Jamaica Plain News

For the good of the stiltwalkers, costumed paraders, and festival goers, we’re hoping for no rain this Saturday’s Wake Up The Earth Festival and Parades! There are two parades—one starting at Curtis Hall at 10:30 am and the other at 11 am at Robert Lawson Park in Egleston Square—and they meet on the way to the festival by the Stonybrook MBTA Station. Then from noon to 6 pm ev...

The Footlight Club is closing its 149th season with the jukebox musical Head Over Heels opening on May 2. Featuring the music of the Go-Gos, Head Over Heels is a musical comedy conceived by Jeff Whitty (Avenue Q) as a reinvention of the medieval romance, Arcadia.     The musical follows a royal family as they race to save their kingdom, only to discover the key to i...

If you missed the first-ever Jamaica Plain First Fridays last month at local galleries, studios, and art spaces—it’s ok—because this Friday is the second-ever JP First Fridays. From 5:30-8:30 pm, six locations will showcase different art forms including painting, photographs, multi-media — and JP’s most famous bench. JP First Fridays is both walkable and free. Join Jamaica Pl...

More than 250 runners, walkers, and wheelers (many in costume) participated in 826 Boston’s Half Half Half Half Half Marathon at Jamaica Pond. Held on April 16, the the 0.826-mile race supports 826’s free writing, tutoring, and publishing programs. Boston City Councilor Benjamin Weber helped kick off the festivities. Prizes were awarded to the top individual fundraiser, top f...

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu met with a group of Forest Hills area residents inside the MBTA station on Saturday to discuss how to make streets safer. Wu apologized that changes haven’t happened yet after her administration had previously met with residents during the last several years. She said the project is on her personal radar, and that she passes through the Forest Hills a...