OPEN STUDIOS
THIS WEEKEND
APRIL 4 & 5
AT
EMERSON
UMBRELLA
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Bedford's own
SING HANSON
will be in her Emerson Umbrella studio on
Saturday & Sunday with new work to see or acquire!
SUNDAY ONLY
Make a toy at GRANDFATHER'S WORKSHOP
from 1 - 2 pm
Attend
Concord Chamber Music Society's Annual
Children's Concert, MEET THE BRASS
at 2 pm
Emerson Umbrella 40 Stow St
Concord, MA 01742
(978) 371-0820
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COMING SOON:
BCA OPEN STUDIOS - APRIL 25-26
Open Studios are a wonderful opportunity to visit local artists for an insider's view of their at work. You'll see their tools and can discuss their techniques,
media and ideas in a relaxed setting.
You'll be pleased and surprised to see how many artists are working in
Bedford. Nearly two dozen painters, ceramicists, glass artists,
photographers,
sculptors, jewelry designers, and more will be on display and for sale
in
studios and homes around Bedford as well as in the BCA Space at Old
Town Hall
on South Road on the afternoons of April 25 and 26.
On
Saturday Mindy Pollack-Fusi, a free lance writer for The Boston Globe, will lead her BCA creative writing students in a
reading of their latest work at Old Town Hall. Visit Mindy's website www.mindypollack.com
to learn more about her work.
BCA Open Studios weekend is
partially funded through a grant from the Bedford Cultural Council, a local
affiliate of the Mass Cultural Council.
To see a list of artists and photos of their work: http://bedfordarts.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59
For
additional information contact Susan Grieb at 781-275-3991.
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MINDY'S WRITING COURSES
BCA again offers new sessions of its
popular writing courses, to be held at our offices in Old Town Hall and taught
by Mindy Pollack-Fusi, freelance writer for The Boston Globe and college
application essay consultant.
Visit Mindy's website www.mindypollack.com to learn
more about her work.
Improve Your College Application Essay: Are you a high school senior struggling to
complete your essay(s) for your college applications? Feel free to bring your
laptop computer. No laptop? No problem. Bring pen and paper.
Mondays: May 11 or June 8, 6:30--8:30 pm.
BCA
members $12; non-members $15
Write It Down!: Are you harboring a story
about your life that you wish you could put on paper for others to read? Your
story could be a moment in time or a story about your entire life.
Three
Saturdays: April 18, May 2, and a third date to be determined by the class,
either May 9 or May 30, noon-2:00 pm.
BCA Members $40; non-members $45.
Special Spring rate for beginners.
Advanced Writing Group: Are you a more advanced writer? Contact
Mindy to learn about the advanced group that will meet on Thursday evenings.
Sign up for all classes at mindy@tiac.net and send check made
out to BCA to PO Box 404, Bedford, MA 01730. Limited to 10 students. Classes
held in the BCA Space at Bedford's Old Town Hall.
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HANDMADE MOTHER'S DAY CARDS
Mothers'
Day is coming up and you want to create a special card to celebrate her day.
Think of all the things she has done for you all year, and join us for cutting,
pasting, and coloring paper cards for Mom, and Grandma too!
Join us in
the BCA Space at Old Town Hall, either after school or after supper, between
3:00 and 7:00 pm on Friday, May 1. Refreshments will be served.
For
additional information, email info@bedfordarts.org
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Art Classes with Penny Leslie
Co-sponsored by the BCA and the
Bedford Recreation Department
- Art For Starters - Ages 4-6
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Observational Drawing - Ages 8+
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Ceramic Sculpture and Modeling - Ages
8+
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Art Night Out: Observational
Drawing - Adults
Consult
the Recreation Department for dates and more information.
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SAVE THE DATE
JERRY'S
HOUSE CONCERT: The
BCA's annual House Concert to support the Jerry Christen Scholarship is coming
in May. The scholarship is awarded to a BHS graduating senior who is pursuing
his or her education in the arts. The concert is still in the planning stage,
so you'll want to keep up with developments at www.bedfordarts.org, the BCA Facebook page,
or email info@bedfordarts.org.
ANNUAL MEETING - MAY 8: Join us at BCA's Annual Meeting where there
will be nibbles, music and art - we hope to feature John Cornelius's delightful
Polaroid transfer prints that were recently featured at the Whistler House
Gallery in Lowell and a Mystery Musician who will entertain us.
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AT THE BEDFORD FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY
BEDFORD ARTS AND CRAFTS SOCIETY EXHIBIT: The Bedford Arts and Crafts Society's annual members'
exhibit is on display in the gallery during regular library hours through May
13.
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOKSALE:
Support the Library's Museum Pass program by shopping at the Booksale.
Thousands of used books, categorized by type, will be available at bargain
prices on Friday, April 24, 1:00-5:00 pm; Saturday,
April 25, 9:00 am-4:00 pm; and Sunday April 26, noon-3:00 pm.
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MUSICAL EVENTS
GENERATIONS
CONCERT: FOUR PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS
PERFORM WITH THEIR DAUGHTERS: The program includes
works by Stravinsky, Beethoven, Schumann and Coleridge Taylor.
Featured players will include: James Cooke,
violinist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Lisa Crockett, violinist in the
Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, and their daughter Elizabeth Cooke, violinist
and a student at Newton North High School; Luis Leguía, cellist and emeritus
member of the BSO, and his daughter Caroline Leguía, violist and a student at
Walnut Hill School; and pianist Carmen Rodríguez-Peralta, a member of MCC's
music faculty, and her daughter Renée Delgado, cellist and a student at
Arlington High School. All student musicians are high school seniors who will
be graduating in June.
At 8 pm, Friday, April 10, in the MCC Concert Hall (Building 6) on the Bedford
campus, 591 Springs Road. Free and open to the public.
NEW MUSIC FOR VIOLA AND PIANO-MARK BERGER
AND KETTY NEZ: The program will include works by Berger, Takemitsu, and Feldman, plus
world premieres by Nez and Richard Cornell.
At 8:00 p.m., Friday, April 17, in the MCC Concert
Hall (Building 6) on the Bedford campus, 591 Springs Road. Free and open to the
public, t
For more information about A World of Music concerts, contact Carmen
Rodriguez-Peralta, director, at peraltac@middlesex.mass.edu or 781-280-3923. For directions,
www.middlesex.mass.edu.
EL PATINO AND LOS
SUGAR KINGS AT JOHNNY D'S: Bedford's own "El Patino" will bring his premiere Cuban Son, Salsa, Merengue, Rumba, Flamenca, Funk, Jazz,
Soul, Rock & Roll Fusion band to Johnny D's in Davis Square at 9:30 pm on Saturday April 25. For information, http://www.lossugarkings.com/
CONCORD CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY-MEET THE BRASS: CCMS's annual kids' concert by New England Conservatory Educational Outreach students will introduce
the trumpet, horn, trombone, and tuba.
The program will include selections from Carnival of the Animals,
Ragtime from Suite Americana No. 1, Contrapunctus IX, and modern
selections by Leonard Bernstein and Stevie Wonder.
There will be refreshments as well as door
prizes, and there will be an opportunity to meet each of the musicians. Tickets
are $10 each, free for accompanied children 12 and under; tickets are available on line (http://www.concordchambermusic.org)and
at the door.
At
2:00 pm on Sunday afternoon, April 5, in the theater at Emerson Umbrella in
Concord.
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OTHER ENTICING EVENTS!
DOROTHY AFRICA'S BOOK-MAKING WORKSHOP: Dorothy
Africa, one of Bedford's bookmakers extraordinaire and a graduate of Boston's
North Bennett Street School, will teach you how to make two kinds of
books: ones with long stitch binding and
ones with woven binding. Registrants
will be notified in advance of anything you should bring with you. Cost is $20.00, including materials. Sign up
for the class by emailing Lee Vorderer (lvorderer@comcast.net) or by calling her at
781-275-5230. May 2, from 9:00 am-1:00 pm, at First Parish, Bedford.
THE STATE OF CLAY: Including
the work of several Bedford artists, the sixth biennial juried show for
Massachusetts clay artists is on display through April 25, 2009 at the Lexington Arts & Crafts Society, 130
Waltham St, Lexington. 781-862-9696 (http://www.lexingtonma.org/LACS/Current_Exhibit.html)
SAVE THE DATE: MUSKETAQUID EARTH DAY
PARADE, MAY 2: Enjoy the family festival celebrating
Musketaquid Earth Day by marching in the parade down the Milldam in Concord.
For more information: http://www.emersonumbrella.org/content_current/musketaquid/earthday.html
NASTURTIUMS AT THE GARDNER:Don't forget to visit the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum while
the nasturtiums are in bloom.
Here's what the Boston Globe said: "... In 1903, the art patron and collector
started a tradition of having 15- to 20-foot orange nasturtium vines hang in
the central courtyard of her Fenway home to celebrate her April 14 birthday."
This tradition lives on with "Hanging
Nasturtiums," Tues-Sun 11 a.m.-5 p.m. (through April 14 or a
bit longer, if blossoms cooperate). $12, $10 seniors, $5 students, free under
18 and for those named Isabella.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 280 the
Fenway, Boston. 617-566-1401. www.gardnermuseum.org
Don't forget that you can borrow a
Gardner Museum Pass at the Bedford Free Public Library and save on each
admission!
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