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SUMMARY:May is Mental Health Month
DESCRIPTION:This month\, The Human Services Department is centering care\, connection\, and community. Join us for returning favorites like Goat Yoga and new programs uplifting mental health in marginalized communities.\n\n\n Register: https://lexrecma.myrec.com/info/activities/default.aspx?CategoryID=1569&type=\n\n\n 781-698-4840
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SUMMARY:Open Doors: Work in Fiber and Mixed media
DESCRIPTION:Open Doors: Art Work in Fiber and Mixed Media\nMay 1 -June 25\, 2026 \nOpening Reception: Sunday\, May 31\, 2026\, 2-4 pm \nExhibiting artists: \nAmy Breiting\nSandra Mayo\nElizabeth Rawls\nSirarpi Heghinian Walzer \nFirst Parish Lexington \n7 Harrington Road\nLexington\, MA 02420 \nFor questions\, please contact Sirarpi at 781 307 7306 or SirarpiWalzer@gmail.com
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LOCATION:First Parish in Lexington\, 7 Harrington Road\, Lexington\, MA\, 02421\, United States
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SUMMARY:The WBUR Festival
DESCRIPTION:The WBUR Festival\, happening on Friday\, May 29 and Saturday\, May 30\, 2026\, will feature two days of captivating conversations\, podcast tapings\, musical performances\, and a lively street scene up and down Commonwealth Avenue. \n“The WBUR Festival is serious stuff and wicked fun\, too\,” said Margaret Low\, CEO of WBUR. “Last year was such a smashing success\, we couldn’t wait to do it again. We think of the Festival as our love letter to Boston and beyond — a chance to give back to the people\, the city and the region who fuel WBUR.” \nAlong with WBUR hosts including Meghna Chakrabarti\, Tiziana Dearing\, Indira Lakshmanan\, Lisa Mullins and Robin Young\, the first wave of speakers includes: \n\nJosé Andrés\, chef\, founder of World Central Kitchen — a nonprofit that provides meals in response to global crises — and best-selling author of a new book “Spain My Way\,” coming out in May. Andrés holds two Michelin stars and has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.\nMarty Baron\, former executive editor of The Washington Post and The Boston Globe. Under his leadership\, newsrooms have won 18 Pulitzer Prizes\, including 11 at the Post.\nJohn Bolton\, former United States national security advisor to President Donald Trump\, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and author of “The Room Where It Happened.”\nKatherine Maher\, president and CEO of NPR and former chief executive of the Wikimedia Foundation.\nSamantha Power\, New York Times bestselling author\, Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.\nBryan Stevenson\, public interest lawyer\, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative — a human rights organization in Montgomery\, Ala. — and author of the bestselling memoir “Just Mercy.”\nNicholas Thompson\, CEO of The Atlantic and host of the podcast The Most Interesting Thing in AI. His 2025 memoir “The Running Ground” was recognized as a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year.\nAnd numerous public media friends including musician and host Jad Abumrad\, founder of WNYC’s Radiolab; Allison Aubrey\, NPR health and science correspondent and founding host of Life Kit; Mary Louise Kelly\, co-host of NPR’s All Things Considered and host of the Sources & Methods podcast; and Sam Sanders\, host of KCRW’s The Sam Sanders Show and one of the founding hosts of Vibe Check\, The NPR Politics Podcast and It’s Been A Minute.\nSee additional speakers confirmed so far and get tickets at wburfestival.org.\n\nIn addition to its speaker lineup\, The WBUR Festival will feature a range of community-centered activities. The free street fair open to everyone will return on Saturday\, May 30 with more space and more vendors\, including the Found Boston market with 80 vintage sellers — twice as many as last year. Families can enjoy an all-new Kids Zone and live performances\, including dance lessons with Salsa y Control and entertainment from the WBUR Makers Jake Blount and Kimaya Diggs. Attendees can also help create a massive mural — a guided\, paint-by-numbers community art project designed to bring festivalgoers together and create a shared masterpiece. \nOur Partners \nThe WBUR Festival is made possible in part by the generous support of many civic and cultural institutions. WBUR is especially thankful to our premier sponsors: Takeda\, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Boston Symphony Orchestra; and to our supporting sponsors: The Huntington\, The Mehrotra Institute\, Vivo Performing Arts\, Hartney Greymont\, The Eliot Hotel\, The Trustees\, Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston\, Bartlett Tree Experts and Boston University Fitness & Recreation Center. As our enduring partner and home base\, Boston University helps make The WBUR Festival possible. \nAdditional support is provided by generous donors and sustaining Members who fuel our mission to produce high-quality journalism and enriching experiences that foster understanding\, connection and community. WBUR Members receive special discounts\, benefits and exclusive invitations to Festival activities. Become a Member today and discover all the possibilities while helping to sustain independent journalism. \nTo keep up to date on Festival news\, sign up for the WBUR Events newsletter. Organizations interested in sponsoring The WBUR Festival can reach out to partnerships@wbur.org to learn more. \nAbout WBUR \nWBUR\, founded in 1950\, is Boston’s NPR. An award-winning producer of high-quality journalism on air\, online\, and on stage at CitySpace. With one of the strongest local newsrooms in America\, our journalists cover the most pressing issues in our city and region. Nationally\, WBUR reaches more than seven million people each week with On Point\, Here & Now — a daily newsmagazine produced with NPR — and with a slate of acclaimed podcasts like Endless Thread\, Circle Round and Beyond All Repair.
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SUMMARY:Free Goat Yoga Class at Lexington Community Center
DESCRIPTION:Join us for some mindfulness and animal-assisted therapy in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month! \nLexington Human Services has partnered with Chip-in Farm to offer two Goat Yoga classes here at the Community Center\, open to all abilities. \nThis event is on Friday\, May 29\, outside on the lawn\, classes are at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Each class will feature an instructor-led yoga session\, time to pet the goats\, and of course\, photo ops! \n*Please bring your own yoga mat or towel if you have one. The instructor can accommodate for chair yoga\, so please let us know if in advance so we can have that set up for you. For any questions\, please contact Penny Hogan\, 781-698-4843\, or Juanica Buchanan\, 781-698-4851. \n*Registration is required*
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LOCATION:Lexington Community Center\, 39 Marrett Road\, Lexington\, MA\, 02420\, United States
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SUMMARY:LHS Swing Nite!
DESCRIPTION:Do you love jazz music in the Big Band Swing style\, and have you always wanted to learn how to dance to it? Or\, do you already know how to swing dance\, and are you looking for a place to show off your skills? Well\, then have we got an event for you! It’s our annual LHS Swing Nite!\n\nThe date is Friday\, May 29th. The location\, LHS Commons 2 (use the Waltham Street parking lot and enter through the doors by the loading dock). The schedule is as follows:\n\n7:00 – 7:45 PM Swing Dance group lesson (that’s right\, you’ll have the opportunity to learn the basics!)\n7:45 – 9:00 PM Live music (to dance to!) provided by the LHS Jazz Big Band\, the award-winning LHS Jazz Ensemble\, and our special guest\, the in-demand Beantown Swing Orchestra!\n\nTickets are available at the door\, and cost $15 for adults\, and $5 for students and senior citizens.\n\nCome join us for an amazing evening! See you there!
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