The City of Boston is planning changes to the parking on Walnut Ave between Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd and Humboldt Ave to improve safety for students at the Higginson Lewis School. We will be moving parking from the south side of the street to the north side of the street, so that students do not have to cross the street to reach their caregiver’s vehicle during school arrival and dismissal. In addition, we will be installing two speed humps, per the image above.  

Please join us in a meeting to discuss the upcoming changes and to provide input on the parking regulations. The Meeting will be held at the Higginson-Lewis School (131 Walnut Ave. Boston, MA 02119) on August 19, from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 

To find out more about Safe Routes to School and other projects in this neighborhood, please email us at SRTS@boston.gov. 

Join us for the first annual Deployables Day, a citywide training exercise on temporary flood protection

Boston is among the most vulnerable cities in the country to flooding. As sea levels rise, damaging floods will shift from a rare occurrence to a common reality.

September 27, 2024 | 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Experience deployable flood barriers at City Hall Plaza. 

Learn about the City’s flood protection measures, ways to stay safe during a flood, and whether a deployable is right for you at Faneuil Hall. 

Visit deployable flood barriers across the city.

Explore how the City is being protected from flooding and what you can do to stay safe.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2024 -  9:00 A.M. REGISTRATION | 10:00 A.M. SHOTGUN START

GEORGE WRIGHT GOLF COURSE, HYDE PARK

Tee up!  Join us for the First Annual Putting for Parks Golf Tournament, an exciting new event dedicated to supporting youth programming within the Recreation Division of the Boston Parks and Recreation Department. This year's golf tournament will be held at the prestige George Wright Golf Course in Hyde Park.  Enjoy a luncheon on the beautiful patio after playing 18 rounds of golf with a few engaging contests set up throughout the course. 

All proceeds from the tournament will go to funding the Recreation Division of Boston Parks and Recreation, which creates and manages clinics, summer sports centers, sports leagues, and tournaments for Boston's youth at no cost. Our diverse programs include archery, baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis and track and field.

We hope you will join us in our first annual event, helping us create lasting memories while supporting a great cause. Whether you’re a seasoned golfer or a newcomer to the sport, your involvement will make a difference. Let’s tee up for a brighter future for Boston’s youth! We look forward to seeing you on the green.

Join the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture and The Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University for a series of free public discussions on democracy and justice. The inaugural event will take place on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. at The Embrace (139 Tremont Street, Boston, MA).

This discussion, hosted by Professor Brandon Terry and featuring Professor Joshua Bennett and Professor Imani Perry, will center around "Poetry, Public Art, and the Politics of Memory."

Poetry, especially since the great age of epic poetry, has been a profoundly important technology of communal memory and stories of peoplehood all around the globe. Our first event looks to this legacy and its present-day importance with Joshua Bennett, one of the country’s most celebrated poet-scholars, and Imani Perry, one of our nation’s most prominent public intellectuals, as they engage in a public conversation about the art and politics of memory.

Backdropped by the Embrace, Boston’s most talked-about work of public art in decades, these two extraordinary thinkers will reflect on hard questions about who and what we remember, the form and function of civic memory, and the ways that art may be able to facilitate a more inclusive and insightful practice of imagination.

Take part in the conversation as we learn about the nature of collective and civic memories and the different forms that human beings have experimented with to pass them down through generations.

This event, in collaboration with the Friends of the Public Garden, and Embrace Boston, is a part of the City of Boston's Un-monument program, a multi-year, city-wide initiative partnering with artists and local arts organizations to spark conversations about monuments through temporary public art installations, free public events, and interactive arts experiences. Learn more about the Un-monument initiative.

This event is free and open to the public, thanks to a grant from the Mellon Foundation’s Monuments Project. RSVPs are encouraged, but not required, and there is no registration limit.

Will we see you at The Embrace? Let us know!