Archive of 2005
Events
sponsored by the
Trust
| POETRY
READING Sunday, January 2 2 pm, $5 |
Poetry
in the New Year Open the New Year with four local poets and reflect on the pleasures of the word. Poets reading are: Michael R. Brown, Meg Campbell, Tom Daley, Mary Pinard. |
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CONCERT RESERVATIONS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED: tickets @foresthillstrust.org or 617-524-3354 |
Liber
unUsualis Join a cappella trio Liber unUsualis for music by 14th century virtuoso Johannes Ciconia. Praising his patrons, Ciconia likened the men to Mars and the women to Venus. His music teems with high energy, wild harmonic contrasts and death-defying ornament. Start off the New Year with uplifting music in the intimate, resonant space of Forsyth Chapel, a 19th century architectural gem which provides the perfect accoustics for this talented vocal ensemble. Admission $20/$18 Trust Members. Reservations recommended: tickets@foresthillstrust.org |
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| POETRY
READING Sunday, February 6 2 pm, $5 |
Jamaica
Plain Poets An afternoon poetry reading featuring the Jamaica Plain poets Susan Eisenberg, Elizabeth Galloway, Carolyn Gregory and Sandra Storey. |
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CONCERT To become a member or donor, please see the links at the top of this page. |
Ukulele Soiree The ukulele, once our nation's most popular musical instrument, is revived. Hear three groups who play everything from the great tunes of the 1920s and 30s to contemporary folk, pop and rock. Craig Robertson and the Sob Sisters combine ukulele with the sounds of two cellos and the saw. Romantic ballads sung by Rick Russo, aka The Ukulele Crooner, have been known to make audiences swoon. Greg Hawkes and Tim Mann play a mix of new compositions and contemporary classics, including songs by The Beatles and The Cars (Greg was the keyboard player for this great 80s band). Listen to a sample of music played by Craig Robertson: the classic We're in the Money and his original song, The Hypnotist. Free to Donors and Trust Members. |
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| CONCERT Sunday, March 6, 4 pm, $15/$12 Trust Members |
The Socially Awkward Composers The flavors of Catalonian music, Minimalism, Doo-Wop and R & B inspire five innovative composers emerging from New England Conservatory with procative new music: Andrew Bisset, Michael McLaughlin, Michael Miller, Colin Stack and Montserat Torras. Admission $15/$12 Trust Members. Reservations recommended: tickets@foresthillstrust.org or 617.524.3354. Sponsored in part by two great Jamaica Plain restaurants: JP Seafood Cafe (730 Centre Street, www.jpseafoodcafe.com) and James's Gate Restaurant & Pub (5-11 McBride Street, www.jamessgate.com). We gratefully thank these generous concert sponsors, and recommend that you sample their delicious cuisine before or after the show! |
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| POETRY
READING Sunday, March 6, 2 pm, $5 |
Poetry
Reading Poets David Daniel, Anthony Donahoe, Frannie Lindsay and Scott Withiam share poems both new and old in the Forsyth Chapel. |
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| CONCERT Sunday, April 3, 4 pm, $15/$12 Trust Members |
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OUT Admission $15/$12 Trust Members. Reservations recommended: tickets@foresthillstrust.org or 617-524-3354. Sponsored in part by two great Jamaica Plain restaurants: JP Seafood Cafe (730 Centre Street, www.jpseafoodcafe.com) and James's Gate Restaurant & Pub (5-11 McBride Street, www.jamessgate.com). We gratefully thank these generous concert sponsors, and recommend that you sample their delicious cuisine before or after the show! |
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| POETRY
READING Sunday, April 10, 2 pm, $5 |
National
Poetry Month Join the Forest Hills Educational Trust and the Tapestry of Voices for a celebration of National Poetry Month with Jean Flanagan, Harris Gardner, Barbara Helfgott-Hyett and Franz Wright -- Winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. |
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| WALKING
TOUR Sunday, April 24 2 PM, $8 |
Stories
Behind the Stones Our energetic and erudite guide Al Maze opens our tour season with an introduction to the fascinating history and people of historic Forest Hills Cemetery. Meet at Main Gate. Wear comfortable walking shoes and bring drinking water. |
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TALK
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Art in
the Landscape Cecily Miller has introduced adventurous art to the grand Victorian landscape of Forest Hills Cemetery to illuminate its role as a sanctuary and memorial space. Liesel Fenner pairs artists with community-based conservation projects across the US. She won the Conservation Hero Award from the National Park Service in 2004 for this innovative work. Artist Maura Cronin explores the potential of landscapes in transition. Currently she is helping develop a Greenway/Blueway Plan for 100 miles of fragile North Carolina shoreline. Sculptor Danielle Krcmar often portrays people, either through direct representation of the human figure or through the creation of evocative objects - an empty bed, a collection of tools, a cast away shoe - modelled in cement. Her work has been included in three exhibitions at Forest Hills.
Resting Benches by Danielle Krcmar and Lisa Osborn and Flotilla Festival by Maura Cronin Reservations
recommended: tickets@foresthillstrust.org
or
617-524-3354. |
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| POETRY
READING Sunday, May 1, 2 pm, $5 |
Poetry
Reading In collaboration with Tapestry of Voices Our spring poetry series ends with readings by Suzanne Owens, Lainie Senechal, B.G. Thurston and Deborah Warren. |
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| BIRDING
WALK Wednesday, May 11 6:30 am, $5 |
Bird Watching
at Forest Hills Cemetery Wear comfortable and weatherproof boots or shoes (the morning dew can be wet this time of year). Bring binoculars if you have them, bottled water, and anything else you would find helpful. Please RSVP to Nini Colmore; attendance is limited to 30. Canceled in the event of heavy rain. |
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| BIRDING
WALK Wednesday, May 18 6:30 am, $5 |
Bird Watching
at Forest Hills Cemetery Please RSVP to Nini Colmore; attendance is limited to 12. Canceled in the event of heavy rain. |
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CONCERT FREE
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Chameleon
Arts Ensemble Family Concert An afternoon of chamber music especially for children (age 6 and up), featuring Bruce Adolphe's wonderful Red Dogs and Pink Skies, inspired by the paintings of Paul Gauguin. Afterwards meet the Chameleons and touch the instruments. Admission free. Reservations recommended: tickets@foresthillstrust.org or 617-524-3354. Sponsored in part by two great Jamaica Plain restaurants: JP Seafood Cafe (730 Centre Street, www.jpseafoodcafe.com) and James's Gate Restaurant & Pub (5-11 McBride Street, www.jamessgate.com); sample their delicious cuisine before or after the show! This concert is also sponsored by Boing Toy Store, Jamaica Plain's wonderful store for children and their families. We gratefully thank these generous local businesses for their support. This concert is part of a community project which includes a day of education and music at the Young Achievers School. Funded in part by a grant awarded to Chameleon Arts Ensemble by the The Robbins-De Beaumont Foundation. |
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| WALKING
TOUR Sunday, Sunday, May 29 2 PM, $8 |
Memorial
Day Walking Tour: In Their Own Words What was it like to serve in the Civil War, the American Revolution, and more recent battles? Al Maze’s walking tour interweaves history with readings from personal accounts of the battlefield drawn from diaries and war letters. Meet at Main Gate. Wear comfortable walking shoes and bring drinking water. The tour is limited to 75 people on a first come first serve (no reservations). |
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SHOW & CONCERT FLASHLIGHT
TOUR TREASURE
HUNTS AND TROLLEY TOURS |
We invite you to explore the art, landscape and history of Forest Hills Cemetery, one of Boston's most beautiful green spaces. Enjoy live music, antique bicycles, floral tributes, a vintage firetruck, and much more! See complete listing below. SATURDAY,
JUNE 25: PERE LACHAISE After the concert on Saturday night, join us for a champagne toast and flashlight night-time tour of the Cemetery, which is normally closed after dark. Star-gaze as we walk down to Lake Hibiscus and back, stopping to view important sculpture and monuments along the way. Enjoy a spectacular floral installation by artist Suzan Baltozer at the gravesite of Henry Dearborn, the founder of Forest Hills. Please bring your own flashlight. This tour is free for with your concert admission or $8 for those who do not attend the concert. SUNDAY,
JUNE 26 FROM 2 TO 5 PM Trolley tours leave from the Main Gate and from Lake Hibiscus. The Family Tour and Bicycle Tour leave from the Bell Tower/Main Gate. Treasure Hunt is self-guided; pick up a map near the main gate. Live music
and treasure hunt activities run from 2 to 5. Trolley tour admission:
$8 adults/$4 children 12 and under. All other activities are free. As
always, wear comfortable walking shoes and bring drinking water. Bring your own bicycle, and join us for a bicycle tour at 5 pm; a two-mile route will wind through varied terrain.
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| POETRY
READING Monday, July 11 6:30 p.m. at Forsyth Chapel Free admission. |
Acclaimed writer Junot Diaz will read with poets Ron Fletcher and Mary Bonina in Forsyth Chapel during the first of The Boston Voices 375th Writers’ Series, a highlight of Mayor Menino’s 375th Boston celebration. Junot Diaz is the author of Drown, a celebrated collection of short stories tracing the Dominican immigrant experience and set both in Santo Domingo and New Jersey, and a professor of creative writing and immigrant literature at MIT. Ron Fletcher and Mary Bonina are Boston poets whose work currently appears as part of the Boston 375 Views exhibit on display in Boston City Hall, featuring work by local Boston artists and poets. There will be a Q&A session and book signing after the reading. The Boston Voices readings by Boston writers will take place on Monday evenings throughout the summer at other venues around the city. Other participants include Ha Jin, Dennis Lehane, and Sue Miller, among many other acclaimed Boston writers. For further information, please visit www.cityofboston.gov/boston375, or call 617-635-2375. |
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| SPECIAL
EVENT Thursday, July14 6 to 9 pm $10 donation for each lantern supports the event Rain date: July 21 |
Seventh
Annual Lantern Festival Inscribe a lantern with your own personal messages to friends and family. At sunset, gather at Lake Hibiscus to light the lantern's small votive candle release it. Watch as it joins a thousand other floating lanterns, drifting across the water, bearing messages of love and hope. Please note: bring a flashlight to help guide your exit from the Cemetery, as there is no electrical lighting after dark.
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| WALKING
TOUR Sunday, July 17 5 pm, $8 |
Elise Ciregna is the Trust's first Scholar-in-Residence. She is researching stone monuments at Forest Hills and analyzing their symbolism and inscriptions in the context of Victorian society. We gratefully acknowledge a grant from the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities which made this residency possible.
This program is funded in part by the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities. |
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| WALKING
TOUR Sunday, July 24 5 pm, free |
Contemporary
Sculpture Tour Katherine Aungier leads a tour with Clementine Cummer, Ellen Lewis, Madeleine Lord, Susan Nacco, Gabrielle Rossmer and Leslie Wilcox, six artists with work on our Contemporary Sculpture Path. |
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| WALKING
TOUR Sunday, July 31 2 pm, $8 |
Women
of Forest Hills Guide Al Maze tells the stories of some of the remarkable women buried here, including artists and writers, doctors and suffragists. |
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| WALKING
TOUR Sunday, August 14 5 pm, $8 |
Victorian
Sculpture Tour Elise Ciregna is the Trust's first Scholar-in-Residence. She is researching stone monuments at Forest Hills and analyzing their symbolism and inscriptions in the context of Victorian society. We gratefully acknowledge a grant from the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities which made this residency possible.
This program is funded in part by the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities. |
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| WALKING
TOUR Sunday, August 21 5 pm, free |
Contemporary
Sculpture Tour Katherine Aungier leads a tour with artists Danielle Krcmar, George Sherwood and Carolyn Wirth, three artists with work on our Contemporary Sculpture Path. |
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| WALKING
TOUR Sunday, August 28 2 pm, $8 |
Stories
Behind the Stones Guide Al Maze leads a tour of Forest Hills Cemetery, telling its history and the stories of some of the remarkable people buried here. Meet at the map stand just inside the front entrance gate. Wear comfortable shoes and expect to walk about 2 miles of varied terrain. |
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| WALKING
TOUR Sunday, Sept. 11 2 pm, $8 |
Elise Ciregna is the Trust's first Scholar-in-Residence. She is researching stone monuments at Forest Hills and analyzing their symbolism and inscriptions in the context of Victorian society. We gratefully acknowledge a grant from the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities which made this residency possible.
This program is funded in part by the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities. |
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| WALKING
TOUR Sunday, Sept. 18 2 pm, free |
Contemporary
Sculpture Tour Join us for a tour of the Contemporary Sculpture Path with participating artists Danielle Krcmar, Madeleine Lord, Mitch Ryerson, and Carol Spack. Meet at the map stand just inside the front entrance gate. |
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SPECIAL
EVENT Saturday,
Sept. 24 Forsyth
Chapel |
Opening
Reception JP Open Studios Juried Exhibition in Forsyth Chapel This festive reception kicks off Open Studios weekend in Jamaica Plain. Forest Hills hosts a juried exhibition in Forsyth Chapel. See listing below for participating artists, jurors, and regular exhibition hours. |
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| EXHIBITION Saturday, September 24 Sunday, September 25 Saturday, Oct. 1 Sunday, Oct. 2 noon to 6 pm Forsyth Chapel free |
JP
Open Studios Juried Exhibition in Forsyth Chapel Forest Hills hosts a juried exhibition in Forsyth Chapel. Participating artists: Beth Balliro, Terry Boutelle, Janet Cormier, Christine Fritsch, Mary Long Graham, Alan Greene, Pam Hart, Nathalie Laschet, Sasja Lucas, Rachel Paxton, Robin Radin, Mardi Reed, Nancy Sableski, Ellen Shattuck, Elizabeth Slayton, Kate True, and Ann M. Turley. Jury: Dean Nimmer, former Chair of the Painting Department at Mass. College of Art; Emily Moore, Assistant Curator, ICA Boston; Frank Roselli, Soprafina Gallery, Harrison Avenue, Boston. |
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| WALKING
TOUR Sunday, Sept. 25 2 pm, $8 |
Stories
Behind the Stones: Milton and Consecration Hills Al Maze delves into the history of notable Bostonians buried in two of the cemetery’s oldest sections: statesmen, soldiers, inventors, intellectuals, and more. Meet at the map stand just inside the front entrance gate. Wear comfortable shoes and expect to walk about 2 miles of varied terrain. |
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WALKING
TOUR
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 8th Annual DOG WALK Sponsored by Polkadog Bakery The Dog Walk is a unique annual expedition for sociable dogs and their owners. Historian Dee Morris leads this special walking tour of monuments of interest to our canine friends and stories of pets and working animals of 19th century Boston. Certificates and treats are awarded upon completion. $10 admission for each human. Advance ticket purchase is recommended as attendance is limited; tickets@foresthillstrust.org or call 617.524.3354. The event sponsor, Polkadog Bakery, is a treat boutique for dogs located at 256 Shawmut Avenue in the South End. Visit them at www.polkadog.com |
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| SPECIAL
EVENT Sunday, Oct. 2 2 pm, free |
FREE
OUTDOOR FAMILY CONCERT: Sound Play Ricardo Frota brings instruments from all over the world to join three marimbas (built by teenagers at Dorchester’s Little House School along with fine furniture-maker Mitch Ryerson). Frota performs music from Brazil, America and Africa and invites children to play along. Recommended for ages 5 and up. |
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| READING Sunday, October 9 2 pm, $5 Forsyth Chapel |
Kiss
Me Goodnight |
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| POETRY
READING Sunday, Oct. 16 2 pm, $5 Forsyth Chapel |
A
Tribute to E.E. Cummings Charles Coe, Michael Hoerman, Robert K. Johnson, and John Sturm read from Cummings’ poems and their own in tribute to this great American innovator. The reading in Forsyth Chapel will be followed by a walk to the poet’s grave site. |
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| WALKING
TOUR Sunday, Oct. 23 2 pm, $8 |
 Victorian
Sculpture Tour Elise Ciregna is the Trust's first Scholar-in-Residence. She is researching stone monuments at Forest Hills and analyzing their symbolism and inscriptions in the context of Victorian society. We gratefully acknowledge a grant from the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities which made this residency possible.
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| WALKING
TOUR Sunday, Oct. 30 2 pm, $8 |
Stories
Behind the Stones Al Maze leads the final walking tour of the 2005 season. An introduction to Forest Hills Cemetery, highlighting some of its most famous memorials and some of the most notable Bostonians buried here. Meet at the map stand just inside the front entrance gate. Wear comfortable shoes and expect to walk about 2 miles of varied terrain. |
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| SPECIAL
EVENT Wednesday, Nov. 2 4:30 – 6:30 pm, free Rain or shine |
MEXICAN
DAY OF THE DEAD Advance activities, including a fiesta and craft-making, will be held the previous weekend at nearby Spontaneous Celebrations, which is located at 45 Danforth Street in Jamaica Plain. |
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| POETRY
READING Sunday, Nov. 13 2 pm, $5 Forsyth Chapel |
A
Celebration of Anne Sexton |
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| CONCERT Sunday, November 20 4 pm, $15/$12 members Forsyth Chapel |
Nazranah
& 35th Parallel Admission $15/$12 Trust Members. Sponsored in part by James's Gate Restaurant & Pub (5-11 McBride Street, www.jamessgate.com). We gratefully thank them for their generous support; consider sampling their delicious cuisine before or after the show! |
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CONCERT SOLD OUT! |
Sponsored in part by James's Gate Restaurant & Pub (5-11 McBride Street, www.jamessgate.com). We gratefully thank them for their generous support; consider sampling their delicious cuisine before or after the show! Sign up for a membership and buy your tickets at a discount! |
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