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The Anatomy of Comics

Bedford Free Public Library 7 Mudge Way, Bedford, MA

Students and faculty from Boston University‘s MFA program in Visual Narrative showcase their thinking and process for creating comics, graphic novels and picture books in the latest show at the Bedford Free Public Library gallery. A reception and artist talk will take place this Sunday. Artists include program chair, Joel Christian Gill, a cartoonist and historian who speaks nationally on the importance of sharing stories. He is the author of the acclaimed memoir Fights: One Boy’s Triumph Over Violence, cited as one of the best graphic novels of 2020 by The New York Times and for which he was awarded

Event Series Portraits in Red: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Painting Project

Portraits in Red: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Painting Project

The Umbrella Arts Center 40 Stow St., Concord

The MMIP Painting Project began not as a project at all but with the intent of it being just one painting to show support for the Missing & Murdered indigenous peoples crisis. Artist Nayana laFond created the first painting on May 5, 2020, the day of remembrance for MMIP. She shared it online and the response was so overwhelming she did one more, yet again intending that to be the end. The response to the second was even more and so Nayana opened her inbox to anyone wanting to be painted not expecting the 25+ the received the first day.Stories

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Webinar on the proposed private jet hangar expansion at Hanscom Field

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The Coalition to Stop Private Jet Expansion, which includes Bedford Mothers Out Front and seven other local groups and organizations, is hosting a free webinar on Wednesday, March 6th, from 7-8:30 pm. This event will include up-to-date information about the current plans for the proposed North Airfield Hangar Expansion, the climate impact of this expansion, the state’s environmental impact review process, and suggested responses that concerned citizens can take.  Guest panelists include Naomi Oreskes, Chuck Collins, Neil Rasmussen, and Alex Chatfield. It will be moderated by Diane Proctor, from the Concord-Carlisle League of Women Voters. Registration for Zoom link and

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