Zone 3

Zone 3 is a Harvard-sparked initiative to further activate and energize Western Ave with creative programs, events, and retail.

05/26/2026

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

05/22/2026

👀✨🗞️ 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

05/21/2026

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

05/20/2026

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/

05/19/2026

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

05/15/2026

🗞️ 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

05/13/2026

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

05/12/2026

🎨🗞 Big thins are happening at and Zone 3 is joining the fun! This Thursday evening, as part of , stop by the Zone 3 Mobile Cart for a free drop-in zine making workshop with , where you can create your own mini publication or contribute to a community zine inspired by spring, reflection, and growth ✂📚

We’re also excited to debut a brand new Art in Print bin at Allstonway! While the next volume doesn’t officially launch until the end of May, we’re stocking this one with mystery prints from the archives in the meantime 👀 Grab a surprise poster from a past volume while supplies last.

The larger Allstonway celebration continues through the weekend and will include live music, art installations, food, drinks, creative activities, and opportunities to explore the Enterprise Research Campus and all the artists and organizations helping to shape this growing neighborhood.

📍 Allstonway – 60 Western Ave
🗓 Thursday, May 14 - Saturday, May 16
🎟️ Free and Open to the Public

05/11/2026

We’ve had such a fun few months making art together, and we’re wrapping up the season with something special 🌈🐉

Join us tomorrow night for our final Drinking + Drawing event featuring a large-scale collaborative collage installation led by artist Ponnapa Prakkamakul.

Together, we’ll transform the windows of Zone 3 into a spring-inspired artwork using layered collage, color, texture, and collective creativity.

📍 267 Western Ave
🕠 Tuesday | 5:30–8:00 PM
🎟️ Free with RSVP | Limited walk-ups available

is a Thai contemporary visual artist and landscape architect based in Massachusetts whose work explores material, environment, and connection. You may recognize her colorful public art and community-based projects from around Boston. Inspired by growing up in a family of artists and musicians in Thailand, her practice often blurs the line between artmaking and landscape, using natural materials and immersive processes to create thoughtful, layered work.

Come help us leave one final mark on the space before the season comes to a close 🌷

05/08/2026

🗞️✨ Today’s Art in Print artist spotlight features

Valerie Prosper Imparato is a Haitian-born artist, illustrator, and muralist whose bold, colorful work draws from East African and Caribbean influences. Her practice centers underrepresented communities, especially Black women, immigrants, and mothers, through vibrant portraiture and storytelling.

Her featured print, “Shades of Blue,” comes from an embroidery series exploring Blackness and femininity beyond traditional visual identifiers like hair and skin tone. By using vivid blues, oranges, and reds, Valerie invites viewers to rethink assumptions around beauty, identity, and representation.

📍 Find this poster at the Harvard Office for the Arts 👉 Grab a print for 25¢ while supplies last

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