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October 2020
Friedland & Friends LIVE Jazz Series
Friedland & Friends LIVE Jazz Series Pianist/composer Brian Friedland with Catherine Bent 9/20 Man on Land 9/27 Shaw Pong Liu & Dave Cordes 10/11 Steve Fell 10/18 Rob Flax 10/25. 4 pm on Sundays, Sept 20-Oct 25. Eliot Schoolyard, 24 Eliot Street Advance tickets required: https://eliotschool.org/programs/events
Find out more »Hopscotch Labs Open House: A Coworking Playspace Made for Busy Families
Hopscotch Labs is new in Jamaica Plain and hosting a free open house this Friday, October 23rd for a test session of its coworking playspace located at Commonwealth Circus Center (8 Brookley Road), Jamaica Plain. Open house sessions are 9:30otc-10:40 am and 11 am-12:10 pm The owners invite you to visit the space, meet the instructors, and try out the playspace. Adults will be fitted with a place to work and coffee to drink, while the children enjoy our guided,…
Find out more »Walking Tour of Woodbourne
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 Company which was founded in 1912. All tours are free to the public and are offered on dates shown. Tours last between 60 and 90…
Find out more »Friedland & Friends LIVE Jazz Series
Friedland & Friends LIVE Jazz Series Pianist/composer Brian Friedland with Catherine Bent 9/20 Man on Land 9/27 Shaw Pong Liu & Dave Cordes 10/11 Steve Fell 10/18 Rob Flax 10/25. 4 pm on Sundays, Sept 20-Oct 25. Eliot Schoolyard, 24 Eliot Street Advance tickets required: https://eliotschool.org/programs/events
Find out more »Boston Police District E-13 Halloween Grab and Go
The Boston Police District E-13 Halloween “Grab and Go” Goodie bags for Trick-or-Treaters is October 30, 4:00-8:00 p.m. Washington & Green Street, Jamaica Plain For more info, call: 617-343-5623. Please observe Covid-19 safety guidelines and wear a face covering.
Find out more »Walking Tour of Jamaica Pond
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 homes on the Pond’s shores. Discover how the Pond was transformed from private estates and warehouses into the parkland we know today. All tours are…
Find out more »November 2020
November Vigil in Support of Black Lives Matter
The November Vigil in Support of Black Lives Matter in Jamaica Plain will be held Thursday evening, November 5, from 5:30-6:30 pm on the lawn of the First Baptist Church of Jamaica Plain, 633 Centre Street, with guest speaker Michael Curry, Esq., civil rights leader at the local, state, and national levels of the NAACP, and community health centers executive. After his remarks, there will be a "call and response" reading of the names of victims of racist violence, followed…
Find out more »JPHS: Immigration & Naturalization – Online Webinar
This is a Jamaica Plain Historical Society event For many family historians, a time comes when they need to research their ancestor’s country of origin. Knowing what resources exist and how to find them can be particularly challenging when first beginning this search. Naturalization records are important resources for these family historians. Often these records provide the immigrant’s origins, age or birth date, and approximate arrival to the U.S. In this lecture, Rhonda R. McClure, Senior Genealogist at American Ancestors…
Find out more »Ethos’ Conversation on Aging: Opening to Grief with JP@Home Member Claire Willis
Register today, and a Zoom link will be emailed to you. In the last several months we have learned that the unimaginable can and does happen, and that grief not only can engulf us when we experience a personal loss—such as the loss of a friend, a pet, or our health—but in the pandemic, we have seen the loss of lives, livelihoods, homes, employment, and the familiar comfort of life as we once knew it. We are recognizing that some…
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