Play Reading: ‘Sophia Hayden Deserves Better’

Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Join Jamaica Plain History Society on Zoom for a reading of the play Sophia Hayden Deserves Better by Stephanie Alison Walker. In 1891 a brilliant 23-year-old woman from Jamaica Plain […]

Plant Life Book Talk

Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Wednesday, October 5, 7:00-8:30pm Location: Weld Hill Research Building, 1300 Centre Street, Boston, 02131 On-site lecture and virtual livestream https://arboretum.harvard.edu/events/#elkin-plant-life Rosetta S. Elkin reveals that planting a tree can either […]

Director’s Series | Obsessions: Fellow Organisms in the Arnold Arboretum

Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Tuesday, October 25, 7:00-8:30pm Virtual Livestream https://arboretum.harvard.edu/events/event-signup/?id=54483 Join the Arnold Arboretum’s Director William (Ned) Friedman for the annual Director’s Series! To celebrate the Arboretum’s sesquicentennial, this year’s series will explore […]

J.P. Lit and Licks

JP Licks 659 Centre St., Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

J.P. Licks will be hosting a delicious literary event on Oct. 25 from 7-9 pm. Four authors, all Jamaica Plain residents, will read from their works. The event is free […]

Memory Loss Tour at the Arnold Arboretum

Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Thursday, October 27, 3:30-4:30pm Hunnewell Visitor Center at 125 Arborway https://arboretum.harvard.edu/events/event-signup/?id=58260 Join the Arnold Arboretum’s Director William (Ned) Friedman for a guided tour of the Arboretum, designed for those with […]

Franklin Park Coalition Virtual Public Safety Meeting

Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Tuesday, November 1, 2022 from 6-8pm In response to the terrible attack on a longtime park user near White Stadium and multiple reports of drug activity and encampments near the […]

November Vigil in Support of Black Lives Matter

Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Please join us for the November Vigil in Support of Black Lives Matter on Thursday evening, November 3 from 5:30 - 6:30 pm on the lawn of the First Baptist […]

Veterans Day Celebration at American Legion Post 76 Jamaica Plain

American Legion Post 76 Jamaica Plain 280 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

The American Legion’s 76th Post in Jamaica Plain will host a ceremony on Veterans Day – Friday, November 11, 2022 – at their post located at 280 South Street honoring […]

The Roof Over Our Heads Fundraiser for First Church in Jamaica Plain

First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist 6 Eliot St., Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

First Church Unitarian Universalist at 6 Eliot Street here in Jamaica Plain is celebrating its 250th anniversary as a church, and the start of its $1 million capital campaign, The […]

From Haiti to Jamaica Plain: Migrating Arts

Loring Greenough House 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

“From Haiti to Jamaica Plain: Migrating Arts” Bilingual Poetry presentation, featuring renowned guitarist Jimmy Jean-Félix Join the Loring Greenough House for Migrating Poetry: From Haiti to Jamaica Plain" on November […]

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