Posted onSeptember 1, 2018byadmin|Comments Off on Welcome to the Lexington Neighbors & Newcomers
Lexington Neighbors & Newcomers is a social organization of Lexington residents, and offers a wide array of activities such as book groups, cocktail parties, museum visits, game nights, coffee talks, charitable projects, mens’ pub nights, walking groups, and more. We also endeavor to be a source of helpful information and social contacts in your new (or old) hometown!
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We hope that everyone and their families are doing well and staying safe. It’s been great seeing some of your faces at our virtual Book Club and Trivia Night.
We are continuing to hold off on organizing LNN in-person gatherings. If you wish to gather informally with LNN friends, that is perfectly fine, you are welcome to set things up and even post it to our Facebook page.
Hope to see you at this month’s virtual events! If you wish to see more virtual events, let us know at lncexecs@lexington-newcomers.org or feel free to post ideas/thoughts to the Facebook group.
Be well, Katie and Pam (Co-Presidents)
Upcoming Activities
Ladies’ Night
Wednesday, June 3 at 7:00pm
Reconnect virtually with your LNN lady friends, beverages optional! We’ll be meeting over Zoom. We’ll take turns and give everyone a few minutes to update us on how you and your family are coping. We would also like to hear about other virtual activities you’d like to see from LNN. Stay as long as you can. No pressure. We miss seeing your lovely faces.
RSVP: by June 2 to Netice at netice71@yahoo.com. You’ll receive a Zoom link/password the day of the event.
Book Club Thursday, June 11 at 7:30pm
Join us for a virtual Book Club in June! Our book for discussion will be the New York Times Bestseller The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King. The Good Neighbor, the first full-length biography of Fred Rogers, tells the story of this utterly unique and enduring American icon. An engaging story, rich in detail, The Good Neighbor is the definitive portrait of a beloved figure, cherished by multiple generations.
Join us for another night of virtual trivia. Play alone, with a spouse/partner or have the family join in on the fun! Household teams with the most correct answers win a gift card for a Lexington restaurant.
RSVP by the evening of June 24 to Philippa at philippajcox@yahoo.co.uk. You’ll receive a Zoom link/password and further instructions on how to connect. Contact Philippa with any questions.
Anyone out there interested in virtual art classes? If so, email us at lncexecs@lexington-newcomers.org. We would like to see how many of you are interested and what particular type(s) of classes you would like.
Anyone out there interested in virtual cooking classes? If so, email us at lncexecs@lexington-newcomers.org. We would like to see how many of you are interested and if you’d prefer more of a demonstration format or a hands-on cook-along format.
Needless to say, we are postponing all LNN activities for the month of April. We will keep you posted if things change for any events in May. We miss you all and miss our fun activities.
Right now, it is important we all stay safe, strong and positive. Please let us know if there is any assistance you or your family may need during this time of isolation. We have many members who are willing to help and assist.
Even though we can’t meet up in person, there’s nothing preventing us from reaching out via phone call, text or email. If you want to get in touch with another member, you can find them in the LNN Directory. If you have any questions or if information needs updating, contact Sadia at membership@lexington-newcomers.org.
Book Club Survey
Book Club Survey – We Need Your Input! We are in the process of determining the roster of books for next season. Please submit a list of up to five books that you would like to read next season. We will create a survey with the submitted book titles and the top nine or ten books as voted on by LNN members will be chosen for next season’s reading list. You do not need to be a member of the LNN Book Club to submit book suggestions or to vote, all LNN members are welcome to participate. Please email your list of up to five book titles to Tania at tania.bojanowski@gmail.com by April 18.
We have our 2019-2020 Membership Directory now available on our website. It contains member’s names, phone numbers and email addresses. Here’s a link http://www.lexington-newcomers.org/?page_id=1052. It’s a great way to get in touch with other LNN members you meet at events. If you have any questions or if your information needs updating, contact Sadia at membership@lexington-newcomers.org.
Regards, Katie and Pam (Co-Presidents)
March Activities
Book Club Survey – We Need Your Input!
We are in the process of determining the roster of books for next season. Please submit a list of up to five books that you would like to read next season. We will create a survey with the submitted book titles and the top nine or ten books as voted on by LNN members will be chosen for next season’s reading list. You do not need to be a member of the LNN Book Club to submit book suggestions or to vote, all LNN members are welcome to participate. Please email your list of up to five book titles to Tania at tania.bojanowski@gmail.com by March 21.
Book Club Thursday, March 12 at 7:30pm
Our book for March, The Hearts Invisible Furies by John Boyne, is a #1 New York Times bestseller. Cyril Avery is not a real Avery — or at least, that’s what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn’t a real Avery, then who is he? Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish community and adopted by a well-to-do if eccentric Dublin couple via the intervention of a hunchbacked Redemptorist nun, Cyril is adrift in the world, anchored only tenuously by his heartfelt friendship with the infinitely more glamourous and dangerous Julian Woodbead. At the mercy of fortune and coincidence, he will spend a lifetime coming to know himself and where he came from – and over his many years, will struggle to discover an identity, a home, a country, and much more.
RSVP to Priya at priyanpatel@yahoo.com before Tuesday, March 10th. Location details sent out the day before. Members are kindly asked to bring a bottle of wine or an appetizer to share.
Lunch Bunch Friday, March 13 at 12:00pm
You won’t have to venture too far for this month’s Lunch Bunch. We’ll be dining at Lexington’s own Town Meeting Bistro, the lovely restaurant inside the Inn at Hastings. Menu features the best ever clam chowder, plus other soups, salads and sandwiches. We are so lucky to have this amazing restaurant in Lexington center, come out and support it!
Where: Town Meeting Bistro, 2027 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington
Start your day off with coffee and conversation with your LNN friends, old and new! Feel free to stay the whole time or just pop in for a quick visit.
Host: Banu Onay
No RSVP: Just drop in! Any questions, email Netice at netice71@yahoo.com
Bolly-X Tuesday, March 17, 6:30pm
Join us for a dance fitness class combining dynamic choreography and amazing music from the Indian film industry. It is a 50 minute cardio workout that cycles between high and low dance sequences. Let’s have fun while moving our bodies! Stick around after class for light appetizers and drinks. Note that a minimum of 10 people are required in order to run this class.
Where: Academy of Creative Arts Studio, 12A Street, Burlington
Never played bunco? Don’t even know exactly what it is? No problem! Bunco is a fun, simple dice game. If you’ve never played before, we will show you how. So come out for a fun night of games and socializing.
Bring: $5 ante for Bunco; $3 for L-R-C (exact amount appreciated!); and a beverage or snack to share
Walking group is going strong! Come out on a Tuesday and join us. Walks are about an hour to an hour-and-a-half in length. Email Claire at clairenedham@gmail.com to be added to the email group and receive the weekly walk details which are typically sent out the night before.
Save the Date
Mark your calendars for the following April events!
April 2 – Men’s Pub Night April 3 – Lunch Bunch April 8 – Book Club April 15 – Pinot’s Palette April 29 – Coffee Talk April 30 – Ladies’ Pub Night And also save-the-date for the LNN Year-End Party on May 29!!
Photo Gallery
Hot off the presses….a pic from last night’s Mardis Gras party. Lots of feathers, beads, masks and sparkles. Great turnout and a great party!! Tuesday walking group is going strong this winter!
Community Happenings
“400 Years in 40 Minutes”
Friday, March 20, 7:00 PM, at the Depot We all know what put Lexington on the map – the famous events of April 19, 1775. But did you know that Lexington had a long and spectacular history both before and after the battle? Inspired by PechaKucha presentations, join us for a whirlwind tour of Lexington’s past, from pre-colonial Native American society, to the present. Along the way, meet some of Lexington’s most intriguing characters throughout the years, and see how the town progressed from a sleepy farming community to the vibrant cultural center it is today. Presented by long-time Historical Society volunteer Marsha Baker, this will be a fun and comprehensive introduction to town history for residents old and new! Will your favorite slice of Lexington history be highlighted? Stop by to see!
Free and open to the public! Reservations are required. Please call the office at 781-862-1703 or email programs@lexingtonhistory.org to reserve your seat.
We are about mid-way through the 2019-2020 LNN season. Hopefully you’ve been able to attend some of our events. If not, check out what’s going on in February/March, mark your calendars, and come on out! Also, if you have ideas for events, other comments, want to host a coffee/bunco, etc. email us at LNCexecs@lexington-newcomers.org. We love to hear from our members!
Regards, Katie and Pam (Co-Presidents)
February Activities
LNN Masquerade Cocktail Party
When: Saturday, February 29 at 7:00pm Where: Aloft Hotel Lobby Bar, 727 Marrett Rd
Check your mail for an upcoming Evite with more event details
Ladies’ Pub Night Open House Thursday, February 6, 7:00-9:30pm
This event is open to existing members as well as potential new members. Feel free to spread the word and bring a friend or neighbor. This is a chance to meet new women from the Lexington community and to find out more about the great benefits of joining LNN. Appetizers will be provided.
Our book for February,Educated: A Memoirby Tara Westover, is a #1 New York Times bestseller and has been named one of the best books of the year. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if she’d traveled too far, if there was still a way home.
RSVP to Priya at priyanpatel@yahoo.com before Sunday, February 9th. Location details sent out the day before. Members are kindly asked to bring a bottle of wine or an appetizer to share.
Coffee Talk Wednesday, February 12, 10:00am-12:00pm
Start your day off with coffee and conversation with your LNN friends, old and new! Feel free to stay the whole time or just pop in for a quick visit.
Host: Deb Fortin
No RSVP: Just drop in! Any questions, email Netice at netice71@yahoo.com
Lunch Bunch Thursday, February 27 at 12:00pm
This month we are lunching at Yard House, which opens its Burlington location on February 3. A beer-focused restaurant and bar chain, it offers over 100 American-style dishes made from scratch daily, and the world’s largest selection of draft beer with 130 taps.
OK, it’s a chain, but we still need to check out the newly opened Yard House in Burlington, next to the Barnes & Noble. Join us as as we choose among 130 draft beer choices !
Walking group is going strong! Come out on a Tuesday and join us. Walks are about an hour to an hour-and-a-half in length. Email Claire at clairenedham@gmail.com to be added to the email group and receive the weekly walk details which are typically sent out the night before.
Save the Date
Mark your calendars for the following March events!
March 12 – Book Club March 13 – Lunch Bunch March 16 – Coffee Talk March 17 – BollyX March 26 – Bunco
Photo Gallery
January coffee talk – thanks to Jyoti for hosting! January book club – thanks to Netice for hosting!
Community Happenings
“Small Yet Mighty” Winter Farmer’s Market
The Lexington Farmer’s Market is a producer-only market, ensuring that what you find is fresh and local, sustainably raised and carefully crafted. Each week, there will be ten farmers and vendors on-site, offering items for breakfast to dinner and everything in between. Visit our website for more information.
Where: The Waldorf School, 739 Massachusetts Avenue in Lexington.
When: Every other Saturday, January 4 – April 11 from 11:00am-2:00pm (Jan 4 & 18, Feb 1, 15, & 29, Mar 14 & 28, Apr 11)
We hope you all enjoyed the holidays! LNN is a wonderful, welcoming community. We have a wide variety of events planned to accomodate different tastes and schedules for this coming year. Check out what’s coming up and hope to see you soon! Also, beginning this month we will start including future activity dates, so you’ll have plenty of time to plan ahead.
Walking group is going strong! Come out on a Tuesday and join us. Walks are about an hour to an hour-and-a-half in length. Email Claire at clairenedham@gmail.com to be added to the email group and receive the weekly walk details which are typically sent out the night before.
Book Club Thursday, January 9 at 7:30pm
Our book for January, Circe by Madeline Miller, is a #1 New York Times bestseller and has been named one of the best books of the year by over twenty-five different publications and organizations. Circe is both epic and intimate in its scope, recasting the most infamous female goddess from the Odyssey as a hero in her own right. With unforgettably vivid characters, mesmerizing language and page-turning suspense, Circe is a triumph of storytelling, an intoxicating epic of family rivalry, palace intrigue, love and loss, as well as a celebration of indomitable female strength in a man’s world.
RSVP: email Priya at priyanpatel@yahoo.com before Tuesday, January 7th. Location details will be sent out the day before to those able to attend. Members are kindly asked to bring a bottle of wine or an appetizer to share.
Trivia Night Monday, January 13 at 6:30pm
Join us in a friendly pub quiz / trivia competition hosted by Kings Bowl in Burlington. Join team LNN to socialize and answer random trivia questions. We play in teams of six, with absolutely no pressure to get correct answers! There is no fee to play; purchase food and drinks at your own discretion. Note that this is a co-ed event – men and women are welcome, come single or as a couple.
Arrive at 6:30pm so we can get organized into teams and order food/drinks. Gameplay begins at 7:00pm.
Where: Kings Bowl, 52 Second Ave., Burlington (across from Wegmans)
Join us for the first lunch bunch of 2020 at the lovely Cafe Escadrille in Burlington. Its stunning architecture has all the warmth and charm of an elegant country estate complete with the Grand Parlor’s magnificent stone fireplace. The lunch menu features the very best of New England fare – food and traditional dishes that have been valued for generations.
Bunco (& Left-Right-Center) Wednesday, January 22 at 7:00pm
Bunco Night is an opportunity for the ladies of LNN to get together and socialize. The focus is on meeting people and having fun – the game itself is very simple and easy to learn. So if you have never played before, don’t worry! It’s especially great for people new to LNN because you’ll be put at a table with 4 people and then you rotate tables all night, so you’ll have to chance to meet lots of people.
Bring: $5 ante for Bunco; $3 for L-R-C (exact amount appreciated!); and a beverage or snack to share
Coffee Talk Wednesday, January 29, 10:00am-12:00pm
Start your day off with coffee and conversation with your LNN friends, old and new! Feel free to bring along a friend or neighbor who may be interested in learning more about LNN.
Host: Jyoti Justin
No RSVP: Just drop in! Any questions, email Netice at netice71@yahoo.com
Men’s Pub Night Thursday, January 23 at 7:30pm
Mark your calendars for the first Men’s Pub Night of the decade!
New for 2020, in addition to the current month events listed above, we’re also giving you a head’s up on events for the subsequent month. So mark your calendars!
February 6 – Ladies’ Pub Night February 11 – Book Club February 12 – Coffee Talk February 27 – Lunch Bunch, Men’s Pub Night February 29 – Mardi Gras Party!!
Photo Gallery
Annual holiday party…and just happened to coincide with Banu’s birthday! December Book Club
Community happenings
Lexington’s 7th Annual MLK Day of Service
Join the Lexington community on Monday, January 20, 2020 in reflection and celebration of Dr. King’s legacy. Social action, educational events, opportunities for meaningful conversations and much more are part of a full day of activities. Take an impactful break from your ski day, shake those winter chills and participate any of the various family-friendly volunteer activities to serve those less fortunate!
The Lexington Farmer’s Market is a producer-only market, ensuring that what you find is fresh and local, sustainably raised and carefully crafted. Each week, there will be ten farmers and vendors on-site, offering items for breakfast to dinner and everything in between. Visit our website for more information.
Where: The Waldorf School, 739 Massachusetts Avenue in Lexington.
When: Every other Saturday, January 4 – April 11 from 11:00am-2:00pm (Jan 4 & 18, Feb 1, 15, & 29, Mar 14 & 28, Apr 11)
