Open house features Lincoln Minute Men, refurbished historic home
At an open house on Saturday, Sept. 20, the Lincoln Minute Men will do musket-firing demonstrations at 10 a.m., noon and 1 p.m., as well as drills for children, fife and drum music, and demonstrations of sewing, spinning and colonial clothing throughout the day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will take place at the Captain William Smith House in the Minute Man National Historical Park on Route 2A near Bedford Road (park in the Hartwell Tavern lot).
Lincoln Minute Men (soldiers, musicians and townspeople) will greet the public in colonial attire and welcome them into the Smith House, which has been refurbished thanks to the concerted effort of the Lincoln Minute Men and the support of friends through donations. The Minute Men worked with the National Park to locate and donate items similar to those that might have been found on that day in the three ground floor rooms of a New England house: the formal parlor, the keeping room and the kitchen. Come and see the walking wheel for spinning wool, the infant’s cradle with reproduction tick and blanket, the kitchen cupboard stocked with redware and pewter, items for cooking on the hearth, a tilt-top table set for tea, a gate-leg table set for Catharine and William’s dinner, a desk where the Smiths could pay bills and write correspondence, and much more.
Also open to the public on September 20 are two other “witness houses” to the events of April 19, 1775: the Hartwell Tavern, where there will be demonstrations of historic crafts and trades, and the Col. James Barrett House in Concord, where His Majesty’s 63rd Regiment of Foot will be displaying British uniforms of the period.
Traditional jazz at Bemis on Saturday
On Saturday, Sept. 20 from 1-5 p.m., join the Lincoln Traditional Jazz Jammers as they gather around the Steinway Grand upstairs at Bemis Hall for an afternoon of spontaneous jamming. Share the fun as cornets, saxes, clarinets, trombones, basses, drums and even the occasional voice belt out foot-stompers of the ’20s, ’30s and ’40s such as Ain’t Misbehavin’, I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Makin’ Whoopie, On the Sunny Side of the Street, Honeysuckle Rose, I Got Rhythm, and When You’re Smilin’, ending with a rousing all-in When The Saints Go Marchin’ In. Get up and dance around the room if you feel the urge. You might end up staying the whole afternoon!
Event focuses on teen substance use
LSRHS Connections is hosting an evening on Tuesday, Sept. 23 from 7:30-9 p.m. in the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School cafeteria for parents to hear about and discuss some of the difficulties all families face in and around issues of substances and teenagers. Also on hand will be the Lincoln and Sudbury Police as well as the LSRHS athletic director, who will share facts about social host laws, issues facing the two communities, and current research on how substance use impacts student performance. Learn more about LSRHS Connections and introduce some topics of conversation your family may want to have related to substance use. All community members are welcome.
Codman Estate and other museums are free on Sept. 27
Historic New England will participate in 10th annual “Smithsonian Museum Day Live!” with free admission to house tours at 14 of its 36 historic sites on Saturday, Sept. 27 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tour historic gardens at country estates or celebrate history at one of the historic properties including the Codman Estate in Lincoln that are owned by Historic New England in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Find participating sites nationwide and download tickets from the Smithsonian Museum Day site. Visitors who present their ticket gain a single free entry for one day only. One ticket is permitted per household per email address.
Seniors sought for cross-generational literacy program
The Lincoln School is looking for local senior volunteers to participate in the pilot year of their Cross-Generational Literacy Tutors program. Volunteers would commit to working one-to-one with a first-grade student for two 30-minute sessions per week when school is in session from October through May. Tutors will get training and support. This pilot program is the result of a Lincoln School Foundation grant written by Lincoln School literacy specialist Gwen Blumberg, who will be coordinating the program. For more information or to receive a volunteer application, contact her at 781-259-9400 x2122 or gblumberg@lincnet.org, or apply online via her website.
Open Studio looking for new members
Do you love to paint but have trouble finding the time? Come paint for a few hours each week at Lincoln’s Open Studio and feed your creative side. Run by the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department, Open Studio meets at Hartwell Pod B every Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Come for some or all of the time period. There have no lessons—just tables, chairs and a band of fellow painters—though there’s a critique at lunchtime for anyone who wants advice and there’s also a demo several times a year. Painters of all levels are welcome. No oil paint, please. For more information, contact Ruth Ann Hendrickson at raandbob@earthlink.net or Joan Seville.