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This Upcoming Week                             
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.


Thursday, April 19
Social Media
Social Media Marketing

Dudley Square Main Streets and Greater Grove Hall Main Streets are sponsoring "Social Media Marketing", a continental breakfast that will focus on social media tools such as Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn, etc. and how they can be utilized to make a business profile stronger and more connected. Click HERE to learn how to RSVP.

 

Spelling Bee
UMass Plays "Spelling Bee"

The University of Massachusetts of Boston Department of Performing Arts presents the 2005 Tony Award Winning Musical: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. There will be a special community night performance held on April 19th at 7PM. For a full list of performances, please click HERE.

Children's Theatre Presents "Cinderella"
Cinderella

Under the direction of Michelle Barri-McCourt and Assistant Director Elizabeth Rouse, The Neighborhood Children's Theatre is proud to present Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella.  There will be three different shows taking place this upcoming weekend at the Saint Ann Parish Hall. Please click HERE to get the dates and times.


Friday, April 20
Kana Dehara
The Kana Dehara Piano Jazz Trio

Looking for a soothing way to end your week? Look no further than St. Mary's Episcopal Church on Friday evening, when the Kana Dehara Piano Jazz Trio, featuring St. Mary's own Kana Dehara and friends, will be playing Jazz Standards along with an original composition by Kana. Please click HERE for more information.

Pianist Sarah Takagi
Sarah Takagi

Greater Boston House Concerts is proud to present pianist Sarah Takagi featuring music from her solo debut album by Chopin, Albéniz, Ginatstera, Brahms and improvisations by Sarah. A brief 'Talk-Back' with Sarah will follow the concert and then a meet-the-artist reception. Click HERE for more information.


Saturday, April 21
Healthy Strides, Codman Walks!
Codman Walks

Starting on Saturday, Healthworks Community Fitness is inviting anyone in the community to meet on Washington Street, for a 45 minute walk to raise awareness about the importance of being active, because an active community is a healthy community! Click HERE for the address of the meeting place.

 

Egg Hunt

Victorian Egg Hunt 

The Boston Public Library Lower Mills Branch is partnering with Forbes History Museum for the 2nd Annual Victorian Egg Hunt. Children ages 3- 8 are welcome. Hundreds of eggs will be hidden on the east and west lawns of the Museum. Each child will receive a handle basket to gather eggs. Click HERE for more information.

Spring Planting

Spring Planting 2012

The Green Neighbors Education Committee, Inc. and The Foundation for a Green Future, Inc. invite you to participate in our Spring Planting 2012. The objective of the Spring Planting is to teach folks how to grow food in their own homes in their yard, on their porch or inside their house. Click HERE for more information.


Monday, April 23
Strike for Bread and Roses
The Strike for Bread and Roses

An hour-long performance seen at over 200 venues, and commissioned by the Bread and Roses Festival Committee, about the women textile workers who changed the course of American labor history, 

including the actual testimony of four 14-year-old   mill workers before the United States Senate. Click HERE for more information.


Tuesday, April 24
massDOT
Bus Routes Meeting

The MBTA will continue to introduce the Key Bus Route Improvement Program at a series of community meetings. The MBTA wants feedback on how to improve Bus Routes 15, 22 and 28. Preliminary recommendations include the addition of customer amenities and bus stop consolidation, which will result in changes to the location of some bus stops. Click HERE for more information.


Wednesday, April 25
Emily Sweeney

Meet Author Emily Sweeney

Boston has had its share of bookies and loan sharks, gangsters and wiseguys, hoodlums and hit men. From the Great Brink's Robbery, which was hailed as the crime of the century; to the long-forgotten Cotton Club in Roxbury, where the legendary nightlife kingpin Charlie "King" Solomon was gunned down-all of these dark moments, and more, in time are a part of Boston's history that is rarely spoken about. Drawing upon an eclectic collection of crime scene photographs, mug shots, and police documents, author Emily Sweeney takes readers on an eye-opening journey through Boston's underworld. Click HERE for more information.

Thrive in 5

Fields Corner Children Thrive Cluster

Fields Corner Children Thrive/Dorchester Cluster invites parents, caregivers, community member and service providers to join the next Fields Corner Children Thrive School Readiness Roundtable.For those who are interested in being part of the FCCT Planning Committee, we will set aside some planning time at the meeting. Must RSVP by April 20th. Click HERE for more information.



April 18, 2012 

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In This Issue
#RoxTweet @ The Haley House
Social Media Marketing
UMass Plays "Spelling Bee"
Children's Theatre Presents "Cinderella"
The Kana Dehara Paino Jazz Trio
Pianist Sarah Takagi
Healthy Strides, Codman Walks!
Victorian Egg Hunt
Spring Planting 2012
The Strike for Bread and Roses
Bus Routes Meeting
Meet Author Emily Sweeney
Fields Corner Children Thrive Cluster

HOT in the DOT

 

LITTLE MISS DORCHESTER/YOUNG MISS DORCHESTER

The Little Miss Dorchester Contest and the Young Miss Dorchester Contest will both be held at the First Parish Church on May 5th, but if you are planning on your daughter participating then you must have the form filled out by May 1st. 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

  


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 Gallivan Blvd 
 
 
  
    Photo of the Week

Tips for Thriving KidsThrive in 5

Helping your child "figure it out"

 

Your child's times of greatest frustration are, in fact, golden opportunities for her to develop feelings of confidence, competence and mastery. She'll learn that she can depend on you to encourage her, but that she can find the solution.  Provide just enough support to get her over the "hump", and then step back again and let her take the next step toward the solution.

  What you can do:

  • Empathize with his frustration.  You are working so hard to get your mittens on!  It takes time to figure it out.
  • Ask him if he knows what may be causing the problem.
  • Offer your observations--for example, that he has forgotten to poke his thumb into the thumb space of the mitten.
  • Ask if he has any ideas about how to fix the situation.
  • Ask if he wants suggestions-- How about putting your thumb in first and then your hand?
  • Provide the support he needs to be successful-- for example, helping him position his fingers to get them in correctly.

 

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

Save the Date

~Thu. April 26: "Conscious Cafe"


~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


~Sat. April 28: Annual Square Dance

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Please check our regularly updated Calendar for many more events!

Dorchester Flashback
Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1765 
 

Illustration

 

Chemistry class at Dorchester High School in 1901. 


The Illustration of the Day is sent out via www.DorchesterHistoricalSociety.org
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