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Forums present focus group results on L-S racial climate

At two upcoming community forums, civil rights attorney Richard Cole and his associate Steven Flythe will present results of focus groups that were held at L-S to hear views and recommendations regarding the L-S school climate and culture, with an emphasis on race, color, and national origin-related issues. The first will be on Thursday, Feb. 6 at 6:30 p.m. at the Melnea Cass Recreation Center (120 MLK Jr. Boulevard, Boston) and the second will be on Thursday, Feb. 13 at 6:30 p.m. in the L-S Chorus Room. 

L-S Cabaret Concert on Friday

Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School’s annual Cabaret Concert will feature small vocal groups and soloists as well as student rock combo, jazz combo, and jazz ensembles in the high school café on Friday, Feb. 7 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $5 ($20 maximum per family). L-S Friends of Music (LSFOM) will have snacks and beverages available for sale, including cheese plates and dessert.

Music Zoo, mattress sale to benefit L-S music programs

LSFOM welcomes all children ages 5–13 and their parents to visit the second annual Music Zoo on Sunday, Feb. 9 from 1–3 p.m. at the high school. Touch, try, hear, and learn about a variety of musical instruments with demonstrations from L-S student musicians, enjoy student vocal performances, and learn about music groups and lessons.

This program will be held in conjunction with the L-S Music Department’s annual mattress sale fundraiser from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. The L-S  cafeteria will be transformed into a mattress showroom, where people can browse and try out name-brand mattresses and pillows. Get up to 50% off retail on all styles and sizes while supporting the L-S music program. There will also be a free chamber music concert at 2 p.m. in the auditorium featuring a string quartet, violin ensemble, flute choir, brass ensemble, and vocal groups.

Events explore what it means to be a “good man”

The Domestic Violence Roundtable invites men and boys of Sudbury, Wayland, and Lincoln to come together and discuss the definition of manhood in 2020, examine characteristics traditionally associated with masculinity, and consider the societal pressures that affect the social-emotional development of boys and men in a series of events that will examine what it means to be a “good man.” They’ll culminate in a March 14 summit, “Tough Guys and Gentle Men: Healthy Men in the Age of #MeToo,” featuring guest speakers and discussions.

The events will kick off this month with small group discussions of men and/or boys on the subject of “What Does it Mean to be a Man?” These groups will be led by male members of the local White Ribbon Campaign planning committee and will include faith-, student- and senior-based discussions. The campaign has grown to an international movement bringing men together as part of the solution to help end gender-based violence.

Details about the summit will be released soon. For more information on time and location of the discussions, call Roundtable president Sue Rushfirth at 508-265-8748 or email infodvrt@gmail.com.

Committee now accepting scholarship applications

The Lincoln Scholarship Committee has opened its 2020 application process. Click here for information on the available scholarships and awards as well as the procedures for applying. Application forms and instructions are available here. The deadline for applications is Monday, March 30.

Two new sculptures at deCordova

“Conservatory for Confectionery Curiosities,” 2008/2019, Mixed media installation, New York/Los Angeles. Photo by Jeffrey Jenkins.

Michael Sailstorfer, “Factories,” 2017, bronze, concrete, courtesy of the artist and König Galerie. Photo by Roman März.

The deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum has unveiled two new sculptures: Factories by Michael Sailstorfer and Conservatory of Confectionery Curiosities by Mark Dion and Dana Sherwood. Factories comes from a group of five unique beehive box sculptures in which bees play the role of “factory workers” as they complete and transform the sculpture. The finished sculpture is then cast in bronze. Conservatory was originally created for the Tuileries in Paris and recalls nineteenth-century horticultural hothouses, window panes allow visitors to gaze at the colorful desserts but not touch. The octagonal glass structure entraps stacks of Jell-O-like molds covered in insects partaking in the sugary sweets.