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First Thursdays 2007

Winner of 2005 "Best of JP" for

"Best Place to See Art"

by readers of the Jamaica Plain Gazette

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.

Thursday, August 2
beginning at 6:00 pm

ART, MUSIC, POETRY,
ARTISANS' FAIR & A MOVIE
ON THE LAWN
Centre and South Streets

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EVENING EVENT SCHEDULE

6 – 8 pm
Artists' Receptions
Centre and South Streets (see below for details)

Artisans' Fair
Handmade crafts by Etsy of Boston,
South Street Mall, corner of South & Carolina

Outdoor Performances
Ritmo en Acción, Latin dance & hip-hop
First Baptist Church lawn, 633 Centre

Bird Mancini, jazz & pop
JP Licks patio, 659 Centre

Maggie Crowley & Friends, dance - 6:15 pm
Tandoori Jukebox, Bollywood music & dance - 7:00 pm
Curtis Hall, across from Monument

6:30 - 8:00 pm
Word on the Street
Poetry readings by Catherine Sasanov & Tom Daley plus
Open Mic (sign-up begins at 6 pm)
Sweet Finnish, 761 Centre Street
Co-sponsored by the Jamaica Pond Poets 8:30 pm

Outdoor Movie Night - 'Big'
Loring-Greenough House Lawn
12 South Street (across from the Monument)

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Alchemist Lounge, corner Centre St. and S. Huntington Ave., Randace Rauscher Moore, Mixed Media

Petal and Leaf, 467 Centre St., Joanna Kao, Mixed Media

Urban Medical Group, 545 Centre St., Julia Soyer, prints

Sweet Christopher's, 601 Centre St., Jacqueline Ryan, illustrations

Eye Q Optical , 7 Pond St., Karen Boss, photographs

X'posure by Noe'l, 606 Centre St., Dania Vazquez, watercolors

On Centre, 636 Centre St., Michelle Jones, hand sewn baby one-sies

Jameson and Thompson, 15 Greenview Ave., group show

JP Licks, 659 Centre St., JP Artists Association, group show

Prudential Unlimited, 673 Centre St., Carla Osberg, 'Faces of Jamaica Plain,' photographs

Fire Opal, 683 Centre St., Ashley Jones, jewelry; Christina Murphy, paintings/collage

Cobwebs, 703 Centre St., Midnight's Exile, photographs

Coldwell Banker, 713 Centre St., Len Richardson, mixed media.

Boing! JP's Toy Shop, 729 Centre St., Jacquie Spector, Spector Photography, on-site photographs of families and children

Skelly Insurance Co., 734 Centre St, Pam Nicholas, photographs

Emack & Bolio's, 736 Centre St., Lindsey Metivier, photographs

Sweet Finnish, 761 Centre St., Ibrahin Ali-Salaam, mixed media

JP Branch Library, corner South & Sedgwick Sts., Linda Cohen, "Many Voices," charcoal, graphite, and pastels on paper

JP Art Market, 36 South St., Oscar Anderson, photographs

Indigena , 42 South St., Elizabeth Cassidy, 'E-Shirts'

Honeyspot, 48 South St., theMiracle5, performance miracles

Fiore's Italian Bakery, 55 South St., Lina Maria Giraldo, AMAPOLAS, digital photographs

Harvest Coop Market, 57 South St., Rebecca Roberts, paintings

Fresh Hair/Fresh Copy , 62-4 South St., Amy Rewakowski, photographs

Most art exhibits are on display for a month.

More First Thursdays – September 6 and December 6

Thanks to our funders and partners: the Massachusetts Cultural Council,
Spontaneous Celebration, the Jamaica Pond Poets, the Loring-Greenough House,
and community residents and merchants.

First Thursdays 2007

Thanks to our funders and partners: the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Spontaneous Celebration, the Jamaica Pond Poets, the Loring-Greenough House, and community residents and merchants.

Thanks to our funders and partners: the Massachusetts Cultural Council,
Spontaneous Celebration, the Jamaica Pond Poets, the Loring-Greenough House,
and community residents and merchants.