Events
5th Annual Reading Frederick Douglass Together Community Reading + Discussion in Egleston Square
Lée esta información en español Saturday, July 11, 2-3:30pm Egleston Square Peace Garden, corner of Washington and School Streets “The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation must be startled; the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed; and its crimes against…
Read MoreStay Safe, Support Local: An Important Announcement
Concerns over COVID-19, or novel coronavirus 2019, are causing many of our partners and neighbors to cancel public events or reduce their risk of exposure. While the risk of illness from the disease remains very low for most of us, public health officials recommend that drastic measures be taken to prevent major consequences for the…
Read MoreWhat’s next for Egleston Square? Find out at our Annual Meeting + Networking Breakfast Friday, March 13, 7-9am (CANCELLED)
***Update 3/12: This event has been cancelled due to public health concerns over coronavirus / COVID-19. More details are here.**** Join us for local coffee and breakfast, networking, and a look ahead. We’ll celebrate what we, our partners and businesses in our district have been doing in the neighborhood. At Greater Egleston High School’s great…
Read MoreSomos Uno Egleston: Cuando Te Ves Mejor, Te Sientes Mejor, miércoles, 29 de enero, 9:00a – 12:00p
[Read in English] En el YMCA de Egleston Square y el vecindario3134 Washington Street, Roxbury La Asociación de Comerciantes de Egleston Square, el Departamento de Alcance de la Calle del Departamento de la Policía de Boston, y Egleston Square Main Street presentan un evento para conectar a los comerciantes locales, proveedores de servicios, residentes, y…
Read MoreOne Egleston: Looking Good, Feeling Better, Wednesday, January 29, 2020, 9am – 12pm
[Lée en español] At the Egleston Square YMCA and adjacent businesses3134 Washington Street, Roxbury Egleston Square Merchants Association, the Street Outreach Unit of the Boston Police Department, and Egleston Square Main Street present an event to connect local businesses, service providers, residents, and resources with community members who are experiencing substance use disorders, mental illness,…
Read MoreDecember Economic Development Committee Meeting in Egleston Square
In November, Egleston Square Main Street kicked off and re-activated its Economic Development Committee. There was a lot of interest and new energy around creating more support and infrastructure for new and existing businesses. The next meeting of the committee is Monday, December 15, 6:30-8pm at our offices in the Egleston Square Y. The Committee…
Read MoreEgleston Summer Movies
Join us for the third summer of summer movies in Egleston Square. We kick it off with our annual classic, The Prophet. We’ll start to gather at 7:00p and the film will start at 7:30p. Bring a lawn chair. ••••• The Prophet (2014 – 1h 25m) / Wednesday, August 15 • 7:00pm / Egleston Square Peace Garden (Corner…
Read MoreMarathon Reading of 100 Years of Solitude
Saturday, June 24th Noon til 6pm Egleston Square Peace Garden Corner of Washington & School Join us for this historic event as we read aloud Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s master work One Hundred Years of Solitude cover to cover and celebrate the 50 years of its publishing. ••••• Únase a nosotros para este acontecimiento…
Read MoreFilms in the Garden: Window Horses
Rosie Ming (Sandra Oh), a young Canadian poet of mixed descent who grew up with her strict Chinese grandparents, believing that her father abandoned her. She’s been invited to perform her poetry at a festival in Iran, where she finds that what she’d been told as a child may not necessarily be the entire truth.…
Read MoreCommunity Reading: What to the Slave is the fourth of July?
“This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.” •••• What to the Slave is the fourth of July: A Community Reading / Thursday, July 6th • 6:00pm / Robert Lawson Place (Corner of Atherton, Washington & Columbus) / Egleston Square • Boston Join the Egleston Square Community in our…
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