Are you planning holiday festivities or hosting a party? Our Hamilton Beach Coffee Urn is perfect for serving large amounts of hot coffee at any social gathering.
May Teen Events
TAG (Teen Activities Group) meets most Wednesdays at 1:30 pm during the school year and is open to everyone in grades 6 through 12. We enjoy snacks and all different kinds of activities – crafts, games, movies, experiments, and more! There is no sign-up – just drop in!
5/1 – Buttons and Pins – Use our button maker to create your own buttons and pins!
5/8 – Movie – The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part – Everything is awesome in Bricksburg until Duplo invaders arrive. (PG)
5/15 – Silly Games – Get your spring wiggles out with a variety of silly one-minute games.
5/22 – Ice Cream Social – Celebrate the end of TAG with ice cream sundaes! Don’t forget to tell us what you liked most about TAG this year!
Patriots’ Day
The Library will be Closed on Monday, April 15 for Patriots’ Day.
9th Annual Peeps Diorama Contest Winners
We are so thrilled by the turnout, both in entries and voting, for this year’s Peeps Diorama Contest! It was our biggest and best year yet! Many thanks to everyone who participated, and we can’t wait to see what you come up with for next year!
The Winners
Peeple’s Choice
Best in Class, Grades K-5
Best in Class, Grades 6-12
Best in Class, Family/Adult
Staff Bragging Rights
Dunder Mifflin, Peeper Company
Peeps Lake Park
Welcome to Gravity Falls
Crazy Rich Peeps
The Handpeep’s Tale
April Teen Events
TAG (Teen Activities Group) meets most Wednesdays at 1:30 pm during the school year and is open to everyone in grades 6 through 12. We enjoy snacks and all different kinds of activities – crafts, games, movies, experiments, and more! There is no sign-up – just drop in!
4/3 – Board Games – Play an old favorite or learn something new!
4/10 – Movie: Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure – Two high school slackers are gifted with a time machine in order to help them pass their history test. (PG)
4/17 – NO TAG – Enjoy vacation!
4/24 – Pixel Art – Use fuse beads to create pixelated art!
Kanopy is here!
Thanks to the generosity of the Friends of the Bedford Free Public Library, Bedford residents now have access to Kanopy’s collection of over 30,000 films that educate, enlighten, and entertain!
The collection includes documentaries, the Great Courses, the Criterion Collection, early cinema, cult classics, and Kanopy Kids.
You can set up a Kanopy account here.
Women in World Jazz
Join us on Saturday, March 23rd at 3:00 pm for an educational performance for all ages featuring an all-female ensemble showcasing musical styles from around the world, from Cuba’s
Women In World Jazz is an international all-female ensemble, bringing together some of the finest world and jazz musicians, each with an extensive performing and teaching background in the New England area. Read more about each member at:
https://www.reverbnation.com/womeninworldjazz
On Exhibit in the Gallery…
GEORGE HERMAN: Drive-by Painting.
From the Artist:
Every work of art is a monument of sorts…taking something as mundane as a stick, a telephone pole, a backyard shed…and turning it into something to be admired (or not)…to be thought-provoking, inspiring, worthy of adulation or merely consideration…A small, seemingly insignificant thing can be preserved as something that is monumental in feeling, if not necessarily in size. The things I tend to paint are things that are incidental to something else I’m looking at, somewhere else I’m going, or occur in the process of becoming something else. Thus, a stick, a vernal pool, the view from my studio window, or from a passing train.
for more works by George Herman, visit : http://www.geherman.com/#
This exhibit would not be possible without assistance from the Friends of the Bedford Free Public Library.
The public is invited to view the exhibit during regular library hours.
Calling All Scientists!
New in the playspace: a gleaming science lab for exploration and investigation! Young children and their families can learn how colors mix or predict which beads will win the race. They can hear their own voices on special phones, or peer at the world with magnifying glasses. Then hop over to pore over x-ray style cards on the light table. When you need a break, check out the cozy reading nook. We’ve stocked it with lots of scientific tales.
The new playspace is made possible with federal funds provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
March Teen Events
TAG (Teen Activities Group) meets most Wednesdays at 1:30 pm during the school year and is open to everyone in grades 6 through 12. We enjoy snacks and all different kinds of activities – crafts, games, movies, experiments, and more! There is no sign-up – just drop in!
3/6 – Peeps Craft – Learn the rules for this year’s Peeps Diorama contest and start working on your display! We’ll have tons of craft materials and Peeps on hand.
3/13 – Peeps Craft – Finish up your Peeps diorama before they are due on March 19th!
3/20 – Movie: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse – Brooklyn teen Miles Morales is shown the limitless possibilities of the Spider-Verse, where more than one can wear the mask. (PG)
3/27 – Peeps Diorama Contest Ceremony (begins at 2:30) – Celebrate the winning dioramas, play games, and enjoy treats! Open to the entire community.