Summer SOLSTICE 2026
Replenish your mind, body, and soul at Summer SOLSTICE on Sunday, June 21. With offerings of free and paid activities including mindfulness walks, shifting landscape films, yoga, a cyanotype workshop, meditation, a poetry reading, and community concert, Summer SOLSTICE will be a restorative and healing experience for people of all ages.
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Sunday, June 21, Events All Day 10am-4pm
Enjoy all day activities across the landscape, with outdoor tents near Story Chapel featuring check-in, Friends of Mount Auburn membership resources, information about our Citizen Science program, alongside community engagement and reflective experiences in Story and Bigelow Chapels.
See below for ticketed event programs being offered throughout the day, and click on their individual links to register. Detailed descriptions of each event can be found HERE.
Click on Event Titles to Register!
10:00am - Mindfulness Walk in the landscape with guide Stefanie Haug (ticketed)
10:30am- Yoga for the Mind, Body, and Spirit in Hazel Dell with Artemis Yoga (ticketed)
11:00am- Shifting Landscapes Screening #1 in Story Chapel (no registration required)
11:30am- Bat Net Demonstration on Bigelow Lawn with Chris Richardson (no registration required)
12:00pm- Awe Walk in the landscape with a Mount Auburn Docent (ticketed)
12:00pm- Mid-Day Meditation in Hazel Dell with Stefanie Haug (ticketed)
12:30pm- Shifting Landscapes Screening #2 in Story Chapel (no registration required)
1:30pm- Poetry Reading & Workshop in Hazel Dell with former Artist-in-Residence Emily Duggan (ticketed)
2:00pm- Shifting Landscapes Screening #3 in Story Chapel (no registration required)
2:00pm- Mindfulness Walk in the landscape with guide Stefanie Haug (ticketed)
2:30pm- Calm-Abiding and Insight Meditation in Hazel Dell with Venerable Xianshu (FREE/registration required)
3:00pm- Cyanotype Workshop in Bigelow Chapel with former Artist-in-Residence Madge Evers (ticketed)
3:30pm- Shifting Landscapes Screening #4 in Story Chapel (no registration required)
4:30pm- Community Concert in Hazel Dell with Ira Klein and Cate Byrne (FREE/registration required)
Photos by Billy Hickey