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Conservation by the Yard

Arnold Arboretum, Hunnewell Building 125 The Arborway, Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Conservation by the Yard Susannah B. Lerman, PhD, Research Ecologist, Urban Forests, Human Health, and Environmental Quality, USDA Forest Service 1 Session: Thursday, March 2, 7:00–8:30pm Location: Hunnewell Building, Arnold Arboretum Most people see the urban and suburban landscape as a concrete jungle, devoid of wildlife. Susannah Lerman instead sees potential wildlife habitat that could […]

$5

Flow Through with Maria Finkelmeier and the Kadence Ensemble

Arnold Arboretum 125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain, United States

Maria Finkelmeier and the Kadence Ensemble will perform “Flow Through”, Finkelmeier’s 15 minute composition for large ensemble to be played in an outdoor setting. Featuring thirty performers (brass players, singers, and percussionists), the work is inspired by the fluidity and importance of water to living organisms. The musicians will mingle their music with Nakaya’s fog […]

Free

How Birds Migrate

Hunnewell Visitor Center Arnold Arboretum 125 Arborway , Jamaica Plain

Bird migration is one of the most remarkable phenomena in nature. Arctic terns migrate from their breeding grounds in the Arctic to Antarctica and back each year. Red knots migrate from Alaska to the southern tip of South America. How do they do it? Lorna Gibson will describe the why, when, and where of migration, […]

Free

Turning Wood: The Art of the Woodturner IV – Opening Reception

Hunnewell Visitor Center Arnold Arboretum 125 Arborway , Jamaica Plain

Woodturning has a long history, going back to 1300 BC Egypt. Unique in relation to most woodworking, due to its use of a lathe, woodturners turn out practical, functional pieces or “turn” to the purely aesthetic. Each craftsman brings their own personal artistic vision to the objects they create, and the pieces in maple, cherry, […]

Free

Fog x Kids Family Drop In: Story Time and Hide and Seek in the Fog

Hunnewell Visitor Center Arnold Arboretum 125 Arborway , Jamaica Plain

At the Arnold Arboretum's own Fog x Hill, you can join us as we celebrate the Emerald Necklace Conservancy's Fog x FLO by artist Fujiko Nakaya. On October 6th, there will be Story Time and, for extra fun, Hide & Seek in the Fog. One adult may bring a maximum of three children; suitable for […]

Free

Turning Wood: The Art of the Woodturner IV – Exhibition

Hunnewell Visitor Center Arnold Arboretum 125 Arborway , Jamaica Plain

An Exhibition by the Association of Revolutionary Turners (ART), Central New England Woodturners, Massachusetts South Shore Woodturners, and Harvard Woodturning. Woodturning has a long history, going back to 1300 BC Egypt. Unique in relation to most woodworking, due to its use of a lathe, woodturners turn out practical, functional pieces or “turn” to the purely […]

Free

Music for Ground and Atmosphere

Arnold Arboretum, Visitor's Center 125 Arborway, Boston, MA, United States

Performances at 4:00 PM and 5:00 PM; Artist reception will follow the 5:00 PM performance. Music for Ground and Atmosphere is a live, site-specific, instrumental improvisation conceived in response to Frederick Law Olmsted's landscape design and Fog x FLO, Fujiko Nakaya's fog installation throughout the Emerald Necklace park system. Cosgrove, a musician whose work for years has […]

Free

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