The City of Boston hosts Fix-It Clinics at several branch locations of the Boston Public Library. A Fix-It Clinic is a free event where Boston residents can bring their broken household items for repair. Our volunteers are patient and knowledgeable, so in addition to saving old objects from the trash you might even learn some new handy skills (or if you prefer to sit back and watch the masters work, that's OK too)!

Acceptable items include:

• clothing and fabric
• computers and phones
• toys and wooden items
• kitchen equipment
• small electrical devices
• jewelry, and
• much more!

To volunteer as a fixer, sign up here. 

Boston Park Rangers, Urban Wilds staff, and Parks employees will provide formal and informal discussions or tours during the hikes. Some hikes may be more focused on taking a walk in the park, while others may be more informational.

Please note — this is not a hike. This is a "Horse of Course" program hosted by a Boston Park Ranger. Come meet one of the mounted units from our herd and learn about their role in the parks, and how they are cared for.

For more information visit the Hike Boston home page.

Join South Boston Branch Library and Boston’s Zero Waste Team as we guide participants through an interactive workshop to discover the lifecycle of a piece of clothing.

This is an in-person event. Registration is required.

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This workshop is inspired by the pedagogy of the Climate Fresk (an interactive workshop that teaches the IPCC Climate report). Launched in 2021, Textiles UnTangled was created by Green Donut. 

We'd like to invite our East Boston neighbors and Mary Ellen Welch Greenway users to join our third Community Meeting. We’ll be holding a virtual meeting via Zoom featuring a presentation by our designers where the team will present the concept plan for Mary Ellen Welch Greenway. 

Register for the meeting

For more information on Mary Ellen Welch Greenway please visit the project page. 

Interpretation and translation services will be provided in Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic. For additional information, please contact us at 617-635-4505 or parks@boston.gov.