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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Are you wondering about the city’s master plan for Franklin Park? Well, city staff are hosting an event on March 19 to discuss the Park’s Circuit Drive traffic calming study, tennis court expansion, dog facilities, White Stadium, and more. This is an in-person event that will include a brief presentation, followed by tabling sessions for residents to talk with the city’s Parks & Recreation and Planning Departments, and the Urban Wilds Crew. There will be…
The Wenham Street Cinema has closed its, um, garage doors forever. What started off as watching movies together in a JP resident’s garage became so much bigger. Politicians came to speak to neighbors, experts came to speak on particular topics, musicians performed, and more. The Wenham Street Cinema became a neighborhood gathering spot. Matt Shuman started the Wenham Street Cinema with his friend Jesse Abbruzzese several years after Shuman moved to Wenham Street in 2012.…
Grassroots organization JP Fights Back began last fall, and has quickly established itself as a philanthropical arm for local organizations fighting food insecurity, supporting immigrant populations, and supporting the Jamaica Plain community. “A number of us had an idea that we felt JP is a place with a lot of organizations and this was a good opportunity to come together and talk about how we can provide support to each other,” said longtime Jamaica Plain…
The community is invited to participate in a gathering in solidarity of Cuba at Jamaica Plain’s First Baptist Church on March 7. Community members are mobilizing to support the Cuban people who are dealing with a recent American federal administration declaration that blocks all countries from selling or donating oil to Cuba. This blockade is causing some of the most severe restrictions in the 65-plus-year history of the U.S. blockade against Cuba. Cuba produces approximately…
An online fundraiser for those affected by the Wyman Street fire that occurred on Feb. 18 quickly raised more than $17,000. There will also be an in-person fundraiser on Friday night to raise more money and donations for the 13 people displaced by the fire. The GoFundMe fundraiser created by a neighbor says the family that owns the house has two girls and could only grab their coats and winter boots. They need clothing, backpacks,…
We don’t often report on rumors, but we want to set the record straight — ICE and DHS are not staging operations at the Forest Hills Cemetery. “ICE and [DHS] have not been on the property at all,” said Janice Stetz, VP of administration. “We have had not any contact with ICE [and DHS]. It’s just a rumor, and it’s not true.”
