The Emerald Necklace Conservancy presents the Boston Landmarks Orchestra at Summer on the Emerald Necklace! The Boston Landmarks Orchestra was founded in 2001 by conductor and community advocate Charles Ansbacher. The orchestra is comprised of many of the area’s finest professional musicians. They are active throughout the neighborhoods of Boston, mainly in the summertime. The orchestra is part Boston tradition, part Beantown innovation.
The Emerald Necklace Conservancy presents Hawthorn at Summer on the Emerald Necklace! Working from the belief that tradition is made to evolve, the women of Hawthorn chart a creative course through Appalachian and Celtic roots to the present-day. Jamaica Plain locals Heather Scott and Taylor Holland craft songs with “a weight that sits with you long after their audible presence fades” (Red Line Roots). “When they harmonize, the edges of their voices bleed together like watercolors on paper” (WBUR). With a powerful vocal blend surrounded in old-time banjo, seascape guitar, and dreamy electric lines, Hawthorn is quickly claiming a place in the music of New England and beyond.
The Emerald Necklace Conservancy presents the Metropolitan Wind Symphony at Summer on the Emerald Necklace! The Metropolitan Wind Symphony was founded by Jerry Gardner in 1971, and was awarded the prestigious 2015 Sudler Silver Scroll Award for Community Concert Bands by the John Philip Sousa Foundation. The Symphony is made up of over 60 talented woodwind, brass, and percussion instrumentalists who audition for membership and seating. MetWinds presents formal performances of traditional and contemporary wind band literature, as well as more informal pops concerts throughout the metropolitan Boston area. Learn more about our other FREE Summer on the Emerald Necklace events at https://www.emeraldnecklace.org/SEN
Special thanks to FOCUS Real Estate, the Lawrence and Lillian Solomon Foundation, the Mission Hill Fenway Neighborhood Trust, and Stop & Shop for their support of Summer on the Emerald Necklace!
The Emerald Necklace Conservancy presents the Henry Acker Jazz Trio at Summer on the Emerald Necklace! Henry Acker is a fifteen year old jazz guitarist in the style of Django Reinhardt and with abilities far beyond his years. After playing for only six years, he has already shared the stage with jazz greats Bucky Pizzarelli, Frank Vignola, Julian Lage and Andreas Oberg as well as Gypsy Jazz legends Samson Schmitt, Mozes Rosenberg, Adrien Moignard, Joscho Stephane, Olli Soikkeli, Gonzalo Bergara, Stephane Wrembel, Antoine Boyer and Jason Anick. He is the winner of the 2017 Djangofest North West Saga Award and a three time winner of the Downbeat Magazine Student Award for jazz guitar soloist. Learn more about our other FREE Summer on the Emerald Necklace events at https://www.emeraldnecklace.org/SEN
Special thanks to FOCUS Real Estate, the Lawrence and Lillian Solomon Foundation, the Mission Hill Fenway Neighborhood Trust, and Stop & Shop for their support of Summer on the Emerald Necklace!
The Emerald Necklace Conservancy presents Clave & Blues, featuring Blue Ocean Project, at Summer on the Emerald Necklace! Clave & Blues is a young Cuban Music and Latin Jazz band that performs at several venues in the Boston area since 2014. The mix between Afro-Cuban rhythms Blues, R&B, and World music creates a contemporary sound that give this band its place in the New England music scene. The group includes professional musicians from Berklee College of Music and is directed by Cuban Pianist Anibal Cruz. Learn more about our other FREE Summer on the Emerald Necklace events at https://www.emeraldnecklace.org/SEN
Special thanks to FOCUS Real Estate, the Lawrence and Lillian Solomon Foundation, the Mission Hill Fenway Neighborhood Trust, and Stop & Shop for their support of Summer on the Emerald Necklace!
The Emerald Necklace Conservancy's Summer on the Emerald Necklace returns in 2019 with an expanded lineup of free concerts, movies, and fitness classes—the perfect way to celebrate the season. From July 14 to August 18, enjoy Sunday evening concerts at Allerton Overlook, Pinebank Promontory, and Franklin Park at 6 pm. Family-friendly movie nights come to the Back Bay Fens on Friday, July 19 and to Charlesgate on Friday, September 6 at 7:30 pm. Register for weekend fitness classes throughout the Emerald Necklace from July 13 through August 4 at 10 am. There's something for everyone in the Emerald Necklace parks!
The Landscape Design Council (LDC) of Massachusetts has recognized Jamaica Plain's Christine Poff, the director of Boston's Community Preservation Committee, as a 2018 awardee for excellence in the field of landscape design. Poff is the 2018 recipient of the Landscape Design Council Award for Excellence, given in recognition of outstanding civic accomplishment. “Throughout her career, Christine has worked in many ways to make life better for citizens,” said LDC chairman George Papavasiliou, via press release. “We particularly applaud her efforts on behalf of Boston’s Franklin Park and the Emerald Necklace Conservancy, which stand out as supportive of the Landscape Design Council’s mission.”
As political director of the National Association of Social Workers, Poff advocated for economic and social justice bills at the Massachusetts State House, but she is likely better known for her 14 years’ service as executive director of the Franklin Park Coalition, a nonprofit organization that gives a community voice to Boston’s Franklin Park. She worked to bring back such beloved park institutions as the Elma Lewis Playhouse, the FPC Youth Crew, and the annual Kite and Bike Festival.
Starting Saturday, the Emerald Necklace Conservancy is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a citywide exhibition of multiple fog sculptures, including two locations in Jamaica Plain. Japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya has created five fog installations along 12 different Boston neighborhoods. The fog sculptures are, "...shape-shifting, pure water forms invite visitors to immerse themselves in the art, experience nature anew, and appreciate the vital role of the Emerald Necklace in our city’s history, present, and future." The sculptures will be on view every day, hourly from dawn to dusk, from August 11 through Halloween. Nakaya calls fog “the most generous medium” and has created fog sculptures all over the world.
"Olmsted"/Gerry Wright will be conducting "Stars & Stripes Forever" this Sun., 7/29 at 6 PM, when the Metropolitan Wind Symphony plays at Pinebank Promontory as part of the Summer on the Emerald Necklace series of events. https://www.emeraldnecklace.org/events/summer-on-the-emerald-necklace/
As part of Imagine Boston 2030, the city held a meeting last week to gather feedback from residents on what they want for the future of Franklin Park. But don't worry: If you couldn't attend the meeting, there is an online survey you can fill out. The Feb. 16 meeting was organized by the city as part of its Imagine Boston 2030 initiative, in conjunction with the Boston Parks and Recreation departments and the Franklin Park Coalition. Representatives from the Emerald Necklace Conservancy were also in attendance and tweeted a photo of the meeting showing it was a packed house.
