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In-town soccer starts Saturday

The Lincoln In-Town Soccer program will start Saturday, Sept. 10 at Smith Field. Pre-K and kindergartners will begin at 8 a.m., and grades 1-2 at 9 a.m. There will be two instructors from the Revolution Academy soccer program present to assist us in implementing practice plans and for coaching guidance; parent volunteers are responsible for coaching the teams with instructors’ help. Please register your child before the first practice if possible at www.lincolnsoccer.com. If you’ve already registered, please double-check the website to confirm, as players must be registered in order to play. Parents, even those without soccer experience, who are interested in volunteering should contact Deepak Dibya at 515-203-5986 or dibyadeepak@gmail.com.

Lecture on Gropius-Breuer partnership

A talk titled “When Imitation is the Best Form of Flattery: Tracing Forms and Legacy in the Gropius-Breuer Partnership” will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 14 from 7-9 p.m. at the Gropius House (68 Baker Bridge Road). Join architectural historian Amy Finstein for an evening exploring the literal and figurative inspiration that Lincoln’s Gropius House provided for other architectural patrons and designers in the late 1930s and early 1940s. We’ll use one particular commission to explore how Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer used their own homes as models for subsequent architectural commissions, and how the literal imitation of certain elements may have impacted public reception of finished designs.

Tickets are $5 for Historic New England members or $10 for nonmembers. For details, click here, call 781-259-8098 or buy tickets online.

9/11 commemoration details

The Veterans of Lincoln, Mass. (VOLMA), with the support of the Department of Recreation, are sponsoring a flag display and brief memorial ceremony on the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11. A flag to represent each person killed in the attacks in New York, Washington and Shanksville, Penn. (almost 3,000 in total) will be stationed on the lawn around the library on the corner of Trapelo and Bedford Roads before the anniversary and until a week later, when they will be returned to the town.

The event will include an official U.S. Army Color Guard, the singing of the national anthem, a rifle salute, bugle taps, and a group singing of Irving Berlin’s classic “God Bless America.” The veterans hope many Lincoln residents and other local citizens will be able to attend this solemn and dignified event. In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held inside Bemis Hall.

Talks on Lincoln photographer, investing and retirement

The Lincoln Public Library will host the following guest speakers in September:

Passive Investing with Jerome Moisand

Thursday, Sept. 22 from 7-8:30 p.m. Learn the ins and outs of Boglehead investing, which follows the principles of Vanguard founder John Bogle.

‘Juxtapositions’ with Judy Polumbaum

Saturday, Sept. 24 from 2:30-4:30 p.m. As a photojournalist, the late Ted Polumbaum of Lincoln documented some of the most important news events and social movements of the second half of the 20th century, from Muhammad Ali to Ted Kennedy to the volunteers of Freedom Summer. Revisit his photographic works as his daughter Judy Polumbaum, Professor Emeritus at University of Iowa School of Journalism & Mass Communications, speaks about her new book Juxtapositions: Images from the Newsmuseum Photo Collection of Ted Polumbaum. All of Polumbaum’s 200,000 images are archived at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.; more information about the collection is available here.

Retirement Planning with Ahmet Atamar

Thursday, Sept. 29 from 7-8:30 p.m. With over 30 years of experience in investing, Ahmet Atamar of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management will lead a seminar in retirement planning and  answer questions.