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Halloween activities for kids at the library

Movies & Muffins — Friday, Oct. 24 at 3:30 p.m.
Watch Halloween-themed short films based on the beloved children’s books Fletcher and the Falling Leaves and Dem Bones, and the “Little Bear’s Moonlight Serenade”TV episode. For ages 2 and up.

Oogly Googly Halloween Puppet Show — Monday, Oct. 27 at 4 p.m.
Come hear a Halloween story and then make a shadow puppet. Puppeteer Faye Dupras will work with participants and their puppets in a fun shadow puppet activity. Recommended for ages 3-8. Registration required.

“Not Too Scary” Stories and Crafts — Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 11 a.m.
Halloween stories for kids age 3-5 with Amy and Jane. Wear your costumes if you dare! Drop-in.

Candlelight vigil for victims of domestic violence

At an October 29 candlelight vigil in Lincoln to commemorate victims of domestic violence, District Attorney Marian Ryan will give a keynote address on the collateral impact of domestic violence on children who witness violence and on our communities.

The Domestic Violence Services Network will host its annual candlelight vigil (October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month) on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 6 p.m. at Bemis Hall in Lincoln,  to commemorate the victims who lost their lives to domestic violence in the past year. Candles will be lit in reverence of those lives lost to domestic violence, and an honor guard from Hanscom Air Force Base will join in the ceremony.

While the vigil is a solemn occasion, it is also a night of hope. By publicly standing together, we show the victims in our communities that we believe their stories and support their journeys. A gathering with light refreshments will follow. For more information about DVSN’s Candlelight Vigil, please call 978-318-3421.

evensongEvensong at St. Anne’s on November 2

St. Anne’s in-the-Fields Church is hosting a service of choral evensong on Sunday, Nov. 2 at 5 p.m. All are welcome. Evensong is the most particularly Anglican service in all of Christian worship. Originating from the monastic hours, it consists of the distinctive parts of the ancient office of Vespers and Compline. During the last century, Evensong has emerged as a liturgy of rare and mystical beauty. For more information, visit www.stanneslincoln.org or call 781-259-8834.

 

 Lecture on “The Codmans and the Great War”

Come to a lecture about “The Codmans and the Great War” on Sunday, Nov. 2 at the Codman House (34 Codman Rd.) at 1 p.m. After war was declared in Europe in 1914, New England families like the Codmans, who had strong ties to France, felt reverberations. When war broke out, oldest brother and architect Ogden Codman Jr. was at his chateau outside of Paris. While he and his staff made a daring, last-minute escape to the United States, his friend and co-author Edith Wharton remained in Europe to assist the war effort. In Lincoln, the Codman siblings threw themselves into home front activities like knitting and canning. Dramatic letters from family and friends in Europe serving as ambulance drivers, nurses, aid workers, and soldiers kept the family abreast of news from the front lines. Drawn from material in Historic New England’s archives, this illustrated talk focuses on the First World War experience of the Codmans and their community.

The lecture takes place in the Carriage House followed by an optional tour of the Codman House museum. Tickets are $10 for Historic New England members and $15 for nonmembers. Registration is required. Please call 781-259-8098 for more information. Click here to purchase tickets online.

Conservation Commission seeks volunteers

The Lincoln Conservation Commission (ConsComm) seeks volunteers to serve on the seven-member commission. There is at least one immediate opening. Commissioner appointments are made by the Board of Selectmen for a three-year term unless the appointment is to fill out a previous commissioner’s term. The time commitment includes an evening meeting every third Wednesday as well as site visits, which are often held on the same day as the meeting and are typically held on weekday mornings. You may also be asked to participate in a subcommittee or serve as a liaison to another board or commission.

The ConsComm’s work is diverse, but much of it is focused on wetlands permitting and open space management. Those with professional skills in reading and understanding construction plans are especially desirable so a background in fields such as engineering, construction, architecture and surveying is helpful. Also those with legal experience would help round out the current group of commissioners.

If you’re interested, please submit the town’s online volunteer application form and submit it to the Board of Selectmen’s office or the Conservation Department. Attendance at ConsComm meetings is helpful for any interested applicant’ the schedule is also available on the commission’s website.

Buy a Thanksgiving pie for a good cause

Order a gourmet Thanksgiving apple, pumpkin, pecan or chocolate pie and help fund enrichment grants for teachers at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School. Purchase pies for $18 each from the Foundation for Educators at Lincoln-Sudbury (FELS).

To support another good cause in addition to FELS, you can also donate a pie to the Lincoln or Sudbury fire and police staff, the L-S Senior Dinner, a food pantry or an L-S teacher. FELS will arrange delivery — just indicate your choice on the form if you’re paying by check, or in the “special instructions to seller” area if you’re using a charge card or Paypal. (If you do not fill in anything under “instructions to vendor,” we will e-mail you to ask your preference.) Go to the FELS website to order pies online via credit card or download a paper form to pay by check. Pie orders must be received by Friday, Nov. 10 and will be available for pickup on Tuesday, Nov. 25. Half of your order is tax deductible.

See musical theater gala with Council on Aging

Revel in holiday joy as you experience over two hours of enchanting Christmas cheer at the Reagle Music Theater’s Holiday Gala on Sunday, Dec. 7.  You’ll enjoy a breathtaking spectacle including a full orchestra and 150 talented performers featuring Yuletide songs and pageants of the Parade of Wooden Soldiers, Santa’s Workshop, a Victorian Christmas and more.

The Council on Aging bus will leave the Lincoln Mall at 3:15 p.m. on December 7 and return about 7 p.m. The cost, including transportation, is $36 per person. Remember to bring some cash for ice cream and drinks that will be served at intermission. Lincoln seniors and their caregivers, family members and friends who may be visiting (with permission from the trip leader) are welcome.

To reserve your place, send a check made out to “FLCOA Trips” to Claire Mount, 123 Tower Road, Lincoln, MA 01773 by Wednesday, Nov. 19. Please include your name, address, email (if available) and phone number on your check. Questions? Call Claire at 781-259-8695.

Coming up in the arts in Lincoln

William Lamson, Untitled, 2014

William Lamson, Untitled, 2014 (click to enlarge)

deCordova winter exhibits opening

The deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum’s first winter exhibit this year, PLATFORM 15: Oscar Tuazon, Partners, opened on October 8 and will be up until Sept. 1, 2015. Two more winter exhibits, Walden, revisited (featuring works by contemporary artists inspired by Walden Pond and Henry David Thoreau) and The Social Medium (largely inspired by a recent gift of one of Andy Warhol’s Little Red Books) open on October 31 and run through April.

 

Organ concert “Live in Lincoln Center” on Oct. 19

The First Parish Church will host a concert celebrating the renovation and expansion of its 1970 Noack 2-manual, 19-stop tracker organ on Sunday, Oct. 19 at 3 p.m. Ian Watson, organ virtuoso and resident conductor of the Handel & Haydn Society as well as director of music at First Parish, will display the organ’s euphonious capabilities as he plays works by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, and Viernes. Accompanying the organ will be Amy Watson, violin, and Guy Fishman, cello.

Seating is limited and is first-come, first seated; doors will open at 2:30 p.m. A reception will follow the performance. Suggested donation is $20 per person. but any amount is appreciated. At this event, the church will also offer a CD of the May 2014″Via Vivaldi” concert as a thank-you gift (while they last) to our most generous donors—those who contribute double the suggested donation.

Please mark your calendar for our winter concert, when Arcadia Players perform The Messiah at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 20.

The Wednesdays come to Lincoln on Monday

The Wednesdays will play a half-hour set at about 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 20 at the Lincoln Public Library as part of the LOMA (Lincoln Open-Mic Acoustic) series, which takes place once a month starting at 7:30 p.m.

In two short years, The Wednesdays (Meg Smallidge and Jeff Harris) have made a strong impression in the Boston-area folk/Americana scene with sold-out appearances at clubs such as Passim, Lizard Lounge and Sally O’Brien’s.  Their heartfelt, catchy tunes are supported by close harmonies and well-choreographed guitar and piano work from Meg and Jeff.  Their first CD, Red Letter Day, was issued last year. You can hear some of their songs on their Soundcloud page.

LOMA is a monthly event of acoustic music and spoken word. Performers can sign up at the event or email Rich Eilbert at loma3re@gmail.com before noon of the open-mike day for a slot. Names of those who are signed up by 7:15 p.m. will be drawn at random. We have a sound system with mikes and instrumental pickups suitable for individuals or small groups playing acoustic-style. Local high school and college-age residents are encouraged to perform and/or listen to their friends play acoustically. We expect everyone will have a chance to perform one or two pieces. Refreshments will be served.

Learn how art and landscape intersect

Sue Klem, local author and Lincoln Land Conservation Trust trustee, will lead a tour through the deCordova Sculpture Park on Saturday, Oct. 25 at 1 p.m. The tour will focus on the art and how geologic history formed the landscape on which it’s placed. Admission is free for Lincoln residents.

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Peter Sugar signs copies of his new book

Longtime Lincoln resident and architect Peter Sugar will sign copies of his new book of pen-and-ink drawings, Impressions of Italy, on Sunday, Oct. 26 from 4-6 p.m. at the Lincoln Public Library. Copies of the book, as well as his earlier Impressions of Lincoln, can be purchased from Sugar’s website.

 

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Sandeep Das and Mike Block of the Silk Road Ensemble (click to enlarge).

Silk Road Ensemble concert on Nov. 16

The Birches School presents a Silk Road family concert with musicians from Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble on Sunday, Nov. 16 at 3:30 p.m. in Bemis Hall. Sandeep Das (Indian tabla drums) and Mike Block (cello) will also explain their instruments and the musical traditions of the Silk Road as those traditions are interpreted and transformed by the Silk Road Ensemble. Admission is free. Supported by a grant from the Lincoln Cultural Council.

 

 

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acornDrumlin Farm offers winter CSA program

Registration for the winter Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) program at Drumlin Farm is now open. Winter CSA shareholders will receive eight distributions from early November through mid-February of vegetables from the Drumlin Farm root cellar, including garlic, onions, brussels sprouts, cabbage, potatoes, sweet potatoes, radishes, beets, winter squash and more. Drumlin Farm offers full share, half-share and work share options, with greens share (fresh lettuce, arugula, and Asian greens from the greenhouse), egg share, and other add-on opportunities. Those with work shares, which are available for both the full and half-share options, commit to work with us for eight hours during October and early November for a $50 discount on the regular winter share.

Share pickups are Thursdays from noon to 5 p.m. The winter CSA at Drumlin Farm always sells out, so register early. Register online or download a registration form and mail with payment to CSA Coordinator, Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary, 208 South Great Road, Lincoln MA, 01773. To register for a work share, please contact our CSA Coordinator at dfgrower@massaudubon.org.

Buy used books at monthly sale

The next Friends of the Lincoln Public Library (FOLL) book sale is on Saturday, Oct. 11 from 9 a.m. to noon in Bemis Hall. Check out the selection of good-quality scary fiction, non-fiction and children’s books and support the library. Hardbacks are $1, paperbacks are 50 cents, and a grocery bag full of books is only $10 Gift-quality books are individually priced. Book sales occur on the second Saturday of each month except August. Donate used books in good condition in collection bin in the vestibule at Bemis Hall. If you have valuable antique or collectable books you’d like to donate, please email FOLL@lincolntown.org. The FOLL cannot accept donations of magazines, textbooks, or materials with mold or writing in them.

Spaces available in self-defense classes for women

There are still spaces available in the two free self-defense sessions for women run by the Lincoln Police Department in October and November. Each session will be two nights for three hours each night. On the first night, participants will talk about general safety and then begin practicing physical self-defense moves like strikes, blocks, kicks, and knee strikes. On the second night, an officer suit up in a padded suit will “attack” participants, who will use moves to escape. This part of the course is intense but empowering.

  • Session A: October 28 and 30 from 6:30-9:30 p.m.
  • Session B: November 17 and 19 from 6:30-9:30 p.m.

If you have any questions or want to sign up, please email Jena Salon at jenasalon@gmail.com

Join St. Anne’s for Taizé prayer and supper

St. Anne’s in-the-Fields welcomes everyone for Taizé Evening Prayer with Communion on Sunday, Oct. 19 at 5 p.m. We’ll gather for meditative song, scripture contemplation and periods of silence in the manner of the Taizé monastic community in Taizé, France. Designed by our teen pilgrims Anna Hubbell, Nina Haines and Caleb Smith, who traveled to Taizé last February and supported by a quartet of professional singers, this candlelit service is sure to be a gift of stillness and beauty. Offered monthly, this late-afternoon series is open to all who wish to gather in meditation and prayer, regardless of faith background. Each month we explore innovative ways of worshiping together characterized by a range of prayer practices and a variety of musical expression. Worship will be followed by a simple supper served Taizé style. Young and old alike are welcome. All are welcome to St. Anne’s for the service and afterwards for food and conversation

Improv classes for kids at library

The Lincoln Public Library is offering “Jump Into Improv!” for kids in grades 4-7 on Tuesday afternoons from 3:30-5:30 p.m. on October 21 through December 9. During improv exercises, participants create characters and stories and act them out. Learn acting games and skills. No previous experience needed, and no lines or staging to learn—just lots of fun, laughter and creativity. The class will be taught by actor/teacher Sally Kindleberger. To register, visit or call the library at 781-259-8465.

Medicare information session on Oct. 24

Anyone on Medicare as well as their family members and other caregivers should plan to attend the sessions on “Medicare 2015 Updates” and “What You Need to Know to Change Plans” on Friday, Oct. 24 at 10 a.m. in Bemis Hall. The event offers an opportunity to find out changes in Medicare’s benefits and costs, as well as get information directly from supplemental insurance companies, the state’s Prescription Advantage program, and the town’s Veterans Services Officer. The program will be presented by Don Milan and Anne Meade, Lincoln’s SHINE counselors, along with staff from Minuteman SHINE, the health benefits counseling program. It is co-sponsored by the Lincoln Council on Aging and Minuteman SHINE. It is especially important to learn up-to-date Medicare information now, because this year’s open enrollment period (the primary opportunity to change plans) is October 15 to December 7. After that time, people with Medicare Advantage plans (HMO and PPO), and people with Part D prescription coverage may only change plans under special circumstances such moving, losing your employer’s coverage, etc.

Group show movies “Beyond Bollywood”

movie reelIn October, the Lincoln Public Library is the place for films from India. Last year we celebrated the centenary of Indian cinema, which, while older than the nation itself, continues to turn up exciting and thought-provoking surprises.

Mumbai is the home of India’s Hindi-language film industry, commonly known as Bollywood, which produces over 1,000 films (and sells more than 3.5 billion tickets) annually. With a giant like that—purveyor of glamorous stars, elaborate song sequences, and narrative incomprehensibility—dominating film production in India, it is not surprising that the more artistic, independent and socially engaged films get overlooked. “Beyond Bollywood ’14: The Many Faces of Indian Art Cinema” attempts to right that wrong by highlighting the overlooked.

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Library to host musical cabaret

libraryThe last and largest segment of the Lincoln Public Library’s fire suppression system is complete, and the library is grateful to residents for funding this important safeguard for staff and patrons. To say thank-you, the library will host a musical cabaret and a taste of a savory “Lincoln tart” provided by Aka Bistro on Wednesday, Oct. 8 from 2-6 p.m.

Musical performances will be arranged by Brad Meyer and will include musicians Peg Espinola, Kathy Hoben, Wanda Metcalf, Carolyn Waters, David Fishken and Ellen Groves. Brad Meyer will also perform with Amy Lohman and Mel Green. Stroll through the library and revisit your favorite areas, say hi (and thanks) to the staff who worked hard to provide exceptional services during the construction, and say hello to several new library staff members: part-time Reference Librarians Kate Tranquada, Janet Spiller and Sarah Hogan; Alyssa Freden, Head of Technical Services, and newly promoted Assistant Director Lisa Rothenberg.

October activities sponsored by COA

Here are the October activities sponsored by the Lincoln Council on Aging.

Enjoy old-time jazz with the Lincoln Trad Jazz Jammers
October 2 at 2:30 p.m.
If you ain’t been to one of these yet, find out what you’ve been missin’! Come celebrate the joy of jazz at Bemis Hall on Thursday, October 2 at 2:30 p.m. when the Lincoln Traditional Jazz Jammers will share with you their love of this hot and cool music in a delightfully spontaneous jam! If you find you just can’t sit still, go ahead and tap your toes or get up and dance as they belt out favorites we all know and love, like Ain’t Misbehavin’, Makin’ Whoopie and others. The musicians are mostly retirees, amateurs who give life to the music of the ‘20s, ‘30s and ‘40s at the Trad Jazz Jams at Bemis Hall, the library, and the Colonial Inn on Wednesdays.

Chaplin meets Beethoven
October 3 at 1 p.m.
Mark your calendars for Friday, October 3 at 1 p.m., at Bemis Hall when the COA will show The Immigrant, a silent film by Charlie Chaplin, accompanied by a live string group, Con Affeto, which includes Lincoln residents Laura Bossert and Terry King and others. Con Affeto will play music by Beethoven, Mozart, Kreisler and more. They have performed on New York music station WQXR and elsewhere in the region. This event is supported by the Friends of the Lincoln COA. [Read more…] about October activities sponsored by COA

Jazz group gives books to library

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Vern Welch of CJALL (left) presents books to the library on behalf of CJALL. Accepting the gift were library staff member Lisa Rothenberg (center) and Haskel Strauss of the Friends of the Lincoln Library.

To celebrate the start of their 35th season, Classic Jazz at the Lincoln Library (CJALL) presented the Lincoln Public Library with “The Jazz Shelf,” a collection of books on classic jazz.

The books were originally owned by CJALL founders Bill Poisson and Ed Williams, and current members Harold McAleer and Vern Welch added a few of their own.

News acorns – 9/18/14

acornOpen house features Lincoln Minute Men, refurbished historic home

At an open house on Saturday, Sept. 20, the Lincoln Minute Men will do musket-firing demonstrations at 10 a.m., noon and 1 p.m., as well as drills for children, fife and drum music, and demonstrations of sewing, spinning and colonial clothing throughout the day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will take place at the Captain William Smith House in the Minute Man National Historical Park on Route 2A near Bedford Road (park in the Hartwell Tavern lot).

Lincoln Minute Men (soldiers, musicians and townspeople) will greet the public in colonial attire and welcome them into the Smith House, which has been refurbished thanks to the concerted effort of the Lincoln Minute Men and the support of friends through donations. The Minute Men worked with the National Park to locate and donate items similar to those that might have been found on that day in the three ground floor rooms of a New England house: the formal parlor, the keeping room and the kitchen. Come and see the walking wheel for spinning wool, the infant’s cradle with reproduction tick and blanket, the kitchen cupboard stocked with redware and pewter, items for cooking on the hearth, a tilt-top table set for tea, a gate-leg table set for Catharine and William’s dinner, a desk where the Smiths could pay bills and write correspondence, and much more.

Also open to the public on September 20 are two other “witness houses” to the events of April 19, 1775: the Hartwell Tavern, where there will be demonstrations of historic crafts and trades, and the Col. James Barrett House in Concord, where His Majesty’s 63rd Regiment of Foot will be displaying British uniforms of the period.

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News acorns – 9/14/14

schoolPublic forum on school project this week

The School Building Advisory Committee will hold the first of four public forums on Tuesday, Sept. 16 from 7-9 p.m. in the Smith gym as part of the planning process for Lincoln School renovations and/or additions (see the Lincoln Squirrel, Sept. 8, 2014). The forums will be iterative in nature, beginning with a discussion of cost estimates of renovation components and moving through the development of a range of solutions.

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