Events
Capote (114 min) Truman Capote and Harper Lee were childhood friends. In this award-winning film, Harper Lee accompanies Capote as he researches the material for his classic, In Cold Blood, while at the same time she was writing and publishing To Kill a Mockingbird.
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Holmes Elementary. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Haitian. For more information, please contact Marie Wade at 617-756-9650 or mwade@boston.k12.ma.us.
Art supplies will be available in the rear kitchen of Dorchester House for teens ages 13-19 from 2-6pm during school vacation for teens to create projects representing why do not use tobacco and are members of The 84. The DotWell Teen Center received a grant to promote The 84, which consists of 84% of MA teens do not smoke, and they hope to acquire 84 projects for The 84 Art Exhibit, to be held Saturday, May 10th from 10am-1pm in the Dorchester House gym.
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Lee Elementary/Adademy building. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Haitian. For more information, please contact Marie Wade at 617-756-9650 or mwade@boston.k12.ma.us.
Dancing with the Stars is a gala fundraising event for Fields Corner Main Street where Boston celebrities are paired with professional dancers in a fun competition. There are several exciting volunteer positions available for this event and those who volunteer will be able to attend the event. There will be an orientation on Wednesday, April 23rd, 6:30 p.m. in the multi-purpose room at the Dorchester House Multi-Service Center. This is an opportunity for prospective volunteers to learn about the different positions available and to meet the staff.
This is a meeting to net-work and find out, what are the plans for Upham's Corner"s anchor , the Strand Theater.
Large site tree planting - tree planters needed! No experience necessary, training will be provided. Help Boston's Urban Forest Coalition green the city!
This is a Grow Boston Greener event, please rsvp to Gretchen, gretchen@earthworks.org or call 617.442.1059 if you would like to participate.
Visit www.growbostongreener.org for more info.
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Holmes Elementary. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Haitian. For more information, please contact Marie Wade at 617-756-9650 or mwade@boston.k12.ma.us.
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Holmes Elementary. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Haitian. For more information, please contact Marie Wade at 617-756-9650 or mwade@boston.k12.ma.us.
Art supplies will be available in the rear kitchen of Dorchester House for teens ages 13-19 from 2-6pm during school vacation for teens to create projects representing why do not use tobacco and are members of The 84. The DotWell Teen Center received a grant to promote The 84, which consists of 84% of MA teens do not smoke, and they hope to acquire 84 projects for The 84 Art Exhibit, to be held Saturday, May 10th from 10am-1pm in the Dorchester House gym.
This is the kick off of the Governor Deval Patrick's State Youth council.Please come out and join in time of celebration.
This is a fundraiser for the Dorchester Day Parade. The tickets for this dinner are 100 dollars and you have a chance to win 10,000. For more information please call: 617-287-0085.
To volunteer or for more information please call: 617635-3485. This is a city wide neighborhood cleanup day. The City would like your helping beautifying Boston. We would like universities, organizations, civic groups and residents to join us for a day of cleaning up Boston.
Large site tree planting - tree planters needed! No experience necessary, training will be provided. Help Boston's Urban Forest Coalition green the city!
This is a Grow Boston Greener event, please rsvp to Gretchen, gretchen@earthworks.org or call 617.442.1059 if you would like to participate.
Visit www.growbostongreener.org for more info.
This is the cleanup of Franklin Park clean up. Youth Services celebration afterwards at the Franklin Park Golf Clubhouse from 4-7pm Pizza, soda, discussions, and a movie! For more information please call 617-282-2881
Art supplies will be available in the rear kitchen of Dorchester House for teens ages 13-19 from 2-6pm during school vacation for teens to create projects representing why do not use tobacco and are members of The 84. The DotWell Teen Center received a grant to promote The 84, which consists of 84% of MA teens do not smoke, and they hope to acquire 84 projects for The 84 Art Exhibit, to be held Saturday, May 10th from 10am-1pm in the Dorchester House gym.
Mayor Menino and the City of Boston welcomes back Status Quo for representing Boston on Randy Jackson's MTV America's Best Dance Crew. The event will be hosted by Melissa from the Morning Show, Akrobatik, DJ Roy Barboza, and guest artist Dre Robinson. This is a free event.
Why should you come out. We know after this play your kids life, and your life will change. This play show both side. The good time and The sad time. Please come and bring out the kids.
A musical revue of song and dance, silent art auction, raffle, beer, wine & refreshments for sale. Tickets $10.00 All money to benefit the Steeple Restoration Project
for more info go to: http://firstparish.com
Large site tree planting - tree planters needed! No experience necessary, training will be provided. Help Boston's Urban Forest Coalition green the city! This is a Grow Boston Greener event, please rsvp to Gretchen, gretchen@earthworks.org or call 617.442.1059 if you would like to participate. Visit www.growbostongreener.org for more info.
The quartet in residence at the Chittick Elementary School in Mattapan will perform music by African American composers including Duke Ellington, Scot Joplin, and William Grant Still. Grace Aldrich will read poems by Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou.
Come celebrate the coming of Spring!
Good Food; hear good music!
Get free compost for your garden.
Learn about healthy soil, lead contamination and composting practices.
Any questions, please call Kathleen Banfield, 617-442-1322 x 12. www.thefoodproject.org
In celebration of Earth Week and Boston Shines DotBike is going for a ride around the neighborhood to check out some of Dorchester’s many parks and green spaces.
The ride starts from the Giraffe Entrance of the Franklin Park Zoo at 12:30 p.m. and after a riding tour of Franklin Park we’ll head out of the park on an approximately 12 mile loop to hit various other green spaces.
We’ll ride at a relaxed pace and leave no one behind and there will be several stops along the way.
Helmets are required and riders under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Email dotbike AT bostonbiker DOT org or call Andy at 781-367-9200 with questions.
Map of ride on www.dotbike.org.
To check for more Dorchester area enviro events, see Dorchester Envionmental Health Coalition's calendar of events.
For over two centuries Second Church in Dorchester stands with its Steeple overlooking the neighborhoods of greater Boston. On April 26, 2008 at 3:00 pm the church celebrates its Lineage, Legacy and Leverage with a High Tea. The community is invited to attend. Second Church is located at the corner of Washington St and Talbot Ave in Codman Square.
Presentations at the High Tea highlight the historical significance of Second Church in Dorchester by presenting: Snapshots of historical events, transitions and current occurrences in the process of revitalizing our community; Progress on the newly renovated Historical Room; “Project Angel Wings” – a collaboration of Boston Project Ministries, Boston Trinity Academy and Park Street Church’s Cross Walk together with Second Church plan for the reconstruction, restoration and revitalization of the Codman Cemetery; and, Second Church, its facility, its history and its legacy, as a national and historical gem.
For more information or to R.S.V.P. contact Mrs. Ava Ann Townsend at (617) 825-2797 or legacy@secondchurchnaz.org
This is an event to celebrate the clean up event of Boston shines all are welcome.
Enjoy a musical revue of song and dance, a silent art & gift auction, raffle, beer, wine & refrshments for sale. Tickets $10.00 All money to benefit the Steeple Restoration Project. For more info go to: http://firstparish.com
This is a time of fun and games . The event is a fund raiser for the Dorchester parade .
CONTACT
Phone: 617-436-0527, Barbara Greene and Michael Pratt
Don't miss the fifth and final show of the musical fundraiser series
starring Mike Pratt and Friends -- a club-style cabaret with live
performances, and serving coffee and tea, soft drinks, beer and wine,
snacks and hors d'oeuvres -- all proceeds benefits the steeple
restoration. All ages.
Come and Enjoy a musical revue of song and dance, a silent art and gift auction, raffle items, and beer, wine and refreshments for sale. Tickets $10.00. All money to benefit the Steeple Restoration Project.
for more info go to: http://firstparish.com
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Kenny Elementary School. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Spanish. For more information, please contact Kendra Bucklin at 617-756-9492 or kbucklin@boston.k12.ma.us.
Rain Man (133 min) w/ Tom Cruise & Dustin Hoffman.Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country and learn more than they expected.
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Kenny Elementary School. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Spanish. For more information, please contact Kendra Bucklin at 617-756-9492 or kbucklin@boston.k12.ma.us.
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Lee Elementary/Adademy building. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Haitian. For more information, please contact Marie Wade at 617-756-9650 or mwade@boston.k12.ma.us.
This is sponsored by Dana Farber/ Harvard Cancer Center. The information on cancer disparities will be the discussion.
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Holmes Elementary School. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Haitian. For more information, please contact Marie Wade at 617-756-9650 or mwade@boston.k12.ma.us.
This work shop will help you change and deepen the public conversation about young people, learn about the common pitfalls of some of our current communications strategies.
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Kenny Elementary School. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Spanish. For more information, please contact Kendra Bucklin at 617-756-9492 or kbucklin@boston.k12.ma.us.
Celebrate this year's successes
learn about new initiatives honor and thank BMS volunteers, businesses, and partners
Please RSVP by April 21, 2008 the ceremony begins promptly at 6:00.
This workshop covers a variety of help parents support at home what their children are learning in the class
. This is a family event, please come out and gather information.
This workshop covers a variety of topics to help parents support at home what their children are learning in the classroom. Parents will discuss why homework is important, how to make homework time a productive learning time and how to help their children develop good study habits.
Audience: Families and FCE Professionals
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Holmes Elementary. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Haitian. For more information, please contact Marie Wade at 617-756-9650 or mwade@boston.k12.ma.us.
Alabama (49 min.) A film that explores the old and new Alabama and the differences between them.
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Lee Elementary/Adademy building. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Haitian. For more information, please contact Marie Wade at 617-756-9650 or mwade@boston.k12.ma.us.
Community is the spice of life. this event will feature some of Dorchester finest cuisine from around the World. A benefit for Dorchester CARES Coalition for Families & Children, Inc. For more information please call (978- 378-4675)
The Committee to Elect Gloria-Ann Vieira Mayor of Dorchester is sponsoring a FUN Trivia Night On Thursday May 1st at 6:30pm at the Seven 50 Grille - 750 Dudley Street it is $15 per person we wil have trivia, prizes, raffles and a light buffet for more information call Gloria-Ann 617-233-9177
Raise money for AIDS Action Committee and help to raise awaareness about AIDS and HIV. For more information please contact www.aac.org
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Holmes Elementary. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Haitian. For more information, please contact Marie Wade at 617-756-9650 or mwade@boston.k12.ma.us.
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Holmes Elementary. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Haitian. For more information, please contact Marie Wade at 617-756-9650 or mwade@boston.k12.ma.us.
Community is the spice of life. Dorchester Cares Coalition for families and children's benefit. Featuring Dorchester's finest cuisine from around the world.
Morning Bird Walk is the first event of the Birds & Bards Festival. Enjoy an early morning walk with bird expert Bob Mayer at the Arnold Arboretum. Novices as well as experienced birders are welcome. Meet at the Hunnewell Visitor Center. The Birds & Bards Festival is presented by six local conservation and educational organizations - Franklin Park, Boston Nature Center, Forest Hills Cemetery, Zoo New England, Arnold Arboretum and Jamaica Plain's Wake Up the Earth event. All events are open to the public and most are free. See www.massaudubon.org/boston for details.
BPS Youth Leadership Conference - Call for Workshop Presenters
TechBoston is recruiting students to present workshops at an exciting BPS Youth Leadership Conference that is being planned by students at TechBoston Academy . The event will feature innovative students who are using technology as a tool for creative expression. Entitled, Fierce Expression Through Technology , the conference will be held on Friday, May 2nd at the Boston Convention Center and will be comprised of workshops led by students from any of the Boston Public high schools. We are seeking your help in identifying students in your school might be interested in leading a 45 minute workshop to showcase their creative use of technology. Students can apply to conduct a workshop on anything they do well including digital storytelling, podcasting, graphic design, entrepreneurship, video or audio production, programming, etc. The students are required to have a teacher or staff member at their school serve as their *coach* but the workshop must be facilitated by students. A recruitment flyer and the workshop proposal application accompany this message. The deadline for students to submit the workshop applications is Friday, February 29th. On Feb. 21st and 22nd - during the vacation week – the TechBoston department will provide drop-in support for students who want help developing an idea for a workshop and filling out the application. Once a workshop application has been approved and accepted, the student presenters will be required to attend a training at Madison Park HS during the April vacation week (April 24th and 25th) to finalize and get help in preparing their presentation. For more information, please contact Eric Esteves (eesteves@techboston.org or 617-635-9790).
SCI Dorchester cordially invites you to their annual volunteer recognition and award ceremony on Friday, May 2nd at the historic Great Hall in Codman Square.
This year we will be honoring seven individuals for their exemplary service and commitment to building social capital and civic engagement in Dorchester.
We are excited to have Ron Bell, Director of the Office of Civic Engagement, as our special guest speaker for the event.
Space is limited, so please RSVP by April 30.
Contact: Kelley Winters, kwinters@scidorchester.org or 617-822-8297
Morning Bird Walk is the first event of the Birds & Bards Festival. Enjoy an early morning walk with bird expert Bob Mayer at the Arnold Arboretum. Novices as well as experienced birders are welcome. Meet at the Hunnewell Visitor Center. The Birds & Bards Festival is presented by six local conservation and educational organizations - Franklin Park, Boston Nature Center, Forest Hills Cemetery, Zoo New England, Arnold Arboretum and Jamaica Plain's Wake Up the Earth event. All events are open to the public and most are free. See www.massaudubon.org/boston for details.
The Boston Civic Summit is a first of its kind effort to assemble Boston area civic and community leaders from every neighborhood with the purpose of having an open discussion on how we can strengthen the vitality of city life. see www.BostonCivicSummit.org
Participate in open discussion on how we can strengthen Boston by promoting growing educational sessions, along with best practices from around the city.
The Washington Bank has set up a fund at the codman Square branch to raise money for the fire victims. For more information please call; Oscar Moreno at 857-524-1146
This event is a real treat! Eat AND get exercise at the same time! You will receive a pedometer and WALK Four Corners water bottle when you sign in. Then together we will take a casual stroll through Four Corners, stopping at FIVE restaurants to sample a menu item.
Participating Restaurants:
Four Corners Pizza Cafe
Island Style Jamaican Restaurant
Nice N Clean Jamaican Cuisine
Right Taste Jamaican Restaurant
Vaughan's Fish & Chips
Plan to be full and happy by 5pm! The walk will be about 1.5 miles long and should be comfortable for most people. Children are welcome, but must be accompanied by an adult who can sign a waiver for him/her. This is a free event, sponsored by the Boston Public Health Commission and Boston Steps.
Please call 617-287-1651 with questions.
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During 2008, Four Corners Main Street will be sponsoring a variety of efforts to encourage cleanliness in our neighborhood. Other Dorchester Main Street districts, the Inspectional Services Department and folks in Co |
The Boston Civic Summit is a first of its kind effort to assemble Boston area civic and community leaders from every neighborhood with the purpose of having an open discussion on how we can strengthen the vitality of the city life by promoting greater civic engagement and fostering dialogue between community groups. The event will be held the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center on Saturday, May 3rd from 8:15-3:45 pm .
Morning Bird Walk is the first event of the Birds & Bards Festival. Enjoy an early morning walk with bird expert Bob Mayer at the Arnold Arboretum. Novices as well as experienced birders are welcome. Meet at the Hunnewell Visitor Center. The Birds & Bards Festival is presented by six local conservation and educational organizations - Franklin Park, Boston Nature Center, Forest Hills Cemetery, Zoo New England, Arnold Arboretum and Jamaica Plain's Wake Up the Earth event. All events are open to the public and most are free. See www.massaudubon.org/boston for details.
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Kenny Elementary School. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Spanish. For more information, please contact Kendra Bucklin at 617-756-9492 or kbucklin@boston.k12.ma.us.
Spellbound (111 min) w/ Ingrid Bergman & Gregory Peck.A female psychiatrist protects the identity of an amnesia patient accused of murder while attempting to recover his memory.
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Kenny Elementary School. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Spanish. For more information, please contact Kendra Bucklin at 617-756-9492 or kbucklin@boston.k12.ma.us.
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Lee Elementary/Adademy building. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Haitian. For more information, please contact Marie Wade at 617-756-9650 or mwade@boston.k12.ma.us.
This class will have six consecutive Monday's. You will learn how to make healthy meals, learn about nutrition, and also learn how to maximize your food dollars by improving your fiscal health.
for more information call; Bichphuong Do at: 617-288-3230
Learn about the history of Fields Corner and share both your memories of the past and ideas on the district's future with Fields Corner Main Street, Viet-AID and Historic Boston, Inc. on Monday, May 5, 2008 at 6 p.m. at the Dorchester House, 1353 Dorchester Avenue.
HBI will present the findings of their preliminary historical research on the commercial district and talk about the role of historic preservation in revitalization efforts. Most importantly, we would like to hear your reactions to our project ideas and strategies.
This meeting is free and open to all!
Light refreshments will be served. Please call FCMS at 617.474.1432 to RSVP.
HBI is partnering with FCMS and Viet-AID on their new Historic Neighborhood Centers initiative. This program aims to use historic preservation as a catalyst to improve Fields Corner, stimulate economic and cultural development and preserve the district's heritage. Through the program we will be developing a preservation strategy guided by neighborhood-identified priorities and feasibility studies.
This is a day long conference of elementary and secondary education . The conference will teach the implementing safe and supportive learning environments, trauma-sensitive schools.
The New England education and training center. This is part of a series of the HIV, "Education Consortium". For more information please call 617-262-5657
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Holmes Elementary School. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Haitian. For more information, please contact Marie Wade at 617-756-9650 or mwade@boston.k12.ma.us.
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Kenny Elementary School. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Spanish. For more information, please contact Kendra Bucklin at 617-756-9492 or kbucklin@boston.k12.ma.us.
DotBike Meeting to plan upcoming rides, biking improvements in Dorchester, Dot Day parade participation, etc. All invited.
see www.dotbike.org for details.
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Holmes Elementary. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Haitian. For more information, please contact Marie Wade at 617-756-9650 or mwade@boston.k12.ma.us.
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Lee Elementary/Adademy building. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Haitian. For more information, please contact Marie Wade at 617-756-9650 or mwade@boston.k12.ma.us.
This is a meeting about the strategic planning process, please visit www.umb.edu/strategic_plan. please come out and join us.
Neponset River Greenway Council meets every month on the first Wednesday. Locations rotate May's meeting at the Milton Yacht Club 25 Wharf Street, Milton. All are welcome. For more information contact Candice Cook at BNAN at 617-542-7696 x16 or candice@bostonnatural.org
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Holmes Elementary. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Haitian. For more information, please contact Marie Wade at 617-756-9650 or mwade@boston.k12.ma.us.
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Holmes Elementary. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Haitian. For more information, please contact Marie Wade at 617-756-9650 or mwade@boston.k12.ma.us.
You can stop by for a knitting or other crafts and listen to a class novel or mystery.
This is a great play, all about the migration of African American from the south. This play will give you a background on many artist that flourished through and during the Harlem renaissance. Please come out and enjoy this play , bring the whole family out to enjoy this.l For information please call: 617-238-2460
Middle School students from the DotWell Teen Center with debate students from the Excel Charter Academy. The topic for the evening will be "the best way for young people to learn is through reading." Please come support DotWell teens as they engage in their first formal debate.
Be, eat food, and party while celebrating the Latino culture at the annual tag show. For more information please call Joel Mora 617-287-7603.
The DotWell Teen Center will host an art exhibit on Sat., May 10th in the Dorchester House gym from 10-1pm. Eighty-four projects will be on display representing why teens are a part of The 84, the percentage of teens in MA who do not use tobacco. Come view this one-day exhibit focused on promoting the postive things teens choose to do instead of smoking.
Examine the changing face of the Pierce House neighborhood in the nineteenth century and the Pierce family’s role in the neighborhood’s development. The tour covers the boundaries of the property owned by Lewis Pierce (1786-1874), including nine houses built by the Pierce family, as well as a number of houses that typify Dorchester residential architecture.
Limited to 20 people.
Free for Historic New England members, $5 non-members
Registration required; call 617-288-6041
or register at www.HistoricNewEngland.org.
The DotWell Teen Center was awarded with a grant from the 84 project to celebrate the fact that 84% of Massachusetts teens choose not to smoke.
DotWell Teen Center will present an art exhibit entitled "The 84" to display teen art projects around the theme "Why I'm a part of the 84." 84 paintings, drawings, collages, and sculptures created by 84 teens will explain why they choose to be non-smokers. Teens reasons include "I wouldn't be able to play basketball as well if I smoked and had trouble running and breathing," and "If I smelled like smoke, my girlfriend wouldn't kiss me. The projects will be judged by Teen Center peer leaders and winners will each be awarded $84. Please stop by to view the projects, invite local youth, and teens are welcome to visit the Teen Center for 84 open art studio all week if they are interested in creating and displaying a project.
Organized by Speak Out Activities
More details to follow Strand Theater, Cost: Tickets are $2 in advance and $3 at the door
For those interested in SOT activities, we are now taking reservations. Any questions regarding SOT activities, please feel free to contact us at either sot@csrox.org or 617-989-9447.
The 1683 Pierce House is a rare surviving example of a seventeenth century or First Period house. It documents period building practices and the tastes and housing needs of one family over more than three centuries.
Admission :$5; Historic New England Members free. Tours on the hour.
This is a Dorchester parade fund raiser. There wiil be a cash bar, live/silent auctions, raffles. DJ and dancing. This will be a great neighborhood event.
Registration begins at 7;00 pm, 0pening remarks and walk starts at 8:00 am. Most walkers are leaving around 10:30 a.m. Walk starts and ends at Townsfield park Dorchester (Corner of Park Street and Dorchester Ave.) For mor einformation please call 617-825-2248 or see www.motherswalkforpeace.org
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Peabody Square Neighborhoods Super-Tour - 12:30-3:30PM
Ashmont Station and Peabody Square are the transport and commercial centers of Dorchester's St. Mark's Area. The neighborhood's residents are actively involved in preserving and enhancing both private and community spaces. The Square's most notable architecture includes the All Saints' Episcopal Church, constructed in 1892, and the 1910 Peabody Square Clock, an official Boston Landmark recently restored and landscaped through collaborative efforts of individuals, community groups, and the City of Boston. In addition to its very visible history the area is going through major changes, through the redesign of Ashmont Station and Peabody Square and the addition of the six-story commercial and residential Carruth Building. Join us as we explore the public art, transit, and mixed-use projects underway in Peabody Square and take a tour of the historic houses and green spaces in the adjacent Ashmont Hill neighborhood.
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All events are free and open to the public. We suggest that you pre-register to confirm your spot by emailing ashmont@commonboston.org with the specific event(s) of interest.
Refreshments at Ashmont Grill 4:00PM - Bonus tour of All Saints Ashmont church
Begin the tour at 12:30 in front of the Ashmont T Station entrance. Presenters include members of St Marks' Area Main Streets, the Dorchester Historical Society, Charles River Watershed Association, Cambridge Seven Associates, Trinity Financial, and the Ashmont Hill Association. Refreshments will be provided by the Ashmont Grill, with a presentation by chef and owner Chris Douglass. Limited space - pre-registration recommended
Come see the major changes underway around Dorchester's Peabody Square, through the eyes of designers, residents, historians, chefs, and more!
Stops will include:
The Carruth Transit-Oriented Development - Tour by Vince Droser, Trinity Financial
Ashmont T Station - Tour by Berton Bremer, Cambridge Seven Associates
Ashmont Grill - Presentation and food by Chef Chris Douglass
All Saints Ashmont Church - Tour by Jeff Gonyeau, Dorchester Historical Society
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Kenny Elementary School. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Spanish. For more information, please contact Kendra Bucklin at 617-756-9492 or kbucklin@boston.k12.ma.us.
The Three Faces of Eve (91 min) w/ Joanne Woodward and Lee J. CobbA doctor treats a woman suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder.
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Kenny Elementary School. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Spanish. For more information, please contact Kendra Bucklin at 617-756-9492 or kbucklin@boston.k12.ma.us.
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Lee Elementary/Adademy building. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Haitian. For more information, please contact Marie Wade at 617-756-9650 or mwade@boston.k12.ma.us.
The Quadrivium Saxophone Quartet, members of the Fellowship program at the New England Conservatory of Music, will present a free concert of popular, classical and jazz works.
To celebrate Bay State Bike Week, DotBike is organizing extra activities this week. See dotbike.org or call 617-474-1478 for details.
Tuesday's event is bike commuter breakfast at the newly opened Dot2Dot cafe at 1739 Dorchester Ave. Show up on a bike [wearing a helmet] for free yummies!
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Holmes Elementary School. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Haitian. For more information, please contact Marie Wade at 617-756-9650 or mwade@boston.k12.ma.us.
The Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) wants to hear from you!
DTA is conducting a Community Listening Sessions Tour across the state.
You are invited to share with us:
♦ Feedback on how we’re doing in your community
♦ Your ideas for the future of our Department
♦ News, facts, and impressions about poverty, homelessness and hunger in your area.
To RSVP, please contact Darlene Hines at 617-989-6125
or Harriette Prescott at 617-989-6176.
Let’s work together. Hope to see you there!
Organized by MyTown
An opportunity for teens looking for summer employment to learn more about MYTOWN and the Youth Guide position.
Phone: 617-536-8696 x13
Contact: Kris Carter
Email: kcarter@mytowninc.org
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Kenny Elementary School. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Spanish. For more information, please contact Kendra Bucklin at 617-756-9492 or kbucklin@boston.k12.ma.us.
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Holmes Elementary. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Haitian. For more information, please contact Marie Wade at 617-756-9650 or mwade@boston.k12.ma.us.
FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Lee Elementary/Adademy building. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Haitian. For more information, please contact Marie Wade at 617-756-9650 or mwade@boston.k12.ma.us.
The bike ride start at the fountain on the Boston Common. They will travel up to Dorchester Ave. there will be a stop at mother Teresa church ( Columbia Road) to pick up folks riding in from other directions. Please come out and enjoy the ride.
Come to this Syposium to hear Boston's top postate cancer specialist discusss the latest treatments and findings in user-friendly language.
BostNet: Build the out-of-school time network. This event will focus on middle school participation. For more information please email: info@bostnet.org or call 617-720-1290.
This Thursday is Mayor Menino's 10th Annual Neigh