February 2020
Children’s Concert (Featuring Evan from Blissful Monkey Studio) and The Croft School Information Session
The Croft School is hosting a free concert suited for children ages 3-5. Come jam with Evan from Blissful Monkey Studio and learn more about The Croft School at this special musical event! This event is free and open to the public.
Find out more »April 2020
Postponed: The Remarkable Photos of Leon Abdalian
This event has been postponed. Boston Public Library has cancelled all events through April. This event will be rescheduled for the fall. The photographer Leon Hampartzoum Abdalian was born in 1884 in what was Cilician Armenia, then located in the Ottoman Empire (now modern Turkey). He migrated with his family to the United States in April of 1896 and they eventually settled in Jamaica Plain. It is believed that he was largely self-taught as a photographer. For most of the…
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December 2021
January 2022
Wythe & Web: An approach to public art
In this presentation, artist Matthew Hinçman will discuss his latest commission for the City of Boston, Wythe & Web. The presentation will also highlight Matthew's other public art works installed in Jamaica Plain, and how creating works specific to his neighborhood is an integral component of his artistic practice. This will be a hybrid event. Limited in-person seating is available - please reserve a seat by emailing jamaicaplain@bpl.org or register to attend via Zoom using this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UZq2eZgrSuyBeXiKmCdFYw This talk…
Find out more »Artist Meet-and-Greet with Garrow Throop at JP Branch Library
Garrow Throop exhibit Imagination: The Beauty of Light is on view at the Jamaica Plain Branch Library from January 7 through March 2, 2022 on the lower level of the library during regular hours. There will be an artist meet-and-greet with Throop in person from 5:30 to 7:30 pm.
Find out more »March 2022
JPHS Documentary Screening about Composer Amy Beach
Amy Cheney Beach was born September 5, 1867 in Henniker, NH and became one of the most respected and accomplished American composers of her time. She debuted as a pianist at 17 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. At age 25 she was commissioned to write a choral piece for the opening of the Women’s Pavilion at the 1893 World’s Colombian Exposition in Chicago. Beach became a national symbol of women’s creative power and was the dean of American women composers.…
Find out more »May 2022
Jamaica Plain Library Book Sale
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.
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