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Five from Lincoln are National Merit Commended Students

Lincoln residents Maya Belge, Ruby Carmel, Catherine and Emily Chuang, and Alexander Tam were among the 29 Commended Students from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program. Commended students place among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.6 million students who entered the 2018 competition by taking the 2016 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).

Musical performers at Paws for the Holidays

The Paws for the Holidays fundraiser at the Pierce House on Sunday, Nov. 12 from 11 a.m.– 4 p.m. will feature live performances from the following:

• 11 a.m.–noon and 12:20–2 p.m. — Jaimee Joroff, a harpist trained in Classical and Celtic Music, and a Certified Therapeutic Harp Practitioner (CHTP), plays on the first floor.
• Noon–12:30 p.m. — The Pitch Pipes, an 11-member a capella group from Lexington High School, will sing holiday tunes and other selections on the stairwell.
• 2–4 p.m. — The Lincoln Traditional Jazz Band will play on the second floor.

Hedgerow to play at LOMA

Hedgerow is the featured performer at the next LOMA (Lincoln Open-Mike Acoustic) night on Monday, Nov. 13 in the Lincoln Public Library’s Tarbell Room. The event runs from 7-10 p.m., and Hedgerow will perform a half-hour set starting around 8:30. Hedgerow is a contemporary bluegrass band from Berklee College of Music fronted by lead singer Madison Denbrock and featuring guitar, violin, mandolin, banjo, harmonica and bass. Their high energy and instrumental wizardry is evident in a live mash-up between a folk song and fiddle tune, Gentle On My Mind & Salt Spring.

Artists’ market coming to deCordova

On Thursday, Nov. 16, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum opens its 24th annual Artists’ Market with an opening reception from 6–9 p.m. featuring free sweets, music and complimentary gift wrapping. An expansion of the deCordova Store, the market features gift options including handmade ceramics, sculptures, jewelry, fiber arts, and more. The market is open daily from 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m., with extended hours until  7:30 p.m. from Monday–Thursday, Dec. 11–24. On Saturday, Dec. 9 from 1–3 p.m., the store will offer a 20 percent discount to new members who join that day as well as complimentary gift wrapping.

“The Secret Garden” takes the stage at L-S

The LSB players, the theater performance company of Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, will stage performances of The Secret Garden based on the classic children’s book by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The Secret Garden (directed and choreographed by Carly Evans, music directed by Michael Bunting, and conducted by Tom Grandprey) will be performed in the Kirshner Auditorium on Wednesday–Saturday, Nov. 15–18 at 7:30 p.m. Recommended for ages 8 and up. Click here to purchase tickets.