Kids’ movie night on Wednesday
The First Parish in Lincoln is hosting a movie night with pizza and popcorn on Wednesday, Nov. 13 at the Stone Church. Pizza starts at 5:30 p.m. and the movie “Madagascar” at 6 p.m. This is not a drop-off event but there will be refreshments and cheese board for adults, including gluten-free options. Donations of diapers for the Metro-Boston Diaper Drive will also be collected — any clean, unused diapers, either loose or in packages, are welcome. Please RSVP here to ensure accurate food amounts. If you would like to make a suggested donation of $10 per family to help cover food costs, click here, select Youth Programs Donations, and when you get to the payment screen, please enter “FCC Movie Night 11/13” in the notes box.
Rhapsody Group piano concert
The Rhapsody Group of amateur pianists will offer their 13th annual piano performance on Sunday, Nov. 17 at 3 p.m. in Bemis Hall. Both classical and contemporary compositions by Brahms, Beethoven, Chopin, Knoerr, Scriabin, and Schubert will be featured. The group of a dozen people from the Boston metropolitan area have met nearly every month for 21 years to grow musically and share their musical journey with others.
Community singalong at First Parish
First Parish in Lincoln Music Director Miranda Loud will lead a Community Singalong for Hope and Solidarity on Monday, Nov. 18 from 6–7 p.m. with songs everyone knows (“If I had a Hammer,” “I’ve Got Peace Like a River,” “We Shall Overcome,” “Down by the Riverside,” “Imagine,” etc.). The event will be in the Stearns Room if it’s too cold outside by the rainbow chairs. People are welcome to bring guitars or hand drums.
Talk on creating new national parks
Join the Walden Woods Project for a virtual presentation on “Each Town Should Have a Park: 100 New National Parks for America” with Michael Kellett on Wednesday, Dec. 4 from 7–8 p.m. The New National Parks campaign has proposed 100 new national parks to help relieve pressure on existing parks, help fight climate change, and avoid biodiversity loss. Kellett is executive director of RESTORE: The North Woods and has 40 years of experience in the land conservation movement, including developing the proposal for a 3.2 million-acre Maine Woods National Park, which led to President Obama’s 2016 designation of Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. Click here to register for the Zoom event.
Positions open at middle school
The Lincoln School is looking for middle-school staff including a part-time special education teacher, a piano accompanist, building-based substitutes, bus monitors, a cello instructor, and additional day-to-day substitutes. Click here for more information and to apply.
Chess for kids
Children age five and up are welcome to join the L-S High School Chess Club to learn and play chess at the Lincoln Public Library (second floor) from 3–4 p.m. on five Saturday mornings: December 7, February 8, March 1, April 12 and May 3. Bring your own board or play with one of the library’s. Registration required; email dleopold@minlib.net.
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