Clarendon Street Play Area is located at the corner of Clarendon Street and Commonwealth Avenue. The park provides space for 2-5 year olds and 5-12 year olds nestled under a dense canopy of mature trees.

Mayor Wu’s Neighborhood Coffee Hours are a unique opportunity to speak directly with the Mayor and staff from City departments about open space and their neighborhoods. Dunkin’ will be on-site to fuel the local community with freshly brewed Iced Coffee and Donuts. Dunkin’ will brew up even more fun with gift card giveaways. Residents at each event will also be eligible to win a raffle prize from Dunkin’. In addition, each family in attendance will receive a free flowering plant provided by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, while supplies last. Fresh fruit will be provided by Star Market. Additional support by City Express.

For more information and updates on possible weather cancellations, please contact the Boston Parks and Recreation Department at 617-635-4505, on our social channels @bostonparksdept on X, Facebook, and Instagram, or by visiting the Parks Department website.

Boston's inaugural Youth Poet Laureate Alondra Bobadilla will be participating in a final reading on April 6 at 6 p.m. at the Boston Public Library. This event will mark the end of her role as Youth Poet Laureate for the City of Boston. Join Alondra, Boston Poet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola, and several other young poets, including: 

• Jolina Mahabali, an 18-year-old senior at Fenway High School who fell in love with poetry when she was 10. 

• Asiyah Herrera, a 20-year-old poet who became the youngest author to be published in the Boston Art Review last year with her piece “Making space for Gen Z.” Her poetry has been published in several chapbooks and lives on a large-scale mural in the Roxbury Library branch in Nubian Square.

• Valerie Cameron-Goodwin, an 18-year-old songwriter and poet who grew up in the Roxbury-Dorchester area. Valerie’s main goal when writing is to provide herself with a space to express what’s heavy on her heart, in a way that can also reach others. 

• Anjalequa Birkett, Boston's second Youth Poet Laureate. Anjalequa is currently 18 years old and attends the John D. O’Bryant School of Math & Science, where through the 826 Writers Room, she has been given a space and community to truly hone and admire her love and technique for writing and poetry.