Make Shift Boston

Im throwing a FREE shindig on actual Halloween are ya coming? Big Gay Halloween! at Spontaneous Celebrations

Tonight at my place!

Tonight!!!

Our friends at have a special class for parents, caregivers, educators and others who have children in their lives on music education! Check it out

Posted • So excited to collaborate with ‘s Healing Arts Ensemble and for our very first hybrid event!!!

Award-winning poet Mojdeh Stoakley is coming all the way from Chicago to lead us in our next class, “Write Me Down In History.” This workshop explores how poetry has acted as a historical archive and vehicle or catalyst to social revolutions through the lens of poets who would be considered “cultural workers” or “social practice artists”today. Participants will explore the use and power of community and personal narratives for social change. All writing levels welcome

This Wednesday, 3/29, 7:30pm, (doors at 7). In person at .umc or on zoom. Register at bit.ly/writemedownbos

Accessibility: wheelchair accessible venue with gender-neutral bathrooms. CART captions provided.

Image: Mojdeh Stoakley, an Afro-Persian genderqueer poet poses with their head down and eyes closed. They are wearing a pink and orange headwrap and a pink/red galactic patterned jacket. To the left is white text on black background that reads “SASJ Boston and Wholetone Music Academy Present: Write Me Down in History with Mojdeh Stoakley. Wednesday, 3/29 7:30pm (doors at 7) at Connexión, Somerville and on zoom. Register: bit.ly/writemedownbos

Posted • Come out this Saturday and help this erra of Boston DIY history go out with a bang!

has been fighting hard to keep keep 549 Columbus open but the end has come, and they’ve been asked to be out of our beloved Make Shift by early March. We are throwing one final farewell party show/open mic this Saturday with confirmed appearances from and Chompy! Please come perform and grieve with us as we bless the space one final time with poetry and song

Hosted by current tenants at 549 who need your help to save our space!!

MakeShift had a decade-long run of hosting shows, dance parties, live music, and much more. We are excited to bring live music back to MakeShift this evening to celebrate both New Year’s Eve and the history of this community space. (Theme: 2003!)
Live music will run from 8-10:30pm:
Simón Rios
People’s Liberation Army Band (mtv unplugged)
Ras Guarapo (reggae-trova, Caracas)
Ras Zebulon (nyc)

$5-20 sliding scale donation at the door, but no one will be turned away.
Winter is Covid season, please wear a mask to keep the community healthy.

Please support Lucy Parsons Center] by emailing them your memories of 549 Columbus Ave as LPC/Make Shift. Their move back in to our beloved space has been stalled due to an unexpected ownership transfer. We need your help now to keep the space in the artist/organizer community.

Posted • Lucy Parsons Center] We haven’t been able to use the space at 549 Columbus Ave. but someone found a good place to plug in a TV. We love creative energy in a semi-vacant community space 😉

If you didn’t hear, problems with property transfer and our verbal rental agreement arose when the landlord of the space died suddenly a few months ago. This put a halt to our moving process and has left the space in limbo. If you want to help us keep this space in community hands, email us with your stories and memories of the LPC/Makeshift on Columbus ave.

lucyparsons.center(at)protonmail(dot)com

Your testimonials could help build our case to the new property owner to respect our plan to move there.

Last class of the semester is tonight at 7pm featuring and

“Basic Strategies in Trauma-Informed Care, For Activists.” Register at
bit.ly/navigatetrauma

Posted • Check out our next class this Thursday! “Irish Dance for Connection” with

While our main image of Irish dance is the virtuosity of Riverdance, it is, fundamentally, a folk dance. "Old-style" Irish dance is relaxed and accessible, leaving room for individual flare and modification. In this class, we will honor this tradition by using these steps to dance as a community, connect with each other, and connect with our bodies in a healthy way. By focusing on this connection, we can also challenge the more harmful and inaccessible aspects of dance, finding new ways to move together joyfully that work for whoever is there. This class is for absolute beginners who have never tried a dance class in their life, experienced dancers looking for another perspective on dance, and everyone in between. Class is gender neutral, queer-friendly, and body positive.

Thursday, September 8th at 7pm EDT
Register at bit.ly/queeririshdance

Free, CART captioned

image is a white nonbinary person wearing a trans pride hat and a black shirt which reads “Don’t Gender Me” in pink and blue. They are facing forward, but their eyes are glancing to the right