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
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
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
This is an ongoing run club every Saturday morning from Saturday, July 16th to Saturday, October 1st, leading up to the 2022 Boston 10K for Women on Saturday, October 8th.
For Frederick Law Olmsted’s Bicentennial in 2022, park rangers from Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site in Brookline are partnering with the Emerald Necklace Conservancy on a new interpretive program. Stop by the Shattuck Visitor Center from 10AM to 4PM each Sunday this summer to meet a park ranger and learn about Olmsted’s “most important … Continued
Trio Let's Vamos Trio Let’s Vamos is a unique Brazilian-American musical collaboration playing Forró Pé-de-Serra, featuring rhythms such as baião, xaxado and samba. Forró became famous in the 1940s and ‘50s with tunes steeped in the stories and culture of Brazil’s arid Northeast, the Sertão. Accordion, voice and percussion play melodies influenced by the vocal … Continued
What to expect: Outdoor Yoga, Moving meditation, and healing practices for all shapes, sizes and abilities seeking tools to manage stress. See schedule for presenters. REGISTER HERE: tinyurl.com/WellnessWarriorRemix
Mayor Michelle Wu's Movie Nights give residents and visitors the opportunity to enjoy popular films under the night skies in city parks. A poor little boy wins a ticket to visit the inside of a mysterious and magical chocolate factory in his town. When he experiences the wonders inside the factory, the boy discovers that … Continued
What to expect: Outdoor Yoga, Moving meditation, and healing practices for all shapes, sizes and abilities seeking tools to manage stress. See schedule for presenters. REGISTER HERE: tinyurl.com/WellnessWarriorRemix
For Frederick Law Olmsted’s Bicentennial in 2022, park rangers from Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site in Brookline are partnering with the Emerald Necklace Conservancy on a new interpretive program. Stop by the Shattuck Visitor Center from 10AM to 4PM each Sunday this summer to meet a park ranger and learn about Olmsted’s “most important … Continued
What to expect: Outdoor Yoga, Moving meditation, and healing practices for all shapes, sizes and abilities seeking tools to manage stress. See schedule for presenters. REGISTER HERE: tinyurl.com/WellnessWarriorRemix
Join Art & Nature Center Program Specialist Doris Richardson on a family-friendly tour around the museum’s campus to meet some of our leafy neighbors. Learn about the public art installation Konstantin Dimopoulos: The Blue Trees and listen to the trees’ biorhythms. Meet the Presenter Doris Richardson is a PEM educator that you may recognize from the Art … Continued
What to expect: Outdoor Yoga, Moving meditation, and healing practices for all shapes, sizes and abilities seeking tools to manage stress. See schedule for presenters. REGISTER HERE: tinyurl.com/WellnessWarriorRemix
Join us for a free afternoon of gardening and nature activities for all ages, along with tasty snacks from a local restaurant. Meet our composting worms, make a native wildflower seed ball, learn about herbal medicine, and take an educational tour of the community garden. Plus enjoy nature play and crafts from the Trustees Mobile … Continued
For Frederick Law Olmsted’s Bicentennial in 2022, park rangers from Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site in Brookline are partnering with the Emerald Necklace Conservancy on a new interpretive program. Stop by the Shattuck Visitor Center from 10AM to 4PM each Sunday this summer to meet a park ranger and learn about Olmsted’s “most important … Continued
John Williams Jam Band Boldly re-imagine John Williams’ classic movie themes with funky grooves, jazzy harmony, and epic solos. Picture Harry Potter wallowing in butterbeer-induced blues in New Orleans and Darth Vader busting out headspins at a dance party. This musically accomplished quintet draws upon their deep reservoir of musical skills to transform cinematic masterpieces … Continued
Building on the 2021 inaugural Preservation in a Changing Climate Conference, this year’s event will continue efforts to raise awareness of and discuss adaptation strategies to address climate change impacts on historic buildings, landscapes and neighborhoods. Listen to guest speakers and educational sessions at PEM, tour historic properties that are addressing the effects of climate … Continued
What to expect: Outdoor Yoga, Moving meditation, and healing practices for all shapes, sizes and abilities seeking tools to manage stress. See schedule for presenters. REGISTER HERE: tinyurl.com/WellnessWarriorRemix
What to expect: Outdoor Yoga, Moving meditation, and healing practices for all shapes, sizes and abilities seeking tools to manage stress. See schedule for presenters. REGISTER HERE: tinyurl.com/WellnessWarriorRemix
Brookline’s seventh annual Porchfest will be held on Saturday, September 17, 2022 from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm with a rain date of Saturday, September 24, 2022.
For Frederick Law Olmsted’s Bicentennial in 2022, park rangers from Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site in Brookline are partnering with the Emerald Necklace Conservancy on a new interpretive program. Stop by the Shattuck Visitor Center from 10AM to 4PM each Sunday this summer to meet a park ranger and learn about Olmsted’s “most important … Continued
Festival to highlight Afro-diasporic arts with interactive dance workshops, performances by 4 music troupes and temporary installation of sculpture by Walter Clark. This event was made possible thanks to an Olmsted Now Parks Equity & Spatial Justice Grant.
Shavonne Brown If you have been dying to feel those musical goosebumps or want to take a journey down memory lane, you don’t want to miss this performance. Shavonne’s songs will bring you back to when you first fell in love with music and the love story that it is today.
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 September 21st from 6-7 PM … Continued
What to expect: Outdoor Yoga, Moving meditation, and healing practices for all shapes, sizes and abilities seeking tools to manage stress. See schedule for presenters. REGISTER HERE: tinyurl.com/WellnessWarriorRemix
Cypher sessions to expose & invite passersby of all backgrounds to celebrate the energy of live hip-hop along the Emerald Necklace. This event was made possible thanks to an Olmsted Now Parks Equity & Spatial Justice Grant.
Open Streets Boston is a collection of free, family-friendly events. During these events, the City will close major thoroughfares to motor traffic, opening them for pedestrian use including: walking, rolling, biking, and connecting with neighbors and local businesses. Open Streets Boston events help people experience streets as public spaces where communities thrive. City streets transform … Continued
What to expect: Outdoor Yoga, Moving meditation, and healing practices for all shapes, sizes and abilities seeking tools to manage stress. See schedule for presenters. REGISTER HERE: tinyurl.com/WellnessWarriorRemix
Grand Opening of new Pollinator Garden in the Fenway Victory Gardens. There will be discussions of pollinator-friendly plants, bees, compost, and more.
Series of ancestor processions to communally honor gravesites & bring justice to the ancestral spirits of Boston’s enslaved African Americans. This event was made possible thanks to an Olmsted Now Parks Equity & Spatial Justice Grant.
Stan Strickland Trio Legendary Boston jazz musician and educator Stan Strickland (sax, flute, vocals), joins jazz/soul vocalist Lori Gomes and multi-instrumentalist Akili Jamal Haynes for a powerful whole-body experience, where breath and movement travel through instruments and air. This concert coincides with Jamaica Plain Open Studios; Eliot School teachers will show and sell their wares … Continued
What to expect: Outdoor Yoga, Moving meditation, and healing practices for all shapes, sizes and abilities seeking tools to manage stress. See schedule for presenters. REGISTER HERE: tinyurl.com/WellnessWarriorRemix
What to expect: Outdoor Yoga, Moving meditation, and healing practices for all shapes, sizes and abilities seeking tools to manage stress. See schedule for presenters. REGISTER HERE: tinyurl.com/WellnessWarriorRemix
October Parks as Platform: Presented with Charlesgate Alliance Join the Conservancy and Charlesgate Alliance for a free, fun afternoon in Charlesgate Park's North Field, capping off our Parks as Platform season at the tip of Olmsted's Emerald Necklace! Enjoy: Free snacks Tours with Charlesgate Alliance at 12PM and 2PM (registration encouraged) Live music Charlesgate … Continued
Join The Trustees and Dorchester Food Coop for a fun, family-friendly celebration uplifting the work of a variety of organizations focused on creating a more sustainable Boston! At Dorchester’s lovely Nightingale Community Garden, enjoy music and dancing with a Trike Called Funk, delicious Nigerian food from Suya Joint, guest speakers, and hands-on activities for all … 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.
