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Police Officer Elizabeth Brady, Lexington Police Officer Colleen Dunbar, Reverend Anne
<br /> Mason of First Parish Church, Amber Iqbal, Islam educator, and Hemali Shah, Lexington Chief
<br /> Equity Officer.
<br /> o Hidden Figures & Other Women of NASA—Thursday, March 9th at 7:00 p.m. (virtual—
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<br /> �,,,,,,,,,,,, -��� �). Even e ore t e space age egan w en t e U.S.S.R. or ite Sputnl�in 1957, women
<br /> worked at NASA although many Were excluded from the early days of the astronaut corps.
<br /> Through the movie Hidden Figures, we learned that NASA even had women, many of whom
<br /> were African American, working as "Human Computers"performing highly complex
<br /> mathematical calculations by hand. Celebrate Women's History Month and explore the lives of
<br /> the many women who made their dreams of careers in science, technology, engineering, and
<br /> mathematics come true at NASA, and who have been an essential part of the space program
<br /> since its inception.
<br /> • A couple other great programs coming up:
<br /> o Conversation with Zhuqing Li, author of Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden—Monday,
<br /> March 6 at 7:00 p.m. (in person—Living Room). Author Zhuqing Li will discuss her new
<br /> memoir, Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China's Civil
<br /> War. She will share the j ourney of her two maternal aunts who were accidentally separated
<br /> when China split in 1949. The two sisters refused to submit to the random power of history and
<br /> fought their way to the elite echelons of the two opposing societies after China's split." Zhuqing
<br /> Li was a longtime Lexington resident. She is currently a visiting associate professor of East
<br /> Asian Studies and faculty curator of East Asian Collections at the Brown University Library.
<br /> o Let's Make a Sweet Treat for Ramadan—Monday, March 13 at 7:00 p.m. (virtual—�,,,,,,,,,,, �-�����).
<br /> Join Chef Zainab Alsubai to learn to make Baklava in honor of Ramadan.
<br /> • Teen Open Mic Night—Thursday, March 16 at 6:30 p.m. (in person—Large Meeting Room). The
<br /> Teen Library Leadership Council is presenting an Open Mic Night for Teens. Teen performers will
<br /> recite poems, sing songs, tell j okes, play instruments and more! Teens in grades 6-12 are invited to
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<br /> Recreation & Community Pro�rams
<br /> Capital Updates:
<br /> • The Center Recreation Restroom/Maintenance Building bid has been opened and is within the
<br /> appropriation, therefore a contract will be awarded this month and it is expected that the proj ect
<br /> will mobilize in the next several weeks. Public Facilities is leading the construction with
<br /> collaboration with Recreation and DPW.
<br /> • The Center Recreation Hard Court Reconstruction Proj ect bid has been opened and is within the
<br /> appropriation, therefore a contract will be awarded this month. The proj ect is expected to mobilize
<br /> in late June and reach substantial completion in November 2023.
<br /> • The Recreation Committee held a Community Meeting last night, the second of a two-part series,
<br /> to present and discuss the ATM 2023 Capital Request for the Lincoln Park Reconstruction
<br /> Proj ect. Here is a link to the presentation:
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