Lexington Happenings I Oct 2022

Dismantling Racism in Our Town

Time: Fri, 10/7

10:00 am – 12:00 noon 

Total 7 weeks till Friday, 10/18. 

Location: This training Session will be held via ZOOM. 

Registration for Dismantling Racism in Our Town is now open! Dismantling Racism In Our Town is a seven-week learning journey offered by and for those who live, work, study and/or worship in Lexington or nearby towns. It is designed to strengthen our personal and collective awareness of anti-Black racism and its consequences; and to commit together to undo and repair the legacies of racism and white supremacy in ourselves and our communities.

Learn more and register here for this popular, free learning & action series! Contact Lisa Goodman via email with questions.

This program is supported by the Lexington Human Rights Committee.

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https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd740iP50MXHBSEHdMLDM__xgIrKYuVjh4vRLf6gr_c9CZuLQ/viewform

Panel Discussion on Affordable Housing in Lexington 

Time: Fri, 10/7 9:30 am 

Location: Room 242, 

Lexington Community Center

39 Marrett Road

The League of Women Voters of Lexingon will kick off their 2022-2023 First Friday season with a discussion on the future of affordable housing in Lexington.

There will be a discussion featuring Gretchen Reisig, Vice Chair of Lexington's Affordable Housing Trust Study Committee, as well as Sarah Morrison, Executive Director of the Lexington Housing Assistance Board, Inc. (LexHAB).  Following the discussion, there will be time for questions of the panelists.

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https://my.lwv.org/massachusetts/lexington

Discovery Day 

Time：Sat, 10/8

Address: Mass Ave(between Meriam St. & Waltham Street

Discovery Day, Lexington’s “Town Day”, is a way to learn about more than 100 of Lexington’s businesses and organizations. A street fair, held on Massachusetts Avenue in the town center, it’s a family friendly day of music, entertainment, food, and fun.

http://discoverydayinlexington.com/

Refugee Artisans of Worcester 

Time: Sat, 10/8 to Sun, 10/31 

Location: LexArts

130 Waltham St, Lexington 

Reception and Artists Demonstration: Sun, 10/9, 2:00 pm

The Refugee Artisans of Worcester (RAW) helps refugees gain self-sufficiency through the sale of their artwork. With craft as our common language, LexArt brings RAW artisans to our community. 100% of realized gallery sales supports RAW artisans.

Worcester is one of 27 cities throughout the US that support the relocation and assimilation of international refugees. Founded in 2010 by Worcester residents Ellen Ferrante and Joan Kariko.

LexArt seeks to introduce the RAW non-profit project and its artisans to our community and foster a supportive environment with traditional craft as our common language. We hope it is the first of many such collaborations. One hundred percent of realized gallery sales will support RAW artisans.

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https://www.lexart.org/exhibit-information/refugee-artisans-of-worcester

Fall 2022 Lexpress Walk Series #1 

Time: Tue, 10/11, 10:00 am – 12pm 

Let Lexpress continue to expand Lexington’s walking opportunities without relying on your car. This 2.5+ mile/2-hour walk will traverse parts of 3 Lexington Conservation areas including Dunback Meadow, Cotton Farm and Upper Vine Brook before joining the Minuteman Bikeway. Meet your guide Keith Ohmart in time to board the 10 am Lexpress A2 bus in front of either Crafty Yankee or Cary Library, depending on Center construction activity. We will return to Lexington Center on foot at the end of our walk. Steady rain cancels. 

Leader: Keith Ohmart

kohmart@verizon.net, 781-862-6216

Registration is required. 

To register, please call Lexington Community Center at 781-698-4840.

The 1783 Treaty of Paris: America’s Future on the Brink

Time: Tue, 10/11 13:15 pm 

Presented by Richard Bell, Professor of History, University of Maryland. Signed in 1783, the Treaty of Paris ended the War for Independence and created the United States of America. Delegates from the United States, Great Britain, and France pushed and pulled to secure every advantage. The Treaty of Paris was a triumph for US diplomacy, securing rights to all land east of the Mississippi River, important fishing rights, and the restoration of property and prisoners of war. The Treaty reset relations with Britain and set a new border with Spanish North America. The treaty also damaged the US-French alliance irreparably and left Natives, loyalists, and fugitives from American slavery to fend for themselves.

Registration is required for this event. 

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https://carylibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/the-1783-treaty-of-paris-america-s-future-on-the-brink-with-richard-bell/

A Live Music & Storytelling Series

Time: Fri, 10/14, 7:00 pm 

Location: First Parish in Lexington

7 Harrington Road, Lexington  

Voices on the Green, Lexington’s premier live storytelling and music event at First Parish in Lexington, will return on Friday, October 14,  at 7:00 pm with our first live performance since the pandemic darkened our stage.  

Appropriately, the theme for this show reflects not the frustration and isolation of the last two years but the optimism of our recovery: Silver Linings. Within each of the evening’s stories there is an unexpected discovery, reflection, renewal, transformation, or joy. 

Our storytellers reflect the diversity of our community—a high school junior, a practicing physician, a celebrated poet, a retired educator and musician, a life coach, a radio producer; their stories—funny, poignant, resilient, puzzling, hopeful, and even triumphant—reflect the variety of our experience. 

Beverages and conversation are available before the show and at intermission. Don’t miss “Silver Linings,” at First Parish in Lexington, 7 Harrington Road in Lexington.  – Tickets are $10 and $20 and are available NOW on the VOTG website.

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https://voicesonthegreen.org/event/vog-silver-linings-edition/

Lexington Symphony Youthful Discoveries

Time: Sat, 10/15 7:30 pm 

Location: Cary Hall 

1605 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington 

Britten’s charming masterpiece for all ages is narrated by Resident Artist Emily Marvosh. This piece is paired with Florence Price’s majestic Third Symphony and Richard Strauss' impassioned tone poem, Don Juan.

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https://lexingtonsymphony.secure.force.com/ticket/#/events/a0S6f00000TYAd2EAH

Our Heroes and Impacts 

Time: Thur, 10/20 

7:00 pm – 8:30 pm 

 ZOOM

The LGBTQIA+ community has a long rich history in the world, in the United States, and in our local communities. We want to honor the people, individually and collectively, who worked to make life better for us!

We are proud to bring you this event in which YOU can share your own stories, and the stories of people and events you have witnessed, for True Story Theater actors to reenact.

Have you encountered bias or discrimination—and done something about it?

Were you a part of the first school GSAs established in our community?

Were you part of a local LGBTQIA+ social or family group in the 1900s or early 2000s?

Were you part of the first local gay/lesbian weddings?

Were you among the first openly LGBTQIA+ people to be elected to office? 

Were you involved in the controversy about the school diversity bag—the case that went all the way to the Supreme Court? 

Were you part of the #YesOn3 campaign to preserve civil rights for transgender people in public accommodations? 

Did you participate in or witness the formation of LexPride and its early programming?

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https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lexpride-our-heroes-and-impacts-tickets-423847197377

PUPPET SHOWS IN THE LEARNING GARDEN

The Trolls and the Tree

Date: Saturday, 10/22 (rain date 10/23)      Time: 10:30 am

Location: LexFarm Learning Garden

Admission: Purchase tickets by credit card or cash at the event: $5/person or $15 max per family

Two trolls agree to take care of the fairies’ woodland garden. But when there’s not enough space for their breakfast nook, what should they keep — their deluxe toaster or the fairies’ cherished tree?  Margaret Moody Puppets will delight with an interactive environmental puppet show accompanied by Arlington musician Peter Lehman on lute. Best for ages 5 to 10, 35 minutes.

PUPPET SHOWS IN THE LEARNING GARDEN

Cow and Mouse’s Picnic

Date: Saturday, 9/24 (rain date 9/25)

Time: 10:30 am

Location: LexFarm Learning Garden

Admission: Purchase tickets by credit card or cash at the event:

$5/person or $15 max per family

Cow and Mouse love to play and picnic together — until it’s time to share Cow’s dessert. Join Margaret Moody Puppets for a gentle farm fable told with lively animal puppets. Best for ages 3 to 7, 25 minutes. 

The Never Fading Poppy Project 

Veterans Day Card Making Event

Deadline: 10/ 28 / 2022

Create handmade cards for local veterans. Draw and write with your loving heart and show your appreciation to veterans for their service and dedication. Spread the Happiness!

Receive blank cards, make cards at home and submit!

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https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTpNyagob1mf0X8YnNldBS38_hZEzTRhEaWOllyBNWj9jkyg/viewform

Dear Residents, 

The School Committee has developed a proposal to shift the elementary school start time to 7:45AM starting with the 2023-2024 school year.

The proposal was presented at the school committee meeting last night. No decision has been made yet, and there are plans to collect feedback from elementary school families prior to a vote. So whether you are in favor of or against the idea, rest assured, you will have the opportunity to voice your view. Dates for public hearing has not been posted yet. 

In the meantime, you may send your opinion to the Lexington School Committee: school-com@lexingtonma.org

To read the whole proposal, Scan the QR code:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yKt2jBWmlz8TpCRsgxgTKjU4HSaNfRM-8C_g_YsFPPM/edit#slide=id.g4cfafcb7fa_0_1245

   Help Plan the Future of Lexington's Open Spaces and Recreation Areas

Lexington has slightly over 1,400 acres of town-owned conservation open space areas. These open space areas are considered permanently protected under Article 97 of the State Constitution to protect environmentally sensitive and habitat areas, and to provide for public passive recreational opportunities as well as climate resiliency.

Lexington is updating it's 2015 Open Space and Recreation Plan (OSRP). As we embark on the update, we invite you to join the planning process and share your thoughts. Results will be used to identify goals and objectives for Lexington’s Open Space for the next 7 years! 

Please respond to the survey by October 31.

Scan QR Code to participate 

https://etc-research.com/index.php/8049/lang/en/switch2/WELCOME_GP/switchExtension/CU/

COVID-19 Data; Test Kits Available at Town Buildings

The Lexington Office of Public Health will update weekly COVID-19 case numbers each Friday. The data represented on the dashboard DOES NOT include at-home test results. The data only represents results of PCR and antigen tests verified through the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

View Lexington’s case numbers

View the State’s COVID-19 dashboard

Test Kits Available

Free at-home rapid COVID-19 test kits are available at Town buildings across Lexington.

You can pick up a test at the following locations:

Town Office Building (Health Office) - 1625 Massachusetts Avenue

Fire Department - 45 Bedford Street

Police Department - 173 Bedford Street

Community Center - 39 Marrett Road

Visitors Center - 1875 Massachusetts Avenue

Public Services Building - 201 Bedford Street

Test kits are available during regular business hours (Police Dept. open 24/7) while supplies last.

For questions, contact the Office of Public Health at 781-698-4533.

For New Resident Information!

Welcome to Lexington! Here's some information you may need if you're new to the state and/or town.

https://www.lexingtonma.gov/732/New-Resident-Information

In an emergency, call 911 on your home or cell phone.

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