Registration and fee required; click here for details.
In “Making Decisions When It Matters Most: Conversations About Health Care Proxy, Five Wishes, and More” on Wednesday, May 13 at 10 a.m. Mary Crowe and Joan Sullivan of Care Dimensions will discuss the importance of advance care planning and making one’s health care wishes known through the use of Five Wishes and other planning tools. Click here to register and attend.
Registration and fee required; click here for details.
Registration and fee required; click here for details.
Registration and fee required; click here for details.
Registration and fee required; click here for details.
The Council on Aging is offering a free beginners’ meditation session for all ages via Zoom on Friday, June 19 from 2–2:30 p.m. Meditation opens the channels of our natural states of peace, joy, and health, and aids in decreasing the negative effects of aging. Experienced meditation teacher Lynne LaSpina will begin each session with a few minutes of stretching muscles to relax, and breathing exercises to help focus before meditating for about 10 minutes. You must sign up in advance by emailing bottumc@lincolntown.org.
Artists Mark Dion and Dana Sherwood will be the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum’s 2020 Paul J. Cronin Memorial Lecture speakers in a live event taking place virtually on Wednesday, June 24 at 6:30 p.m. Dion and Sherwood often collaborate on projects that explore how dominant ideologies and public institutions shape our understanding of history, knowledge, and the natural world. Their work exposes the human desire to tame nature and impose traits and categories on animals, plants and natural phenomena. For this live event, they will share insights into their collaborative process and offer a view into their studio practice from Copake, N.Y., where they live and work.
The artists’ collaborative installation, Conservatory for Confectionery Curiosities, is currently on view at the deCordova. Recalling a nineteenth-century horticultural hothouse, the octagonal windowed structure houses a display of what appears to be jellied desserts covered in insects partaking in the sugary sweets. Conservatory emphasizes how humans construct heightened, artificial versions of nature, particularly in cultivated gardens and sculpture parks.
“We’re excited to present this unusual opportunity to visit with Mark and Dana in their studios. Their work offers imaginative and often fantastical explorations of some of today’s central issues, including the relationship of humans to the natural world,” said John Ravenal, vice president of arts and culture for the Trustees of Reservations and the deCordova’s artistic director.
The lecture series was established in 1981 to consider topics broadly focused on changing attitudes towards contemporary art. The Cronin Lecture series is made possible by a generous grant to deCordova from the Grover J. Cronin Memorial Foundation. For more details and to register for the webinar, visit decordova.org/calendar/cronin-2020.
What is mindfulness and does it really have all the physical and mental health benefits you read about? Mindfulness is both a way of living life aware of our thoughts and the present moment and specific practices like meditation. To find out more, come to a special Council on Aging session with Catherine Collins via Zoom on Tuesday, July 7 at 10 am. You’ll come away with a better understanding as well as specific practices. To get the Zoom address, register by emailing gagnea@lincolntown.org.
Bingo is a great way to have some fun, and you can play it online via Zoom. We will be hosting four bingo games this summer with Lincoln-focused organizations and people. The winner of each game will get a prize, and each time you play, you can accumulate points on a Summer Passport towards a grand prize.
- Thursday, July 9 at 10 a.m. — Learn about the history of Minute Man National Historical Park with the Friends of Minute Man National Park.
- Thursday, July 30 at 10 a.m. — Join the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust to learn about wildflowers in our area.
- Thursday, August 13 at 10 a.m. — Find out more about the history of the Lincoln Minute Men with the Lincoln Minute Men.
- Thursday, August 27 at 10 a.m. — Get the facts about classical music. Information provided by Wanda Paik.
Preregistration required for all sessions. To register, contact gagnea@lincolntown.org.
Do you have questions about Covid-19, whether about its prevention, transmission, symptoms, or treatment? Are there other concerns you have about seasonal health issues such as ticks and Lyme disease or EEE? Do you have general health questions? Join Tricia on Wednesday, July 15 at 10 a.m. via Zoom. Tricia will answer your questions and provide you with accurate and science-based information. To attend, email gagnea@lincolntown.org. Advance registration required.
Care Dimensions, which operates the hospice house in Lincoln, is hosting single-session virtual support groups and an eight-week-long support group for people who have had a family member die from the Covid-19 virus. The sessions are Tuesday, July 21 from 4–6 p.m. (RSVP by July 17) and Thursday, Aug. 20 from 3–5 p.m. (RSVP by August 14).
Led by a bereavement counselor, the eight-week group (for those whose loved one died at least three months prior to the first meeting) will be a safe space to process grief, learn coping techniques, and make connections with others who are on a similar grief journey. This group requires commitment from participants to attend all sessions, which will be on Wednesdays from September 9 to October 28 from 3–4:30 p.m. (RSVP by September 4).
All sessions will be held via Zoom. Although there is no charge for most support groups, donations are appreciated. For more information or to register, click here, call 855-744-5100, or email grief@caredimensions.org.
Bingo is a great way to have some fun, and you can play it online via Zoom. We will be hosting four bingo games this summer with Lincoln-focused organizations and people. The winner of each game will get a prize, and each time you play, you can accumulate points on a Summer Passport towards a grand prize.
- Thursday, July 9 at 10 a.m. — Learn about the history of Minute Man National Park with the Friends of Minute Man National Park.
- Thursday, July 30 at 10 a.m. — Join the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust to learn about wildflowers in our area.
- Thursday, August 13 at 10 a.m. — Find out more about the history of the Lincoln Minute Men with the Lincoln Minute Men.
- Thursday, August 27 at 10 a.m. — Get the facts about classical music. Information provided by Wanda Paik.
Preregistration required for all sessions. To register, contact gagnea@lincolntown.org.
“Twister” will be shown in the Lincoln mall parking lot as a drive-in movie with car-side meal delivery from Real on Sunday, Aug. 2. Parking for dinner opens at 7:45 p.m. and the movie starts at 8:45 p.m. The cost is $25 per vehicle plus food. Pre-registration is required (click here), and dinner must be pre-ordered from Real by Thursday, July 30 (click here to order). Registration closes on August 2 at noon, or when capacity (35 cars) is reached. Sponsored by the Parks and Recreation Department and the Rural Land Foundation.
Join Real restaurant owners RuthAnne Adams and Tom Fosnot on Wednesday, August 5 at 1 p.m. via Zoom to learn to make a delicious in-season summer dish, and then answer your questions. Preregistration required. To preregister, email gagnea@lincolntown.org.
The Lincoln Land Conservation Trust is sponsoring a virtual talk on “Monarchs, Milkweed, and Citizen Science” with Kristin Steinmetz on Tuesday, Aug. 11 at 7 p.m. Free, but registration is required; click here.
Bingo is a great way to have some fun, and you can play it online via Zoom. We will be hosting four bingo games this summer with Lincoln-focused organizations and people. The winner of each game will get a prize, and each time you play, you can accumulate points on a Summer Passport towards a grand prize.
- Thursday, July 9 at 10 a.m. — Learn about the history of Minute Man National Park with the Friends of Minute Man National Park.
- Thursday, July 30 at 10 a.m. — Join the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust to learn about wildflowers in our area.
- Thursday, August 13 at 10 a.m. — Find out more about the history of the Lincoln Minute Men with the Lincoln Minute Men.
- Thursday, August 27 at 10 a.m. — Get the facts about classical music. Information provided by Wanda Paik.
Preregistration required for all sessions. To register, contact gagnea@lincolntown.org.
Care Dimensions, which operates the hospice house in Lincoln, is hosting single-session virtual support groups and an eight-week-long support group for people who have had a family member die from the Covid-19 virus. The sessions are Tuesday, July 21 from 4–6 p.m. (RSVP by July 17) and Thursday, Aug. 20 from 3–5 p.m. (RSVP by August 14).
Led by a bereavement counselor, the eight-week group (for those whose loved one died at least three months prior to the first meeting) will be a safe space to process grief, learn coping techniques, and make connections with others who are on a similar grief journey. This group requires commitment from participants to attend all sessions, which will be on Wednesdays from September 9 to October 28 from 3–4:30 p.m. (RSVP by September 4).
All sessions will be held via Zoom. Although there is no charge for most support groups, donations are appreciated. For more information or to register, click here, call 855-744-5100, or email grief@caredimensions.org.
Bingo is a great way to have some fun, and you can play it online via Zoom. We will be hosting four bingo games this summer with Lincoln-focused organizations and people. The winner of each game will get a prize, and each time you play, you can accumulate points on a Summer Passport towards a grand prize.
- Thursday, July 9 at 10 a.m. — Learn about the history of Minute Man National Park with the Friends of Minute Man National Park.
- Thursday, July 30 at 10 a.m. — Join the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust to learn about wildflowers in our area.
- Thursday, August 13 at 10 a.m. — Find out more about the history of the Lincoln Minute Men with the Lincoln Minute Men.
- Thursday, August 27 at 10 a.m. — Get the facts about classical music. Information provided by Wanda Paik.
Preregistration required for all sessions. To register, contact gagnea@lincolntown.org.