All are invited and welcome to join friends, family and neighbors for a pancake breakfast before the Pole Capping on the morning of April 8 from 8 am - 10 am at First Parish on the Bedford Common. There will be pancakes, sausage, juice and coffee served. $5 per person/$20 per family. All proceeds will support Partners in Transylvania.

Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. at First Church, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA and Sunday afternoon, at 3 p.m. at First Parish, 75 The Great Road, Bedford, MA. “Cartoon Tunes” features songs from lots of your favorite cartoons and animated classics including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Woody Woodpecker, The Flintstones, lots of Disney songs and even a set of Christmastime favorites. Songs include “Forty-Second Street”, “Jeepers Creepers” “You Go to My Head”, “Shuffle Off to Buffalo”, “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch”, “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf”, “Cruella De Vil”, “Let it Go” and “Hakuna Matata”

Sunday, April 21, 10-11am;  followed by Q&A with guest speaker 11:15-11:45am Location: First Parish in Bedford, 75 Great Road, Bedford, MA Title: “The Joy of Being Just” The guest speaker is Kannan Thiruvengadam who leads Eastie Farm, an urban farm in East Boston that fosters food security, regenerative land use, and environmental stewardship. He says: “I lost my own mother as a child. Later in life, I learned climate science and realized the risks to our shared mother earth. I sought relief in action, running a farm that empowers young people to be compassionate climate leaders, and an advocacy group