The deadline for listings is noon, January 21 for the January 24 issue. Send listings to [email protected]. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given.
Special Events
Community Bible Study, 11 am to noon, First Saturday of each month. Discussion, Lending Library of Bible Study Materials. Christian Science Reading Room, 351 Centre Street. 857 719-3432
JP Toastmasters meets the second and fourth Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at The Footlight Club in Jamaica Plain. The meeting will feature free food and drinks, introductions, and opportunities to practice speaking. As always, meetings are free for guests. JP Toastmasters is known for providing a warm, welcoming environment where members help each other improve their public speaking and leadership skills
Arts, Music, and Culture
A BSO Community Chamber Concert will be held on Sunday, January 12 at 3 p.m. at the Curtis Hall Community Center, 20 South St. in Jamaica Plain. The program is as follows:
BEETHOVEN String Quintet in C, Op. 29 (35’)
COLGRASS Variations for Four Drums and Viola (22’)
Alexander Velinzon & Julianne Lee, violin; Cathy Basrak & Steven Laraia, viola; Adam Esbensen, cello; Timothy Genis, percussion
The Community Chamber concerts are always free and last approximately one hour. There are light refreshments served at the end of each concert, where audience members are encouraged to mingle with musicians.
JESUS DRINKS FREE! 1950s-70s country, gospel, soul and RnB spun by 2 atheists (and guests) @Jeanie Johnston 9pm-Close FREE
SOUL music & COUNTRY music. Foundational sounds of the American experience spun monthly with love, admiration, and a deep want to create fun. Throw in a non-believer’s true lust for spinning GOSPEL music and you have JESUS DRINKS FREE. The music comes from the 1950s thru the 1970s. We’re @ The Jeanie Johnston Pub every first Thursday night of every month. Good times in Jamaica Plain.”
The Haven, HOOTENANNY – JP’s OPEN MIC EVERY WEDNESDAY, hosted by Tom Dowd. Sign up is 9.30pm and we have prizes every Wednesday for the most interesting acts.
Midway Café, All shows 21+ – Doors at 8:00 PM unless otherwise noted
EVERY THURSDAY 9:30 PM – 2:00 AM: QUEERAOKE (Drink – Sing – Dance – Repeat!) Boston’s very best lesbian night (but everyone is welcome and all are invited!) EVERY FRIDAY 6:00 – 8:30 PM (FREE!): HIPPIE HOUR with Mystical Misfits and Uncle Johnny’s Band (alternating weeks) and their friends playing the music of The Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan and more! EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT 8:00 PM – 2:00 AM (FREE!): OPEN MIC AT THE MIDWAY Hosted by Angela Sawyer and Gabe Stoddard. Come one, come all! More info: http://midwayorthehighway.com/ Friday 1/10 (after Hippie Hour) $7.00: Sunshine Riot, Tsunamibots, If We Go At All, The Only Things
Saturday 1/11 (Night Show) $7.00: Nick Barbarian, Loser’s Circle, The Runouts, CE Skidmore
Saturday 1/11 (Day Show) 3pm ($6.00): Crow Follow, The Scintillators, The First Supper, so + so
Sunday 1/12 (Day Show) 3pm ($7.00): Martin / Morrel / Fredette, Lower Falls, Twice- A-Day Ray, Members Lonely
Monday 1/13 ($10.00): Punk Rockin’ And Pastie Poppin’
Tuesday 1/14 ($5.00): Moni Grace, The Crucial Detail, The Kapps
Wednesday 1/15 ($5.00): TinyOak Booking Presents: The End is Queer featuring sister, The Skirts, Only Child, and more TBA
Thursday 1/16 (before Queeraoke) $5.00: Jamie Cain
Friday 1/17 (after Hippie Hour) $7.00: Killian Whall
Saturday 1/18 (Night Show) 7pm ($7.00): M.O.T.O., A Bunch of Jerks, CRUNCHTIME, 1.4.5, Butterscott
Saturday 1/18 (Day Show): Closed for a private event
Sunday 1/19 (Day Show) 3pm ($8.00): Feed the Beast, Devils Nite Out, Reaver, DV8
Monday 1/20 ($7.00): Sloppy Joes Drag Night! A monthly drag night like no other hosted by Kirbie Fullyloaded and Plane Jane!
Tuesday 1/21 ($5.00): Minx, TBA, Gasoline Virgins
Wednesday 1/22 ($5.00): Sonic Osmosis #6: Fable Grazer, Hard Rugs, Birdorgan, West Street Trio, Erotic Convulsion of the Lung, William Middlemiss, Jr. Thursday 1/23 (before Queeraoke) $5.00: Travels With Brindle Friday
Jeanie Johnston Pub, 144 South St. Open Mic hosted by Tony Bluze, Sundays at 8 pm. More events at jeaniejohnstonpub.com.
Bella Luna & The Milky Way Weekly events include: Radio Mamba’s Family Rumba, every Sunday 5pm-8pm, live Latin music. Every Monday Stump Trivia from 8 – 10 p.m., Teacher Tuesdays and Dirty Water Saloon line dancing for queer folks and allies at 7PM. Every Wednesday live music from 6:30 – 9:30 PM. Throwback Thursday from 6-8pm with rotating DJ’s barside. Visit www.milkywayjp.com for more late night events Thu-Sun.
Old time music, Southern/roots music, second and fourth Wednesdays, 7.30pm, back room at Doyle’s Cafe, 3484 Washington St. Info: [email protected].
First Fridays Youth Open Mic with renowned feature artists, first Friday of every month, 7pm at First Baptist Church, 633 Centre St. Free for performers and those under 25, $10 suggested donation for those 25 and over.
Dance and Comedy
Dance JP Revival! Free your mind, body, and soul, and lift your spirits with high-energy, feel-good, socially conscious music from around the world! All ages. Wheelchair accessible. Nov. 16, 7:30-9:30pm, First Baptist Church JP, 633 Centre St. $5-$15 (No one turned away for lack of funds). More info: https://tinyurl.com/DanceJPRevival, [email protected]
Gender-Free/English Country Dance, beginners welcome and encouraged. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays (5th Tuesdays: experienced) of the month, 7:30-11:30pm, First Church, 6 Eliot St. Info: www.lcfd.org/bgfe/512-5554.
Learn to stiltwalk with Spontaneous Celebrations, 45 Danforth St. Sundays, 11am-1pm, $5. Info: 857-498-2438.
Egleston Square Branch Library, 2044 Columbus Ave.
Free Drop-In Homework Help
Mondays-Thursdays, 3:30-5:30pm
The library provides free, drop-in afterschool homework help for students in grades K-8 throughout the school year. Spanish assistance is available Mondays and Thursdays. Help is provided by trained, high-achieving high school students. This program is available at locations across Boston on days that Boston Public Schools are in session. The full list of locations is online at www.bpl.org/homework.
Jamaica Plain Branch Library
Jamaica Plain Branch Library, 30 South Street, Jamaica Plain (617) 524-2053 will be hosting the following events: ESL Conversation Group. Every Tuesday, 2-3:30 p.m.
Spanish Conversation Group. Every Saturday, 11:30-12:30. Sponsored by Roslindale Branch.
Community Gaming. Saturday 12/21, at 12 noon
Connolly Branch Library
433 Centre St., 522-1960, www.bpl.org.
If you have not yet participated, please join us to buy something from the Connolly Library Children’s Room wish list of items for toddlers and young children. Each item been hand-picked by Children’s Librarian Sujei Lugo to meet the needs of the hundreds of kids who use Connolly Library resources through the year. Buy one or more wish list items in celebration of Sujei’s work through the year to create a warm and welcoming environment, provide awesome events, and present beautifully-curated displays of featured books. Wish List items are priced between $7–61, with most costing $15–20. Buy one, buy two, buy three—and thank you for being a part of the Connolly Library community!
Stonybrook Fine Arts, Make Your Own Wedding Rings workshop and teen & adult classes in welding, foundry and mold-making, ongoing, 24 Porter St. Info: stonybrookfinearts.com.
Woodworking, sewing, art classes, fiber arts, photography, book arts. Children, teens, adults, year round. Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts, 24 Eliot St. Info: eliotschool.org or 524-3313.
Shim Gum Do (Mind Sword Path), zen sword, karate and meditation classes, scholarships available, Spontaneous Celebrations, 45 Danforth St. Info: 429-8024/[email protected].
Meet-Ups
Narratives Boston, queer activist-writers group open to LGBTQ-identified adults interested in creative expression and social justice, first and third Wednesday evenings of the month, 7-9pm, Haymarket People’s Fund, 42 Seaverns Ave. Info: [email protected].
Party for the Helping Hand Fund, hosted by Haymarket People’s Fund, every 3rd Friday of the month, 5:30-8pm, 42 Seaverns Ave. Info: 522-3349/[email protected].
Networking Group, local chapter of BNI, meets on Wednesdays at the Farnsworth House at 7am. Consists of 30 members of different professions. Through development and trust and relationships amongst the members, objective is to promote each other’s businesses. Members may live outside of JP, but common tie is either living in or servicing the JP area. Info: President of chapter Katelyn Atwater, info: 431-0929
Not beyond this point
The Midway Café
3496 Washington Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
617-524-9038
1/24 (after Hippie Hour) 8:30pm ($10.00): The Young Americans (A Tribute to David Bowie) with special guests Gene Dante & The Future Starlets
Saturday 1/25 (Night Show) $7.00: Firstbourne, Audio Vex, Frnemy, City of Dis
Saturday 1/25 (Day Show) 3pm ($6.00): Soup, Hallam George and the Hallelujah Chorus, Eagle Jesus, Born Yesterday
Sunday 1/26 (Day Show) 3pm ($7.00): Tempered, James and Tod of the Snap Daddies, Mass Bluesbreakers, Charles Coleman of House on Cliff
Monday 1/27 ($6.00): Kala Baz, This Body Is All I Have In This World, Leisure, Tim Capozzi of LEIR
Tuesday 1/28 ($5.00): Zack Bolles, Suzanne Friedman, Lady Malory Band, Cold Car
Wednesday 1/29 ($7.00): Risqué Holiday, Super Pulp, The Sickle
Thursday 1/30 (before Queeraoke) $5.00: Rachel Lime
Friday 1/31 (after Hippie Hour) 8:30pm ($10.00): HRT’s Birthday Show with Shake, Baluchitherium, Absinthe Rose, and CE Skidmore
Saturday 2/1 (Night Show): TBA
Saturday 2/1 (Day Show) 3pm ($8.00): Chandler Travis Philharmonic
Sunday 2/2 (Day Show): TBA
Monday 2/3 ($6.00): Faxi Moto, Unit One, Payton Gin, False Pocket
Tuesday 2/4 ($5.00): The Duchess Elizabeth von Teig, Conor Ryan Hennessy, Thomas Gunn, Mimi Tanski
Wednesday 2/5 ($5.00): Sam Newcomer, Big Fuzzy, Dan Raney, Graham Gaines
Thursday 2/6 (before Queeraoke) $5.00: Miilo
Friday 2/7 (after Hippie Hour) 8:30pm ($7.00): Lucid Lynx, Above The Din, Luxury Deathrap, Heavy Hands
Saturday 2/8 (Night Show) $8.00: Il Mostro, Z/28, Oxblood Forge, Wrought Iron Hex
Saturday 2/8 (Day Show) 3pm ($6.00): Murphy & The Mess, The Inebriations, the Deep State, Amoricans
Sunday 2/9 (Day Show): TBA
Monday 2/10 ($10.00): Punk Rockin’ and Pastie Poppin’
Tuesday 2/11: TBA
Wednesday 2/12 ($5.00): Fully Celebrated Orchestra with special guests the Blues Dream Box
Thursday 2/13 (before Queeraoke) $5.00: Britt Walsh (monthly residency)
Friday 2/14 (after Hippie Hour) 8:30pm ($7.00): LOVE LOVE with special guests Rocky Ludden, Opal Canyon, and Amy Fairchild
Saturday 2/15 (Night Show) $10.00: The JP Music Festival presents Smell The Love 2020!
Saturday 2/15 (Day Show): TBA
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ALSO COMING TO THE MIDWAY IN FEBRUARY AND BEYOND:
Sunday 2/16 (Day Show): Stop Calling Me Frank, State of the Union, The New Frustrations, The Steamies
Monday 2/17: Sloppy Joes Drag Night!
Tuesday 2/18: Jake Perrone, Hooly J. Chan, Aaron Wardwell, Hannah Jay
Thursday 2/20 (before Queeraoke): Richie Parsons
Saturday 2/22 (Night Show): Summer Cult Tour Kickoff with special guests Why Try?, The Amy Incident, and Lower Falls
Sunday 2/23 (Day Show): Maddy Roop, Matt and the Skeleton Crew, Sons Lunaris, Kooked Out
Thursday 2/27 (before Queeraoke): Melissa Mills
Friday 2/28 (after Hippie Hour): Ray Liriano, Muhammad Seven & The Spring, JBJ and Blended Family, Davis Black of the Inebriations (solo set)
Saturday 2/29 (Day Show): DJ Easy Ed presents: Lynnette & the Sundowners, The Barley Hoppers, Easy Ed’s Record Hop
Monday 3/9: Punk Rockin’ and Pastie Poppin’
Monday 3/16: Sloppy Joe’s Drag Night
Friday 3/20 (after Hippie Hour): Purple Moon (A tribute to Pink Floyd), As Seen From Space
Saturday 3/21 (Night Show): Muzzins!, The Nickel & Dime Band, Fenian Sons, Richie Parsons
Weds 4/8: Fully Celebrated Orchestra with special guests MAGNET-O!
Friday 4/17 (after Hippie Hour): Slack Tide, SHANTYMAN, Dogs In A Pile