Archive of 2007 Events
Sponsored by the Forest Hills Trust

CONCERT
Sunday, January 7
4 pm
$15 general admssion
$12 Trust Members
free to Patron Members


Naftule's Dream
Holiday Concert: Naftule’s Dream

Ring in the New Year with a burst of energy as Naftule’s Dream brings a jazz/rock tinge to klezmer – the lively Jewish dance music that’s a passionate blend of invention and tradition. This ensemble consists of some of Boston’s best players, and they’ve performed at jazz festivals worldwide for over a decade.
Reservations recommended: 617.524.3354 or tickets@foresthillstrust.org.

This holiday concert is free to the Trust's Patron Members. Join now at this $100 level and get two free tickets to Naftule's Dream plus discounts on concert admission all year long! To take out a membership or gift membership, print out and mail or fax a membership form; more information about Membership. To order gift tickets or gift memberships, please send an email to Janice Farrell at jfarrell@foresthillstrust.org with your daytime telephone number.

More information about Naftule's Dream is at: www.naftulesdream.com

   
POETRY
Sunday, January 14
2 pm

Admission: $5
no reservations required
Poetry in the Chapel
Presented with Tapestry of Voices

Readings by local poets Iris Gomez, Mark Pawlak, Michael Perrow, and Molly Lynn Watt.
   
POETRY
Sunday, February 11
2 pm

Admission: $5
no reservations required
Jamaica Plain Poets
Presented with Tapestry of Voices

Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood has long been a haven for all kinds of artists, and poets are no exception. Hear four JP poets who share a love of place, a desire for social justice, a sense of humor, and a long view of time and change. Readings by Carolyn Gregory, Elena Harap, Audrey Henderson and Sandra Storey.
   

CONCERT
Sunday, February 18
4 pm


$45 VIP admission, which includes reserved seating in the front rows and a reception following the concert.

$25 general admssion tickets are sold out

Information about Membership

Borromeo String Quartet
Photo: Liz Linder

Borromeo String Quartet
Beethoven, Plus… Shostakovich


The Borromeo String Quartet bring the rich, impassioned playing for which they are internationally acclaimed to the intimate space of Forsyth Chapel. For their third concert at Forest Hills, they’ll pair Beethoven’s Opus 59, No. 2 and Opus 135 with Dmitri Shostakovich’s suspenseful and romantic String Quartet No. 2. The two composers complement each other’s remarkable juxtapositions of emotion and tone.

VIP tickets include preferred seating in the front rows and a festive reception with the musicians following the performance.

Reservations strongly recommended: 617.524.3354 or tickets@foresthillstrust.org. To order gift tickets, please email Janice Farrell at jfarrell@foresthillstrust.org with your daytime telephone number.

More information about the Borromeo String Quartet is at: www.borromeoquartet.org

   
POETRY
Sunday, March 11
2 pm

Admission: $5
no reservations required
Poetry in the Chapel
Presented in collaboration with Tapestry of Voices

A daughter searches for an imagined mother; a traveler encounters his secret heritage in Provence; a man confronts a landscape transformed by machines; a mother contends with her son’s approaching maturity.  Powerful currents of longing and belonging run through the work of four accomplished Boston area poets – Meg Kearney, Kathleen Aguero, Jan Schreiber and Richard Wollman – who read this month in Forsyth Chapel.

Meg Kearney’s collection An Unkindness of Ravens from BOA Editions is a “deeply emotional narrative of family” (Anne-Marie Oomen). Richard Wollman’s latest book, Evidence of Things  Seen, reflects a life and work that are “deeply rooted in the soil of our shared human stories” (Albert Goldbarth).  Kathleen Aguero’s third collection Daughter Of  is rich with “sharp unexpected resemblances”(X.J. Kennedy). In addition to three poetry collections, several of Jan Schreiber’s taut, lyrical poems have been performed as a song cycle for tenor and piano, Zeno’s Arrow.

   

PLANT SALE
Sunday, March 25
2-3:30pm

Greenhouse Lily Sale

Savor an early taste of spring in the sheltered warmth of Forest Hills’ greenhouses. Stroll through a gorgeous display of hundreds of fragrant lilies; purchase some to take home! After the sale, stay for the joyful sounds of the Silver Leaf Gospel singers in Forsyth Chapel.


   

CONCERT
Sunday, March 25
4 pm

$15 general admssion
$12 Trust Members


photo: Anne Hwang

Silver Leaf Gospel Singers

Deacon Randy Green has led the Silver Leaf Gospel Singers for over sixty years, and he’s still stirring audiences to their feet with his old-time, toe-tapping, heart-lifting sound. His group of four to six men, all in their 70s and 80s, perform a form of a cappella singing called ‘jubilee,’ full of call and response. Don’t miss these Boston treasures.

Listen to a podcast of the Silver Leafs and founder/director Deacon Randy Green, performing during a 2006 concert celebrating the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.

   

CONCERT
Sunday, April 22
4 pm

Free for Trust members and donors.

moonlighters picture

Annual Members & Donors Event
The Moonlighters and Craig Robertson

Shake off those winter blues with the Moonlighters, a delightful ensemble which puts a hip spin on vintage tunes from the 1920's and 30's. Hailed by The New Yorker Magazine as "charming" and "exquisite," two singers are backed by a swinging combination of ukulele, Hawaiian guitar, and bass. Craig Robertson of Ukulele Noir opens with a mix of original songs and Tin Pan Alley classics. You can listen to their music at on their myspace sites:www.myspace/moonlightersny
www.myspace/craigrobertsonukulele

Become a member of the Trust and attend this fabulous event for free!

   

BIRD WALKS
Tuesday, April 24 at the Boston Nature Center at 6 amThursday, April 26 at Forest Hills at 6 am Admission Free

 

bird picture

Early Morning Bird Walks
In collaboration with Mass Audubon and the Brookline Bird Club
Forest Hills and our neighbor, Mass. Audubon's Boston Nature Center, shelter a huge variety of birds during Spring Migration. Spot some on tours with expert birders. Meet at the appropriate entrances at 6 am; Tuesdays at the Boston Nature Center and Thursdays at Forest Hills.
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.The Boston Nature center is located at 500 Walk Hill St. in Mattapan. For further directions please visit the Boston Nature Center webiste for details.

 

   

WALKING TOUR
Sunday, April 29
10 am

Admission: $9
no reservations required

A Walking Tour for National Poetry Month: Literary Boston

Join Anthony Sammarco, author of more than 50 books on local history, for a tour visiting the gravesites of some of the prominent literary figures memorialized at Forest Hills. Some are well-known: poet E.E. Cummings, playwright Eugene O'Neill or members of the dynasty behind The Boston Globe: Charles H. Taylor and William O. Taylor. Others are more obscure, such as Susanna Haswell Rowson, whose lurid yet pious novel Charlotte Temple was America's first best seller, or Annie Haven Thwing, who compiled a history of Boston on 125,000 index cards and was the author of the classic Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston. And without Lewis Edson Waterman, the inventor of the fountain pen (also buried at Forest Hills), authors might still be struggling to write with a feather quill dipped in ink, so our tour will visit him as well.

With this rich literary history, what better place than Forest Hills to celebrate National Poetry Month?

 

   
POETRY
Sunday, April 29
2 pm

Admission: $5
no reservations required

Poetry in the Chapel
Presented with Tapestry of Voices

Celebrate National Poetry Month with four remarkable practitioners and guardians of the poetic enterprise: Thomas Lux, Diana Der-Hovanessian, Ifeanyi Menkiti, and Harris Gardner.

Thomas Lux has been called "One of the poets on whom the future of the genre depends" (Sven Birkerts). Lux received the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for his tenth poetry collection, Split Horizon. He has been awarded fellowships from the Guggenheim and Mellon Foundations and the National Endowment for the Arts. President of the New England Poetry Club, Diana Der-Hovanessian is America's preeminent translator of Armenian verse. The author of 22 books, she has been honored with awards from the Poetry Society of America and the Fulbright Commission for her own poetry and her works of translation. Born in Nigeria, poet and Wellesley Professor of Philosophy Ifeanyi Menkiti made news a year ago when he purchased the venerable Grolier Poetry Book Shop in Harvard Square and vowed to preserve it, stating "I have a strong sense of hope and belief that poetry can help our world." The author of three collections of poetry, Menkiti's work has been featured on NPR and WGBH. Harris Gardner has brought more live poetry to the public than anyone in New England. He is the founder of the Tapestry of Voices and organizer of the Boston National Poetry Month Festival. The Trust gratefully acknowledges his leadership in founding and organizing this series at Forest Hills.

   

BIRD WALKS
Tuesdays, May 1, 8, 15, 6 amThursdays, May 3, 10, 17, 6 am

Admission: free

 

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Early Morning Bird Walk
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In collaboration with Mass Audubon and the Brookline Bird Club

Forest Hills and our neighbor, Boston Nature Center, shelter a huge variety of birds during Spring Migration. Spot some on tours with expert birders.Meet at the appropriate entrances at 6am: Tuesdays at the Boston Nature Center and Thursdays at Forest Hills.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.

The Boston Nature center is located at 500 Walk Hill St. in Mattapan. For further directions please visit the Boston Nature Center webiste for details.

 

   

MEMBERS & DONORS PLANT SALE
Saturday, May 5
10 am-2 pm

 

greenhouse picture
Greenhouse Plant Sale
Members and donors only

Choose from the colorful annuals flourishing in one of Boston’s oldest greenhouses. Expert grower Brian King will be on hand to answer gardening questions. Patron members receive a complementary geranium plant.

Join as a member today! To take out a membership or gift membership, print out and mail or fax a membership form; more information about Membership.

   
POETRY
Sunday, May 20
2 pm

Admission: $5
no reservations required

Poetry in the Chapel

Join us for the readings by local poets Denise Bergman, Philip Burnham, Lainie Senechal and Daniel Tobin. Presented with Tapestry of Voices.

 

   
WALKING TOUR
Sunday, May 27
2 pm
Admission: $9
no reservations required


Citizen Soldier by Martin Milmore

Memorial Day Walking Tour

Forest Hills expert Al Maze recently celebrated his 10th year of leading tours here. This is one of his most popular: a walk exploring the stories of soldiers and survivors of the Civil War and other battles. Al will read excerpts from letters, diaries and newspaper accounts that illuminate the experiences and emotions of the men and women who have served during wartime.

Meet at Main Gate. Wear comfortable shoes and bring water; this is a 2-mile walk (with frequent stops) over varied terrain.

   

FESTIVAL
June 1st-3rd

Admission:
most events are FREE
Rain or Shine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poet Charles Coe



Birds and Bards Festival


Celebrate migrating birds, poetry and nature during a weekend of events co-sponsored by the Franklin Park Coalition, Franklin Park Zoo, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site & Mass. Audubon’s Boston Nature Center. Bring a picnic to enjoy outdoors between events.

Friday, June 1 @ Franklin Park

MORNING BIRD WALK, 7 AM
Learn how to spot and identify birds with an expert guide during a morning walk exploring Franklin Park. All birding levels are welcome, from the most casual of birders to experts! Bring binoculars if you have them. Meet inside Forest Hills entrance at Resting Place picnic area across from Shattuck Hospital.

DUSK FAMILY BIRD WALK, 6 to 7:30 PM
Learn how to spot and identify birds with an expert guide during an evening walk exploring Franklin Park. All birding levels are welcome, from the most casual of birders to experts! Bring binoculars if you have them. Meet in front of William Devine Golf Course Clubhouse at Franklin Park.

MOVIE:  WINGED MIGRATION, 7:30 PM
Watch a mesmerizing movie featuring incredible up-close photography of migrating birds during their long journeys through the air. William Devine Golf Course Clubhouse at Franklin Park.


Saturday, June 2 @ the Boston Nature Center
500 Walk Hill St, Mattapan

LIVE RAPTORS: UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL!, 10 AM
Experience the beauty and strength of live hawks and owls

KEEPER OF THE SPIRIT, THE OWL WOMAN, 11 AM
Take part in and interactive program of Native American legends, drumming, and singing presented by Native American storyteller and teacher Pat Bade.


Sunday, June 3 @ Forsyth Chapel, Forest Hills Cemetery

MORNING BIRD WALK, 7 AM
Learn how to spot and identify birds with an expert guide during a morning walk exploring Franklin Park. All birding levels are welcome, from the most casual of birders to experts! Bring binoculars if you have them. Meet inside the Cemetery's Main Gate.

WALKING TOUR, 10 AM
SANCTUARIES IN THE CITY: THE GARDEN CEMETERY AND THE OLMSTED PARK
Learn about and observe the parallels and contrasts between one of the first major garden cemeteries and the last of Olmsted's great urban pleasure grounds. Discover the past, present and future of this site and marvel at it's beauty and serenity! Meets inside Main Gate, Forest Hills Cemetery.

FAMILY CONCERT WITH CHAMELEON ARTS ENSEMBLE, 2PM
AND NATURE’S SWEET MUSIC
Join the award-winning
Chameleon Arts Esemble for a lively program of chamber music inspired by places near and far – a tropical jungle, a waterfall in Japan, a busy city street in Brazil, & neighborhoods right here in Boston.  After the show, children can try out the instruments – violin, marimba, flute and more. 

For children age 6 and up and their families. Free for children/$10 adults/$8 for Trust Members. Reserve tickets 617.524.3354 or tickets@foresthillstrust.org and receive a free concert guide in the mail before the show!

POETRY READING, 4 PM
THE JAMAICA POND POETS AND FRIENDS
Join us for a late afternoon outdoor poetry reading celebrating the festival themes of birds and nature. Bring a favorite poem – your own or someone else's – about birds, nature and life to read during an "open mic" at the end. Meets at the Victorian Garden, a short walk from the Main Gate.

The participating Jamaica Pond Poets are: Carolyn Gregory, Holly Guran, Audrey Henderson, Alice Kociemba, Jennifer Markell, Sandra Storey and Gary Whited. They have invited Cambridge poet Charles Coe to join them as a special guest for the afternoon.

 

   
CONCERT
Sunday June 3
2 pm, $10 adults/$8 members; all children free

Chameleon Ensemble group photo
Photo: Susan Wilson

And Nature's Sweet Music
A Family Concert with the award-winning Chameleon Arts Ensemble!

Presented as part of the 2007 Birds and Bards Festival
see description above

Join the award-winning Chameleon Arts Esemble for a lively program of chamber music inspired by places near and far – a tropical jungle, a waterfall in Japan, a busy city street in Brazil, & neighborhoods right here in Boston.  After the show, children can try out the instruments – violin, marimba, flute and more. 

For children age 6 and up and their families. Free for children/$10 adults/$8 for Trust Members. Reserve tickets 617.524.3354 or tickets@foresthillstrust.org and receive a free concert guide in the mail before the show!

   
SACRED GROUNDS, SACRED SOUNDS
Sunday, June 10
8 pm
Admission for the concert and flashlight tour is $25/$20 for Trust members.

Monument at Pere Lachaise Cemetery
photo: Susan Wilson

Sacred Grounds, Sacred Sounds
Exploring the History, Mystery and Music of Pere Lachaise Cemetery

What do Frederick Chopin, Edith Piaf, and Jim Morrison have in common? They are all buried at Pere Lachaise, Napoleon's magnificent Parisian cemetery! In this imaginative multimedia tribute to Pere Lachaise, a talented chamber music ensemble interweaves their music – a Chopin Nocturne, La Vie en Rose, Light My Fire and more– with magnificent photographs and witty commentary by Susan Wilson. Wilson's magical images – projected on a large screen – transport the audience through the lavish monuments and beautiful landscape of this French treasure. Pere Lachaise was one of the inspirations for the design of Forest Hills Cemetery in 1848, and the concert will be followed by a walk down to Lake Hibiscus and back illuminated by flashlight – a rare opportunity to experience the Forest Hills at night.

Sacred Sounds, Sacred Grounds was developed by collaborators photographer/author Susan Wilson and violist Rebecca Strauss, the founders and directors of Melodic Vision. Susan is the author of Garden of Memories, the guidebook to Forest Hills; her lively narration and remarkable photographs, together with a delighful performance of a surprising repertoire (on viola, violin, cello and flute) offer an unforgettable experience. This concert sold out in 2005 and is back by popular demand!

The concert will be followed by a flashlight tour of Forest Hills at night led by Susan Wilson; please bring your own flashlight.  Admission:  $25/$20 members. Advance ticket reservations are no longer available, however a limited number of tickets will be available at the door.

   
WALKING TOUR
Sunday, June 17
4 pm

Admission: $9

Elise
Elise Ciregna, photographed during her 2006 Scholar-in-Residence at Forest Hills. Elise joined the Trust this spring as part-time Curator of Historic Collections.

Sculpture Walk
Tour Victorian and contemporary sculpture with the Trust's Curator of Historic Collections Elise Ciregna and Executive Director Cecily Miller. We will visit work by renowned 19th century artist Daniel Chester French and virtuoso, but anonymous, stone carvers as well as contemporary sculpture by Leslie Wilcox, Christopher Frost, Danielle Krcmar, collaborators Michael Beatty and Mike Newby and others.

Meet at Main Gate. Wear comfortable shoes and bring water; this is a 2-hour walk (with frequent stops) over varied terrain. Admission: $9.  

   
WALKING TOUR
Sunday, June 24
4 pm

Admission: $9

Henry Dearborn

Horticulture Walking Tour

Forest Hills’ founder, Henry A.S. Dearborn, was a civic leader with expertise in law and politics, as well as in landscape design and horticulture. The first president of the Mass. Horticulture Society, Dearborn, along with others, helped shape the rural garden cemetery movement in the United States. Join Anthony Sammarco, author of more than 50 books on Boston history, for a walking tour celebrating Dearborn and other prominent 19th century horticulturists buried at Forest Hills Cemetery. 

Meet at Main Gate. Wear comfortable shoes and bring water; this is a 2-hour walk (with frequent stops) over varied terrain. Admission: $9.

   

LANTERN FESTIVAL
Thursday, July 12
6-9 pm
Admission is FREE
$10 donation per lantern
Parking: $10
Bring a flashlight

Lantern Festival Benefit Reception
Thursday, July 12
5 to 7 pm
Admission: $40
includes VIP parking
$10 donation per lantern

FESTIVAL
& RECEPTION RAINDATE:
July 19

 

lantern picture

9th Annual Lantern Festival

Join us for a moving memorial ceremony inspired by Buddhist rituals. Inscribe a lantern with a personal message to family or friends departed, and float it across Lake Hibiscus at sunset. All are encouraged to bring a picnic, while enjoying a program of dance and music, including:

  • Tsuji Daiko, a dynamic troupe of taiko drummers led by 11th Generation Grand Master Tsuji XI, perform dramatic high energy Samurai drumming
  • Outstanding Boston vocalists Ron Murphy, Wanetta Jackson and Athene Wilson-Glover sing gospel backed by Rollins Ross on piano and Tim Ingles on bass
  • students from the Showa Institute perform traditional Bon dances in colorful kimonos
  • children and teens from Chu Ling Dance Academy present Chinese folk dances

Admission: free. $10 fee per lantern.
Parking: $10.

There is no lighting in the cemetery, so please bring a flashlight to guide your exit after sunset.


Lantern Festival Reception, 5 to 7 PM
Come early to a festive open-air reception. Enjoy elegant refreshments, have a calligrapher inscribe your shade, experience traditional Balinese dance, and take a trolley over to the Lake.  Support the festival and avoid the crowds; includes VIP parking. Admission: $40 for adults/$20 for children 16 and under.

Order tickets by phone at 617.524.3354 or send an email to: tickets@foresthillstrust.org with your daytime telephone and the number of tickets you would like, and someone will get back to you.

2007 Lantern Festival sponsored by:

lanterns

Rain date: July 19th

   
WALKING TOUR
Sunday, July 22
4 pm

Admission: $9

Contemporary and Victorian Sculpture

Sculpture Walk

Tour Victorian and contemporary sculpture with the Trust's Curator of Historic Collections Elise Ciregna and director Cecily Miller. We will visit sculpture by renowned 19th century artist Daniel Chester French and virtuoso, but anonymous, stone carvers as well as contemporary sculpture by Tim Cherry, Fern Cunningham, Danielle Krcmar, Madeleine Lord, George Sherwood and others.

Meet at Main Gate. Wear comfortable shoes and bring water; this is a 2-hour walk (with frequent stops) over varied terrain. Admission: $9.

Nightshirts by Leslie Wilcox and the Bangs-Nye Family Memorial pictured above.

   
WALKING TOUR
Sunday, July 29
2 pm
Admission: $9

Sunlight Stones
Stories Behind the Stones


Tour guide in-residence Al Maze illuminates the history of Boston with fascinating stories of the individuals, both prominent and less well known, buried at Forest Hills Cemetery.

Meet at Main Gate. Wear comfortable shoes and bring water; this is a 2-hour walk (with frequent stops) over varied terrain. Admission: $9.   

   

WALKING TOUR

Sunday, August 19 at 4 pm

Admission: $9

flower cross
The Language of Flowers

In the 19th century, flowers and plants were given special associations and were used to convey feelings and emotions. As botanical motifs found their way onto gravestones, they took on hidden meanings. Discover these exquisite carvings during a tour with Elise Ciregna, the Trust’s Curator of Historic Collections. Learn how the Victorians communicated coded messages with poppies, lilies, ivy and oak leaves on their beautifully carved memorial stones.

Meet at Main Gate. Wear comfortable shoes and bring water; this is a 2-hour walk (with frequent stops) over varied terrain. Admission: $9.  

   

WALKING TOUR

Sunday, August 26 at 4 pm

Admission: $9

Anna Cabot Lowell's Gravestone

The Jane Austen of Roxbury

Experience Forest Hills in the 19th century through the eyes of Anna Cabot Lowell, a privileged Boston woman who kept a vigilant daily diary from the age of ten onwards. Since her life spanned the entire century, Anna's diary chronicles some of the changes that took place in Roxbury over the decades and provides us with a fascinating glimpse back in time.

A descendant of inventor/industrialist Francis Cabot Lowell, Anna lived on an estate in Roxbury not far from Forest Hills. A clear-eyed observer, Anna candidly captured the details of domestic and social life in Victorian-era Roxbury.

This unique walk with historian Dee Morris includes readings from this diary, weaving history and anecdote into an illuminating tour. Hear Anna’s story recounted as you visit her gravesite, as well as those of people she knew and loved.

Meet at Main Gate. Wear comfortable shoes and bring water; this is a 1 1/2-hour walk (with frequent stops) over varied terrain. Admission: $9.

   
   


 

WALKING TOUR

Sunday, September 16 @ 2 pm

Admission: $9

Lucy Stone

Stories Behind the Stones:
The Great Women of Boston

Join guide Al Maze as he leads visitors through the stories of some of the most celebrated and fascinating women of 19th and 20th century Boston. A hotbed of feminism and firsts in the Victorian era, Boston gave rise to such pioneers as suffragette and abolitionist Lucy Stone; surgeon Dr. Susan Dimock; art and architecture patron Hepzibah Clarke Swan; historian-author Annie Haven Thwing; and others both notable and notorious -- artists, politicians, School Board activists, even spirit mediums. This tour looks at those famous women buried at historic Forest Hills Cemetery.

Meet at Main Gate. Wear comfortable shoes and bring water; this is a 2-hour walk (with frequent stops) over varied terrain. Admission: $9.  

   
WALKING TOUR

Sunday, September 30 @ 2 pm

Admission: $9

Receiving Tomb

The Architects and Architecture of Forest Hills

Anthony Sammarco, author of more than 50 books on Boston history, leads you on a tour exploring the theme of architecture at Forest Hills. Some of the 19th century's preeminent architects – including William Preston, Gridley Fox Bryant, and Van Brunt and Howe – designed Cemetery's Main Gate, stone bridge, and 19th century buildings as well monuments and mausoleums for wealthy clients. Visit the gravesites of William Ralph Emerson, Harrison Atwood and others.

Meet at the Main Gate. Wear comfortable shoes and bring water; this is a 2-hour walk (with frequent stops) over varied terrain. Admission: $9.  

Photo: Receiving Tomb by architects Carl Fehmer and William Ralph Emerson.

   

WALKING TOUR

Saturday, October 6 @ 10 am

Admission: $9

"Walk with the Artists" Contemporary Sculpture Tour

Join Trust Director Cecily Miller and artists Fern Cunningham, Danielle Krcmar, Carol Spack and Andrea Thompson for a "behind the scenes" tour of the Trust's Contemporary Sculpture Path. View the various installations and question the artists. How were they inspired? How did they create their pieces? Did they encounter any difficulties along the way?

Wear comfortable walking shoes, and bring a bottle of water. This is a two hour walk over varied terrain. Admission: $9

   

WALKING TOUR

Sunday, October 7 @ 4 pm

Admission: $9

Collectors and Philanthropists

Join Anthony Sammarco for a tour highlighting the lives of intriguing collectors and generous philanthropists buried at Forest Hills Cemetery. The Jordans of Jordan Hall, Forsyth of the Forsyth Dental Clinic, and Carney of Carney hospital are just a few of the men who made vast fortunes and then became patrons of the arts, science, and social causes. Many wealthy women were also active philanthropists, such as Amelia Peabody, who funded kindergartens for Boston's working women.

Meet at Main Gate. Wear comfortable shoes and bring water; this is a 2-hour walk (with frequent stops) over varied terrain. Admission: $9.  

   

WALKING TOUR

Saturday, October 13 @ 10 am

Scene from the 2006 Dog Walk: Taz and owner

Taz and owner, during the 2006 Dog Walk, with the Barnard Dog, by sculptor Henry Dexter.

10th Annual Dog Walk
Sponsored by Polka Dog Bakery

Dee Morris tells tales of Victorian animals – beloved pets and faithful workers – and tours animal sculpture throughout the cemetery. For sociable canines and their owners; people without dogs also welcome.

Catie Copley , the famed Canine Ambassador for the Fairmont Copley Plaza, will be making a special guest appearance at the Dog Walk to help us celebrate the 10th anniversary of this unique tour! Copies of a new children's book about Catie will be available for sale and pawtograph at the end of the walk.

Admission: Dogs are free; humans: $12/$10 per Trust member. Dogs will receive a diploma and Polka Dog Bakery treats at the end of the walk.

   

CONCERT

Save the Date!

Sunday, October 14 @ 4 pm

Borromeo String Quartet

photo: Liz Linder

Borromeo String Quartet
Beethoven and...

Experience the rich and passionate playing of the extraordinary Borromeo String Quartet in Forsyth Chapel. For the fourth installment of their ‘Beethoven, Plus’ series, the Borromeo String Quartet presents three masterworks in a program of Haydn, Shostakovich, and Beethoven. The combination of an intimate setting, superb acoustics, and the masterful performance of this internationally acclaimed quartet makes this series one of the highlights of chamber music in Boston.

Haydn’s Opus 76, No. 5 represents a composer at the height of his powers, with its delicately balanced lyricism and crystalline clarity providing a context for the Classicism of Beethoven’s youth.  Opus 130, written towards the end of Beethoven’s life, is a work of immense proportions unknown in the quartet literature before its time.  The sophistication and complexity of the writing inform a work of epic scale and intimate expression.  In marked contrast, we see yet a third take on the form in some of Shostakovich’s most taut and efficient writing in the 11-minute long String Quartet No. 7.

$55 VIP tickets include preferred seating in the front rows and a festive reception with the musicians following the performance. General admission: $30/$25 Trust members.

Reservations strongly recommended: 617.524.3354 or tickets@foresthillstrust.org. To order gift tickets, please email Janice Farrell at jfarrell@foresthillstrust.org with your daytime telephone number.

More information about the Borromeo String Quartet is at: www.borromeoquartet.org.

   

WALKING TOUR

Saturday, October 20 @ 10 am

Admission: $9

Forest Hills hydrangeas

Victorian Sculpture Tour

Join Elise Ciregna, the Trust's Curator of Historic Collections, on a walking tour exploring a variety of 19th century Victorian sculpture and stone carving throughout the cemetery's picturesque landscape.

The tour will feature work by renowned 19th century artist Daniel Chester French, best known for his work on the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. and whose "Angel of Peace" at Forest Hills is a breathtaking and majestic work of art. Other sculptures include A. Robert Krause's Randidge Monument, showing an allegorical figure of Grief seated in mourning. Stops will be made at various other masterpieces created by anonymous stone carvers.

Wear comfortable walking shoes, bring sunscreen and a bottle of water. This is a two hour walk over varied terrain. Admission: $9

   

POETRY

Sunday, October 21 @ 2 pm

Admission: $5

poet e.e. cummings

ee cummings celebration
presented in collaboration with Tapestry of Voices

Join four local poets for our annual celebration of the birthday and legacy of poet e.e. cummings, whose bold language and playful typography transformed American poetry. 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 by Lake Hibiscus. Admission: $5

   

RITUAL

Friday, November 2 @ 4:30- 6:00 pm

Admission: free

Day of the Dead

Day of the Dead
Tzompantli

Join us for a traditional Mexican celebration of remembrance co-sponsored by Latin American folkloric performance group La Pinata. Based on the ancient traditions of Mexico's indigenous peoples who believed that the souls of the dead return each year to visit their families, the Day of the Dead celebrates the continusou cycle of life and death, embracing cultures from all throughout the Americas. Enjoy a program of music and dance as individuals bring offerings of photos, flowers, mementos, and traditional skull-shaped sugar candies to place on a decorated candle-lit altar for those departed loved ones.

Dress warmly. Bring a flashlight. Bilingual: English/Spanish. Admission: Free

   

CONCERT

Sunday, November 11 @ 4 pm

Naftule’s Dream
CANCELLED

Naftule’s Dream returns after a sold-out performance, bringing a raucous jazz/rock influence to klezmer – the lively Jewish dance music that’s already a passionate blend of invention and tradition. This ensemble consists of some of Boston’s best players, and they’ve performed at jazz festivals worldwide for over a decade.

Visit www.naftulesdream.com for more information or their myspace site to hear music: www.myspace.com/naftulesdream

Admission: $15/$12 members. Reservations recommended: 617.524.3354 or tickets@foresthillstrust.org.

   

POETRY

Sunday, November 18 @ 2 pm

Admission: $5

Anne Sexton

Poet Anne Sexton

Tribute to Anne Sexton
presented in collaboration with Tapestry of Voices

Join us for our fifth annual tribute to Anne Sexton, who wrote fearlessly about family, sexuality, despair, and joy, pioneering a radical new poetry. Four writers who knew her well will read from her poetry and from their own writing. The friends and colleagues who will gather to remember her are: Victor Howes, fellow teacher; Lois Ames, who edited Sexton’s Life in Letters; Robert Clawson, who managed Anne Sexton and her Kind – the poet's rock band; and Suzanne Berger, one of her students. A portrait of Anne emerges from their recollections and stories and from her own writing. Funny, free-spirited, transgressive, and wildly intelligent, she broke away from the conventions of suburban middle class life. The aggressive, disturbing honesty of her writing still influences poetry today.

Weather permitting, the program in Forsyth Chapel is followed by a walk to Anne Sexton's grave site. Admission: $5

   

Archive of 2006 events sponsored by the Educational Trust
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