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HELP WANTED
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BCA is looking for a volunteer to help
us schedule events in our home space at Old Town Hall and maintain our website calendar of programs and events.
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Haven't you been looking for a way to get involved?
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BCA OPEN STUDIOS
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Save the date:
November 7 & 8
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A successful Spring launch convinced us to hold a Fall event.
(Holiday shopping, anyone?)
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Bedford Habitat Fundraiser
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Support Habitat and perhaps win this fabulous quilt LEARN MORE |
Kids' Theatre Camp
August 3 - 21
MCC, Bedford
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Help to re-create this award winning
contemporary telling of Hans Christian Andersen's classic The Ugly
Duckling. Whether you enjoy singing, acting, set production or having
fun, this is for you! The camp culminates with a performance in the
MCC Theater.
Contact
Karen Oster
for more information
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July and August may be vacation
months for beach and sand, but even so this issue of the BLAST is full of terrific arts-related
things going on in Bedford and nearby.
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Exhibits
Chinese Brush Painting
Bedford Free Public Library Gallery
July 15 through September 15
Artists' reception ~ July 18 at 5 pm
John Lobosco at the Newton Library
 Calculations
#4 (detail, right) will
be among the works on paper shown in John Lobosco's show at the Newton Public Library. The exhibit will be open during regular
library hours until July 30. The Newton Public Library is located at 333 Homer Street, Newton.
BLAST readers are invited to John Lobosco's opening reception Thursday, July 2, from 7 to 8:30 pm
Mary Taylor at the Art Complex Museum in Duxbury
 Work from Mary's Local Color series will be included in Ancient Medium, N.E.W. Terrain at the
Art Complex Museum in Duxbury through September 6.
This exhibit highlights
artists using the age-old and unusual technique of encaustic painting to
achieve unique works of art. Visit New England Wax for more information.
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Sarah Getty - Poetry Reading in Lowell
 Bedford's Sarah
Getty will participate in a poetry reading at 7 pm on Thursday, July 23, in the
119 Gallery, 119 Chelmsford St., Lowell.
The reading will be followed by a
pizza break; and an Open Mic for anybody who wants to
read their work. Admission: $3.
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At the Bedford Library
 Family Puppet Workshop: Would
your family like to put on a puppet show? Over four evenings you and your family will create, paint, and dress your awesome plaster of Paris hand puppets with Bedford children's librarian Sharon
McDonald. On the final evening we'll rehearse for the show.
The 4-workshop series will meet from 7 to 8:30 pm
on August 17, 18, 24, and 25.
Each family (and their puppets!) will perform
at the End of Summer Picnic on August 27.
Who's invited? 1st through 6th graders and
their parents. Register by calling the library at 781-275-9440.
Family Singalongs: Nothing
passes those long hours in deep space like singing, laughing and
kazooing together. Youngsters and oldsters...the whole crew...can come
and sing along with Children's Librarian Sharon McDonald and her guitar. For all ages.
Three special nights: June 30, July 20 and August 12
 Origami:Yen-Ting Chen is back for another summer of paper folding at the Bedford
Library! This year, the workshops will help you design things that you
can really send soaring. For all ages.
Every
Wednesday in July from 3:30 to 4:30 pm.
Films: The Thursday evening film series continues through August 20.
Friends of the Library Booksale: Many library services, including the Museum Pass program, are supported by the Friends of the Library and the funds they raise through booksales. If you're clearing out your space this summer, please consider donating your good used books to the Friends. All donations to the Friends' booksale are tax deductible.
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Wild Apples
 Wild Apples: a journal of nature, art, and inquiry is a new twice-yearly
arts and literary publication.
Taking its name and inspiration from Henry
David Thoreau's essay, "Wild Apples," the journal brings together
the work of artists and writers who are connected by the common threads
of care for the environment, engagement in social concerns, and commitment
to the arts and the way they shape our world.
"Artists are not like the ordered rows of trees in a commercial
orchard," writes founding editor, Linda Hoffman, in her introduction to
the first issue. "They have more in common with the wild apples growing
on the borders of woodlands."
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Summer Fun
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And
don't forget the Lowell Folk Festival, July 24 to 26. Music, food, arts and crafts throughout the city.
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For
a comprehensive look at cultural activities in the Boston area the Arts Boston
events listing website can't be beat.
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Puppet Showplace Theatre in Brookline Village offers movies and live puppet shows both
during the week and on weekends. Check for details and order tickets online.
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Learn a New Language: Did you know that the
library offers Bedford residents an Internet-based program, Mango, to help you
learn Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, French, German, Italian,
Greek, Russian, and Mandarin Chinese, as well as English for Polish, Brazilian
Portuguese, and Spanish speakers? Have your library card when you log in from home.
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BCA is
Bedford's local non-profit organization specializing in community building
through the arts. Collectively we are artists, performers, craftspeople, presenters,
collaborators, volunteers and superb appreciators.
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Visit our web site or join us on Facebook!
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