The Lincoln Squirrel – News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.

Codman Estate/Gropius House open
2025-04-21 10:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | MA
In a special Patriots’ Day pairing, “Loyalists and Revolutionaries: Two Iconic Lincoln Properties at the Heart of a Changing World,” Historic New England invites you walk Lincoln’s trails and visit two of its properties in Lincoln: the Codman Estate and the Walter Gropius House. The properties will be open to the public from 10:00am–2:00pm on Monday, April 21. Docents will be on site to share information and answer questions. Admission is free, although donations are always appreciated.
Home to five generations of the Chambers/Russell/Codman family (1708–1968), in the 18th century the Codman Estate was the largest farm in the area with the largest number of enslaved people laboring on it. At the time of the Revolutionary War, it was owned by Loyalists, Dr. Charles and Elizabeth Russell, who fled to Antigua when the war began. Modest in scale, the 1938 Gropius family home of Walter Gropius (founder of the German design school known as the Bauhaus, was one of the most influential architects of the 20th century) was revolutionary in impact. In keeping with Bauhaus philosophy, every aspect of the house and its surrounding landscape was planned for maximum efficiency and simplicity of design.

"Eyes on Owls"
2025-04-21 13:00 - 14:30 | Farrington Nature Linc, 291 Cambridge Turnpike, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
Farrington Nature Linc and LLCT are hosting Eyes on Owls on Monday, April 21 from 1:00–2:00pm at Nature Linc’s campus (295 Cambridge Turnpike). Learn how to hoot like an owl before meeting six ambassador animals in a live demonstration. This is a ticketed event ($12 or $35 for a family pack); click here to purchase.

"Sprouting Up Storytime"
2025-04-22 14:00 - 15:00 | Lincoln Public Library, 3 Bedford Rd, Lincoln, MA, United States
Celebrate Earth Day at the library with a hands-on gardening activity where kids will enjoy stories about the magic of gardening and nature on Tuesday, April 22 from 2-3pm. Afterwards, each child will have the chance to plant seeds in an upcycled egg carton perfect for taking home and watching their plants grow. Perfect for kids ages 3-8, this program combines reading, crafting, and a love for nature! Registration is required. This program is funded by the Friends of the Lincoln Library and LLCT. Please bring your own clean, biodegradable egg carton to the program (there will be extras on hand if needed). Register here.

Film: “The Nettle Dress”
2025-04-25 12:30 - 14:00 | Bemis Hall, 15 Bedford Rd, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
“The Nettle Dress: A Tale of Love & Healing” (68 minutes) will be shown on Thursday, April 25 at 12:30pm. After the death of his beloved wife, textile artist Allan Brown spent seven years making a dress by hand just from the fiber of locally foraged stinging nettles.

Wine/beer tasting benefit
2025-04-25 18:30 - 20:30 | MA
The Sudbury-Wayland-Lincoln Domestic Violence Roundtable invites the public to a free wine and beer tasting to support its annual Shower for Shelters at Spirits Liquor Store (4 Digital Way, Suite 3, Maynard) on Friday, April 25 from 6:30–8:30pm. There will also be a brief presentation by a survivor. Please bring a new, unwrapped housewarming gift for clients of Reach Beyond Domestic Violence, and Voices Against Violence. Requested items include linens (twin sheets and pillowcases, blankets, comforters, pillows), towels and face cloths, unscented cleaning products and laundry detergent, laundry baskets, kitchen utensils, flatware, dishes, drinking glasses, and small kitchen appliances. Gift cards for supermarkets, Target, Walmart, CVS, and Walgreen’s are also welcome. To make a cash donation, please visit the Roundtable website and note that the donation is for Shower for Shelters.

Lincoln Comic-Con
2025-04-26 11:00 - 16:00 | Lincoln Public Library, 3 Bedford Rd, Lincoln, MA, United States
The first annual Lincoln Library Comic-Con, a day of nerdy adventure and fun, takes place on Saturday, April 26 from 11:00am–4:00pm. Learn to wield a lightsaber in a Padawan training taught by Jedi, discover “Magic: The Gathering,” make your own zine with author/illustrator Sarah Lynne Reul, find out about how to make your own cosplays with a local expert — plus scavenger hunts, Mario Kart, mini painting and more. Bring lunch for a picnic n the awn and make a day of it. Advance registration to get behind-the-scenes sneak peeks of activities is encouraged but not required. Click here for the full schedule.

Gropius House tour and walk
2025-04-27 10:00 - 11:30 | Gropius House, 68 Baker Bridge Rd, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
Come see “A New Kind of Architecture in Harmony with Nature” on a tour of the historic Gropius House (68 Baker Bridge Rd.) on Sunday, April 27 from 10:00–11:30am. Walter Gropius (1883-1969) founded the Bauhaus school that united art, nature, and technology. The tour of his 1938 Lincoln home followed by a walk in the grounds reveal design strategies that have returned to architectural importance for sustainable design in the 21st century. Click here for tickets.

MCC plant sale
2025-05-02 16:00 - 19:00 | Farrington Nature Linc, 291 Cambridge Turnpike, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
The ordering deadline for the Middlesex Conservation District’s 2025 Spring Plant Sale is Monday, April 21with pickup and cash sale on Friday, May 2 from 4:00–7:00pm, and Saturday, May 3 from 9:00am–1:00pm at Farrington Nature Linc. Click here to order.

Hazardous waste dropoff
2025-05-03 09:00 - 14:00 | Lexington Composting Facility, 60 Hartwell Ave, Lexington, MA, United States
Schedule, location, signup form
Hazardous waste guidelines and acceptable materials

Film: "No Other Land"
2025-05-03 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-05-03 14:00 - 16:00 | Bemis Hall, 15 Bedford Rd, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
The GRALTA Foundation will sponsor two screenings of the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land” on Saturday, May 3 at 10:00am and 2:00pm, and Monday, May 5 at 7:00pm (all in Bemis Hall). Watch the trailer or click here for a review by the Guardian.

Softball league opening day
2025-05-04 17:00 - 19:00 | Codman Field, Ballfield Road, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
The Lincoln Co-ed Slow-pitch Softball League will hold an Opening Day event on Sunday, May 4 at 5:00pm at Codman Field with a casual pick-up game and a home run derby as well as contests for kids. All skill levels and awkward batting stances welcome. Equipment provided, including left-handed bats. To learn more and register for the league, click here.

Film: "No Other Land"
2025-05-05 19:00 - 21:00 | MA

L-S instrumental concert
2025-05-08 19:30 - 21:00 | Lincoln-Sudbury Regional HS, Kirschner Aud., 390 Lincoln Rd, Sudbury, MA, United States
Join us for the final performance of the year of the L-S String Orchestra, Concert Band and Symphonic Band featuring senior soloists.
The Concert Band will perform “The Great Locomotive Chase” by Robert W. Smith and the Symphonic Band perform “Canterbury Suite” by John Tatgenhorst. The String Orchestra will perform “Cantabile” themes from the second movement of Symphony No. 5 by Tchaikovsky/arr. Robert D. McCashin, and then “Finale” themes from the fourth movement of Symphony No. 5 by Tchaikovsky/arr. Brian Holmes.
The finale will be a performance of selections from “Music from the Gladiator” by Hans Zimmer/arr. John Wasson with the combined bands and orchestra. Admission is free. Concessions will be sold at Intermission by the Lincoln-Sudbury Friends of Music (LSFOM). This concert will also air on the Educational Channel, Comcast 9/Verizon 32 in Sudbury and Lincoln. Viewers may also watch on the livestream via the SudburyTV website.

Jessa Piaia as Isabella Stewart Gardner
2025-05-09 12:30 - 13:30 | Bemis Hall, 15 Bedford Rd, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
Isabella Stewart Gardner reenactor Jessa Piaia will appear at the library on Friday, May 9 from 12:30–1:30pm in Bemis Hall. Known for her flamboyant manner and free-spirited ways, Gardner (1840–1924) became known as the first American “patroness of the arts” and her significant collection of Italian Renaissance art.

Volunteer work day at Twin Pond
2025-05-09 13:00 - 15:00 | MA
Join other volunteers to help clear woody introduced plants from the forest understory. RSVP here.

Lincoln Democrats caucus
2025-05-10 10:00 - 12:00 | Bemis Hall, 15 Bedford Rd, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
The Lincoln Democratic Town Committee (LDC) will elect delegates on Saturday, May 10 at Bemis Hall for the state convention (doors open at 9:30am and close at 10:15am). Six delegates and four alternates will represent Lincoln in Springfield on September 13. All are welcome, but only registered Democrats can vote. Youth age 16 and up, people with disabilities, people of color, veterans, and members of the LGBTQ+ community who aren’t elected as delegates or alternates are encouraged to apply at the caucus or online to be add-on delegates. Those interested in getting involved with the LDC may contact Travis Roland at travis89roland@gmail.com.

Garden Cub plant sale
2025-05-10 11:00 - 14:00 | Station Park, Lincoln Rd & Ridge Rd, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
The Lincoln Garden Club will host their biennial plant sale on Saturday, May 10 from 11:00am–2:00pm at Station Park (corner of Lincoln Road and Ridge Road). The plants come from our members’ gardens, the parks we maintain, and from generous donors around town. If you have plants to donate, dropoff is from 8:00–10:00am. There will also be garden paraphernalia for sale such as hand-made garden cloches and bluebird nesting boxes as well as native plugs ordered from North Creek Nurseries (blue mist, Appalachian mountain mint, and barren strawberry). Many garden club members have seen jumping worm activity on their property. If you haven’t, please don’t purchase plants from the sale to avoid spread.

"Fort-Night"
2025-05-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Lincoln Public Library, 3 Bedford Rd, Lincoln, MA, United States
At “Fort-Night,” families are invited for a fun-filled night of reading, games, and making blanket forts in the library on Monday, May 12 from 6:00–8:00pm. Complete the week-long Family Reading Adventure and earn a prize! Part of Screen Free Week organized by LincolnWait.com.

LOMA: Sweetbriar
2025-05-12 19:00 - 22:00 | Bemis Hall, 15 Bedford Rd, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
Brad Meyer and Amy Lohman of Sweetbriar.
Folk duo Sweetbriar will be the headliner at the next Lincoln Open Mic Acoustic (LOMA) on Monday, May 12 from 7–10 p.m. in Bemis Hall. LOMA is a monthly open mike night event with mikes and instrumental pickups suitable for individuals or small groups playing acoustic-style. Come and perform (contact loma3re@gmail.com to sign up) or just come listen to acoustic music and spoken word. Free admission.

Blood drive to benefit Boston Children's Hospital
2025-05-13 10:00 - 17:00 | MA
Blood drive to benefit Boston Children’s Hospital

On Tuesday, May 13 from 10:00am-5:00pm, the Doo family (which is grateful for the donations that were available during their daughter’s multiple brain surgeries) and their Brain Games fundraiser will host a blood drive for Boston Children’s Hospital. Registration takes place inside the First Parish stone church, with the bloodmobile parked outside on Bedford Road. The drive is open to anyone able to donate, not just the Lincoln community. As a bonus, Boston Children’s will give each donor a cooler bag with a few Brain Games goodies inside. Sign up here to donate.

Nature walk for families
2025-05-13 16:30 - 18:00 | MA
Join a local walk leader from Lincoln Land Conservation Trust for a family nature walk on Tuesday, May 13 at 4:30pm. Registration required. Part of Screen Free Week organized by LincolnWait.com.

Pride Month kickoff
2025-05-14 13:00 - 15:30 | Lincoln Station, 145 Lincoln Rd, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
The Lincoln School will hold its annual Pride Month kickoff to celebrate diversity on Wednesday, May 14 (rain date: May 28) from 1:00-3:30pm at Lincoln Station. There will be performances from the Lincoln-Hanscom Step Team and local musicians Layla MacLachlin and David Onigman, a breakdancing demonstration from Jabbar Fair, face-painting, ice cream, and more. Sponsored by the Parks and Recreation Department, the Mass. Cultural Council, and the Lincoln PTO. For more information and volunteer opportunities, email lincolnmapride@gmail.com.

Popsicle party
2025-05-14 16:00 - 17:30 | Blue playground, Ballfield Road, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
Enjoy some popsicles and bubbles on the playground at an all-ages popsicle party with LincFam on Wednesday, May 14 at 4:00pm at the blue playground near Codman Pool while supplies last. Part of Screen Free Week organized by LincolnWait.com.

Pick up seed kits
2025-05-15 - 2025-05-16 | Codman Community Farms, 58 Codman Rd, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
Stop by Codman Community Farms all day on Thursday and Friday, May 15 and 16 to pick up your seed-starting kit with pots, seeds, soil, plant care information and a check-in journal (first come, first served). Part of Screen Free Week organized by LincolnWait.com.

Period house restorer speaks
2025-05-15 18:30 - 19:30 | Lincoln School Learning Commons, 6 Ballfield Rd, Lincoln, MA, United States
Massachusetts-based author and preservationist Lee McColgan, author of A House Restored: The Tragedies and Triumphs of Saving a New England Colonial, will speak on Thursday, May 15 from 6:30–7:30pm in the Lincoln School’s Learning Commons. Please RSVP here so organizers can plan refreshments. In his book, McColgan tells of restoring his 1704 colonial home in Pembroke using period techniques and tools after learning from plasterers, carpenters, and other tradespeople.

Unusual plants of Lincoln and beyond
2025-05-16 12:30 - 13:30 | Bemis Hall, 15 Bedford Rd, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
New England’s forests, fields, and wetlands support an amazing diversity of flora, many of which you might not see from the trail! Conservation Planner Stacy Carter shares her photos of our more uncommon, strange, or even deadly plants.

8th-grade car wash fundraiser
2025-05-17 09:00 - 15:00 | Town Hall, 16 Lincoln Rd., Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
To raise money for end-of-year activities including the trip to Washington, D.C., in June, the Lincoln School eighth-graders will hold a fundraiser car wash on Saturday, May 17 from 9:00am-3:00pm at Town Hall. Sign up online in advance or drive up and pay on the day of the event — donations are welcome.

Seedling sale
2025-05-17 11:00 - 14:00 | Food Project field, 90 Concord Rd, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
The Food Project will have a seedling sale on Saturday, May 17 from 11:00am–2:00pm at its Baker Bridge Road field (90 Concord Rd, Lincoln).

Family Invasive Plant Walk
2025-05-17 13:00 - 15:00 | MA
Join LLCT and Danielle Proulx for a fun and educational kids’ program. Young nature detectives will play games, hear stories, and head out on a guided nature walk to track down non native plants. Geared towards elementary-aged children. Learn more and RSVP here.
