Community Event

Tour and concert: Lincoln’s historic stone mansion Hearthside, Great Road, will be open for tours, Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. Volunteer docents in period costume will tour guests through the 10-room house, while telling of its storied past.

The Hannaway Blacksmith Shop will also be open for tours Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. Guests can watch blacksmiths at work.

An outdoor concert featuring Pendragon will be held at 6 p.m. at Chase Farm Park. Bring a chair or blanket.

The tour at Hearthside, the blacksmith demonstration, and the concert are all free of charge.

Library Programs

Lincoln Public Library, Old River Road, will host a movie marathon for teens and preteens, age 11 to 18. A trilogy of films starring wizards, elves and magic of middle-earth, based on J.R.R. Tolkien books, will be shown Aug. 19 to 21 from 1 to 5 p.m.

The library is subscribing to TumbleBook Library, an online collection of TumbleBooks, animated, talking picture books for children. The TumbleBook Library collection can be accessed from any computer in the library, or at home by going to www.lincolnlibrary.com and clicking on Kids.

For more information, call (401) 333-2422.

School Note

Davies Career and Technical High School, 50 Jenckes Hill Rd., invites incoming freshmen students and their parents/guardians to the Freshmen Welcome Social, Aug. 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the school cafetorium. Pizza and ice cream will be served. New students and their family members can meet Director/principal Victoria Gailliard-Garrick, as well as some of their teachers and administrators. Attendees are asked to RSVP to Bernie Blumenthal at (401) 728-1500, ext. 237 or Karen Murphy, ext. 236 by Aug. 15. They are asked to leave a message giving the name of the student, and the number of family members who plan to attend.

Religion

Wesley United Methodist Church, 55 Woodland St., is offering a book club on your schedule. Three different book choices will be discussed in three different groups this fall. The books are by Christian author James Moore, When You are a Christian the Whole World is from Missouri; Yes, Lord, I Have Sinned but I have Several Excellent Excuses; and When Grief Breaks Your Heart. When you decide which book you would like to read and discuss, call the church (401) 724-7954 to let them know several of your top choices of when you would like to see the class offered. Classes will be offered at times that suit the most people.