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Dear Newcomer Friends,
We are looking for members who would like to be on our board to help with existing committees or interested in starting a new one. We are also always looking for new hosts for activities.

Open Positions include:
Recording Secretary – records board meeting minutes
Publicity/Marketing – help to promote and advertise our group
Database/Social Media Manager – work with web presence and FB pages
Escapes/Tours Planner – plan day/evening outings and tours
If you are interested in being a more active part of LNC, please contact either of us.
Sheila Tweeddale and April Smith Ziegler
LNC Presidents

https://www.lexington-newcomers.org
https://www.facebook.com/LexingtonNewcomersClub
Join our yahoo group, LNC_MA, to place to share info and receive announcements relative to Lexington
Here are the options:
To subscribe, email: lnc_ma-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
To post a message, email: lnc_ma@yahoogroups.com
To unsubscribe, email: lnc_ma-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com

Lunch Bunch
Wednesday, May 11 @ 12:00 pm
Sichuan Garden
2 Alfred St, Woburn
“Sichuan Garden’s Baldwin mansion, which offers a unique dining aura, excellent food and services, has won itself five-star reviews. Sichuan cuisine is well known as one of the four famous cuisines in Chinese food culture. Sichuan Garden will continue working on preparing and presenting best specialties from China.” http://sichuangardenrestaurant.com/cuisine

Please RSVP to Liz Murray by Monday, May 9
Please let us know if you would like to share/offer a ride and how many you can accommodate.
elizabeth.murray1@comcast.net

Book Club
Wednesday, May 25 @ 7:30pm

“To Rise Again at a Decent Hour” by Joshua Ferris
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this big, brilliant, profoundly observed novel by National Book Award Finalist Joshua Ferris explores the absurdities of modern life and one man’s search for meaning. At once laugh-out-loud funny about the absurdities of the modern world, and indelibly profound about the eternal questions of the meaning of life, love and truth, TO RISE AGAIN AT A DECENT HOUR is a deeply moving and constantly surprising tour de force.

Please RSVP to Lorri: lorrikern@gmail.com or Sue: suemstapleton@gmail.com for host address.

Coffee Talk
Wednesday, May 18 @ 10:00am
Paul Maison De Qualite
62 3rd Ave. Burlington (across from Wegmans)
We invite you to join us for an informal coffee time to get to know each other and
learn more about LNC or just spend time with friends!
No RSVP required; this is a drop in event.

Bunco 
A game for everyone!
Tuesday, May 10 from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Ante for the Bunco game is $5.00. After Bunco, we also like to play a game called “Left Right Center”; please bring $3.00 for this game if you wish to play. We ask that participants bring a bottle of wine or drink of choice and an appetizer or dessert to share.
Please RSVP to allihinman@hotmail.com for venue information and parking directions.

Family Bingo Night
Friday, May 20, 6:30-8:30 pm
Lexington Community Center
39 Marrett Road
$10 Per Family
Each member of your family gets two bingo cards and we will play 10 rounds. Lots of fun prizes. Space is limited to 20 families! Pizza and soft drinks will be served.
Please RSVP and include the number of family members attending,
RSVP by Friday, May 13 to Kessa Coleman Glisic
kessacoleman@gmail.com

Discovery Day Lexington
Saturday, May 28, 10:00 am-3:00 pm

Celebrate the beginning of summer at Lexington’s annual Discovery Day. This springtime tradition combines a street fair and sidewalk sale, and will again be held in the Muzzey Street/Waltham Street Municipal parking lot behind Michelson’s Shoes. Come on over and enjoy Lexington’s Greatest Street Fair–
a Fun Filled Day for the Entire Family!

LNC will be hosting a table. If you are interested in working a shift at the booth, please let us know at lexintongma.newcomers@gmail.com.
Be sure to stop by and say “Hello”!

Dear Newcomer Friends,
April is an exciting month for Lexington. Here is a link to all the wonderful Patriot Day activities around town. http://www.lexingtonma.gov/patriots-day-lexington
We hope you enjoy the events we have planned. Stay tuned for our upcoming
activities later in the spring including the International Party, family picnic and high tea at the Boston Public Library. We have also discussed the idea of planning an “Accessory Exchange” party, where you bring unwanted items to trade with friends. Let us know if this interests you or if you have other suggestions. We would love to hear from you.
We are still looking for people who would like to be on our board to help with
existing committees or start a new one. We are also always looking for new hosts for activities. If you are interested in being a more active part of LNC, please contact either of us.
Sheila Tweeddale and April Smith Ziegler
LNC Presidents
https://www.lexington-newcomers.org
https://www.facebook.com/LexingtonNewcomersClub
Join our yahoo group, LNC_MA, to place to share info and receive announcements relative to Lexington
Here are the options:
To subscribe, email: lnc_ma-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
To post a message, email: lnc_ma@yahoogroups.com
To unsubscribe, email: lnc_ma-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com

Lunch Bunch
Friday, April 8 12:00 pm
Sichuan Garden
2 Alfred St, Woburn
“Sichuan Garden’s Baldwin mansion, which offers a unique dining aura, excellent
food and services, has won itself five-star reviews. Sichuan cuisine is well known as one of the four famous cuisines in Chinese food culture. Sichuan Garden will
continue working on preparing and presenting best specialties from China.”
http://sichuangardenrestaurant.com/cuisine
Please RSVP to Liz Murray by Wednesday, April 6 elizabeth.murray1@comcast.net
Please let us know if you would like to share/offer a ride and how many you can accommodate.

Book Club
Tuesday, April 12, 7:30pm
at the home of Kristine Arena
153 Cedar Street
“The Incarnations” by Susan Barker
Hailed by The New York Times for its “wildly ambitious…dazzling use of language” and “mesmerizing storytelling,” The Incarnations is a “brilliant, mind-expanding, and wildly original novel” (Chris Cleave) about a Beijing taxi driver whose past incarnations over one thousand years haunt him through searing letters sent by his mysterious soulmate.
Please RSVP to Lorri: lorrikern@gmail.com or Sue: suemstapleton@gmail.com

Coffee Talk
Tuesday, April 26, 10:00am
Liz Murray’s home
5 Peachtree Road
We invite you to join us for an informal coffee time to get to know each other and
learn more about LNC or just spend time with friends!
No RSVP required; this is a drop in event.

Bunco
a game for everyone!
Wednesday, April 27 from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Amanda Zinke hosts
7 Abbott Road
Ante for the Bunco game is $5.00. After Bunco, we also like to play a game called “Left Right Center.” Please bring $3.00 for this game if you wish to play.
We ask that participants bring a bottle of wine or drink of choice and an appetizer or dessert.
Please RSVP to allihinman@hotmail.com

Dear Newcomers,
The holidays are upon us. There are fun activities planned that we hope you have
time to fit into your busy schedules.

Please take the time to answer our survey http://goo.gl/forms/8uFWwNegcy
We need your feedback to better know what you want, what is working and what
needs improvement. If you have ideas, are willing to host events, or would like to
help please let us know!

If you haven’t renewed your membership for 2015-2016 there is still time. We have tried to make it easier by providing an online payment option. Go to our website www.lexington-newcomers.org and visit the “Join” tab, then click on the “pay membership fee” link. This will take you to a secure PayPal site that will allow you pay online. NOTE: If you have joined since April 1, you are paid in full until 2016. We will be closing out our membership soon and preparing our mailing list so don’t miss out! You may still send in a check made out to “Lexington Newcomers” to our membership chairperson: Liz Murray, 5 Peachtree Road, Lexington, MA 02420 We wish you a wonderful holiday season and a bright new year.

Sheila Tweeddale and April Smith Ziegler

SAVE THE DATE
Monday, Dec 7 7:30 pm Book Club
Friday, Dec 11 12:00 noon Lunch Bunch
Tuesday, Dec 15 7:30 pm Bunco
Thursday, Dec 17 7:30 pm Annual Cookie Exchange

Holiday Cookie Exchange Thursday, December 17 from 7:30-9pm
Home of Tom and Marisa DeFay’s
35 Dexter Road (corner of Simmonds and Dexter Road, Blue house)

Bring a plate of cookies to exchange and a bottle of wine or beverage to share!
Never been to a cookie swap? Bring a dozen or more of your favorite holiday cookie and return home with an equal number of assorted cookies.
Bring your cookies on a plate to display and remember a container to take your new assortment home.

Not into cookies? No problem, just come to socialize.
This is an adult only event.
Please RSVP to Marisa at defayfamily@gmail.com

Book Club Monday, December 7th 7:30pm
at the home of Amanda Zinke, 7 Abbott Road

“The Lowland” by Jhumpa Lahiri, National Book Award Finalist, Shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling author of The Namesake comes an extraordinary new novel, set in both India and America, that expands the scope and range of one of our most dazzling storytellers: a tale of two brothers bound by tragedy, a fiercely brilliant woman haunted by her past, a country torn by revolution, and a love that lasts long past death.

Please RSVP to Lorri: lorrikern@gmail.com or
Sue: suemstapleton@gmail.com

Lunch Bunch, Friday, December 11, 12 noon at
Bejing Chinese, 1709 Mass Ave, Lexington, MA 02472

http://www.beijingchinesedining.com

Located in Lexington center, Beijing Chinese Dining offers a comfortable sit down dining experience and a relaxing bar for local residences and visitors.
Our goal is to offer high standard food and friendly service, which makes for the perfect dining experience, so come and visit our restaurant for the best Chinese cuisine.

Please RSVP to Liz Murray by Wednesday, Dec. 9th
elizabeth.murray1@comcast.net

BUNCO Tuesday, December 15 from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Bunco is a fun dice game, no experience required! We also end the night with a game of Left/Right/Center. Ante for both games is  $8.00 ($5.00 for Bunco and $3.00 for LRC-$1.00 bills appreciated).

If you are unfamiliar with these games, come and enjoy the evening, meet new
friends and learn new games. They are fun and easy! We ask that participants
bring a bottle of wine, and an appetizer or dessert.

PLEASE RSVP to Allison Smith allihinman@hotmail.com as soon as possible. Details of the evening will be sent to those who will be joining us.

Dear Newcomers,
It is time to renew your membership for 2015-2016. We are a little late in getting
this reminder out as we have added a pay online option through our website.
Go to our website www.lexington-newcomers.org and visit the “Join” tab, then click on the “pay membership fee” link. This will take you to a secure PayPal site that will allow you pay online. We hope that this new feature adds a bit of convenience for you. We plan to continue to use it for other activities in the future as well.
NOTE: If you have joined since April 1, you are paid in full until 2016.
You may still send in a check made out to “Lexington Newcomers” to our
membership chairperson:
Liz Murray
5 Peachtree Road
Lexington, MA 02420
Be well,
Sheila Tweeddale and April Smith Ziegler

SAVE THE DATE
Wednesday, Nov 11    7:30 pm         Book Club
Friday, Nov 13             12:00 noon   Lunch Bunch
Thursday, Nov 19        7:30 pm        Bunco

Book Club Wednesday, Nov 11 at 7:30pm at the home of Peg Smith
Book: “Boys in the Boat” by Daniel James Brown
Please RSVP to Lorri: lorrikern@gmail.com or Sue: suemstapleton@gmail.com

Lunch Bunch Friday, November 13, 12 noon
New Ginza, Japanese Restaurant http://www.newginzaboston.co
65 Galen St, Watertown, MA 02472
Please RSVP to Liz Murray by Wednesday, Nov. 4th
elizabeth.murray1@comcast.net

BUNCO Thursday, Nov 19 from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Bunco is a fun dice game, no experience required! We also end the night with a game of Left/Right/Center. Ante for both games is $8.00 ($5.00 for Bunco and $3.00 for LRC-$1.00 bills appreciated)
If you are unfamiliar with these games, come and enjoy the evening, meet new
friends and learn new games. They are fun and easy! We ask that participants
bring a bottle of wine, and an appetizer or dessert.
PLEASE RSVP to Allison Smith allihinman@hotmail.com  as soon as possible
Details of the evening will be sent to those who will be joining us.

Dear Newcomers,

We are pleased to present to you the new official LNC Logo!

I’d just like to take this opportunity to reflect on my 2 year role as co-president, to thank you all for your support. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed being part of planning our monthly activities as well as being present at most of them! Mark and I have met so many wonderful friends in this group. We will continue coming to events in the future too! You will be in great hands as I hand over the reigns to Sheila Tweeddale and April Ziegler, your new co-presidents.

Thank you to all our committee and board members for an outstanding year! We met new friends, learned new things, ate great food, drank good wine, read interesting books, played games, traveled and had amazing parties. We enjoyed getting to know everyone. If you meet new neighbors or friends over the summer, please remember to invite them to join Lexington Newcomers!

Hope you had a wonderful summer, safe travels and I look forward to seeing you at the fall kick-off party in September.

Best,
Tracy Chase

Please “like” our Facebook page at Lexington Newcomers Club https://www.facebook.com/LexingtonNewcomersClub

We would like to recognize our outgoing board members and welcome our incoming board members for 2015-2016.

Outgoing:                                                       Incoming:
Tracy Chase, Co-President                           April Smith, Co-President
Toni Daugherty                                              Lesley Segal, Bunco
Stephanie Hayes Hsu                                    Judy Riveness, Events
Rosa Rios
Dawn Ruznak

Thank you to everyone leaving for all you have done. We look forward to all the fresh ideas that our new team will bring to the organization.

Walking Group

Walk with us every Tuesday at 8:30 am (beginning September 8th!) and chat away the calories.

Good weather (45 degrees or warmer and dry): Meet at Starbucks on Bedford Road
Inclement weather (below 45 degrees or wet): Meet at AuBonPain Burlington Mall

Please let us know by Monday whether you’re coming so that we will wait for you and so that we may confirm our venue for the week.

Contact: Sue Stapleton – suemstapleton@gmail.com

BUNCO

Wednesday, September 16 from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Bunco is a fun dice game, no experience required! We also end the night with a game of Left/Right/Center. Ante for both games is $8.00 ($5.00 for Bunco and $3.00 for LRC–$1.00 bills appreciated)

If you are unfamiliar with these games, come and enjoy the evening, meet new friends and learn new games. They are fun and easy!

We ask that participants bring a bottle of wine, and an appetizer or dessert.

RSVP to Allison Smith allihinman@hotmail.com as soon as possible.

Details of the evening will be sent to those who will be joining us.

Lunch Bunch

Friday, September 18th at 12 noon

Lexx Restaurant
1666 Mass Ave, Lexington
www.lexxrestaurant.com

Modern, yet warm, American bistro with a varied menu, including vegetarian items, & outdoor seating

RSVP to Liz Murray by Wednesday, by September 16th
elizabeth.murray1@comcast.net

Book Club

Tuesday, September 8 at 7:30pm at the home of Sue Stapleton

“Those Who Save Us” by Jenna Blum

Combining a passionate, doomed love story, a vivid evocation of life during the war, and a poignant mother/daughter drama, Those Who Save Us is a profound exploration of what we endure to survive and the legacy of shame.

Please RSVP to Lorri: lorrikern@gmail.com or Sue: suemstapleton@gmail.com