WordsMove Theater will present staged readings of “Under Milk Wood: A Play for Voices” by Dylan Thomas directed by Mary Crowe on the following dates:
- Wednesday, May 3 at 7 p.m. in the Lincoln Public Library
- Friday, May 5 at 1 p.m. in Bemis Hall
- Wednesday, May 10 at 7 p.m. at the Concord Public Library (129 Main St., Concord).
The 1943 play (originally written for radio) is a celebration of life in a small Welsh fishing village, at once moving, hilariously funny, sometimes bawdy and always wildly poetic. Special thanks to Friends of the Lincoln Library for supporting this production. The cast includes Lincolnites Ben Dubrovsky and Sally Kindleberger as well as Crowe. WordsMove Theater was founded in 1993 dedicated to performing poetry and plays by Dylan Thomas in schools, libraries, and arts centers and was recently revived by Crowe, who is also a professional jazz and cabaret singer.
WordsMove Theater will present staged readings of “Under Milk Wood: A Play for Voices” by Dylan Thomas directed by Mary Crowe on the following dates:
- Wednesday, May 3 at 7 p.m. in the Lincoln Public Library
- Friday, May 5 at 1 p.m. in Bemis Hall
- Wednesday, May 10 at the Concord Public Library (129 Main St., Concord).
The 1943 play (originally written for radio) is a celebration of life in a small Welsh fishing village, at once moving, hilariously funny, sometimes bawdy and always wildly poetic. Special thanks to Friends of the Lincoln Library for supporting this production. The cast includes Lincolnites Ben Dubrovsky and Sally Kindleberger as well as Crowe. WordsMove Theater was founded in 1993 dedicated to performing poetry and plays by Dylan Thomas in schools, libraries, and arts centers and was recently revived by Crowe, who is also a professional jazz and cabaret singer.
Learn how to promote biodiversity in your yard by using materials you have on hand. When you remove an invasive shrub, replace it with a native shrub that will thrive. Cardboard and mulch one small patch of invasives and encourage rowdy, less loved native plant “party crashers” into your designed native plant gardens to knit together a layered team of plants that keep invasives at bay. Click here for information and registration.
The First Parish in Lincoln will host a Celtic celebration concert with Celtic musicians Katie McNally, Caitlin Finely, Neil Perlman, and Will Woodson playing fiddle, keyboard, flute, and pipes at the Parish Hall (14 Bedford Rd.) Sunday, May 7 from 4-5:30 p.m. Great fiddle, keyboard, flute and pipes! FPL music/concert director Miranda Loud has organized this first concert in our Live in Lincoln Center series for 2023. Tickets must be purchased in advance online ($20 for adults, $12 for children 2 and under). Questions? Email Joan Mansfield, chair of the FPL Music Committee, at joanfmansfield@gmail.com.
The Lincoln Garden Club will hold its biennial plant sale on Saturday, May 13 from 11 a.m.–2 p.m. at Station Park (corner of Lincoln Road and Ridge Road). Share plant knowledge, see friends, enjoy snacks, and tour the club’s flagship garden. The plants to be sold come from club members’ gardens, parks they maintain, and generous donors around town. If you have plants to donate, please contact Belinda Gingrich at belinda.gingrich@gmail.com. There will also be garden paraphernalia for sale and even a few handmade bluebird nesting boxes which you could set up right away and maybe catch a second laying.
Also on offer will be native plugs ordered through commercial nurseries: Eryngium yuccifolium (rattlesnake master), Polemonium reptans (Jacob’s ladder), Packera aurea (golden ragwort, available after June 19), and Aquilegia canadensis (eastern red columbine, available on or after May 19). These are very small and will need babying in a pot or well tended garden plot.
Friends of Modern Architecture/Lincoln will sponsor the third concert in its Music in Modern Houses series on Saturday, May 13 from 1–4 p.m. at the 1937 Murphy house. The program will feature Ralf Gawlick’s Berlin Suite, op. 16 and Mozart’s String Quartet No. 23 performed by the Sheffield Chamber Players. The musical program will be preceded by an architectural discussion and introductions by FoMA, the homeowners, and composer Ralf Gawlick. Light refreshments will be served. Reserve your seat while space remains, although a virtual option will also be available. Click here for detailed information and a donation link.
Lincoln author Elizabeth Graver and Judy Bolton-Fassman will discuss Graver’s latest novel, Kantika, on Wednesday, May 17 from 7–8:30 p.m. in the Lincoln Public Library’s Tarbell Room. Kantika is a dazzling Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New York, exploring displacement, endurance, and family as home, inspired by the story of Graver’s grandmother, Rebecca née Cohen Baruch Levy. Copies of the book will be on sale at the event.
Graver’s fourth novel, The End of the Point, was long-listed for the 2013 National Book Award in Fiction and selected as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Her other novels are Awake, The Honey Thief, and Unravelling.
Joe Wallace and his mother Barbara.
An exhibit featuring local photographer Joe Wallace presented by the Liberty Alzheimer’s Partnership will kick off with a reception in Bemis Hall on Thursday, May 18 from 2-3:30 p.m. Joe will share the story of his book and traveling exhibit, “Portraits of Dementia,” created to destigmatize those living with dementia. Trained as a journalist, Wallace has been a portrait photographer and storyteller for 20 years, and like many, he has a deeply personal connection with dementia: both his material grandparents had dementia, and in recent years, his mother Barbara has begun her journey with the disease. Space is limited; please RSVP by calling the Alzheimer’s Association’s 24/7 helpline at 800-272-3900.
The annual L-S Community Sing in May is when community members, parents, alumni, and friends are welcome to join in a performance of John Rutter’s “Gloria” with choir, soloists, brass octet and percussion. The L-S Chamber Singers will be singing “The Road Home” and will invite any Chamber Singers alumni to come up and sing with. Masks will be optional for singers.
The L-S Music Department has scores and practice files for the music and text — please email Choral Director Michael Bunting at michael_bunting@lsrhs.net. The dress rehearsal is Monday, May 15 at 7 pm. in the L-S auditorium and the Community Sing concert is Thursday, May 18. Call for singers is at 6:30 p.m. and the concert starts at 7:30 p.m.
The Lincoln Public Library will host a “Tea in Time” event on Friday, May 19 at 1 p.m. with Rita Parisi in the role of Mrs. Michael Gordon, a woman from 1908 who will regale you with humorous, eye-opening stories about shopping in Boston and the latest trends in fashion, entertainment, opinions, transportation, and more. Hats, gloves, Victorian garb, and audience participation encouraged. Tea and light refreshments. Call 781-259-8811 to sign up for this free event. Sponsored by the Friends of Lincoln Library and the Friends of Lincoln Council on Aging & Human Services.
All are invited to celebrate Asian and Pacific Islander cultures on Friday, May 19 from 4:30–6:30 p.m. in the Lincoln School Learning Commons. Enjoy food, performances, art, karaoke, and fashion. Food ($14) must be ordered in advance; click here to order and pay using Venmo. Sponsored by the Lincoln PTO, the METCO Coordinating Committee, and the Lincoln METCO Parent Board.
Dust off your wigs, platform shoes, and polyester because Club Codman is coming on Saturday, May 20 at 8 p.m. Club Codman? The annual tradition and fundraiser for Codman Community Farms is like Halloween for grown-ups (minus the kids), plus great music and great drinks. Peacock about, maybe embarrass yourself a little bit, put on that thing you swore you’d never be seen in public wearing, and dance like you own the dance floor. See photos from 2019 and buy tickets here.
Look into the fascinating lives, vision, and grand accomplishments of Julian deCordova and Elizabeth “Lizzie” Dana deCordova, whose dream of a “castle on a hill” became their home and later a museum and sculpture park. On Sunday, May 21 from 10–11:30 a.m., we’ll tour the building outside and inside to discover unusual architectural features, changes over the years, hear some fun and interesting stories, and discuss some of the sculptures that are important to deCordova’s history. The cost is $12 for members and $20 for nonmembers (free for children). Click here to learn more and register.
Join Hannan Healthy Foods in celebrating Lincoln’s farming heritage with its community-wide kickoff event to the 2023 growing season on Sunday, May 21 from 1–3 p.m. (rain date: Saturday, May 27 at the same time) at Umbrello Field (270 South Great Rd.). This free event is open to all ages and will feature live music, farmland tours, food and drink (including South Asian specialties), raffles, CSA opportunities, farm photo ops, and more.
“Grazing in the Grass” concert to benefit for St. Vincent de Paul of Lincoln & Weston (SVdP) featuring music by Brian Moll, Mara Bonde & Sandra Piques Eddy, Christian Rougeaux, and the Kemp Harris Band on Tuesday, May 30 at 5:30 p.m. in Pierce Park. Bring your own chair, drinks, and picnic. Suggested donation: $25 (or more).
On Thursday, May 31, the Lincoln GearTicks will host a STEM Open House from 7-8 p.m. at Hartwell Pod A where you can see some of the robots that students built this year and learn more about joining one of the many teams.
Robotics programs are organized through FIRST and the Lincoln Recreation Department. FLL Explore introduces kids in grades 1-3 to STEM through Lego building and programming activities and runs for six weeks starting in January. In FLL Challenge, students in grades 4-8 build and program Lego robots for specific tasks on a playing field for lasting 12 weeks starting in early September. FTC caters to those in grades 7-12 with a commitment of 9+ hours/week designing robots using 3D-printed and laser-cut materials and programming in Java. Questions? Email hello@gearticks.com.
Come to eco-gardener Robin Wilkerson’s garden sanctuary where has been gardening for years to create a diverse habitat for birds, bees and butterflies to learn her methods for gardening to support the ecosystem. Click here for information and registration. Sponsored by Lincoln Common Ground.
Codman Community Farms will celebrate its 50th birthday at “An Evening in the Field” on Thursday, June 8 from 6–9:30 p.m. The adults-only event starts with cocktails and passed hors d’oeuvres followed by a multi-course plated dinner at a long communal table nestled in the fields surrounded by fruit trees and gardens. Tom Fosnot and Ruth-Anne Adams of The Hyve, will serve a menu almost exclusively made of Codman-grown ingredients: vegetables and herbs from the gardens, eggs from their chickens, and protein from their pastured animals. Click here to order tickets.
Lincoln dietician and Happy Jars owner Jodi Gorman will offer a cooking class featuring summer parties and picnics for kids age 10+ on Friday, June 9 at 3:30 p.m. in the Lincoln Public Library. Jodi will go over basic kitchen skills as well as how to create a versatile, tasty salad for all seasons. All materials will be provided. Email sfeather@minlib.net for registration and more information.
During an evening slide show and house tour on Friday, June 9 (as well as July 7, August 11, and September 15) from 7–9 p.m., see how Walter Gropius’s innovative lighting scheme comes to life at night. Gropius, founder of the German design school the Bauhaus, was one of the most influential architects of the twentieth century. His 1938 home at 68 Baker Bridge Road highlights the clean lines of Modernist design. Light refreshments are individual “nibbles” picnic bags. $65 for Historic New England members, $75 for nonmembers. Advance tickets required; call 781-259-8098 or buy online.