Event: Family Play Day on the Greenway: celebrating caregivers on the Mothers' Walk
Date: Saturday, May 9th, 2009
Time: 10am-3pm
Location: in the Wharf District Parks on the Greenway

Kids, bring your moms…moms, bring your kids! Join us on the Greenway for free family activities from 12-3 pm after the official unveiling of the Mothers’ Walk Wall from 10-11:30 am. 

Meet in the Wharf District Parks on the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway at 10 AM for a recognition of caregivers and the unveiling of the Mothers' Walk wall.

The dedication will be followed by music and dance performances, jugglers and stilt walkers, a tour of Rose Kennedy’s neighborhood, a family craft project, and a sneak peak of the soon-to-be-released Rose’s Garden children’s book created by Peter H. Reynolds.

Schedule
9:30 AM            Welcoming music: Inkas Wasi

10 - 11:00 AM   Official Unveiling of the Mothers’ Walk Wall

11:00 AM          Music: Toby Tobas Steel Drums

11:30 AM          Tour: Rose F. Kennedy’s Life

Bring a picnic lunch or dine at one of the local restaurants along the Greenway offering special menus for the day.

12 - 3:00 PM     Fun in the lawn with Puppet Collaborative, Chuckles the Clown, New England Aquarium, and YMCA of Greater Boston

 

12 - 3:00 PM  Stage performances emceed by WCRB’s Laura Carlo including:

                        Zumix – musical performance (12:00 PM)

                        Rose’s Garden story read by Peter Reynolds (12:50 PM)

                        Ritmo En Accion - dance performance (1 PM)

                        Rose’s Garden story read by Peter Reynolds (1:50 PM)

                        Sugarfoot Band (2 PM)

                        Rose’s Garden story read by Peter Reynolds (2:50 PM)

After the event on the Greenway, the celebration continues at the Volvo Ocean Race Village at Fan Pier with live entertainment and an oyster festival. And while you are across the channel, visit over 70 Fort Point Artists opening their studios as part of Art Walk, the Fort Point Arts Community's Spring Open Studios Event.

Family Play Day on the Greenway is rain or shine; all festivities will be held under a tent. There will be limited seating available for the unveiling on a first-come, first-served basis. The Greenway is fully handicapped-accessible. Click here for a map and directions, or information about parking.

The Conservancy thanks the following friends and supporters for making today’s festivities possible.

Sponsors
Faneuil Hall Marketplace
Starbucks Coffee Company
WCRB

Program Partners
Boston Women’s Heritage Trail
Candlewick Press
Fablevision
Fort Point Arts Community
Homes for Families
New England Aquarium
North End Music and Performing Arts Center
Volvo Ocean Race Boston
YMCA of Greater Boston

With support from the City of Boston and the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority.