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Boston Summer Eats Kickoff Event

Join Us for the Boston Summer Eats Kick-Off Event!

July 11, 2025
2025-07-11T11:30:01 - 2025-07-11T13:30:00

Come celebrate summer with us at the Boston Summer Eats Kick-Off Event! This fun, family-friendly event will take place on Friday, July 11, 2025, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Paris Street Park in East Boston. (In case of rain, we’ll move across the street to the BCYF Paris Street Community Center.)

Boston Summer Eats is a partnership between OFJ, YMCA, BPS Food & Nutrition Services, BCYF, and Project Bread. The program provides free meals to all youth ages 18 and under in Boston while school is out.

The event will feature tasty Summer Eats meals, fun games, giveaways from local groups, and a special show from Puppet Showplace Theater. It’s also a great way to learn more about the 33 Summer Eats sites open across Boston

All youth 18 and under are welcome to participate! No ID or registration required.

July 11, 2025
2025-07-11T11:30:01 - 2025-07-11T13:30:00
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Bike Town Pop-Up at Ronan Park

Join us for a free family-friendly Bike Town pop-up! Here, youth can learn to ride and take part in on-bike activities to improve their safe bike riding skills. Registration is not required.

July 22, 2025
2025-07-22T14:30:16 - 2025-07-22T16:30:16

Located on the basketball courts at Ronan Park in Dorchester, this two-hour drop-in event is for families and children under 12 who want to learn to ride and practice their riding skills. A variety of different sized bikes and helmets will be provided, and staff will be present to set up a temporary bike town, lead on-bike games and teach bike riding skills.

Families Sign-In to a Bike Town Event at Moakley Park
Bike Town Sign-In at Moakley Park.
July 22, 2025
2025-07-22T14:30:16 - 2025-07-22T16:30:16
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Bike Town Pop-Up at Almont Park

Join us for a free family-friendly Bike Town pop-up! Here, youth can learn to ride and take part in on-bike activities to improve their safe bike riding skills. Registration is not required.

July 16, 2025
2025-07-16T14:30:50 - 2025-07-16T16:30:50

Located at the tennis courts in Almont Park in Mattapan, this two-hour drop-in event is for families and children under 12 who want to learn to ride and practice their riding skills. A variety of different sized bikes and helmets will be provided, and staff will be present to set up a temporary bike town, lead on-bike games and teach bike riding skills.

Families Sign-In to a Bike Town Event at Moakley Park
Bike Town Sign-In at Moakley Park.
July 16, 2025
2025-07-16T14:30:50 - 2025-07-16T16:30:50
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Learn-to-Bike For Adults: Street Skills

A group ride designed to practice bike skills on off-street paths, bike lanes, and on low-stress shared streets. This class is open to all genders.

August 9, 2025
  • 12:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Parking Lot 1
    980 Harrison Ave
    Boston, MA 02119
  • Contact:
    Boston Bikes
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Roxbury
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2025-08-09T12:00:19 - 2025-08-09T14:00:19

a photo of a group of adults practicing on street bike skills

If you have mastered the basic skills like starting, stopping, and turning, and you have familiarity with using hand signals and shifting gears, come to a free Street Skills clinic. This class builds from the skills practiced in our Road Readiness clinics. We’ll ride as a group on streets with low-speed traffic, learning how to start and stop safely at traffic signals, ride a safe distance from parked cars and moving vehicles, communicate with other road users, and make turns at intersections. This class is open to people of all genders. Participants are welcome (but not required) to take Road Readiness and Street Skills on the same day. 

Registration required. Bicycles and helmets provided for all participants for the duration of the workshop. 

If you cannot yet ride independently across a parking lot, have not mastered stopping and starting smoothly, or are unable to use hand signals, please do not register for this clinic. Our Basic Skills class is more appropriate.

August 9, 2025
  • 12:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Parking Lot 1
    980 Harrison Ave
    Boston, MA 02119
  • Contact:
    Boston Bikes
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Roxbury
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2025-08-09T12:00:19 - 2025-08-09T14:00:19
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Bike Town Pop-Up

Reason for cancellation: Difficulties with reserving space at Franklin Park.
July 15, 2025
2025-07-15T14:30:33 - 2025-07-15T16:30:33

Located in Franklin Park on Playstead Road, near the rear parking lot for the Zoo, this two-hour drop-in event is for families and children under 12 who want to learn to ride and practice their riding skills. A variety of different sized bikes and helmets will be provided, and staff will be present to set up impermanent bike towns, lead on-bike games and teach safe bike riding skills.

Child riding on an impermanent bike town on Playstead road at Franklin Park.

July 15, 2025
2025-07-15T14:30:33 - 2025-07-15T16:30:33
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Learn-to-Bike for Adults: Road Readiness

Gain on-bike confidence skills! We will learn and practice hand signals and advanced bike handling. This class is open to all genders.

August 9, 2025
  • 10:00am - 12:00pm
  • Parking Lot 1
    980 Harrison Ave
    Boston, MA 02119
  • Contact:
    Boston Bikes
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Roxbury
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2025-08-09T10:00:15 - 2025-08-09T12:00:15

a photo of a group of adults learning how to bike

If you have the basic biking skills like starting, stopping, and turning, but want to build your confidence to ride in the street, come to a free Road Readiness clinic for adults. Our experienced staff and volunteers will help each participant gain skills and confidence so you’re ready to venture onto the street and keep on rolling! This class is taught entirely in a parking lot. We will run through some fun activities to build skills like using hand signals, shifting gears, and riding in a steady line. You’ll get lots of practice and one-on-one support. This class is open to people of all genders.

If you cannot ride independently across a parking lot yet, please do not register for this clinic. Our Basic Skills class is more appropriate.

Bikes and helmets provided to all participants for duration of the workshop. Registration required.

August 9, 2025
  • 10:00am - 12:00pm
  • Parking Lot 1
    980 Harrison Ave
    Boston, MA 02119
  • Contact:
    Boston Bikes
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Roxbury
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2025-08-09T10:00:15 - 2025-08-09T12:00:15
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Bike Town Pop-Up At City Hall Plaza

Join us for a free family-friendly Bike Town pop-up, where youth can learn to ride and participate in on-bike activities to improve their safe bike riding skills. Registration is not required.

July 21, 2025
2025-07-21T14:30:49 - 2025-07-21T16:30:49

Located on the terrace above the playground at City Hall Plaza (pending City of Boston license approval), this two-hour drop-in event is for families and children under 12 who want to learn to ride and practice their riding skills. A variety of different sized bikes and helmets will be provided, and staff will be present to lead on-bike games and teach bike riding skills and safe riding tips and techniques.

Young children riding bikes in the new City Hall Plaza bike town.
Young children riding bikes in the new City Hall Plaza bike town.
July 21, 2025
2025-07-21T14:30:49 - 2025-07-21T16:30:49
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"Airfoil/Captain David Ramsay Memorial" Public Conversation

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

July 26, 2025
2025-07-26T12:00:53 - 2025-07-26T14:00:53

Join us for a public conversation at Ramsay Park about Airfoil/Captain David Ramsay Memorial by Reginald Jackson and Valerie Maynard

All are welcome to this free and public event!

*This public conversation is part of the National Center of Afro-American Artists' new project, FINDING OURSELVES IN PUBLIC SPACES: An UnMonument Project, and it is funded by The Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture's Un-monument Initiative, supported by a grant from The Mellon Foundation.

Finding Ourselves  in Public Spaces Walking Tour: Black Women by Sharon Dunn with National Center of Afro-American Artists

Photo courtesy by National Center of Afro-American Artists

July 26, 2025
2025-07-26T12:00:53 - 2025-07-26T14:00:53
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Harriet Tubman Park's Monuments Tour and Public Conversation

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

July 12, 2025
2025-07-12T12:00:53 - 2025-07-12T14:00:53

Harriet Tubman Park (450 Columbus Ave, Boston) is the first park in Boston with a statue honoring a woman. It is one of the few parks in the country with statues by two African-American women artists. These statues/monuments are Step on Board by Fern Cunningham and Emancipation by Meta Warrick. We welcome you to attend this tour of these monuments and stay for an inspirational public conversation between activist and organizer,Frieda Garcia, Angela Tate of The Museum of African American History and Barry Gaither of The National Center of Afro-American Artists on the legend known as "Moses" and how these works honor her.

All are welcome to this free and public event!

*This public conversation is part of the National Center of Afro-American Artists' new project, FINDING OURSELVES IN PUBLIC SPACES: An UnMonument Project, and it is funded by The Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture's Un-monument Initiative, supported by a grant from The Mellon Foundation.

Finding Ourselves  in Public Spaces Walking Tour: Black Women by Sharon Dunn with National Center of Afro-American Artists

Photo courtesy by National Center of Afro-American Artists

July 12, 2025
2025-07-12T12:00:53 - 2025-07-12T14:00:53
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Independence Day Celebration

Join us for the 249th Independence Day Celebration in the City of Boston!

July 4, 2025
2025-07-04T09:00:00 - 2025-07-04T10:00:00

Join us for Boston’s 249th Independence Day Celebration on Thursday, July 4, 2025, beginning at 9 a.m. at City Hall Plaza. Mayor Michelle Wu will open the ceremony with remarks at the flagpoles.

Following the speaking program, a parade will step off from City Hall Plaza and proceed along Tremont Street, stopping briefly at the Granary Burying Ground to honor historic figures. The route continues along Bromfield and Washington Streets, ending at the Old State House, where Captain Commanding Stephen Colella of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company will read the Declaration of Independence from the historic balcony  at the Old State House.

This event is free and open to the public.

Independence Day Celebration Graphic

July 4, 2025
2025-07-04T09:00:00 - 2025-07-04T10:00:00
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