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July 2023
Walking Tour of Monument Square (JP)
Come along with the Jamaica Plain Historical Society to explore the heart of JP on a tour that includes a National Historic District. You will 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…
Find out more »Walking the Road to Resilience with Frederick Douglass – 9 Week Workshop Series
9-Week Resilience Workshop Series Consecutive Saturdays, 11am-1pm (7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5, 8/12, 8/19, 8/26,9/2) At the Boston Nature Center 500 Walk Hill St, Mattapan, MA 02126 FREE, but registration required Limited to 10 participants $900 value! Gas or transit support available Every workshop will include a Nature Healing Walk open to the public Graduation: Sat, September 9th 11 AM - 1 PM H.E.R.O.’s Road 2 Resilience (R2R) curriculum empowers participants to be their own heroes through self-nurturing, time in…
Find out more »Walking the Road to Resilience with Frederick Douglass – 9 Week Workshop Series
9-Week Resilience Workshop Series Consecutive Saturdays, 11am-1pm (7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5, 8/12, 8/19, 8/26,9/2) At the Boston Nature Center 500 Walk Hill St, Mattapan, MA 02126 FREE, but registration required Limited to 10 participants $900 value! Gas or transit support available Every workshop will include a Nature Healing Walk open to the public Graduation: Sat, September 9th 11 AM - 1 PM H.E.R.O.’s Road 2 Resilience (R2R) curriculum empowers participants to be their own heroes through self-nurturing, time in…
Find out more »Getting to Know Primary Sources with Elena Palladino and Judy McIntosh
We'll meet at the Swift River Historical Society where Judy and Elena will show us books, photos, and more, and share the obstacles and joys of working with primary documents. What are the processes of creating historical fiction vs family histories vs professional journal articles? They will highlight the unique things at the SRHC and talk about how to negotiate local historical societies. Register by calling the Athol Public Library at 978-249-9515.
Find out more »Walking Tour of Stony Brook
Come along with the Jamaica Plain Historical Society to 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…
Find out more »Walking the Road to Resilience with Frederick Douglass – 9 Week Workshop Series
9-Week Resilience Workshop Series Consecutive Saturdays, 11am-1pm (7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5, 8/12, 8/19, 8/26,9/2) At the Boston Nature Center 500 Walk Hill St, Mattapan, MA 02126 FREE, but registration required Limited to 10 participants $900 value! Gas or transit support available Every workshop will include a Nature Healing Walk open to the public Graduation: Sat, September 9th 11 AM - 1 PM H.E.R.O.’s Road 2 Resilience (R2R) curriculum empowers participants to be their own heroes through self-nurturing, time in…
Find out more »Find Your Voice! Storytelling with Mount Grace
Come hear great stories! Details to come! there will be snacks.
Find out more »Walking the Road to Resilience with Frederick Douglass – 9 Week Workshop Series
9-Week Resilience Workshop Series Consecutive Saturdays, 11am-1pm (7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5, 8/12, 8/19, 8/26,9/2) At the Boston Nature Center 500 Walk Hill St, Mattapan, MA 02126 FREE, but registration required Limited to 10 participants $900 value! Gas or transit support available Every workshop will include a Nature Healing Walk open to the public Graduation: Sat, September 9th 11 AM - 1 PM H.E.R.O.’s Road 2 Resilience (R2R) curriculum empowers participants to be their own heroes through self-nurturing, time in…
Find out more »So You Think You Can’t Sing? Think Again!
Singing for the Out-of-Tune Think you can't sing? Think again! Join us on Wednesday, July 26, as Julie Bouchard leads us through some exercises and teaches us how to use our voices to get more pleasing results. Star and director of many area musicals, Julie will help us find joy in our own voices. Julie has been performing for over 40 years, both locally and internationally, including traveling to Paris as an American singer and touring New York City with the Childrens Educational…
Find out more »August 2023
Walking the Road to Resilience with Frederick Douglass – 9 Week Workshop Series
9-Week Resilience Workshop Series Consecutive Saturdays, 11am-1pm (7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5, 8/12, 8/19, 8/26,9/2) At the Boston Nature Center 500 Walk Hill St, Mattapan, MA 02126 FREE, but registration required Limited to 10 participants $900 value! Gas or transit support available Every workshop will include a Nature Healing Walk open to the public Graduation: Sat, September 9th 11 AM - 1 PM H.E.R.O.’s Road 2 Resilience (R2R) curriculum empowers participants to be their own heroes through self-nurturing, time in…
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