Explore a fascinating industrial area at the geographic heart of Boston that includes 19th-century tannery and brewery buildings, the homes of early German settlers, and today’s Boston Beer Company, the brewers of Samuel Adams. In the 1970s, a coalition of community groups joined together to block construction of the Southwest Expressway through Jamaica Plain and other Boston neighborhoods. Today, the Southwest Corridor Park that runs through the Stony Brook neighborhood stands as a testament to the power of community activism. All tours are free to the public and are offered on dates shown. Tours last between 60 and 90 minutes and are canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide outside the T Stop. Cannot make this time or date? This tour is available (in English and Spanish) online via an app as well: <a href="https://www.youraudiotour.com/tours/4667?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExbEF5eTJUMWlROFBqZ2IxUXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR4wer6gSGJiqmm4mEur1VnZcxXxN_5qvm7chmTaFECkwx6d5xnPgdvHaGx41g_aem_PNPpLZUy5RRqtdyhLAd0ag" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.youraudiotour.com/tours/4667</a>

Local Event: Walking Tour of Stony Brook

Suffolk County

Jamaica Plain

Massachusetts

Walking Tour of Stony Brook

Explore a fascinating industrial area at the geographic heart of Boston that includes 19th-century tannery and brewery...

Turtle Books

Join us for a special presentation featuring Firefighter Patricia Cripe of the Brookline Firefighters. This engaging event includes a reading of the children's book 'Firefighter Flo!' by Andrea Zimmerman, making it a perfect outing for families interested in learning about community heroes.

Local Event: Firefighter Patricia Cripe Of The Brookline Firefighters

Norfolk County

Brookline

Firefighter Patricia Cripe Of The Brookline...

Join us for a special presentation featuring Firefighter Patricia Cripe of the Brookline Firefighters. This engaging event...

Firefighter Patricia Cripe Of The Brookline Firefighters

Community Servings

Local Event: Free Kids Kitchen Summer Series Returns to Community Servings

Free Kids Kitchen Summer Series Returns to...

Hands-on cooking classes for kids ages 9 to 13 and a parent or guardian begin Thursday, July 23 in Jamaica Plain  School is...

Free Kids Kitchen Summer Series Returns to Community Servings

Southern Jamaica Plain Community Health Center

Come along with the JP Historical Society to walk along Green Street. Laid out in 1836, the street played a key role in Jamaica Plain’s development, functioning as a residential, commercial, and transportation conduit in the lives of the district’s residents. Although Green Street was subdivided as early as 1851 for stores, factories and houses, it was not extensively developed until the late 1870s with construction continuing until the early 1900s. The Bowditch School was completed in 1892, and early in the 20th century, the United States Post Office moved from its location on Call Street at Woolsey Square to its new location at the corner of Green and Cheshire Streets. All tours are free to the public and are offered on dates shown. Tours last between 60 and 90 minutes and are canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide at the starting location. Can't attend the in-person tour? We also have an online version you can take anytime <a href="https://www.youraudiotour.com/tours/4672/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExTFU5ZGF5ZkpQbkFoMUFHbXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR5nao3e3vFYN2k92ZPRV7dCneHwB_QvXS7xV8Tw1Q5xwEUtwRg-j9ysmqRKSQ_aem_ufOxRlBCtr63-8ZFrW-tXg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.youraudiotour.com/tours/4672/</a>

Local Event: Walking Tour of Green Street

Walking Tour of Green Street

Come along with the JP Historical Society to walk along Green Street. Laid out in 1836, the street played a key role in Jamaica...

Courageous Sailing at Jamaica Pond Boathouse

Travel around the Pond with the Jamaica Plain Historical Society. Once a district that only included the houses of Boston’s elite, the Pond was later put to industrial use as tons of ice were harvested there each winter. Learn about the movers and shakers, such as Francis Parkman and James Michael Curley, who made their homes on the Pond’s shores. Discover how the Pond was transformed from private estates and warehouses into the parkland we know today. All tours are free to the public and are offered on dates shown. Tours last between 60 and 90 minutes and are canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required; just meet the guide at the bandstand. Can't attend the in-person tour? We also have an online version you can take anytime <a href="https://youraudiotour.com/tours/jamaica-pond/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExdVhvSkhpYVVlS040WDRPbXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR6xyhMquNGreTZruYdmhF1GX6cQkhZ2bScsW8H24hKioCPal2VY48V4nxIivQ_aem_4dE9hzihKSXdFswbQT-Uxg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://youraudiotour.com/tours/jamaica-pond/</a>

Local Event: Walking Tour of Jamaica Pond

Walking Tour of Jamaica Pond

Travel around the Pond with the Jamaica Plain Historical Society. Once a district that only included the houses of Boston’s...

Loring Greenough House

Come along with the JP Historical Society to tour a residential area that includes a National Historic District. View architecture that spans three centuries, the oldest community theater company in the United States, and an elegant 18th-century mansion that once served as the country’s first military hospital. Learn about the monument commemorating fallen Civil War soldiers from West Roxbury and about Pauline Agassiz Shaw, who established the class that became the model for continuous free kindergarten education. We will visit a house dating to 1716 that once served as a tavern, the Eliot School dating back to 1689, the home of the first woman to graduate from MIT, and the First Church Burial Ground.
All tours are free to the public and are offered on dates shown. Tours last between 60 and 90 minutes and are canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide at the starting location.
Cannot make this time or date? Our tours are available online via an app as well: <a href="https://www.youraudiotour.com/tours/4635/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">youraudiotour.com/tours/4635/</a>

Local Event: Walking Tour of Monument Square, JP

Walking Tour of Monument Square, JP

Come along with the JP Historical Society to tour a residential area that includes a National Historic District. View...

This National Historic District includes one of the finest collections of Victorian houses in the area. The district includes the ancestral home of the Dole Pineapple Company founder and the homes of progressives who were active as abolitionists and women suffragists. All tours are free to the public and are offered on dates shown. Tours last between 60 and 90 minutes and are canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide at the starting location. Cannot make this time or date? Our tours are available online via an app as well: <a href="https://www.youraudiotour.com/tours/4655/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExU29VYXU1elcwcG95UVVndnNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7ueviyXbUZFwsqf5Qnj8GLhWHh-36DE06GAYW0LhwxODZf5opAJ5RTfbVHCg_aem_fIQ6tfkd8rMB53kHWuriTg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.youraudiotour.com/tours/4655/</a>

Local Event: Walking Tour of Sumner Hill

Walking Tour of Sumner Hill

This National Historic District includes one of the finest collections of Victorian houses in the area. The district includes...

Learn about 1840s Hyde Square when German and Irish immigrants transformed the neighborhood with their businesses, schools, and institutions. See how in the early 1960s, Hyde Square changed again when Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Dominican immigrants transformed it into Boston’s first predominantly Hispanic neighborhood. This tour also takes us to the home of Maud Cuney Hare, a prominent music historian and one of only two black women students at the New England Conservatory of Music in 1890. You will also learn about the property currently housing the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center, which was once a site of the Perkins School for the Blind. The tour will also walk through the Sunnyside neighborhood, the site of homes built by philanthropist Robert Treat Paine from 1889 to 1899 as a “worker’s utopia” for working families. All tours are free to the public and are offered on dates shown. Tours last between 60 and 90 minutes and are canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide at the starting location. Can't attend the in person tour? We also have an online version you can take anytime (in English and Spanish) <a href="https://www.youraudiotour.com/tours/hyde-square/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExbEF5eTJUMWlROFBqZ2IxUXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR4z0VLrJgOWy8Jnlr3i-91XSgcMWII2jP4wCFdOlw3I9NMkYJ3HHXB-vcrv0Q_aem_IxLizrCtsbqtfyQ4SJRMig" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.youraudiotour.com/tours/hyde-square/</a>

Local Event: Walking Tour of Hyde Square

Walking Tour of Hyde Square

Learn about 1840s Hyde Square when German and Irish immigrants transformed the neighborhood with their businesses, schools, and...

Bethel AME Church

Join the Jamaica Plain Historical Society to tour this part of the JP neighborhood which developed from 19th-century summer estates into a model suburban enclave. It contains examples representative of New England architecture with designs by local architects and builders. It also contains an unusual garden city model housing development by the Boston Dwelling House Company, which was founded in 1912. All tours are free to the public and are offered on dates shown. Tours last between 60 and 90 minutes and are canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide at the location listed.Cannot make this time or date? Our tours are available online via an app as well: <a href="https://youraudiotour.com/tours/woodbourne/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExVHlYMFdtTk5BZXhFcUZNd3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7fjem7QqWcPOqEaFfP8v-Ewsxuz4cdQU818yL9_r_6B1lCleqCS8apYGSGkw_aem_7tghPl7D6cIOyy80izNxJA" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://youraudiotour.com/tours/woodbourne/</a>

Local Event: Walking Tour of Woodbourne

Walking Tour of Woodbourne

Join the Jamaica Plain Historical Society to tour this part of the JP neighborhood which developed from 19th-century summer...

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RARE Restoration

RARE Restoration (now in Newton) is a full-scale repair and restoration service specializing primarily in furniture and lighting, though we’re happy to restore treasures of any kind - valuable or sentimental. From seat weaving to refinishing, from carving to rewiring, our team of experts will help bring your belongings back into tip-top shape.”

Newton

RARE Restoration (now in Newton) is a full-scale repair and restoration service specializing primarily in furniture and lighting, though we’re...

Insurcomm Restoration

After everything goes wrong, you deserve the confidence and comfort of everything going right. Insurcomm Restoration is your trusted local partner for full-service property damage restoration — from emergency response and mitigation through complete reconstruction, all under one roof. For over 30 years, we've helped homeowners, businesses, municipalities, and insurance carriers recover from water damage, fire and smoke, mold, biohazard incidents, and catastrophic events. Our Services: • Water Damage Cleanup &amp; Mitigation • Fire &amp; Smoke Damage Restoration • Mold Remediation • Biohazard &amp; Environmental Cleanup • Contents Cleaning &amp; Restoration • Full Reconstruction &amp; Rebuild • 24/7 Catastrophe Response Why Insurcomm: • 24/7 Emergency Help Line — fast response when minutes matter • IICRC-Certified Professionals delivering precision craftsmanship • Dedicated project management with a single point of contact • Clear, transparent communication from first notice of loss to final walkthrough • Trusted by national and regional insurers for day-to-day claims and complex losses Insurcomm is a Fortify Company, a national property protection platform with 100+ markets nationwide. Locally rooted, nationally backed. Call our 24-hour response line: (844) 424-9283

Foxborough

After everything goes wrong, you deserve the confidence and comfort of everything going right. Insurcomm Restoration is your trusted local partner...

School of Fashion Design

Celebrating over 90 years of excellence in fashion education, The School of Fashion Design is the only educational institution in New England dedicated exclusively to the study of fashion design. SFD provides students with a solid foundation in apparel design and construction, and the skills required for a successful career in fashion. Our technical Certificate program is taught by experts in the field of fashion design. Students may take courses toward the Certificate or on a class-by-class basis to fill professional education interests. For creatives and textile arts enthusiasts, SFD offers workshops in various fiber arts such as weaving, lace making, embroidery, millinery, upcycling, and more. As an SFD student, you will join a diverse community of emerging designers. Our studios are filled with recent high school graduates, students from nearby colleges enriching their education with fashion, and working professionals embarking on a new career path. SFD faculty and students are active partners in our local community, collaborating regularly with organizations and businesses through internships, exhibitions, field trips, and special events. Our reputation for excellence is on display each time our students show their work at fashion shows and exhibits throughout the year. With an SFD Certificate in Fashion Design, our alumni have enjoyed fashion careers with Adidas, Coldwater Creek, J. Jill, New Balance, PUMA, Ralph Lauren, Talbots, Timberland, TJX Companies, and more. Our alumni are designers and costumers for stage and screen, while others have found success launching their own label. Our varied class levels and flexible schedules are designed to meet the needs and profiles of all students. So whatever your level, background, or educational goals, we invite you to schedule a tour to see yourself at The School of Fashion Design. New semesters begin September, January, and June. Your fashion education begins here!

Malden

Celebrating over 90 years of excellence in fashion education, The School of Fashion Design is the only educational institution in New England...

Tax Prep and Bookkeeping with 20+ Years Experience

Taxit Financial Services

Taxit Financial Services is a Boston-based tax and financial services firm providing professional, accurate, and year-round support for individuals and small businesses. With over 20 years of experience, we specialize in tax preparation, bookkeeping, and tax resolution services. We go beyond simply filing returns—we help our clients understand their financial situation, stay compliant with IRS and state requirements, and make informed decisions throughout the year. Whether you need help filing your taxes, catching up on prior years, resolving IRS issues, or organizing your business finances, Taxit provides clear guidance and reliable support every step of the way. We are committed to accuracy, transparency, and making the tax process less stressful for our clients.

Taxit Financial Services is a Boston-based tax and financial services firm providing professional, accurate, and year-round support for individuals...

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