Buildwave is a high-energy creative building event using over a dozen different building materials. The workshop features animations and music that guide kids through different building waves. Intended for kids in grades 1+. Registration required; email dleopold@minlib.net
Join LincFam for an upcoming coffee meetup at Twisted Tree on Saturday, Feb. 25 from 2-3 p.m. Little ones are welcome. LincFam is eager to update their New & Expecting Parents list of families with children under 2 or expecting a child. If you’d like to join the list for information on future events and meetups, please click here.
Saturday, March 4 from 6–8 p.m.
Enjoy an evening of traditional and old-style Irish dance and music with a performance by the quartet Eight Feet Tall and social céilí dancing for all with live music to top off the night. The dances are fun and simple group dances, no experience is needed, and all dances will be taught – everyone is welcome. The event is liked to New Formations exhibition at the deCordova. Click here for tickets.
Lincoln resident Jack Foley will exhibit a series of recent watercolors capturing scenes of Lincoln and beyond through March 24 in the Lincoln Public Library’s main gallery. Join the artist for a reception on Sunday, March 5 from 2-4 p.m. in the Main Gallery. Jack has lived in Lincoln for almost 50 years, painting scenes of Lincoln landscapes, historic sites, and beloved pets. Commissions welcomed! For more information, contact Jack at jffoleyjr@verizon.net.
Antje Duvekot has won some of the top songwriting awards including the Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition, the prestigious Kerrville (Texas) Best New Folk Award, and the Boston Music Award for Outstanding Folk Act. Click here for tickets.
Come celebrate Celtic history, music, and literature at an in-person event on Friday, March 10 at 1 p.m. in Bemis Hall Jaimee Leigh will lead a journey through the history of the Celtic harp and share a few tunes and legends from the past. Actor, teacher and lecturer Stephen Collins will perform his one-man show on Irish writers of the 20th century. Made possible by the Council on Aging and Human Services and Friend of Lincoln Library.
The Lincoln Library Film Society will screen “Loving Highsmith” (2022) on Thursday, March 16 at 6 p.m. Eva Vitija directed this look at the life of celebrated American author Patricia Highsmith based on her diaries and notebooks and the intimate reflections of her lovers, friends and family. Most of Highsmith’s novels, including “Strangers on a Train” and “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” were adapted for the big screen.
In “The Softer Side of Celtic” on Friday, March 17 from 1–2:30 p.m. in Bemis Hall, Jeff Snow will combine the music, stories, and history from Scotland, Ireland, and England into a program with singing, laughing, clapping and even a bit of foot stomping. Questions and input from the audience are encouraged and become part of the event. This program and the March 10 event are made possible by the Friends of the COA and Friend of Lincoln Library.
Are you a kid — or do you know a kid — who is learning about climate change? The Town of Lincoln is gathering input for a Climate Action Plan that will guide efforts to reduce carbon emissions and increase our community’s resilience to climate change impacts. We want to hear from you! Please join us for a Climate Action Plan discussion at the Lincoln Public Library on Wednesday, March 22 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Questions or comments? Email Jennifer Curtin at curtinj@lincolntown.org.
The First Parish in Lincoln will host a movie night on Wednesday, March 22 at 5 p.m. in the stone church with pizza and popcorn to watch “Luca.” There will be refreshments and cheese boards for adults plus gluten-free options. Please click here to RSVP so we have an accurate count for all our nibbles. All are welcome and encouraged to attend (we’ll have gluten free options as well). If you would like to make a suggested donation of $10 per family to help cover food costs, click the link at the bottom of the RSVP form, select Youth Programs, and enter “Movie Night 3/22” in the notes field. Donations of flashlights and batteries for Syria are also welcome.
LSB Players, the theater production company of Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School, proudly presents “The Almost Totally True Story of Hansel and Gretel” by Steph DeFerie and directed by Carly Evans on Saturday, March 25 at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. in the Kirshner Auditorium of Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School (390 Lincoln Road, Sudbury). The 11 a.m. show will be a special sensory friendly performance.
Audiences of all ages will enjoy this fun adaptation of this classic story. The LSB Players are excited to offer TYA (theatre for young audiences) and we’re looking forward to having our youngest community members enjoy a show at L-S and learn a little bit more about the magic that is theater. There will be lobby activities for young children before the show and during intermission. Concessions will also be sold at intermission — cash only. Tickets are $15 for adults and $8 for senior citizens/students/children and may be purchased at the door or online in advance.
LSB Players, the theater production company of Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School, proudly presents “The Almost Totally True Story of Hansel and Gretel” by Steph DeFerie and directed by Carly Evans on Saturday, March 25 at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. in the Kirshner Auditorium of Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School (390 Lincoln Road, Sudbury). The 11 a.m. show will be a special sensory friendly performance.
Audiences of all ages will enjoy this fun adaptation of this classic story. The LSB Players are excited to offer TYA (theatre for young audiences) and we’re looking forward to having our youngest community members enjoy a show at L-S and learn a little bit more about the magic that is theater. There will be lobby activities for young children before the show and during intermission. Concessions will also be sold at intermission — cash only. Tickets are $15 for adults and $8 for senior citizens/students/children and may be purchased at the door or online in advance.
All are welcome at “A Cultural and Historical Reflection of the 1960s through the Music of the Beatles” on Friday, March 31 at 1 p.m. in Bemis Hall. This performance combines live music by the Beatles tribute band 4EverFab with presenter and band founder Fran Hart. Event supported in part by a grant from the Lincoln Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Inspired by the true story of newsboys in turn-of-the-century New York City, Disney’s “Newsies Jr.” is the tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a band of teenage “newsies,” the young people who sold afternoon editions of newspapers directly to readers on city streets. It’s loosely based on the real-life Newsboy Strike of 1899, when newsboy Kid Blink led a band of orphan and runaway newsies on a two-week-long action against Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst, and other powerful New York newspaper publishers who had raised distribution prices at the newsies’ expense. More than one-third of all Lincoln School middle school students are involved in either the cast or crew. Tickets will be sold at the door ($10 for adults, $5 for students/seniors/LPS employees; cash or check only). All proceeds go towards the show budget.
The Sonic Liberation Players present “Parable” on Saturday, April 1 at 7:30 p.m. in Bemis Hall. The works and composers include Marti Epstein’s “See, Even Night” with guest clarinetist, Yhasmin Valenzuela-Blanchard, John Luther Adams’ “Red Arc/Blue Veil” for percussion and piano, John Cage’s “Litany for the Whale” with guest vocalist, Maya Bloom, and Alvin Lucier’s “Love Song” for two violinists. Tickets are $25 (cash or check at the door, or online in advance). The Sonic Liberation players include Lincoln resident Joshua Jade and former Lincolnites Trevor Berens, and Jessica Tunick Berens.
Meet some real owls on Monday, April 17 at 1 p.m. when Farrington Nature Linc hosts naturalist Marcia Wilson from Eyes on Owls. She’ll introduce the audience to owls found in New England and other parts of the world and imitate the owls’ calls herself before bringing out six rehabilitated owls on at a time (each owl has a permanent disability which prevents them from surviving on their own in the wild). There’ll be plenty of time for close-up views, photos, and questions. Click here to register. you can also share a coupon code “SPRING” that will provide a 15% discount.