The 11th annual Scarecrow Classic 5K kicks off on Sunday, Oct. 15 at 9:30 a.m. at Lincoln Station. This community road and trail run, which supports LLCT’s conservation mission, wind through scenic fields and forests, ending the morning with a cider donut. This year, LLCT is hosting magician Cedric Purcell to entertain guests before the awards ceremony. LLCT strongly encourages pre-registration by October 1 to guarantee participants get their desired shirt size. Click here for more information and registration. Same-day registration opens at 8:00 a.m. on race day.
Come to a workshop on floral arranging taught by an experienced designer with Derby Farm, a woman-owned farm in Arlington. There are two sessions: 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. and 1–2:30 p.m. Cost for members/nonmembers: $88/$110. Click here to purchase tickets.
A tasting of Massachusetts seasonal hard ciders and enjoy some live American Songbook music by Lincoln resident Jim White. Cost for members/nonmembers: $35/$40 for adults, $5/$10 for children. Click here to purchase tickets.
Celebrate the freedom to read with a conversation between young people and their caregivers at two discussion groups during Banned Books Week at the Lincoln Public Library. On Monday, Sept. 25 at 6 p.m., children’s librarian Debbie Leopold will facilitate a talk for kids age 4+ about Answers in the Pages by David Levithan. Email dleopold@minlib.net to register.
Lincoln author Ray Shepard (A Long Time Coming) will host a session with middle schoolers and caregivers on Wednesday, Sept. 27 at 6 p.m. to talk about Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi. Email sfeather@minlib.net to register.
Classical music on Sunday, Oct. 1 from 2–3:30 p.m. in Bemis Hall. Renaissance to recent… Chopin and Schubert included! Lincoln musicians will perform a diverse program with friends from the Concord Music Club. All are welcome to this free afternoon musicale. Enjoy works for violin, clarinet, recorders and piano.
The club, established in 1886, is open to both performing and non-performing members who enjoy classical music. There are six concerts every year from October to May hosted by members; the rest will be at other venues.
The Lincoln Public Library presents a music performance for children and families by Sulinha’s Trio on Wednesday, Oct. 4 from 10:30–11:15 a.m. in the Tarbell Room. Originally from Brazil, Sulinha Boucher’s trio plays bossa nova, baiao, and other styles on Brazilian instruments like berimbau and bandolin as well as acoustic guitar and percussion. No registration necessary. For all ages.
Reading Circle participants will read “The Wellfleet Oysterman” from Thoreau’s Cape Cod and come together for discussion with Walden Woods Project Curator of Collections and resident Thoreau Scholar Jeffrey S. Cramer. “The Wellfleet Oysterman” as well as discussion questions will be provided upon registration. “The Wellfleet Oysterman” (as well as the full Cape Cod text) is available to read on this Walden Woods web page.
The Reading Circle is an event in association with the Thoreau’s Cape Cod Readathon, a first-of-its-kind event sponsored by the Barnstable Land Trust, the Walden Woods Project, the town of Concord, and other partners in Concord and on Cape Cod. The Readathon will be held October 7 and 8 at Fuller Farm in Marstons Mills as well as live-streamed. Find out more here.
Sculptor DeWitt Godfrey’s Lincoln, a large, low-lying horizontal sculpture made of 80 steel cylinders that appear to cascade down the hill, will be de-installed in October and repurposed for future installations at similar sculpture parks and gardens in the United States.
“Lincoln is one of the best examples of site-specific sculpture I can think of, and for me as for so many visitors, its presence such a big part of my experience at deCordova. It’s completely amazing to me that when the curators commissioned that work, it was intended for just a two- or three-year installation,” says Jessica May, deCordova’s artistic director.
Godfrey has said that the concept of the sculpture, which was installed in 2012, was to mimic the gentle curves of deCordova’s landscape. The sculpture also allows visitors to pass through it to see what is on the other side. The sculpture was created on site and, at more than 150 feet long, is one of the largest ever shown at the Sculpture Park and is Godfrey’s most expansive work to date.
At 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 11, Chief Curator Sarah Montross will present a Spotlight Tour on Lincoln. Spotlight Tours offer a deep dive discussion on a specific sculpture for which the presenter has a strong connection.
The fifth annual Brain Games cornhole tournament and family fun day on Sunday, Oct. 15 from noon–5 p.m. in Pierce Park. Live music, local beer, magician Ed Popielarczyk, raffle prizes, and the Clover food truck! There is no cost to attend the event. Food and beverages are available for purchase — everything else is simply whatever you would like to donate. Please spread the word, and invite your friends and family.
Brain Games is the Doo family’s annual fundraiser benefiting moyamoya research at Boston Children’s Hospital in honor of the care received by their daughter, who was diagnosed with the rare brain disease moyamoya in June 2019 and has had three surgeries since. Their goal this year is to raise $100,000 to continue funding her surgeon’s research, where 100% of the event’s proceeds go.
Join us for a reading, presentation, and Q&A with Lincoln’s Lawrence Buell about his forthcoming book Henry David Thoreau: Thinking Disobediently, the first concise account of Thoreau’s life, thought, and impact in more than half a century. Buell is the Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature Emeritus at Harvard University and has written and lectured worldwide on Transcendentalism, American studies, and the environmental humanities. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for a wine and cheese reception. The book will be available for purchase at the event (address provided upon registration).
Spend a crisp fall morning with your family in the Sculpture Park and complete a series of gently ghoulish activities designed for preschoolers and toddlers and their caregivers. Explore in the morning mist, create a creepy crawly park creature, and work with educators to explore spiders through a collaborative rope web installation and sculptures inspired by the eight-legged arachnids. Costumes encouraged and all ages welcome. Preregistration is required — click here for details.
Bring your family and friends to see sculptures transformed by the moonlight in this special after-hours tour. Small group tours with deCordova’s experienced museum guides last 60-75 minutes. Bring a flashlight or lantern. Meet the guide in front of the museum. Click here for details and registration.
Celebrate the festival of lights and learn henna body art with Manisha Trivedi. This fun, informal class is open to people of all artistic abilities (best for ages 12+). Thanks to the Friends of the Lincoln Library for their generous funding of this event. Space is limited; email sfeather@minlib.net to register.
The Council on Aging and Human Service’s newly formed doo-wop group led by Peter Stewart will perform a short concert in Bemis Hall from 11-11:30 a.m. (senior dining to follow). Check them out and think about joining the group, which meets every Monday from 10-11 a.m. in Bemis Hall. Email rettiga@lincolntown.org for more information.
Learn the basics of watercolor painting in this autumn-inspired program, drawing our own leaves or using traceable templates. We will watch the colors mingle and blend together using a wet on wet watercolor technique. Registration is limited to 15 adults (age 18+) for this class; click here to register.
Pianist Sebastian Castillo performs a program of classical masterpieces on Friday, Nov. 3 from 7–8:30 p.m. in Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School’s Kirshner Auditorium. He will play “Fantasia and Fugue in A minor” (BWV 904) by Bach, Sonata No. 26 in E♭ major, “Les Adieux” by Beethoven, and Piano Sonata in B minor (S.178) by Liszt. Tickets at the door are $5 for students, $10 for adults. All proceeds will help replenish the L-S Friends of Music general fund, which supports the L-S Music Department.
Don’t put your costume away just yet! deCordova is celebrating Halloween with a wild, quirky, outrageous Gay Christmas Dance Party inside the museum for both the LGBTQ+ community and enthusiastic allies. Featuring music by DJ Dayglow, a costume contest with prizes, a cash bar, and spotlight performances by a circus and drag artists. Open to all 21+. Creative and fabulous costumes encouraged, but not required. Click here for details and registration.
The story of Nabucco and captivity of the Israelites in Babylon transcends time and culture. It has grown into a powerful representation of oppression and people struggling for freedom throughout history. The Verdi opera’s most famous number, the chorus of the Hebrew slaves “Va pensiero,” gave voice to a simmering Italian nationalism and eventually became the unofficial anthem of the Italian independence movement. Presenter Erika Reitshamer is returning to Lincoln Library with a three-week opera course.