You don’t need to be an Olmsted superfan to participate in one of the many events and activities that take advantage of parks and public spaces. Whether it’s a wellness workshop, public lecture or a free concert: show up to an event or share one of your own.
The Olmsted Now calendar will be updated regularly with submissions by program partners and the public. Local activities will be focused between April and October 2022. Come back often!
The Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library examines how the environment is related to social injustices in the past, present and future. This free exhibition draws on both historical collections stretching back hundreds of years as well as newly commissioned maps that investigate how to address environmental justice in Boston and … Continued
The Arnold Arboretum, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, was founded on Friday, March 29, 1872. Exactly 150 years later, we invite you to join Lisa Pearson, Head of the Arboretum Library and Archives, for a special sesquicentennial lecture! Pearson will discuss the earliest benefactors of the Arboretum, the events surrounding the founding of the institution, … Continued
Speaker: Lisa Pearson, Head of the Arboretum Library and Archives This event will also be presented in-person at the Arboretum's Weld Hill Research Building at 1300 Centre Street, Boston, MA 02131. To sign up for the in-person event, click here. The Arnold Arboretum was founded on Friday, March 29, 1872. Exactly 150 years later, we … Continued
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, in partnership with the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT), will host a three-day symposium as part of Olmsted 200, the national bicentennial commemoration of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted, social reformer and founder of American landscape architecture. The symposium will be held in Boston, home … Continued
Join us for a curatorial introduction to our new exhibition, More or Less in Common: Environment and Justice in the Human Landscape About this event As part of the National Park Service’s Olmsteds: Landscapes and Legacies symposium, the Leventhal Map & Education Center presents a curatorial introduction to the new More or Less in Common: Environment and Justice … Continued
MassArt has planted our flag to participate in the Worldwide Teach-in: Climate/Justice being organized by Bard College in New York, and featuring events hosted by 1,000 institutions worldwide! MassArt's evening on climate action and social justice relates to curriculum and creative practice. To spark the conversation, MassArt faculty, students, staff, and alumni panelists will share … Continued
Seeing the Invisible features AR works by a dozen international artists including Ai Weiwei, Refik Anadol, El Anatsui, Mohammed Kazem, Sigalit Landau, Sarah Meyohas, Pamela Rosenkranz, and Timur Si-Qin. The first exhibition of its kind to be developed in collaboration between botanical gardens and arts institutions from around the world. Seeing the Invisible is initiated … Continued
Mary Ellen Strom Rights Along the Shore is an upcoming temporary public artwork by Mary Ellen Strom and Danielle Abrams supported by Boston Center for the Arts’ Public Art Residency and by Tufts University.. The project will take place at Carson Beach in South Boston, MA. This research-based art project will engage with individuals and … Continued
Join the Arnold Arboretum’s Director William (Ned) Friedman for the annual Director’s Series! To celebrate the Arboretum’s sesquicentennial, this year’s series will explore the Magic and Meaning of a Garden of Trees. Over the course of four sessions, we will trace the Arnold’s significance in the landscape architecture movement, value for the people of Boston, … Continued
Join us Tuesday, April 12, 2021, for the 16th annual Muddy River Symposium at the Paresky Center, Simmons University from 4:30PM-7:30PM. This years' keynote speaker is Spencer Glendon, Founder of Probable Futures and Senior Fellow at the Woodwell Climate Research Institute. Register here
With support from SMFA Tufts, we invite you to join a colloquium entitled Freedom in Water, Body of Water, Bodies in Water on our campus for open discussion about the research and experiences behind Rights Along the Shore. Artists Mary Ellen Strom, Danielle Abrams have invited four esteemed speakers who will address the topic of … Continued
Join us for a thought-provoking conversation on monuments and memory! Building on our last conversation in partnership with Goethe-Institut Boston on global monuments, this panel asks, What role artists play in reimagining the construction of our public spaces? Exploring how artists can intervene with monuments and create new modes of commemoration and community, artists Mischa … Continued
Introducing NU’s Climate Justice and Sustainability Hub: Student, faculty, and community perspectives on NU's role in climate action About this event Earlier this year, Northeastern unveiled plans to establish a Climate Justice and Sustainability Hub. This raises some important questions. How can the Hub support and connect the climate justice movements on and off campus? … Continued
Each third Wednesday of the month, Olmsted Now welcomes all to a public online dialogue exploring bicentennial themes: shared use, shared health and shared power in parks and public spaces. Each session tackles a “big question” about park experience through the guiding perspectives of community voices. Join us on April 20 from 6-7:30 PM for a … Continued
WHAT ARE FAIRY HOUSES? Fairy houses are small structures for fairies and woodland creatures to live in. These whimsical habitats are built by children, families, gardeners, and nature lovers alike. Fairy house building is a fun and creative activity for children that encourages kids to go outside and connect with the natural world, in an … Continued
Join BGSA in promoting public health through green space Celebrating FL Olmsted comes with a renewed appreciation of the importance of green space in our cities. Olmsted viewed urban nature as instrumental to improving public health. The 35th Brookline GreenSpace Alliance Annual Meeting features Patrick Kinney, the Beverly A. Brown Professor for the Improvement of … Continued
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site will open their season on April 22nd, 2022 at 9:30 AM. Tours will be offered on the hour every hour until 4 PM, including both the landscape of Fairsted, and the Olmsted's historic design office. Come visit anytime!
The Muddy River Cleanup is a part of the Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup; this event takes place throughout the Charles River Watershed and builds on a national effort as part of American Rivers’ National River Cleanup® which, to date, has removed over 25 million pounds of trash from America’s waterways. From 2016 to … Continued
For Olmsted Now, the Emerald Necklace Conservancy expands its annual free event series Summer on the Emerald Necklace into a shared resource for cross-neighborhood collaboration and community-generated public events from April through October 2022. Each month, the Conservancy will collaborate with a site partner to anchor programming with extra support: securing permits, coordinating volunteers and providing amenities like … Continued
Please join Guerilla Opera at Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site for an introduction of acoustic violin at 3pm followed by the libretto reading of Pterins. This an American Road Trip story about three 19-year-old friends who drive across America in 1997 on I-90. They maintain a sense of adventure, freedom, and autonomy, and enhance … Continued
Join us in honoring Olmsted’s 200th birthday. Due to inclement weather, we have moved this event to our rain date, Wednesday, April 27! America’s great place-maker Frederick Law Olmsted famously said his Brookline landscape architecture firm must “do the best for Boston all the time.” Join us in honoring Olmsted’s 200th birthday on April … Continued
Enjoy a 75-minute "cocktail-hour" tour of Olmsted's Charlesgate Park, then toast Olmsted's 200th birthday at Kenmore's gem: Cornwall's Pub! About this event Lace up your comfiest walking shoes and don your favorite party hat for this half-mile "cocktail hour" tour to mark the bicentennial of Frederick Law Olmsted, visionary landscape architect who created Charlesgate Park. … Continued
Join the Franklin Park Coalition for our traditional spring Annual Meeting timed to celebrate Frederick Law Olmsted’s 200th birthday. We’ll have updates on the Franklin Park Action Plan and Trust Fund, upcoming programming, and more. Come mingle with neighbors and enjoy breakfast refreshments. Invited speaker: Mayor Michelle Wu. Sign up here
A walking tour of the completed part of the Muddy River Restoration Project area. Come learn how the area has changed since it was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and constructed in the 1890’s, and how Boston, Brookline, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the US Army Corps of Engineers have worked together to help reduce … Continued
Franklin Park: Past, Present, Future As the geographic heart of the city of Boston, Franklin Park serves as the meeting ground of the Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan, Roslindale, and Jamaica Plain neighborhoods, drawing in visitors from throughout the region and around the world. For over a century, Franklin Park has been a lively and beloved center … Continued
You don’t need to be an Olmsted superfan to participate in one of the many events and activities that take advantage of parks and public places. Whether it’s a wellness workshop, public lecture or a free concert: show up or share one of your own.
