Lexington Times Magazine

TEDxNewEngland
2025-10-30 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Groton Hill Music Center, 122 Old Ayer Rd, Groton, M, 01450, United States
Join nine extraordinary women honor New England’s leadership in science and technology, spotlighting the power of diverse perspectives in science, creativity, and human understanding.
TEDxNewEngland returns with an extraordinary lineup of nine women who are redefining how we understand the world and our place in it. This year’s event will spotlight the power of diverse perspectives in science, creativity, and human understanding. The speaker lineup spans cognitive science, cultural evolution, psychology, linguistics, music, and poetry.
Website Link: https://tedxnewenglanxd.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tedxne

A Tribute to Bill Evans and Jim Hall: Jazz Duets for Guitar and Piano WITH SHERYL BAILEY (GUITAR) & LEWIS PORTER (PIANO)
2025-10-18 04:00 - 17:30 | M
As a bandleader, Sheryl Bailey has toured the US, Canada, Europe, Australia, Hong Kong, China, Japan, and the UK with her many projects: The Sheryl Bailey 3, The Sheryl Bailey 4, The Electric Ladyland Project, and Plucky Strum. She has 12 critically acclaimed releases as a leader. Sheryl has toured and recorded with The Anat Cohen Tentet, Richard Bona, David Krakauer’s Ancestral Groove, Abraham Inc., John Zorn, Tommy Campbell’s Vocal Eyes, Irene Cara, Lea Delaria, George Garzone, Jack Wilkins, Shingo Okudaira, Steve Slagle, Harvie S, Ken Peplowski, Kim Plainfield, and Gary Thomas. As an educator, she has been a Professor of Guitar at Berklee College of Music since 2000, and was recently named the Assistant Chair of the Guitar Department at Berklee. www.sherylbailey.com Lewis Porter, pianist, educator, author, has performed across the USA and Europe. He was the subject of a full-page article in Downbeat in 2019 and a four-page feature in Jazz Times the same year. He was nominated for a Grammy in 1995 and has won two ASCAP prizes. He appears on 38 albums with Dave Liebman, Marc Ribot, Gary Bartz, John Patitucci, Terri Lyne Carrington, Tia Fuller and others. Critics write that his music makes “a beautifully creative whole” and that he is “a first-rate pianist.” Jazz Journal of the UK wrote: “Technique, imagination and feeling are all at his disposal.” Holding a Ph.D. in musicology, he is well-known as an educator and author, most notably of a celebrated book on Coltrane. His acclaimed weekly jazz essay series on Substack, “Playback with Lewis Porter”(https://lewisporter.substack.com), is followed by over 6,000 jazz fans, scholars, and musicians worldwide.

HOME
2025-10-11 11:00 - 2025-11-02 17:00 | LexArt, 130 Waltham St, Lexington, M, 02421, United States
Oct 11-Nov 2, 2025
Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm

Opening Reception: Oct 16, 6-8pm
Housing Round Table: Oct 30, 5-7pm
LexHAB ‘HOME’ Fundraiser: Oct 23, 6-8:30pm

LexHAB, an affordable housing organization, and LexArt, announce the 2nd biennial Home exhibition is meant to call attention to the issue of affordable housing and help raise funds to support LexHAB’s mission to provide and implement alternatives for the provision of affordable, safe and housing for low and moderate income households

HOME will focus on the theme of ‘home’ and the role of housing in our lives. Whether it is a physical place or an idea, ‘home’ can mean something different at each stage of life and varies by culture and geography. Housing as shelter is a universal human need that is inaccessible for too many, locally and globally. A shelter is a need, a house can be a haven, a nest can be empty, a home can be inhabitable: climate change, income inequality, racism, violence, love, community, and family are just a few of the factors that impact our concept of home and our ability to attain and maintain a home. All submitted works of art share this perspective on the notion of ‘home’.

For more information about LexHAB click here

Juror: Anne Marie Stein
Anne Marie Stein is Assoc. Dean of Professional and Continuing Education at the Massachusetts College of Art. She currently serves on the Newton Cultural Council and the Newton Historical Commission. From 2001-05, she was Director of Development for Northern Light Productions, a documentary film production company, where she oversaw business development and also worked on a number of projects. She has served on national granting committees and panels, served on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the national coalition for media arts organizations, NAMAC, for seven years, was a co-founder of the Boston International Festival of Women’s Cinema and co-director for many years of the New England Film & Video Festival.

Call for Walkers: Register for the 37th Annual Jimmy Fund Walk presented by Hyundai
2025-10-05 08:00 - 17:00 | Boston Common
Registration is open for the 2025 Jimmy Fund Walk presented by Hyundai. Scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 5, funds raised from the Jimmy Fund Walk support all forms of adult and pediatric care and research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The Jimmy Fund Walk will aim to raise $9.5 million this year in the effort to prevent, treat, and defy cancer.

The Details:
The Jimmy Fund Walk is the only organized walk permitted to use the famed Boston Marathon® course, and participants have the flexibility to choose from four distance options:

5K walk: Starting at Dana-Farber’s Longwood Medical Campus
10K walk: Starting in Newton
Half Marathon walk: Starting in Wellesley
Marathon walk: Starting in Hopkinton

All along the route, walkers will be motivated by poster-sized photographs of patients—Jimmy Fund Walk Heroes—that are the heart of the event and appear along the course as inspiration. Walkers will also be treated to refueling stations with refreshments throughout the course.

The event will conclude at the Jimmy Fund Walk Finish Line at Boston Common, by the corner of Charles and Beacon Streets. Finish line activities will include a celebration with food, entertainment, and more. Walkers who prefer to participate virtually can complete their chosen distance from any location

Register as an individual walker, team member, or start a team. Take advantage of this unique opportunity and bring a group of your family, friends, or colleagues together against cancer. To register for the Walk (#JimmyFundWalk) or to support a walker, visit www.JimmyFundWalk.org or call 866-531-9255. Registrants can enter the promo code NEWS for $5 off the registration fee. All registered walkers will receive a bib, medal, and a Jimmy Fund Walk T-shirt. You can also sign up to volunteer on Walk Day.

Lexington Porchfest
2025-09-27 13:00 - 17:00 | M
On Saturday, September 27th, Lexington will trade its quiet charm for the sound of strumming guitars, smooth brass, and voices rising in harmony as the 3rd Annual Lexington Porchfest takes over town. From 1–5 p.m., more than 100 musical acts will perform at over 60 locations, turning porches, lawns, and now—new this year—downtown parks and plazas into stages for an afternoon of free, live music.
Organized by the Lexington Council for the Arts, Porchfest is a grassroots celebration of music in all its forms. Whether you love soulful solo acoustic sets, high-energy cover bands, original compositions, or the power of a full big band, there’s something for every listener. This year marks a milestone: for the first time, performances will fill central gathering spots such as the Visitor Center park, Emery Park, and the steps in front of Cary Library.
Rain date is Sunday, September 28th. For performance schedules, maps, and details, visit lexingtonporchfest.org. Bring your walking shoes, your curiosity, and your love of music—Lexington will provide the soundtrack. Lexington Porchfest is sponsored by a grant from the Lexington Council for the Arts, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
