Boston Children's Museum Invites You To Welcome The Year Of The Horse

 Enjoy Oshogatsu 2026, Japanese New Year at Boston Children’s Museum

Welcome the Year of the Horse

WHO:

Kids and Families

WHAT:    
Celebrate Oshogatsu 2026, the Japanese New Year! Plan for an exciting day filled with lively programs including Taiko Drumming, the Shishimai Lion Dance, Omikuji Fortunes, Japanese Weaving Workshops, Mochi Rice-Pounding Ceremony, and a variety of other engaging activities. 
 
Explore the Japanese House exhibit, an authentic Kyoto home from the 1800’s, located on the Museum's third floor and admire special New Year's decorations. 

Join in and gather together to welcome the Year of the Horse!    

WHEN:    
Sunday, January 25, 2026
10:00am–3:00pm

TICKETS:    
Advance tickets or reservations are highly recommended, especially during weekends, holidays, and school vacation weeks.

WHERE: 
Boston Children’s Museum
308 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210

FPNA Kicks Off 2026 With Streets, Waterfront Park, Joint Ventures, A New Restaurant & You

You are invited to a
2026 Neighborhood Gathering Kickoff

Tuesday, January 27, 2026
6 pm to 8 pm
Community Work Lounge
15 Necco Street
 and Online
R.S.V.P.

featuring

Congress St., Sleeper St., Melcher St & A Street Updates
City of Boston Streets Team
pre-construction will start in January*

Resilient Moakley Park Project
Boston Parks & Recreation

&

Joint Ventures
63 Melcher St

introducing 

Celine
requesting a beer, wine & cordials license to start
324 A Street (formerly the Blue Dragon)

plus
Neighborhood Updates & Latest News

If you have any questions, comments or updates, please submit them by end of day, Monday, Jan. 26th to FPNA.

*Week of January 20th: Dig 7 test pits at various locations on Sleeper Street.
Week of January 26th: Dig 8 test pits at various locations on Congress Street.
Week of February 2nd: Dig 4 test pits at various locations on A Street.

originally published 1.16.26

About The Neighborhood

1/22/26 updated with cancelation of 1/26 COMPSTAT meeting due to forecast.

Here are a few things going on in and about our neighborhood.

1/20: Cancelled Boston Civic Design Commission Design (BCDC) Committee Meeting at 5pm. Reserved Channel Master Plan on Agenda A at 5pm 

1/20: Save the Harbor Better Beaches Grant Information Session at 6pm at the Community Work Lounge at 15 Necco.

1/22: Resilient Moakley Park Expanded Environmental Notification Form (EENF) comment deadline. Send comments to Eva.Vaughan@mass.gov and learn more about the project at our 1/27th Gathering.

1/23: FP3 Gallery Opening Reception of Paintings by Christine Vaillancourt from 5pm to 7pm at 346 Congress St. Show runs through May 14th. Gallery hours are daily 10am to 7pm. 

1/26: Cancelled District C-6 Community COMPSTAT Public Safety Meeting hosted by sister neighborhood organization, Andrew Square Civic Association, at 6:30pm at 2 Algar Street.This meeting will be rescheduled in the spring.

1/27: FPNA 2026 Kickoff Neighborhood Gathering at 6pm at the Community Work Lounge, 15 Necco St or online. 

1/28: Congress St.(Sleeper St. & A Street) virtual Pre-Construction Meeting from 6pm to 8pm.

1/29: Atlantic Wharf Gallery Opening Reception of Lucid Ground, an exhibition by the Pell Lucy Artist Collective from 5pm to 7pm at 290 Congress St. Show runs through April 3rd.

1/29:The Reshaping of New England's Seasons: What's happening to our weather? at 6pm. A free in person and virtual talk hosted by the Boston Globe and New England Aquarium at the Simons Theatre at 1 Central Wharf.

1/29: Porter Square Books' free screening of the pilot episode of Broadway Books, a sitcom based in NYC about an independent bookstore struggling to survive using increasingly desperate measures, at 7pm at 50 Liberty Dr. There will be a Q&A following the screening with writer/director Carianne King. 

originally published 1.19.26

District C-6 Community COMPSTAT Public Safety Meeting Cancelled

updated 1/22/26: This meeting is cancelled due to the weather forecast and will be rescheduled in the spring.

The South Boston District C-6 Community COMPSTAT Public Safety Meeting will held on:

Cancelled Monday, January 26, 2026

hosted by the Andrew Square Civic Association (ASCA)*

Parking – refreshments/A Taste of the Square – activity area for the “littles” – 

pet friendly (leashed) – door prizes

6:30-8:00 p.m.

2 Alger St

All South Boston Neighbors are welcome

COMPSTAT has traditionally been an internal meeting where Boston Police Department (BPD) leaders discuss current crime trends and patterns in all of the city’s districts and coordinate planning to strategically address them. 

This meeting will bring police leaders and the community together to discuss crime data, address concerns, and collaboratively develop public safety strategies.

Please take the BPD Pre-Survey. It should take only two minutes to complete and will help BPD prepare for the event by providing topics, safety strategies and statistics to share based upon your answers and concerns.

*At the event, ASCA is collecting white socks, hats, and gloves for local shelters. Donations are appreciated.

originally published 1.15.26

Atlantic Wharf Annual Meeting Tonight!

The 2026 Atlantic Wharf Annual Meeting is taking place Tuesday, January 13, 2026, from 5:30–7:00 PM in the Fort Point Room at Atlantic Wharf (290 Congress St, Boston, MA – street level).

 

This meeting is open to the public, and all are welcome to attend. We encourage you to RSVP to marketing@bxp.com or simply come Tuesday evening.  Guests who RSVP will receive a copy of the 2026 Atlantic Wharf Annual Plan via email in advance of the meeting. Printed copies will be distributed at the meeting.

 

New England Boat Show At Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center (MCEC)

The New England Boat Show is coming to the Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center (MCEC) on January 7, 2026 through January 11, 2026.  We will be welcoming 28,000 daily visitors to the neighborhood. 

The show is expected to be extremely busy with local drive-in traffic, and overflow parking will be needed. Once the MCEC South lot fills, attendees will be sent to overflow parking lots in the following order:

1. South Boston Waterfront Transportation Center (SBWTC)

2. Channel Center Garage (Shuttle buses will be available from the Channel Garage to the MCEC)

3. Necco Street Garage & Channelside Open Air Lot

Portable variable message signs (PVMS) will guide attendees quickly off the streets and into the parking lot.

Boston and MA State Police details to help pull traffic and provide for pedestrian safety.