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Free spring events: Lilac Sunday, yoga, and a queer classical music showcase

Get Love Letters: The Newsletter A weekly dispatch with all the best relationship content and commentary – plus exclusive content for fans of Love Letters, Dinner With Cupid, weddings, therapy talk, and more. Enter Email Sign Up PICASSO FOR A DAY If you view detailed sketches in utter awe, wondering how people produce landscapes and portraits with pencil strokes, you're not alone. The Seaport organizes sketching classes for both budding artists and experienced drawers. This Tuesday, the class will be taught by Boston-based artist Lee SOEMS. May 6, 5-7 p.m. 131 Seaport Blvd. Advertisement SING YOUR PRIDE When Molly Knight, a New England Conservatory soprano, was awarded a 2024 Entrepreneurial Musicianship grant, she set out to create 'Gay as a Songbird,' selected programming that elevates queer voices within classical music. This Thursday, Knight's curatorial efforts will culminate with a gala, featuring a celebratory showcase of music by notable queer musicians and composers — from Roan to Poulenc. May 7, 7 p.m. NEC, Burnes Hall, 290 Huntington Ave. Advertisement Locals can enjoy the spring air this Friday with a free meditation class at the Boston Public Garden. Kadampa Meditation Center, Boston BREATHE IN, BREATHE OUT Spring is a time of rebirth, rejuvenation, and replenishment, or so they say. For those looking to do some mental self-care, free meditation classes will be conducted at the Boston Public Garden. The class will be led by Gen Kelsang Khedrub, the resident teacher at the Boston Kadampa Meditation Center, who will teach participants how to introduce mindfulness into their hectic lives. May 9, 6:30 p.m. Boston Public Garden, Lagoon Edge GG TO ALL In honor of the inauguration of its newest brew, The Last Boss, Sam Adams Boston is transforming its taproom into an arcade with a helping hand from May 9, 7-10 p.m. 60 State St. Movement instructor Juliana Berfield will be leading participants through a free yoga class at the BPL's Allston location. Juliana Berfield MOVING MINDFULLY If you're intimidated by the twisting, contorting positions of yoga, taking a class may ease your nerves about taking up the practice. BPL's Honan-Allston branch will host a free class taught by Juliana Berfield, a movement instructor at the May 10, 9:30-10:30 a.m. 300 North Harvard St, Allston. Advertisement BLOOMING BU DS April rain brings May flowers — or something like that. The old saying proves true at the Arnold Arboretum's Lilac Sunday, a one-day event during which the botanical collection highlights its several hundred plants in full bloom. Group and self-guided tours will be available, and attendees can expect dance performances as well as activities such as meditation and chalk art. May 11, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain. Send info on free events and special offers at least 10 days in advance to bargains@ Marianna Orozco can be reached at