The following are the events scheduled for Eastie Week. For details of each event, visit eastieweek.org. All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Wednesday, July 12
Storytime at the Library
10:30 – 11:15 a.m.
This weekly storytime features books, songs, movement, and a craft. For ages 2-5.
Save the Harbor Youth Beach Bash & Splash
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Save the Harbor/Save the Bay is inviting youth groups and families to our Eastie Beach Bash at Constitution Beach! You can expect music and motion from A Trike Called Funk, incredible performances from the Boston Circus Guild, sea shanties, kayaking with Piers Park Sailing Center, food, face painting, swimming, touch tanks, crabbing, fishing, sports, beach games and more!
ReadBoston
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
The ReadBoston summer Storymobile is coming to the East Boston Branch Public Library! Audiences will be treated to an interactive storytelling experience and every child gets a new book to take home. The program is best suited for kids ages 3-8 years old.
TeenPoster Illustration workshop
2:00 p.m.
Author and Illustrator, Kari Percival, will lead teens in a poster illustration workshop.
VROCC Annual Sounds Around Town
(Musical Float)
3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Find Veronica Robles Mariachi and friends on the Musical Float bringing music to the streets of Eastie!
East Boston Chamber
of Commerce
Business to Business Networking Event
3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Network with local businesses. If you are interested in participating, contact at Shirley Fabbo [email protected] or Veronica Robles at [email protected]
East Boston
Farmers Market
3:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Organized and operated by the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, the East Boston Farmers Market is a convenient, affordable source of fresh fruit and vegetables. Join us for our opening day of the market!
Community
Healing Tent
3:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
The Community Healing Center Project will be offering weekly wellness and healing activities such as reiki, yoga, qigong, meditation and art at the East Boston Farmers Market. Join us for the opening day of our healing tent!
Sunset Yoga
7:30 p.m.
The Community Healing Center Project will be offering weekly wellness and healing activities such as reiki, yoga, qigong, meditation and art at the East Boston Farmers Market. Join us for the opening day of our healing tent!
Cinemarina: A Movie Night on the Harbor
7:30 p.m.
Grab your beach chairs and head down to the shipyard for a movie night under the Boston Skyline.
Thursday, July 13
ABCD Paint Night
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Youth Paint Night (14-21)
MLCS Community “Maker” Workshops
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Come through to Maverick Landing Community Services youth led makerspace and learn how to make journals and keychains using 3D printers and laser printers!
Sumner Garden Weekly Volunteer Work Party
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Join us at the garden for planting, harvesting, and maintenance of the site!
Coffee & Conversations @ The Well
Coffee House
5:30 -7:00 P.m.
Come drink coffee with us and practice your English or Spanish in a comfortable setting.
Dalton & the Sheriffs
6:00 – 8:00p.m.
$20
Live concert!
Family Yoga
6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Family yoga for 90 minutes with Monica. Free Yoga Mat to first 25 Participants!
Eastie Week Street Art Tour and Mural Walk
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Dive deep into the world of Eastie’s growing street art scene with the creative producer behind HarborArts.
Bajucol – Zumba Class
7:30 p.m.
Latin Dance Zumba
Friday, July 14
Eastie Farm – Food
Distribution and
Greenhouse
Volunteering
12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Join us at the greenhouse to receive free produce and help us with taking care of our greenhouse! We will be distributing produce weekly, including what we grow in the greenhouse.
JPNA Movie Night
7:30 p.m.
Pajamas welcome! A free family friendly movie showing in Brophy Park. Activities at 7:30, with the movie starting 8 ISH.
Paint Night @ The Well Coffee House
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Instructor and materials included. Ages 12-18. RSVP required.
Saturday, July 15
East Boston Transitions: A Walking Tour of the Jeffries Point
Waterfront
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Walk along with the Friends of the Boston Harborwalk to see examples of the dramatic evolution of the East Boston waterfront.
Eastie Farm Volunteer Garden Party
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Join us at Our Garden at 293 Border Street to work on planting, site maintenance, and harvesting!
Library Fun Day
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Outdoor chalk and games, a visit from Operation Hoodsie and activities for all ages!
Bilingual Island Day Festival (NOAH)
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
NOAH is bringing families to Spectacle Island for a day of food, music, and fun! Enjoy Hawaiian-style decorations, food & drinks, live music being spun by a DJ music, kite flying, and more!
Our Harbor: Climate Day of Action – Free
Sailing and Kayaking
at Piers Park
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Engage in climate advocacy and enjoy free community sailing and kayaking!
VROCC Latino Dance
3:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Latino dance classes and performances!
East Boston
Fair Market
4:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Located at Central Square – North
Tertulia Teatral
(Spanish Theater group Teatreros de
Maskachusetts)
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
$5
Enjoy the premiere of the original play written by the community theater group “Teatreros de Maskachusetts”
Sunday, July 16
Eastie Week Street Art Tour and Mural Walk
10:00 a.m.
Join Matt Pollock, Eastie resident and director of HarborArts and Sea Walls Boston, for a guided eco street art tour of a massive series of public artworks.
Art in the Park
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Bring your ca.m.era, paints or art supplies! Create art inspired by the Navy Fuel Pier Park.
Watershed Healing Workshop: Latin
American Dance
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Learn about the health benefits of Latin American dance in this introductory class led by Arteterapia, a collective of dancers and siblings from the Taborda family and members of the East Boston Community Healing Center Project.
ZUMIX Summer
Concerts: Toussaint
the Liberator
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Enjoy live music in this beautiful park, featuring Porque Puma? (ZUMIX’s Latin Ensemble) and original soul and R&B with Toussaint the Liberator!
Monday, July 17
BACHATA Dance/Workout
6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Bachata workout to Latin Music with Monica!
Tuesday, July 18
Baby Lapsit
10:30 – 11:15 a.m.
Join us for bounces, rhymes, stories, songs and activities. For children 0-24 months
Eastie Farm Volunteer Garden Party at the Greenhouse!
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Learn how to grow your own food while getting to know Eastie Farm’s geothermal greenhouse!
Hip Hop Pop Up
6:00 p.m.
Fitness/Dance Class
Tango Workshop
8:00 – 10:00 p.m.
$10
Basic Tango workshop
Wednesday, July 19
Storytime at the Library
10:30 a.m.
This weekly storytime features books, songs, movement, and a craft. For ages 2-5.
Read Boston
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
The ReadBoston summer Storymobile is coming to the East Boston Branch Public Library!
East Boston
Farmers Market
3:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Organized and operated by the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, the East Boston Farmers Market is a convenient, affordable source of fresh fruit and vegetables.
Colombian Folklore Workshop
7:00 – 8:30 P.m.
Learn Colombian folklore dance and music.
Sunset Yoga
7:30 p.m.
End your day in beautiful East Boston for an all-levels sunset yoga class!
Thursday, July 20
Eastie Farm Volunteer Garden Party
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
$5
Join us at the garden for planting, harvesting, and maintenance of the site!
Coffee & Conversations @ The Well Coffee House
5:30 -7:00 p.m.
Come drink coffee with us and practice your English or Spanish in a comfortable setting.
Ice Crea.m. Social
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Opening Reception for our 20th Anniversary show, “20 Years on The Edge,” featuring work by both current and past members of the Gallery.
Tito Puente Latin Music Series: The Timba
Messengers
7:00 P.m.
Created in honor of Latin music icon Tito Puente, this series celebrates 16 years of bringing live Latin music with a strong salsa influence to Boston parks.
“NOAH Movie Night
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Enjoy a family movie night with popcorn!
Friday, July 21
Puppet Show
3:00 – 4:00 P.m.
Tom Knight Puppet Show at EB Library. Original, Interactive, Musical Puppet Show featuring hand made puppets and catchy songs.
ABCD Paint Night
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
$5
Community Paint Night (21-55)
Tango Workshop
9:00 – 9:30 p.m.
$10
Basic and intermediate dance class.
Saturday, July 22
Waterfront on Wheels
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Ride along the Greenway with The Friends of Mary Ellen Welch Greenway and The Trustees Boston Waterfront Initiative to learn about the history of East Boston, and about the future Piers Park III. Join us in whatever form of wheels you wish to bring, including but not limited to: a wheelchair, scooter, skateboard, etc.
Zumba Class
10:00 a.m.
Dance and have fun with a workout zumba class!
East Boston’s Evolving Waterfront Walking Tour
10:00 – 11:30 A.m.
Explore how the East Boston waterfront has changed dramatically from 1600’s to the present along a stretch of the Boston Harborwalk that includes locations where maritime history was made and industries that powered the New England economy for a century were established.
Eastie Farm Volunteer Garden Party
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Join us at Our Garden at 293 Border Street to work on planting, site maintenance, and harvesting!
The Trustees “Sabores de Nuestra Cultura Family Festival”
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Come join us for our 3rd annual Family Festival, as we celebrate food, culture and family, at Piers Park in East Boston.
Sunday, July 23
JPNA Curbside FREE STUFF Day
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
All residents will be able to put out unwanted items for the day and let others come out and pick up for free.
Art in the Park
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Bring your camera, paints or art supplies! Create art inspired by the Navy Fuel Pier Park.
ZUMIX Summer
Concerts: Amplify
Our Youth
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Enjoy live music in this beautiful park, featuring: Women in Music
Tuesday, July 25
VROCC Annual Sounds Around Town
(Musical Float)
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Find Veronica Robles Mariachi and friends on the Musical Float bringing music to the streets of Eastie!
East Boston Chamber of Commerce Business to Business Networking Event
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Network with local businesses.
Taste of Eastie
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
$50
For 27 years, Taste of Eastie has been East Boston’s largest charity dining event, featuring nearly 30 local restaurants including Italian, Latin American, Asian & American Cuisine!
Wednesday, July 26
East Boston
Farmers Market
3:00 – 6:30 p.m.
$20
Organized and operated by the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, the East Boston Farmers Market is a convenient, affordable source of fresh fruit and vegetables. Children’s Bike Raffle at 5 p.m. (entries accepted from 3-5 p.m.) and Boston Children’s Hospital will distribute free helmets for kids during market hours.