To help celebrate the Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl’s 25th year, two American Idols will be performing on Wednesday, June 6, at Boston City Hall Plaza. Former local Idol contestants Ayla Brown from season five and Nick Pedro from season six will take center stage at the nation’s largest all-you-can-eat ice cream festival. An autograph signing session with the idols will be held from 6-6:45 p.m. with a concert to follow from 7-8 p.m.
The Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl is on June 5, 6 and 7. Forty flavors of ice cream, frozen yogurt and sorbet will be served at all times from top ice cream vendors. The Scooper Bowl will also be dishing up a full schedule of entertainment in addition to the American Idol contestants.
Highlights include a dunk tank on Tuesday, June 5, where Boston’s hottest radio and television celebrities will take a risk at getting soaked for the Jimmy Fund. Participants will be able to take a swing at NECN’s meteorologist Tim Kelley, Magic 106.7’s Amanda Giles, Oldies 103.3 Jimmy Delponte, and Mix 98.5’s Fast Freddy. The cost is $3 per throw, or 3 balls for $5.
The Red Sox wives will judge an ice cream eating contest and will scoop on Tuesday, and games from the Boston Celtics and Cannons will be set up for children to play on that day as well. Patriots Cheerleaders will sign autographs and will scoop on Wednesday, as will WCVB Chronicle’s Shayna Seymour. Throughout the entire three-day festival, local theater and musical groups will perform and Child Protection Resources Inc. will offer free fingerprinting for children.
Presented by Idearc Media, publisher of the Greater Boston Verizon Yellow Pages and home to Superpages.com, the Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl supports research and care for adult and pediatric cancers at the world-renowned Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Since it began, the Scooper Bowl has raised $1.8 million. The goal is to raise $150,000 this year.
All Scooper Bowl performances are part of the admission cost which is $7 for adults, $3 for children ages 3-9, and free for children younger than 3. There is also a $15 Scooper Pass, which allows guests to skip the line and enter the Scooper Bowl up to three times. The ice cream festival is open from 11:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 5, and Thursday, June 7. Hours will be extended until 8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 6. For more information visit www.scooperbowl.org
Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl Entertainment Highlights
Tuesday, June 5
* Celebrity dunk tank open all day
* 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.: Boston Cannons game station
* 1-2:30 p.m.: Red Sox wives judge ice cream eating contest and celebrity scoop
* 2-4 p.m.: Boston Celtics game station
* 4-6 p.m.: Riverside Theater Works performance
Wednesday, June 6
* 11:30 a.m.: Shayna Seymour, WCVB reporter, scooping Brigham’s Chronicle Coffee Crunch
* 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.: Michael and Marisa performance, 9 and 10-year-old brother and sister, duet
* 12:30–2 p.m.: Patriots Cheerleaders sign autographs and scoop
* 2-3 p.m.: Rhode Island Ballroom Dance Team performance
* 4:30–5:30 p.m.: Syd, singer/songwriter, performance
* 6–6:45 p.m.: American Idol autograph session
* 7-8 p.m.: American Idol performance
Thursday, June 7
* 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: Christopher Dale, singer/songwriter, performance
* 2-4 p.m.: Friends of Broadway performance
* 4-5:30 p.m.: Tim Blane, singer/songwriter, performance
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Former Harry's Supermarket Under Construction for Restaurant
Late last month, the Conservation Commission greenlit some tree pruning on the property. New windows and a new door can be seen in the front of the building.
"It's a substantial renovation that's currently underway here," Brent White of White Engineering said, speaking on behalf of the applicant and owner, Huajie Zhu.
A fire gutted the longtime Wahconah Street supermarket in 2023, and the following year, Zhu purchased the property for $460,000 two years ago to build a restaurant with hibachi in the existing footprint of the more than 100-year-old building.
White explained that the project has been ongoing for over a year, and the Community Development Board granted the property a waiver to reduce the minimum required number of parking spaces so that additional spaces aren't needed.
He noted that, looking at the site plan, there is very little room to do so. A mirror will be installed near the sharp turn on Bel Air Avenue to alleviate traffic concerns.
Pruning will be done on trees in the southeast corner of the existing paved parking lot, as a number of branches are hanging over. The new owners also intend to patch, sealcoat, and re-stripe the parking lot.
A fire tore through the building less than an hour after the supermarket closed for the day three years ago. An automatic sprinkler system is required for the new use.
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