The Bedford Town Calendar

Are you a new mom? The Bedford Family Connection would love to invite you to a special brunch on Sunday, May 1! This event will be for moms who have had a baby between April 1, 2021 - April 1, 2022 (whether it's your first baby or your fifth!). It's open to all new moms in Bedford (members and non members) and is a great way to meet other local moms. OR do you know someone in Bedford who has had a baby recently? Please share this with them! RSVP by Friday, April 22 here: https://tinyurl.com/rzap9m4t Any questions? Email [email protected].

Are you a new mom? The Bedford Family Connection would love to invite you to a special brunch on Sunday, May 1! This event will be for moms who have had a baby between April 1, 2021 - April 1, 2022 (whether it's your first baby or your fifth!). It's open to all new moms in Bedford (members and non members) and is a great way to meet other local moms. OR do you know someone in Bedford who has had a baby recently? Please share this with them! RSVP by Friday, April 22 here: https://tinyurl.com/rzap9m4t Any questions? Email [email protected].

The Bedford Lyceum and First Parish in Bedford’s Environmental Justice Committee are proud to present a free Zoom lecture entitled: “Personal Values-Based Investing” with Flynn McDonnell, JD. Flynn McDonnell, JD will discuss how we can make a positive impact through values-based investing with the intention to generate measurable social and environmental impact in addition to a financial return.  What is Socially- Responsible Investing, Environmental, Social and Governance Investing, and Impact Investing?  Investing consciously and purposefully allows one to express beliefs and make a positive impact on the world (e.g., divesting from fossil fuels). Flynn is responsible for client advisory and client

To close out the Spring 2022 “A World of Music” concert series, Middlesex Community College will feature a performance by MCC Music students. The Student Recital will take place at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, May 2 at MCC’s Concert Hall in Bedford. MCC Fine Music major student Anthony Lumenello, of Burlington, performed in his first Middlesex Student Recital as part of the Fall 2021 “World of Music” concert series. Now finishing up his first year at MCC, he will be performing in the upcoming recital. “I’m excited to participate in the concert,” Lumenello, said. “Performing live in front of an

The Parents Diversity Council and BEST PTO invite families to meet former Davis Kindergarten teacher, Vera Ahiyya, author of the brand new book, You Have a Voice! Ms. Ahiyya will be the Author in Residence at Davis on May 2 and 3.  The evening of May 2, she will be able to meet with parents and families.  She will make a brief presentation, read her book, and have time for Q and A and book signings.  Along with LOTS of hugs for former students (who knew her as Ms. Corbett when she taught kindergarten at Davis)! This event is open

Join local writer Jenn Bouchard and local artist Sarah Scoville for a memorable evening exploring coastal Maine through words and art. Jenn will read from her award-winning novel First Course, set in coastal Maine, as well as answer questions about her path to publication and work as a writer. Sarah will lead us in an ocean “painting” craft using paper on canvas. A glass of Prosecco and some book swag, as well as all art materials, are included in your ticket. You will also be entered in a giveaway of an LL Bean boat-and-tote bag, stuffed with Maine and book-themed

An evening Spring Soirée under the stars on the terrace of the DoubleTree Hotel in Bedford to raise funds for the BEF. The following is the blurb submitted via email: The Bedford Education Foundation (BEF) has been working during the entire pandemic to not only continue their mission of funding creative and innovative initiatives in Bedford's four schools, but also to determine when to return to hosting their amazing in-person fundraisers of years past. According to BEF President Jennifer Kelley, the wait is over. "We are so excited to bring you the BEF May Soirée, an evening under the stars,

Has your child ever wanted to sit in a big red fire truck or a giant bulldozer? Since most parents don’t have easy access to big, honkin’ vehicles, have we got an event for you!  Guaranteed Rate is sponsoring this “Touch-A-Truck” event, to benefit the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF). The MMRF’s mission is to discover and advance a cure for multiple myeloma. Special hours are reserved for children with sensory needs from 9 to 10 am. 

Please join the Bedford Trails Committee for a free trail walk in the woods! We plan to explore the Old Reservoir / Valente Land area. Pace will be leisurely. Known as "The Old Rez," the Old Reservoir land is one of the Town’s most interesting and popular municipal open space areas. One of the significant features of the terrain is its changing grade. Steep inclines and declines provide for more strenuous hiking and biking than typically found on other trails within the Bedford trail network.

The Energy and Sustainability Committee is sponsoring a Cars and Coffee event on May 7 from 11am-1pm at Depot Park. Green Energy Consumers Alliance will have electric vehicle experts to answer your question and there will be electric cars there for you to explore while enjoying coffee and pastries. This event is free and open to the public.

The Bedford High School (MA) Theater Department presents the fourth annual Playwright’s Festival on Saturday, May 7th, 2022! The nine plays in this festival are written, directed, and designed by BHS students. The playwrights are Ben Couvée, Charlie Desjardins, Dylan DeJesus, Kai Etringer, Cate Galante, Connor McClung, John Mitchell, Ethan Washington, and Emily Zhu. There are about twenty-five students involved as actors, directors, designers, or writers. The performance will culminate in an optional talk-back with the writers and the directors of the plays. Audience members will have the chance to ask the writers and directors specific questions about the process

Join us as The Master Singers of Lexington performs a delightful and entertaining program of songs and choruses about school, professors, teacher’s pets and more. Composers include Leonard Bernstein, Clark Gesner, Frank Loesser, Victor Herbert, Tom Lehrer, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and Graham Nash, to name a few. Members of the chorus will show off their talent in solo performances. The performance will last 60 - 90 minutes and there will be a 10 minute "recess" midway during the concert. This venue is fully accessible from the rear parking area. Please bring proof of vaccination and wear a mask.

On Tuesday, May 10 at 7 PM the Bedford Center for the Arts Photo Group will welcome back as presenter, BCA member Dennis Rainville to continue his discussion of the Art of Black and White Photography.  Dennis is a fine art photographer who enjoys dealing in multiple genres of photography.  His work ranges through landscape, still life, long exposure, architectural, focus stacked, time lapse, black and white, and painted photographs.  The pictures that he takes are elements that he uses to create a Fine Art Photograph through the use of the digital darkroom.  This approach allows Dennis to create works

Join us for our May Chapter Meeting where our guest speaker will be Deane Coady from Brookline Mothers Out Front. Deane will present several successful waste reduction measures that Brookline is adopting, working in conjunction with DPW and their local school and food businesses in town. Given our recent successful addition of an Energy and Sustainability Manager, we look forward to learning valuable tips from Deane. Please join us and come with your ideas and questions. R.S.V.P. at: https://ma.mothersoutfront.org/bedford_ma_20220515?utm_campaign=2022_05_02_beford_news_blast&utm_medium=email&utm_source=mothersoutfrontma  

Join us for our May Chapter Meeting where our guest speaker will be Deane Coady from Brookline Mothers Out Front. Deane will present several successful waste reduction measures that Brookline is adopting, working in conjunction with DPW and their local school and food businesses in town. We look forward to learning valuable tips from Deane. Please join us and come with your ideas and questions.

As we return to live performance, masks, which have been such a part of our lives during the pandemic, are a central theme of this concert.  It is ironic that we had planned to have Fauré’s work on our 2020 pandemic-cancelled program.  And now here we are, returning masked and celebrating masks in theater and dance. The program will begin with Gabriel Fauré’s Masque et Bergamasque, Op. 112 (arr. K. Camden) including a Minuet and a Gavotte.  Next on the program will be a World Premiere of Conductor, Alan Pearlmutter’s Dance Suite featuring a Sarabande, a Waltz and a Bolero. 

VA2K Walk & Roll returns in person May 18 to promote healthy lifestyles  BEDFORD, Massachusetts–VA’s 12th annual VA2K Walk & Roll event is back—in person—with goals of moving the body in support of your whole health and well-being while also helping homeless Veterans. The event is scheduled for May 18, 2022, at the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans’ Hospital starting at 12 p.m. The community is invited to participate in the VA2K event which includes a short two-kilometer walk (1.24 miles). Registration is free; participant check-in will be open onsite from 11 – 11:45 a.m. the day of the event.

Tour guide: Victor Curran of the Concord Visitor Center Hear the voices of the silent stones in Concord’s cemeteries on this 90-minute tour.  Scenic, wooded Sleepy Hollow is the most famous, with highlights including the magnificent Melvin Memorial and the graves of Concord’s literary giants:  Alcott, Emerson, Hawthorne, and Thoreau.  The Hill Burying Ground and the South Burying Ground are the resting places of Revolutionary War heroes and their ancestors back to the 1600s. This tour will depart the Concord Visitor Center at 58 Main Street.  Please wear good walking shoes and be prepared to be outdoors up to 2 hours

Join us in person to socialize, enjoy appetizers together, do a brief pair-share ice breaker activity, and optionally create a simple Climate Hero mask to send to our State legislator as part of our state campaign to transition to clean energy. Optional: Bring an appetizer to share. Please RSVP to receive host address.  Hope you can come! https://www.mothersoutfront.org/events/bedford-ma-20220521/ To learn about climate hero campaign, see link

On Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 7 p.m. at First Parish, the Music Committee is sponsoring a fantastic concert, “A Baroque Extravaganza”.  It will feature a chamber orchestra playing Vivaldi’s “Spring” from “The Four Seasons”, a Concerto Grosso by Handel and J.S. Bach’s spectacular cantata, “Wir müssen durch viel Trüsal”, BWV 146. For the “Spring” concerto, the violin soloist will be First Parish’s own, Carlough Faulkner-Carroll; the opening movement will also feature Dorothy Anderson-Perales, recreating a heartfelt dance she choreographed for First Parish for Easter 2021.  The Bach cantata has an excellent line-up of soloists including Cynthia Mork, Benjamin Sears

On Tuesday, May 24 at 7 pm the Bedford Center for the Arts Photo Group is pleased to present internationally acclaimed portrait photographer Maundy Mitchell; her topic will be Good Portraits:  Connection and the Myth of the Photogenic.  How can you create portraits that invite the viewer to take a closer look?  There are many elements that create the invitation:  lighting, body language, and composition, for starters.  Perhaps the most elusive is connection, especially for those who believe in the myth of being “photogenic.”  In this talk, Maundy discusses connection in portraiture, how other elements in the portrait contribute to

Skip the cooking and support student music at the same time! POMS is holding a Flatbread Fundraiser night on Wednesday, May 25, from 5pm to 9pm. Every pizza purchased earns money for POMS! Senior parents: this is prom night! After your kids Stroll on Jenks Trail and get on the bus to the country club, swing by for a pizza and enjoy a night off.

BEDFORD'S 2022 MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONIES Join us in honoring our veterans, especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our freedom. Bedford's Memorial Day events begin at: 8:30am American Legion/VFW Memorial & Shawsheen Cemetery:  Ceremonies begin at the American Legion Post on Great Road 10:00am Old Burying Ground Ceremony 10:45am BHS Fallen Veterans Memorial Tribute by Bedford HS JROTC cadets 11:00am Town Parade - Starts from Mudge Way with brief stop at WWI memorial on Town Common 11:15 Veterans Memorial Park (next to Bedford Funeral Home): Town Ceremonies Contact Paul Purchia for more information: 781-275-2464(H); 781-789-8974(C) Note: In case of

Enjoy an evening of Old Time:  the Appalachian love child of Celtic and Afro-Caribbean music performed by local stellar musicians as they raise the rafters at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Bedford. 100% of the proceeds will support St. Paul's Haiti mission partnerships in caring, learning, and faith. St. Paul's has been active in mission to Haiti since 2013, beginning in clinics near Leogane, an area hard hit by the 2010 earthquake.  Our activities evolved to support a local child nutrition program, the nursing school FSIL, the school of rehabilitation FSRL, and local efforts which can provide year-round improvements in

Enjoy an evening of Old Time:  the Appalachian love child of Celtic and Afro-Caribbean music performed by local stellar musicians as they raise the rafters at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Bedford. 100% of the proceeds will support St. Paul's Haiti mission partnerships in caring, learning and faith.  St. Paul's has been active in mission to Haiti since 2013, beginning in clinics near Leogane, an area hard hit by the 2010 earthquake.  Our activities evolved to support a local child nutrition program, the nursing school FSIL, the school of rehabilitation FSRL and local efforts which can provide year-round improvements in