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Woolapalooza at Drumlin Farm

Celebrate the coming of spring at Drumlin Farm’s Woolapalooza annual festival featuring fiber, food, and fun on Saturday, March 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Highlights will include:

• Sheep-shearing demonstrations
• Live sheep herding with border collies
• Sheep-to-sweater interpretive trail: Learn how wool becomes yarn, and make a craft to take home.
• A hearty lunch made from Drumlin Farm’s own meat and potatoes (additional purchase necessary)
• Local artisans demonstrating and selling handmade products

The event will run rain, shine, or light snow. No advance ticket purchase; walk-ins only. Mass Audubon members: $14. Nonmembers: $16. Children Under age 2: Free. Due to recent snowfall, parking at Drumlin Farm will be limited. We recommend arriving closer to 10 a.m. to secure a spot, but cannot guarantee that parking will be available throughout the day.

Chinese folk art performance

Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School will host a Chinese Folk Art Workshop performance on Saturday, April 1 at 4 p.m. at the Kirshner Auditorium. The non-profit organization, which aims to promote interaction with and understanding of Chinese culture in the community, performs a variety of traditional Chinese folk arts such as dragon dance, lion dance, Taiwanese drums, Chinese yoyo and folk dance (click here for a video preview of the show). There will also be Chinese and other Asian crafts for kids outside the theater starting at 2 p.m., as well as food and drink available for sale. Tickets are $10. for adults and $8. for students. Questions? Email vivsicle@gmail.com or danielle_weisse@lsrhs.net. Proceeds will benefit the L-S Memorial School in Cambodia.

First Parish hosts open-house service

The First Parish in Lincoln will hold an “open house” worship service on Sunday, April 2 at 10 a.m. in the Parish House Auditorium (14 Bedford Rd.). If you’ve wanted to visit First Parish in Lincoln, this is the perfect day to do it. There will be members at the door to greet visitors and help them find seats. During the service, guests’ children are also invited to join our religious education programs (or the nursery, if toddler or preschool-aged). Following worship, children can plant a bulb out on the playground (or in the small downstairs classroom if it rains).

‘Europa, Europa’ to be screened

The Lincoln Library Film Society will show Europa, Europa on Thursday, April 6 at 6:30 p.m. The movie (rated R, in German with English subtitles) directed by Agnieszka Holland is based on the true story of a Jewish teenager who survived World War II by passing as a Nazi Youth member. Movie style refreshments served.