Daily Archives: March 13, 2024


Saturday, March 23 – Saturday, May 18 – A Bird’s Eye View: New England Birds, Four Perspectives

Four artists will show their works at the Old Schwamb Mill March 23 through May 18. The opening reception is from 2 – 3:30 on March 23, where you will meet Laurie Bogdan, Suzette Durso, Kim Starbuck, and Johanna Finnegan-Topitzer. An artist talk on April 27 from 2 – 3 will give you important insights into the artists, and a closing reception on May 18 from 2:30 – 4 will wrap the event. Old Schwamb Mill is located at 17 Mill Land in Arlington. The Old Schwamb Mill in Arlington, Massachusetts, is located on the oldest continuously operating mill site in the United States. Mills have been located on the main building site since the late 1600s. In 1971, the Old Schwamb Mill was listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.


Saturday, March 16, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Ethan Carr: Getting it Together at Franklin Park, The Past and Future of a Boston Landmark

UMASS professor and author Ethan Carr discusses his 2023 nonfiction book, Boston’s Franklin Park. Franklin Park is one of the great urban parks of the world. Generations of Bostonians have loved this landscape and invested it with many diverse memories and meanings. Today the park is at a turning point. Mayor Wu has approved an Action Plan to guide its future, and the City of Boston and its partners have proposed new multi-million dollar construction projects. The time is right to consider the past, as well as the future, of Franklin Park.


Ethan Carr is a professor of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His latest book is Boston’s Franklin Park (Amherst: Library of American Landscape History, 2023).

This event is co-sponsored by the Grove Hall Branch of the BPL, the Dorchester Historical Society and the JP Historical Society. It is free and open to the public. It will use a hybrid format you can attend in-person or via Zoom. Please register here for the Zoom details: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pUtwfzf1RL-U8n5yWxCJdw

In the case of heavy snow, the event will be held virtually.