Monday through Friday, 9:30-5:30 with extended hours on Tuesday until 7:00pm

Saturdays 9:30-1:30

Curbside pickup is available during all open hours

Check our website for the most up-to-date information:  https://baconfreelibrary.org

Childrens Programs

*Children’s programs will be held outside on the library lawn if the temperature is 50 degrees or above.  But, if it’s rainy, snowy, or less than 50 degrees, we’ll hold the program inside.  

Mondays @ 10am -- Story Time; special Dog Tales story times on Nov 7th & Dec 5th.All ages welcome. 

Tuesdays @ 10am -- Alphabet Story Time. All ages welcome.

December Fridays @ 10am -- Baby Time: Join us for a cozy storytime filled with lap bounces, rhymes, songs, and simple stories. Geared toward infants and young toddlers with their grownups.

Jammin with You -- 2 Wednesdays per month @ 10am: Nov 9th, Nov 30th, Dec 7th, & Dec 21st -- 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.  Please register on the BFL website. 

Adult Programs

Tuesday, Nov 15 @ 6pm -- A History of Plants & People --  Master Gardener Gretel Anspach will discuss significant agricultural changes in the last century and look at the future of the science based on the choices we are making today.  Zoom program; please register on the BFL website. 

Weds, Nov 30 @ 7pm -- Q&A with filmmaker Ben-Alex Dupris, producer of the award-winning documentaryInhabitants: Indigenous Perspectives on Restoring our World.  Zoom program; please register on the BFL website to view the film and to join the Q&A.  The film will be available to view from Nov 20th through Dec 3rd.

Tuesday, Dec 13 @ 6pm -- Jewelry Making: create your own stretch beaded bracelets; in-person program; all materials provided. Register at the BFL website.

Adult Book & Film Clubs

Mystery Book Club - first Thursday of the month @ 1pm on Zoom

Nov 3rd: Drive your plow over the bones of the dead by Olga Tokarczuk

Dec 1st: The woman in the library by Sulari Gentill

History Book Club - second Thursday of the month @ 11am on Zoom

Nov 10th: The secret history of food: strange but true stories about the origins of everything we eat by Matt Siegel

Dec 8th: Facing the mountain: a true story of Japanese American heroes in World War IIby Daniel James Brown

Environmental Book Club - third Tuesday of the month @ 7pm on Zoom

Nov 15th: An immense world: how animal senses reveal the hidden realms around usby Ed Yong

Dec 20th: Embrace fearlessly the burning world: essays by Barry Lopez

Tuesday Night Book Club - fourth Tuesday of the month @ 6:30pm, both Zoom & in person

Nov 22nd: The flight attendant by Chris Bohjalian

Dec 27th: Lady Clementine by Marie Benedict

Cinephile Mondays -- last Monday of the month @ 4pm on Zoom; watch and discuss films. Check the BFL website for the film of the month and to register.