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Tag: Frog Pond Freddie

  • Sunday, October 27, 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm – Fall Pumpkin Fest

    Mayor Thomas M. Menino presents the Fall Pumpkin Fest on the Boston Common Frog Pond on Sunday, October 27th from 4:30 – 6:30 pm.  Bring an 8 inch or smaller carved pumpkin to the Frog Pond to float and help set the Pond aglow at twilight.  Interact with spooky ParkSCIENCE experiments from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Bio+Art Collaboration, and Boston Best Bees Company.  Wear your Halloween costume and participate in the Halloween Parade led by Frog Pond Freddie.  Watch Rosalita’s Ghoulish Puppet Show, a dazzling magic show by Kayla Drescher Magic, and a fun bubble show by “Bubble Man” Jim Dichter.  Try scarily delicious treats, refreshments and games from National Dairy Council’s Fuel Up to Play, Archway Cookies, New England Coffee, Magic 106.7 and more.  Bring donations of canned goods for CANshare, Mayor Menino’s annual food drive for those in need.  ParkSCIENCE is funded in part by a Green Parks Green Kids grant through a partnership between the National Recreation and Park Association and the National Recreation Foundation.  Free.

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  • Friday, June 26, 2 pm – Frog Pond Wading Pool Opening Celebration

    Join Mayor Menino, Frog Pond Freddie, family and friends to count down to summer at the 4th annual Wading Pool Opening. Cool off after the official ribbon cutting and the first switch of the 30-foot spray plume. Enjoy fun activities including storytelling, a magician, arts and crafts, and cool raffle prizes, with support from Mix 98.5 FM Radio, ReadBoston and in-kind sponsors 3-A-Day of Dairy partners HP Hood, Cabot Creamery, and The Dannon Company, Nantucket Nectars, Snapple Antioxidant Water, and Sunkist beverages and 20th Century Fox’ Ice Age. For more information, call (617) 635-4505.  The Frog Pond address is 41 Beacon Street, Boston.