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More things to do in Lincoln this month

May 2, 2014

Theater now, music later on at L-S

The LSB Players at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School will stage the final two performances of The 39 Steps tonight and tomorrow, May 2 and 3, at 7:30 p.m. in Kirschner Auditorium. Based on the classic Hitchcock movie, The 39 Steps is an hilarious farce of mistaken identity, who done it, and deadpan humor. Produced in conjunction with the English Department’s Drama in Production class, the show will incorporate complex stagecraft sure to be crowd-pleasing. Tickets are $15 for adults and $8 for students and seniors. Go to the LSB Tickets webpage to reserve seats.

Also at L-S in May, the Lincoln-Sudbury Civic Orchestra (LSCO) will wrap up its 2013-2014 season with its spring concert on Friday, May 30 at 7:30 p.m. Interim Conductor Ray Daniels will direct the orchestra in the overture to Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute, Gabriel Faure’s Pavane for a Dead Princess, Alexander Borodin’s On the Steppes of Central Asia, and Felix Mendelssohn’s Reformation Symphony (#5). L-S senior and Sudbury resident Emily Liang is the featured soloist in the Concerto in A minor, RV 356, by Antonio Vivaldi. Admission is a suggested donation of $10 for adults or $5 for students and senior citizens. A reception will follow the concert.

LSCO is a volunteer community orchestra comprising high school students and adult community members who share a love for preparing and performing substantial orchestral repertoire. The members have classical music training at the intermediate to advanced level and rehearse weekly. Neither professional performing experience nor residence in Lincoln or Sudbury are requirements for membership. Daniels also serves as associate conductor for the Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra and has conducted symphony orchestras throughout the U.S.

For more information about this concert or about participation as a performing member, contact the orchestra at lscivicorchestra@gmail.com.

Spring cleanup at Codman this weekend

Please join us for Codman Farm’s Volunteer Spring Cleanup Work Day on Saturday, May 3 starting at 8:30 a.m. Come for the day or come for an hour. Volunteers will be treated to a great lunch. We’ll find a task to suit your energy level and time commitment. Tasks include:

Barn cleanup
Refrigerator shelf cleaning
Brush burning
Wood pile moving
Wood chip spreading
Sugar shack cleanout
General trash pickup (tell the kids it’s a hunt!)
Painting

Dance Spot at deCordova.

Dance outside at deCordova on Sunday

Try out your moves on outdoor dance floors in the deCordova Sculpture Park on Sunday, May 4 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Multimedia artist Elisa H. Hamilton pairs colorful diagrams, site-specific dance routines and songs in her participatory installation Dance Spot. Free with admission or membership.

Also on Sunday at the deCordova: celebrate jewelry artist Wiwat Kamolpornwijit, Artist of the Month at the deCordova Store for May 2014, during a drop-in weekend reception at 2 p.m. Admission to deCordova Store is always free.

Garden Club fundraising sale is on May 10

Get out your trowels and potting soil—it’s time for the Lincoln Garden Club’s biennial fundraiser plant sale on Saturday, May 10 at the Codman Barn. There will be something for every type of garden including perennials from local gardens, rare and unusual specimens, patio planters, herbs and shade plants. This year we have an abundant number of peonies and unusual lilies and irises, as well as hostas, ornamental grasses, echinacea, daisies, geraniums, anemones, spirea, trillium, astilbe, bee balm, bleeding heart, coriopsis, rubeckia, and much more. To entertain the kids, the Garden Club has a fun hands-on craft planned that will make a perfect Mother’s Day gift.

Plants will be sold from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., so plan to spend the morning browsing for plants. This fundraiser supports the Garden Club activities such as the planter in front of the library, floral arrangements for home-bound residents, and public lectures on gardening topics. Questions? Email Belinda.gingrich@verizon.net. Learn more on the Lincoln Garden Club website and hear news about meetings and events.

A capella night to support LEAP

Join fellow Lincolnites for a night of a capella at Bemis Hall on Friday, May 16 from 7-10 p.m. to support LEAP (the Lincoln Extended-day Activities Program). There will be food, drinks and fun, as well as a silent auction and raffle to support LEAP, Lincoln’s longtime afterschool program. Prizes to bid on include dinner and a movie with babysitting, gift certificates to salons, a basket of wine, a loaf of bread every month for six months from Nashoba Valley Bakery, 18 holes of golf, Red Sox tickets, and more. Tickets are $25 ($30 at the door). Come to LEAP to purchase tickets in advance. Child care for the event will be provided at LEAP for $10 per child. Reserve a spot by May 14. To donate something to our benefit auction or raffle, please contact Kathryn Hawkins at978-505-8751.

Rev. Daniel MacDonald and Eva Elder of St. Anne’s show off their pie-baking skills.

Pie-baking competition at St. Anne’s on May 16

St. Anne’s-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church is hosting a pie-baking competition as a fundraiser for the youth mission trip this summer. The event takes place starting at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, May 16 in Flint Hall. We’ll have pies for judging, pies for eating and pies for buying.

You can submit a pie to be judged in any one of four pie categories (fruit, custard and cream, savory, and exotic); prizes will be awarded for each category as well as Best in Show. Register online at www.stanneslincoln.org. There will also be a pizza pie dinner and live music with admission to this fabulous event. Come hear more about our mission trip to New York City in July, and help support its funding by entering a pie, or buying a pie, or just coming to enjoy the festivities.

“What Makes Me White?”

The Lincoln METCO Coordinating Committee (MCC) will present the 45-minute film What Makes Me White? on Monday, May 19 at 6 p.m. in the Brooks Auditorium. The documentary discusses the role of race in the daily lives of white people. Designed as a gentle tool for the classroom, boardroom, and house of worship, the film avoids blame, guilt, or “political correctness.” The hope is to inspire individuals to reflect on the invisible influence of whiteness on personality and life. The audience will engage in a discussion of the feelings and thoughts raised by the film. Students in grades 6-8 can also see the film on Wednesday, May 21 at 12:40 p.m. Lunch will be provided courtesy of the MCC.

Program offers low-cost rain barrels

April 26, 2014

Haven’t installed a rain barrel yet? Did you install one last year and need a second one to collect more water? The Lincoln Water Department has again teamed up with Upcycle Products Inc. to offer low-cost barrels. Order them online by May 10 from the Upcycle.com website (click on the Lincoln form in the right hand column). The barrels will be delivered for pick up at Stonegate Gardens on South Great Road on Saturday, May 17 from 4-6 p.m.

Using rain barrels to water your gardens reduces the water drawn from our drinking water supply, helping Lincoln to achieve the DEP’s water conservation goals while simultaneously saving you money. The soft, chemical-free rain water is very good for grass and other plants. During a rain storm, an enormous quantity of water runs off a roof, so you may want to order more than one. Each 4’ x 8’ section of roof that receives a quarter-inch of rain will fill a 55-gallon barrel.

“Peter Pease has been our best customer so far,” says Lincoln Water Commissioner Ruth Ann Hendrickson. “I went to see his installation. He uses four to supply soaker hoses and two to fill buckets for hand watering. Peter reports that he had to use sprinklers far less last summer in spite of the weeks without rain.”

All the Upcycle Products plastic rain barrels were originally used for transporting food products to the U.S. from overseas, while the oak barrels were used for whiskey, so this program not only promotes water conservation but also diverts large quantities of material from the waste stream. Reuse is the best form of recycling.

Council on Aging events for May

April 24, 2014

Here are the events scheduled for May by the Lincoln Council on Aging.

Sublime sunflowers: pastel paint like the masters
May 2 at 1 p.m.
The COA is pleased to present award-winning pastel artist Greg Maichack who will offer his new hands-on workshop for beginners to advanced artists in pastel painting on Friday, May 2 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Bemis Hall. Maichack will provide insights into the lives of sunflower painters van Gogh, Monet and O’Keefe, and then participants will be coached to create their own sunflower paintings. The workshop is free, but please call the COA at 781-259-8811 to sign up. This workshop is supported in part by a grant from the Lincoln Cultural Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

Library to be closed for five days

April 23, 2014

The Lincoln Public Library will be closed from April 28 through May 1 so insulation can be installed. Fines for materials due during that time will be waived. The library apologizes for any inconvenience.

Early May is packed with Lincoln events

April 23, 2014

Here are just a few of the events coming up in Lincoln early next month. Click the links for details in the Lincoln Squirrel calendar or on the website of the group that’s running the event.

May Day Merriness — Thursday, May 1
1-2:30 p.m., Drumlin Farm
We’ll make and decorate May baskets, then gather flowers from spring’s bounty to fill them. Plant some flower seeds in the garden and some to take home. This is a great family program for all ages. Registration is required; $12 for Mass Audubon members, $15 for nonmembers. More info…

Bitten by a tick? Free testing available

April 21, 2014

If you were bitten by a tick, the Tick-Borne Disease Network will test 100 Lincoln ticks free of charge on a first-come, first-served basis and let you know if the tick carried a disease.

Ticks will be tested for three common pathogens: Borrelia burgdorferi (which causes Lyme disease), Anaplasma phagocytophilium, and Babesia microti, and the results will be provided to residents to share with their medical providers. The test results are anonymous and will help local and state agencies build a stronger surveillance database for informing public health disease prevention programs and tracking tick-borne disease.

If you’re bitten by a tick, carefully remove it using tweezers and place it in a sealable plastic bag (the lab can analyze a tick submitted in almost any condition). Go to TickReport.com, complete an online submittal form, write the order number provided on the plastic bag, and send it in an envelope with the tick to the address indicated on the website. After 100 ticks from Lincoln have been submitted for testing, residents may obtain testing for a significantly reduced fee. Call the Lincoln Board of Health at 78-259-2613 for more information.

Tick experts will also discuss tick control and tick-borne disease prevention on April 30 at 7 p.m. in Brooks auditorium (see the Lincoln Squirrel, April 15).

The testing program is funded by a $111,300 grant from the Patrick administration’s Community Innovation Challenge (CIC) grant program. The CIC’s goal is to help towns and regions across Massachusetts form new partnerships and develop strategies to further common goals—in this case, identifying the prevalence of tick bites and the presence of pathogens that cause tick-borne disease. The grant funds testing and analysis by the Laboratory of Medical Zoology at UMass-Amherst. The partner communities are Acton, Barnstable, Bedford, Bourne, Brewster, Buckland, Carlisle, Charlemont, Chatham, Concord, Conway, Deerfield, Dennis, Eastham, Falmouth, Gill, Harwich, Hawley, Heath, Leyden, Lincoln, Mashpee, Monroe, Nantucket, Orleans, Provincetown, Sandwich, Shelburne, Truro, Wellfleet, Winchester, and Yarmouth.

Obituaries

April 21, 2014

There will be a memorial service in Bemis Hall on Saturday, April 26 at 2:30 p.m. for Martin Mills Jr., 95, who died on March 14.

Other recent Lincoln obituaries:

Lorraine C. Dean, 87 (April 8) — past master of the Lincoln Grange.

Sarah Lerner, 95 (April 9) — an accomplished artist who took great joy in solving crossword puzzles in ink.

Edward Rolfe, 94 (March 27) — former member of the Lincoln Planning Board and the First Parish music committee.

Barbara Silva Fairbanks Radden Walker, 96 (March 9) — preschool founder and advocate of special education in the Boston.

Trail walks led by Conservation staff

April 18, 2014

Visit a different area of Lincoln’s open space each week on Wednesday walks led by Conservation Department staff on Wednesdays from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Walks are typically about 2.5 miles long. Wear sturdy shoes and always dress for the weather (walks are held rain or shine). Meeting places and descriptions are listed below.

See art exhibits in Lincoln before they close

April 17, 2014

Bahar Yurukoglu, Primordial Future, 2013. Photo by Clements Photography and Design, Boston.

deCordova Biennial

The 2013 deCordova Biennial—a survey exhibition showcasing 21 sculptors, painters, filmmakers and installation artists from all over New England—closes this Sunday, April 20. The Biennial fills four floors of the Museum and extends into the Sculpture Park. Even the front entrance plaza comes alive as artist-in-residence Thomas Willis works out of Biennial artist John C. Gonzalez’s cabin, Home Depot House. The exhibition has been covered by the Boston Globe and NPR Morning Edition on WGBH, among others.

Library exhibit

Artwork by students from the Carroll School in Lincoln is on display in the Lincoln Public Library’s first-floor gallery through the month of April.

School district art show

The Lincoln school district art show will be on view in the Hartwell building from June 2-11, 2014, with an opening reception on Tuesday, June 3 from 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Codman Community Farms news

April 17, 2014

Club Codman is Saturday, May 10

The dance event of the season is also an important fundraiser for Codman Community Farms. Club Codman turns on the disco lights on Saturday, May 10 from 7-10:30 p.m. Groove to the wildest dance tunes from the ’70s, ’80s and beyond, and prepare to be amazed at lip-synch performances and shredding air-guitar solos throughout the evening. Go to this CCF web page to purchase tickets ($30 apiece) and send your song requests through our new online survey.

“Moms Gone Bad” at a previous Club Codman.

New president, board members elected

The Codman Community Farm board of directors elected new members at its annual meeting in March. Andy Stevenson has stepped up to be the board’s new president. New members on the board are Chandler Fritz, David Alperovitz, Erica Mason, and Drew Shilling. Past president Marshall Clemens will continue on as a board member, but we bid farewell to members finishing their terms: Sarah Killick (past CCF board president), Lindsay Clemens, Jeff Patterson, and Andy Ory.

Membership renewal time is now

All Lincoln residents received an invitation to become members of Codman Community Farms or renew their membership for 2014. Membership dues greatly support the activities of the farm and allow you visit all year. If you live outside Lincoln or simply lost your mailer, you may sign up for membership online.