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
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
Studios Without Walls, 23rd annual exhibition presents "The Ground We Walk" site specific sculpture, our 16th year in Riverway Park, Brookline, near the Longwood T Stop, presents 16 sculptures, free to the public, self-guided tours and an art treasure hunt, ADA accessible. Opening reception May 28th, 1pm-4pm. Hosted by Brookline Parks and Open Spaces on … Continued
Join city and state parks agency representatives and fellow greenspace advocates for an in-person workshop. Reconnect about the work to protect, enhance and enjoy our parks system. Hear from Boston Parks Department and Mass DCR (Dept of Conservation & Recreation) speakers about how to address park needs and discuss challenges and opportunities to advocate for … Continued
Lungs of the City: Olmsted’s Parks in Music is a program of new chamber music commemorating the 2022 bicentennial of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted. Olmsted, the 19th century American landscape architect who laid the groundwork for today’s public parks, famously envisioned Central Park as “the lungs of the city.” This unique concert program explores … Continued
National Caribbean-American Heritage Month (NCAHM), the nationwide commemoration of Caribbean American contributions to this great country. Since 2006, June has been designated as National Caribbean American Heritage Month by Presidential Proclamation. Caribbean American have contributed to the development of the United States in extraordinary ways. Millions of people in the United States are connected to … Continued
The Boston Parks Summer Fitness Series offers free fitness programming from June 5 through October 1 in Boston parks. Join for both in-person and virtual classes led by certified fitness instructors. Please consult the complete class list here. Everyone is welcome at our free classes, regardless of your fitness level. For more information and cancellations, check … Continued
Black Birders Week was started in response to the 2020 incident in Central Park in which birding enthusiast Christian Cooper, a Black man, was the subject of a specious call to police by a white woman walking her dog. Following the public outcry, Mr. Cooper was offered his own TV show by National Geographic, whereas … Continued
Shaw Pong Liu & Brian Friedland Two dynamic composers create an afternoon combining free improvisation and compositions by each. Shaw Pong Liu (violin) engages communities in conversations through musical collaboration. Her work has addressed birdsong and healing, sunlight and warmth, healing and homicide, racism, and the police. Brian Friedland (piano), initiator of the Eliot Schoolyard … Continued
Please join us on Tuesday, June 7th at 5:30pm for our first organized walk in almost three years. Sign up today! The walk is part of the Olmsted Now Celebration and is the first annual walk in honor of Bob Sloane. Bob was a co-founder of WalkBoston and passed away in May 2021. He was a true pioneer in walking advocacy … Continued
DS4SI's very first "inPUBLIC Summer Series": a series of events from May through August 2022 that focus on creating experiences that provide the tools and inspiration for you to show up as your full self in public space. On Wednesday, June 8th, inPUBLIC: Rest invites you to take a break from your routine and responsibilities … 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
Niu Raza Malagasy award winner and Boston-based singer-songwriter Niu Raza is known for her unique sound, a perfect blend between her traditional heritage and modern music. From Madagascar to Boston and around the globe, she has shared the stage with multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier, saxophonist Tia Fuller, and South Africa’s Vusi Mahlasela, and as a voice … Continued
Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux's "Greensward Plan" for Central Park both inspired the American park movement and provided the catalyst for the establishment of landscape architecture as a profession. Golf course design, whether for public or private use, combines knowledge of landscape architecture with understanding the unique requirements of a challenging game. In line … Continued
In collaboration with King Boston’s Embrace Ideas Festival, Olmsted Now’s coalition co-organizers’ Emerald Necklace Conservancy and Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site present a free dialogue with today’s foremost scholars thinking about Boston’s park system-designer Frederick Law Olmsted at the intersection of greenspace, abolition and racial justice. Join Stephen Gray and Ethan Carr as they … Continued
Each third Wednesday of the month, Olmsted Now invites the community to a public dialogue on shared use, shared health and shared power in parks and public spaces. These hour-long discussions are a platform to explore our bicentennial themes through the perspective of a guiding community voice. Join us on June 15th from 6-7 PM … Continued
Join us for a live, outdoor opera performance @ Rowes Wharf Plaza on the Rose Kennedy Greenway! Friday, June 17 | 2022 performances at 5:30pm and 6:30pm Rowes Wharf Plaza on the Rose Kennedy Greenway at the intersection of High Street and Atlantic Avenue
Join us for a live, outdoor opera performance @ Rowes Wharf Plaza on the Rose Kennedy Greenway! Saturday, June 18 | 2022 performances at 1 pm and 2 pm Rowes Wharf Plaza on the Rose Kennedy Greenway at the intersection of High Street and Atlantic Avenue
Formed in 1999 by 4-time Grammy-nominated Black Uhuru drummer 'Rangotan and 6-time steel pan champion Sista D, Dis N Dat incorporates Roots Reggae, Dance Hall, and R&B. Sounds of Jamaica and Trinidad rock the sounds of foundation reggae and steel pan. It’s Neo-Reggae, taking reggae to a whole new level while maintaining the foundation sound … Continued
What do you know about Frederick Law Olmsted and his legacies in Boston landscapes? Join the Leventhal Map and Education Center with the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site and Friends of Fairsted for a trivia night on all things Olmsted! Trivia rounds will feature a geographic scavenger hunt using Atlascope, knowledge about Olmsted’s projects, … Continued
The Schoolyard Quartet: Lihi Haruvi, Brian Friedland, Keala Kaumeheiwa & Jorge Perez-Albela The debut concert from long-time musical friends Lihi Haruvi (sax), Keala Kaumeheiwa (bass), Brian Friedland (keyboard) and Jorge Perez-Albela (drums). Expect globally inspired jazz with lots of joyful spontaneity.
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.
