Ideas for Getting Out and about in Boston

💙 Taking advantage of the flight delay this morning to come up with a list of some events for our local Wellesley alum club. We have more than 5000 alums living in the greater Boston area, close to the mothership.

Boston friends, any ideas? What I’m looking for:

I’m looking for ideas around:

• Learning something together
• Socializing in a new way
• Eating something together
• Creating something together
• Service projects in our community
• Connecting to Wellesley
• Cross Club events (reaching out to the presidents and SIG leaders) 

So far, some of the ideas + planned events (with attention to the fact that many of our events will be virtual or outdoors). Both the College and the alumnae association at large already puts a ton of virtual lectures, so this is primarily locally focused:

🎨 Creating Arts:

1. Botanical painting class with the Wellesley greenhouse people (Zoom)
2. MFA drawing class
3. Songwriting for non-musicians class
4. Plant workshops (maybe at Mahoneys? Who is offering these?) 

🖼 Museum-ish Visits:

1. We already have a group Art in Bloom Zoom scheduled with the MFA
2. There’s an upcoming trip to the Fogg/Harvard Arts
3. Mt. Auburn Cemetery Tour
4. Symphony (we went to BMOP and it was popular!) 

🛶 Physical Activities:

1. Ompractice class with Reggie Hubbard
2. Kayaking at the Boathouse (could we do an on-campus day?) 
3. On The Mark Archery at Gore Place
4. Hiking in Blue Hills

🍋Food:

1. Virtual cheese tasting with Formaggio
2. Dim Sum (we’re going to Hei La Moon)
3. Dumpling making class (Mei Mei? Any reccs?)
4. Cross-Club cooking class zooms with “virtual restaurant touristing!” of local faves across states.

❤️ Service Opportunities:

• Boston Marathon Volunteering
• Cradles to Crayons

Any ideas for this for a small group? Either in person, or that we can do from our homes? What else should I be adding to my list? Looking for any suggestions at different price points!