Spontaneous Celebrations, Boston

#381 among attractions in Boston

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Spontaneous Celebrations refers to both a building in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States which acts as an arts and education center, and to a community group which is based there. The mission of the group is to create a cultural life through the arts, and especially through seasonal celebrations in Jamaica Plain and Roxbury, Massachusetts and education. Its classes emphasize dance, stiltwalking, trapeze, and other circus arts. ()

Coordinates: 42°19'3"N, 71°6'20"W

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45 Danforth StreetJamaica Plain (Hyde Square)Boston United States

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Spontaneous Celebrations – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: William J. Devine Memorial Golf Course, Loring-Greenough House, Jamaica Pond, Olmsted Park.

1.3 miSE
Golf
William J. Devine Memorial Golf Course, Boston
34 min walk • William J. Devine Memorial Golf Course, colloquially referred to and contained within Franklin Park, is a municipal golf course in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, bordered by the neighborhoods of Dorchester and Roxbury.
0.7 miSW
Museum, History museum
Loring-Greenough House, Boston
19 min walk • The Loring–Greenough House is the last surviving 18th century residence in Sumner Hill, a historic section of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, a neighborhood of Boston. It is located at 12 South Street on Monument Square at the edge of Sumner Hill. It is situated on the border of two National Historic Districts.
0.6 miW
Park, Lake
Jamaica Pond, Boston
16 min walk • Jamaica Pond is a kettle lake, part of the Emerald Necklace of parks in Boston designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. The pond and park are in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, close to the border of Brookline.
0.7 miNW
Park
Olmsted Park, Boston
19 min walk • Olmsted Park is a linear park in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts, and a part of Boston's Emerald Necklace of connected parks and parkways. Originally named Leverett Park, in 1900 it was renamed to honor its designer, Frederick Law Olmsted. Olmsted Park can be roughly divided into two parts.
1.2 miNW
Theater, Concerts and shows, Performing arts
Puppet Showplace Theater, Boston
31 min walk • Puppet Showplace Theater is a nonprofit puppet theater in Brookline, Massachusetts. The organization was founded in June 1974 by Mary Churchill. Since 1981, it has been located at 32 Station Street. The theater presents performances by local and traveling professional puppet companies.
0.6 miNE
Park
Southwest Corridor Park, Boston
16 min walk • Southwest Corridor Park is a linear urban park in Boston, Massachusetts, part of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston and managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.
0.8 miSW
Gay village
Jamaica Plain, Boston
21 min walk • Jamaica Plain is a neighborhood of 4.4 square miles in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Founded by Boston Puritans seeking farmland to the south, it was originally part of the former Town of Roxbury, now also a part of the City of Boston.
0.7 miNW
Park
Emerald Necklace, Boston
19 min walk • The Emerald Necklace consists of a 1,100-acre chain of parks linked by parkways and waterways in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts.
0.8 miNE
Forts and castles, Park
Highland Park, Boston
20 min walk • Roxbury High Fort is a historic fort site on Beech Glen Street at Fort Avenue in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The site now contains a small park and the Cochituate Standpipe, also known as Fort Hill Tower, built in 1869. The fort site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
1 miSW
Street
Arborway, Boston
27 min walk • Arborway consists of a four-lane, divided parkway and a two lane residential street in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
1 miN
Park
Kevin W. Fitzgerald Park, Boston
27 min walk • Kevin W. Fitzgerald Park is a 5.5-acre neighborhood park near Brigham Circle in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It was built as part of the redevelopment of the "ledge site", a former Puddingstone quarry.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Spontaneous Celebrations?

Nearby attractions include Whitehaus, Boston (14 min walk), The Whitehaus Family Record, Boston (15 min walk), Southwest Corridor Park, Boston (16 min walk), Jamaica Pond, Boston (16 min walk).

How to get to Spontaneous Celebrations by public transport?

The nearest stations to Spontaneous Celebrations:

Metro

Stony Brook • Lines: Orange (2 min walk)
Jackson Square • Lines: Orange (12 min walk)

Light rail

Heath Street • Lines: E (20 min walk)
Back of the Hill • Lines: E (22 min walk)

Bus

Malcolm X Blvd @ Tremont St • Lines: 23 (30 min walk)
Warren St @ Waumbeck St • Lines: 23 (30 min walk)

Train

Forest Hills (32 min walk)