The Housing and Development Committee (HDC) of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council (JPNC) held its regular monthly meeting this past Monday. Chairperson Danielle Sommer-Kieta and committee and community members Purple Reign, Esther Beillard, Bernie Doherty, Gert Thorn, Willie Mitchell, Jaia…
Month: December 2023
‘We don’t want to forget where we came from’
The Footlight Club remains a staple in JP for nearly 150 years By Sophia Bartlett The Footlight Club, established in 1877, is the oldest community theater in America, according to its website. Despite its history as an elite and selective…
JP Observer: Election Warning #2: Watch out for media hype of poll ‘results’
“Don’t rely on misconceptions about aging when thinking about President Joe Biden’s—or any other person’s or candidate’s—competency.” That was Presidential Election Warning #1 in the JP Observer published in September. Voters should look at his specific job performance and actual…
Obituaries 12-28-23
Kate TrueArtist, Activist, Mother, Daughter, Middle of Three Sisters and Treasured Friend Kate True—artist, activist, mother and daughter, middle of three sisters, treasured friend—passed away at her home in Roxbury two days after Thanksgiving, cared for by her family and…
JP youth paints iconic ‘K’ signs at Fenway Park for the 2024 season with the BASE and Boston K Men
JP resident [Yager Velarde] was part of special group of youth from The BASE who painted iconic “K” signs at Fenway Park with the Boston K Men. The newly painted “K” signs will be posted above the Green Monster by…
The Record Co. offers affordable studio space for aspiring musicians
By Eloise Lushina The outside resembles a large, cold warehouse — but inside, The Record Co. studio is far from that. The faint hum of singing travels down the hallway, beckoning one to explore. The Record Co. is an impressive…
Pickleball court gets an audience
By Julia Deal and Ella Corrao On a freezing Saturday this month, Bostonians can be found holed up indoors, under layers of fuzzy blankets or by a fireplace. But in a picturesque nook in Jamaica Plain, some city dwellers can…
ArtsEmerson presents Plexus Polaire’s Moby Dick
ArtsEmerson, Boston’s leading presenter of contemporary world theater and film and the professional presenting and producing organization of Emerson College, is excited to kick off its 2024 season with renowned director Yngvild Aspeli and the endlessly inventive Norwegian theater company,…
Greater Boston bikeshare system plans to add 750 ebikes to growing fleet
The cities of Boston, Cambridge, Somerville and Everett, the town of Brookline, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (“Blue Cross”) and Lyft today announced plans to integrate 750 next-generation ebikes into Greater Boston’s popular Bluebikes program and the renewal of Blue Cross’…
Merry Christmas
This is the most wonderful time of the year, to paraphrase the popular song, with holiday music playing in the malls and on our car radios, resurrecting our earliest childhood memories of Christmases-past. We choose just the right tree, decorate…