| And Still We Rise Performance |
And Still We Rise! features powerful true stories of struggle and triumph courageously and dramatically told by those directly impacted by violence, addiction and prison. For adults and teens, not recommended for young children.
Light refreshments provided. Free admission! Donations welcome.
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| Annual Spring Neponset Cycling Ride |
Join the Boston Natural Areas Network for a FREE guided ride along the Neponset Greenway!
A 20-mile tour of Boston Harbor and the Neponset Greenway will take us from Castle Island to Paul's Bridge in Hyde Park and back. This will be our first Neponset ride including some of the new Greenway paths along Truman Parkway! The ride is fairly flat, about 60% on-road and 40% on paved paths. Helmets required.
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| Taste of Ireland |
The Leahy-Holloran Center presents a Taste of Ireland with dinner and a show.
A sampling of the very talented Irish entertainers include; John Connors, Liam Hart, Aidan Maher and our very own organizer and neighbor Mairin Keady performing with the Celtic Cougars. There will be a special unveiling of a beautiful bronze plaque honoring the center's namesakes.
Dinner will be your choice of Greenhills's Famous Beef Stew or their Shepherds Pie. |
| Hoe-Down & Dinner |
The First Parish Church of Dorchester invites you to a hoe-down. There will be square dancing with Tony and Beth Parkes, callers.
$10 per person, $5 for children Shredded Pork, Chicken, Baked Beans, Cole Slaw, Mac & Cheese, Desserts & Beverages |
| Learn About Evacuation Day & Dorchester Heights |
 Do you know why we celebrate Evacuation Day in Boston? Come hear Earl Taylor, President of the Dorchester Historical Society, present an illustrated lecture about the fortification of Dorchester Heights and the Evacuation of Boston in 1776. Sunday, 2-4pm
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| "Slow Fires" A Discussion About Book Preservation |
 Stuart Walker, Chief Conservator in the Rare Book Department of the Boston Public Library, will talk about book preservation. This is a great event for all ages!
Mon Mar 22 6:30pm - 7:30pm
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| Meeting on Martin Tot Lot |
 Discussion on improvements to the Martin Tot Lot, Myrtlebank and Hilltop, Tues., Mar. 23 in Friar Lane Hall at St. Brendan's Church.
Come and bring your ideas.
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| Dinosaur Club at Codman Square Library |
Come bring your child (ages 6-12) to make a dinosaur-related craft at the Codman Square Library with the Dinosaur Club!
This is one installment in a four week program dedicated to dinosaur related crafts. >>MORE INFO |
| Dorchester Day Meatloaf Dinner Kickoff |
 Come celebrate the kickoff of Dorchester Day events on March 25, 2010 with Gerard's Restaurant's famous meatloaf, entertainment by Michael Pratt and a reading from the winners of the Dorchester Day Essay Contest.
6:30pm. Cost: $15/adult, $7/child, $30/family of 4.
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| Jazz in the Hood: Fred Woodard Trio |
 The Fred Woodard Trio will entertain while bringing an appreciation of live jazz back into the community.
Woodard describes the band's music as "straight-ahead jazz spiced with sounds from other styles. These sounds are then adapted to a jazz format." Woodard is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music in Boston.
4:30pm - 5:30pm. FREE.
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| Free Program for Seniors |
 Are you 60+ and want to:
- Learn more healthy recipes?
- Get in better shape?
- Volunteer in the community?
- Just have fun and meet new people?
Dynamic Seniors in Action offers FREE Healthy Cooking Workshops, Fitness Groups, and Volunteer Opportunities. Come for your first cooking class and learn more about the program on April 1st!
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| Free Flu Clinics This Week |
 The following Boston flu clinics are free and are now open to the General Public. Get your H1N1 or seasonal flu vaccine to ward off that sickness in advance!
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| Restaurant Week Boston in Dorchester |
 March 2010 celebrates the 5th anniversary of Winter Restaurant Week Boston� when restaurants will be serving the prix fixe meals guaranteed to chase away the winter blues from Sunday, March 14 through Friday, March 19 and Sunday, March 21 through Friday, March 26, 2010.
Diners will enjoy 3-course dinners for $33.10 at 224 Boston Street, dbar, and Freeport Tavern in Dorchester. >>MORE INFO |
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Highlighted DotWell Programs
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| Community Health Careers Internships at DotWell |
 Looking for an internship? Want to jumpstart your career? Apply to be a community health ambassador in DotWell's summer internship program.
The DotWell Community Health Careers Internship Program (CHCIP) is a 7-week youth workforce development program that will introduce youth ages 15-17 to careers in the community health sector.
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| Does Your Organization Need Volunteers? |
 Do you work or serve with an organization that needs volunteers? We at SCI Dorchester @ DotWell are here to help connect your organization with potential volunteers as part of our mission to promote civic engagement in Dorchester.
For more information, call SCI Dorchester at 617-822-8296 or email Lauren Anderson.
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| Support DotWell's DFSI Marathon Team |
It's that time of year again and DotWell is excited to support the 114th Boston Marathon on April 19th, 2010!
Kathy Gorman, DotWell's Diabetes Initiative Program Manager, David Mark, Codman Square Health Center's doctor in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, and David Jesser, teacher at the Lee School are all running to support the Dorchester FAMILY School Initiative (DFSI) at DotWell.
To help support our team, please click the "Donate Now" link below and select the runner you'd like to support under the "Program Designation" tab. Thank you for your interest in DFSI and our marathon team!
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| Have DotWell Prepare Your Taxes for Free |
 DotWell, in partnership with the Boston EITC Coalition, will professionally prepare your taxes for FREE if you worked and earned less than $49,000 this year. Free tax clinics take place at the Codman Square Tech Center, 450 Washington Street, Dorchester, and at Dorchester House Multi-Service Center, 1353 Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester.
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| Nominate a Business to Be Our Business of the Month |
We are accepting nominations for April's business of the month for Mydorchester.org.
In an effort to support local business, especially those businesses who give to the Dorchester community, MyDorchester features a local business each month! Businesses are selected based on three criteria: contribution to the Dorchester community, quality of service/product, and being locally owned in Dorchester. If you know of a business that meets these criteria, email us with your reasons why the business should be nominated. |
| The DotBoard: Job Postings, Opportunities & More |
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| Save the Date! |
Thurs. Mar. 25: UMass Community Breakfast (Invitation Only)
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Thurs. Mar. 25: Teen Trivia Night - Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
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Sat. Mar. 27: Dorchester Park Cleanup: Cedar Grove Gardens
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Sat. Mar. 27: Boxxout Youth Organization Expose
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Sun. Mar. 28: Dorchester Day Chili Cookoff 2010
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Tues. Mar. 30: Launch: Peabody Square/Ashmont Business Task Force
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Wed. Mar. 31: Four Corners Commuter Rail Project Meeting
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Please check our regularly updated Calendar for lots of other events! |
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MyDorchester Photo Contest |
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Congratulations to Irene Duff for identifying last week's photo as Mother's Rest Park on Washington Street.
Can you be the first to identify where in Dorchester this photograph was taken? Be the first to identify and have your name entered into a drawing for a free print!
Want to know where the past Photos of the Week were taken? Visit our Archive. |
| Dorchester Flashback |
 Dorchester Illustration of the Week
Animals at Franklin Park Zoo were perennially favored as subjects for postcards. Here we see two elephants in a postcard from the 1920s. Printed by Tichnor Bros. Inc. at Cambridge, Mass. U.S.A. 110287.
"The zoo was founded in 1913. In 1920, when the zoo was free to all, an estimated 2 million people visited the zoo. It was managed by the city until the MDC took control in 1958. The MDC started charging admission to the zoo and got rid of problem areas, such as the bear exhibit.
In 1983, the three-acre (12,000 m�) Children's Zoo was rebuilt, which was the most popular exhibit during that time. The new Tropical Forest Pavilion was completed in 1989 at a cost of $23.5 million. The zoo was finally accredited by the AZA in 1990. After being accredited, the zoo's attendance jumped to 200,000 and was the only zoo to be run by a state government (besides the Stone Zoo)." - Wikipedia The Illustration of the Day is sent out via email by Earl Taylor of the Dorchester Historical Society. If you would like to get these daily images, please visit this site and join the group. Questions? Call 781-272-6700.
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SCI Dorchester's mission is to strengthen the Dorchester community by connecting diverse individuals and organizations through civic engagement initiatives. We envision a community where individuals are strongly connected to their neighbors and play an active role in shaping the destiny of our community. This increase in 'social capital' will result in a community that is safer, healthier and more vital. For more information click here.
The mission of DotWell is to work in collaboration with our founding health center partners - Codman Square Health Center and Dorchester House Multi-Service Center -
to provide integrated clinical and community services that address
health disparities, build social capital, and meet the complex needs of
our communities.
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