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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 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 […]
April 26, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. The JPNC continues to conduct virtual meetings, which are open to the public. To access the meeting from a computer, please use the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85967239298?pwd=YUg5WXArQ2tiT09vUUlVaE95SVdWZz09 Meeting ID: 859 6723 9298 and Passcode: 653190 Or by telephone, call (929) 205-6099 and follow the prompts to enter the Meeting ID: 859 6723 9298 and […]
This event is co-sponsored by Jamaica Plain Historical Society. Part of the Confronting Racial Injustice series, which this year is focusing on Asian Americans. Boston’s Chinatown has long been the physical, economic, and cultural center for Chinese immigrants. Chinatown has also long fought for community control of affordable housing and economic justice. Join us for […]
Monthly meeting for ESNA is Monday, 5/2/22, 6:30 pm.  All are welcome to attend. ESNA Monthly Meeting is Online - Log in or call in Monday, May 2, 2022  6:30 pm    Agenda Greetings & introductions     Police Report Rep. Nika Elugardo - Rep. Elugardo is a candidate for MA […]
The Friends of the Jamaica Plain Library Spring Book Sale is May 5 - May 7. $2 hardbacks, $1 paperbacks. No scanners and no saving books. May 5: 5-8 pm May 6: 9:30 am - 5 pm May 7: 9:30 am - noon The library is located at 30 South Street.
The May Vigil in Support of Black Lives Matter will be held on Thursday evening, May 5, from 5:30-6:30 pm on the lawn of the First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain, 633 Centre Street. We are pleased to welcome as our speaker Jamaica Plain resident Kathryn Hall, Ph.D, MPH, Deputy Director of the Boston Public […]
The Friends of the Jamaica Plain Library Spring Book Sale is May 5 - May 7. $2 hardbacks, $1 paperbacks. No scanners and no saving books. May 6: 9:30 am - 5 pm May 7: 9:30 am - noon The library is located at 30 South Street.
The Friends of the Jamaica Plain Library Spring Book Sale is May 5 - May 7. $2 hardbacks, $1 paperbacks. No scanners and no saving books. May 7: 9:30 am - noon The library is located at 30 South Street.
Wake Up The Earth Parades and Festival - Saturday May 7th This year parades will start at Curtis Hall, the Curley K-8 School, and the Egleston Square YMCA -- gathering at 10:30 AM. Jamaica Plain and Roxbury parades will meet at Jackson Square and continue together along Lamartine to kick off the Festival at Stony Brook.
Mayor Michelle Wu and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department will host the 2022 Neighborhood Coffee Hour Series in partnership with Dunkin’ in neighborhood parks citywide from May 4 to June 30. Participants will enjoy Dunkin' Iced Coffee and assorted Dunkin' MUNCHKINS® donut hole treats along with fresh fruit from Star Market. Additional support is provided by City Express courier service. Each […]
Tour a residential area that includes a National Historic District. View architecture that spans three centuries; the oldest community theater company in the United States; and an elegant 18th-century mansion that once served as the country’s first military hospital. Learn about the monument that commemorates fallen Civil War soldiers from West Roxbury and about Pauline […]
Franklin Park Kite & Bike Festival - Saturday, May 14th from noon to 4 pm. Come on out for Opening Day in Franklin Park! A spring family tradition since 1969. There'll be kite-making tables and kites for sale, bicycle activities for elementary-age children with Countdown to Kindergarten, helmet give-aways, a bike repair station, food trucks, […]
Additional dwelling units (ADUs) will be the focus of a panel discussion at the annual meeting of Boston Building Resources, Thursday, May 19, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Panelists include officials from the Boston Home Center and Inspectional Services Department as well as homeowners who have gone through the program. For more information, visit https://www.bostonbuildingresources.com/advice/annual-meeting-adus. The panel will be […]
This is the second meeting led by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department to renovate the Flaherty Playground. The Parks and Rec design team will share feedback they received at the first meeting and through a follow-up survey, as well as some preliminary/conceptual designs for where certain activities and programs can be located in the […]
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. Thursday, May 19 at 6:30pm Jamaica Plain Branch of the BPL Free and open to the public, no registration required Funded in part by the Friends of the Jamaica Plain Branch […]
This National Historic District includes one of the finest collections of Victorian houses in the area. The district includes the ancestral home of the Dole Pineapple Company founder and the homes of progressives who were active as abolitionists and women suffragists. All tours are free to the public and are offered on dates shown. Tours […]
In response to the racially motivated killings in Buffalo last week, a Vigil in Support of Black Lives Matter will be held Saturday morning, May 21, at 11:30 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain at 633 Centre Street. We will begin with a “call and response” reading of names of the victims, […]
"The alarm bells are deafening, and the evidence is irrefutable: greenhouse-gas emissions from fossil-fuel burning and deforestation are choking our planet and putting billions of people at immediate risk ... if we combine forces now, we can avert climate catastrophe." -- UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres Politicians are failing to take the action we need […]
Anti-Asian violence is not new. Join us for a conversation about the history of racial violence against Asian Americans, and the recent rise of political power of Asian Americans. Panel will feature: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu; Paul Lee, former Partner, Goodwin, Procter & Hoar; Phil Nash, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund; and Representative […]
Explore a fascinating industrial area at the geographic heart of Boston that includes 19th-century tannery and brewery buildings, the homes of early German settlers, and today’s Boston Beer Company, the brewers of Samuel Adams. In the 1970s, a coalition of community groups joined together to block construction of the Southwest Expressway through Jamaica Plain and […]
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. Monday, May 30 at 2pm Leland Street Cooperative Garden in Jamaica Plain Free and open to the public, no registration required Funded in part by a grant from the Boston Cultural Council and […]
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