May 2, 2024
Fresh News for the Neighborhood You Love
Please join us for a Community Meeting and Reception. Meet and Greet the new staff members Support our local community library Learn how you can get involved in the Connolly Friends Group Light Refreshments. Sponsored by the Friends of the Connolly Branch Library
JP@Home is sponsoring a retirement workshop that will focus on relationships and finding new meaning in your life. The presenter will be Linda Trum, a PHd level social worker with experience in coaching and psychotherapy.
Looking for a full time or part time role in the human services field? Stop by our job fair on Wednesday, November 7th for an on the spot interview! We are looking to speak with people who want to either start or continue their career in working with Adults with mental health conditions. Our positions have great varied schedules and are conveniently located in Metro Boston. We are hiring for the following roles: • Residential…
Beth Castrodale will read from her new novel In This Ground, which is set almost entirely in a cemetery. She will also discuss how Forest Hills Cemetery served as an inspiration for the book.
Due to the predicted freezing temperatures, Hyde Square Task Force is postponing its annual Three Kings Day Parranda to January 12, 2018. We will start at the Connolly Branch of the Boston Public Library for crown-making and a reading about Three Kings Day at 4:00 pm. We will then parade and sing down Centre Street with Musicians in Community youth at 5:00 pm. The parade will end at Hyde Square Task Force, 361 Centre Street,…
While green design and urban open space initiatives enjoy great popularity today, nearly 150 years ago a residential development that integrated dense, working-class housing with ample green space arose in Jamaica Plain. In 1871, the wealthy industrialist John Amory Lowell subdivided his familial estate Bromley Vale into a residential garden square that he rechristened Bromley Park. Similar to Boston’s South End squares, Bromley Park consisted of an extensive central garden area surrounded by brick rowhouses.…
Join filmmaker Monica Cohen and musicians Isaac Matus and Juan Tello to learn about music from the Pacific Coast of Colombia and the story of Diego Obregon, an Afro-Colombian musician and undocumented immigrant who is willing to sacrifice everything for his dreams. Excerpts of the film Dreams of Chonta will be shown and participants will have the opportunity to touch and play traditional Colombian instruments. Join us on September 18th from 6:00-7:30 pm at the…
As a part of Latino Heritage Month, participate in a neighborhood Story Walk! Start by picking up a map from the Connolly Branch of the Boston Public Library. Then use the map to follow the story Welcome to my Neighborhood: A Barrio ABC page by page through the neighborhood. Return the completed map to the Connolly Branch of the Boston Public Library or Hyde Square Task Force for a prize! The Story Walk is a…
Katie Bayerl, author of the young adult novel A Psalm for Lost Girls; Mindy Fried, author of Caring for Red: A Daughter's Memoir; and Beth Castrodale, author of the historical novel Marion Hatley will discuss their experiences with the writing process, getting published, and creating a life as a writer.
The annual fundraising concert of the Gloucester Hornpipe & Clog Society for the Friends of the JP Branch Library will take place at our sister branch this year. The GH&CS brings a huge energy where ever they play with their Celtic jigs & reels, sea chanteys and colonial-era tunes. This annual concert brings together members of the band from its over 45 year history to reconvene and revisit all their old favorites. A $10 donation is requested…
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