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Harvest feast at Drumlin Farm

For the first time ever, Drumlin Farm will play host to their locally sourced Fall Harvest Feast on Sunday, Oct. 11 from 4:30-7 p.m. The event, arranged by Food and Farm Educator Emma Scudder, will feature the sustainable farm’s just-picked fall harvest and late summer yield preserves.

“We wanted to create casual, family-friendly dinner that happens to be made using all of the freshest, local ingredients,” says Scudder. “Farm-to-table is about community. It’s about appreciating the food we have growing around us and the farmers who grow it.”

Starting at 4:30 p.m., guests can roam the fields with Scudder and Katarina Goldenberg, Drumlin Farm CSA Coordinator, who will share their knowledge about sustainable farming and agriculture. After working up an appetite, guests can bundle up by a warm fire in Drumlin Farm’s Nature Center and enjoy pizza made with late summer and early fall harvest produce and meat. Also on the menu is squash soup, a heart kale salad, homemade beverages, and festive ice cream.

Advance registration is required.or Mass Audubon members are are $20 for adults and $12 for children, or $25 and $15 for nonmembers.  Register online or call Jennifer Riley at 781-259-2200.

Three school committees to hold public forum

Two communities, three districts… Are there ideas or topics that the Lincoln and Sudbury school communities should talk about together? Do you have questions about transitioning to the high school or community supports for social and emotional health, or are you interested in hearing about current research regarding school start times? The Lincoln preK-8, Sudbury K-8, and L-S School Committees invite Lincoln, Sudbury and Boston METCO community members to a public forum on Wednesday, Oct. 21 from 7-9 p.m. in Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School library. The forum will begin with a short presentation period followed by an opportunity to brainstorm topics that are relevant to all three districts, and will conclude with a joint meeting of the three school committees.

Operatic divas, meditation programs, and Isabella Stewart Gardner at the library

• Meditation workshop with Natalia Cepeda — Saturday, Oct. 17 from 3-4:30 p.m. Learn and practice easy meditation techniques and key philosophical principles to implement right away, plus tools for reducing stress, improving relationships, or just having more joy in your life.
• “A Voice Fest: Operatic Divas with Erika Reitshamer” — Sunday, Oct. 25 at 2 p.m. in the library’s Tarbell Room. This lecture and multimedia presentation will feature world-renowned divas including Renata Tebaldi, Maria Callas, Leontyne Price, and Beverly Sills, as well as fabulous singers of the present day.
• A reminder that character re-enactor Jessa Piaia will present a dramatic portrayal of Gardner in “A Visit with Isabella Stewart Gardner: America’s First Patroness of the Arts” at the library on Saturday, Oct. 24 at 2 p.m. (see the Lincoln Squirrel, September 4, 2015).