A Lincoln couple recently hosted the town’s first TedX event, TedX Walden Pond, which showcased 15 speakers as well as two artistic performances. Co-organizer Nick Morgan said he’s been a longtime fan of TED Talks, where “ideas are front and center, new voices can be heard, and the opportunity to debate interesting topics was there.”…
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Read the latest issue of the Lincoln Chipmunk!
The latest issue of the Lincoln Chipmunk, the quarterly arts companion to the Lincoln Squirrel, has just been published. See what your friends and neighbors have created, and start working on your own submissions — the next deadline is December 11. Questions? Call editor Alice Waugh at 617-710-5542 or email lincolnsquirelnews@gmail.com. chipmunk.lincolnsquirrel.com…
A Q&A with Lincoln’s Elizabeth Graver on her new novel, “Kantika”
Lincoln author Elizabeth Graver and Judy Bolton-Fasman (author of Asylum: A Memoir of Family Secrets) will discuss Graver’s latest novel, Kantika, on Wednesday, May 17 from 7–8:30 p.m. in the Lincoln Public Library’s Tarbell Room. Kantika is a Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New York, exploring displacement, endurance, and…
First Parish music director is a multidisciplinary artist
In the choir loft at the First Parish in Lincoln, music director Miranda Loud moves between roles, sitting to play the organ and then standing to conduct the choir — but doing more than one thing at a time is nothing new to this interdisciplinary musician, artist, photographer, and educator. As one would expect, Holy…
Indoor exhibit space at deCordova to close for at least two years
The Trustees of Reservations announced in a statement that it will suspend indoor exhibitions at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum for two to three years beginning in mid-March. The sculpture park will remain open and no other facilities, programs, events, or operations at the deCordova will be affected. The temporary indoor closure will allow The…
Artwork by Lincoln’s Selvage adorns new MBTA station
By Maureen Belt While thousands of commuters impatiently waited years for the MBTA to extend its Green Line to the Tufts campus in Medford, Lincoln resident Nancy Selvage was at home shaping the art to characterize the new station. Her contribution to GLX (the MBTA’s Green Line Extension project) took more than seven years from…
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Old Town Hall Exchange opens for a day On Saturday, Dec. 3 from 11 a.m.–2 p.m., the Old Town Hall Exchange will open temporarily as a holiday pop-up with inventory that was in place when the shop closed at the start of the pandemic. Everything but candy and consigned items will be 20% off. Swing…
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Christmas trees on sale Starting on Saturday, Dec. 3, Lincoln Boy Scout Troop 127 will be selling Christmas Trees and wreaths from 3–5:30 p.m. at the intersection of Lincoln and Codman Roads. Trees will range from 4′ to 10′ and Scouts will also be selling both decorated and undecorated wreaths. After Sunday, the tree lot…
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L-S alumni soccer game The Lincoln-Sudbury alumni soccer game will be held on Saturday, Nov. 26 at noon. It’s a casual game for alumni from any era. RSVP on this Facebook page. Questions? Email Tim Mangini at tim_mangini@wgbh.org. String and voice concert “Celebrating Collaborations: Sings and Strings” with Music Street will take place on Saturday, Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. in Bemis Hall….
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Covid-19 regional vaccine clinic There will be a Covid-19 vaccination clinic sponsored by the Town of Lincoln/Great Meadows Regional Public Health Collaborative on Friday, Nov. 18 from 4–7 p.m. in the Brooks gym at the Lincoln School. Primary and booster doses for those 6 months and older will be offered. According to the CDC, everyone 5 years and…