Alter Ego performs outdoors on the Visitors Center lawn last year.
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It’s Thursday, and you’ve got no idea what you’ll do this weekend. Lexington Patch is coming to the rescue. We’ve got the best bets for your done-work-outta-here time. Check our picks for the activities you'll want to take part in this weekend in Lexington and beyond.
1. Summer Concert Series
Where/When: Visitors Center lawn,1875 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington; 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Friday, Aug. 26
Why Go: Last chance to check out the Chamber of Commerce's annual summer concert series.
Pricing: Free
2. American Red Cross Blood Drive
Where/When: The Grace Chapel Adult Learning Center, 2 Militia Drive, Lexington; 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 27
Why Go: Because this year's tremendous string of natural disasters, coupled with a sharp drop in summer blood donations, has left our nation’s blood supply critically low.
Pricing: Free
3. Robbins Farm Park Movie Night
Where/When: Robbins Farm Park, 61 Eastern Ave, Arlington; 8 p.m., Saturday, Aug 27
Why Go: The Friends will again present our popular movie night. Light refreshments will be sold.
Pricing: Free
4. "Welcome to Our Home"
Where/When: Orchard House, 399 Lexington Rd, Concord; 4:45 to 5:45 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 27
Why Go: It's an interative living history tour of Orchard House with a costumed guide portraying an Alcott family member or one of their famous friends.
Pricing: $12 for adults; $10 for seniors and college kids; $8 for youths ages 6 to 17; $4 for young children and $30 for a family of two adults and up to four youths.
5. Emerging Voices
Where/When: Follen Community Church, 755 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington; 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 28
Why Go: It's the CD release tour for Lexington native Elisabeth Halliday and Zach Herchen. They'll perform pieces commissioned specifically for them.
Pricing: $10
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Summer Concert Series
July 9, 2010 / July 16, 2010 / July 23, 2010 / July 30, 2010 / August 6, 2010 / August 13, 2010 / August 20, 2010 / August 27, 2010 at 6:30 pm1875 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA (Lawn of Lexington Visitors Center) -
Lexington Visitors Center
1875 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA -
Grace Chapel
59 Worthen Rd, Lexington, MA
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“Welcome to Our Home”; A Living History Tour
June 15, 2011 / July 23, 2011 / August 27, 2011 at 4:45 pm–5:45 pm -
Orchard House
399 Lexington Rd, Concord, MA -
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Follen Community Church
755 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA
