| Job Seekers Roundtable |
Calling all job seekers!
Job Seekers Roundtable offers people who are seeking employment an opportunity to share experiences, strategies, and ideas with other job seekers. Library staff will explore and share job leads and schedule guest speakers on an occasional basis.
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| Want to Start a Weekly Walking Group? |
 The Boston Public Health Commission invites anyone interested in starting a weekly walking group (in a neighborhood, workplace, school, etc.) to a free NeighborWalk Workshop in the first-floor conference room at the Arnold Arboretum.
Neighborwalk provides support training group leaders in recruiting, retaining and motivating walkers, keeping safe while walking, helping walkers to get the most health benefits, and providing pedometers and other resources.
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| Dorchester Chili Cookoff 2010 |
 Come vote for your favorite tasting chili! Ticket price includes all the chili and fixins' you can eat, and a chance to vote for Dorchester's best chili. One vote per ticket!
A Fundraiser to Benefit Dorchester Day Activities
$15 Individuals/$25 per Family
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| Free Chamber Concert |
 FREE Sunday at Three Concert, with the Arneis String Quartet, Mar. 28.
The Arneis Quartet was formed in 2007 at Boston University under the tutelage of the Muir String Quartet. Arneis has been in residence at the Banff Centre in Canada, and has attended the Juilliard String Quartet Seminar in New York City, culminating in a performance at Lincoln Center.
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| Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Screening |
 Adams Street Branch Library will be screening Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Three years after he recovered The Ark of the Covenant. Jones recovered an artifact that he found as a kid, the Cross of Francisco De Coronado from treasure hunters. Now, Jones discovers the history of another biblical artifact called "The Holy Grail". Jones has to find his father who is looking for the Grail. However, Jones will become involved in the search of the Holy Grail along with his father, as well as fighting the Nazis to reach it. Free popcorn.
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| 2nd Annual Bridging the Gap Conference at UMass Boston |
 Boston Public Schools Department of Extended Learning Time, Afterschool and Services (DELTAS), with support from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, is excited to be hosting the 2nd Annual Bridging the Gap Conference: "Sustaining the Whole Child"!
With the Conference only two weeks away, space is quickly running out. Do not miss your chance to participate in this exciting day! Anyone and everyone who works, affects or engages with youth in the City of Boston is encouraged to join us.
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| Preschool Storytime at Codman Square Library |
 If your child is between the ages of 3 and 5, bring them to the Codman Square branch library for storytime. Stories are designed to reinforce the building blocks of reading.
Anyone and everyone is encouraged to join. Tuesdays and Fridays.
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| Community Meeting on the Four Corners Commuter Rail Project |
 The MBTA is pleased to announce a community meeting to introduce S & R Construction Enterprises, the general contractor of the Four Corners Commuter Rail project. At the meeting, S & R Construction Enterprises will provide an overview of the scope of work and the proposed project schedule. A question and answer period will follow.
The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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| Guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan at Uphams Corner Library |
 Aaron Larget-Caplan will be performing at Uphams Corner Library on Thursday, April 1, 2010. A graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Aaron studied with David Leisner and Eliot Fisk, while studying flamenco with Juanito Pascual.
"Aaron Larget-Caplan is a riveting artist whose musical styling begs immediate attention. His classical guitar performance was a treasure..."
G. Acosta, The Washington Post
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2010 Social Capitalist Luncheon
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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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| Restaurant Week Boston in Dorchester Ends Mar. 26 |
 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! |
Sun. Apr. 4: Dorchester/Roxbury/Mattapan Community Seder
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Tues. Apr. 6: Book Talk: Jerald Waler
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Tues. Apr. 6: Financing Foreclosed, Short-Sale, Abandoned and Fixer-Upper Properties
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Thurs. Apr. 8: Curious George Program at Codman Square Library
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Fri. Apr. 9: 27th Annual St. Ann's $10,000 Dinner
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Sat. Apr. 10: Greater Codman Square Job Fair & Health Fair
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Sun. Apr. 11: Dorchester Symphony Orchester Spring Concert
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Tues. Apr. 13: Workshop: "Bullying, What It Is, What It's Not, and How to Help Your Child"
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April. 23, 24: Boston Shines
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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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This photograph has stumped Dorchester! Hint: It's along a major road.
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
Here we see a photograph of the trackless trolleys of Boston, housed in the Park Street car house.
"In 1962, Paul Cifrino purchased land adjacent to Fields Corner station that had served as a car barn for the city's public transit authority (now called the MBTA) and he developed a retail shopping center with nine tenants and a 300-car parking lot.
'It was a 100,000 square foot shopping center that nobody had seen in the inner city in years,' Tom Cifrino said in an interview last week. Original tenants included a branch office of State Street Bank & Trust, a James H. McManus Ice Cream Parlor, a Hallmark card shop, among others." - Dorchester Reporter
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. |
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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