The Festival of Lights program will include a drama presentation by Lincoln High School students, Friday at 7 p.m. at the Lincoln Middle School, Jenckes Hill Road.

If the auditorium fills, the overflow of patrons will take tours and have refreshments in the cafeteria, enjoying “hot potatoes” with all the fixings. This commemorates the theme of this year’s program, which is Education through the Years. Serving hot potatoes to patrons will tie in with the town’s historic one-room Pullen Corner Schoolhouse on Angell Road. This one-room schoolhouse is affectionately referred to in town as the “Hot Potato School.”

For those on the tour, there will be a second presentation in the auditorium at 7:45 p.m. Those attending the first presentation will then be served hot potatoes along with tours of the school.

The Festival of Lights program will continue Saturday at St. Basil’s Church, Skyview Drive. The evening will include performances by the Lincoln High School Concert Band, the Warwick Symphony Orchestra, and a short presentation by elementary school students. There will also be a video presentation depicting the history of education, which will be narrated by historian, teachers, and other town officials presenting their experiences over the years in Lincoln schools. Light refreshments will be served.

An open house will be held Saturday and Sunday at the Valentine Whitman House and Hearthside, both on Great Road. Whitman House will be open Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m., with Santa; and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Hearthside will be open Sunday with Candlelight tours from 1 to 7 p.m. All events are free to the public.

Christmas Bazaar: The Holiday Retirement Home, 30 Sayles Hill Rd., will hold a Christmas bazaar, Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will include hand-made items, raffles, a white-elephant table, food, a penny social and more.

Photo contest: Lincoln Land Trust is holding its amateur photo contest, open to residents of Lincoln age 12 and older. The theme is Lincoln’s Open Space: Explore it! It is looking for pictures of properties that are already preserved, or of ones that you would like to see preserved.

Pictures must be taken in Lincoln. A map open spaces can be viewed on the town website at www.lincolnri.org/directions/open_space_map.asp.

Pictures can be black and white, or color. The size of the picture must be no larger than 8-by-10 inches, and must be unmounted. Digital photographs are allowed, but must be submitted as prints no larger than an 8-by-10 inches.

The photographer’s complete name, address, phone number, and location of the photograph must be attached to the back of the picture.

Pictures can be dropped off at Town Hall, 100 Old River Rd., during regular business hours. Trustees of the Lincoln Land Trust will be the judges for this contest. The contest will run until Dec. 29. Winners will be notified, and will be announced on the town website. For more information, call (401) 724-5292.