Natick October 2016

Page 14 Local Town Pages www.naticktownnews.com October 2016
Mondays
3:30 to 4:30 pm: Craftafternoons
at the Bacon Free Library.
Are you working on a craft project
and looking for a fun, social
space to get it done? Bring your
knitting, crocheting, sewing,
scrapbooking and otherwise be
at the BFL for a fun crafternoon!
www.baconfreelibrary.org
Tuesdays
12:15 pm: Natick Rotary
meets at the Dolphin Restaurant,
Natick Center. Natickrotary.org
Wednesdays (10/5, 11/9,
12/7)
7:30 to 9 pm: Book Discussion
Series at the Natick Community
Organic Farm. Discuss
title related to sustainable living.
To sign up, call or email Melissa
at 508-904-9246; sweetsuds@
zoho.com. www.natickfarm.org.
Thursdays (October 13 & 27)
11 am to Noon: Mindfulness
Meditation at the Natick Community-Senior
Center. Attend
one session or all. Some of the
reported benefits include: enjoying
life more fully, relieve stress,
lower blood pressure, reduce
pain, improved sleep. Bring a
yoga mat if you have one; chairs
will be available. Register by calling
508-647-6540 or in person
or online at Community Pass
from Town of Natick website.
First Saturday of Every
Month
11 am: Morse Institute Library
Stitchers meets for serviceoriented
knitting and crocheting.
Drop in and join the fun! Morse
Institute Library, morseinstitute.
org
Saturdays
9 am to 1 pm: Natick Farmers’
Market, Natick Town
Common or Common Street
Spirituality Center, intersection
of Rt. 27 and 135, celebrating
20 years. Free parking in lots
on the weekends. Find a list of
vendors at natickcenter.org. See
www.facebook.com/natickfarmersmarket.
Through October 31
Themed art show, “Houses,”
Morse Institute Library, Lower
Level, sponsored by Natick Artist
Open Studios, http://natickartistsopenstudios.org
Tuesday, October 4
7 pm: Environmental Book
Club: Tuesday, in collaboration
with Mass Audubon’s Broadmoor
and led by environmentalist
Arthur Ensroth. Join us for a
discussion of The Ripple Effect by
Alex Prud’homme. Copies available
at the Bacon Free Library,
www.baconfreelibrary.org
Wednesday, October 5
6 pm: Film and discussion:
Lives worth living: The
Great Fight for Disability
Rights. Morse Institute Library,
morseinstitute.org
Thursday, October 6
1 pm: Mystery Book Club.
Join us for a discussion of Crocodile
on the Sandbank by Elizabeth
Peters. Copies available at the
Bacon Free Library, www.baconfreelibrary.org
6 to 9 pm: 7th Annual Kiwanis
“Taste of Natick” hosted
by Kiwanis Club of Natick-Metrowest
at the Natick Hampton
Inn. Sixteen restaurants will provide
specialty food items for tasting.
Delicious Food! Fun Raffles!
Money raised benefits the Kiwanis’
work in the community to
help students, the elderly and the
needy. Tickets: $20 at the door
or in advance. Contact Kevin
Dillon, kdillon70@hotmail.com
or 508-740-4488.
Tuesday, October 11
5:30 to 8 pm: Why Take
a Gap Year and How to do it
Right, hosted by Ben Welbourn
from Winterline Global Skills
Program. Ben will discuss taking
his own gap year in 2006 and the
challenges, mistakes, lessons, and
triumphs he had. He’ll also give
advice on planning your own
gap year and how to set yourself
up for the greatest chance of
success. Event is free and open
to Young Adults 11-22 and their
parents. Morse Institute Library,
morseinstitute.org
7:15 pm: Friends of the
Bacon Free Library Meeting.
Come join the Friends as they
plan a year of supporting the
BFL, www.baconfreelibrary.org
Wednesday, October 12
10 to 11 am: “Natick in the
Revolution” with the Natick Historical
Society President Marg
Balcom and Curator Ben Federlin
at the Natick Community-
Community Events
Senior Center, 117 East Central
St. One hundred and seventy
four men would volunteer from
Natick for the revolutionary
cause. www.natickhistoricalsociety.org,
508-647-4841
Thursday, October 13
10 am: SCORE (Service
Corps of Retired Executives)
volunteers will provide area
small business owners with free,
one-hour counseling and advice
sessions. Registration is required.
Call 617-565-5591 for information.
Morse Institute Library,
morseinstitute.org
Friday, October 14
3 to 5 pm: Art for All: Monsters
at the Bacon Free Library.
Get ready for Halloween and
drop by to make paper monsters!
All materials supplied and
all ages welcome. www.baconfreelibrary.org
October 15 and 16
11 am to 5 pm: Natick Artists
Open Studios Weekend, more
than 70 artists showing their
work throughout town. Sponsored
by Needham Bank. natickartistsopenstudios.org
Sunday, October 16
12 pm, 1 pm 2 pm: Oldtown
Calendar Photo Competition
and South Natick Walking
Tours, Eliot Memorial Hall,
40 Eliot St. One-hour walking
tours. Plus, cast your vote for the
Oldtown calendar photos. Sponsored
by the Eliot Church. Free.
www.oldtowncalendar.org
7 pm: Third Thursday Poetry
series at Gallery 55, 55 So. Main
St. opens its eighth season with
acclaimed poet/author Heather
Bryant reading from her third
poetry collection Compass Rose.
Doors open at 7 pm; reading
starts at 7:30 pm; an open mic
will follow. Event is free; donations
for feature are accepted.
Light refreshments are served.
Join us for poetry and camaraderie!
For more information, email
molly@neneon.com.
Monday, October 17
3:30 to 5 pm session for teachers
and 6:30 to 8:45 pm session
for parents: Natick SEPAC (Special
Education Parent Advisory
Council) and Spark Kindness
are hosting Sarah Ward, Executive
Function Expert, at the Wilson
Middle School. The public
is invited to attend. Registration
is recommended to get access to
the presentation materials prior
to the event. www.sepacnatick.
org
6 pm: Health Topics in the
Community Film Series. Join the
Morse Institute Library and the
MetroWest Health Foundation
for a series of films and panel
discussions on health issues facing
the community. In RX: The
Quiet Revolution, filmmaker David
Grubin travels America to focus
on the challenges and triumphs
in our country’s health care delivery
system. We are introduced
to a diverse group of doctors,
nurses, and health care professionals
who are transforming
medical care by lowering costs
and placing the patient at the
center of their practice. Free and
open to the public. Light supper
will be served. Morse Institute
Library, morseinstitute.org
Tuesday, October 18
7 pm: “Ghosts & Hauntings”
with Jeff Belanger, a multimedia
program featuring some
of the worlds’ most famous
haunts. Morse Institute Library,
morseinstitute.org
7 pm: Ghost Happenings &
Hauntings with Jeff Belanger,
ghost hunter. Belanger will offer
a world tour of haunts, ghostly
evidence and discussion. Jeff offers
a multimedia lecture, Q&A,
and book signing. Free and
open to the public, and is appropriate
for adults and teens.
For more information, contact
Karol Bartlett, 508-647-6521,
or kbartlett@minlib.net. Morse
Institute Library, morseinstitute.
org
7:30 pm: Annual Fall Town
Meeting at the Natick High
School. See the town warrant,
www.natickma.gov/documentcenter/view/3876
Thursday, October 20
6 pm: SPIN (Stray Pets in
Need) 25 th Anniversary Celebration
Honoring Sue Webb at the
Dolphin Restaurant. Appetizers
and cash bar. Tickets: $50. 781-
235-1218, www.straypetsinneed.
info
7 pm: “Garden Design – Cochato
in Mind,” Natick Garden
Club, to be held at the Morse
Institute Library, 14 East central
St. Chuck Doughty and Sue
Ellen DuBrava from Cochato
Nursery of Holbrook will present
the story of creating their
destination nursery. Free. www.
natickgardenclub.org
Saturday, October 22
8:30 am: Natick Trail Day.
Help clean up the Cochituate
Aqueduct Trail. Sponsored by
the Town Forest, Open Space
Advisory, Cochituate Rail Train
and Trails Maintenance committees.
RSVP to Pat Conaway,
Keep Natick Beautiful, bpconaway@gmail.com,
508-740-
9949
9 am to 1:30 pm: Senior
Health and Wellness Fair, sponsored
by State Senator Karen
Spilka, at Keefe Technical
School, 750 Winter St., Framingham.
Breakfast, workshops,
raffles, free flu shots, booths
and exhibits. RSVP to 617-722-
1640, Puja.Mehta@masssenate.
gov or David.Hock@masssenate.gov.
Walk-ins welcome.
12 pm: Cookbook Club at
the Bacon Free Library. Select
and make a dish from Crescent
Dragonwagon’s cookbook Bean
by Bean, then join us for a potluck
lunch and discussion. Copies
available at the library. www.
baconfreelibrary.org
Sunday, October 23
2 to 4 pm: “Four Centuries of
Massachusetts Furniture,” a talk
by nationally renowned decorative
arts scholar Brock Jobe,
professor of decorative arts,
Winterthur Program in American
Material Culture at the Winterthur
Museum, Delaware. To
be held at Boswell Hall, Walnut
Hill School, Highland St. www.
natickhistoricalsociety.org, 508-
647-4841
3 pm: “A Conversation
with our Neighbors,” a discussion
on Islam with Shaheen
Akhtar, educator and interfaith
liaison. Morse Institute Library,
morseinstitute.org
Saturday, October 29
12 to 2:30 pm: “Spooktacular,”
holiday and pumpkin fun
for the whole family, Natick
Common.
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