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L-S Pops Concert on Thursday

The L-S Music Department presents its annual Pops Concert on Thursday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the L-S auditorium. Performing groups include the orchestra, concert band, symphonic band, concert choir and more. The concert will feature the combined music ensembles performing “The Circle of Life” under the direction of new orchestra director Kyung-Nam Oh. Free and open to the public.

11th annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival on tap

OARS, a nonprofit that works to protect, improve and preserve the Assabet, Sudbury, and Concord Rivers, their tributaries and watersheds, is hosting an evening of award-winning films from the largest environmental film festival in the nation on Wednesday, March 27 from 7–10 p.m. (doors open at 6:15 p.m.) in Maynard’s Fine Arts Theatre Place (19 Summer St.). Enjoy fabulous film making, gorgeous cinematography and wonderful storytelling that celebrates the wild and fragile beauty of our environment, the animals and plants that populate it and the people that work to protect and preserve it. Tickets are $15; buy online at oars3rivers.org as seats sell out every year. Questions? Call OARS at 978-369-3956 or email office@oars3rivers.org.

Recycle electronics and support L-S softball

The L-S softball program and Friends of Lincoln-Sudbury Softball (FOLSS) is sponsoring an electronics recycling fundraiser on Saturday, March 30 from 9 a.m.–2 p.m. at Chiswick Park (490 Boston Post Rd., Sudbury). Safely dispose of electronics such as computer equipment, office equipment, and small appliances/electronics. Large appliances and items containing chemicals/hazardous waste materials cannot be accepted. Questions? Email FriendsofLSSoftball@gmail.com. 

Mushroom-growing seminar offered

Want to learn how to grow mushrooms? The Lincoln Agricultural Commission is sponsoring a seminar on the cultivation of edible mushrooms on Thursday, April 4 at 7 p.m. in Bemis Hall, Lincoln. Elizabeth Almeida, owner of Fat Moon Farm, will discuss small-scale commercial mushroom farming of a variety of fungi species. Her presentation will be followed by a workshop led by Lincoln’s Louise Bergeron demonstrating techniques for growing shiitake mushrooms in inoculated wood logs in your backyard.  

Screening of “Lucky” coming up

The Lincoln Library Film Society will screen “Lucky” (2017, not rated) on Thursday, April 4 at 6 p.m. in the library’s Tarbell Room. Directed by John Carroll Lynch and starring Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch, Ron Livingston, Ed Begley Jr., and Tom Skerritt, the movie follows the spiritual journey of a 90-year-old atheist, and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town. Free and open to all.

Help tidy up Battle Road Trail

On Saturday, April 6, join fellow volunteers for Park Day 2019 at Minute Man National Historical Park and assist with landscape rehabilitation along the Battle Road Trail. Activities include removing invasive plants, raking leaves, and improving trails to prepare for commemorative tactical demonstrations and reenactments. The day will start at 9 a.m. in the Minute Man Visitor Center (3113 Marrett Rd., Lexington). The park will provide tools, safety gear, and a free T-shirt for the first 100 registrants, and refreshments, as well as an overview of the site’s history.