Sitting Still Documentary Film Screening & Discussion (Thursday, December 03, 2026)

Thu, 03 Dec 2026 22:30:00 GMT

The APA-MA Planners' Movie and Meet-up Series

Event: "SITTING STILL Documentary Film Screening & Discussion”

Date: 12.03.26. Social at 5:30PM, showtime 6PM

Where: Capitol Theater • Arlington, MA

Cost: $5 for current APA-MA, CPM, BSLA members and students, and $7 for guests.

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Summary: SITTING STILL is award-winning filmmaker Gina Angelone's 8th bold critically acclaimed film on urban design.

This original documentary focuses on one of the world’s most preeminent landscape architects and his profoundly social vision. Hailed as a modern-day Olmsted, Laurie Olin has helped transform the design of public space, revitalize the American city, and pave the way for future design leaders. This portrait of an artist is told through a prism of issues which have defined Olin’s life and work for the past fifty years: urbanization and our lost connection to nature, economic marginalization, and the grave importance of humanity in design.

Leading the post-film discussion will be Martha H. Lyon and Karen Janosky!

Martha is principal of Martha Lyon Landscape Architecture, LLC, a Northampton, Massachusetts-based practice specializing in planning and design for historic and cultural landscapes. She has long advocated for the importance of hand-drawing and rendering in the design process and continues to use these techniques in her practice today. Karen is a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Director of the Master in Landscape Architecture program, and teaches The Practice of Landscape Architecture as part of the Practice Platform.

This event is approved for 2.0 AICP CE and 2.0 LACES Credits.

Ethics and Private Planning Practice. Earn CM Credit! (Thursday, December 10, 2026)

Thu, 10 Dec 2026 22:00:00 GMT

You are invited to join this online event and earn Ethics CM credit:

Ethics and the Private Planning Practice
Format: Virtual
Date: December 10, 2026
Time: 5:00 PM EST

Cost: Free if you are a CPM member, an APA Mass. member, or your company has a membership. Non-members: $15

Members may need to log in to access a free ticket

Summary: Focused on ethical challenges faced by planners in the private sector, this session will review the AICP Code of Ethics, discuss the principles consulting planners face most often, and review case studies that illustrate ethical issues and discuss how consulting planners can adhere to their primary obligation to serve the public interest. The session will be valuable for private- and public-sectors planners.

Registration: https://consultingplanners.org/events

Consulting Planners of Mass. upcoming events

Sitting Still Documentary Film Screening & Discussion (Thursday, December 03, 2026)

Ethics and Private Planning Practice. Earn CM Credit! (Thursday, December 10, 2026)