On Tuesday evening, April 30, from 7-8:30 pm, join the Tree Committee at the Meeting House, 617 Main Street, Lynnfield for a free presentation on “Adverse Human and Environmental Effects of Light Pollution” by Dr. Mario Motta, Dark Sky Expert and Astronomer, Chair of the Committee on the Medical Effects of Light Pollution and President of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO). Dr. Mario Motta has an infectious enthusiasm for observing the night sky, an unequaled passion for preserving its natural beauty, and a dedication to sharing his experiences with others in the hopes that they, too, will come to love the stars as much as he does. Light pollution can disrupt breeding, migration, and other wildlife behaviors. Moths, for example, can congregate around streetlights to the point of exhaustion, while sea turtle hatchlings can die after becoming disoriented by artificial lighting near the shore. Humans, too, suffer because of worsening light pollution. In addition to obscuring views of the night sky, it is also a health hazard causing, among other issues, sleep disorders and depression.
 Dr. Motta, a former Lynnfield resident, has been recognized for his tireless work to protect our precious night skies from the ravages of light pollution, thereby guaranteeing the future of variable star observing.&nbsp;

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Dark Skies Presentation

Tuesday April 30, 2024: On Tuesday evening, April 30, from 7-8:30 pm, join the Tree Committee at the Meeting House, 617 Main Street,...

Local Artists and the Community will celebrate Art at the Lynnfield Arts Festival on Saturday May 4th at the Lynnfield Meeting House and on the Common 
The Lynnfield Art Guild (LAG) is delighted to announce that its Spring Arts Festival will offer a Judged Arts Show and Sale and an opportunity for the public to create art, observe artists at work and interact with local artisans and organizations. Join the festivities on Saturday May 4th from 10 AM – 4 PM at the Meeting House, 617 Main Street, and on the Common. There will be vendor and artisan tables, creative activities including free face painting for kids, live music and dance, a bake sale, raffles, and prizes. The Guild is proud to again host a booth with Tiny Art and larger donated works. Local organizations and Town committees with booths include Centre Congregational Church, Girl Scouts Troop 8259, Friends of the Library, Library Foundation, Lynnfield for Love, Lynnfield Rail Trail, Lynnfield Rotary, Lynnfield Tree Committee, the Lynnfield Veterans/American Legion and the Village Home and Garden Club. 
Guild members Yvonne Blacker, Steve Grieco and Anne Mullen will demonstrate their art on the Common. Sixteen artisan tables on the Common include Kola Tree, Kish Pots, April Rose Jewelry, Grateful Tastes, Kingdom of Ceramics, Fascinating Pearls, Create a Dream with Busy Fingers, Brewster Road, EJW Designs, Blue Aster Photography, Helen Coukos, Sasquatch Woodworks, Judy Moriarty, Nicole Werth Designs, Natalia Zvontsova, and Judith Armistead. LAG members exhibiting in booths on the Common include Kendall Inglese Lark Studio, Lisa Hertel Cogitation Zone, Heidi Reynolds Re-Create Studio, Rick Obey Roventeur and Dan Abenaim Paintings. 
In the Meeting House over a hundred pieces of original art and photography by Guild Artists will be for sale along with works by Lynnfield High School art students will be held alongside and artists. At the start of the show there will be an Announcement of both the ribbon winners chosen by the judges: painter Terry Christopher; photographer Frank McDonough and artwork creator Annette Sykes. Several cash prizes will be awarded by the Savings Bank. Also inside the Meeting House will be the Guild’s famous bake sale of individually wrapped goods, a fabulous raffle and a silent auction. The raffle includes a Lottery Tree, restaurant gift cards, original art and gift baskets and the silent auction is for two former LAG presidents’ paintings Where Surf Meets Rock
(Michael B. Karas) and Glass Jars and Baskets (Helen Malcolm). 
Outside on the Common, D.J. John Bohn will entertain the attendees until the 1 PM performance of the local dance and cheerleading senior group the POMtastics followed by a two set 2 PM return concert by jazz and swing band The Swamptones. The Guild is grateful for its many supporters, sponsors and volunteers who are making the Arts Festival possible. 
For further information about the Spring Arts Festival, please go to <a href="https://www.lynnfieldarts.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.lynnfieldarts.org</a> and see us on Instagram and Facebook (LynnfieldArts).

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