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Renters Rising Block Party and Music Fest for Rent Control

Jamaica Plain Brewery Complex (back parking lot) 284 Amory St., Jamaica Plain

Join us as we rock out to the sounds of Oompa, Zili Misik, JahRiffe & Jah-N-I Roots Movement, The Group Activity, and dance in the streets with Metamovements Latin Dance Company. This event is free and open to our entire community. Indoors in the Brewery complex, local artists affiliated with City Life/Vida Urbana will display and sell hand-died textiles and paintings as part of JP Open Studios. Bring your friends and neighbors! Are you tired…

Free

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Chameleon Arts Ensemble performs Milhaud’s Creation of the World Suite

First Church in Boston 66 Marlborough Street, Boston

The critically-acclaimed Chameleon Arts Ensemble begins its 2019-2020 chamber music season “at the beginning,” with Darius Milhaud’s jazz-age ballet score, La Création Du Monde in his arrangement for piano quintet, Op. 81b. The work is a vivid portrait of the creation of the world based on African folk mythology that blurs the line between Parisian fashion and pagan ritual. Also on the concert are Mahler’s first – and only – chamber work, the Piano Quartet…

$22 – $49

Holiday Potluck and Concert

Jamaica Plain Branch Library 30 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

The Friends and Staff of the Jamaica Plain Branch Library invite you to come to our Winter Holiday Party, an annual tradition. This party is a potluck, so we ask that you please bring a dish to share with our JP Branch community. The Friends will provide drinks and all the utensils, etc. After our feast, we will have entertainment provided by the Boston Typewriter Orchestra. It’s an evening of food and friends to celebrate…

Free

A Holiday Benefit: An Afternoon of Music & Storytelling

St. John's Episcopal Church 1 Roanoke Ave., Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Join us for an afternoon of holiday music and  family-friendly activities.  Be enchanted as musiConnects and our special guest storyteller weave a magical winter tale.  Music will include familiar classical favorites as well as newly scripted works.  Visit the oookie decorating table and frost your own treat.  Take a chance on a raffle.  Bring your neighbors and friends to celebrate the winter holidays with stories, music, dancing and sweets!

$5 – $20
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Chameleon Arts Ensemble performs Schumann’s Piano Quartet

First Church in Boston 66 Marlborough Street, Boston, MA, United States

The critically-acclaimed Chameleon Arts Ensemble brings together imagination, poetry, and invention with a sumptuous chamber music program exploring the hazy intersections between sleeping and waking, life and dreams. Robert Schumann’s much-loved E-flat Major Piano Quartet is an exhilarating reflection of humanity in all its complexity and contradiction and Gabriel Fauré’s song cycle, La chanson d'Ève, reveals the Garden of Eden with its sensual delights. Alongside these classics are Helen Grime’s evocation of the harvest moon,…

$22 – $49

Holiday Open House to kick-off Urbano Project’s 10th Anniversary

Urbano Project 29 Germania Street, Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Urbano Project kicks off its 10th Anniversary Celebration with a FREE Holiday Open House, sponsored by State Street Bank. There will be live music, art workshops and demonstrations, drinks, holiday snacks, and lots of cool prints created by Urbano’s artists for sale!  All happening at Urbano's gallery in the Brewery Complex, 29 Germania Street.  FREE admission. Join us at our studio/gallery for behind-the-scenes exhibition tours, a family-friendly drop-in origami workshop with Artist-in-Residence Erin Genia, a bookmaking class demonstration by Artist-in-Residence Rachel Allenand…

FREE

Cultural Survival Bazaar

cambridge rindge and latin school 459 Broadway, Cambridge, MA, United States

This family-friendly festival features art, crafts and other ethically made cultural products created by Indigenous artists from dozens of countries. Enjoy demonstrations by artists, Indigenous cuisine, and live music from around the world. This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to exchange, connect, and build community. Chat with Indigenous artists about their crafts and bring home a beautiful memento of your local trip around the world. Since 1975, Cultural Survival's Bazaars have brought Indigenous artists from the…

$3 – $12

NFN Holiday Pop UP=p

142 South St. Jamaica Plain, MA 142 South St., Jamaica Plain, MA

About this Event Tis the season, let’s spread some holiday joy by introducing some of the most amazing brands. Join us in celebrating the unforgettable holiday season while shopping, sipping and socializing at our lovely NFN Holiday Pop Up Featuring: Ankhara by Luciana Brown & Coconut I Love My Nighty Naja'Channell Small bites catered by Concept Cuisiner

Free

NFN Holiday Pop Up

142 South St. Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 142 South St., Jamaica Plain

Tis the season, let’s spread some holiday joy by introducing some of the most amazing brands. Join us in celebrating the unforgettable holiday season while shopping, sipping and socializing at our lovely NFN Holiday Pop Up Featuring: Ankhara by Luciana Àuda.B Brown & Coconut I Love My Nighty Naja'Channell Delicious bites catered by Concept Cuisiner

Free

Celebrazione Musicale d’Italiano!

Loring Greenough House 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Enjoy 18th century parlor music in our 18th century parlor! In celebration of the holiday season, the Loring Greenough House is hosting a special chamber music concert featuring students from the world-renown Walnut Hill School for the Arts. Alumni from Walnut Hill are currently members of major symphony orchestras around the globe. The works of Italian composers will be featured (or those evoking the Italian "gioia della vita!") A festive reception with light refreshments will follow. Don't miss this chance to see and hear…

$15

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