August 2024

Fall registrations & 250th events

Join us! Four years beyond the pandemic, and we are still turning lemons into lemonade. If you missed the fun last week, stay tuned for our 2025 Events Calendar out next month for more art-making & more music.

In the meantime, read about the community arts & entertainment planned for August & September below, and get ready for a new season of classes in music, dance, youth theater, or the visual arts!

Calling all artists

If you are an artist or creative of any age, please join us and all Lexington artists to change the date in the 250th Countdown Calendar.

TOMORROW - Friday, August 2

9:30 am

Town Hall

Wear something colorful!

Learn more about Lexington's 250th Anniversary Celebrations here.

Fall Classes

Visual Arts & Theater

Registration opens Monday, Aug. 12 @ 9am. Class listings will be on the website next week!

Be sure to set an alarm to get a spot in your favorite class - or one of our new offerings for the fall:

• Ceramic Teapots - from wheel to table

• Dynamic Painting - with Emily Passman

• Linocuts on Fabric in the Printmaking Studio. More info. online next week!

Dance

DANCE INN: new classes include an all boys Hip Hop class for grades 4-6 on Wednesdays at 4:45, and a 2/3 Year Old Intro class on Friday afternoons at 1:15. 

New adult offerings include an Adult/Teen Barre Conditioning class on Thursday evenings and 3 different levels of Adult Jazz! 

More info. online

LEXINGTON SCHOOL OF BALLET: Now accepting enrollment for beginner through advanced students - ages four through adult in Ballet, Pre-Ballet, Jazz and Modern Dance + Free trial classes!

More info. online

Music

Lex. Music School Open House

Sunday, Aug. 25 - 1 to 3pm

Monday, Aug. 26 - 7 to 8pm

Classes begin August 27

Private lessons are available for string instruments, piano, and voice, as well as group piano lessons for children.

Details online

Lexington Children's Chorus auditions are happing for grades 4-6 (no auditions for grade 3).

Save the date

The Arts & Politics

& You!

Monday, Aug. 12

6:00

We are excited to announce that we will be hosting a free civic engagement workshop with MassCreative, a statewide arts and culture advocacy org., as part of their “Let’s Get Registered” initiative.

The workshop is geared towards ages 16-25, but anyone over 16 is welcome! During the workshop, MassCreative staff members will lead a conversation about art activism and civic engagement, discuss the intersections between the arts and politics, and help you turn your own ideas into action. Read more here.

Refreshments provided

Paint with us!

As part of the 250th celebrations, Lexington is getting some horse sculptures to be painted by artists.

Munroe is getting one (watch for its arrival next week), and inviting YOU, our artists and students to be part of the painting for the horse here.

Sign up here for one or either of our paint days (or just to learn about the "Zentangles" doodling technique!).

Make memories

Save the date: Sunday, Sept. 8 @ 3pm

Come enjoy an hour of connection, conversation, and casual art-making to celebrate Grandparents Day 2024.



We will provide materials and direction to create a whimsical Who Am I? book, involving a fun and easy craft, pretty papers, and lots of opportunities for parent-child-grandparent conversation.

Sign up here

Bikeway Block Party

Co-hosted with the Friends of Lexington Bikeways

Save the date: Sunday, Sept. 15

@11-4pm

There will be 5 parks all along the bike path that will be filled with arts and entertainment. The schedule is full, and we are working on logistical details and building the volunteer crew for the day (email us if you want to help!).

Yoga! Sea Chanties! Dance Lessons! Funk, Punk, Rock music & more!

a community festival with miles of fun!

Stay up to date with what is happening as the website gets rolled out next month!

Porchfest 2024!

Save the date: Saturday, Sept. 28

MCA has just signed up to host bands! If you are interested in hosting, performing, or volunteering, contact the Lexington Council for the Arts, or visit lexingtonporchfest.org

Summer Camp Spotlight!

30 years + 5 weeks of arts and friends and fun

Capital Project Update

For everyone who has sweated with us this summer, know that we are hard at work refining the HVAC design (as well as the elevator addition and accessibility features)!

Joining the team this summer are Greg Buchard from Jones Architecture & Bob Adams (both an accomplished architect AND 2nd-ever MCA Board Chair).

#airconditionedorbust

Recycle your shirts!

We are looking for COLORFUL old t-shirts to be used in a public weaving sculpture that will become a sculpture in East Lexington next month.

If you have some to donate, please email us!

#BikewayBlockParty

Wonder what we've been doing this year? All our newsletters are archived on our website!

Thank you to our community supporters for helping us to bring art to life!