Arts and Entertainment
Orchestra to move into South Street digs
By DAVID TABER December 18, 2008
Photo by Yoon Byun
A Far Cry, shown here at the Arnold Arboretum, is a 17-piece ensemble of classical musicians in JP.
Makes a spectacle of itself
A Jamaica Plain-based leaderless orchestra will soon be able to say it is A Far Cry from South Street, even though that is exactly where it will be.
Three women poets to read Jan. 7
By DOROTHY DERIFIELD December 18, 2008
Chapter and Verse will begin the winter/spring segment of the monthly literary reading series at the Loring-Greenough House on Wed., Jan. 7, by featuring three women poets. Two of them, the Rev. Anne Fowler and Jennifer Markell, live in Jamaica Plain. Poet and Boston Globe columnist Ellen Steinbaum is the third reader.
Area E-18, Nov. 17-24
By BY E-18 COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS AND BPD MEDIA RELATIONS December 5, 2008
Breaking and entering, residence: 11/20, 59 Tower St.; 11/21, 9 Bournedale Road.
Possession of Class D drugs: 11/19, 15 Walk Hill St.
Cozy book and music store marks 10th year here
By JOHN SWAN December 5, 2008
Gazette Photo by John Swan David Doyle, owner of Rhythm & Muse, recently clewbrated his Hyde Square book business's 10th anniversary.
HYDE SQ.—Flames cracked in the fireplace as the aroma of hot cider mixed with soothing music. At a round table in front of the fire, two friends played Scrabble amid the comfortable ambience of rows of books.
Although it sounds more like a cozy home library, the site is actually JP’s Rhythm & Muse at 470 Centre St., which celebrated its 10th anniversary this month.
JP writers to read and reflect at forum
December 5, 2008
Jamaica Plain fiction writers Brendan Halpin and Ron MacLean and poet Catherine Sasanov will share excerpts from their recent work during the Jamaica Plain Forum on the evening of Dec. 5. They will also share experiences of the modern-day writers’ lives.
‘Annie’ at The Footlight Club
By SHAUNA L. ONOFREY November 21, 2008
Photo by Kurt Onofrey Annie and the orphans, played by (left to right) Lisette Velez-Cross, Nina Cummins, Sophia Perez-Dietz, Lily Harris, Maya Newell, Shannon Stimpson, Ariel Bavly, Suzannah Marsh, Madeleine Snow, Kaitlynd Collins, Kharimah Muhammed and Tania Llera-Stern, rehearse.
As the days grow shorter this month, everyone could use a little extra sunshine in their lives. For individuals and families in need of a bit of fun, The Footlight Club, America’s oldest community theatre, presents final performances of its production of “Annie” this weekend.
Literary magazine’s new editor finds home in JP
By ANIKO NAGY November 7, 2008
Courtesy Photo
The editor of "Ploughshares," Ladette Randolph.
Jamaica Plain’s creative community increased in number by one major literary presence last month when Ladette Randolph, the new director and editor-in-chief of the award-winning, nationally recognized “Ploughshares” literary journal, moved in.
Forest Hills Cemetery hosts Halloween events
By JONATHAN CLARK October 24, 2008
On Halloween, it is said that the division between the living and the dead fades. Next Halloween weekend, Forest Hills Cemetery will host two events that revolve around the dissolution of metaphysical boundaries.
Outside the Box
By JOHN RUCH October 24, 2008
Photo Courtesy Boston Art Commission
Artist Heidi Schork turned this Roslindale Village utility box into an optical illusion mural painting.
Murals bring life to city utility boxes
The metal utility boxes that dot Boston sidewalks, containing traffic signal timers and other wiring, may be necessary. But nobody said they have to be ugly.
PaintBox, a new city program, is thinking outside the box, turning those gray cubes into lively public art. Local artists are creating murals on 13 boxes in most Boston neighborhoods as pilot program that may expand next year.
This weekend (weather permitting), Jamaica Plain artist Jessica Burko will be decorating the box at S. Huntington Avenue and Moraine Street in front of the Alchemist Lounge with a collage depicting the history of JP art.
Bergin, Beatman, Mnookin to read their poems here Nov. 5
By DOROTHY DERIFIELD October 24, 2008
Courtsey Photo
Poet Wendy Mnookin
Chapter and Verse on Nov. 5, will present three poets well known on the Boston scene—Joe Bergin of Jamaica Plain, Lisa Beatman of Roslindale and special guest Wendy Mnookin, a Newton resident who will be reading from her new book, “The Moon Makes Its Own Plea,” published by BOA Editions. The reading will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Loring-Greenough House across from the Monument.
Mnookin comes from a family of Red Sox fans. In her 2002 book “What He Took,” the poem “World Series: Boston, 1986” examines loss and regret tied to Bill Buckner’s famous missed catch: “But my mind selects scenes for instant replay—/the missed ball, the ruined fruit./Words I can’t take back./People I could have loved, or loved better.”
