The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, along with many volunteers, will this year celebrate the planting of 150,000 bulbs throughout the park since it began its stewardship of The Greenway in 2009.
On November 9th at 1pm, join the Conservancy in Chinatown Park, 160 Kingston Street, with elected officials and various park stakeholders for the ceremonial planting of the 150,000th future flower!
Beautifully designed landscapes are a delight to the senses. We all love the temptations shown in colorful garden publications, so full of promise and potential. All too often, the love affair ends when the maintenance begins. Join the Ecological Landscape Alliance on Thursday, November 10 at the Community Harvest Project Barn, 37 Wheeler Road in North Grafton for the 7th annual ELA Season’s End Summit to explore Landscape Design with Maintenance in Mind with our distinguished lineup of presenters. We will reconnect with colleagues, reflect on the past growing season, and get inspired for the next.
Designing and Installing Landscapes After Invasive Species Removal
Panel of Experts:
Past ELA Presidents Explore Design and Maintenance
– Panel Moderator, Theresa Sprague (Blue Flax Design), ELA President
Panelists include past ELA Presidents Dennis Collins, M.L. Altobelli, and Trevor Smith.
Darrah Cole (Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy)
Creating Sustainability – sustainable design and maintenance on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Darrah will share the successes and challenges of a highly used, busy urban park. The Greenway is one of Boston’s only organically managed parks, comprised of a mix of design styles and approaches. The Greenway has many areas devoted to native and pollinator plants, along with a diverse collection of shrubs, trees and spring flowering bulbs. Darrah will discuss design intent and the details of plant selection, focusing on what has succeeded and where adjustments were required. Fitting all these pieces together to create a vibrant, healthy, beautiful environment in the midst of downtown Boston takes thoughtful ingenuity, collaboration, and a serious commitment to sustainable values.
Christie Dustman (Christie Dustman & Company)- Design Solutions for Low Maintenance Landscapes
Fee $85 – $110 – See more at: http://www.ecolandscaping.org/event/2016-ela-seasons-end-summit-landscape-design-with-maintenance-in-mind/#sthash.tLzreIOP.dpuf
For one spectacular day each year, the Rose Kennedy Greenway and the City of Boston is transformed into the nation’s largest local & sustainable food hub! Boston Local Food Festival is a free outdoor festival that showcases farmers, local restaurants, food trucks, specialty food producers, fisher folks, and organizations focusing on healthy food and fitness from New England. The festival also features lively chef & DIY demos, a seafood throwdown competition, diverse music and performances, family fun zone and more.
Festival goers learn about the benefits of sustainably grown and produced food, shop the market, eat delicious local food, participate in fun, educational activities and exhibits, engage with top local chefs and enjoy local music. Themed “Healthy Local Food for All”, the festival connects Massachusetts and New England eaters of all backgrounds with the abundance of fresh, nutritious local food choices available close to home.
The festival is a zero-waste event, meaning we divert over 91% of our waste each year and we offset 100% of our energy use! All perishable items sold are made from locally sourced products. Best of all, we bring this annual event to the community free of charge. So grab your reusable water bottles and bags and enjoy New England’s largest one day farmers market, while celebrating “Healthy Local Food for All.” The event takes place this year on Sunday, September 18 from 11 – 5. For complete details visit http://bostonlocalfoodfestival.com/
Quickly becoming a favorite annual event in Boston, Glow in the Park is back. Hosted by the Greenway Young Leaders program, with proceeds benefiting the non-profit Greenway Conservancy, this is one event unlike any other in Boston! Spend a summer Friday night (June 17, beginning at 7) in one of Boston’s most beautiful and contemporary green spaces while enjoying live music, your Greenway food truck favorites, beer, wine, and more! This year’s event will be held on The Greenway at High Street.
Tickets include: Live Band – Greenway Food Trucks – Beer & Wine – One Year Membership in Greenway Young Leaders Program – Afterparty at Trade Restaurant – Other Entertainment ‘To Be Announced’ – Tax-Deductible Donation to the Greenway Conservancy. Tickets are LIMITED and sold out last year – go to https://tickets.ruggedraces.com/event/GreenwayGlow to register ($95 per person.)
Join senior horticulturist and designer Darrah Cole of the Rose Kennedy Greenway on a visual tour of the Greenway parks and features as seen through the lens of its organic horticulture program. The lecture will take place Monday, May 2 from 11 – 12 in the Harry and Mildred Remis Auditorium in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston as part of Art in Bloom. Free with admission to the museum – no ticket required.
From late April to late October 2016, The Greenway will present Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads by internationally acclaimed Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei (pronounced “eye way way”) around the Rings Fountain in the Wharf District between Central and Milk Streets. During the installation the Rings Fountain will be open for splashing from late May to early October from 9am to 11pm daily.
The artist’s first major public sculpture project, Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads is comprised of 12 monumental bronze animal heads representing the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac. The Zodiac Heads series is on a global, multi-year touring exhibition in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The Boston exhibition of this work is organized by the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy and presented in collaboration with AW Asia. The exhibition is funded by the Greenway Conservancy and private donors.
The twelve animal heads are installed in the order of the traditional Chinese zodiac: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. 2016 is the Year of the Monkey. Each sculpture stands roughly 10 feet tall and range in weight from 1,500 to 2,100 pounds.
For updated information visit www.rosekennedygreenway.org.
What are you up to November 7th? Hitting the gym? Running some errands? Doing chores around the house? How about spending the day in the sun with friends drinking delicious, cold craft beer instead? Sound good? We thought so, too.
And that is why Sam Adams is bringing you For the Love of Beer Fest, a day to spend with old (and new) friends where you can try over 50 different Sam Adams beers such as Boston 26.2, The Sphinx, Belgian Wit (Nitro), IPA (Nitro), Boston 375, and Coffee Stout (Nitro). You’ll also be able to devour some beer-paired-snacks while impressing your friends with all of the new craft beer knowledge you jammed into your brain at the Fest (not to mention the killer dance moves you picked up from the day). The event takes place in two sessions, noon – three or 4 to 7, on the Rose Kennedy Greenway at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Milk Street. Tickets are $35 and can be purchased online at https://www.samueladams.com/fortheloveofbeerfest
Beyond the huge beer selection, here’s what else to look for at the fest:
Live Music from Comanchero – Boston’s Americana Jam Band
Food & Beer Pairings from local chefs (food for purchase)
Inflatable Hop Slide, Interactive Games, Giveaways & more
The Max Wasserman Forum on Contemporary Art was established in memory of Max Wasserman (MIT Class of 1935), a founding member of the Council for the Arts at MIT. This public forum was endowed through the generosity of the late Jeanne Wasserman and addresses critical issues in contemporary art and culture through the participation of renowned scholars, artists, and arts professionals. The Forum is organized and presented by the MIT List Visual Arts Center.
As the List Center celebrates it 30th Anniversary this fall, MIT is proud to present this year’s Max Wasserman Forum on Contemporary Art: Public Art and the Commons, November 13-14, 2015.
Free and open to the general public – however registration for this event is required. To register visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/max-wasserman-forum-on-contemporary-art-tickets-18746702893.
Public art has emerged as a crucial term over the past decade in response to conditions of intensifying economic and political precarity. Artists have renewed a dialogue on those social and cultural resources held in common, including media, education, the environment, and housing. The two-day conference addresses that development as practitioners from the visual arts, critical theory, and political activism examine public art from multiple perspectives.
This year’s Wasserman Forum will also feature a tour of Lawrence Weiner’s new mural commission A TRANSLATION FROM ONE LANGUAGE TO ANOTHER (2015) Dewey Square Park, Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston, and a tour of MIT’s Public Art Collection.
The Forum kicks off with a keynote address by Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn on Friday, November 13.
On Saturday, November 14, the Forum continues with a series of panel discussions. Guest panelists include: Jasmina Metwaly (Artist, Cairo); Philip Rizk (Filmmaker, Cairo); Hakan Topal (Artist, New York); Jodi Dean (Professor, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, New York); Daniel van der Velden (Graphic Designer, Metahaven, Amsterdam); Lawrence Weiner (Artist, New York); Lina Viste Grønli (Artist, Cambridge, MA); Bill Arning (Director, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston). Panels will be moderated by Henriette Huldisch (Curator, List Center); Alise Upitis (Assistant Curator, List Center); and Gediminas Urbonas (Associate Professor, Director, MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology).
The Forum will take place at the MIT List Visual Arts Center, Bartos Theater, Lower Level. Times vary – visit https://listart.mit.edu/events-programs/max-wasserman-forum for full schedule.
The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy has partnered with the MIT List Visual Arts Center on the commission of a new temporary mural by internationally acclaimed artist Lawrence Weiner for the Greenway Wall at Dewey Square Park. Weiner’s mural, a textual work titled A Translation From One Language to Another, is scheduled for installation September 14-20, 2015. Please join them for the opening event to celebrate the fourth mural on the building at Dewey Square Park across from South Station. Free – there will be food trucks, a poetry slam, and much more. Tag your photos #GreewayArt and #GreenwayWall.
The Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts will sponsor a free outdoor festival on the Rose Kennedy Greenway on Sunday, September 20 from 11 – 5 that showcases farmers, local restaurants, food trucks, specialty food producers, fisher folks, and organizations focusing on healthy food and fitness from New England. The festival also features lively chef & DIY demos, a seafood throwdown competition, diverse music and performances, family fun zone and more. For complete information visit http://www.bostonlocalfoodfestival.com.
