Calendar | Events Roster | First Thursdays

MAY 1^ST, 2008 beginning at 6:00 pm
Art, Poetry, Music & an Artisan Fair

Each First Thursday of the month businesses along Centre and South Streets are transformed into galleries featuring works from local artists. Open receptions, at each location, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm, offer a chance to meet the artists, enjoy refreshments, and experience JP's fabulous businesses in an entirely new light. Artworks usually remain on display for the remainder of the month.

6:00-8:00 pm:	30 art openings on Centre & South Streets, with music by John Frazee Trio on the JP Licks patio and jazz from Groove Thang on the lawn of the Loring-Greenough House. Artisan Fair featuring works by the Boston Handmade artist group, on the Curtis Hall lawn. Spontaneous Celebrations Junk Percussion Band & Stiltwalkers, a taste of Wake-Up-the-Earth Day (May 3), marching from JP Licks to the South Street Mall.

6:30-8:00 pm:	"WORD ON THE STREET", Poetry Readings FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH trailer, 633 Centre St. lawn Featuring Sam Cornish, Boston Poet Laureate; Lisa Beatman; Boston City Councillor John Tobin. Open Microphone sign-up begins 6:00 p.m. Sandee Storey, M.C., Co-sponsored by Jamaica Pond Poets

JP Walks!	Stroll the Centre/South district for art, health and fitness – 1.25 miles. Pick up your free walking guide at JP Licks.

Alchemist Restaurant, corner Centre/So.Huntington/Moraine, KD Mernin, monoprints

Rhythm & Muse, 470 Centre, Lucie Wicker, photographs

Urban Medical Group, 545 Centre, Anna Koon, mixed media

Gallery 590, 590 Centre, Nick Kent, paintings; Margie Nicoll, mixed media collages

New Leaf, 599 Centre, Barbara Gates, photographs

Sweet Christopher's, 601 Centre, "Think Green." Gloria Carrigg, photographs; Deidre Fisher, photographs; Jude Hutchinson, photograph clocks; Alta McDonald, jewelry

Eye Q Optical, 7 Pond, Loc Chanler, mixed media

Xposure by Noe'l, 606 Centre, Carrie Hirschberg, paintings

On Centre, 636 Centre, Phillip Celeste, jewelry & paintings

Jameson and Thompson, 15 Greenview, Group show

Blue Frog Bakery, 3 Green, Jean Goldner, ceramics [one-night-oly]

Hatched, 5 Green, Sharon Shiner, chef, The Art of Thyme

Dahn Yoga Center, 10B Green, Kate Moss, prints & photographs

J.P. Licks, 659 Centre, Mardi Reed, landscapes/paintings & prints

Prudential Unlimited, 673 Centre, Ginny O'Neil &Tom Menihan, watercolors

Fire Opal, 683 Centre, Dahlia Kanner, jewelry

Cobwebs, 703 Centre, Alejandro, photographs

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, 713 Centre, John-Paul Jiminez, paintings

Jamaica Hill Realty, 726 Centre, David McDonnell, photographs

Skelly Insurance Co., 734 Centre, Todd Brugman, oils & intaglio prints

Salmagundi, 765 Centre, Robert Festa, Jr., photographs

Jamaica Plain Branch Library, corner South & Sedgwick, Joan Ross, photographs, "Empowering Youth To Be Tomorrow's Leaders."

MacMillan Realtors, Inc., 39 South, Derrick Kouyoumjian, photographs; Sarah Lyons, charcoal drawings

Fiore’s Italian Bakery, 55 South, Erik Gehring, photographs

Harvest Coop Market, 57 South, to be announced

Fresh Hair/Fresh Copy, 62-4 South, Maya Urbanowicz, abstract paintings

Ferris Wheels Cycle Shop, 66 South, Randace Moore, mixed media

Most art exhibits remain on display all month. Please stop by.

The Artisan Fair features members of the Boston Handmade artist group
www.bostonhandmade.blogspot.com

Beth Brennick / Elizabeth Brennick Designs, www.ElizabethBrennick.etsy.com
Katy Brown / muchacha K, www.muchachak.etsy.com
Jaye Thirteenth / thirteenthstory, www.thirteenthstory.etsy.com
Betsy Baker / Stonehouse Studio, www.StonehouseStudio.etsy.com
Amy Ballard / Amy Olson Jewelry, www.amyolsonjewelry.etsy.com
Louise Cady-Fernandez / The Hole Thing, www.theholething.etsy.com
Lisa O'Neill / Glamourpuss Creations, http://www.Glamourpuss.etsy.com
Heather Collins & Kerry Alice Collins / Twigs and Heather, http://www.twigsandheather.etsy.com

Future first Thursdays 2008: June 5, July 3, August 7

Thanks to our volunteers, our sponsors and other supporters, and our participating businesses and artists; thanks also to Jamaica Pond Poets, Boston Handmade, First Baptist Church of JP, and
Loring-Greenough House.

Thanks to our volunteers, our sponsors and other supporters, and our participating businesses and artists; thanks also to Jamaica Pond Poets, Boston Handmade, First Baptist Church of JP, and Loring-Greenough House.

Thanks to our volunteers, our sponsors and other supporters, and our participating businesses and artists; thanks also to Jamaica Pond Poets, Boston Handmade, First Baptist Church of JP, and
Loring-Greenough House.