Daily Archives: June 25, 2019

Saturday, July 27, 5:30 pm – 10:30 pm – Boston Water Lantern Festival

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The Boston Water Lantern Festival on July 27 at the DCR Hatch Memorial Shell, 47 David G. Mugar Way in Boston, is filled with fun, happiness, hope, and great memories that you’ll cherish for a lifetime. This is a family friendly event that can be shared by everyone. Friends, families, neighbors, and lots of people that you haven’t met can come together to create a peaceful, memorable experience.

Each adult ticket ($30 through June 30, $35 through July 26, $40 day of event) comes with the following:

  – Entry into the festival area
  – Floating lantern
  – Commemorative drawstring bag
  – Marker
  – Wristband


In addition, the price covers the cost of collecting and removing the lanterns from the water following the event as well as cleaning up any trash that may have been previously been in or around the water. The Festival is a proud supporter of www.water.org, which brings safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans. There is both a need and demand for these loans, because when people have access to safe water, they get time back to go to school, earn an income and take care of their family. It changes their world.

Purchase tickets at https://www.waterlanternfestival.com/boston.php

Saturday and Sunday, June 29 – 30, 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Floral Stained Glass Mandala

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Instructor Jeanne Kowal will conduct a two day workshop at Tower Hill Botanic Garden on June 29 & 30 from 12:30 – 4. Learn all the techniques needed to create a stunning stained glass mandala window hanging. The mandala will be approximately 9″ round. A variety of colored glass will be available to choose from. When completed your mandala will be a unique and personal piece of art you will have and admire for a lifetime. Limited to 8. Fee ($140 for Tower Hill members, $160 for nonmembers) includes materials. Register at www.towerhillbg.org

Jeanne Kowal has been designing and creating stained glass for close to 40 years. She is a second generation stained glass artist who grew up with her mentor/mother stained glass artist Anne Bassett. At present Jeanne Kowal is an Instructor at The Worcester Center for Crafts (WPI/WSU) and also teaches in her private studio. She has created many large and small projects for residences, businesses, and community centers in the area and beyond. Jeanne is collaborating with her mother to create a series of stained glass design books and is also available for commissions.