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abbreviations:
- ALS Allston
- BB Back Bay
- BH Beacon Hill
- BRK Brookline
- CAM Cambridge
- CHI Chinatown
- CHR Charlestown
- DNT Downtown
- DOT Dorchester
- EB East Boston
- FEN Fenway
- GB Greater Boston
- HP Hyde Park
- JP Jamaica Plain
- MAT Mattapan
- MH Mission Hill
- NE North End
- ROS Roslindale
- ROX Roxbury
- SB South Boston
- SE South End
- SOM Somerville
- Price Key:
- $ student budget
- $$ bit of a splurge
- $$$ when parents pay
EXPERIENCE
MUSEUMS / ART GALLERIES and EXPOSITIONS
- A. Philip Randolph Statue
- The “grandfather” of the civil rights
movement, organized the “March on Washington.”
45 Dartmouth Street
Located at the Back Bay T Station
SE
- Hamill Gallery of African Art
- 2164 Washington Street
ROX (Dudley Square)
617-442-8204
www.hamillgallery.com
- Institute of Contemporary Art
- 100 Northern Avenue
SB(Seaport District)
617-478-3100
www.icaboston.org
- Museum of African American History
- The Abiel Smith School and African Meeting House
46 Joy Street
BH
617-725-0022
www.afroammuseum.org
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- 465 Huntington Avenue
FEN
617-267-9300
www.mfa.org
- Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists
- 300 Walnut Avenue
ROX
617-442-8614
www.ncaaa.org
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CULTURAL / OTHER
- Berkeley Street Gardens
- Asian community gardens
East Berkeley Street between Shawmut Ave and Tremont Street
SE
- Cambridge Black History Trail
- Tour places where prominent members of the African-American community have lived and worked.
85 West Newton Street
CAM
www.cambridgema.gov
- Casa de la Cultura/Center for
Latino Arts
- Cultural events and programs including gallery exhibits, salsa nights, Latino performance series.
85 West Newton Street
SE
www.claboston.org
- Chinese Heritage Trail
- Self-guided tour through the streets
of Chinatown.
www.asiancdc.org
CHI
- Dillaway Thomas House Heritage State Park
- 183 Roxbury Street
ROX (Dudley Square)
617-445-3399
- Mytown
- Guided tours exploring contributions of immigrant and ethnic communities
70 Burbank Street
FEN
617-536-8696
www.mytowninc.org
- New England Holocaust Memorial
- Dedication to the 6 million lives losts
DNT (near Faneuil Hall)
www.nehm.org
- Piano Craft Guild
- South End neighborhood and art gallery
791 Tremont Street
SE
617-536-2622
www.pianocraftguild.com
- Villa Victoria
- Puerto Rican community & neighborhood
Inquilinos boricuas en acción
405 Shawmut Avenue
SE
617-927-1707
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THEATER / VISUAL ARTS
- Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center
- 41 Second Street
CAM (East Cambridge)
617-577-1400
www.cmacua.org
FUN
- Blue Hills Reservation
- Hiking, biking, swimming, and skiing
695 Hillside Street
GB (Milton)
617-698-1802
- Boston Bowl
- 820 Morrissey Blvd
DOT
617-825-3800
- Boston Common Frog Pond
- Ice Skating
84 Beacon Street
DNT
617-635-2120
- Boston HarborWalk
- Bike, jog, blade, or walk through the city’s waterfront neighborhoods and downtown district, from Chelsea Creek to the Neponset River,
through East Boston, Charlestown, North End, Downtown, South Boston and
Dorchester.
www.bostonharborwalk.com
- East Coast Divers
- Scuba diving
213 Boylston Street (Rt. 9)
BRK (Brookline Village)
617- 277-2216
www.ecdivers.com
- Good Time Emporium
- Boston’s largest indoor recreation center
30 Assembly Square Drive
SOM
617-628-5559
- Kelly Outdoor Skating Rink
- One Marbury Terrace
JP
617- 727-7000
- Milky Way Lounge and Lanes
- 405 Centre Street
JP (Hyde Square)
617-524-3740
www.milkywayjp.com
- Roller World
- 425 Broadway
GB (Saugus)
781-231-1111
- Skating/Biking on Memorial Drive
- Sundays
11 am to 7 pm from the end of April through November, Memorial
Drive,from Western Avenue to the Eliot Bridge, is closed off for
recreation
CAM
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