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Carbon Day in Copley Square

Thursday, Sept 15th, 2011 10am-2pmCopley Square, BostonFree and open to the public How does carbon effect our environment? How can you minimize your carbon foot print? See the fluctuation of carbon around metropolitan Boston Hands on electric vehicl...
Urban Homesteading Response

The following is a response from a participant in the Urban Homesteading Design Lab sponsored by Artists in Context. To read more about the event, visit the Urban Homesteading Design Lab Event Page. "A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend a work...
How Much Is Enough: Our Values in Question

Performances: September 13-25Boston Values: A Discussion September 15,following the 7:30 performanceParamount Center, 559 Washington Street, Boston Purchase tickets here, or call 617.824.8400 Discover the community you never knew you had through How...
Shared Backyard Design Presentation

Tuesday August 16 at 7 PMWhoo Space, 11 Market Street, Northampton Three Northampton neighbors decided to take their fences down and combine their yards to create a larger space for shared recreation and food production. The Umass Permaculture Desi...
My Dot Tour

Sat, Aug. 6, 11amSat, Aug. 7, 4pmSat, Aug.13, 11amSun, Aug.14, 4pmTours start from a parking lot near the Fields Corner T Station My Dot Tour is a multimedia, youth-led walking tour of Fields Corner in Dorchester that presents a narrative of the past...
Boston xSpecies Dinner - Estuary

July 27, 2011 Home to birds, aquatic and terrestrial organisms as well as humans, New York City + Boston are territories characterized by cosmopolitan cross-species interactions, ecological co-dependencies and tasty possibilities — all driven ...
Urban Homesteading Design Lab

July 30th, 1:30-4Montview Neighborhood Farm38 Henry St | Northampton, MA 01060 Eager to start homesteading in your urban or suburban lot? Wondering how to fit anything into the small space you have? How to begin? This workshop is an opportunity to learn ...
Alt-Map Workshop

C3 Office 126 Main St. Northampton, MAJuly 21, 4 PM Geographer and AIC Co-Director Marie Cieri will lead a workshop on nontraditional mapping techniques and theory. Discussion will engage participants in different ways of looking at the many landscape...
OneBook Book Club "Neo-Bohemia"

"Neo-Bohemia: Art and Commerce in the Post-Industrial City"July 21, 6-8pmLibertalia, 280 Broadway, Providence, RI Sandy Zipp, Assistant Professor of American Civilization and Urban Studies at Brown University (bio at the bottom of the page), will moderat...
Socially Engaged Artists Potluck

POTLUCK GATHERING FOR ARTISTS OF ALL DISCIPLINES THAT CREATE SOCIALLY ENGAGED WORK THURSDAY, JUNE 23RD, 6:30PMMedicine Wheel Productions 110K Street, Second Floor, South Boston MA 02127 We are trying to create a grassroots informal support networ...
Add Verb Productions book launch "Out & Allied"

June 15, 7PMLongfellow Books, Monument Square, Portland, ME The University of New England's Add Verb Productions has announced the publication of its first book, Out & Allied Anthology, featuring youth-written monologues, short plays and poems. The thirt...
LAND Raising

Montview Neighborhood Farm, 38 Henry St, Northampton, MA 01060May 28th all day AIC is working in collaboration with C3 (a creative community collective) and Montview Neighborhood Farm to present L/A/N/D, a series of participatory events and projects cent...
We Shall Not Be Moved

Wednesday May 25th 7p.m.Spontaneous Celebrations, 45 Danforth Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 A discussion with artist Kelly Creedon, City Life’s executive director, Curdina Hill, City Life’s organizing director Steve Meacham, and tenant represen...
Women in Science and Nature Animation Salon

Sunday June 12, 3-5 pmThames & Kosmos (Providence's scientific toy company)301 Friendship Street, Providence, RI 02903 Please join Artists in Context for an afternoon of film and conversation! This salon, curated by and featuring the work of local animat...
Greater Boston Connected and Consequential Conference

June 10, 11, 12Egan Center, Northeastern University To assemble artists and other creative thinkers and practitioners who want to explore the intersection of art and other fields, including Health, Nature, Consumption and Justice. Through case studies ...
Major Medical Breakthrough

Thursday, May 19,1 PMMaine Medical Center, Department of Medical Education 335 Brighton Avenue, 3rd Floor, Portland, ME A unique educational performance that addresses the health care sector’s role in detecting domestic violence. Designed for heal...
Story time with the National Bitter Melon Council

Boston SoWA Open Market 460 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MAMay 8th (Goya Honoring Day), 10 AM - 4 PM Come celebrate the nutritional, culinary, and creative possibilities of Bitter Melon with the National Bitter Melon Council on Sunday, May 8th at the South E...
The 2011 Cross-Continental Water Walk

Saturday, May 7 12:00pm - 1:00pmBad Little Falls Park and Machias Valley Grange Hall1 Elm St. Machias, ME Please Join us for a short and VERY special Potluck & Picnic to WELCOME and SEND OFF the EASTERN DIRECTION WATER WALKERS as they begin their incredi...
Fundred Dollar Bill Project/Coastal Healthy Communities Coalition

Future Maine events TBD CHCC will work with all elementary and middle schools to encourage participation in the Fundred Dollar Bill Project. During the summer, CHCC will work with the Biddeford and Saco Recreation Departments to incorporate the...
The 4th Annual Urban Pond Procession

The 4th Annual Urban Pond Procession Saturday May 21st (raindate May 22nd )10a.m. – 1 p.m.Starts at the Boat House off Reservoir Avenue, ends at the Temple to Music at Roger Williams Park. Artists in Context is collaborating with artist Holly Ewald t...