Art

Meet & Greet Giveback Anniversary Festival

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Join TCGT Entertainment in celebrating 10 years of excellence with a FREE neighborhood festival! We want to bring some fun back into the summer for the community with a neighborhood celebration in the park for Boston families! We're bringing an array of artists from various mediums to Playstead Field so they can share the passion with the community of Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan in Boston, MA. JULY 27TH, 2019
12PM-5PM
PLAYSTEAD FIELD @ FRANKLIN PARK
Parking is limited; we recommend taking public transportation! This event is FREE and open to the public!

Food

Inside Out Sidewalk Fair

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Explore food and shopping along Centre Street from Jackson Square to Hyde Square at our 5th annual Inside Out Sidewalk Fair & Sale on Saturday, May 18. We’ll have street musicians, a face painter & balloon artist and more to keep it lively, and businesses will have an array of products on display for sale as well as street food provided by our local restaurants. The Fair will be from 12:00 – 4:00 pm. The rain date is June 1.

Food

Inclusive Community Sports Day

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Special Olympics Massachusetts, Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston and the Boston Police Department have teamed up for their first Boston Inclusive Community Sports Day to be held April 27 at the Hennigan Club at the James W. Hennigan School in Jamaica Plain from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Free activities for all ages and abilities. Sports stations for soccer and track & field, fitness activities, yoga, wellness booths, nutrition tips, healthy foods from the Fresh Truck, Boston Police Department ice cream truck and so much more! This is the first time Special Olympics Massachusetts and Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston have partnered with each other for this kind of event. The goal of the event is to come together as a community to celebrate inclusion and wellness while providing information about the work done by Special Olympics Massachusetts and Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston. Everyone is welcome: families, children, teens, and adults, those with and without disabilities, Boston residents and non-Boston residents.

Banned in Boston

Banned in Boston

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Banned in Boston, the annual comedy and music revue hosted by WGBH's Margery Eagan and Jim Braude, is Rehearsal for Life’s signature fundraising event. For one-night-only, local Boston celebrities, media personalities, politicians, and business, arts and community leaders rally together to put on a show of hilarity, musical satire and skits.  

The show supports Rehearsal for Life’s Urban Improv program using theater as a vehicle for social change. Since 1992, the interactive program has engaged over 75,000 young people at more than 125 schools and community groups.  

Urban Improv’s structured improvisational theater workshops are designed to strengthen social and emotional (SEL) skills and help students deal creatively with real-life challenges through dialogue and performance.

Farmers Markets

Meet & Greet – Farmers To You – Farm Fresh Food Delivered!

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Looking for an easy way to get the freshest farm food delivered to your neighborhood every week of the year? Farmers To You is hosting an open house at the JP pick up site located in the parking lot of the J.P. Boylston Congregational Church at 207 Armory St on Wednesdays from 5:30-7:00 pm.  Come meet your neighbors, sample some of their favorite foods, and learn more about Farmers to You. Farmers To You is also inviting new customers to try out their online market with a gift of $35 in credit towards their first purchase. Go to  www.farmerstoyou.com for more info on pick up sites, ordering, and to select from an  incredible variety of nutritious foods from over 80 local farms.

Food

Movies in Mozart

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Enjoy free family movies in Mozart Park on Saturdays in August and September. Movies begin at sunset. Complementary food, snacks, beverages, and ice cream provided by local merchants in addition to games beginning 1 hour prior to movies. Saturday, August 25: Coco

Saturday, September 8: Paddington 2

Escena Latina Teatro

Teatro en el Parque

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On the evenings of Thursday, July 19; Friday, July 20; and Saturday, July 21 Hyde Jackson Square Main Street and Escena Latina Teatro will be celebrating our 6th annual Teatro en el Parque. This year we will be producing the play, Cumbia de mi Corazón, by Toby Campion and will be performed by Escena Latina Teatro. It will be acted in Spanish with English translations projected on a giant video screen. Prior to each show we'll set up our Café en el Parque featuring complementary live music, delicious food from local restaurants and offerings from local businesses. Cumbia de mi Corazón, by Toby Campion, is set in heaven with the protagonist trying to capture the heart of his wife.

Food

Off The Beaten Path Food Tours – Jamaica Plain, Boston Food Tour

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It's a known secret that Jamaica Plain -- or "JP" to the locals -- has some of the tastiest and freshest food in Boston, but it's a bit hidden from the "beaten path" destinations such as nearby Fenway Park. In fact, some JP residents want to keep it that way, and this tight-knit community is definitely keen on preserving the neighborly feel. Originally part of Roxbury, Jamaica Plain was first home to wealthy and middle class residents who wanted to summer or live outside of the city where they worked. Later on, JP has become very well known for America's First Craft Beer, Sam Adams, which is still brewed here today. On this exciting tour, we will take you around the popular Centre Street center of JP, which is chock full of delicious eats.

Boston Public Library

A Taste of African Heritage Cooking Classes

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If you haven’t heard of the African heritage diet, it’s time you introduced yourself. Learn all about the traditional foods of the African diaspora in Oldways’ A Taste of African Heritage classes, coming to the Egleston Branch of the BPL in February. In this Oldways-created cooking class, you’ll learn how to prepare the spices and herbs, leafy greens, whole grains, beans, tubers, fruits, and vegetables that have sustained Africans and their descendants for generations. At the end of the six-week series, you’ll be armed with information and recipes that will allow you to bring the African heritage diet into your own kitchen. The class is free of charge, and will meet Saturdays, 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., from February 10 to March 17.