The Lincoln Arts and Farmers Market runs weekly from 9 a.m.–1 p.m. on the green outside the Tack Room (145 Lincoln Rd.). the market will take place each Saturday until the end of October. New vendors from the community are welcome to set up a table to sell garden produce, arts and crafts as well as vintage and collectible items. There is no table fee, but it’s nice to tip the band $5 or more as they attract many patrons. Please bring your own table, tent (optional), etc.; you’re welcome to join as many or few markets as you wish. For more vendor information, email Bill Huss at billhuss53@gmail.com.
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.
Adults are welcome to find a quiet, comfortable space to relax and join mindfulness teacher Lauren for a calming Mindful Mondays Meditation Series lunch break meditation on Zoom from 12:30–1 p.m. Click for series flier. Register here for any or all sessions:
- Nervous System Relaxation — Monday, Sept. 16
- Nature Visualization — Monday, Sept. 23
- Movement Meditation — Monday, Sept. 30
Sponsored by the Lincoln Public Library.
The Lincoln Arts and Farmers Market runs weekly from 9 a.m.–1 p.m. on the green outside the Tack Room (145 Lincoln Rd.). the market will take place each Saturday until the end of October. New vendors from the community are welcome to set up a table to sell garden produce, arts and crafts as well as vintage and collectible items. There is no table fee, but it’s nice to tip the band $5 or more as they attract many patrons. Please bring your own table, tent (optional), etc.; you’re welcome to join as many or few markets as you wish. For more vendor information, email Bill Huss at billhuss53@gmail.com.
“Author Helen Humphreys in Conversation with Jeffrey S. Cramer” happens on Sunday, Oct. 6 from 2:00–3:30 p.m. at Thoreau Farm (341 Virginia Rd., Concord) and online. Inspired by the life, letters, and diaries of Henry David Thoreau, Humphreys’ novel Followed by the Lark shows how strikingly similar the concerns of the early nineteenth century are to our own, and reminds us to listen for news of change. Click here to learn more and register.
Lincoln members of the Concord Music Club with sponsor their second annual free public concert on Saturday, Oct. 6 at 2 p.m. Musicians on classical guitar, violin and piano will perform music by Beethoven, Bach, and Olga Amelkina-Vera. For more information, email stevensjb@pathfindermail.com.
Deb Talan, an American singer-songwriter best known for being part of the folk-pop duo the Weepies, will appear in the next deCordova Performance Series event on Friday, Oct. 11 from 7–8:30 p.m. Click here for more information and tickets ($28–$35).
The Lincoln Arts and Farmers Market runs weekly from 9 a.m.–1 p.m. on the green outside the Tack Room (145 Lincoln Rd.). the market will take place each Saturday until the end of October. New vendors from the community are welcome to set up a table to sell garden produce, arts and crafts as well as vintage and collectible items. There is no table fee, but it’s nice to tip the band $5 or more as they attract many patrons. Please bring your own table, tent (optional), etc.; you’re welcome to join as many or few markets as you wish. For more vendor information, email Bill Huss at billhuss53@gmail.com.
The Lincoln Arts and Farmers Market runs weekly from 9 a.m.–1 p.m. on the green outside the Tack Room (145 Lincoln Rd.). the market will take place each Saturday until the end of October. New vendors from the community are welcome to set up a table to sell garden produce, arts and crafts as well as vintage and collectible items. There is no table fee, but it’s nice to tip the band $5 or more as they attract many patrons. Please bring your own table, tent (optional), etc.; you’re welcome to join as many or few markets as you wish. For more vendor information, email Bill Huss at billhuss53@gmail.com.
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.
TEDx Walden Pond is hosting its second annual TEDx talk in Lincoln on Wednesday, Oct. 23 from 5–9 p.m. In the spirit of Henry David Thoreau’s quote, “It takes two to speak the truth: one to talk, and one to listen,” the 2024 theme focuses on both speaking and listening in our search for compelling truths. There will be 10 speakers, including Alida Zweidler-Mckay of Lincoln and Dr. Eden-Renee Hayes of Wayland. The program will also feature dance (a work by local choreographer Rachel Linsky) and a humorous musical performance of “Anti-Suffragist Reasons” by members of the Concord Women’s Chorus. Click here for tickets, location, and more information and to purchase.
The deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum has awarded the 25th Rappaport Prize to Maine-based artist Jeremy Frey, the first Indigenous artist to be recognized. He will deliver the Rappaport lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at deCordova’s Dewey Family Hall. Frey uses new materials in combination with unique forms that honor the enduring legacy of traditional basketry practices that have been passed down through several generations of his family. He is an enrolled member of the Passamaquoddy, one of five federally recognized Native tribes in Maine, together known as the Wabanaki Confederacy.
The one-hour concert L-S Fall Music Concert on Thursday, Oct. 24 at 7:30 p.m. in the high school’s Kirshner Auditorium will feature concert choir, chamber singers, string orchestra, concert band and symphonic band. The program includes classic marches, a Nigerian folk song, selections from “The Phantom of the Opera,” and a programmatic piece entitled The Dark Waters which draws from the mythological rivers of the underworld. Concessions will be available and support L-S Friends of Music. The concerts can also be viewed on either the education channel (Comcast 9/Verizon 32) in Sudbury and Lincoln, on the HD channel (Comcast 1074/Verizon 2130) in Sudbury only, or on either of the channels’ livestreams accessible via sudburytv.org.
Fall measures such as composting, “leaving the leaves,” and sheet mulching nurture inset life and soil while avoiding use of fossil fuels for leaf-blowing. Join Lincoln Common Ground (part of Mothers Out Front Lincoln) and the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust on Thursday, Oct. 24 at 7:30 p.m. for a Zoom discussion on “Leaving the Leaves and More: A Community Q&A about Eco-gardening Practices.” Click here to register for the Zoom link.
The Lincoln Arts and Farmers Market runs weekly from 9 a.m.–1 p.m. on the green outside the Tack Room (145 Lincoln Rd.). the market will take place each Saturday until the end of October. New vendors from the community are welcome to set up a table to sell garden produce, arts and crafts as well as vintage and collectible items. There is no table fee, but it’s nice to tip the band $5 or more as they attract many patrons. Please bring your own table, tent (optional), etc.; you’re welcome to join as many or few markets as you wish. For more vendor information, email Bill Huss at billhuss53@gmail.com.
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On Friday, Nov. 22 at 12:30 p.m., the Lincoln-Sudbury Civic Orchestra will perform music by J.S. Bach, Franz Schubert, Franz Joseph Haydn, Frederick Hofmeister, and Spiros Exaras. Sponsored by the Council on Aging & Human Services.