AROUND BEDFORD
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Bedford residents invited to join members of the First Baptist Church in observing Martin Luther King's birthday at 10:30 am on Sunday, January 9, in the sanctuary of the church (155 Concord Road). The featured speaker will be the congregation's interim pastor Reverend Dr. Rich Robison, assisted by members of the congregation. For additional information about this community-wide service, please contact the church at 781-275-8151.
IN THE GALLERIES
50 Under 50 presents a wide range of 50 small works of art each priced under $50 at the Loading Dock Gallery of Western Avenue Studios. The show runs from January 5 until January 20 with an opening reception on January 7 from 6 to 9 pm. Click for exhibit details, hours and directions or call Maxine Farkas at 978-349-8069.
Types We Can Make, an exhibit of new typography from Switzerland, where type design has been a high art form for generations, is on view at the MIT Museum's Compton Gallery located in the heart of the MIT campus under the big dome at 77 Mass Ave. in Cambridge, through February 20. Click for additional details.
A temporary exhibit, Faces of Syria, at Winchester's Griffin Museum will be the focus of the museum's Senior Sunday Social at 3 pm on Sunday, January 9. There will be a reception in the main gallery followed by Dick Simon's brief lecture about his photographs. Admission is free and open to all, but you'll need to contact the Griffin to reserve your place. Click here for your reservation.
MUSIC
Amadeus, an all-Mozart concert presented by the Orchestra of Indian Hill, will take place on Sunday, January 23 at 3 pm in the Littleton High School Performing Arts Center, 56 King Street in Littleton. Arrive by 2:15 for Maestro Bruce Hangan's pre-concert lecture or linger after the concert in the Encore Café to enjoy complimentary coffee and desserts along with a lively Q&A with Maestro Hangen and guest performer Mana Tokuno. Click for additional information and to order tickets.
The Concord Orchestra and Richard Pittman will present New Talent, New Work featuring soloist Yoko Ellie Fukumura, winner of the 2011 Ehler's Young Artist Competition, on Friday, January 28 and Saturday, January 29 at 8 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center, 51 Walden Street, Concord. Runners up in the Young Artist Competition will give pre-concert recitals at 7:15 pm. Click for concert details, ticket information and directions or call 978-369-4967
AT THE BEDFORD LIBRARY
For Kids and Teens
The Bedford Library's Teen Advisory Group (TAG Team) meets on Wednesdays at 2 pm. For additional information, contact Teen Librarian Dee Clarke at 781-275-3440.
Winter Storytimes at the Bedford Library begin on January 18 with different sessions for infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers. Sign up to reserve a place at the Circulation Desk in the library.
Adult Programming
Professor Dan Breen returns with his popular lecture series, The Civil War (Part 2), focusing on the two years before the Confederate surrender at Appomattox in 1865 and incorporating Ken Burns's documentary. The series begins at 2 pm on January 16 in the meeting room at the library.
The library's Thursday evening film series continues in January with Please Give, Eat Pray Love, Mother and Child and Despicable Me. Screenings take place at 7 pm in the Meeting Room. Check the library calendar for movies, details and dates.
AT EMERSON UMBRELLA (EU)
The Gallery features paintings and prints by Sally Hall and photographs by Pam Zieler in a show titles Out West that will be on display through January 10.
Plans are underway for another outdoor sculpture show at the Umbrella this spring. If you, or an artist you know, has work that might be suitable
click this link to learn the details.
AT THE CONCORD ART ASSOCIATION (CAA)
Wednesday Flicks, a 4-part monthly series films about art and artists, begins at 7 pm on Wednesday, January 19 with Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working With Time, a portrait of the artist who creates ephemeral sculptures made with materials from nature. The series is free and open to all. Click here for directions.
Dean Nimmer will discuss his "no-fear, just dive in and create" approach to making art in Freeing Your Creative Spirit, the inaugural program of CAA's Thursday Lecture series. Click for additional information and ticket prices.
There will be an artists' reception for Members Juried I: Painting and Sculpture, CAA's annual members competition and exhibit showcasing work in painting and sculpture, from 6 to 8 pm on Thursday, January 13. Click for additional information.
AT LEXINGTON ARTS & CRAFTS SOCIETY (LACS)
In cooperation with the Lexington schools, LACS presents Thinking in Pictures, works by children in Kindergarten through Grade 12, in the gallery from January 8 to 16. Click here for additional information, hours and directions.
The Painters' Guild at LACS presents The Computer as an Art Tool at 2 pm on Sunday, January 9 when artist Steven Tringali demonstrates ways that computers can enhance and create art. Click here for additional details.
The LACS Ceramics Guild members and students show, Pathways In Clay, will open in the Parsons Gallery on January 22, with an artists' reception on January 23 from 3 to 5 pm.
THEATRE
Tryst, a provocative and suspenseful drama of love and betrayal, is the play of the month for January at Merrimack Rep in Lowell. Click here for details, directions and tickets.
Les 7 Doigts De La Main merge mental and physical acrobatics in PSY Mind Blowing Circus at Emerson College's Cutler Majestic Theatre from January 25 to 30.Click on these links to purchase tickets and learn more about the performances or the Simply Circus workshop on January 29.
ART in Cambridge will present R. Buckminster Fuller: The History (and Mystery) of the Universe performed by Thomas Derragh in a limited engagement beginning on January 14. Click here for additional information and to order tickets
POETRY
Participants in the workshop series Turning Photographs into Poems will create poetry based on the photographs on exhibit at the Griffin Museum under the direction of Winchester poet Moira Linehan Ounjian. The workshops will take place on January 26, February 16 and March 2; the workshops are free and open to any adult at any level of writing experience however registration is required as the workshop will be limited to 15 participants. Click for additional information, directions and to register.
U35 Poetry is a poetry-reading series that focuses on poets under the age of 35 but welcomes poetry-lovers of all ages. The January reading, More Info You, featuring poets Stephen Sturgeon and Melissa Watt will take place at Boston's Marliave restaurant, 10 Bosworth Street. Click here for details.
WINTER FARMERS' MARKETS
The Carlisle Winter Farmers' Market will be held in the Union Hall, 27 School Street in Carlisle, from 9 am to noon on Saturday, December 18, January 22, February 19, March 19 and April 16. Click here for additional information.
Russell's Garden Center in Wayland will again host the Wayland Farmers' Market in its greenhouses beginning on Saturdays from 10 am to 2 pm, January 8 through March 12. Click here for additional information, including a vendor list.
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