantha Eio, whose painting series In Nature will be featured at the BFL until January 4th. Samantha Eio is a self-taught landscape artist who works in acrylic and watercolor paint. Her paintings feature meaningful locations from throughout New England, many from right here in Natick, where Samantha resides with her family. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Syracuse University, and is a member of the Natick Art Association, the Dedham Art Association, and the Wellesley Society of Artists.

Story Walk ®

Stop by the BFL grounds to check out our latest Story Walk: Frog on a Log? by Kes Gray and Jim Field. Read the book one page at a time on the library grounds.
The StoryWalk®Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, Vermont and developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library.

Museum Passes

The BFL is happy to offer our patrons free or reduced-price passes for a selection of great local organizations! Visit our website to learn more.

Join One Of Our Book Clubs!

Visit our website or click below to learn more about our book clubs. Copies of book club titles are set aside at Bacon Free Library, and often also available to borrow digitally. Pick up a copy today so you're ready for the next meeting. New members always welcome!

Mystery Book Club
Thursday, November 3 at 1:00 pm
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

History Book Club
Thursday, November 10 at 11:00 am
The Secret History of Food by Matt Siegel

Cinéphile Mondays

Monday, October 31 @ 4:00 pm on Zoom

Cinephiles, join us for our film series! Watch a movie at home and then join Film History & Media studies Professor MV for a virtual discussion on the last Monday of the month. Join us this month for a discussion of Jean-Luc Godard's Le Mépris, available to borrow on DVD through the Minuteman Network. Visit our website to learn more and email [email protected] to register for the Zoom meeting.

Around the web...
Here are some online materials we've seen recently:

Get in the spooky spirit with a movie about witches

The National Library of France reopens

This probably wouldn't fit on your front steps

Check out the Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners

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