Events
04 / 28
Start: 9:30 am
End: 11:30 am
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. Start: 2:00 pm
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. Start: 3:00 pm
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. Start: 3:00 pm
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. Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
This is sponsored by Dana Farber/ Harvard Cancer Center. The information on cancer disparities will be the discussion. | ||||
04 / 29
Start: 9:30 am
End: 11:30 am
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. Start: 10:00 am
End: 2:00 pm
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. Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
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. Start: 5:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
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. Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
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 Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
This workshop covers a variety of help parents support at home what their children are learning in the class | ||||
04 / 30
Start: 9:30 am
End: 11:30 am
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. Start: 2:00 pm
Alabama (49 min.) A film that explores the old and new Alabama and the differences between them. Start: 2:30 pm
End: 4:30 pm
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. | ||||
05 / 1
Start: 6:00 am
End: 8:30 am
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) Start: 6:30 am
End: 9:00 am
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 Start: 8:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Raise money for AIDS Action Committee and help to raise awaareness about AIDS and HIV. For more information please contact www.aac.org Start: 10:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
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. Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
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. Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Community is the spice of life. Dorchester Cares Coalition for families and children's benefit. Featuring Dorchester's finest cuisine from around the world. | ||||
05 / 2
Start: 7:00 am
End: 8:30 am
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. Start: 1:14 pm
BPS Youth Leadership Conference - Call for Workshop Presenters Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
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. | ||||
05 / 3
Start: 7:00 am
End: 8:30 am
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. Start: 8:15 am
End: 3:45 pm
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 Start: 8:15 am
Participate in open discussion on how we can strengthen Boston by promoting growing educational sessions, along with best practices from around the city. Start: 9:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
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 Start: 2:30 pm
End: 5:00 pm
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.
Start: 8:15 pm
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 . | ||||
05 / 4
Start: 7:00 am
End: 8:30 am
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. | ||||
05 / 5
Start: 9:30 am
End: 11:30 am
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. Start: 2:00 pm
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. Start: 3:00 pm
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. Start: 3:00 pm
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. Start: 5:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
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 Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
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. This meeting is free and open to all! | ||||
05 / 6
Start: 8:00 am
End: 3:00 pm
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. Start: 8:00 am
End: 4:00 pm
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 Start: 9:30 am
End: 11:30 am
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. Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
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. Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
DotBike Meeting to plan upcoming rides, biking improvements in Dorchester, Dot Day parade participation, etc. All invited. | ||||
05 / 7
Start: 9:30 am
End: 11:30 am
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. Start: 2:30 pm
End: 4:30 pm
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. Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
This is a meeting about the strategic planning process, please visit www.umb.edu/strategic_plan. please come out and join us. Start: 7:00 pm
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 | ||||
05 / 8
Start: 10:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
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. Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
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. Start: 2:00 pm
End: 3:30 pm
You can stop by for a knitting or other crafts and listen to a class novel or mystery. Start: 7:15 pm
End: 9:00 pm
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 | ||||
05 / 9
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
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. Start: 5:30 pm
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. | ||||
05 / 10
Start: 10:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
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. Start: 10:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
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. Start: 10:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
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. Start: 1:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
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. Start: 1:00 pm
End: 10:36 pm
Organized by Speak Out Activities
Start: 7:00 pm
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. | ||||
05 / 11
Start: 7:00 am
End: 10:30 am
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 Start: 12:30 pm
common boston 08 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. 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 | ||||
05 / 12
Start: 9:30 am
End: 11:30 am
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. Start: 2:00 pm
End: 3:30 pm
The Three Faces of Eve (91 min) w/ Joanne Woodward and Lee J. CobbA doctor treats a woman suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder. Start: 3:00 pm
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. Start: 3:00 pm
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. Start: 6:30 pm
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. | ||||
05 / 13
Start: 7:00 am
End: 8:30 am
To celebrate Bay State Bike Week, DotBike is organizing extra activities this week. See dotbike.org or call 617-474-1478 for details. Start: 9:30 am
End: 11:30 am
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. Start: 2:00 pm
End: 3:30 pm
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: To RSVP, please contact Darlene Hines at 617-989-6125 Let’s work together. Hope to see you there! Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
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. Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
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05 / 14
Start: 9:30 am
End: 11:30 am
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. Start: 2:30 pm
End: 4:30 pm
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. Start: 5:30 pm
End: 6:30 pm
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. | ||||
05 / 15
Start: 8:00 am
End: 2:30 pm
Come to this Syposium to hear Boston's top postate cancer specialist discusss the latest treatments and findings in user-friendly language. Start: 9:00 am
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.
Start: 9:30 am
End: 10:30 am
This Thursday is Mayor Menino's 10th Annual Neighborhood Coffee Hour. For more information please call Lauren Smyth from the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services at 617-635-4819. Start: 10:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
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. Start: 12:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm
This is a senior citizen event. To participate in the funyou must be a Senoir who lives in Dorchester. There will be more information forthcoming. Start: 12:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Films for adults from the 60's,70's,and 80's. Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
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. Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Discuss social activism in Roxbury with State Representative Byron Rushing. Sponsored by Discover Roxbury for info. call (617)-427-1006 or go to www. discoverroxbury.org
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Please join the Boston Redevelopment Authority and the Columbia Point Master Plan Task Force as we create a future vision and coordinate new development for Columbia Point. Meeting topic is "Snapshot of Existing Conditions." For further information please contact Lauren Shurtleff of the BRA at 617 918-4353 or by email at Lauren.Shurtleff.BRA@cityofboston.gov Start: 6:30 pm
Now that you Know, You need to know about PFLAG We invited parents, family members and friends of GLBT people and GLBT people to join us for an evening of conversation, sharing support and connection.
Many people don’t know where to turn for information and for help n sorting things out when they find out a loved one is gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender (GLBT). The news that a child or loved one is GLBT is sometimes traumatic and often confusing and anxiety producing. Every third Thursday of the month Codman Square Health Center – Conference Room A 637 Washington Street Dorchester Ctr, MA 02124 Please join us as we strive to create a community free from homo-bi-trans-phobia and other forms of prejudice in our homes, communities, schools and working envioments. Sponsored by: Greater Boston PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) AK Consulting Services GHS Inc.- Multi-Service Center For more information please contact us at (781) 891-5966 or pam@gbpflag.org Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
The monthly meeting of the Hancock Street Civic Association, will be held the third Thursday of each month. Meet with Areas B & C Police, State & City Representative, and discuss issues. Find out what's really going on in the neighborhood! Start: 6:30 pm
End: 9:30 pm
This is a community meeting to discuss and gather community input on the ongoing Columbia Point Master Plan. Please come out and participate in this community meeting. Start: 7:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Fenway Community Health welcomes the Smoke, Lilies and Jade Arts Initiative, a socially conscious dance theater production company. Ebony, Beige, and Bronze combines dance, spoken word and film elements to create a powerful tribute to African-Americans whose lives have been claimed by AIDS. The show is great and also free! | ||||
05 / 16
Start: 7:00 am
End: 7:30 am
Meet at Peabody Square Ashmont to commute as a group into downtown Boston as part of Bay State Bike Week. Start: 12:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
A Haitian Heritage Month 2008 event. For more information call:Haphi at(617)-298-8076 or H.A.U. at(6170-298-297 you can also E-mail:Unity@hauinc.org Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Organized by Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC): Oak Street Youth Center: A showcase of talent of Asian Pacific American youth to celebrate May as APA Heritage Month Cost: $2 per ticket,Info Phone #: 617-635-5129, x1024 or x1015 Start: 7:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
A few tickets left! Grab yours, for a good cause! The Dorchester Historical Society is pleased to present Jimmy Tingle for President, The Funniest Campaign in History at the Local 103 IBEW Hall 256 Freeport St, Dorchester. Hors d'oeuvres~Cash bar~Raffles Tickets $40 Call toll-free 1-866-811-4111 Ovation Tix; online at www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/44051 and at the door. Or mail your check, made payable to the DHS, to DHS Tickets, 195 Boston St, Dorchester, MA 02125 [and pick up your tickets at the door] Proceeds will go to repairs of the historic 19th century Clapp Barn. Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm
highighting Special Guest Artists: Commissioned Dance Artist, Adrienne Hawkins Curragh’s Fancy Grant A.M.E. Church Male Chorus Isiah Beasle Johara & Snake Dance Productions Missing Traces Mixed Emotions O’Dwyer School of Irish Dance Uptown Dance Center for more information please call617-532-1116
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05 / 17
Start: 8:00 am
Start: 05/17/2008 - 8:00am
End: 05/18/2008 - 6:00pm
Help to find a cure for breast cancer by walking or volunteering. The walk is 26.2 miles on Sat and 13.1 miles on sun.. For more information pleas go to walk.avonfoundation.org Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Senator Jack Hart in collaboration with The Department of Conservation and Recreation has announced plans for the annual volunteer community beach clean-ups. The clean-ups will take place at Pleasure Bay in South Boston, and Savin Hill and Tenean Beaches in Dorchester. Dorchester residents helping at the Savin Hill location meet at the Savin Hill playground, and residents attending Tenean Beach clean-up please meet at the parking lot. For more information on this event contact Meagan Maloy at 617-722-1150. Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Join community members, Mayor Menino, and elected officials on the Shawmut T walkway to celebrate the opening of Dorchester's first healing and medicinal garden. Healers from the Dorchester community will be on hand offering free massage and yoga demonstrations. Food, face-painting, games, and garden guides will make this a fun time for all families! So jump on your bike, walk or take the T...but by all means, stop by! Start: 10:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Attend a free workshop to learn how the home center can help you to:Become a smater homebuyer,find the best mortgages,find an affordable property,get money to help with downpayment and closing cost,and successfully enjoy homeownership. Start: 10:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
sponsored by Discover Roxbury (617)-427-1006 or go to www.discoverroxbury.org Start: 10:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
We have a wonderful guest speaker, Chris Cato from Eagle Eye Institute and YouthBuild to talk about the transforming power of nature for young people. Please RSVP - reply to this email or call: 617-282-2881. There will be a light breakfast buffet and children's corner. Come learn more about your park and how you can get involved. Meet neighbors and other park lovers! | ||||
05 / 18
End: 6:00 pm
Start: 05/17/2008 - 8:00am
End: 05/18/2008 - 6:00pm
Help to find a cure for breast cancer by walking or volunteering. The walk is 26.2 miles on Sat and 13.1 miles on sun.. For more information pleas go to walk.avonfoundation.org Start: 10:15 am
End: 5:00 pm
26 million people have kidney disease and millions more are at risk. Celebrate life and find a cure for people suffering from kidney disease. Start: 1:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm
A Haitian Heritage Month 2008 event. For more infomatiom call:Haphi at (617)-298-2976 or H.A.U.(617)-298-2976 also you can E-mail:Unity@hauinc.org Start: 2:00 pm
Join us for the 2008 Annual Meeting - Top Ten Endangered Properties List announ | ||||
