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Art Show: Bedford

One of the best art events around, this yearly show features all manner of artist and some of my very favorites will be showing their work this year! Be sure to grab tickets and put this in the calendar. You don’t want to miss it!

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Unplug!

A graphic novel guide to unplugging - from the author of The Anxious Generation. Come grab some tips and fun to break that phone habit for the kids - and maybe for yourself too.

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Family Games

Looking for the ultimate rule book? This is perfect and contains 50 different card games, from games for kids to adult games. A must have for the shelves - and to settle disputes.

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NY Times Games

The perfect book to settle into January - contains NY Times style games to complete. The perfect book to leave with a pen on your coffee table and complete on the couch! Keep your brain moving on these sluggish winter days.

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Non-Fiction Book Club

Read “It Girl” with Spenser and discuss January 17th at 1pm. “Jane Birkin was synonymous with chic. Her effortless style and artistic legacy have been immortalized through her music and film career. And, of course, she was the inspiration behind one of the world’s most coveted bags, the Hermès Birkin. But who was the real woman behind the it girl?”

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Foodie Book Club January

Join Penny for a discussion of “Feast on Your Life” on January 20th at 1pm. “Delight in food, in eating, in cooking, in serving, in recognizing our luck when we feel full is available to all of us,” says writer Tamar Adler. Adler found relief and ease in spending a year recording instances of such delight. Her hope is that her observations might do the same for you.”

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February Foodie Book Club

Join Penny for the Foodie Book Club February 24th at 1pm discussing The Lion Women of Tehran. “An “evocative read and a powerful portrait of friendship, feminism, and political activism” (People) set against three transformative decades in Tehran, Iran—from nationally bestselling author Marjan Kamali.”

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Shakespeare Book Club

Join Ava and Alyssa for a discussion of Twelfth Night on January 3rd at 3:30pm.

Named for the twelfth night after Christmas, the end of the Christmas season, Twelfth Night plays with love and power. The Countess Olivia, a woman with her own household, attracts Duke (or Count) Orsino. Two other would-be suitors are her pretentious steward, Malvolio, and Sir Andrew Aguecheek.

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Sci-Fi Book Club

Date change!! Now Sunday, January 11 at 12pm.

Join Christine on January 11th at 12pm for a discussion of “The Merge”. “A thrilling and ominously prophetic debut set in a world when Earth and its resources have been pushed to breaking point, giving rise to a revolutionary—and highly controversial—procedure in which two people’s consciousness can be combined to exist in one body. How far would you go to never say goodbye?”

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Classics Book Club

Join Spenser for his Classics book club and discuss Middlemarch on January 31st at 2pm. “Middlemarch contains all of life: the rich and the poor, the conventional and the radical, literature and science, politics and romance, but above all it gives us a vision of what lies within the human heart.”

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New Year, new hobby

Come on in for an instruction book, new art supplies, journals, sketch books, paints, pens and more. We have everything to make your New Year resolution come true.

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Recipe Books for the littlest chef

These books are ADORABLE and the perfect go along in those play kitchens or for kids who love their play food. Although perfect for play recipes, they also work as real recipes. So, so cute. Pancakes, cookies and tacos on the menu.

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Queer & Now Book Club

Next up: Herculine on January 18th at 11am. Interested in the Queer & Now book club? Contact them at @queerandnowsocialclub for info or to sign up. RSVP required due to space constraints. Book club fills up quickly!

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Activity Books

Entertainment for all ages in our activity book section. Keep the week peaceful with books and games and activities.

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Letter kits and thank you note cards

Time to write those thank you notes to grandma. Come grab some stationery and great pens and be sure to thank everyone for their gifts this year.

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New Year’s Book Sale!

Now through January 15th, browse our adult fiction and non-fiction and help us make room for new titles. 25% off all adult books published before 2025! Just check the date and let them know at the counter at check out.

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Coasters

Love these great graphic coasters. They’re perfectly cheerful for anyone - from a college kid to someone with a new apartment or just your own house!

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Light up their day

Candles and great smelling incense sticks are great for everyone! Come pick your scent.

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Key chins and pill cases

I love a new key chain - especially when it’s a disco ball that is also a pill case. Delightful.

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Best of collections

Don’t know what book they’ve read already? Grab these yearly round ups of the years’ best writing in travel, short stories, mystery, sci-fi and more.

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