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This Upcoming Week                             
Wednesday, April 11
Wellness

Spring Into Wellness! Health Fair

UMass Boston's annual Spring into Wellness Alternative Health and Wellness Fair is taking place April 11th. Meet local providers and practitioners who will share resources, tips and advice about how to improve your health and wellness with alternative approaches.  Free chair massages provided by University Health Services. Click HERE for a full list of exhibitors.


Green Jobs Fair

Boston Career Link will be hosting a Green Jobs

Job Fair Fair on Wednesday, April 11th. To pre-register with your membership card please click HERE. Participating employers include: New Ecology, Next Step Living, Green Beginnings, Rose Kennedy Conservancy, Massachusetts Water Resources, and more...

Cookie Contest
Chocolate Chip Cookie Contest

Don't miss the Chocolate Chip Cookie Contest at the Vargas & Vargas Dorchester office, because the winner will walk away with a $100.00 prize and anyone can enter to win a pair of Boston Red Sox versus NY Yankees tickets. Click HERE to learn more.

Edward Everett Sq
Meeting in Edward Everett Square

The Edward Everett Square Residents Committee invites you to a meeting at the William Clapp House to address the chronic problems that have become more evident to neighbors. Local civic associations, businesses, elected officials, and the appropriate public officials will be invited to discuss ideas for solutions to this problem. Click HERE for more information.


Thursday, April 12
Real Men Read Day
Real Men Read Day

The John P. Holland School will be celebrating Real Men Read Day. The day starts off with breakfast with other participants and a welcome from the school administrators. Roughly a half an hour will be dedicated to sharing with a class your profession and a children's book you love to read. Click HERE to learn how to become a MENtor.


Saturday, April 14
STEC

STEC Health Screening 

On Saturday, Sportsmen's Tennis & Enrichment Center, in partnership with Brigham & Women's Hospital Cardiovascular Wellness Service, will be hosting a FREE health screening. You can also have a free meeting to discuss your screening results. Click HERE to find out more.


Sunday, April 15
Unido

Cape Verdean Unido Meeting

CVC UNIDO will host a community wide meeting on April 15th to address improving school choice and school assignments for our children. For the Cape Verdean community to be heard we need your input! Click HERE to learn more about CVC Unido and school choices.

Urban Photography

Urban Photography Exhibit

The Point Event Committee and Codman Square Neighborhood Council will be presenting An Urban Photography Exhibit and Backdrop Showcase Event! The event will feature photography, live music, photo shoots, and refreshments - space will be limited, so arrive early. Click HERE to learn more about the exhibit.

 

Duo Diavolo
Duo Diavolo @ 1st Parish

The First Parish Church is proud to present another installment of the Diavolo Duo, a pair of musicians made up of Orlando Cela (flute/Venezuelan cuatro) and Aaron Larget-Caplan (guitar).  This free concert consists of music from Ravi Shankar, Astor Piazzolla, Antonio Lauro, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Jose Elizondo. Click HERE for more information.

HAP
The Right Brain Guitar Method

The Howard Art Project invites anyone and everyone to join James McVay, the author of The Right Brain Guitar Method, on Sunday, April 15th for a workshop that teaches a revolutionary approach to guitar. Understand music in a whole new way! Click HERE for ticket information and time of event.


Monday, April 16
DFSI Marathon
DFSI Marathon

Two runners will represent DFSI in the Boston Marathon on April 16.  Support our athletes by contributing to this fundraiser and encouraging friends, family, and local businesses to donate! Click HERE to learn more about the runners and DFSI's Fundraising Site.


Wednesday, April 18
#Roxtweet

#RoxTweet @ The Haley House

Are you working in the arts? Looking to connect to others? The Haley House Spring 2012 #RoxTweet is a social networking opportunity for folks who are working in the arts or arts management and using social media to promote their work. It is also a great opportunity for those who are looking to learn more about how to use social media to promote their work. Click HERE to more information.



April 11, 2012 

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In This Issue
Spring Into Wellness!
Green Jobs Fair
Chocolate Chip Cookie Contest
Meeting in Edward Everett Square
Real Men Read Day
STEC Health Screening
Cape Verdean Unido Meeting
Urban Photography Exhibit
Duo Diavolo @ 1st Parish
The Right Brain Guitar Method
DFSI Marathon
#RoxTweet @ The Haley House

  This Past Week 

Cult Meeting
 
Above(top): Snapshot of the Cultural District Meeting held at Carney Hospital
 
Above: SCI Dorchester Members, Colin Hunt and Sarah Prensky-Pomeranz at the SCI Luncheon
 
Below: Photo of a sunset looking south towards the JFK Library

HOT in the DOT

 

BOSTON'S BEST NEIGHBOR DEADLINE APRIL 15

Nominate an individual who has made your neighborhood safer, friendlier, and more pleasant community! One grand prize winner will receive $2000 and a plaque. Two runners-up each receive $250. The person who nominates the Grand Prize winner receives $500 and has $500 donated to a charity of their choice. MORE INFO

  

BRING TREES TO NEPONSET RIVER

Vote in the Odwalla Online Tree Planting Campaign April 1 - May 31, 2012! Vote to earn Boston Natural Areas Network a grant that would help get more trees planted in our community. MORE INFO

  

$5 HUBWAY MEMBERSHIP

 A great deal for those Dorchestrians who want to hook up with a bicycle short-term downtown, or in other Boston neighborhoods like Somerville. Eligible residents pay only $5 for an annual membership and receive a free helmet. MORE INFO

GET YOUR TAXES DONE!

DotWell's last few free tax clinics for those eligible are April 11, 14th!

MyDorchester Photo Contest 
Can you identify where in Dorchester this photo was taken? Can you take one yourself and leave others guessing where it is? Email eblast@mydorchester.org if you know where! 
Attention Participants! 
For a limited time, MyDorchester will be giving away 8 x 10 prints to the contest winner. 

Weekly Photo Contest
    Winner:       None 
    Location:    Mural on Washington St/Codman Square 
 
 
  
    Photo of the Week

Tips for Thriving KidsThrive in 5

Toddlers are learning how the world works, with your help!

 

Toddlers can use their memories to apply past experiences to the present.  They see a cloudy sky and know that this might mean rain is coming.  This also helps them understand how the world works--the rain comes from the gray clouds. Here are some simple ways to encourage your toddler's new thinking skills:

 

·         Make connections between past and present.  Make the logical connections in your child's life clear to her: She has to wear mittens because her hands get cold if she doesn't.  She needs to bring a towel to the pool so she can dry herself off. 

 

·         Use everyday routines to notice patterns.  Using language to explain these patterns helps your child become a logical thinker and increases her vocabulary. "When it's raining out, we take an umbrella."  "When the buzzer goes off, the clothes are dry." 


              Tips for Thriving Kids are brought to you by: Fields Corner Children Thrive 

Save the Date

 

~Sat. April 21: Spring Planting 2012


~Thu. April 26: Dining Out for Life

~Fri. April 27: "When Our Brushes Shook"

~Fri. April 27: Spring Talent Showcase

~Fri./Sat. April 27/28: Boston Shines

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Please check our regularly updated Calendar for many more events!

Dorchester Flashback
Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1760 

Illustration

 

The building in the lower part of today's illustration was built in 1937, and this week the Dorchester Reporter announced that the Roxbury Prep Charter School will expand to the Lucy Stone School building and the Quincy E. Dickerman School building (not pictured).

The building in the upper part of the illustration was constructed between 1918 and 1933, and I am not sure when it was taken down.

http://www.dotnews.com/2012/charter-school-will-expand-two-shuttered-schoolhouses

"After winning approval from the city, Roxbury Prep will be expanding out of its original campus in Mission Hill to two additional sites: the Lucy Stone building on Regina Road and the also-vacant Quincy E. Dickerman School building on Magnolia Street near Uphams Corner.

Roxbury Prep was awarded 1,800 seats by the Commonwealth a year ago February through a state process called charter authorization.

While the school was searching for space last year to accommodate those students both in private real estate and by working with the Boston Public Schools, District, the city was offering three vacant school buildings for lease. Roxbury Prep won its bid to secure leases on the two it will move into soon.

The first of the two additional middle school campuses actually opened last September, but its 75 fifth-graders have been meeting at a temporary location at 214 Harvard Ave. On March 7, Roxbury Prep staff found out they would be moving into the Lucy Stone building.

Today, the Mission Hill campus has 240 students in the sixth through eighth grades. Beginning in September, there will be 300 students there in Grades 5 through 8, 150 students in Grades 5 and 6 at the Lucy Stone campus, and 75 fifth-graders in the Dickerman building. ..."


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