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

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

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.

 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.

 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.

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

After being on display for nearly six months, The Gun Violence Memorial Project will be coming down from the MASS office, the ICA, and Boston City Hall on January 20th. It has been an incredible privilege to collaborate with our Boston partners—the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, Boston’s Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture, and Boston’s Un-Monument Initiative—to host the project in the city. 

Join us for a closing ceremony on 1/13 to remember and celebrate our loved ones in the memorial through a reading of the names. Families and partners in the Boston area are invited to join us in person at the MASS office, and all are welcome to participate online.

The memorial will be opening at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit this spring. More information on the memorial’s opening in Detroit will be shared soon!

If you have any questions regarding the event, please reach out to participate@massdesigngroup.org. 

This gallery reception will honor the life and work of Bruce Wilson and feature a selection of his last works. This in-person event is an opportunity to celebrate Bruce's legacy with fellow art enthusiasts and friends.

RSVP

More about the exhibit

Directions:

Please use the entrance located on Congress St, across from Faneuil Hall. Pass security and take the elevators to the 8th floor. The Emerging Gallery is located in the hallway by room 801. 

Based in Massachusetts and founded in January 1995, the Haitian Artists Assembly of Massachusetts (HAAM) is comprised of more than 40 artists and their friends, art lovers, and volunteers. They promote Haitian art and culture through artmaking, information sharing, and Haitian-themed cultural events and celebrations. HAAM serves primarily Haitian-American artists based in New England, and collaborates with writers, musicians, and storytellers. HAAM has held more than 100 arts exhibitions and developed many partnerships throughout the years.

Photo courtesy by Mass Design Group

This session, hosted by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, MASS Design Group, and the Institute on Policing, Incarceration, and Public Safety at Harvard, delves into the intersection of community violence, public safety, and design. Drawing on the experiences and impact of the Gun Violence Memorial Project, which has been on display in Boston since the end of August, this conversation examines how we can redirect public attention to gun violence in ways that genuinely honor community mourning, avoiding exploitation, inspiring meaningful change.

Through the lens of Boston’s unique challenges and opportunities, we’ll explore critical questions:

• How can we activate monuments to foster policy advocacy and serve as calls to action?
• What does the closing of the Memorial Project’s installation mean for Boston’s ongoing work in gun violence prevention? 
• How do we reframe narratives about gun violence and gun violence prevention to deepen understanding and drive collective action and survivor advocacy?

Join thought leaders in public safety, design, and advocacy as we consider the power of memorials to shape the future of policy, community healing, and gun violence prevention in Boston and beyond.