Music benefit for St. Vincent de Paul of Lincoln & Weston
Gather on the grass for a benefit for St. Vincent de Paul of Lincoln & Weston (SVdP) featuring music by Brian Moll, Mara Bonde & Sandra Piques Eddy, and the Kemp Harris Band on Tuesday, May 24 at 6 p.m. in Pierce Park (rain date: May 25). Bring your own chair, drinks, and picnic. Suggested donation: $50 (or more). Buy raffle tickets for great prizes. Interested in becoming a sponsor? Email svdplincolnweston@gmail.com. The Ogden Codman Trust is challenging SVdP to raise $15,000, which it will match. Help support the SVdP’s work running the food pantry, providing emergency financial assistance and awarding scholarships.
Town-wide open house at deCordova
Melvin Edwards, “Ukpo. Edo,” 1993/1996. Courtesy Alexander Gray Associates, New York; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London © 2021 Melvin Edwards/ Artists Rights Society, New York. Presented by Public Art Fund at City Hall Park, New York City, May 4–Nov. 28, 2021. Photo: Nicholas Knight, Courtesy of Public Art Fund, NY.
Lincoln residents, students and employees are invited to a special open house at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum on Sunday, June 5 from 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Join deCordova in celebrating new additions to its Sculpture Park, including “Melvin Edwards: Brighter Days” and “Prowse” by Rosemary Laing. Throughout the afternoon, deCordova’s curatorial team will offer guided tours exploring “Brighter Days,” a focused look at Edwards’ accomplishments in large-scale sculpture and public art through six sculptures from 1970 to today. Complimentary treats from Twisted Tree Café at deCordova. No RSVP required.
Student LGBTQ+ group hosts community celebration
The Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA), a 30-member organization with students from grades 5-8 in the Lincoln School and Hanscom Middle School, is hosting a LGBTQ+ Pride community celebration on Wednesday, June 8 from 1:30–4 p.m. at the Pierce House. There will be guest speakers, food and drinks, games, music, a raffle, and giveaways. All are welcome. SAGA helps students build connections with each other, support all identities, hosts events, learn to be allies, increase understanding and improve visibility. Questions? Email Lincoln Public Schools Adjustment Counselor Alyssa Rosenfeld at arosenfeld@lincnet.org.
L-S Friends of Music annual meeting
Lincoln Sudbury Friends of Music (LSFOM) invites all parents of music students and community members to its annual meeting on Tuesday, June 7 at 7 p.m. at LSRHS in the Chorus Room (A211). Join us to get information, talk to board members, have questions answered, meet fellow music program supporters, and learn about opportunities to get involved. There will be committee reports, a review of open positions, nominations, and elections. Board members may be elected from among LSFOM members and the community at large. For more information, visit www.lsfom.org.
Ag Commission launches logo contest
The Lincoln Agricultural Commission is hosting a contest to design a logo for its site and publications. The winner of the logo design will receive a $100 award. A description of the commission is below. Please send all designs and questions to Sherry Haydock at gshaydock@gmail.com. The contest will close on June 15. The purpose of the Agricultural Commission is to preserve, protect, and promote agriculture in Lincoln: to provide leadership, technical guidance, vision, planning, and coordination to help support, define, promote, and enable new agricultural opportunities, stability, and enhancement of ongoing operations as well as foster strong community and regional support that will work to create a sustainable agricultural community in Lincoln.
FELS seeks new board members
The Foundation for Educators at Lincoln-Sudbury (FELS) is seeking new members for its board. They meet seven or eight times a year and welcome parents of middle schoolers, current L-S parents, and parents of L-S alumni. Serving on the FELS board offers an opportunity to know grant recipients more deeply than day-to-day encounters as a parent and allows one to really understand the positive value of what the grants provide, both to the applicant and more broadly to the student experience at Lincoln-Sudbury. Interested individuals may visit www.felsgrant.org and/or email admin@felsgrant.org.
FELS is a nonprofit founded in the early 2000s by Lincolnite and then-LSRHS parent Peter von Mertens to support teachers and staff in pursuing their personal passions and interests. Grants fully or partially fund a wide array of opportunities that include travel, education, refreshment and enrichment, locally and well beyond.
Bench recognizing conservation efforts around Beaver Pond is dedicated
Top photo, left to right: Larry Buell and Kim Buell of the Lincoln Garden Club (LGC), Stacy Carter (Conservation), Sara Lupkas (LLCT), Katherine Preston, Geoff McGean (LLCT), Annie Knowlton, Nancy Henderson (LGC), Jane Layton (LLCT), and Jennifer Glass (LGC). Bottom photo: Preston and Knowlton.
Members of the Lincoln Garden Club, the Conservation Department, and the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust recently gathered to dedicate a new granite bench on Beaver Pond. Katherine Preston and Annie Knowlton, whose mother Jean Preston donated the land where the bench is sited to the LLCT, were also in attendance. The bench was funded by the Garden Club and installed by the Conservation Department. Garden Club members Kim Buell and Nancy Henderson chose the granite pieces and designed the plaque. Click here for more photos and click here for a map showing where the bench is located.
