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reviews).
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- The Friends Learning Center is equipped with an
audio induction loop
- assistive listening system. Brighton Library is
handicapped accessible.
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Computer
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- Knit Clique
- Wednesdays from 11 am - 1 pm
- Drop in to knit, crochet or do other
needlework. Share your project ideas, meet others and have fun.
Drinks and snacks are welcome. And check out our
knitting, crocheting, and other needle arts books in the Crafts section
(Dewey Decimal #740). Note: June 25 we
will meet in the study rooms in the back of the library.
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The Bedford Circle™ Tea Society: Teapots on Parade
- Saturday, May 17 from
noon - 2:30 p.m.
- See hundreds of formal,
fanciful, and fantastic teapots; tea cozies, hand-stitched tea
towels, and decorative tea tins; displays about the wide variety
of teas; and books about tea and English teatime. Attendees may
vote for their favorite teatime vignette, enjoy complimentary
- tea and scones in the “tea
room,” and learn about baking authentic scones.
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Film and Discussion: Fahrenheit 451
- Wed., May 21 at 6 p.m.
- Based on Ray
Bradbury’s classic novel, set in a future totalitarian and
oppressive society where books are outlawed by a government
fearful of independent thinking. Watch the movie and stay for
the discussion. Shown in conjunction with Monroe County Library
System’s 2008 "The Big Read,” a
grants
program developed
by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Sponsored by the Friends of BML.
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Book Discussion: The Sea
- Wednesday, June 18 at 7
pm
- John Banville’s
“luminous novel about love, loss, and the unpredictable power of
memory…elegiac, gorgeously written…among the finest we have had
from this masterful writer.” Winner of the Man Booker Prize.
Adults and teens are welcome to read the book and join us.
Copies are available at the BML Circulation Desk. Sponsored by
the Friends of BML.
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Monday at the Movies: Comedies: A Shot in the Dark
(1964) (link to list)
- Monday, June 23 at 7 pm
- Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer
(102 minutes)
The bumbling
Inspector Clouseau's attempt to prove the innocence of a voluptuous
French maid, the prime suspect in a series of bizarre murders, leads
him to a nudist colony and the Parisian mansion of a French
millionaire.
Sponsored by the Friends of BML.
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The Alice Wilson Room
features the latest information technology to expand access for
people who are challenged by visual impairments, learning disabilities and
literacy difficulties. The Kurzweil is an easy to use computerized system
for low vision readers, equipped with audio and large print technology. The
enhanced PC includes a scanner and Zoomtext, a fully integrated magnifier
and screen reader. The electronic typewriter offers a professional touch
keyboard and advanced typing capabilities, including text storage and correction
memory. The Microform Reader/Printer provide easy browsing and printing
of genealogy sources, like back issues of the Brighton Pittsford Post,
the Democrat & Chronicle and local history records. The scanner,
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Tel. (585) 784-5300 - TDD
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