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"Golden Rule: Songs of Corruption and Justice"
2025-07-22 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | St. Anne’s Church, 147 Concord Rd, Lincoln, MA, United States
The Society for Historically Informed Performance will present a summer series of concerts at St. Anne’s-in-the-Fields Church. Tickets are $5–$35. Click here for details on programs and performers. All concerts are on Tuesday evenings at 7:30pm.

July 22 — Golden Rule: Songs of Corruption and Justice

July ID plant walk
2025-07-23 09:45 - 12:00 | TBA
Join Jeff Adams for a summer guided nature walk at Tanner’s Brook. We’ll focus on plant ID with select natural history and lore, and we’ll use helpful identifiers such as galls, leaf shapes, flowers, fruits and diagnostic characteristics that enable us to immediately identify the plant. Register here.

Concert: Desperate Measures
2025-07-23 18:00 - 19:30 | Codman Field, Ballfield Road, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
A four-piece classic rock band. See them at Concord’s Porchfest in June.

Concert: Sweet Wednesday
2025-07-26 18:00 - 20:00 | Drumlin Farm, 208 S Great Rd, Lincoln, MA, United States
Spread out your picnic blankets, enjoy a cold sweet treat from Super Star Ice Cream Truck, and kick back for a summer evening of music in the outdoors with Boston-based folk band Sweet Wednesday on Saturday, July 26 (rain date: August 9) from 6:00-8:00pm. For one night only, the farm will be open after hours for the performance. The band is graciously donating their time to Drumlin Farm with this benefit concert. Tickets ($6 for kids, $9 for adults) are required; a few will be available for purchase at the door. Sanctuary admission is free with your ticket.

Geneaology
2025-07-28 18:00 - 19:30 | Lincoln Public Library, 3 Bedford Rd, Lincoln, MA, United States
Genealogy has become much more popular with the ease of finding information on the Internet, but far from everything for your family history is on the Internet. Starting with the forms common in genealogical research, we will explore research techniques, census reports, researching at repositories, internet research, organizing and writing in order to help you create a lasting family heirloom. This class will have something for both the beginning and experienced family researcher. Registration required.

"La Magnifique: Music at Versailles"
2025-07-29 19:30 - 21:00 | St. Anne’s Church, 147 Concord Rd, Lincoln, MA, United States
The Society for Historically Informed Performance will present a summer series of concerts at St. Anne’s-in-the-Fields Church. Tickets are $5–$35. Click here for details on programs and performers. All concerts are on Tuesday evenings at 7:30pm.

July 29 — “La Magnifique: Music at Versailles”

Summer Tomato Galette Workshop
2025-07-30 17:30 - 19:30 | Codman Community Farms, 58 Codman Rd, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
More information and registration here.

Concert: Jumpin' Juba
2025-07-30 18:00 - 19:30 | MA
The group mixes regional styles of blues from Chicago, Memphis and New Orleans together with rootsy rock and roll. Listen on Apple Music.

Secret Lives of Moths
2025-07-31 19:30 - 20:30 | Zoom
Join Emily May of the Xerces Society for a fascinating look into the secret lives of moths, beetles, flies, and other nocturnal pollinators. Register here.

Concert: "Reimaginings"
2025-08-05 19:30 - 21:00 | St. Anne’s Church, 147 Concord Rd, Lincoln, MA, United States
The Society for Historically Informed Performance will present a summer series of concerts at St. Anne’s-in-the-Fields Church. Tickets are $5–$35. Click here for details on programs and performers. All concerts are on Tuesday evenings at 7:30pm.

August 5 — “Reimaginings”

Concert: Leslie Mendelson
2025-08-08 18:30 - 20:00 | deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum, 51 Sandy Pond Rd., Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
The concert with Leslie Mendelson is part of the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum summer concert series. You’re welcome to picnic in the park. Purchase beer, wine and food at the Twisted Tree Café in advance (note: outside alcoholic beverages are not allowed on the property). Well-behaved, leashed dogs are welcome.

CCF summer stewardship work day
2025-08-15 13:00 - 15:00 | MA
Join a committed group of volunteers to help clear forest understory at Codman South. This is the last work day of the summer! Sign up here.

Low Lily Band
2025-08-15 18:30 - 20:00 | deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum, 51 Sandy Pond Rd., Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
The concert with the Low Lily Band is part of the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum summer concert series. You’re welcome to picnic in the park. Purchase beer, wine and food at the Twisted Tree Café in advance (note: outside alcoholic beverages are not allowed on the property). Well-behaved, leashed dogs are welcome.

Library in the Landscape: Nature Sanctuary
2025-08-16 10:00 - 12:00 | MA
Library in the Landscape welcomes young minds to enjoy live storybook reading and hands-on art making inspired by Nature Sanctuary. Library in the Landscape is an interactive experience designed to spark imagination, foster curiosity, and inspire a love for both art and reading. Register here.

Craft & Chill: Octopuses
2025-08-19 16:00 - 17:00 | Lincoln Public Library, 3 Bedford Rd, Lincoln, MA, United States
Create some colorful cephalopods. These craft events are for giving yourself a mental break and having some fun with other chill adults. All supplies are provided by the library. For ages 16+.

Film: "Female Perversions"
2025-08-21 18:00 - 20:00 | Lincoln Public Library, 3 Bedford Rd, Lincoln, MA, United States
In her U.S. film debut, Academy Award winner Tilda Swinton stars as a bisexual lawyer on the edge of professional breakthrough, personal breakdown, and sexual awakening. Shocking when it was first released in 1995, it is now deemed a feminist classic. Sponsored by the Lincoln Library Film Society.

Talent show to benefit kids
2025-08-24 15:00 - 17:30 | Bemis Hall, 15 Bedford Rd, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
Vama Gandhi, a rising senior at L-S, is organizing a talent show with Maddy Csendes through Kids4Humanity to raise money for Save the Children’s Emergency Fund on Sunday, Aug. 24 from 3:00-5:30pm in Bemis Hall. Everyone is welcome to participate, and talents can range from a magic trick, dancing, singing, playing a short piece on an instrument, or anything that makes you happy. All participants will receive a gift card as a donation from partnered local businesses. Register here by Wednesday, Aug. 20 and/or donate here (the goal is to raise $2,500). Questions? Email kids4humanity2025@gmail.com.

Meet & play for new students
2025-08-25 09:30 - 11:30 | Lincoln School red playground, Ballfield Road, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
(Note: the date and times have been updated since this event was originally posted.)
The Lincoln PTO welcomes incoming kindergarteners as well as all new students joining the Lincoln community on Thursday, Aug. 27 at the Lincoln School’s Red Playground for lemonade and a snack.

Kindergarten meet & play: 11:00–noon
New Lincoln family meet & play: noon–2:00pm

If you’re interested in helping with this, please email ptochair@lpto.org. Volunteers are encouraged to bring their children regardless of grade.

PTO back-to-school picnic
2025-09-04 17:00 - 19:00 | Lincoln School back field, 6 Ballfield Rd., Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
The Lincoln PTO is hosting it annual back-to-school picnic on Thursday, Sept. 4 from 5:00–7:00pm on the Lincoln School back fields. Local groups and organizations will have tables with information for students and families to learn more and get involved. If you would like your organization to host a table at the picnic, please respond via this form. Park in the lot closest to the red playground and walk around the back of the school. If the weather does not cooperate, the event will be held in the middle school gym. Pizza (one slice per student) and water will be provided to kids. Families are encouraged to set up picnic blankets, bring additional food, reconnect, and celebrate the kick off of the school year.

Garden Club: Lemonade in the Park
2025-09-07 15:00 - 17:00 | MA
The Lincoln Garden Club invites anyone interested in joining the club to come to a Lemonade in the Park party on Sunday, Sept. 7 at 3:00pm. Meet some of the members, socialize, and learn about what the club does. Please RSVP to belinda.gingrich@gmail.com.

LOMA: Almost Grown-Ups
2025-09-08 19:00 - 22:00 | Bemis Hall, 15 Bedford Rd, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
Almost Grown-Ups (selected members of The New Grown-Ups) will be the headliners at the next Lincoln Open Mic Acoustic (LOMA) on Monday, Sept. 8 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.

Rep. Gentile virtual office hours
2025-09-12 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
State Rep. Carmine Gentile (D-Sudbury) will hold virtual office hours on Friday, Sept. 12 from 10:00am–noon. Any constituent who wishes to speak to Rep. Gentile can sign up for a 20-minute time slot by emailing his legislative aide, Ravi Simon, at ravi.simon@mahouse.gov. Please provide your full name, address, phone number, email, and discussion topic.

Community reading of U.S. Constitution
2025-09-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Lincoln School auditorium
The Lincoln Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Anti-Racism Committee (IDEA) is sponsoring a community read of the U.S. Constitution in celebration of National Constitution Day. All Lincoln and Hanscom residents, staff, and students in grades 5 and up may volunteer to read aloud a portion of the Constitution, including the amendments. The event takes place on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 7:00pm in the Lincoln School auditorium, followed by a dessert reception. If you would like to be a reader (even if it’s just a paragraph!), contact Rob Stringer at urbanvineyard@gmail.com or Jennifer Glass at jglassselect@lincolntown.org by Friday, Sept. 12 at 5:00pm.

Film: "Echo in the Canyon"
2025-09-18 18:00 - 20:30 | Lincoln Library Tarbell Room, 3 Bedford Rd, Lincoln, MA, United States
The Lincoln Library Film Society will screen “Echo in the Canyon” (2018, PG-13) on Thursday, Sept. 18 at 6:00pm in the library’s Tarbell Room. The documentary celebrates the explosion of popular music that came out of L.A.’s Laurel Canyon in the mid-1960s as folk went electric.

Build a bug
2025-09-20 13:00 - 15:00 | LLCT/RLF offices, 145 Lincoln Road, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
Learn about bug parts, enjoy a short nature walk, a story, and build your own bug with natural and craft materials. Please RVSP here.

Get your antiques assessed
2025-09-20 13:30 - 16:30 | Lincoln Public Library, 3 Bedford Rd, Lincoln, MA, United States
Do you have an item whose value you’ve always wondered about? Rick Keller of Perfect Pastime 617 is offering a community-wide collectibles appraisal event and will be at the Lincoln Public Library on Saturday, Sept. 20 from 1:30–4:30pm. Registration for a 10-minute time slot is required beforehand, and registrants must supply photos of what they plan on bringing in before the event. Similar events in other towns are listed here.

Medicine Making
2025-09-21 13:00 - 16:00 | Codman Community Farms, 58 Codman Rd, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
Click for details.

"Geothermal Energy – Clean, Renewable, Proven"
2025-09-24 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
On Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 7 p.m., MetroWest Climate Solutions and Green Newton will offer a free webinar on geothermal technologies. In 2017, Boston-based HEET.org proposed that gas utilities, which have millions of miles of gas pipes laid under streets, replace those pipes with water-filled geothermal pipes. The warmed pipes would transfer their warmth to ground-source heat pumps designed to both heat and cool homes. Last year, Eversource launched the first geothermal network in Framingham built by a gas utility that moved over 130 customers onto geothermal energy for all heating and cooling. It is believed to be the first project of its kind in the world. Angie Alberto Escobar, HEET’s gas-to-geo transition director, will provide an overview of geothermal technology and an update on the Framingham project and will discuss what’s next for this energy source. Register here for the webinar.

Medicinal Plant Walk
2025-09-26 18:00 - 19:30 | Codman Community Farms, 58 Codman Rd, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States

Goat's milk soap making
2025-09-27 13:00 - 15:00 | MA
Codman Community Farms is offering a workshop on how to make soap from goat’s milk on Sunday, Sept. 27 from 1:00–3:00pm. $45 plus $10 fee for materials. Click here to register.
