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Boston’s Cultural District Festival: One Boston, Many Stories

Come celebrate the diversity and richness of Boston's cultural districts at our One Boston, Many Stories Festival - a day filled with music.

July 20, 2025
Event Date2025-07-20T12:00:29 - 2025-07-20T17:00:29

Welcome to Boston’s Cultural District’s One Boston, Many Stories Festival! Join us at City Hall Plaza for a day filled with diverse cultural experiences, live performances, art exhibitions, and delicious food. Immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of Boston’s history and heritage through interactive activities and engaging storytelling sessions. Don’t miss this opportunity to celebrate the vibrant cultural mosaic that makes Boston unique. Mark your calendars and come ready to explore, learn, and connect with the community!

This dynamic festival brings together the heartbeats of four unique cultural districts — the Latin Quarter, Fenway Cultural District, Roxbury Cultural District, and Boston Little Saigon.

One Boston, Many Stories is more than a festival — it’s a movement to honor the voices, histories, and creative spirit of our neighborhoods. Come celebrate with us and be part of Boston’s living cultural legacy.

July 20, 2025
Event Date2025-07-20T12:00:29 - 2025-07-20T17:00:29

Me and Roxbury

The Un-monument | Re-monument | De-monument: Transforming Boston Programming

July 19, 2025
Event Date2025-07-19T18:30:53 - 2025-07-19T20:30:53

Join us at Hibernian Hall for a night of gathering and live storytelling around the campfire. "Me & Roxbury" will be an exciting spin on the popular storied format of “Roxbury Roots”! Our storytelling Friends will consist of Edmund Barry Gaither, Jumaada Abdal-Khallaq Henry Smith, L’Merchie Frazier, Paul Goodnight, Byron Rushing and more!

Allow the night to take you through a great range of human experience filled with laughter, tears, and truth. Each of stories will be unique and each voice is authentic. The linkage being that each storyteller has been near dear not only to the Roxbury community at large but to the National Center of Afro-American Artists. Through these invigorating stories, our Friends will have the opportunity to lay bare their hopes for this community that we share. Instrumental figures in their fields, we are excited to go through each journey, and together hear and share our vision for the future Roxbury.

Stick around for food, refreshments, and more vision sharing of the future of Roxbury.

"Roxbury Roots" was created by Haris Lefteri, Creative Director of Hibernian Hall and Leslie Stafford, Health Equity & Wellness Coordinator, who wanted to give a platform to the adventurers and the storytellers. It opened in August 2022 and after popular demand, we are back for more.

*This collaborative version of "Roxbury Roots" is part of the National Center of Afro-American Artists' new project, FINDING OURSELVES IN PUBLIC SPACES: An Un-monument Project, and it is funded by The Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture's Un-monument Initiative, supported by a grant from The Mellon Foundation.

Me and Roxbury Flyer on July 19, 2025

Photo courtesy by National Center of Afro-American Artists

July 19, 2025
Event Date2025-07-19T18:30:53 - 2025-07-19T20:30:53

"Roxbury Rhapsody" Public Conversation

The Un-monument | Re-monument | De-monument: Transforming Boston Programming

September 20, 2025
Event Date2025-09-20T12:00:53 - 2025-09-20T14:00:53

Join us for a public conversation about Roxbury Rhapsody, a major commission by now well-known Boston artist, Napoleon Jones-Henderson in the Bolling Building.

A reception will follow where you as a community member can be interviewed and asked to share your story about the past, present and future of Roxbury.

All are welcome to this free and public event!

*This public conversation is part of the National Center of Afro-American Artists' new project, FINDING OURSELVES IN PUBLIC SPACES: An UnMonument Project, and it is funded by The Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture's Un-monument Initiative, supported by a grant from The Mellon Foundation.

Finding Ourselves in Public Spaces Walking Tour: Black Women by Sharon Dunn with National Center of Afro-American Artists

Photo courtesy by National Center of Afro-American Artists

September 20, 2025
Event Date2025-09-20T12:00:53 - 2025-09-20T14:00:53

"Africa is the Beginning" Public Conversation

The Un-monument | Re-monument | De-monument: Transforming Boston Programming

September 6, 2025
Event Date2025-09-06T12:00:53 - 2025-09-06T14:00:53

Join us for a public conversation and celebration at Roxbury's YMCA about one of the original murals from the early "Black Boston's Murals Movement".

All are welcome to this free and public event!

*This public conversation is part of the National Center of Afro-American Artists' new project, FINDING OURSELVES IN PUBLIC SPACES: An UnMonument Project, and it is funded by The Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture's Un-monument Initiative, supported by a grant from The Mellon Foundation.

Finding Ourselves in Public Spaces Walking Tour: Black Women by Sharon Dunn with National Center of Afro-American Artists

Photo courtesy by National Center of Afro-American Artists

September 6, 2025
Event Date2025-09-06T12:00:53 - 2025-09-06T14:00:53

Boston’s Madison Park Technical Vocational High School Mural Tour

The Un-monument | Re-monument | De-monument: Transforming Boston Programming

August 9, 2025
Event Date2025-08-09T12:00:53 - 2025-08-09T14:00:53

Join us for a prolific mural tour featuring works by Problak and GoFive at Boston’s Madison Park Technical Vocational High School.

Featured works will be: Breathe Life by Problak and Mel King by GoFive and TakeOne.

All are welcome to this free and public event!

*This public conversation is part of the National Center of Afro-American Artists' new project, FINDING OURSELVES IN PUBLIC SPACES: An UnMonument Project, and it is funded by The Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture's Un-monument Initiative, supported by a grant from The Mellon Foundation.

Finding Ourselves in Public Spaces Walking Tour: Black Women by Sharon Dunn with National Center of Afro-American Artists

Photo courtesy by National Center of Afro-American Artists

August 9, 2025
Event Date2025-08-09T12:00:53 - 2025-08-09T14:00:53

Boston Busing in Chinatown: 50 Years Later

The Un-monument | Re-monument | De-monument: Transforming Boston Programming

September 13, 2025
Event Date2025-09-13T13:00:42 - 2025-09-13T15:00:42

Join us for a panel discussion about the historic effort led by Chinese immigrant mothers to organize for educational rights as elementary school busing began in 1975. Accompanied by outdoor photo exhibit at Chin Park and a visit by the Boston Desegregation Mobile Museum.

Boston Busing in Chinatown: 50 Years Later Panel Discussion Flyer

 

September 13, 2025
Event Date2025-09-13T13:00:42 - 2025-09-13T15:00:42

Canceled:
"Airfoil/Captain David Ramsay Memorial" Public Conversation

Reason for cancellation: Postpone event to a later date
July 26, 2025
Event Date2025-07-26T12:00:53 - 2025-07-26T14:00:53

Join us for a public conversation at Ramsay Park about Airfoil/Captain David Ramsay Memorial by Reginald Jackson and Valerie Maynard

All are welcome to this free and public event!

*This public conversation is part of the National Center of Afro-American Artists' new project, FINDING OURSELVES IN PUBLIC SPACES: An UnMonument Project, and it is funded by The Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture's Un-monument Initiative, supported by a grant from The Mellon Foundation.

Finding Ourselves in Public Spaces Walking Tour: Black Women by Sharon Dunn with National Center of Afro-American Artists

Photo courtesy by National Center of Afro-American Artists

July 26, 2025
Event Date2025-07-26T12:00:53 - 2025-07-26T14:00:53

Harriet Tubman Park's Monuments Tour and Public Conversation

The Un-monument | Re-monument | De-monument: Transforming Boston Programming

July 12, 2025
Event Date2025-07-12T12:00:53 - 2025-07-12T14:00:53

Harriet Tubman Park (450 Columbus Ave, Boston) is the first park in Boston with a statue honoring a woman. It is one of the few parks in the country with statues by two African-American women artists. These statues/monuments are Step on Board by Fern Cunningham and Emancipation by Meta Warrick. We welcome you to attend this tour of these monuments and stay for an inspirational public conversation between activist and organizer,Frieda Garcia, Angela Tate of The Museum of African American History and Barry Gaither of The National Center of Afro-American Artists on the legend known as "Moses" and how these works honor her.

All are welcome to this free and public event!

*This public conversation is part of the National Center of Afro-American Artists' new project, FINDING OURSELVES IN PUBLIC SPACES: An UnMonument Project, and it is funded by The Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture's Un-monument Initiative, supported by a grant from The Mellon Foundation.

Finding Ourselves in Public Spaces Walking Tour: Black Women by Sharon Dunn with National Center of Afro-American Artists

Photo courtesy by National Center of Afro-American Artists

July 12, 2025
Event Date2025-07-12T12:00:53 - 2025-07-12T14:00:53

'Black Women' Public Conversation

The Un-monument | Re-monument | De-monument: Transforming Boston Programming

June 28, 2025
Event Date2025-06-28T12:00:53 - 2025-06-28T14:00:53

Sharon Haggins-Dunn’s monumental mural Black Women is one of the original murals from Boston's black murals movement of the 1960’s and 70’s. Come gain new insights into this major work at 4 Yarmouth St, Boston followed by a reviting conversation between Sharon, her daughter Brigette and contempary multidisciplanary artist Rixy across the street at The South End Technology Center (359 Columbus Ave, Boston) Roxbury Community College near the Media Arts Building (1234 Columbus Ave).

A reception will follow where you as a community member can be interviewed and asked to share your story about the past, present and future of Roxbury.

All are welcome to this free and public event!

*This public conversation is part of the National Center of Afro-American Artists' new project, FINDING OURSELVES IN PUBLIC SPACES: An Un-monument Project, and it is funded by The Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture's Un-monument Initiative, supported by a grant from The Mellon Foundation.

Finding Ourselves in Public Spaces Walking Tour: Black Women by Sharon Dunn with National Center of Afro-American Artists

Photo courtesy by National Center of Afro-American Artists

June 28, 2025
Event Date2025-06-28T12:00:53 - 2025-06-28T14:00:53

Slay The Entire Month and Beyond

It’s the City of Boston’s Pride Party, presented in partnership with the Museum of Science as part of our Pride Celebration.

June 28, 2025
Event Date2025-06-28T20:00:00 - 2025-06-28T23:00:00

The Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ+ Advancement (MOLA) and the Museum of Science invite Boston’s LGBTQ+ community and their loved ones to an evening that celebrates Pride, uplifts the spectrum of beauty, and highlights the world of science with music and live performances. Titled STEM and Beyond, the MOLA added their own twist to the acronym, STEM (Slay the Entire Month).

As part of the Museum’s Pride Celebration, this event offers LGBTQ+ Bostonians a welcoming and affirming space to gather and celebrate. The evening features music and performances throughout the night, classic Museum of Science interactive presentations, and more.

June 28, 2025
Event Date2025-06-28T20:00:00 - 2025-06-28T23:00:00
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