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7:30 PM
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To Reach the Golden Door - playreading
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Contact: Erin McCormack 781-962-3528 dkkelm@aol.com
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Munroe Saturday Nights presents a staged reading of "To Reach the Golden Door," a musical play by area playwright Joyce VanDyke about the challenges facing today's immigrants, as well as those assimilated into American culture, in a changing Boston neighborhood. Lexington-based conductor Mary Neumann is the music director of the intergenerational cast of In Good Company, Inc. The performance is free to the public with donations gratefully accepted. Seating is limited. For reservations or further information, email: saturdays@munroecenter.org. Please include the number in your party and plan to arrive by 7:10 pm to claim your reservation. Parking is available on the street or in the lot at the rear of Munroe Center for the Arts.
http://www.munroecenter.org
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Location: Community of Christ Church, 1386 Mass. Ave., Lexington, MA
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Saturday June 8, 2013
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8:00 AM
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LHS Field house decoration for All-night graduation party
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Contact: Melanie Blower 781-862-0677 miblower@gmail.com
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Many hands are needed to help decorate the LHS Field House for the 2013 All-night Graudation Party (to be held the evening of Sunday June 9, following graduation)
Come early and stay late, bring a friend!
You can volunteer via the volunteerspot web site: please follow this link to sign up. http://tinyurl.com/2013ANGP
Any questions, please contact Melanie Blower, miblower at gmail dot com or leave msg at 781-862-0677
Thanks!
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Location: Lexington High School
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10:00 AM
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4:00 PM
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Lexington Field & Garden Club Garden Tour
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Contact: Ann Webster 781-862-1605 LFGC024@gmail.com
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Mark your calendars now for a very special event! The Lexington Field & Garden Club's biennial Garden Tour will be held, rain or shine, on Saturday, June 8th, from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. “Delightful Diversity: A Tour of Seven Unique Lexington Gardens” is the title of this year's tour. For the first time, dancers will be performing in one of the gardens, where refreshments will also be provided. You won't want to miss the opportunity to view these beautiful gardens.
Advance tickets will be $20 and can be purchased after May 16th at either the Lexington Visitors Center, Seasons Four, Wagon Wheel Nursery & Farmstand, or Wilson Farm. Tickets purchased on the day of the tour will be $25 and can be purchased only at the Lexington Visitors Center.
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2:00 PM
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Gallery Talk, Journeys and Discoveries: The Stories Maps Tell
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Contact: Polly Kienle 781-861-6559 pkienle@monh.org
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Maps can chart everything from newly explored territories, familiar hometowns or distant theatres of war. Join Hilary Anderson Stelling, Director of Exhibitions and Audience Development and curator of the exhibition, to learn more about the stories maps tell. Free.
http://www.nationalheritagemuseum.org
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Location: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library (National Heritage Museum) 33 Marrett Road, Lexington, MA
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2:00 PM
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3:00 PM
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Journeys and Discoveries: The Stories Maps Tell
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Contact: Polly Kienle 781-861-6559 pkienle@monh.org
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In "Journeys and Discoveries: The Stories Maps Tell," maps can chart everything from newly explored territories, familiar hometowns or distant theatres of war. Join Hilary Anderson Stelling, Director of Exhibitions and Audience Development and curator of the exhibition, to learn more about the all the varied and interesting stories maps tell. Free.
Journeys and Discoveries: The Stories Maps Tell
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Location: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library (National Heritage Museum) 33 Marrett Road, Lexington, MA
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7:00 PM
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Lexington Symphony's Concert in the Round with Yuki Beppu, violinist
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Contact: Rebecca Hawkins 781-274-8233 rhawkins@lexingtonsymphony.org
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Lexington Symphony's June Concert in the Round features Lexington resident, 16-year-old violinist Yuki Beppu in Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending.
Experience Lexington Symphony in an up-close and personal way at this informal summer evening concert "in the round." Meet and mingle with the players and gain new perspectives on the orchestra - which is placed in the middle of Cary Hall. Audience members have the opportunity to change seats between musical works to gain different perspectives on the music and the musicians, including sitting right in the middle of the orchestra.
Programming features each section of the orchestra, playing favorite music of the players, with commentary by Music Director Jonathan McPhee. A wonderful way to get to know the Lexington Symphony, a professional orchestra and one of the top orchestras in the region.
Q&A with Music Director Jonathan McPhee and orchestra musicians at 6pm.
Tickets $40; Students $20. Buy online, by phone at 781 523-9009 and in person at Crafty Yankee (cash/check only).
Lexington Symphony
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Location: Cary Hall
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7:30 PM
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Spring A Cappella Jamboree
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Contact: Jeffrey Leonard, Performing Arts Coordinator, Lexi 781-861-2320 x 2021 leonard@sch.ci.lexington.ma.us
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Place: Lexington High School, Donald J. Gillespie, Jr. Auditorium, 251 Waltham Street, Lexington, MA 02421
Ticket Price: $10 for adults, $5 for students and seniors. Tickets may only be purchased at the door.
Event Description: Come enjoy the final a cappella concert of the year and hear Euphoria, Guacamole, Mixed Nuts, Onomatopoeia, Peanut Butter & Jelly, Pitch Pipes, and Rock Paper Scissors perform this evening.
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Location: Lexington High School
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Wednesday June 12, 2013
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7:00 PM
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Cary Memorial Library Presents Ted Reinstein, Author of New England Notebook
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Contact: Elizabeth Dickinson 781-862-6288 ext 250 edickinson@minlib.net
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Written by a native New Englander, New England Notebook offers plenty of intriguing tidbits, fascinating destinations and captivating characters: plus an exceptional selection of unusual foods, goods, services and events. Author Ted Reinstein shares his firsthand look at the first, the oldest, the biggest, the smallest, and all the unique offerings of our New England region!
Ted Reinstein has been a reporter, producer, and occasional anchor for WCVB-TV Channel 5's Chronicle, the nation’s longest-running local nightly newsmagazine, since 1995. New England Notebook, his first book, was recently named one of this year’s “Top 10 Travel Books” by National Geographic Traveler magazine.
http://www.carylibrary.org
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Location: Cary Library Meeting Room
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Friday June 14, 2013
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8:00 PM
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Follen Church's Youth/Junior Choirs present Iolanthe
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Contact: Lynnell Stern 7818632452 lynnellstern@aol.com
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Follen Church, 755 Mass Ave, Lexington, MA Friday June 14th and Saturday June 15th at 8 p.m.!!
Iolanthe is a comic opera with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It is one of the Savoy operas and is the seventh collaboration of the fourteen between Gilbert and Sullivan.
Iolanthe was first produced in London at the Savoy Theatre, on 25 November 1882, three days after Patience closed, and ran for 398 performances. It was the first of Gilbert and Sullivan's operas to premiere at the Savoy Theatre. The story concerns a band of immortal fairies who find themselves at odds with the House of Peers. The opera satirises many aspects of British government and law. Tickets may be purchased at brownpapertickets.com end of May. We always sell out so purchase early!
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Friday June 14, 2013
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Gilbert and Sullivan Operetta at Follen Church
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Contact: Lynnell Stern 781-863-2452 lynnellstern@aol.com
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The Youth and Junior Choirs at Follen Church will present a Gilbert and Sullivan Operetta at 8pm on June 14th & 15th, 2013. Please come back for details at the beginning of 2013!
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Tuesday June 25, 2013
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7:15 PM
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Lexington Bicentennial Band Summer Concert Series
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Contact: Karen Gill 617-291-5786 cadbury44@gmail.com
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The Lexington Bicentennial Band, under the direction of Jeffrey P. Leonard and Alfred W. Dentino, will begin its summer outdoor concert series on Tuesday June 25, 2013 at 7:15 PM. Concerts continue every Tuesday evening throughout the summer, with the final concert on Tuesday August 20, 2013. Concerts are held at the Levi Burnell Bandstand in Hastings Park, at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Worthen Road.
Concerts are free and open to the public, and the bandstand park area is handicapped accessible. Programs include marches, show tunes, Dixieland, and classical arrangements for band. Bring a blanket or chair, and bug spray. Many people also bring picnic dinners. For more information, visit our web site at www.lexbicband.org or call
781-862-0500 ext. 707, after 5 p.m. on the day of the concert for cancellation information.
http://www.lexbicband.org
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Location: Hastings Park
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Tuesday July 2, 2013
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7:15 PM
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Lexington Bicentennial Band Summer Concert Series
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Contact: Karen Gill 617-291-5786 cadbury44@gmail.com
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The Lexington Bicentennial Band, under the direction of Jeffrey P. Leonard and Alfred W. Dentino, will begin its summer outdoor concert series on Tuesday June 25, 2013 at 7:15 PM. Concerts continue every Tuesday evening throughout the summer, with the final concert on Tuesday August 20, 2013. Concerts are held at the Levi Burnell Bandstand in Hastings Park, at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Worthen Road.
Concerts are free and open to the public, and the bandstand park area is handicapped accessible. Programs include marches, show tunes, Dixieland, and classical arrangements for band. Bring a blanket or chair, and bug spray. Many people also bring picnic dinners. For more information, visit our web site at www.lexbicband.org or call
781-862-0500 ext. 707, after 5 p.m. on the day of the concert for cancellation information.
http://www.lexbicband.org
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Location: Hastings Park
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