Celebrate and support the tremendous work of The Food Project at its Shindig fundraising lunch at Baker Bridge Farm on Saturday, September 28 from 12-2 p.m. Enjoy locally grown ingredients for your lunch, take part in a variety of farm-related activities for all ages (including light harvesting,) and talk to youth, alumni, staff, and trustees. Click here for more information.
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“Storytelling: The Legend of the Inca Empire’s Origin/La Leyenda del Origen del Imperio I.” Recommended for ages 5+. Click here for details and registration.
Girl Scouts of Eastern Mass. will host a free “Try Girl Scouts” event for girls and parents on Monday, Oct. 7 from 5–6 p.m. at the Lincoln Public Library. Click here for more information, and click here to RSVP.
The 12th annual Scarecrow Classic 5K to benefit the LLCT takes place on Sunday, Oct. 20 starting at 9:30 a.m. Participants enjoy a course through Lincoln’s roads and trails, with colorful scarecrows along the route and cider donuts at the finish line. Register by Monday, Oct. 7 to guarantee a Scarecrow Classic Tech Shirt on race day. Pre-registration closes the Friday before the race and limited same-day registrations are available. Learn more and register at scarecrowclassic5k.com. The LLCT is also looking for sponsors and volunteers. Email llct@lincolnconservation.org if you can help.
Lincoln’s Doo family invites everyone to their sixth annual Brain Games for a cornhole tournament, live music, a magic show, photo booth, local beers, raffles, and more on Sunday, Oct. 20 from noon–5 p.m. in Pierce Park. Visit doofamilyfun.com for more information on how to participate and donate to Boston Children’s Hospital research on moyamoya disease, which affects Kalea Doo.
Vicki Croke, author of Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II, will make a presentation with archival photos and video on Thursday, Oct. 24 at the Walden Woods Project at 44 Baker Farm Rd. in Lincoln. Doors will open at 6:15 p.m. for a wine and cheese reception, and the presentation will begin at 7 p.m. This event is generously sponsored by The Commons in Lincoln. Part of the Concord Festival of Authors. Click here to learn more and register.
On Thursday and Friday, Oct. 24 and 25 from 6:30–9 p.m., prowl the farm with curious creatures of the night on candlelit paths, visit with nocturnal wildlife in our creepy-crawly mansion, spot your favorite pumpkin in our jack-o-lantern display, and step into a story on our Nursery Rhyme Trail. Visit our spooky snack shack for witches’ brew and take a haunted hayride through Boyce field. Tickets are $18–$21. Click to purchase for October 24 or October 25.
Click here for more information and registration.
On Thursday and Friday, Oct. 24 and 25 from 6:30–9 p.m., prowl the farm with curious creatures of the night on candlelit paths, visit with nocturnal wildlife in our creepy-crawly mansion, spot your favorite pumpkin in our jack-o-lantern display, and step into a story on our Nursery Rhyme Trail. Visit our spooky snack shack for witches’ brew and take a haunted hayride through Boyce field. Tickets are $18–$21. Click to purchase for October 24 or October 25.
For grades 6 and up. Click here for more information and registration.
Several interfaith experts will discuss on how their religious tradition understands God’s mercy and God’s justice at St. Anne’s-in-the-Fields Church. Specific questions to be addressed include whether God is merciful, just, or both, and who receives God’s justice and mercy. Speakers will be:
- Mohamed Lazzouni (Islamic views) — Saturday, Oct. 26 at 6:30 p.m.
- Ligita Ryliskyte (Christian views) — Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 6:30 p.m.
- Nicholas Ribush (Buddhist views) — Saturday, Nov. 9 at 6:30 p.m.
- Ruth Langer (Jewish views) — Thursday, Nov. 14 at 6:30 p.m.
Several interfaith experts will discuss on how their religious tradition understands God’s mercy and God’s justice at St. Anne’s-in-the-Fields Church. Specific questions to be addressed include whether God is merciful, just, or both, and who receives God’s justice and mercy. Speakers will be:
- Mohamed Lazzouni (Islamic views) — Saturday, Oct. 26 at 6:30 p.m.
- Ligita Ryliskyte (Christian views) — Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 6:30 p.m.
- Nicholas Ribush (Buddhist views) — Saturday, Nov. 9 at 6:30 p.m.
- Ruth Langer (Jewish views) — Thursday, Nov. 14 at 6:30 p.m.
Join us for a reading of “The Nutcracker” geared to young children, accompanied by dancers from the Commonwealth Ballet Company acting out some of the parts, on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 10:30 a.m. in the Lincoln Public Library’s Tarbell Room. Children get to meet the dancers after the reading. For all ages; no registration required.
Instead of throwing them in the trash, have fun and help the environment by bringing your jack-o’-lanterns and decorative gourds to the regional Great Pumpkin Smash at Codman Community Farms (CCF) on Sunday, Nov. 3 from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. When pumpkins end up in landfills, they break down and produce methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Smashing pumpkins and feed to the Codman Farm pigs while enjoying live music, CCF sandwiches, and ice cream from a local vendor. Get tips on how to get started with composting in your home or with a curbside collection program. Prepare your pumpkins for composting by removing any stickers, candles, and other decorations and please leave painted pumpkins at home. Suggested donation of $1 per pumpkin to benefit the farm. Organized by CCF, the Lincoln and Concord chapters of Mothers Out Front, the Weston Community Children’s Association, and LincFam.
Come to a vocal and piano concert featuring the LCOA&HS Doo Wop Team with Peter Stewart and friends on Thursday, Nov. 7 from 3–4:30 p.m. in Bemis Hall. Free entry, but donation welcome — all proceeds will go to the St. Vincent de Paul food pantry in Lincoln. Free root beer floats.
Several interfaith experts will discuss on how their religious tradition understands God’s mercy and God’s justice at St. Anne’s-in-the-Fields Church. Specific questions to be addressed include whether God is merciful, just, or both, and who receives God’s justice and mercy. Speakers will be:
- Mohamed Lazzouni (Islamic views) — Saturday, Oct. 26 at 6:30 p.m.
- Ligita Ryliskyte (Christian views) — Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 6:30 p.m.
- Nicholas Ribush (Buddhist views) — Saturday, Nov. 9 at 6:30 p.m.
- Ruth Langer (Jewish views) — Thursday, Nov. 14 at 6:30 p.m.
Several interfaith experts will discuss on how their religious tradition understands God’s mercy and God’s justice at St. Anne’s-in-the-Fields Church. Specific questions to be addressed include whether God is merciful, just, or both, and who receives God’s justice and mercy. Speakers will be:
- Mohamed Lazzouni (Islamic views) — Saturday, Oct. 26 at 6:30 p.m.
- Ligita Ryliskyte (Christian views) — Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 6:30 p.m.
- Nicholas Ribush (Buddhist views) — Saturday, Nov. 9 at 6:30 p.m.
- Ruth Langer (Jewish views) — Thursday, Nov. 14 at 6:30 p.m.
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.