This event is free for all to attend and Funded in part by Mass Cultural Council and Lynn Cultural Council Join us in our 3rd year as we celebrate Freedom, African American culture, achievement and bring awareness to the significance of Juneteenth in our community. We will have all day entertainment – SPOKEN WORD, DANCE, […]
Event Category: Children & Family
CONCERT SERIES: Crossing The Line To Freedom: A Musical Narrative
CROSSING THE LINE TO FREEDOM: A Musical Narrative In celebration of Juneteenth, the Boston Lyric Opera and Castle of our Skins join forces AGAIN to showcase the lives and stories of legendary liberators such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Jr. AND MORE through the music of opera, art song, spirituals, history, and […]
“I Got Bank!” Book Giveaway & Signing
Join Teri Williams, President & COO of OneUnited Bank, the largest Black-owned bank in America, for this event: “I Got Bank! What My Granddad Taught Me About Money” BOOK GIVEAWAY & SIGNING THURSDAY, MAY 16th 4PM-6PM at the GROVE HALL Branch of the Boston Public Library 41 Geneva Avenue, Dorchester, MA 02121 Get a FREE […]
Scholar Athletes: allSA Awards Night
SCHOLAR ATHLETES presents allSA Awards Night Thursday, May 9th 5:30PM | The Strand Theatre 543 Columbia Road, Dorchester 02125 FREE & OPEN to the Public 5:30PM Red Carpet 6PM Award Presentation This event will recognize more than 230 awardees and scholarship recipients from 24 Scholar Athletes Zones across Boston, Everett and Springfield public high schools. […]
Boston Kids Comics Fest
Join the Boston Kids Comics Festival for our Second Annual Festival. Children, parents/guardians, educators and librarians are invited to discover and explore “kid friendly-comics”, graphic novels and hybrid books. The Fest includes a book fair, panelists, workshops & exhibitors. This year’s special guests include: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl comic artist Erica Henderson, a two-time Eisner […]
“KidsBuild!” Saturday & Sunday 2019
Join KidsBuild! at BSA Space on Saturday, April 6 10AM-4PM and again Sunday, April 7 10AM-4PM. Guided by professional architects, families will choose a construction site from a fictional city grid, design and build a building from recycled materials, and be awarded a certificate of occupancy from the city building inspectors. Geared for children age […]
23rd Annual Hip Hop Festival
Agassiz Baldwin hosts the annual Hip Hop Festival every February school vacation week. Billed as “an age-appropriate performance of a style of music children love” and “a great way for students from across Cambridge to interact [and] a networking opportunity for young performers,” the Agassiz Baldwin Community Hip Hop Festival is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser. […]
MLK Day Healthy Community Brunch
Madison Park Development Corporation is hosting an MLK Day Healthy Community Brunch for families and older adult residents of MPDC’s affordable housing properties as well as members of the broader Roxbury community. Eat a healthy brunch meal, engage in compelling dialogue and enjoy artistic performances celebrating the life & legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, […]
Family Hike at the Arnold Arboretum: Short Days/Long Nights
Family Hike at the Arnold Arboretum: December 16, from 2:00-3:30pm. Meet inside the main gate at 125 Arborway. We will hike the landscape and read a story, The Longest Night. Afterwards, families are invited to make a paper chickadee in the Visitor Center lecture hall. Free and open to all. For more information call 617-384-5209. […]
Summer Art Series – Making Puppets with Paper Mache
FREE SUMMER ART WORKSHOP SERIES: The Power of our Stories – Making Puppets with Paper Maché with teaching artist Dey Hernández on July 10, 17, 24, 31 & August 7 (field trip August 14) from 6 – 8 pm with light supper at 6 pm provided FREE OF CHARGE by Jamaica Plain-based Families Creating Together […]
Free Neighborhood Nights at the Isabella Gardner Museum
Everyone’s invited to the Gardner Musuem for TWO MORE fun, summer, interactive evenings for you and your family featuring music, performances, food trucks, games and hands-on creative experimentation! FINAL DATE: August 9th. 5PM-9PM. FREE & open to the public.
