The Trust's cultural activities, educational programs, and preservation efforts at historic Forest Hills Cemetery are supported in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. These programs are also made possible through contributions from individuals and grants from foundations.

Scroll down for a detailed list of events. RESCHEDULED The Water Project dance • art •ritual Developed by Christine Bennett/ Bennett Dance Company and artist Michael Dowling presented in conjunction with the summer exhibition, Dwelling 2 free performances at 3:00 and 5:30 pm at Lake Hibiscus Sunday, July 16 photo: DeAnna Pellecchia, Mary McCarthy, Christine Bennett photo by Liz Linder   Thursday, July 13, 8th annual Scroll down for complete list of events

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EXHIBITION Ongoing Free 7:30 am to dusk Guide available at the Map Stand just inside the Main Gate Entrance.	The Contemporary Sculpture Path More than 35 diverse works of sculpture by local and national artists form a route through the oldest part of the Cemetery grounds, around Lake Hibiscus, and into the newest sections. More information about The Sculpture Path and a List of Participating Artists are included in this site under Exhibitions and Sculpture.
EXHIBITION through Oct. 31,2006 Free 7:30 am to dusk Guide available at the Map Stand just inside the Main Gate Entrance.	Dwelling The Trust's 2006 outdoor exhibition of site specific contemporary art, Dwelling: Memory, Architecture and Place, runs through October 31, 2006. 15 artists respond to the Victorian origins of this grand landscape as the ultimate domestic space – a home for eternity – and to “dwelling” as a process of lingering reflection. Participating artists: Michael Beatty and Mike Newby Halsey Burgund Jim Coates Jay Cummings Adam Frelin Christopher Frost Robert Gilmore and Sarah Walker Joan Goody and Lesley Davison Jason Middlebrook Andrea Thompson Nadya Volicer Amy Walsh An exhibition guide with a map and artist statements is available at the map stand near the main entrance. Monthly tours led by scholars and participating artists are scheduled throughout the exhibition.   Dwelling is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funds provided by a grant from the Boston Foundation for Architecture. The programs of the Forest Hills Educational Trust are supported by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
LANTERN FESTIVAL Thursday, July 13 6 to 9 pm $5 PARKING FEE supports the event $10 donation for use of each lantern/free if you sign up as a new member at the Festival! Rain date: July 20	Eighth Annual Lantern Festival Our memorial Lantern Floating Festival is inspired by an ancient Buddhist ritual in which lanterns representing the souls of the dead are floated out to sea and prayers are offered so that they may rest in peace. Join us for this beautiful ceremony. Inscribe your own words of remembrance and hope on the shades of simple wooden lanterns, and then release them, glimmering with candlelight, onto Lake Hibiscus at dusk. Many people attend with friends and family, spreading out a blanket for a picnic dinner, and then working on comemorative lanterns. The evening starts with performances of drumming, dance, and choral music. Hear the dynamic Master Tsuji's Samurai Taiko Drummers and spirited music by Ron Murphy and Friends, some of Boston's finest gospel singers. Enjoy traditional Japanese Bon Festival dances presented in elegant kimona clad students from Showa Boston Institute and traditional Chinese folk dance by youth from Chu Ling Dance Academy. The haunting sounds of Japanese flute, followed by Scottish bagpipes, accompany the lanterns on their journey across the Lake Please note: bring a flashlight to help guide your exit from the Cemetery, as there is no electrical lighting after dark. PLEASE NOTE: $5 PARKING FEE There will be a $5 fee for parking at Forest Hills Cemetery. Please consider taking public transportation. Via the Tower Street Shortcut, Forest Hills is a one block walk from the Orange Line Forest Hills Station.
SPECIAL EVENT Sunday, July 16 3:00 pm repeats at 5:30 pm at Lake Hibiscus free	Dance Performance: The Water Project The Water Project is a spectacular combination of contemporary dance, installation art, and ritual presented in conjunction with Dwelling: Memory, Architecture and Place. The Water Project emerges out of a seven-year collaboration between Bennett Dance Company and Medicine Wheel Productions’ Artistic Director, Michael Dowling.  The production draws its themes and materials from the physical attributes of water itself, mirroring the element's ability to adapt and transform in response to its environment. This newest incarnation of the evolving Water Project is inspired by the spiritual aspects of Forest Hills and the landsape surrounding Lake Hibiscus. Bennett Dance Company performs with live cello accompaniment on the banks of the Lake and out onto its surface.  Forest Hills offers a magical and evocative setting for this powerful piece, which celebrates women as the keepers of water and water itself, as a medium of transformation and rebirth. Visual Art Installation:  Michael Dowling Performers: Christine Bennett, Mary McCarthy, DeAnna Pellecchia Cello: Sam Ou The performance runs 30 minutes. bring a blanket or folding chair for seating. The 3 pm performance is followed at 4 pm by a walking tour (described below); the walking tour will end at 5:30 in time for the second performance.
WALKING TOUR Sunday, July 16, 4pm Admission $8 Cancelled in the event of heavy rain.	WALKING TOUR in conjunction with Dwelling: Memory Architecture and Place Dwelling artists join historian Anthony Sammarco, author of 50 books on Boston history, for a walk exploring architecture and contemporary art. The scholarly portion of this tour will focus on the eminent architects buried at Forest Hills Cemetery, including William Ralph Emerson, William Preston, and Harrison Atwood, and stroll by some of the marvellous architectural structures commissioned by the movers and shakers of 19th century Boston. Several artists with work in the Trust's current exhibition Dwelling: Memory, Architecture and Place, will discuss their work along the way: Nadya Volicer, who evokes a Victorian parlor with a lush oriental carpet fashioned from scraps of salvaged wood from demolished homes; Michael Beatty and Mike Newby, who designed two elegant sculptural birdhouses based on Victorian symbols and Gothic Revival architecture; Joan Goody and Lesley Davison, who constructed an open pavilion for contemplation in a tranquil pine forest. The tour meets at Main Gate and ends at Lake Hibiscus, where the Water Project will be performed at 5:30. Wear comfortable walking shoes, bring drinking water, and be prepared to walk 2 miles of varied terrain. Admission is $8.
WALKING TOUR Sunday, July 30, 2pm Rain or shine, Admission $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. Meet at Main Gate. Wear comfortable walking shoes, bring drinking water, and be prepared to walk 2 miles of varied terrain.
WALKING TOUR Sunday, August 13 4 pm Admission $8 Cancelled in the event of heavy rain.	Victorian Sculpture Tour in conjunction with Dwelling: Memory Architecture and Place Cultural historian Elise Ciregna leads a tour of sculpture by well known 19th century masters and vernacular monuments created by accomplished, but often anonymous, stone carvers. By looking at fashionable ornamentation, carved symbols and the layouts of lots in neighborhoods, she reveals the ways that Victorians brought the furnishings of their parlors outdoors and designed Forest Hills as an elegant and comforting home for eternity. Four Dwelling artists will also participate in the tour, reflecting on how their work responds to the domestic qualities of Forest Hills and the cemetery's role as a tranquil refuge for lingering reflection: Jim Coates, whose Sunflower House is built from branches gathered in the woods and surrounded by a colorful living garden; Robert Gilmore and Sarah Walker, whose Living Room is constructed with four walls of lush vines, open to the sky; Andrea Thompson, whose piece Knock on Wood features a variety of elegant doorknockers mounted on resonant posts, offering a simple ritual to reach the dead with a series of sounds. Meet at Main Gate. Wear comfortable walking shoes, bring drinking water, and be prepared to walk 1 to 2 miles of varied terrain.
WALKING TOUR Sunday, August 27 2 pm Admission $8 Cancelled in the event of heavy rain.	Stories Behind the Stones Al Maze tells the fascinating history of Forest Hills through the lives of the people buried here, both eminent and less well known. Meet at Main Gate. Wear comfortable walking shoes, bring drinking water, and be prepared to walk 2 miles of varied terrain.
WALKING TOUR Sunday, Sept 10 2 pm Admission $8 Cancelled in the event of heavy rain.	As the Victorians saw it...Decoding Messages from Another Era Social historian Dee Morris leads a tour of Forest Hills, illuminating the ways that people of the Victorian era designed and furnished this grand landscape to feel like a familiar (and elegant) home. Through ornate monuments and comfortable details – pilllows, the family bible – they showed off their affluence and good taste. She will be joined by artists with work at Forest Hills who will discuss how their contemporary sculpture relates to the Victorian origins of the cemetery as a domestic space and a sanctuary for lingering reflection. Meet at Main Gate. Wear comfortable walking shoes, bring drinking water, and be prepared to walk 1 to2 miles of varied terrain.
WALKING TOUR Sunday, Sept 24 2 pm Admission $8 Cancelled in the event of heavy rain.	Stories Behind the Stones Al Maze tells the fascinating history of Forest Hills through the lives of the people buried here, both eminent and less well known. Meet at Main Gate. Wear comfortable walking shoes, bring drinking water, and be prepared to walk 2 miles of varied terrain.
WALKING TOUR Sunday,October 1 2 pm Admission $8 Cancelled in the event of heavy rain.	Victorian Sculpture Tour Cultural historian Elise Ciregna leads a tour of sculpture by well known 19th century masters (Daniel Chester French and Martin Milmore) and vernacular monuments created by accomplished stone carvers. By looking at fashionable ornamentation, carved symbols and the layouts of lots in neighborhoods, she reveals the ways that Victorians brought the furnishings of their parlors outdoors and designed Forest Hills to be their final home. She will be joined by artists with work at Forest Hills who will discuss how their contemporary sculpture relates to the Victorian origins of the cemetery as a final home and a sanctuary for lingering reflection. Meet at Main Gate. Wear comfortable walking shoes, bring drinking water, and be prepared to walk 1 to 2 miles of varied terrain.
WALKING TOUR Sunday, Oct 29 2 pm Admission $8 Cancelled in the event of heavy rain.	Stories Behind the Stones Al Maze tells the fascinating history of Forest Hills through the lives of the people buried here, both eminent and less well known. Last tour of the season. Meet at Main Gate. Wear comfortable walking shoes, bring drinking water, and be prepared to walk 2 miles of varied terrain.

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