Joe Bagley, the Archaeologist for the City of Boston will present the initial findings from the dig conducted at the Loring Greenough House in the fall of 2022. The goal of this project was to survey the basement of the house’s early 19th century summer kitchen and areas of the door yard ahead of planned improvements. This event is co-sponsored with the Jamaica Plain Branch of the Boston Public Library and the Jamaica Plain Tuesday…

The Friends of the JP Library Tropical Fiesta will be at the JP Branch Library on Saturday, March 11, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Music, food, and pop-up book sale

Sunday, March 12, 1:00pm-2:30pm https://arboretum.harvard.edu/events/event-signup/?id=66540 Location: Meet in front of the Hunnewell Building at 125 Arborway Families need nature at all times of the year!  We will answer the question: "Is it spring yet?" by searching for signs of seasonal change along Meadow Road, looking for opening buds, flowers, insects, migratory birds, and more! Please sign up if you plan to attend.

Join the Jamaica Plain Historical 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 won an architecture contest to design the Woman’s Building for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. What should have been the start to a flourishing career in architecture became career-ending. Throughout the two-year process of building The Woman’s Building, the architect quietly endured bullying,…

Join the Jamaica Plain Historical 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 won an architecture contest to design the Woman’s Building for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. What should have been the start to a flourishing career in architecture became career-ending. Throughout the two-year process of building The Woman’s Building, the architect quietly endured bullying,…

Saturday, March 18, 10:30am-12:00pm https://arboretum.harvard.edu/events/event-signup/?id=65147 Frederick Law Olmsted, considered the father of landscape architecture, designed some 500 public spaces in North America. The Arnold Arboretum, the only arboretum he designed, is a National Historic Landmark and a model for others around the world. Join Arboretum docent Bill Beizer on a tour through the landscape. Learn about the elements of the  Arboretum that best reflect Olmsted's philosophy and approach to landscape design. Please register here.

Sunday, March 19, 1:00-2:00pm https://arboretum.harvard.edu/events/event-signup/?id=65519 Stay connected to nature and enjoy the health benefits of a winter walk at the Arnold Arboretum. Docents will cover seasonal interest, Arboretum history, and our plant collections. Please dress for the weather, including footwear. Roads are plowed but not salted and walks may venture onto woodland paths. After your tour, warm up with a hot drink and further conversation with your docent and Arboretum Visitor Staff. Please register here.

Thursday, March 23, 6:30-8pm https://arboretum.harvard.edu/events/#then-and-now On-site location: Weld Hill Research Building, 1300 Centre Street, Boston, 02131 The Arnold Arboretum has been collecting plants from around the world for 150 years, but plant exploration today looks very different than it did in the 1800s. From changes in collecting practices to an evolving relationship between the Arboretum and its international partners, a lot has changed in the last century. Join Head of the Library and Archives Lisa…

The April Vigil in Support of Black Lives Matter will be held Thursday, April 6, from 5:30 - 6:30 pm on the lawn of the First Baptist Church of Jamaica Plain, 633 Centre Street, JP. Please join us in welcoming to the Vigil Alethea Pratt and Taylor Lee of the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, who will update us on the work of the Institute and the new route for this year’s Mother’s Day Walk…

Dana Pilson curatorial researcher and collections coordinator at Chesterwood, the historical home, studio, and gardens of sculptor Daniel Chester French in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, will present an illustrated talk focusing on French’s works in Jamaica Plain’s Forest Hills Cemetery. While most well-known for his statue of the Minute Man for Concord and the colossal seated Abraham Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, French sculpted almost one hundred other monuments and memorials throughout the country.…