Have a great week, Ctown!

Celebrate the 4th in Charlestown and beyond!

Here’s our roundup of what’s happening in the city to celebrate Independence Day! In the neighborhood, you can check out Monument‘s Clam Bake on Friday and Saturday, watch the Boston Pops Firework Spectacular from Pier 6, watch the USS Constitution underway, and more!

There’s free community Mahjong every Wednesday at Doherty Park

Charlestown Mahjong is kicking off their weekly summer mahjong series: free events that are open to everyone in the community! Every Wednesday at 5pm, head to Doherty park for a casual meetup. BYOT (Bring Your Own Tiles 🀄️ and NMJL card). First meetup is this Wednesday, July 1st!

Registration is not required but if you know you’re coming, signing up will help with planning. All levels welcome!

Sign up for Painting in the Garden – an outdoor watercolor session by Sophia Moon

Join Gardens for Charlestown for a fun watercolor session at sunset in the Gardens, featuring Charlestown-based artist and Chief Joy Maker of Essem Art Studio, Sophia Moon. The painting session takes place on Thursday, July 16th and starts promptly at 6pm. Sign up now, all proceeds benefit Gardens for Charlestown!!

• No prior experiences is required.
• All painting materials will be provided.
• We’ll have light snacks.
• Feel free to bring your refreshment of choice.

Hood Park has a FREE Outdoor Fitness Series with Everybody Fights

Have you been to an outdoor fitness class at Hood Park yet? Everybody Fights and Hood Park have teamed up to bring FREE bi-weekly outdoor workouts in The Yard! There will be strength + conditioning classes, and perks like protein popsicles from @friospops , @drinkyesly , and more. They’ve got everything you need — workout mats, resistance bands, refreshments, a DJ, giveaways, and amazing energy.

Sign ups go live 2 weeks from date of the event, here!

Wednesday, July 8th – Sign up now!!

Wednesday, July 15th

Wednesday, July 22nd

Wednesday, August 5th

Wednesday, August 19th

Wednesday, September 2nd

Saturday, September 12th

You can take a walk through history: Tour250 highlights 25 new Boston neighborhood markers

Mayor Michelle Wu announced the launch of Tour 250, an interactive map experience featuring 25 new historic markers across Boston’s neighborhoods that spotlight the everyday people, immigrant communities, youth, and other underrepresented groups whose contributions in education, public health, culture, and civic life have shaped the city over the past centuries.

The Tour 250 web platform and mobile app, created in partnership with Bloomberg Connects, provides users a map of the 25 newly minted historic sites in each of Boston’s neighborhoods, in an interactive experience bringing Boston’s past and present to life with expert-curated content and audio recordings from local experts and historians. Tour 250’s digital guide features 100+ additional historic locations, illuminating mini neighborhood-based walking tours and stories that have not been previously uplifted. Read even more about it, here!