Do you love the Wake Up The Earth Festival? Or maybe you’ve never been to it. Either way, volunteers are wanted for numerous aspects of the annual Wake Up the Earth Festival happening May 2. Volunteers are wanted for different roles for the day of, day before, and lead up to the festival activities. Volunteers can: Create art for the festival and parades, glow up our festival puppets, paint and sew festival banners Volunteer for…
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The JP Arts Council is seeking small work donations of 2D/3D original art for its Art on Tap fundraiser to support JP Open Studios. This is a great opportunity to purchase work from artists, meet-up friends, have some snacks and drinks and guarantee the future of Jamaica Plain Open Studios. Art on Tap will be on April 29, 7-9 pm, at the Sam Adams Brewery. Admission $5 at the door. All donating artists receive complimentary…
Emily Greene Balch was born in Jamaica Plain, and won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1946. Learn about her life and life’s work at the Connolly Library on Jan. 24 at a free Jamaica Plain Historical Society event. Wellesley College Professor Catia Confortini will reflect on Balch’s legacy, not only as a scholar and thinker, but also as a teacher who taught at Wellesley, and as an activist. Balch founded and led the Women’s International…
Growing up, Michaela Chavelis Arroyo loved creating fashion shows with her Bratz Dolls. While her models are no longer toys, her brand Chavelis Playhouse channels the same spirit of childlike imagination.
