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Naturalization Ceremony

June 12, 2025
  • 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Bunker Hill Monument and Grounds
    43 Monument Square
    Boston, MA 02129
  • Contact:
    National Parks Service of Boston
  • send an email
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Charlestown
  • Event Type:
    Boston 250
    Civic Engagement
  • Posted:

  • Boston 250

2025-06-12T11:00:50 - 2025-06-12T12:00:50

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services will hold a naturalization ceremony at the Bunker Hill Monument. Two hundred-fifty new citizen candidates will be sworn in and receive a Passport to their National Parks. New citizens will be invited to plant the first flags of the Flag Garden. The Monument will be closed for the morning and reopen for climbing following the ceremony.

June 12, 2025
  • 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Bunker Hill Monument and Grounds
    43 Monument Square
    Boston, MA 02129
  • Contact:
    National Parks Service of Boston
  • send an email
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Charlestown
  • Event Type:
    Boston 250
    Civic Engagement
  • Posted:

  • Boston 250

2025-06-12T11:00:50 - 2025-06-12T12:00:50
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Battle of Bunker Hill Flag Raising + Veteran Wreath

June 8, 2025
  • 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Bunker Hill Monument and Grounds
    43 Monument Square
    Boston, MA 02129
  • Contact:
    National Parks of Boston
  • send an email
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Charlestown
  • Event Type:
    Boston 250
    Civic Engagement
    Outdoor
  • Posted:

  • Boston 250

     

2025-06-08T11:00:52 - 2025-06-08T12:00:52

The Bunker Hill flag will be raised at the Monument followed by a speaking ceremony to recognize and honor the service and sacrifice of Charlestown veterans. Invited guests include Bunker Hill Parade Chief Marshal James Chambers and General Ralph Rizzo

Coffee and treats will be served. This event will be hosted by The National Parks of Boston and Bunker Hill Associates.

June 8, 2025
  • 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Bunker Hill Monument and Grounds
    43 Monument Square
    Boston, MA 02129
  • Contact:
    National Parks of Boston
  • send an email
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Charlestown
  • Event Type:
    Boston 250
    Civic Engagement
    Outdoor
  • Posted:

  • Boston 250

     

2025-06-08T11:00:52 - 2025-06-08T12:00:52
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Boston Delivers Webinar

Free webinar presenting outcomes from our e-cargo bike delivery pilot program. 

June 24, 2025
  • 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Zoom Webinar
    Boston, MA
  • Contact:
    Harper Mills
  • send an email
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Citywide
  • Event Type:
    Civic Engagement
  • Posted:
2025-06-24T13:00:00 - 2025-06-24T14:00:00

The City of Boston and the Urban Freight Lab are hosting a webinar to share outcomes from Boston's e-cargo bike delivery pilot, Boston Delivers. This 18-month program provided valuable findings on how Boston and other cities can encourage a more sustainable and traffic-friendly way of delivering goods. Join the webinar on June 24 to hear from the project leads.

June 24, 2025
  • 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Zoom Webinar
    Boston, MA
  • Contact:
    Harper Mills
  • send an email
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Citywide
  • Event Type:
    Civic Engagement
  • Posted:
2025-06-24T13:00:00 - 2025-06-24T14:00:00
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When Spirit Speaks: Ancestral Tongues

June 19, 2025
  • 12:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
    465 Huntington Ave.
    Boston, MA 02115
  • Contact:
    Arts and Culture
  • send an email
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Fenway/Kenmore
  • Event Type:
    Art
    Civic Engagement
  • Posted:
2025-06-19T12:00:48 - 2025-06-19T17:00:48
When Spirit Speaks: Ancestral Tongues

Noon, 1, 2, 3, and 4 p.m. | Gallery 168

Join spoken word artist Amanda Shea for a special performance that reflects on the enduring legacy of Juneteenth and celebrates freedom, resilience, and the ongoing struggle for racial justice. This powerful program honors the bold voices of liberation that continue to shape transformative change worldwide.

Presented with support from the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, City of Boston.

ASL interpreter available at 3 p.m.

Admission to the MFA—including access to “Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits”—is free for all Massachusetts residents on June 19 in honor of Juneteenth, the oldest nationally observed commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.

Join us for performances, participate in art-making activities, catch a talk, and see “Van Gogh” as well as  “Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson,” which explores the 60-year career of the Roxbury native through work in a range of media.

June 19, 2025
  • 12:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
    465 Huntington Ave.
    Boston, MA 02115
  • Contact:
    Arts and Culture
  • send an email
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Fenway/Kenmore
  • Event Type:
    Art
    Civic Engagement
  • Posted:
2025-06-19T12:00:48 - 2025-06-19T17:00:48
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SPARK Boston: Bike Brigade Clean-Up (Jamaica Plain)

In collaboration with the Boston Cyclists Union, join SPARK Boston for their Bike Brigade Neighborhood Clean-Ups!

May 31, 2025
2025-05-31T10:00:00 - 2025-05-31T13:00:00

SPARK Boston, in collaboration with the Boston Cyclist Union and the Office of Civic Organizing,  will be hosting its first Bike Brigade Clean-Up in Jamaica Plain on May 31st. Bringing bike power to neighborhood clean-ups, this new twist on a classic volunteer opportunity will have attendees picking up and riding through Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood. You can register to attend with the link here. 

Participants will be meeting and ending at BCYF Curtis Hall (20 South St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130) and can plan to stop at:

  • Jamaica Pond Boathouse

  • Forest Hills Mall

  • English High School

May 31, 2025
2025-05-31T10:00:00 - 2025-05-31T13:00:00
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Acts of Resistance Book Launch and Reading

Join us for a book launch and reading honoring the late Danielle Legros Georges, an award-winning poet, author, translator, editor, scholar, and educator who served as the second Boston Poet Laureate (2015-2019).

June 10, 2025
  • 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Boston Public Library
    700 Boylston St.
    Boston, MA 02116
  • Contact:
    Arts and Culture
  • send an email
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Back Bay
    Citywide
  • Event Type:
    Art
    Civic Engagement
    Other
  • Posted:
2025-06-10T18:00:30 - 2025-06-10T20:00:30

Join us for a book launch and reading of "Acts of Resistance to New England Slavery by Africans Themselves in New England," a collection of poetry by Danielle Legros Georges, with Jennifer Barber, Toni Bee, Martha Collins, Erica Funkhouser, Gerard Georges, Tatiana Johnson-Boria, Tom Laughlin, Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah, Patrick Sylvain, Eddie Toussaint Tontongi and more.

Acts of Resistance Event Flyer

 

June 10, 2025
  • 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Boston Public Library
    700 Boylston St.
    Boston, MA 02116
  • Contact:
    Arts and Culture
  • send an email
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Back Bay
    Citywide
  • Event Type:
    Art
    Civic Engagement
    Other
  • Posted:
2025-06-10T18:00:30 - 2025-06-10T20:00:30
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Back Bay: 334 Newbury Street Abutters Meeting 6/16/2025

 “Taos” seeking new off premise retail wine and malt beverage license, closing hour 9 p.m.

June 16, 2025
2025-06-16T19:00:49 - 2025-06-16T20:00:49

The purpose of this meeting is to get community input and listen to the resident's positions on this proposal. This is a virtual meeting via Zoom. 

Meeting ID:  814 7467 3349

Please note, the City does not represent the occupant(s)/developer(s)/attorney(s)/applicant(s). 

June 16, 2025
2025-06-16T19:00:49 - 2025-06-16T20:00:49
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South Boston: 256 W Fifth Street Abutters Meeting 6/16/2025

“Jim’s Variety” seeking a wine and malt beverages license, closing hour 10 p.m.

June 16, 2025
2025-06-16T18:00:48 - 2025-06-16T19:00:48

The purpose of this meeting is to get community input and listen to the resident's positions on this proposal. This is a virtual meeting via Zoom. 

Meeting ID: 870 4172 2039

Please note, the City does not represent the occupant(s)/developer(s)/attorney(s)/applicant(s). 

June 16, 2025
2025-06-16T18:00:48 - 2025-06-16T19:00:48
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Roslindale: 74 Rowe Street Abutters Meeting 6/12/2025

Add two dormers add new bathroom.

June 12, 2025
2025-06-12T18:00:17 - 2025-06-12T19:00:17

The purpose of this meeting is to get community input and listen to the resident's positions on this proposal. This is a virtual meeting via Zoom. 

Meeting ID: 868 6382 4882

Please note, the City does not represent the occupant(s)/developer(s)/attorney(s)/applicant(s). 

June 12, 2025
2025-06-12T18:00:17 - 2025-06-12T19:00:17
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Brighton: 72-74 Mapleton Street Abutters Meeting 6/11/2025

Legalize an existing third floor apartment showed in plans, build a back deck as a second means of egress for third floor. Change of occupancy from two to three units. ADU showing on drawings is excluded from the scope.

June 11, 2025
2025-06-11T19:00:55 - 2025-06-11T20:00:55

The purpose of this meeting is to get community input and listen to the resident's positions on this proposal. This is a virtual meeting via Zoom. 

Meeting ID: 892 2200 0697

Please note, the City does not represent the occupant(s)/developer(s)/attorney(s)/applicant(s). 

June 11, 2025
2025-06-11T19:00:55 - 2025-06-11T20:00:55
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