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A 10th anniversary is sometimes called the tin anniversary, so hopefully someone will be playing a tin instrument while JP Porchfest celebrates 10 years on August 16. The party actually starts the day ...
Get your preservative-free delicious When Pigs Fly bread while you can at its Jamaica Plain store because it’s closing ...
The Jamaica Plain News calendar is open to all local organizations and businesses.
The newly-reopened Flaherty Playground is one small step for Chihuhuas, and one giant step for German shepherds — as it ...
The Jamaica Plain Film Festival is presented by the Loring Greenough House in collaboration with Imag9ne Media. JPFF features work by local artists and independent film-makers based in Jamaica Plain ...
As a renter herself, At-Large Boston City Councilor Erin Murphy knows what it’s like to face the squeeze of the rising cost of housing. Erin Murphy is Dorchester through and through. She was born in ...
Jamaica Plain hasn’t faced the worst of the current crackdowns by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), but activity has persisted, with a notable example being two ICE raids in Forest ...
The Footlight Club’s 2024-2025 season earned four DASH Awards nominations. DASH Awards are presented through the Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theaters (EMACT). America’s oldest ...
Jamaica Plain-based Circus Up was one of four Boston organizations to receive an additional grant along with the dozens of cultural organizations that received grants across the city. “Circus Up is ...
Jamaica Plain resident Drew Breuninger decided to participate in the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk pin memory of his dear friend and roommate, Marcos Flegmann, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2017.