Dear Members and Friends:
The FCA Rose Garden Picnic is THIS WEDNESDAY!
Wednesday, June 10, 6-8pm, FCA Annual Picnic, just outside the Kelleher Rose Garden (Back Bay Fens). Come and enjoy the spectacular show at the Kelleher Rose Garden, kept open late for this party! Enjoy live music, picnic with friends, with refreshments provided by our local business partners!
We still need a few volunteers, won’t you help? It’s fun, fast, and helps keep these events going strong ~ show your civic spirit and email us at: fenwaycivic@aol.com to let us know. Give a little or a lot of time, we’re there before for set-up and after for clean-up. Thanks, it takes good friends to make a great community!!
THE WEEK AHEAD
Tuesday, June 9, 6:30-8:30pm, State Senate Forum at Berklee’s 160 Mass. Ave. building. Live / In Person: Join the Boston Democratic Wards 4 and 5 Committees for a lively conversation with the candidates running for seats in the Mass Senate. The Forum will be a double-header, an hour per district; currently confirmed:
6:30 to 7:30 pm candidates for the Suffolk & Middlesex State Senate race: Senator Will Brownsberger and Daniel Lander.
7:30 to 8:30 candidates for the First Suffolk State Senate race: Senator Nick Collins, Latoya Gayle, and Juwan Skeens
Register at MASenateForum.eventbrite.com.
UPCOMING
Saturday, June 13, 1-4 pm, Fix it Clinic at Boston Building Resources https://www.boston.gov/calendar/fixit-clinic-boston-building-resources
Get a free fix & gain some skills! Explore troubleshooting and repair with volunteer coaches. Fixit Clinics are free workshops where people bring broken stuff—from bikes to blenders to blazers—and volunteer Fixit Coaches share their tools and know-how to help troubleshoot and (hopefully) repair items. Check the website for more details.
2026 – a VERY BUSY SUMMER for BOSTON
Well, take your vitamins, because you’re going to need a lot of energy to get through this event-packed summer. June kicks off Pride Month, then FIFA WORLD CUP comes to town with watch parties and events everywhere, then Juneteenth celebrations!,July 4th and America’s 250th Birthday Party promises to be a major event, and we’ll see the return of the Tall Ships.Expect delays on the road, LOL. With so much going on, make sure you pace yourself, and wear sunscreen! Wow, it’s going to be very busy!!!
MAJOR EVENT CLUSTER! What a year!!!
World Cup in Boston! June 13-July 9th
Boston is hosting seven 2026 FIFA World Cup matches (five group-stage games, a Round of 32, and a quarterfinal) at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough. The tournament will run from June 13 to July 9, alongside the FIFA Fan Festival at Boston City Hall Plaza and Sail Boston. It’s getting hot in here!
Juneteenth Holiday – Friday, June 19th
Juneteenth | Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Freedom! A Juneteenth Celebration | MAAH
America’s 250th Anniversary Party, July 4th
4th of July in Boston | Fireworks, History & Events
Sail Boston® 2026 July 11 – 16
The Tall Ships Return to Boston Harbor for Sail Boston®
This spectacular event offers crews, cadets and visitors from all over the world an unforgettable experience and a world-class maritime celebration. Come and see why Tall Ships America named Boston its 2009 and 2017 Port of the Year.
TRANSPORTATION
MBTA Symphony Station Closure starts Saturday June 6, 2026 – closed through summer 2029. View press release for more details
STREET WORK – PARKING BANS POSTED
Peterborough St–21264 | Boston Water and Sewer Commission
HEALTH & SAFETY
FENWAY CARES Every other Wednesday, 3:30 pm ‘til done – Next date June 17
Fenway Cares Food Distribution at 2 locations:
West Fenway – Fenway Community Center, 1282 Boylston (enter-Jersey)
East Fenway – Symphony Community Park, 39 Edgerly Road
Volunteers are welcome to sign up for all dates and both locations!
The MGH/MBG Community Care Health Clinic 1-5 pm on Fenway Cares dates. Rotates between the West and East Fenway locations (see above). Offerings may include blood pressure monitoring, blood sugar testing, on 7/1 at Morville House, 100 Norway St. and 6/17 at Fenway Community Center.
Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m., Free Tai Chi with Sifu Huan Zhang, Symphony Park, 39 Edgerly Road. (8 class series, May through June)
All are welcome to this beginning tai chi class. In event of rain, classes will be held indoors at Morville House (enter at 100 Norway St.).
Dates: May 6, 13, 20, 27 and June 3, 10, 17, 24
Special thanks to the Boston Parks and Recreation Department and Berklee College of Music for supporting this series.
Thursdays, 10 a.m., Free Chair Yoga with Michelle, Symphony Park, 39 Edgerly Road. (weekly May 7 ‘til August 27)
Join yoga instructor Michelle Coleman for a gentle workout – this class is performed mostly seated. This class is part of the Boston Parks Summer Fitness Series – information at: Parks Fitness: Chair Yoga with Michelle
On the Emerald Necklace (need some quiet time?)
Journey the Necklace Experience the full Emerald Necklace Visit the site for maps and inspiration, then get moving.
Studios Without Walls Presents: Urban Symphony / Art exhibit on the Muddy!
Now through September 7 | Riverway, near Longwood T on the Muddy River walking path. Studios Without Walls presents its 27th Annual exhibition of site-responsive, local sculpture along the Riverway. Self-guided tours and an art treasure hunt are available!
“Skyline Falling” by Rachel Shatil Just one of the fascinating art installations on display.
A few words of THANKS…
THANKS TO THE ISD, Boston’s Inspectional Services Department for the recent Rodent Walk through the East Fens. ISD is working hard to eradicate vermin, and did a community walk to see where problems exist and to better inform the BRAP (City of Boston Launches Boston Rodent Action Plan). We’re working on a West Fens walk soon.
ISD “walks the walk” in the East Fens with community members to make a better informed BRAP
And THANKS to the Mission Hill Fenway Neighborhood Trust for the administration and granting of the 2026 funding round, supporting FCA by funding musician fees for the 2026 FCA Picnic, this year’s Tree Lighting chorus, and new equipment we’ll be using for upcoming movie nights! (More to come, stay tuned.)
See you around!
Promoting a vital and sustainable neighborhood
Fenway Civic Association 