Walking Tour of Hyde Square

Brendan Behan Pub 378 Centre St., Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Learn about 1840s Hyde Square when German and Irish immigrants transformed the neighborhood with their businesses, schools, and institutions. See how in the early 1960s, Hyde Square changed again when Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Dominican immigrants transformed it into Boston’s first predominantly Hispanic neighborhood. This tour also takes us to the home of Maud Cuney […]

Sheffield Chamber Players Concert at Egleston Square Library

Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

The program, A Mirror of Starlight, features music by Kenji Bunch, Julia Wolfe, and Evan Ziporyn—who also joins us to play Mozart's Clarinet Quintet in A-major. Saturday, June 4 at 12pm Egleston Square Branch of the BPL Garden in Jamaica Plain Free and open to the public, no registration required Funded in part by a grant from the Boston […]

Eliot Schoolyard Concert: Shaw Pong Liu & Brian Friedland

Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Date: Sunday, June 5 Time: 4:00-5:30pm Venue: Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts, 24 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain Two dynamic composers create an afternoon combining free improvisation and compositions by each. Shaw Pong Liu (violin) engages communities in conversations through musical collaboration. Her work has addressed birdsong and healing, sunlight and warmth, healing and homicide, […]

Walking Tour of Green Street

Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center 640 Centre St., Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Laid out in 1836, the street played a key role in Jamaica Plain’s development, functioning as a residential, commercial, and transportation conduit in the lives of the district’s residents. Although Green Street was subdivided as early as 1851 for stores, factories and houses, it was not extensively developed until the late 1870s with construction continuing […]

The Southwest Corridor Park: A Neighborhood’s Response to a Highway

Jackson Square T Stop 240 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

The Southwest Corridor Park was the result of protests about the creation of an eight lane highway running through Boston’s southwestern neighborhoods. Jamaica Plain’s residents played an important role in both the stopping of the I-95 project and the efforts to create a park out of the razed land. This historical walking tour will follow […]

Eliot Schoolyard Concert: Niu Raza

Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Date: June 12 Time: 4:00-5:30pm Venue: Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts, 24 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain Malagasy award winner and Boston-based singer-songwriter Niu Raza is known for her unique sound, a perfect blend between her traditional heritage and modern music. From Madagascar to Boston and around the globe, she has shared the stage with […]

Walking Tour of Woodbourne

Bethel AME Church 38 Walk Hill Street, Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Join the Jamaica Plain Historical Society to tour this part of the JP neighborhood which developed from 19th-century summer estates into a model suburban enclave. It contains examples representative of New England architecture with designs by local architects and builders. It also contains an unusual garden city model housing development by the Boston Dwelling House […]

Eliot Schoolyard Concert: Dis N Dat Band

Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Date: June 19 Time: 4:00-5:30pm Venue: Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts, 24 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain Formed in 1999 by 4-time Grammy-nominated Black Uhuru drummer 'Rangotan and 6-time steel pan champion Sista D, Dis N Dat incorporates Roots Reggae, Dance Hall, and R&B. Sounds of Jamaica and Trinidad rock the sounds of foundation reggae […]

Walking Tour of Jamaica Pond

Jamaica Pond 507 Jamaicaway, Jamaica Plain

Travel around the Pond with the Jamaica Plain Historical Society. Once a district that only included the houses of Boston’s elite, the Pond later was put to industrial use as tons of ice were harvested there each winter. Learn about the movers and shakers such as Francis Parkman and James Michael Curley who made their […]

Eliot Schoolyard Concert: The Schoolyard Quartet: Lihi Haruvi, Brian Friedland, Keala Kaumeheiwa & Jorge Perez-Albela

Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Date: June 26 Time: 4:00-5:30pm Venue: Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts, 24 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain The debut concert from long-time musical friends Lihi Haruvi (sax), Keala Kaumeheiwa (bass), Brian Friedland (keyboard) and Jorge Perez-Albela (drums). Expect globally inspired jazz with lots of joyful spontaneity. This is part of the Eliot Schoolyard Concert Series, […]

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