Five Things You Need To Know: June 16

Today is Thursday, June 16, 2011. Here are five things you need to know.

Art Demonstration: The Lynnfield Art Guild holds the final demonstration before the summer break tonight at 7 p.m. at the Lynnfield Senior Center. Featured artist is Susan Hebenstreit of Merrimac, who works in media ranging from watercolor and murals to stained glass, oil and pastels. The public is welcome and doors open at 6:45 p.m.

Lunch Bunch At The Library: Thursdays at  noon, the Lynnfield Library presents a lunctime program for ages 6-12 featuring folk tales from around the world. No registration required.

Redistricting Meeting: Monday, June 20 at 6 p.m. at the city hall in neighboring Lynn, there is a meeting for those interested in preserving the Sixth Congressional District in its present form despite the upcoming redistricting process – where the state stands to lose a seat. Click here for more information. 

Upcoming Photo Galleries: For individuals who enjoy hiking and the outdoors, you can do a lot worse in the Boston than Lynnfield's Bow Ridge Reservation. Your local editor spent two hours exploring this conservation area on Wednesday afternoon and brought home enough pictures to fill four photo galleries in the coming weeks - including one that readers should especially find very interesting.

Boston Bruins Result: Last night, the Bruins became the NHL Stanley Cup champions for the first time since the 1971-72 season.  As a prominent Boston sports writer once said, "these are the good old days."

For more activities in the area, visit the Lynnfield Patch events calendar!