Week of Events
Exhibit | Arnold Arboretum Entrance Improvement Project
On view daily from 10am-4pm, now through March 6 in the Hunnewell Building Visitor Center at 125 Arborway, Boston, MA 02130 Engage with the future at the Arnold Arboretum! Through March 6, view a temporary exhibit in the Hunnewell Building illuminating the Entrance Improvement Project, a phased initiative to renovate all the Arboretum entrances and provide a safer, more accessible, and more welcoming experience for the visiting public. Each day, the Arnold Arboretum welcomes visitors to…
Listening Ears: Owling For Childre
Listening Ears: Owling For Childre
Thursday, March 9, 5:15-6:30pm https://arboretum.harvard.edu/events/event-signup/?id=66039 Location: Bussey Street Gate (see map). Parking available on Bussey Street outside of the gate. Bring your young naturalists to the Arboretum for an evening of owling. Listen to "Owl Moon"—a story of a little girl’s owling adventure with her father—then walk up Beech Path with listening ears. With luck, we'll hear the tell-tale hoot of a Great Horned Owl. This child-centric program is designed for families with children age 4-10.…
Archaeology at the Loring Greenough House
Archaeology at the Loring Greenough House
Joe Bagley, the Archaeologist for the City of Boston will present the initial findings from the dig conducted at the Loring Greenough House in the fall of 2022. The goal of this project was to survey the basement of the house’s early 19th century summer kitchen and areas of the door yard ahead of planned improvements. This event is co-sponsored with the Jamaica Plain Branch of the Boston Public Library and the Jamaica Plain Tuesday…
Archaeology at the Loring Greenough House
Archaeology at the Loring Greenough House
Joe Bagley, the Archaeologist for the City of Boston will present the initial findings from the dig conducted at the Loring Greenough House in the fall of 2022. The goal of this project was to survey the basement of the house’s early 19th century summer kitchen and areas of the door yard ahead of planned improvements. This event is co-sponsored with the Jamaica Plain Branch of the Boston Public Library and the Jamaica Plain Tuesday…
Friends of JP Library Tropical Fiesta
Friends of JP Library Tropical Fiesta
The Friends of the JP Library Tropical Fiesta will be at the JP Branch Library on Saturday, March 11, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Music, food, and pop-up book sale
Family Hike: Is It Spring Yet?
Family Hike: Is It Spring Yet?
Sunday, March 12, 1:00pm-2:30pm https://arboretum.harvard.edu/events/event-signup/?id=66540 Location: Meet in front of the Hunnewell Building at 125 Arborway Families need nature at all times of the year! We will answer the question: "Is it spring yet?" by searching for signs of seasonal change along Meadow Road, looking for opening buds, flowers, insects, migratory birds, and more! Please sign up if you plan to attend.
Play Reading: ‘Sophia Hayden Deserves Better’
Play Reading: ‘Sophia Hayden Deserves Better’
Join the Jamaica Plain Historical Society on Zoom for a reading of the play Sophia Hayden Deserves Better by Stephanie Alison Walker. In 1891 a brilliant 23-year-old woman from Jamaica Plain won an architecture contest to design the Woman’s Building for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. What should have been the start to a flourishing career in architecture became career-ending. Throughout the two-year process of building The Woman’s Building, the architect quietly endured bullying,…
Play Reading: ‘Sophia Hayden Deserves Better’
Play Reading: ‘Sophia Hayden Deserves Better’
Join the Jamaica Plain Historical Society on Zoom for a reading of the play Sophia Hayden Deserves Better by Stephanie Alison Walker. In 1891 a brilliant 23-year-old woman from Jamaica Plain won an architecture contest to design the Woman’s Building for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. What should have been the start to a flourishing career in architecture became career-ending. Throughout the two-year process of building The Woman’s Building, the architect quietly endured bullying,…
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