May 7, 2024
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Sunday, July 16, 1:00-2:30pm https://arboretum.harvard.edu/events/event-signup/?id=76322 Families need nature at all times of the year! Join us at the Arnold Arboretum for this month’s family hike. We’ll seek out the wonderful insects that visit flowers for pollen and nectar. Go on a StoryWalk and look at bumblebees and honeybees in a bug box! Free and open to all, most suitable for children ages four through ten. Registration required.
June through September: Every Sunday at 5pm In the Eliot Schoolyard, 24 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain New this year: Beer Garden by The Hive, 4-7pm Bring your own seats. All are welcome. No animals, please. FREE Admission - Suggested donation $20; your donations help pay the musicians, curators, and audio engineer. CURATORS: Brian Friedland, Hoopla Productions, Meraki Productions, Ana Colón AUDIO: Carlito Blu 2023 CONCERT SCHEDULE - scroll down for details on each performance June 4: Dis n Dat Band…
Every Monday, July 10 through September 25. 6:30-7:00pm in July and August; 6:00-6:30pm in September https://arboretum.harvard.edu/events-2/meditation-mondays/ Unwind with this 30-minute, evening meditation under the shade of the maple collection at the Arnold Arboretum. Bob Linscott, a certified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction teacher at Brown University and Center for Mindfulness at UMASS Memorial Health Care, will guide the group through mindfulness and meditation exercises designed to help you de-stress and connect with the natural world. Every…
Saturday, July 22, noon-3:00pm Stop by the Arboretum’s Hunnewell Lawn between noon and 3:00pm to create beautiful nature-based cyanotype prints. Participants will arrange flowers, leaves, and seeds and expose them in sunlight to create a deep blue print with bright, ghost-white silhouettes. *While supplies last. No registration required. Directions to the Hunnewell Lawn.
June through September: Every Sunday at 5pm In the Eliot Schoolyard, 24 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain New this year: Beer Garden by The Hive, 4-7pm Bring your own seats. All are welcome. No animals, please. FREE Admission - Suggested donation $20; your donations help pay the musicians, curators, and audio engineer. CURATORS: Brian Friedland, Hoopla Productions, Meraki Productions, Ana Colón AUDIO: Carlito Blu 2023 CONCERT SCHEDULE - scroll down for details on each performance June 4: Dis n Dat Band…
Every Monday, July 10 through September 25. 6:30-7:00pm in July and August; 6:00-6:30pm in September https://arboretum.harvard.edu/events-2/meditation-mondays/ Unwind with this 30-minute, evening meditation under the shade of the maple collection at the Arnold Arboretum. Bob Linscott, a certified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction teacher at Brown University and Center for Mindfulness at UMASS Memorial Health Care, will guide the group through mindfulness and meditation exercises designed to help you de-stress and connect with the natural world. Every…
Wednesday, July 12 and Wednesday, July 26, 8:00-9:30am https://arboretum.harvard.edu/events/morning-fitness-walk-series/ Join Arnold Arboretum docent Lisa Gaquin for a brisk early morning walk in the Arboretum. These walks will be fast-paced, energetic, and will involve walking over hills and rough terrain. Note that these are not traditional tours: you may hear some information about individual trees and history, but the main goal is to get outside and get some exercise! Bring good walking shoes, water, and walking…
Every other Saturday from July 15 through August 26, 9:00am–11:30am https://arboretum.harvard.edu/events/meandering-meditations-introduction-to-mindfulness-in-nature/ Find calm through nature and guided mindfulness exercises on a walk in the Arboretum with periodic stops to deepen your connection with nature. No previous experience necessary. Facilitator Bob Linscott is a certified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction teacher at Brown University and Center for Mindfulness at UMASS Memorial Health Care. Free. Registration required. Note: The program on July 29 is a bilingual English/Spanish session…
June through September: Every Sunday at 5pm In the Eliot Schoolyard, 24 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain New this year: Beer Garden by The Hive, 4-7pm Bring your own seats. All are welcome. No animals, please. FREE Admission - Suggested donation $20; your donations help pay the musicians, curators, and audio engineer. CURATORS: Brian Friedland, Hoopla Productions, Meraki Productions, Ana Colón AUDIO: Carlito Blu 2023 CONCERT SCHEDULE - scroll down for details on each performance June 4: Dis n Dat Band…
Every Monday, July 10 through September 25. 6:30-7:00pm in July and August; 6:00-6:30pm in September https://arboretum.harvard.edu/events-2/meditation-mondays/ Unwind with this 30-minute, evening meditation under the shade of the maple collection at the Arnold Arboretum. Bob Linscott, a certified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction teacher at Brown University and Center for Mindfulness at UMASS Memorial Health Care, will guide the group through mindfulness and meditation exercises designed to help you de-stress and connect with the natural world. Every…
June through September: Every Sunday at 5pm In the Eliot Schoolyard, 24 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain New this year: Beer Garden by The Hive, 4-7pm Bring your own seats. All are welcome. No animals, please. FREE Admission - Suggested donation $20; your donations help pay the musicians, curators, and audio engineer. CURATORS: Brian Friedland, Hoopla Productions, Meraki Productions, Ana Colón AUDIO: Carlito Blu 2023 CONCERT SCHEDULE - scroll down for details on each performance June 4: Dis n Dat Band…
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