Come see Willow at the Circulation desk for a quick consult on your crafting conundrums. She specializes in crochet but can help with most craft projects.
Or chat with Margaret in Children’s. She offers help with knitting projects: pattern decoding, yarn varieties, and knitting stitches. Also, questions about fiber spinning and rigid heddle weaving cheerfully answered.”
This program will examine the relationship of two artistic couples who worked in New York City in the mid-20th Century — Lee Krasner & Jackson Pollock and Helen Frankenthaler & Robert Motherwell. We will explore the contributions of these two creative couples in the artistic revolution of Abstract Expressionism. Although 20 years apart in age, Lee and Helen knew each other and traveled in the same artistic circles in the 1950s. Led by Martha Chiarchiaro, owner of Seeing History, who has brought history to life through the art of the times for more than 30 years. She received her Master’s degree in the History of Art from Williams College and provides a variety of art history presentations at the Worcester Art Museum, the Worcester Institute for Senior Education (WISE), libraries, senior centers, and garden clubs.
RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.
In Collaboration with the Tewksbury Public Library.
Thanks to the Friends of the Bedford Free Public Library.
ecorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.
Please register via the Zoom link above.
Join travel author Paige McClanahan as she discusses her new book The New Tourist: Waking Up to the Power and Perils of Travel, a brilliantly evocative, surprising, and page-turning exploration of how tourism has shaped the world, for better and for worse—essential reading for anyone looking for a deeper understanding of the implications of their wanderlust.
In collaboration with the Ashland Public Library. Thanks to the Friends of the Bedford Free Public Library.
RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.
The Friends of the Bedford Free Public Library are holding a Pop-Up Book Sale.
The book sale will be outside under the portico (curbside pickup area). The Friends book sale room will also be open.
Help the Friends clear excess inventory before the HVAC project starts!
Bargains Galore!
May 8th – July 10th, 2024
Virginia uses paint, pastels and mixed media, inspired, she says, by many sources: “her inner world, memories, personal history, and her love of the natural world. She experiments with different styles, techniques and materials exploring art as a language and means of expressing ideas that have personal meaning, or that she finds interesting or beautiful. Her work moves between realism and abstraction.” She is a former teacher in the Chelmsford Public Schools.
The public is invited to view the exhibit during regular library hours.
This exhibit would not be possible without assistance from the Friends of the Bedford Free Public Library.
Friday, April 5: 1-5 pm
Saturday, April 6: 10 am – 4 pm
Sunday, April 7: 1 – 4 pm
The Friends of the Bedford Library are holding a three day Spring Book Sale. The Book Sale is held rain or shine at the library located at 7 Mudge Way in Bedford, MA. Thanks to the huge quantity of quality book donations, there will be thousands of books offered in three different rooms, all well organized. Books include fiction such as romance, thrillers, science fiction, poetry, plays and classics plus DVDs and music CDs; children’s books; books for young adults; non-fiction books including art, cookbooks, foreign languages, business, history, science, textbooks, puzzles, and much more.
Proceeds from book sales help underwrite library programs and services, including lecture and film series, additions to the library collection, and museum passes.
This is the Friends’ biggest sale of the year with thousands of books available. Come on down to the library for some great bargains! The Friends of the Bedford Free Public Library is a non-profit organization.
Members only sale: Thursday, April 4th from 6:30-8:30. Not a member of the Friends? Join at the door! Click here: https://friendsofthebedfordlibrary.wildapricot.org/Join-Us
This April we are hosting a Bookmark Design Contest! This contest is open to all ages and will be judged in three categories, kids, teens and adult. If your design wins, it will be printed and given out as our official Summer Reading Bookmarks in 2024.
This year, the Bedford Free Public Library Summer Reading theme is Mystery with a slogan for each age group.
Design a bookmark around the theme/slogan and submit it to the library anytime in April. Submissions will be on display throughout May. Winners will be announced mid-May.
Download the form here or pick one up in the library. Drop your entry off at the Children’s Room.
Also, don’t miss our Bookmark Making Crafternoon during school vacation. You can make a bookmark for our contest, as well as various styles to take home with you.
Bookmark Crafternoon: Wednesday, April 13 | 2:30 PM – 4 PM
Zoo New England (ZNE), the nonprofit that operates the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston and the Stone Zoo in Stoneham, also has a full-time Field Conservation team that are working in New England’s wild places to protect rare wildlife in our own backyards. Come learn about ZNE’s efforts to protect rare and wonderful animals and plants both right here in Bedford and in many neighboring communities. Baby turtles, endangered wildflowers, and beautiful butterflies are all on the agenda, as well as what YOU can do as a local resident to help safeguard these amazing living treasures. Students from Lt. Job Lane Elementary will also be on hand to introduce their baby turtles to you and explain the work they’ve been doing to save an endangered turtle species!
Speaker Bio: Dr. Matthew Kamm is a Massachusetts-based biologist working for Zoo New England’s Field Conservation Department to protect native wildlife right here in New England. Since completing his Ph.D research on native birds at Tufts University in 2019, he has worked on a variety of conservation projects for rare turtles, salamanders, fish, birds, butterflies, and plants.
Thanks to the Friends of the Bedford Free Public Library for sponsoring this program.
Author, producer, director, screenwriter, and playwright Stan Zimmerman will discuss his new book, The Girls: From Golden to Gilmore. The book tells the story of Stan Zimmerman, a gawky Jewish boy who dreamed of becoming a wildly successful actor, rich enough to build his own mansion in the Hollywood Hills. While the actor part didn’t quite pan out, Stan found success as a writer, producer, director, and playwright, working on such shows as The Golden Girls, Roseanne, and Gilmore Girls, as well as the Brady Bunch movies. He’ll discuss his relationships with some of entertainment’s most notable women, including Lily Tomlin, Sandra Bernhard, Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Roseanne Barr, and, of course, all four Golden Girls.
Presented by the Ashland Library, in collaboration with the Tewksbury Library, Bedford, and other Massachusetts libraries.
Thanks to the Friends of the Bedford Free Public Libary.
Led by Tom Toohey, a modern day Irish storyteller who has traveled to Ireland 19 times and collected hundreds of stories. He comes to this tradition naturally as his parents were great storytellers. In the last few years, Tom has recorded his family stories in a four-volume book called Images of Other Lives. Tom was a teacher over 40 years, having taught all levels from elementary school through graduate school as a public school teacher, adjunct professor and educational consultant. Tom has a B.S. from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell and a M.M. from the University of Hartford.
In Partnership with the Tewksbury Public Library.
Thanks to the Friends of the Bedford Free Public Library.