Week of Events
Play Reading: ‘Sophia Hayden Deserves Better’
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 career in architecture became career-ending. Throughout the two-year process of building The Woman’s Building, the architect quietly endured bullying, micromanaging…
Vigil in Support of Black Lives Matter
Vigil in Support of Black Lives Matter
The December Vigil in Support of Black Lives Matter will be held December 1, 5:30-6:30 pm, on the lawn of the First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain, 633 Centre Street. As the monthly Vigil begins its eighth year, we are pleased to welcome back as our speaker the Rev. Darrell R. Hamilton, II. Currently serving as Protestant Chaplain at Babson College, Rev. Hamilton is an ordained Baptist minister whose preaching, teaching and community engagement center…
JPHS Annual Members’ Event
JPHS Annual Members’ Event
This is the annual Jamaica Plain Historical Society members event. Please join and then you can attend! Sunday, December 4, 2022 2:00 PM 3:30 PM Forest Hills Crematory (map) The Jamaica Plain Historical Society Annual Members’ Event is a chance to mingle with other members, test your knowledge with the trivia challenge and hear about the work of the JPHS. Illustration by Felipe Âlvarez @felipfecit
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