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MEMBERSHIP
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BCA membership is open to all
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Haven't you been looking for a way to get involved?
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BCA BLAST
Mid-August & Early-September, 2009
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As one of the coolest summers on record closes down, a hot fall season is opening up. As you can see, there will be lots to enjoy!
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March with BCA in the Bedford Day Parade!
Puppets, Puppets, Puppets: Life-size, Mid-size and Mini!
Lily: Pssst: There will be BCA puppets in this year's Bedford Day Parade!
Kristina: Pass it on! I want everyone to see my lovely striped stockings, but I don't want to march by myself!
Big Puppet Workshops: Join us as we collaborate in creating four life-sized puppets (or design and create your own mid-size characters!) and then march with us in the Bedford Day Parade on September 26.
You are invited to any or all of the puppet-making workshops for families and adults:
- Sunday, August 16, in the BCA Space at Old Town Hall
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Sunday, August 23, location to be announced
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Sunday, September 20, in the BCA Space at Old Town Hall
All 'Big Puppet' workshops meet from 1 to 4 pm.
No fee is required, but please click this link to let us know if you plan to come; it will help us to gather enough materials so everyone has plenty to work with. That said, last minute decision-makers will be welcomed!
Little Puppet Workshops: Young children are encouraged to attend the Third-Friday puppet-making workshops to have fun with puppets and noisemakers.
- August 21: We'll make different kinds of puppets including tongue depressor birds, paper plate and lunch
bag puppets as well as old-fashioned fabric classics.
- September 18: On "Sound & Motion" day we'll make soda can rattles and dancing
ribbons, then learn to play kazoos.
All Third Friday workshops meet in the BCA Space (ground floor, Old Town Hall, 16 South Road) from 3 until 6 pm.
All of these fabulous creations (and their creators!) are invited to march with BCA in the Bedford Day Parade on September 26th!
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BCA's Fall Open Studios
November 7 & 8 - Noon to 5 pm
BCA
Open Studios is the cooperative effort of local artists to create a relaxed and
informal two-day showcase of art in Bedford.
If you live, work, create art in Bedford,
or belong to a Bedford organization, you are invited to show your work and offer it for sale at a number of studios
and homes in town.
Click here to LEARN MORE
Click here to REGISTER
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Mindy's Fall Writing Classes
Adult and HS Senior classes will meet in the BCA Space
BCA is offering new sessions of its popular writing classes taught by Mindy Pollack-Fusi, freelance writer.
Just Write!! For anyone who has always wanted to
write fiction or nonfiction and has put it off way too long! Before you know it, you'll be on your way to tackling writing projects you've
always wanted to complete-or just writing for fun -- your choice!
Four Tuesdays, September 15, 22, 29, October 5 from
6:30 to 8:30 pm
BCA
members $72; non-members $80.
Improve Your College Application Essay: Are you a high school senior who
needs to write your essay(s) for college applications? In these one-night workshops Mindy will teach you tips
to break through your fear or frustration and complete your essay with
passion. Bring a laptop or pen and paper.
Monday, Sept. 21,
6:30-8:30 pm
Wednesday, October 7,
6:30-8:30 pm
BCA members $20; nonmembers $25.
All BCA-sponsored classes will be held in the BCA Space on the Ground Floor at Old Town Hall, 16
South Road in Bedford.
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Jerry Christen Scholarship goes to Nick Neveux
The 2009 Jerry Christen scholarship was awarded at the
Citizens' Scholarship Foundation Awards Ceremony and Reception on May 27th at
the St. Michael's Parish Center. Jerry's daughter, Linda Christen and his
widow, Charlotte, presented the award. 
Nick will pursue a degree in Digital Film-making at Champlain College in Burlington,
VT, a school is known for its
longstanding commitment to cutting edge digital media creation technology.
Nick's family has lived all around the world, returning this year to Hanscom Air Force Base where he lived when he began his studies at
Bedford High School.
The Jerry Christen Scholarship is funded in part by the Bedford Center for the Arts as well as the Jerry's House Concert series. BCA congratulates Nick and wishes him well in his college career.
(Photo: Nick, during the BHS Language Department European trip)
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Bedford Cultural Council Grants
 Through the Mass Cultural Council funds, the Bedford Council offers small grants to our local artists and cultural institutions in an annual grants process.
Bedford's local Council seeks projects that meet one or more of the following criteria:
Community-wide participation/benefit
A multi-cultural focus -
Initiative: A first-time funding request An active Bedford partner for out-of-town applicants
Grant applications must be postmarked no later than October 15th.
Click here to download an application
For additional information, click here to e-mail LCC Chair Doris Smith.
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Bedford Arts & Crafts Society
10th Annual Regional Art Exhibit - Bedford Day
Great local art, prizes and fun!
Who knows: you might just win. But first you need to enter!
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At the Bedford Library
Paintings by members of the Chinese Painting Guild are on
display at the Library through September 16. Their work blends the values and techniques of
traditional Chinese brush painting with Western expression and
individuality.
The Friends of the Library's Bedford Day Book Sale supports the museum passes that make visits to the MFA, the Peabody Essex museum, the Institute for Contemporary Art and a host of other venues affordable.
Sale dates:
- Friday, September 25, from 1 to 5
- Saturday, September 26, from 9 to 4
- Sunday, September 27, from noon to 3
Donations of clean used books are welcome before September 20
(or again after the sale!)
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Not-to-be-missed September Events
A selection of great things to do this month!
- An evening of sophisticated song with Bedford's David Getty, appearing with the award-winning a cappella group Fretless, at Cornerstone Books, a cozy independent bookstore in Salem on Saturday, September 19, at 7:00 pm.
- In celebration of its tenth season of bringing exceptional music to our area, the Concord Chamber Music Society presents a new work by the Boston area composer Michael
Gandolfi for violin, clarinet and piano at their season-opening performance on September 20th at 3 pm in the Concord Academy auditorium.
- On September 23 the Bedford Historical Society presents Theresa Byington Carmichael, a Bedford
resident who specializes in fine painting conservation. Theresa will describe treatment procedures for damaged paintings and provide advice on the storage and display of
artwork.
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