What's happening in Franklin, MA: Thursday, June 12, 2025 ???

Thursday, June 12

Library & Senior Center events 

9:00am Fallen Hero: Lloyd M. Ellis (Veterans Walkway, Franklin Town Common)

5:00pm Board Game Night (Pete's Nerd Emporium)

6:30pm Open Mic Night (music & spoken word) (Birchwood Bakery & Kitchen) 

7:30pm Musical Bingo (Teddy Gallagher's Irish Pub)

For additional details on Library & Senior Center events ->   

https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=37,24&showPastEvents=false

**  Town Meetings today   **

Municipal Affordable Housing Trust Meeting -CANCELED

Thursday, June 12 Time: 2:00 PM

Conservation Commission Meeting

Thursday, June 12 Time: 7:00 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Item/418?fileID=5134

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What's happening today in Franklin? 

Find the full Community event calendar  https://bit.ly/FranklinCommunityCalendar

If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication:  https://bit.ly/Submit2Calendar

The Town meeting calendar is found  https://www.franklinma.gov/Calendar.aspx
The School district calendar is found  https://franklinpublicschooldistrictma.sites.thrillshare.com/o/fpsd/page/school-calendar

Open Mic Night; Music & Spoken Word at Brichwood Bakery April 10

4/10 6:30-8:30pm (6:15pm sign up)

Brichwood Bakery April 10

• 15 SLOTS - FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED
• 2 SONGS OR 8 MIN SPOKEN WORD
PA & CABLES PROVIDED
• GUITAR & MIC INPUTS (NO KEYBOARD OR DRUMS)

Contact JESSI.FANUELE @GMAIL.COM @jessijmusic for details

Shared from -> https://www.instagram.com/p/DHmNBqmRKry/

Open Mic & Spoken Word Night at Birchwood Bakery - March 13

Open Mic & Spoken Word Night at Birchwood Bakery

 

"Please spread the word! Open mic night @birchwoodbakeryandkitchen on Thursday, March 13. 

Spoken word and music!! Come one, come all!"

Shared from ->   https://www.instagram.com/p/DGUVP7iReigT2c1INm17WuSDyTuXHNckRQIJe80/

Merriam-Webster: "We Added 370 New Words to the Dictionary for September 2022"

via Merriam-Webster 

"The dictionary chronicles how the language grows and changes, which means new words and definitions must continually be added. When many people use a word in the same way, over a long enough period of time, that word becomes eligible for inclusion. Here are a selection of words that met the criteria for our most recent update."

Continue reading the article online -> 

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/new-words-in-the-dictionary

"We Added 370 New Words to the Dictionary for September 2022"

CommUNITY Art Event - Oct 17

The Franklin Social & Racial Justice Committee & MA Student Art Initiative are scheduling a BIPOC CommUNITY Art Event on Saturday, October 17, 2020 from 4 PM - 6 PM at 67 Degrees Brewery, 158 Grove Street, Franklin.

This commUNITY event was created to amplify the work and voices of Black Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) artists of all ages within Franklin to raise racial justice awareness and solidarity. 

 

The event will take place at 67 Degrees Brewery (a venue which often hosts community art exhibits) and will be hosted by Jamele Adams, a spoken word performer. Here is one of his performances from this summer 

"Who Shot You . . ." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYNRQ82-l6c

Some Franklin High School students created the MA Student Art Initiative to support and showcase artists of color and will displaying their work - painting, sketches, photography and ceramics as well as some musical performance.

There will be a variety of community folks in attendance including elected officials and all are invited up to the proper amount of patrons per COVID protocols. 

 

 

 

 CommUNITY Art Event - Oct 17