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Cancel Violence: Artists Speak Projecting Peace

 The Un-monument | Re-monument | De-monument: Transforming Boston Programming

February 23, 2025
  • 3:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists
    300 Walnut Avenue
    Boston, MA 02119
  • Contact:
    Jamaal Eversley
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Roxbury
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
  • Downloads:
2025-02-23T15:00:53 - 2025-02-23T17:00:53
The Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists (NCAAA) announces ARTISTS SPEAK PROJECTING PEACE, a bold extension of the current exhibition CANCEL VIOLENCE: ARTISTS SPEAK on Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 3 p.m.. Free and open to the public, CANCEL VIOLENCE: ARTISTS SPEAK PROJECTING PEACE offers an afternoon of dynamic interplay between visual and theater artists and social visionaries active in greater Boston. The exhibition and related programs are funded through the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture’s UN-MONUMENTS INITIATIVE with a grant from the Mellon Foundation.

CANCEL VIOLENCE: ARTISTS SPEAKS presents works by Hakim Raquib, Rob Stull, Johnetta Tinker, Laurence Pierce, Rob “PROBLAK” Gibbs, Shea Justice, Paul Goodnight and L’Merchie Frazier. Through their art, they explore causes of violence and possible correctives in an effort to guide communities toward social healing and restored human wholeness. Images from the exhibition intermixed with video clips of artist talking will be projected on the exterior facade of the museum at dusk thus providing one of the earliest grand scale, artistic screenings on a Roxbury building. It will be a must see.

PROJECTING PEACE is in collaboration with ILLUMINUS and FPoint Productions. It is composed of still and video images created by the visual artists cited above. Preceding the outdoor screening, CANCEL VIOLENCE: ARTISTS SPEAK PROJECTING PEACE will present Love, Queens Who Suffer From Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, an original choreo-poem written and compiled by Jamila Batts Capitman and Heather Thomas. Directed by Capitman, Love, Queens was Inspired by Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Consider Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf. It explores the impact of violence on communities through dramatic, poetic monologues. A discussion with the playwright and artists moderated by Chaplain Clementina Chéry of the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute follows.

CANCEL VIOLENCE: ARTISTS SPEAK is on display Fridays-Sundays, 1 - 5 p.m., through April 27.

February 23, 2025
  • 3:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists
    300 Walnut Avenue
    Boston, MA 02119
  • Contact:
    Jamaal Eversley
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Roxbury
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
  • Downloads:
2025-02-23T15:00:53 - 2025-02-23T17:00:53
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Jamaica Pond Nature Center

Explore! Learn! Preserve! The Boston Park Rangers offer FREE guided tours and nature-based programs for ALL AGES. 

February 25, 2025
2025-02-25T13:00:00 - 2025-02-25T15:00:00

Join the Boston Park Rangers at the Jamaica Pond Nature Center this February to discover the forgotten past of Jamaica Pond’s Ice Industry, view our natural history collection, or check in with a Boston Park Ranger as we open up the JP Nature Center for a limited schedule.

Operating Schedule: 

  • OPEN - Friday - February 7, 2025 | 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 
  • OPEN - Sunday - February 9, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  • OPEN - Saturday - February 15, 2025 | 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 
  • OPEN - Friday - February 21, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 

Accessibility

The Jamaica Pond Nature Center  is accessible for wheelchairs and strollers. 

For more information visit the Boston Park Rangers homepage

February 25, 2025
2025-02-25T13:00:00 - 2025-02-25T15:00:00
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Jamaica Pond Nature Center

Explore! Learn! Preserve! The Boston Park Rangers offer FREE guided tours and nature-based programs for ALL AGES. 

February 21, 2025
2025-02-21T13:00:00 - 2025-02-21T15:00:00

Join the Boston Park Rangers at the Jamaica Pond Nature Center this February to discover the forgotten past of Jamaica Pond’s Ice Industry, view our natural history collection, or check in with a Boston Park Ranger as we open up the JP Nature Center for a limited schedule.

Operating Schedule: 

  • OPEN - Friday - February 7, 2025 | 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 
  • OPEN - Sunday - February 9, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  • OPEN - Saturday - February 15, 2025 | 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 
  • OPEN - Tuesday - February 25, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 

Accessibility

The Jamaica Pond Nature Center  is accessible for wheelchairs and strollers. 

For more information visit the Boston Park Rangers homepage

February 21, 2025
2025-02-21T13:00:00 - 2025-02-21T15:00:00
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Jamaica Pond Nature Center

Explore! Learn! Preserve! The Boston Park Rangers offer FREE guided tours and nature-based programs for ALL AGES. 

February 15, 2025
2025-02-15T11:00:00 - 2025-02-15T14:00:00

Join the Boston Park Rangers at the Jamaica Pond Nature Center this February to discover the forgotten past of Jamaica Pond’s Ice Industry, view our natural history collection, or check in with a Boston Park Ranger as we open up the JP Nature Center for a limited schedule.

Operating Schedule: 

  • OPEN - Friday - February 7, 2024 | 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 
  • OPEN - Sunday - February 9, 2024 | 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  • OPEN - Friday - February 21, 2024 | 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 
  • OPEN - Tuesday - February 25, 2024 | 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 

Accessibility

The Jamaica Pond Nature Center  is accessible for wheelchairs and strollers. 

For more information visit the Boston Park Rangers homepage

February 15, 2025
2025-02-15T11:00:00 - 2025-02-15T14:00:00
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Jamaica Pond Nature Center

Explore! Learn! Preserve! The Boston Park Rangers offer FREE guided tours and nature-based programs for ALL AGES. 

February 9, 2025
2025-02-09T13:00:00 - 2025-02-09T15:00:00

Join the Boston Park Rangers at the Jamaica Pond Nature Center this February to discover the forgotten past of Jamaica Pond’s Ice Industry, view our natural history collection, or check in with a Boston Park Ranger as we open up the JP Nature Center for a limited schedule.

Operating Schedule: 

  • OPEN - Friday - February 7, 2024 | 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 
  • OPEN - Saturday - February 15, 2024 | 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
  • OPEN - Friday - February 21, 2024 | 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 
  • OPEN - Tuesday - February 25, 2024 | 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 

Accessibility

The Jamaica Pond Nature Center  is accessible for wheelchairs and strollers. 

For more information visit the Boston Park Rangers homepage

February 9, 2025
2025-02-09T13:00:00 - 2025-02-09T15:00:00
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Jamaica Pond Nature Center

Explore! Learn! Preserve! The Boston Park Rangers offer FREE guided tours and nature-based programs for ALL AGES. 

February 7, 2025
2025-02-07T11:00:00 - 2025-02-07T14:00:00

Join the Boston Park Rangers at the Jamaica Pond Nature Center this February to discover the forgotten past of Jamaica Pond’s Ice Industry, view our natural history collection, or check in with a Boston Park Ranger as we open up the JP Nature Center for a limited schedule.

Operating Schedule: 

  • OPEN - Sunday - February 9, 2024 | 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 
  • OPEN - Saturday - February 15, 2024 | 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
  • OPEN - Friday - February 21, 2024 | 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 
  • OPEN - Tuesday - February 25, 2024 | 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 

Accessibility

The Jamaica Pond Nature Center  is accessible for wheelchairs and strollers. 

For more information visit the Boston Park Rangers homepage

February 7, 2025
2025-02-07T11:00:00 - 2025-02-07T14:00:00
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Snowshoeing Safari

Explore! Learn! Preserve! The Boston Park Rangers offer FREE guided tours and nature-based programs for ALL AGES. 

February 16, 2025
2025-02-16T13:00:00 - 2025-02-16T14:00:00

Join the Boston Park Rangers for a snowshoeing tour around Boston’s historic Franklin Park. Snowshoeing is a fun and healthy way to enjoy the outdoors and further explore The Emerald Necklace in the winter. Park Rangers will demonstrate and instruct all the snowshoeing basics. Then, you'll be led on an hour-long guided tour, where we will uncover some of the plants and wildlife that thrive in the wintry New England environment.

  • Meeting Location: William J. Devine Golf Course parking lot --1 Circuit Dr. Boston, MA 02121
  • A limited supply of snowshoes will be available for use during the event. 
  • Please dress accordingly and be prepared for winter weather conditions
  • For ages 12+
  • In the event that we are unable to snowshoe, the program will be conducted as a walking tour

For more information visit the Boston Park Rangers homepage.

February 16, 2025
2025-02-16T13:00:00 - 2025-02-16T14:00:00
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Horse-of-Course

Explore! Learn! Preserve! The Boston Park Rangers offer FREE guided tours and nature-based programs for ALL AGES. 

February 20, 2025
2025-02-20T14:00:00 - 2025-02-20T14:30:00

 Join the Boston Park Rangers for a 30 minute meet-and-greet with one of our equine partners and learn they're fed, groomed, tacked up and ready for their patrol in your parks.

 Programs are subject to be canceled due to potentially hazardous weather conditions.

For more information visit the Boston Park Rangers homepage.

February 20, 2025
2025-02-20T14:00:00 - 2025-02-20T14:30:00
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Horse-of-Course

Explore! Learn! Preserve! The Boston Park Rangers offer FREE guided tours and nature-based programs for ALL AGES. 

February 18, 2025
2025-02-18T13:00:00 - 2025-02-18T13:30:00

 Join the Boston Park Rangers for a 30 minute meet-and-greet with one of our equine partners and learn they're fed, groomed, tacked up and ready for their patrol in your parks.

 Programs are subject to be canceled due to potentially hazardous weather conditions.

For more information visit the Boston Park Rangers homepage.

February 18, 2025
2025-02-18T13:00:00 - 2025-02-18T13:30:00
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The Poet’s Envoi: Porsha Olayiwola’s Farewell Reading

Update: This event is now sold out.

January 23, 2025
  • 7:00pm - 8:30pm
  • Museum of Fine Arts
    465 Huntington Ave.
    Boston, MA 02115
  • Contact:
    Arts and Culture
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Back Bay
    Fenway/Kenmore
  • Event Type:
    Art
  • Posted:
2025-01-23T19:00:36 - 2025-01-23T20:30:36

Join us for an evening celebrating Porsha Olayiwola and her work as the City of Boston’s Poet Laureate with her final reading in the role. For six years Olayiwola has served as a beacon of the local literary community, uplifting the city’s great traditions and embodying the future of poetry in Boston. 

Porsha Olayiwola, City of Boston Poet Laureate 

Danielle Legros Georges, Former City of Boston Poet Laureate

Parker-Vincent Alva, City of Boston Youth Poet Laureate 

With musical guest Naomi Westwater

 

January 23, 2025
  • 7:00pm - 8:30pm
  • Museum of Fine Arts
    465 Huntington Ave.
    Boston, MA 02115
  • Contact:
    Arts and Culture
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Back Bay
    Fenway/Kenmore
  • Event Type:
    Art
  • Posted:
2025-01-23T19:00:36 - 2025-01-23T20:30:36
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