My wife came home yesterday and asked me “What’s the Fig Newton Festival?”   She had just seen a big sign for it.  I had no idea.  She did a quick Google search and came up empty handed

This afternoon she dug back into it.  She had seen the sign while driving by the Upper Falls Greenway on Chestnut St.  She headed back down there and got to the bottom of the mystery.  

It’s the brand new installation of some public art called Newton Out Doors organized by Newton Community Pride.   They recycled 25 freestanding doors and put out an open call for artists.  They whittled down 65 submissions to the final 25.  The doors have all been completed and they’ve been installed across the city this week.

We’re lucky to have four of them on the Upper Falls Greenway but there are other locations all around the city.  Here’s a map of the locations.

I particularly loved being scammed by the Fig Newton Festival door.  I’m awfully fond of art that messes with people a bit so I got a kick out of being a mess’ee this time rather than a mess’er,  That said I am a bit disappointed that V14’s Fignewtonville isn’t getting a festival 😉

Big thanks to Newton Community Pride and to the artists for bringing a few sparks and fun and finding ways to get us all to poke our heads outside now that the warm weather has returned.

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