Flu shots for seniors next week
Lincoln residents 65 and over are invited to get a free flu shot at to the Board of Health/COA clinic at Bemis Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 22 from 10 a.m.–noon. The clinic will have only the regular, quadrivalent form of the vaccine; the high-dose vaccine is back-ordered from the manufacturer.
The Centers for Disease Control CDC recommends that everyone 6 months of age and older get the vaccine, with no preference expressed for any one vaccine over another. If you would like the high dose, please sign up with the COA by calling 781-259-8811, and if the public health nurse is able to get the high-dose vaccine, she will contact you to arrange for your vaccination, which could be as late as mid to late November.
There is no out-of-pocket charge, but please bring your insurance card and wear a short-sleeved shirt. Services provided by Emerson Hospital Home Care.
Codman’s annual Harvest Feast coming up
The centerpiece of Codman Community Farms’ annual dinner in the barn on Saturday, November 2 from 5–9 p.m. will be (for the first time in a very long time) a pig roast! Codman’s own slow-roasted, pasture-raised pork will be served with with cornbread, potatoes, salad and apple desserts. Dinner will be followed by a raffle and a barn dance for all ages, with bluegrass music from the Splinters. Tickets are limited, click here to buy in advance.
Event features racial justice author
Author and racial justice educator Debby Irving, in conversation with the Lincoln School’s Claudia Fox Tree and Sharon Hobbs, will present “I’m a Good Person, Isn’t That Enough?” on Wednesday, Nov. 13 from 6:30–8:30 p.m. in the Brooks auditorium. The event is free, but registration is required — click here to register.
Irving, author of “Five Years Later: Waking Up White and Finding Myself in the Story of Race,” utilizes stories from her life to explore systemic racism that goes largely unnoticed but feeds long-held racialized belief systems. By sharing her struggle to understand racism and racial tensions, she offers a fresh perspective of bias, stereotypes, manners, and tolerance. As she unpacks her own long-held beliefs about color blindness, being a good person, and wanting to help people of color, she reveals how each of these well-intentioned mindsets actually perpetuated her ill-conceived ideas about race. She also explains why and how she’s changed the way she talks about racism, works in racially mixed groups, and understands the racial justice movement as a whole. Funded by the Lincoln School Foundation.
Weekend of music, poetry and theater in November
The Delvena Theatre Company presents “The Dickens You Say” on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 1 p.m., and Lincoln residents Evelyn Harris and Mary Crowe present “An Afternoon of Poetry and Music” on Sunday, Nov. 17 at 3 p.m. Both events take place in Bemis Hall and are sponsored by the Lincoln Public Library and the Lincoln Council on Aging.
Through the use of monologues and scenes, the Delvena actors will embody the ridiculous, the romantic and the frightening characters that Charles Dickens created. There’s a bit of scandal and a lot of worship for the writer who loved Boston profoundly. After the show, the cast will lead a lively discussion. Appropriate for patrons 16 and up.
On November 17, Crowe will offer selected readings of poems by Agee, Joyce, Yeats, Dickinson and others, followed by musical settings of these poems by 20th-century computers Copland, Barber, and Hermann played by Harris. The pair will explore how the settings of each piece influence the poetry and vice versa.
Magic Garden open house for infants and toddlers
Magic Garden’s Infant & Toddler Center at 14 Bedford Rd. will host an open house on Tuesday, Nov. 12 from 5–7 p.m. The center has a new playground surrounded in nature for its two groups of children: Little Ducklings (2–15 months) and Little Explorers (15–24 months). The core program hours are Monday through Friday 8 a.m.–3 p.m., with early arrival starting at 7:30 a.m. and latest pick up at 6 p.m. Flexible schedules are available; sign up for two to five days per week.
L-S alumni soccer game
The 27th annual Lincoln-Sudbury Alumni Soccer Game will kick off Saturday, Nov. 30 at noon. Everyone has fun regardless of what shape they’re in – it’s a casual game for alumni from any era. Spread the word and RSVP by posting on this Facebook page and posting there. Questions? Contact Tim Mangini at tim_mangini@wgbh.org.
