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August 13, 2026

10:00am-12:00pm
2026 Children's Arts and Crafts Workshops: Beacon Hill

Looking for a free, fun activity to enjoy with the kids? Join us this summer for one of our arts and crafts workshops hosted in various parks throughout the City of Boston, hosted by a local artist.

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10:00am-12:00pm
2026 Children's Arts and Crafts Workshops: South Boston

Looking for a free, fun activity to enjoy with the kids? Join us this summer for one of our arts and crafts workshops hosted in various parks throughout the City of Boston, hosted by a local artist.

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10:00am-11:00am
Parks Fitness: Chair Yoga with Michelle
  • Symphony Park
    39 Edgerly Road
    Fenway-Kenmore, MA
  • Price:
    FREE

Participate in FREE fitness classes offered by one of our certified instructors. Our classes are a partnership between the Boston Parks and Recreation Department and the Boston Public Health Commission. The series is sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.

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12:30pm-2:30pm
Build Your Credit
  • 30 Dimock Street
    Roxbury, MA 02119
  • Price:
    FREE

Join us every 2nd Thursday of the month from 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. for this recurring workshop!

Join us every 3rd Wednesday of the month from 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. for this workshop offered virtually! 

3:00pm-6:00pm
Try-an-E-Bike Event
  • 1 City Hall Square
    Boston, MA 02201-2006
  • Price:
    FREE

Curious about electric bikes? Join our Try an E-Bike Event!

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3:00pm-5:00pm
Mayor's Youth Council Summer Town Hall - Mission Hill
  • BCYF Tobin
    1481 Tremont St
    Boston, MA 02120
  • Price:
    FREE

Join the Mayor's Youth Council Summer Ambassadors for an engaging town hall featuring games, food, and givewaways!

6:00pm-7:00pm
Parks Fitness: BCBS Frog Pond Yoga
  • Boston Common
    38 Beacon Street
    Boston , MA
  • Price:
    FREE

Participate in FREE fitness classes offered by one of our certified instructors. Our classes are a partnership between the Boston Parks and Recreation Department and the Boston Public Health Commission. The series is sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.

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6:00pm-8:00pm
August 13 Summer Family Bike Ride in East Boston
  • McKay School
    122 Cottage Street
    Boston, MA 02128
  • Price:
    FREE

Easy route. All ages welcome. Bikes available to borrow.

6:00pm-7:00pm
Parks Fitness: Bota Fogo Dance Fitness Class with Julia

Participate in FREE fitness classes offered by one of our certified instructors. Our classes are a partnership between the Boston Parks and Recreation Department and the Boston Public Health Commission. The series is sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.

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6:00pm-8:00pm
H2O SOS: Water Warning | Closing Panel
  • Civic Pavilion
    5 Congress Street
    Boston, MA 02203
  • Price:
    FREE

Join us for a panel about art and climate change in Boston to celebrate the exhibitions currently on view at the City Hall Galleries. 

6:00pm-7:00pm
Mattapan: 7 Leahaven Road Abutters Meeting

Scope of work confirmed: change of occupancy from a two-family to a four-family dwelling by constructing an addition to the rear of the property to create two units, with driveway access to proposed parking per plans and deed provided. (This is not an attached two-family structure to the rear of the existing dwelling.)

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6:30pm-7:30pm
Parks Fitness: Dancehall Bootcamp with Miciyiaah
  • Mission Hill Playground
    60 Smith Street
    Jamaica Plain, MA
  • Price:
    FREE

Participate in FREE fitness classes offered by one of our certified instructors. Our classes are a partnership between the Boston Parks and Recreation Department and the Boston Public Health Commission. The series is sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.

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7:00pm-8:30pm
Tito Puente Latin Music Series - Ehshawnee
  • O’Day Playground
    75 West Newton St
    Boston, MA
  • Price:
    FREE

NOTE: THE LOCATION OF THIS EVENT IS NOW AT O’DAY PLAYGROUND - 75 WEST NEWTON ST SOUTH END

The six-concert Tito Puente Latin Music Series returns to Boston parks on in July and August. Performers include Berklee College of Music faculty, students, alumni, and world-renowned artists.

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August 14, 2026

9:00am-10:00am
North End Liaison Office Hours
  • West End Community Center
    75 Blossom Court
    Boston, MA 02114
  • Price:
    FREE

North End Liaison Office Hours are hosted by your neighborhood liaison Maria Perez.

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9:00am-5:00pm
Digital Literacy Workshop

Please join the Center for Working Families for a newly launched, free digital literacy curriculum.

10:00am-11:00am
Hyde Park Liaison Office Hours
  • Hyde Park Branch of the Boston Public Library
    35 Harvard Avenue
    Hyde Park, MA 02136
  • Price:
    FREE

Hyde Park Coffee Hours are hosted by your Hyde Park neighborhood liaison Zoë Petty. 

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10:00am-12:00pm
2026 Children's Arts and Crafts Workshops: South End

Looking for a free, fun activity to enjoy with the kids? Join us this summer for one of our arts and crafts workshops hosted in various parks throughout the City of Boston, hosted by a local artist.

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10:00am-12:00pm
2026 Children's Arts and Crafts Workshops: Dorchester

Looking for a free, fun activity to enjoy with the kids? Join us this summer for one of our arts and crafts workshops hosted in various parks throughout the City of Boston, hosted by a local artist.

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10:00am-11:00am
Parks Fitness: Tai Chi with Joe

Participate in FREE fitness classes offered by one of our certified instructors. Our classes are a partnership between the Boston Parks and Recreation Department and the Boston Public Health Commission. The series is sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.

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10:30am-12:00pm
Age Strong Memory Cafe - West Roxbury
  • West Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library
    1961 Centre Street, West Roxbury
    Boston, Massachusetts 02132
  • Price:
    FREE

A Memory Café is a welcoming place for people with forgetfulness or other changes in their thinking.

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11:00am-12:00pm
South End Liaison Office Hours
  • Cacao
    570 Columbus Avenue
    Boston, MA 02118
  • Price:
    FREE

South End Liaison Office Hours are hosted by your South End neighborhood liaison Michaela Nee

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11:30am-12:30pm
South Boston Liaison Office Hours
  • South Boston Branch of the Boston Public Library
    646 East Broadway
    Boston, MA 02210
  • Price:
    FREE

South Boston Liaison Office Hours are hosted by your East Boston neighborhood liaison Lydia Polaski.

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12:00pm-2:00pm
East Boston Liaison Office Hours
  • ALOE NATURAL
    256 Marginal Street, Building 16
    East Boston, MA 02128
  • Price:
    FREE

East Boston Coffee Hours are hosted by your East Boston neighborhood liaison Carlos Garcia.

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2:00pm-4:00pm
Allston-Brighton Liaison Office Hours
  • Honan-Allston Branch of the Boston Public Library
    300 N Harvard Street
    Allston-Brighton,
  • Price:
    FREE

Allston-Brighton Liaison Office Hours are hosted by liaison Jennifer Roberts. 

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5:00pm-10:00pm
Summer Dance Party Series

Join us for SILK R&B Cookout, part of Mayor Michelle Wu's Summer Dance Party Series, in collaboration with Democracy Beer Garden.

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August 15, 2026

8:00am-9:00am
Parks Fitness: Walking Group with Brandy

Participate in FREE fitness classes offered by one of our certified instructors. Our classes are a partnership between the Boston Parks and Recreation Department and the Boston Public Health Commission. The series is sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.

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8:30am-12:00pm
Zero Waste Day Drop-Off
  • 315 Gardner Street
    W. Roxbury DPW
    West Roxbury, MA 02132
  • Price:
    FREE

Bring your household hazardous waste and certain waste ban items to a Zero Waste Day for safe disposal.

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