May Market Trash and Treasures sale at First Parish
Some of the treasures being readied for sale in the Stone Church.
Don’t miss the First Parish in Lincoln’s famous May Market Trash and Treasures sale on Saturday, April 8 at the First Parish Stone Church from 9 a.m.–noon. This is the first time it’s been held since 2018, so we now have five years’ worth of treasures including fine and casual furniture, fabulous jewelry, antiques/collectibles, gardening items, artwork, toys, and housewares of all sorts. We’re holding May Market in April this year because May weekends are just too lovely to be spent at an indoor sale. All items are priced to sell, and you will find treasures from every decade.
First Parish held the first May Market Trash and Treasures sale in 1981. It takes more than 70 people to collect, sort, clean, mark, stage, sell, and clean up. At the end of day, another huge effort begins to donate every single remaining item to local charitable organizations. In 2018, we donated $8,000 worth of furniture and housewares to Household Goods Recycling in Acton and sent four full pickup trucks to Sudbury to go to Nigeria by container ship. Another three truckloads went to the swap table and two full SUVs to Savers (a thrift store in Natick). This end-of-day effort is all part of First Parish’s commitment to helping others as well as keeping as much out of our landfills as possible.
All proceeds from May Market (one of the church’s very few fundraisers) are used for special projects at First Parish.
Henri-Ann Sussman, 1943–2023
Lincoln resident Henri-Ann Sussman passed away at age 80 on April 1. Her obituary and a link to the video of her funeral can be found here.
“What’s Dinner Got to Do with It? Food, Farming and Climate Change”
The food we eat, where we buy it, and how that food is grown affects our health and that of the planet. Join MetroWest Climate Solutions on Tuesday, April 11 at 7 p.m. for a discussion of food, farming and climate change. To register, visit metrowestclimatesolutions.org.
While the food sector contributes to climate change, it’s also vulnerable to climate disruption. Water shortages, extreme weather events, pest and disease variations, and rising temperatures will change the crops that can be grown as well as the viability of farming in some regions. Progressive farmers are adapting with more sustainable techniques. Learn about the changes that lie ahead for our food system and how we can improve our diets while supporting sustainable farming. Speakers will be Lincoln’s Jennifer Hashley, director of the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project at Tufts University; Erin Coughlan de Perez, associate professor at Tufts and a technical advisor to the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre; and Winton Pitcoff, executive director of the Mass. Food System Collaborative.
Piano concert on April 14
There will be a piano concert on Friday, April 14 at 3 p.m. in Bemis Hall featuring Abla Chocair and her grandson Zaineddeen Kawaf playing works by Beethoven and Brahms. The concert is dedicated to Shocair’s mother, Bashira Sadeq.
Kids: join in “The Great Create”
The Lincoln School Foundation invites K-5 students in the Lincoln Public Schools to complete creative challenges at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum on Sunday, April 30 from 2–4 p.m. Students from the Lincoln and Hanscom campuses will work collaboratively to create sculptures using unexpected art making materials. Join us for a fun afternoon of coming together as a community and making new friends — all while supporting the LSF in its mission to inspire and fund innovative teaching.Space is limited and advance registration is required. Visit lincolnschoolfoundation.org for more information and to register (tickets are $25 per child or $50 per family).
Event sponsors are Barrett Sotheby’s International Realty, Coppe and Sears Pediatric Dentistry, Marquis Tree Service, Donelan’s, and Doherty’s Garage. Raffle donors are Clover Food Lab, Codman Community Farms, Colonial Gardens, Debra’s Natural Gourmet | Debra’s Next Door, Feltish Creations, Gymnastic Academy of Boston, Jocelyn Finlay Photography, Nosy Crow, Reasons to be Cheerful, The Tack Room, WeCo Hospitality, and Xtreme Craze.