| Night Star Gazing Party |
 See the moon up close, star clusters and planets! Try to find your zodiac sign's constellation. Sponsored by the Friends of Geneva Cliffs with Greater Four Corners Action Coalition, Bowdoin Street Health Center and the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston.
Refreshments and other surprises! Bring your family and friends. Event will be cancelled for rain or heavy cloud cover. 7:30-9:30pm
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| 31st Annual Ashmont Hill Yard Sale! |
Park, stroll, and shop in one of Dorchester's charming Victorian neighborhoods.
40-plus locations throughout the neighborhood. Rain or shine!
Find everything from antiques and collectibles to tools to computers to housewares to books to children's items....you name it, you'll probably find it here! 9am - 2pm
Maps showing all locations available at every participating house the day of the sale. >>MORE INFO |
| Spring Festival & Perennial Divide |
 Celebrate the new gardening season with fellow gardeners at this popular spring event!
Bring plants to swap and share in the perennial divide. Pre-divide plants to donate and bring containers to take plants home. MUG volunteers will be available to offer plant and gardening advice. Shop for native plants, vegetable seedlings, gloves and other gardening products.
10am - 2pm
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| Franklin Park Walk & Draw |
 Explore the park with your drawing pad! The Jamaica Plain Artists Association and FPC member, Mardi Reed, join with the Franklin Park Coalition & Discover Roxbury to offer a special sketching tour of the park for artists of all levels.
You'll see old stone ruins, Puddingstone boulders, and maybe even a hawk in the park's 130-year-old oak forest. See the spectacular views from Schoolmaster's Hill where Ralph Waldo Emerson once lived and sheep used to graze. Free! 10am - 1pm
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| Dining on Main Street Walk |
 Take a stroll around Four Corners to taste fantastic food from some of the local restaurants! Meet the owners or managers. Learn about the variety of food offerings in Four Corners and how easy it is to WALK to them! This is a free event. 2:30pm - 5pm.
Confirmed Restaurants:
*Island Style Jamaican Restaurant
*Levi's Restaurant
*Right Taste Jamaican Restaurant
*Rosa's Kitchen
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| "Kids Can..." Boston Children's Chorus Season Finale |
 Now an established Strand Theatre tradition, the All Choir Spring Concert celebrates one of the city's top choruses. Free event!
For "This is the Sound of Movies," more than 300 children's voices will fill the Strand Theatre with songs from many of your favorite movies in the Boston Children's Chorus spirited season-ending performance. From Silver Screen classics like "Gone with the Wind," "The Wizard of Oz," and "Disney's Alice in Wonderland," to the more recent "Harry Potter" and "The Princess Diaries" there is something for everyone on the fun, family-friendly program. 2-4pm.
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| Comedy Night on Meeting House Hill |
 Ready to laugh until your sides hurt? Come for an evening of comedy with three local talents. Adults only, please.
$25 for entrance, cash bar. 7:30-9:30pm.
FEATURING Greg Boggis,Tim McIntire, & Matt D.
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| Innovate, Drink Harpoon and Chill with Mayor Menino's Right Hand Man |
 Sounds pretty sweet, right? Join The Boston Harbor Association Young Professionals in getting the inside scoop on Boston's plan for the amazing "Innovation District." Network with other young professionals as well as Mitch Weiss, Mayor Menino's new chief of staff.
Not convinced this is an amazing event yet? There also will be free Harpoon Beers and hors d'oeuvres. RSVP required. 5:30-7:30pm.
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| Librarians on the Big Screen: The Mummy |
 Adams Street Library is showing The Mummy for FREE!
English librarian Evelyn Carnahan becomes interested in an archaeological dig at the ancient city of Hamunaptra. She gains the help of Rick O'Connell, after saving him from death. Meanwhile, another group of explorers are interested in the same dig. Unfortunately for everyone, they disturb the rest of the dead High Priest Imhotep. Now 'The Mummy' is awake, and it's going to take a lot more than guns to send him back to where he came from!
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| Community Meeting: Air and Health Study |
 The Committee for Boston Public Housing, Inc. and Tufts University
Invite you to participate in an important meeting regarding the highway's affects on our community's health.
Please attend this community meeting to learn about the Health and Air Pollution study in our neighborhood called, Community Assessment of Freeway Exposure and Health. 8:30am - 11am, breakfast included.
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| National Senior Health & Fitness Day |
 Get Going...Get Fit...Start Today! All day, 10am-2pm.
Events:
-Fit-4-Life
-ZUMBA
-Matter of Balance
-Vietnamese Stick Exercise
-Nutritional Bingo/Cooking Demo
-Diabetes Education
-Fitness Assessments by Certified Personal Trainers
-Information by Chiropractors and Physical Therapists
-Blood Pressure, BMI, and Body Fat Screening
-Prizes, games, and much more!!!
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| Drop In Science at Fields Corner Library |
 The Fields Corner Library will help children build and test a cool science experiment - and when you're done, you can take it home with you! Space is limited.
Appropriate for students in grades 2-7. 4pm. Free!
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| The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothers |
 Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart is joined by composer Peter Boyer to discuss and play their new composition honoring John, Robert and Edward Kennedy at the Kennedy Library.
Radio/Internet host Christopher Lydon moderates. 5pm - 6:30pm.
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| 3rd Annual Cops for Charity Cook Off |
 Please join Districts B-2 & B-3 in helping to raise money for the children in the community who need support with deliciously prepared foods by police officers and police personnel. Come to sample a variety of different foods that will support the Districts' summer and holiday programs.
The Cook Off is on Thursday, May 27th from 1:00pm to 7:00pm.
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| Positions Available with SCI Dorchester @ DotWell! |
  Like MyDorchester? Want to run it next year and learn web development? Interested in community outreach? Want to get things done!? SCI could be the place for you!
SCI and DotWell are looking for new AmeriCorps Members for next year (September 2010 to June 2011). Apply now!
For more information and to apply, please visit: http://socialcapitalinc.org/getinvolved/employment |
| Register Now for the Annual Youth Climate Summit, May 22 |
 Who: The Summit is open to all students in grades 7-12 as well as to the educators of students in grades 7-12.
What: A day of green vendors and grassroots displays, as well as climate change speakers and workshops. At the 2009 Summit, over 300 students, from 70 different schools across the greater metropolitan area attended. All who register (online) will be entered into a drawing for great door prizes such as iPods, gift certificates, and more.
Cost: FREE
When: Saturday, May 22, 2010 at MIT. Space at the 2010 Summit is limited, so
register early, and make sure to sign up soon for the particular workshops that you hope to
attend! The Summit is free to all who pre-register online, breakfast and lunch are provided.
Online Registration open now at www.blsyouthcan.org >>MORE INFO |
| Don't Spot the Dot PSA Contest: Win $750 |
 Did you know food containers, chip bags, and plastic bottles will not decompose in your lifetime?
The Dorchester Youth Council invites youth to help bring awareness to the litter problem in the community, help increase public knowledge of the impacts of litter and provide ways everyone can make a difference in keeping Dorchester litter-free.
The Dorchester Youth Council will now be accepting print PSAs (including posters, comic strips, photograph PSAs, or radio PSAs) in addition to video PSAs. Also, due to a generous donation of $1000 from SCI ( Social Capital Inc.), the Dorchester Youth Council will award three cash prizes.
· First Place: $750
· Second Place: $450
· Third Place: $300
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Bike Week is May 17-21!
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 Bike Week is May 17-21! There are tons of activities this week, such as the bike commuting event on Friday. Join DotBike and help to make Dorchester the largest convoy on
Friday May 21st to "Mayor Menino's Bike
Festival" at City Hall Plaza, where you'll be met with a free breakfast
from Boloco, a bike festival and expo with music and tons of free
giveaways.
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| Save the Date! |
Mon. May 31: Honoring Our Veterans
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Tues. Jun. 1: President Obama: Year One
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Sat. Jun. 5: MyDotTour Kickoff
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Sat. Jun. 5: Open House at the Pierce House
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Sun. Jun. 6: Dorchester Day
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Sun. Jun. 6: WUMB Music Festival
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MyDorchester Photo Contest |
This photo remains unidentified! Can you identify where it was taken?
 Want to know where the past Photos of the Week were taken? Visit our Archive. |
| Dorchester Flashback |  Located on Pleasant Street on the site of the present Edward Everett School, this house was built in 1779 by Moses Everett, minister of the First Parish Church. Moses Everett was Edward Everett's uncle. The house was later owned by the Appleton family. It was demolished in 1909 when the new Edward Everett School was built, moving to this site from its location off Sumner Street. Click the image to see a larger version.
If you didn't visit the Dorchester Historical Society, you really must plan to see all the exhibits. Next open day is June 20th.
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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