Summer movies in the park starting tonight; Boston walking tour on Saturday
Inspired by the Walking Sculpture exhibition, the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum’s outdoor film series features walking-focused films, starting with The Wizard of Oz on Friday, June 19 at 8:15 p.m. (rain date: June 24). Bring a blanket, chairs, and snacks. Arrive early to catch the sunset! $5 general admission, free for members. Future films will be March of the Penguins on July 17 (rain date: July 22) and Homeward Bound on August 14 (rain date: August 19).
On Saturday, June 19 at 4 p.m., Walking Sculpture artist Catherine D’Ignazio and guest speakers will lead “Boston Coastline: Future Past,” is a collective walk tracing a route from the prediction of the city’s coastline to its history, as a way of physically understanding the future and past of a city changing at scales that are difficult to see and comprehend. Free, but registration is required; click here for details.
Group screens New Orleans movies
The Lincoln Library Film Society is celebrating its 100th night of movie-showing on Tuesday, June 23 with a screening of WUSA (1970) with Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. There will be pizza and lemonade; doors open at 6:30 p.m. The next films in the group’s current series, “The Big (Un)Easy: New Orleans After Dark” are Elia Kazan’s Panic in the Streets (1950) starring Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas and Jack Palance on Saturday, June 27 and New Orleans Uncensored (1955) on Tuesday, June 30. For more information, dates and titles, call 781-259-8465 or email Lincolnlibraryfilmsociety@gmail.com to sign up for the mailing list.
First Parish offer summer meditation and prayer
The First Parish Church in Lincoln offers summer services in the form of guided visualization meditations and prayer. Services are led by Isabella Nebel and held at 10 a.m. starting on Sunday, June 21 and continuing on June 28, July 5, and August 9, 16, 23, and 30. These services are open to all. Isabella Nebel, MEd., LC, is a researcher and educational consultant. A guest lecturer at MIT on the subjects of pregnancy, lactation, and parenting, she specializes in biological intervention in the treatment of autism spectrum and in post-traumatic stress.