Juneteenth Unlimited: Blackness, Buttons, and Flag-Making Galore!

Get ready for a summer celebration of freedom, resilience, and hands-on creativity -- it’s Juneteenth Unlimited with the Boston-based social justice project Wee The People! In this interactive workshop, we'll explore the story of Juneteenth, the oldest commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Come honor the joy and&nbsp;resistance of Black Americans then and now – with special flag-making crafts celebrating the exhibition of artist Beau McCall! Buttons On! marks the first-ever retrospective for creative artist, Beau McCall. Proclaimed by American Craft magazine as “The Button Man,” McCall creates wearable and visual art by hand-sewing clothing buttons onto mostly upcycled fabrics, materials, and objects. Showcasing pieces from McCall’s nearly forty-year career, the exhibition explores McCall’s mastery of the button and commentary on topics such as pop culture and social justice.

Fuller Craft Museum

Wee Wear The Crowns: April Vacation Week edition!

Join Wee The People for a high-energy, kid-powered, art-making event where ALL families can celebrate Black identity, Black experience, and unapologetic Black JOY: Wee Wear The Crowns! Inspired by iconic painter Jean-Michel Basquiat -- who changed the world of contemporary art and used crowns to honor Black heroes in his work -- Wee Wear the Crowns is a community collage activity like no other, with gems, pompoms, African scrapbook patterns, and wall-to-wall images of Black culture for kids to create their very own gold or silver crown. To get ready for our crown-making, kids will get a burst of inspiration with a Wee The People teach-in and storytime reading of the picture book "Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat." Come through!

Holbrook Public Library

Portraits in Color: Celebrating Blackness with Wee The People!

Because Black History Month is EVERY month! Join Wee The People for an activity-filled celebration of freedom fighter, political organizer, and giant of Boston's Black history, Harriet Hayden.&nbsp; In the mid-1800s, Harriet and Lewis Hayden turned their Beacon Hill home into a refuge and major headquarters of the anti-slavery movement. Two portrait photo albums gifted to Harriet during this time -- now on view at the Boston Athenæum -- offer a rare glimpse into a vast network of Boston's Black activists and organizers, at a time when Black Americans began to use photography to reclaim their stories, identities, and lives.&nbsp; Portraits in Color will feature an interactive read-aloud of the award-winning picture book "Take A Picture of Me, Mr. Van Der Zee!" followed by an art-making activity creating Black-affirming picture frames for our own portraits. Come through and keep Black History Month going 24/7/365! Recommended for ages 6 and older. To read more about the exhibition Framing Freedom: The Harriet Hayden Albums, go to:&nbsp;<a href="http://because%20black%20history%20month%20is%20every%20month%21%20join%20wee%20the%20people%20for%20an%20activity-filled%20celebration%20of%20freedom%20fighter%2C%20political%20organizer%2C%20and%20giant%20of%20boston%27s%20black%20history%2C%20harriet%20hayden.%20%20%20in%20the%20mid-1800s%2C%20harriet%20and%20lewis%20hayden%20turned%20their%20beacon%20hill%20home%20into%20a%20refuge%20and%20major%20headquarters%20of%20the%20anti-slavery%20movement.xn--%20two%20portrait%20photo%20albums%20gifted%20to%20harriet%20during%20this%20time%20--%20now%20on%20view%20at%20the%20boston%20athenum%20--%20offer%20a%20rare%20glimpse%20into%20a%20vast%20network%20of%20boston%27s%20black%20activists%20and%20organizers%2C%20at%20a%20time%20when%20black%20americans%20began%20to%20use%20photography%20to%20reclaim%20their%20stories%2C%20identities%2C%20and%20lives-ul7a.%20%20%20portraits%20in%20color%20will%20feature%20an%20interactive%20read-aloud%20of%20the%20award-winning%20picture%20book%20%22take%20a%20picture%20of%20me%2C%20mr.%20van%20der%20zee%21%22%20followed%20by%20an%20art-making%20activity%20creating%20black-affirming%20picture%20frames%20for%20our%20own%20portraits.%20come%20through%20and%20keep%20black%20history%20month%20going%2024/7/365!%20%20Recommended%20for%20ages%206%20and%20older.%20%20To%20read%20more%20about%20the%20exhibition%20Framing%20Freedom:%20The%20Harriet%20Hayden%20Albums,%20go%20to:%20bostonathenaeum.org/visit/exhibitions/harriet-hayden-albums/" target="_blank">www.bostonathenaeum.org/visit/exhibitions/harriet-hayden-albums/</a>

Boston Athenaeum

S22: conversations

Wondering what to do in Boston? Places to eat? Free activities? Good for a group? Date night spot? Girls night out? The best things to do? Ask Joyraft!

Best places to go in Boston? Things to do? Places to eat?

Questions & answers about things to do in Boston

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S4: top picks

The most fun, cool and unique things to do in Boston. Can’t miss events, shows and experiences. Concerts, restaurants, bars, free things in Boston and beyond.

The most fun and cool events happening around Boston

Hot and new things to do in Boston

Hot & new

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S11: happening this weekend

What to do in Boston this weekend? From festivals, concerts, performances, free events, screenings and more, Joyraft has the best things to do in Boston.

25+ things to do in Boston/Cambridge/Somerville this weekend

Things to do in Boston this weekend

This wknd

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S19: interest based

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S21: roundups

Our top picks: outdoor dining, free events, spring festivals, best bars, upcoming concerts, museum parties - the latest in and around Boston.  Slug: joyraft-top-picks-best-things-to-do-boston-ma

Top picks of the best things to do in and around Boston

Joyraft picks: Boston’s best things to do

Roundups ⭐️

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S28: calendar experiences

This week in Boston

This week in Boston 📆

This week 📆

S20: c+d experiences

Discover new, unique events and experiences happening in and around Boston. Perfect for date night, good for a group or with a friend. Be the first to know.

The newest events happening in and around Boston

The newest events on Joyraft

Just added

Just added to Joyraft

S16: editor picks

The most unique and can’t miss things coming up in Boston / Cambridge / Somerville and beyond. Festivals, food, drinks, fairs, concerts, art and free activities.

Unique and Can’t Miss Things to Do in Boston

Can’t-miss things to do in Boston 🚨

Can't-miss things to do 🚨

S2 (A): top experiences

The most popular things to do on Joyraft. Concerts, restaurants, bars, events, parties, openings, kid friendly, date ideas, free things in Boston and beyond.

Top 20 things to do in Boston

Top 20: Joyraft’s most popular

Top 20

Top 20 on Joyraft

S3 (A): trending experiences

Discover can’t miss events and things to do in Boston. The most fun, unique and cool events coming to the Boston area this spring and summer.

The hottest events happening in Boston

Trending events on Joyraft

Trending 📈

S17: interest based

Your guide to everything free in and around Boston. From events, to fairs, to festivals, to outdoors. Joyraft has all the free events happening near you.

100+ free things to do in Boston and beyond

Free things to do in Boston

Free things to do

S18: interest based

Where to eat and drink in Boston? Joyraft has Boston’s newest bars, restaurants and specials. Drinks and pre fixe dinner menus. Cambridge & Somerville too.

Boston Bars and Restaurants: Events and Openings

Food & drink experiences in Boston

Food & drink experiences 

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