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2023 Paint Night #2: William J. Devine Golf Clubhouse

Enjoy a free night out with friends and family and create your own masterpiece! 

June 14, 2023
  • 6:00pm - 7:30pm
  • William J. Devine Golf Course
    1 Circuit Drive
    Boston , MA 02121
  • Contact:
    PARKS AND RECREATION
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Dorchester
    Jamaica Plain
    Roxbury
  • Posted:
2023-06-14T18:00:00 - 2023-06-14T19:30:00

This program allows attendees of any skill level to recreate beautiful paintings by following guided step-by-step instructions from a local artist. Classes are limited and registration is required.

Register for Paint Night #2

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Parks and Recreation Paint Night

June 14, 2023
  • 6:00pm - 7:30pm
  • William J. Devine Golf Course
    1 Circuit Drive
    Boston , MA 02121
  • Contact:
    PARKS AND RECREATION
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Dorchester
    Jamaica Plain
    Roxbury
  • Posted:
2023-06-14T18:00:00 - 2023-06-14T19:30:00
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Boston Landmarks Commission Public Hearing

To participate, please go to our Zoom Meeting Link or call +1-305-224-1968 and enter meeting ID # 969 4517 9747. You may also comment via email at blc@boston.gov.

The public can offer testimony.
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We Hire Youth Neighborhood Job Fair - Jamaica Plain

May 20, 2023
  • 11:00am - 2:00pm
  • BCYF Curtis Hall
    20 SOUTH STREET
    BOSTON, MA 02130
  • Contact:
    YouthLine@boston.gov
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Jamaica Plain
  • Posted:
2023-05-20T11:00:00 - 2023-05-20T14:00:00

This summer, the Office of Youth Employment and Opportunity will be hosting five We Hire Youth Neighborhood Job Fairs! Each event will take place at a BCYF in high-impact neighborhoods for the SuccessLink Youth Employment program. At these events, youth will:

  • Learn more about the SuccessLink program.
  • Get connected to local SuccessLink employers.
  • Get help completing their applications and/or onboarding.
May 20, 2023
  • 11:00am - 2:00pm
  • BCYF Curtis Hall
    20 SOUTH STREET
    BOSTON, MA 02130
  • Contact:
    YouthLine@boston.gov
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Jamaica Plain
  • Posted:
2023-05-20T11:00:00 - 2023-05-20T14:00:00
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Walking Tour of Stony Brook

Tours are free to the public and are offered on dates shown.

May 27, 2023
  • 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Stony Brook T Stop 100 Boylston Street
    Boston, MA 02130
  • Contact:
    JP Historical Society
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Jamaica Plain
  • Posted:
2023-05-27T11:00:00 - 2023-05-27T12:00:00

Explore a fascinating industrial area at the geographic heart of Boston that includes 19th-century tannery and brewery buildings, the homes of early German settlers, and today’s Boston Beer Company, the brewers of Samuel Adams. In the 1970s, a coalition of community groups joined together to block construction of the Southwest Expressway through Jamaica Plain and other Boston neighborhoods. Today, the Southwest Corridor Park that runs through the Stony Brook neighborhood stands as a testament to the power of community activism.

Tours last between 60 and 90 minutes and are canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide outside the T Stop.

May 27, 2023
  • 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Stony Brook T Stop 100 Boylston Street
    Boston, MA 02130
  • Contact:
    JP Historical Society
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Jamaica Plain
  • Posted:
2023-05-27T11:00:00 - 2023-05-27T12:00:00
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Walking Tour of Sumner Hill

Tour a historic Jamaica Plain neighborhood of fine Victorian houses.  

May 20, 2023
  • 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Loring-Greenough House, 12 South Street
    Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
  • Contact:
    JP HIstorical Society
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Jamaica Plain
  • Posted:
2023-05-20T11:00:00 - 2023-05-20T12:00:00

This National Historic District includes the ancestral home of the Dole Pineapple Company founder and the homes of progressives who were active as abolitionists and women suffragists.

All tours are free to the public and are offered on dates shown. Tours last between 60 and 90 minutes and are canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide at the starting location.

 

May 20, 2023
  • 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Loring-Greenough House, 12 South Street
    Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
  • Contact:
    JP HIstorical Society
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Jamaica Plain
  • Posted:
2023-05-20T11:00:00 - 2023-05-20T12:00:00
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Walking Tour of Monument Square

Join the Jamaica Plain Historical Society to explore the heart of the historic neighborhood.

May 13, 2023
  • 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Loring-Greenough House, 12 South Street
    Jamaica Plain, 02130
  • Contact:
    Jamaica Plain Historical Society
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Jamaica Plain
  • Posted:
2023-05-13T11:00:00 - 2023-05-13T12:00:00

View architecture that spans three centuries, the oldest community theater company in the United States, and an elegant eighteenth-century mansion that once served as the country’s first military hospital. Additionally, the tour includes a house that once served as a tavern, the Eliot School, the home of the first woman to graduate from MIT, and the First Church Burial Ground.

All JPHS tours are free to the public. Tours start on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. Canceled in the case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, meet the guide at the location listed.

May 13, 2023
  • 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Loring-Greenough House, 12 South Street
    Jamaica Plain, 02130
  • Contact:
    Jamaica Plain Historical Society
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Jamaica Plain
  • Posted:
2023-05-13T11:00:00 - 2023-05-13T12:00:00
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Open Streets Boston - Jamaica Plain

Open Streets Boston is back for its third annual event, offering another chance to experience streets as public spaces.

July 21, 2024
  • 10:30am - 5:00pm
  • Centre Street
    Between: Centre Street from Lamartine St. to South St.
    Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
  • Contact:
    Open Streets Boston
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Jamaica Plain
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
  • There will be MBTA Bus service changes for this event:

    View Bus Detours

2024-07-21T10:30:00 - 2024-07-21T17:00:00

Discover the heartbeat of Jamaica Plain at Open Streets on Sunday, July 21st! Located on Centre St. between Lamartine St. to South St.. This event invites you to immerse yourself in the community's rich culture. Make your way along the route and explore a medley of local businesses, activity zones, live music, and food! Here you’ll find everything from face painting, yummy treats from local food vendors, interactive art and more!

Embrace the spirit of togetherness along this car-free route from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.—it's an unforgettable celebration of Jamaica Plain's community that is free for the public to attend.

JP open streets map

 

Learn about the initiative

July 21, 2024
  • 10:30am - 5:00pm
  • Centre Street
    Between: Centre Street from Lamartine St. to South St.
    Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
  • Contact:
    Open Streets Boston
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Jamaica Plain
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
  • There will be MBTA Bus service changes for this event:

    View Bus Detours

2024-07-21T10:30:00 - 2024-07-21T17:00:00

Programming

Event Photos

Open Streets Boston, woman with blue braids holding two fire fighter helmets in front of the fire house

Street performer in a sparkly Guy Fawkes mask and red top hat with a large letter V on it.

A man in a hat and a woman in a blue dress dance in the middle of the street

A band plays various brass instruments, in the foreground a man wearing a feather boa plays a trumpet

A family of three adults and two children play a large game of connect four

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Wake Up Your Garden: 'Stories, Plants, Secrets, and Soil'

What’s blooming at the Loring Greenough House? In addition to signs of spring, stories and secrets to share! 

May 6, 2023
2023-05-06T10:00:00 - 2023-05-06T13:00:00

Kicking off the annual Gardening Together Series - an informative, outdoor event on the Loring Greenough lawn to celebrate the arrival of Spring! Come discover how to wake up your sleeping garden, “meet” some of the people who lived and worked at Loring Greenough, and see a secret space recently explored by the city’s Archeologist!

May 6, 2023
2023-05-06T10:00:00 - 2023-05-06T13:00:00
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Lilac Sunday

During Preservation Month, enjoy the Arnold Arboretum's impressive collection of lilac plants.

May 14, 2023
  • 10:00am - 3:00pm
  • Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway
    Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
  • Contact:
    Arnold Arboretum
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Jamaica Plain
  • Posted:
2023-05-14T10:00:00 - 2023-05-14T15:00:00

Of the thousands of flowering plants in the Arboretum, only one is singled out each year for a daylong celebration. Mainly located on the edge of Bussey Hill Road in the heart of the landscape, the lilac collection at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University is among the premier collections of these plants in North America. Lilac Sunday has been celebrated at the Arnold Arboretum since 1908.

Tours of the lilacs and family activities are available from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., but the Arboretum is open as usual from dawn to dusk.  

May 14, 2023
  • 10:00am - 3:00pm
  • Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway
    Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
  • Contact:
    Arnold Arboretum
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Jamaica Plain
  • Posted:
2023-05-14T10:00:00 - 2023-05-14T15:00:00
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Boston Landmarks Commission Public Hearing

Attention: This hearing will only be held virtually and not in person. You can participate in the hearing by going to our online meeting or calling 301-715-8592 and enter meeting id 9668761244. You can also submit written comments or questions to blc@boston.gov

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