• From Olmsted to Nakaya: Art & Design of the Back Bay Fens

    Shattuck Visitor Center 125 The Fenway, Boston, MA, United States
    Fog Events

    A guided walk through the centuries of a historic landscape designed by Frederick Law Olmsted with stop at artist Fujiko Nakaya’s Fog x Canopy. Hear the story of how Frederick Law Olmsted transformed an area of polluted waterways and mudflats into a scenic fens and the later 20th century revisions that resulted in the landscape we see today.

  • Emerald Necklace Bike Tour

    Shattuck Visitor Center 125 The Fenway, Boston, MA, United States
    Conservancy Events

    Join the Emerald Necklace Conservancy for an interpretive bike tour from the Fens to Arnold Arboretum, led by a Conservancy docent.

    $10
  • Lavender Ruins

    Fog x Ruins, Franklin Park Overlook
    Fog Events

    This sound composition by Neil Leonard pays tribute to the visionary concepts of Fujiko Nakaya and the sonic imagination of Duke Ellington. The work revisits selected themes by Ellington including Lady of the Lavender Mist, The Kissing Mist and Atmosphere (Moon Mist).

  • Second Saturday: Woodlands Volunteer Corps

    Olmsted and Franklin Parks , United States
    Conservancy Events

    Help implement a comprehensive woodlands management program and promote a healthier forest through activities ranging from removing invasive plant species to conditioning forest soil. Pre-registration required.

  • Dadabex: Conservation, Connection and Hybridity

    Fog x Canopy, Clemente Field, Back Bay Fens
    Fog Events

    Dadabex: Conservation, Connection and Hybridity evolves from an ongoing collaboration with the Institute of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Zurich. Neo-dada performance art invites audiences to learn from the story of Alpine ibex, nearly hunted to extinction in the 19th century.

  • Dadabex: Conservation, Connection and Hybridity

    Fog x Ruins, Franklin Park Overlook
    Fog Events

    Dadabex: Conservation, Connection and Hybridity evolves from an ongoing collaboration with the Institute of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Zurich. Neo-dada performance art invites audiences to learn from the story of Alpine ibex, nearly hunted to extinction in the 19th century.

  • Black Kaleidoscope: A Femme Journey

    Fog x Canopy, Clemente Field, Back Bay Fens
    Fog Events

    A performance by Castle in our Skins, "Black Kaleidoscope: A Femme Journey" use Fujiko Nakaya's "Fog x Canopy" to suggest an internal journey of transformation. Through dance, poetry and music, Castle of our Skins will showcase this journey from the lens of Black women, highlighting unique rites of passage through past, present and future.

  • Dadabex: Conservation, Connection and Hybridity

    Fog x Ruins, Franklin Park Overlook
    Fog Events

    Dadabex: Conservation, Connection and Hybridity evolves from an ongoing collaboration with the Institute of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Zurich. Neo-dada performance art invites audiences to learn from the story of Alpine ibex, nearly hunted to extinction in the 19th century.

  • Lavender Ruins

    Fog x Ruins, Franklin Park Overlook
    Fog Events

    This sound composition by Neil Leonard pays tribute to the visionary concepts of Fujiko Nakaya and the sonic imagination of Duke Ellington. The work revisits selected themes by Ellington including Lady of the Lavender Mist, The Kissing Mist and Atmosphere (Moon Mist).

  • Gong Soundscape

    Fog x Ruins, Franklin Park Overlook
    Fog Events

    Playing gong, singing bowls, and bells, Nancy Aleo will create a gong soundscape responding to the shifting wind, the flowing fog, the hissing sculpture, voices, and the natural sounds of the place. Meditative and otherworldly at times, each of the five performances will be unique. Respectfully honoring Fujiko Nakaya’s visionary work, the sounds will expand […]



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