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We Hire Youth Neighborhood Job Fair - Jamaica Plain

May 20, 2023
  • 11:00am - 2:00pm
  • BCYF Curtis Hall
    20 SOUTH STREET
    BOSTON, MA 02130
  • Contact:
    YouthLine@boston.gov
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Jamaica Plain
  • Event Type:
    Business and jobs
    Family friendly
  • Posted:
2023-05-20T11:00:00 - 2023-05-20T14:00:00

This summer, the Office of Youth Employment and Opportunity will be hosting five We Hire Youth Neighborhood Job Fairs! Each event will take place at a BCYF in high-impact neighborhoods for the SuccessLink Youth Employment program. At these events, youth will:

  • Learn more about the SuccessLink program.
  • Get connected to local SuccessLink employers.
  • Get help completing their applications and/or onboarding.
May 20, 2023
  • 11:00am - 2:00pm
  • BCYF Curtis Hall
    20 SOUTH STREET
    BOSTON, MA 02130
  • Contact:
    YouthLine@boston.gov
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Jamaica Plain
  • Event Type:
    Business and jobs
    Family friendly
  • Posted:
2023-05-20T11:00:00 - 2023-05-20T14:00:00
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2023 SuccessLink Youth Summer Jobs Info Session

Learn how to get a youth summer job!

May 18, 2023
2023-05-18T16:30:00 - 2023-05-18T18:00:00

Join the Office of Youth Employment and Opportunity for an informational webinar on the 2023 SuccessLink Summer Employment Program. The SuccessLink Summer Jobs program connects Boston youth ages 14-24 to a variety of unique job opportunities across all neighborhoods in Boston. This event will be held via Zoom.

May 18, 2023
2023-05-18T16:30:00 - 2023-05-18T18:00:00
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2023 SuccessLink Youth Summer Jobs Info Session

Learn how to get a youth summer job!

May 17, 2023
2023-05-17T16:30:00 - 2023-05-17T18:00:00

Join the Office of Youth Employment and Opportunity for an informational webinar on the 2023 SuccessLink Summer Employment Program. The SuccessLink Summer Jobs program connects Boston youth ages 14-24 to a variety of unique job opportunities across all neighborhoods in Boston. This event will be held via Zoom.

May 17, 2023
2023-05-17T16:30:00 - 2023-05-17T18:00:00
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Webinar: Empower Your Teen To Work This Summer

Interested in getting your youth a paid summer job?

June 7, 2023
2023-06-07T18:00:00 - 2023-06-07T20:00:00

Join the Office of Youth Employment and Opportunity and the Mayor's Office of Women's Advancement for an informational webinar on the 2023 SuccessLink Summer Employment Program. 

The SuccessLink Summer Jobs program connects Boston youth ages 14-24 to a variety of unique job opportunities across all neighborhoods in Boston.

June 7, 2023
2023-06-07T18:00:00 - 2023-06-07T20:00:00
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Webinar: Empower Your Teen To Work This Summer

Interested in getting your youth a paid summer job?

May 16, 2023
2023-05-16T18:00:00 - 2023-05-16T20:00:00

Join the Office of Youth Employment and Opportunity and the Mayor's Office of Women's Advancement for an informational webinar on the 2023 SuccessLink Summer Employment Program. 

The SuccessLink Summer Jobs program connects Boston youth ages 14-24 to a variety of unique job opportunities across all neighborhoods in Boston.

May 16, 2023
2023-05-16T18:00:00 - 2023-05-16T20:00:00
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Franklin Park Kite and Bike Festival

Started in 1969, the Kite and Bike Festival is a Boston tradition that gathers more than 1,000 people at Franklin Park each May to enjoy picnicking, kite flying, bicycles & music.

May 20, 2023
  • 12:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Franklin Park Playstead, Pierpont Road
    Boston, 02119
  • Contact:
    Franklin Park Coalition
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Roxbury
  • Event Type:
    Family friendly
    Outdoor
    Preservation Month
  • Posted:
2023-05-20T12:00:00 - 2023-05-20T16:00:00

One resident describes the Kite and Bike Festival as, “My favorite day ever in the twenty years I’ve lived in Boston!”

Picture endless blue skies dotted with colorful kites, children and families running and laughing across bright green fields — this event is not to be missed!

This event is hosted by the Franklin Park Coalition. 

May 20, 2023
  • 12:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Franklin Park Playstead, Pierpont Road
    Boston, 02119
  • Contact:
    Franklin Park Coalition
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Roxbury
  • Event Type:
    Family friendly
    Outdoor
    Preservation Month
  • Posted:
2023-05-20T12:00:00 - 2023-05-20T16:00:00
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2025 Golf Course Concert Series: Perfect Crime

Enjoy live music on the patio at one of the City's golf courses.

July 30, 2025
2025-07-30T18:00:00 - 2025-07-30T20:00:00

The Golf Course Concert Series is part of the Boston Parks and Recreation Department’s ParkARTS program. They are held in July and August. Shows begin at 6 p.m.

About Perfect Crime: 

Perfect Crime is a 5 piece Killer Classic Rock band! With rich, layered vocals, authentic, vintage organ and guitar chops, a selection of the very best music of the 60's, 70's and 80's and 3 lead vocalists, this band keeps the crowd's interest! Featuring Mike Onessimo, Lead Guitar, Dawn Evans Scaltreto, Keyboards and Vocals, Steve Straight, Bass and Vocals, Tim McDonald, Rhythm Guitar and Vocals and Scott Mayo, Drums and Vocals. Sing along, rock out and have a blast with this multi-generation favorite!

 

Learn more about Perfect Crime

July 30, 2025
2025-07-30T18:00:00 - 2025-07-30T20:00:00
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Honoring Mel King Through Writing

April 15, 2023
  • 1:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts
    539 Tremont St.
    Boston, MA 02116
  • Contact:
    nakia.hill@boston.gov
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    South End
  • Event Type:
    Art
    Family friendly
    Social good
  • Posted:
2023-04-15T13:00:00 - 2023-04-15T16:00:00

Join us in writing & creating a Kindness Tree in honor of Mel King's life & legacy. The community Kindness Tree will be donated to a local school in the South End.

 

Mel King One Boston Day event flyer. Information on boston.gov/one-boston

April 15, 2023
  • 1:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts
    539 Tremont St.
    Boston, MA 02116
  • Contact:
    nakia.hill@boston.gov
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    South End
  • Event Type:
    Art
    Family friendly
    Social good
  • Posted:
2023-04-15T13:00:00 - 2023-04-15T16:00:00
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The Paper Medal of Magnificence with 826 Boston

April 9 - April 15, 2023
  • 10:30am - 3:00pm
  • 60 South St.
    Jamaica Plain, MA
  • Contact:
    kara@826boston.org
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Jamaica Plain
  • Event Type:
    Art
    Family friendly
  • Posted:
2023-04-09T10:30:00 - 2023-04-15T15:00:00

Come find us outside at our table with Bigfoot on South Street in Jamaica Plain, as we join with partners and friends for a community celebration. We'll have materials to write and design a "paper medal of magnificence" to give to someone special in your life!

April 9 - April 15, 2023
  • 10:30am - 3:00pm
  • 60 South St.
    Jamaica Plain, MA
  • Contact:
    kara@826boston.org
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Jamaica Plain
  • Event Type:
    Art
    Family friendly
  • Posted:
2023-04-09T10:30:00 - 2023-04-15T15:00:00
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Mayor's Poetry Program Reading

Join us in celebrating National Poetry Month with the annual Mayor's Poetry Program reading!

April 21, 2023
2023-04-21T12:00:00 - 2023-04-21T13:30:00

The Mayor's Poetry Program is an annual program in which Boston residents are invited to submit poems to be displayed throughout City Hall and in an online gallery for one year. The theme for 2023, selected by Poet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola, was "Love".

Fifteen poems were selected to be displayed throughout City Hall for a year. Selected poets and honorable mentions will be participating in a reading on Friday, April 21, from 12 - 1:30 p.m. on City Hall Plaza (the Speaker's Corner in front of the main entrance). In the event of inclement weather, the reading will be moved indoors to room 801 at Boston City Hall.

Read the 2023 poems

April 21, 2023
2023-04-21T12:00:00 - 2023-04-21T13:30:00
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