Zone 3

We’re kicking off Volume 24 artist spotlights with Meg Aki and celebrating the newest addition to Art in Print — our brand new bin at .

Meg’s print grew from a personal ritual of choosing a guiding word for the year ahead. Inspired by visions of rich soil, lush gardens, and creative abundance, the piece reflects on the power of enrichment, growth, and tending to our creative lives.

is a Somerville-based artist and illustrator whose work explores collective care, connection, storytelling, and the creative process as a form of affirmation .studio.

Whether you’re a longtime collector or discovering the program for the first time, it’s the perfect excuse to explore the neighborhood and pick up a poster for just 25¢.

📍 Find this poster at Allstonway, 60 Western Ave, in the Laneway outside of

🔗 Learn about the artists and bin locations at zone3westernave.com/artinprint

Join us at the Harvard Ed Portal Summer Arts Open House for an evening celebrating public art, creativity, and community across the neighborhood. We’re excited to bring the Zone 3 Mobile Cart to the block party with our friends at Rooting For You for a free make-your-own mini bouquet pop-up.

Build a small floral arrangement to take home while exploring new exhibitions, murals, music, food, and hands-on activities throughout the plaza and Ed Portal.

✨ Featuring:
🎧 DJ .rayvino
💐 Mini bouquet making with
🎨 New exhibitions and murals
🌭 food truck
🖍 Sidewalk art + public art tours
🍹 Mocktails, treats, and more

The celebration highlights Seeds of Home, a new exhibition by Tashi Haig () and All This, All at Once, a colorful new mural by Ansis Puriņs and blipblipbeep ( )

📍 Harvard Ed Portal + Plaza
🗓 Thursday, June 11 | 5–7PM
🎟 Free + all ages

Come hang out, make something, and celebrate the start of summer with us along Western Ave ☀️

Don't miss our final three outdoor dance classes with DivaDance Boston and 617 Country: 5/27, 6/3, 6/10. 🪩🌳🤠

We’ve been having so much fun with y’all. There’s still time to join us on the dance floor at The Grove. Whether you’re showing up with friends or coming solo, these classes are all about trying something new, moving your body, and having fun together.

📍 The Grove (Corner of N. Harvard St & Western Ave)�
🕕 Wednesdays, 6:00–7:30 PM�
🎟️ Sliding scale tickets at zone3westernave.com/dance

👀✨🗞️ Fresh prints for your Memorial Day weekend plans.
Art in Print Volume 24 has officially landed with 9 brand new posters by local artists, available for just 25¢ from newspaper bins across Allston and Harvard Square.

This season also marks the debut of a new bin location at , a vibrant corridor of art, community, and green space at Harvard’s Enterprise Research Campus.

Whether you’re already a collector or just looking for an excuse to explore the neighborhood, grab a coffee, take a walk, and see how many prints you can find.

Volume 24 features work from:

🔸 Shaina Lu — Cambridge Kiosk *chosen by guest curator Meg Rotzel*
🔸 Isabelle Higgins — Harvard Ed Portal
🔸 Freddy Thomas — Pavement Coffeehouse
🔸 Saira Munshani — Office for the Arts at Harvard
🔸 Leah Netsky — The Grove
🔸 Sadie Saunders — Harvard Science & Engineering Complex
🔸 Alexandra Gallant-Lee — Zone 3, 267 Western Ave
🔸 Meg Aki — Allstonway at the Enterprise Research Campus
🔸 Abigail Eckstrom — Honan-Allston Library

🔗 Find the full artist lineup, map, and locations at zone3westernave.com/artinprint

POV: You showed up to learn a few dance moves and ended up spending your evening line dancing with new friends under blue skies 💃☀️🤠

Last night’s EVERYBODY DANCE NOW! with Country 617 brought big energy, laughs, and a whole lot of dancing to The Grove. Missed this one? We’ll be back every Wednesday through June 10.

Details + Tickets: zone3westernave.com/dance

Everybody Dance Now! There’s still time to grab a ticket for tonight’s class with 617 Country at The Grove. Learn some new moves, break a sweat, and line dance with the community under the open sky.

No experience needed, just bring the energy 🤠

https://z3dance.eventbrite.com/

Thanks to everybody who came together last week to contribute to our tissue paper window collage ✨🌈 It was the perfect way to wrap up an incredible season and leave a collective mark on the space.

We’re so grateful to everyone who joined us for Drinking + Drawing over the past few months. We loved creating alongside you.

As we start planning future programs at Zone 3, we’d love your feedback. Tell us what kinds of events, workshops, and community spaces you’d like to see next.

✨ Complete our survey by Tuesday, June 2 for a chance to win a $100 gift card to Fido. 🔗 bit.ly/dd26-feedback

📸 Brittany Rose Queen

🗞️ Our final Art in Print spotlight of Volume 23 goes out with a bang 💥 Meet Jackson Schleicher, a Boston-based comic artist, illustrator, and Editor in Chief of the indie comics publication Dog Cough Comics. When he’s not making comics, he’s also a professional oyster shucker.
art’s print was originally illustrated for his webcomic Everything Will Be the Same Ever Again and captures the destruction of an alien world by an evil robot hivemind known as MechaTyrannus 👾🤖

Find this poster at (415 Western Ave) while supplies last, before Volume 24 hits the bins later this month!

Learn more at zone3westernave.com/artinprint

Ever wonder how Zone 3 came to be? 👀

Join CNU New England for a walking tour exploring the creative projects, public art, and community programming that have helped shape this evolving corner of Allston over the last decade.

Along the way, you’ll hear stories behind the spaces, visit some familiar Zone 3 spots, and get a look at how art, design, and neighborhood partnerships can spark new energy in a place over time.

The tour will include stops at The Grove, 267 Western Ave, the Harvard Ed Portal, and more, plus a chance to connect afterward over drinks and snacks at the Atlas Hotel. Whether you’ve been coming to Zone 3 events for years or are just curious about what’s happening around the neighborhood, this is a fun opportunity to see the bigger picture behind it all.

📍 Wednesday, May 20
🕠 5:30–7:30 PM
🎟️ RSVP required at bit.ly/z3-walkingtour