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Things to do near East End
The neighborhood around the Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center on East Third Street.
This page covers places and groups our catalog lists under East End. Times are Lexington time.
Next 7 days: Oct 27 to Nov 2
Free things first, then the rest, each in date order. Check the event page before you go.
- AfroBeats Dance Class at the Lyric · Tue, Oct 27, 6:15 pm · Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center · The Lyric's page does not list a price
Eat & drink around East End
Separate places to eat or get a drink, listed alphabetically. Check current hours before going.
Martine's Pastries
A bakery, cafe and cake shop on East Third Street with daily pastries, cookies and cakes, plus breakfast and lunch. It also makes wedding and celebration cakes.
Spalding's Bakery
A family-owned doughnut bakery on Winchester Road, hand forming doughnuts since 1929. It also sells filled and cake doughnuts, cinnamon rolls, brownies, cakes and cupcakes.
Something to join: group runs, storytimes, trivia and other regular groups across Lexington.
Regular groups
Weekly and monthly meetups, each checked against the group's own page.
- Mon 5 pm · Open play at Pickleball Kingdom Lexington Commons · Pickleball Kingdom Lexington Commons · $12 to $15 a session for non-members
- Tue 5 pm · Open play at Pickleball Kingdom Lexington Commons · Pickleball Kingdom Lexington Commons · $12 to $15 a session for non-members
- Wed 5 pm · Open play at Pickleball Kingdom Lexington Commons · Pickleball Kingdom Lexington Commons · $12 to $15 a session for non-members
- Thu 5 pm · Open play at Pickleball Kingdom Lexington Commons · Pickleball Kingdom Lexington Commons · $12 to $15 a session for non-members
- Fri 5 pm · Open play at Pickleball Kingdom Lexington Commons · Pickleball Kingdom Lexington Commons · $12 to $15 a session for non-members
- Sat 5 pm · Open play at Pickleball Kingdom Lexington Commons · Pickleball Kingdom Lexington Commons · $12 to $15 a session for non-members
- 1st Sat 8 pm · Lexington Traditional Dance Association contra dance · Artworks at the Carver School · $10; $5 for students and first-time dancers
- Sun 5 pm · Open play at Pickleball Kingdom Lexington Commons · Pickleball Kingdom Lexington Commons · $12 to $15 a session for non-members
Places
- Artworks at the Carver School · Venue · 522 Patterson Street
- Charles Young Center · Venue · 540 East Third Street
- Charles Young Park · Park
- Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center · Venue · 300 East Third Street
- Martine's Pastries · Bakery · 400 East Third Street
- Spalding's Bakery · Bakery · 760 Winchester Road
- William Wells Brown Community Center · Venue · 548 E. Sixth Street
Getting there by bus
- Route 9, Eastland (Lextran lists the Lyric Theatre)
- Route 59, Night, Eastland (Lextran lists the Lyric Theatre)
- All Lextran routes and schedules
- Lextran trip planner
Look up your ride home before you go, not only your ride there. Lextran posts separate weekday, Saturday and Sunday schedules for each route, and some routes run at night under their own numbers.
Links from Lextran, checked . Check Lextran for detours and holiday service on the day you ride.
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Coming up around East End, Oct 27 to Nov 2, from the Around Lex calendar. Tue, Oct 27, 6:15 pm: AfroBeats Dance Class at the Lyric at Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center (The Lyric's page does not list a price). Regular groups: Tue, Oct 27, 5 pm: Open play at Pickleball Kingdom Lexington Commons ($12 to $15 a session for non-members). Wed, Oct 28, 5 pm: Open play at Pickleball Kingdom Lexington Commons ($12 to $15 a session for non-members). Thu, Oct 29, 5 pm: Open play at Pickleball Kingdom Lexington Commons ($12 to $15 a session for non-members). Fri, Oct 30, 5 pm: Open play at Pickleball Kingdom Lexington Commons ($12 to $15 a session for non-members). Sat, Oct 31, 5 pm: Open play at Pickleball Kingdom Lexington Commons ($12 to $15 a session for non-members). Sun, Nov 1, 5 pm: Open play at Pickleball Kingdom Lexington Commons ($12 to $15 a session for non-members). Mon, Nov 2, 5 pm: Open play at Pickleball Kingdom Lexington Commons ($12 to $15 a session for non-members). Check each organizer's page before you go. Details and links: aroundlex.com/near/east-end
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