Art to Go - Felted Apple

Now you can enjoy Pop up Art School’s projects in your home! Sign up to take home a kit and watch the how-to video any time within a 30 day period in the comfort and convenience of your home. Kits are limited, so please don’t sign up unless you will watch the Pop up Art......More

Now you can enjoy Pop up Art School’s projects in your home! Sign up to take home a kit and watch the how-to video any time within a 30 day period in the comfort and convenience of your home. Kits are limited, so please don’t sign up unless you will watch the Pop up Art School’s how-to video. Celebrate the charm of autumn with this delightful needle felting project! In this class, you’ll sculpt a plump red apple from soft wool roving using a barbed felting needle. Add a green leaf and a tiny ladybug perched on top for a touch of whimsy. This project is perfect for beginners and experienced crafters. Ages 13+   This program is full. If you would like, you may join the waiting list by filling out this form: Event Waiting List Name(Required) First Last Email(Required) Δ    

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

All Together: Preschool Storytime

Join us on Mondays and Tuesdays for stories and songs! Outdoors, weather permitting. Bring along a blanket or chairs to get comfy. Note: if the weather is wet or below 55 degrees, we’ll move this storytime indoors. The historic nature of our building limits accessibilit......More

Join us on Mondays and Tuesdays for stories and songs! Outdoors, weather permitting. Bring along a blanket or chairs to get comfy. Note: if the weather is wet or below 55 degrees, we’ll move this storytime indoors. The historic nature of our building limits accessibility. This program is also offered in an accessible location at the Morse Institute Library (click here for dates, times, and more information).

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

VIRTUAL: The History of the Flying Santa of the Lighthouses 1929-2025

Since 1929, Flying Santa has visited the men, women, and families of the Coast Guard who keep watch over our coastal waters at USCG stations and lighthouses.  The pioneering Maine pilot Bill Wincapaw inaugurated this program and, along with his son Bill, flew for two de......More

Since 1929, Flying Santa has visited the men, women, and families of the Coast Guard who keep watch over our coastal waters at USCG stations and lighthouses.  The pioneering Maine pilot Bill Wincapaw inaugurated this program and, along with his son Bill, flew for two decades.  They recruited Edward Rowe Snow, the popular New England historian and storyteller, to join them Snow kept the flights going through 1980. Today, the nonprofit organization Friends of Flying Santa donates thousands of hours each year to ensure the success of the flights that visit the children of Coast Guard families from Maine to New York.  Join Jeremy D’Entremont, historian of the U.S. Lighthouse Society and vice president of Friends of Flying Santa, to learn about the colorful history of the Flying Santa program from 1929 to the present day. This virtual program is presented in collaboration with the Ashland Public Library. PLEASE REGISTER HERE FOR THE ZOOM LINK.   NOTE: This program will be recorded and available to view on the Ashland Library’s YouTube Channel. 

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

Tom Doran: Ease Your Eyes

Driven by a desire to reconcile structure with chance, Tom Doran creates unique digital compositions that layer photography and previous artworks. Informed by years of jazz improvisation and the tactile nature of paper collage, his process embraces spontaneity and a pur......More

Driven by a desire to reconcile structure with chance, Tom Doran creates unique digital compositions that layer photography and previous artworks. Informed by years of jazz improvisation and the tactile nature of paper collage, his process embraces spontaneity and a pursuit of balance between order and disorder. Tom values fundamental artistic principles, yet intentionally introduces ambiguity to ignite curiosity and encourage viewers to venture beyond familiar perspectives. While often abstract, his pieces resonate with an underlying “soul” and subtly reference the organic forms and energies of nature. Ultimately, Tom aims to craft works that prompt personal interpretation and reveal unseen possibilities, echoing the belief that compelling art poses questions and offers new ways of seeing. According to Tom: “I use color and texture to challenge but also soothe you. While I don’t require beauty to be an element of my work, I value beauty hence Ease Your Eyes.” Come to the BFL to view Tom’s work, which will be on display from November 4th through January 28th.  You can also enjoy his work at The Center for Arts in Natick (TCAN) in the Spring of 2026.    Doran_silverDoran_redDoran_green     Tom’s art career didn’t actually begin with art. Instead it started with music. First, rock, in the soul, funk, and r&b area, then on to jazz. The jazz aesthetic provided the basis for his art: study and be well prepared so that when it’s time to improvise- make the leap! Twenty years ago he began improvising with collage and paint. Now his art is in the digital domain but he uses the same techniques, now called “pixel collages”: Use original images, find things to work together, keep it fresh, improvise. Tom is fascinated by nature, geometry, and strong colors so all of that comes out in his pictures, which he describes as a collision of nature and the modern world at times ironic, funny, eye candy-like, digital, abstract, and hopefully, fun. Tom is a proficient jazz bassist and singer who is mostly self taught, he is mainly a self-taught artist as well.  His influences include Picasso, Matisse, Joseph Stella, Juan Gris, Georgia O’Keefe, Lee Krazner, Arthur Dove, Gerhard Richter, Romare Beardon, Sam Gilliam, and Mark Bradford. Tom says: “Please judge me by my work.”              

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

All Together: Preschool Storytime

Join us on Mondays and Tuesdays for stories and songs! Outdoors, weather permitting. Bring along a blanket or chairs to get comfy. Note: if the weather is wet or below 55 degrees, we’ll move this storytime indoors. The historic nature of our building limits accessibilit......More

Join us on Mondays and Tuesdays for stories and songs! Outdoors, weather permitting. Bring along a blanket or chairs to get comfy. Note: if the weather is wet or below 55 degrees, we’ll move this storytime indoors. The historic nature of our building limits accessibility. This program is also offered in an accessible location at the Morse Institute Library (click here for dates, times, and more information).

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

Lapsit Storytime

Stories, bounces, and songs for babies 0-24 months and their grownups! The historic nature of our building limits accessibility. This program is also offered in an accessible location at the Morse Institute Library (click here for dates, times, and more information)....More

Stories, bounces, and songs for babies 0-24 months and their grownups! The historic nature of our building limits accessibility. This program is also offered in an accessible location at the Morse Institute Library (click here for dates, times, and more information).

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

VIRTUAL: Wild Turkeys in Massachusetts with Mass Audubon

  The wild turkey, synonymous with Thanksgiving and iconic within our region, has not always held such a stable place in Massachusetts. There was a time when turkeys were overhunted nearly to the point of extinction. Thanks to a reintroduction program begun in the 1970s......More

  The wild turkey, synonymous with Thanksgiving and iconic within our region, has not always held such a stable place in Massachusetts. There was a time when turkeys were overhunted nearly to the point of extinction. Thanks to a reintroduction program begun in the 1970s, turkeys can now be found throughout the state in urban, rural, and suburban areas. In this program, Patti Steinman, the education coordinator for Mass Audubon’s Connecticut River Valley Sanctuaries, will talk turkey about the nature, history, and conservation needs of these native birds.   This program is offered in collaboration with the Bacon Free Library and the Tewksbury Public Library. PLEASE REGISTER HERE FOR THE ZOOM LINK.   RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.

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

Mystery Book Club

Join us for a virtual Zoom discussion of Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger. Copies available at the library, or borrow through Libby and Hoopla. Please email [email protected] to register and receive the Zoom link.

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Jammin With You

Be prepared to laugh, dance, sing, and jam your way through 30 minutes of non-stop family fun! This performance is geared toward 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 bop......More

Be prepared to laugh, dance, sing, and jam your way through 30 minutes of non-stop family fun! This performance is geared toward 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 all the way home. This program will be held outdoors, so bring a blanket or chairs. In case of rainy or cold weather (under 45 degrees), we will move indoors at the BFL. The historic nature of our building limits indoor accessibility. This program is also offered in an accessible location at the Common Street Spiritual Center (register here for the next session at the Spiritual Center).

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

All Together: Preschool Storytime

Join us on Mondays and Tuesdays for stories and songs! Outdoors, weather permitting. Bring along a blanket or chairs to get comfy. Note: if the weather is wet or below 55 degrees, we’ll move this storytime indoors. The historic nature of our building limits accessibilit......More

Join us on Mondays and Tuesdays for stories and songs! Outdoors, weather permitting. Bring along a blanket or chairs to get comfy. Note: if the weather is wet or below 55 degrees, we’ll move this storytime indoors. The historic nature of our building limits accessibility. This program is also offered in an accessible location at the Morse Institute Library (click here for dates, times, and more information).

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