Each Friday, Epicenter features a special “where to be” post on their blog to make sure every day of the week has some sort of cultural event to check out. We hope that you all can come out into the community, learn, and commemorate some influential people and events around Boston! Have something coming up that you’d like to see here? Tweet us @epicentercom #WhereToBe
Friday 10.7.16
First Fridays: Fashion Forward
Hosted: The Institute of Contemporary Arts
The ICA celebrates Boston Fashion Week with a gender-bending edition of First Fridays: Fashion Forward! The evening will include screenings of the HBO documentary “Suited,” following Brooklyn-based label Bindle & Keep, alongside presentations of queer and gender non-conforming fall styles from dapperQ, Qwear, and The Tailory New York. Check out this season’s on point suits, explore a spectrum of femme identity, and get moving to beats by DJ Leah V.
When: 5 p.m.
Where: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 25 Harbor Shore Dr., Boston, MA
This is a 21+ event. Admission if free for members, $15 for non-members. For more info and to get tickets, please visit: www.icaboston.org/events/first-fridays-fashion-forward-0?from=%2Fcalendar%2Ffirst-fridays&title=First+Fridays
Saturday 10.8.16
Yoga: A Kickstarter Video Release Party
Hosted by: Erin Kay Anderson
Our very own Erin Kay Anderson will be hosting a FREE kickstarter party to support her endeavors in yoga and yoga training. “I’ve been practicing yoga routinely, or as some would say religiously, for the past 6 years. My recent choice to leave the work that I love with Epicenter Community is rooted in the personal goal that I have to attend yoga training in the Spring of 2017.
I’d love to have you all attend my kickstarter video release party, to celebrate the past 3 years of our lives — the experiences, relationships and freindships that have been created in the process.
This is also the silent launch of my personal brand PEACE and the pilot event series WEALTH.
Music vibes provided by Triton Taylor & DJ Real P.
When: 7 p.m.
Where: 54 Townsend St., Roxbury, MA
For more information, please visit: www.facebook.com/events/112585235870074/
Sunday 10.9.16
The Stew Beat Showcase
Hosted by: The Stew: Beat Showcase & Stae Tru
“The Stew Beat Showcase: Season 3 Episode 5 (out of 6)”
This is not your average beat battle! Come out and enjoy the Sunday Stew during the long weekend as beat makers battle it out to earn their slot in our $1,000 Grand Finale. Crowd participation is a must! No school or work the next day. Panelists: Abstract Minor, Pat G, Short Fyuz, Benjamin Banger & Lastchildmusik.
When: 8 p.m.
Where: Wonder Bar, 186 Harvard Ave., Allston, MA
For more information, please visit: www.thestewshowcase.com
Monday 10.10.16
Crossraods Presents: Fantastic Negrito / Phe
Hosted by: The Red Room @ Café 939
Upon winning NPR’s inaugural Tiny Desk Concert Contest, Fantastic Negrito quickly won over critics with 2015’s self-titled EP. Consequence of Sound wrote of the record “Dphrepaulezz sings like a man compelled by a spiritual force … [his] voice is impassioned, somewhere between a croon and a scream,” and the Washington Post praised the EP’s “raw vocals and self-assessing lyrics … Big hair, dimpled cheek, and quirky personality, Phé steps out of the shadows ready to stake her claim in the world of music and entertainment. After years of exploration and experimentation she has tapped into a unique musical style, a sultry blend of R&B and urban pop, accompanied by a tapestry of electronic sounds.”
When: 8 p.m.
Where: The Red Room @ Café 939, 939 Boylston St., Boston, MA
For more information and tickets please visit: www.berklee.edu/red-room-cafe-939
Tuesday 10.11.16
Free Zumba Fitness at Athleta in Boston
Hosted by: Zumba with Nicole E
Join Zumba with Nicole E as we dance our hearts out to some latin beats at a free Zumba Fitness class on Oct. 11 at 8:15 p.m. Feel free to go shopping at Athleta before and after class. Feel free to invite friends! IMPORTANT: To reserve your spot in this class, get your free ticket via Eventbrite. (Link will be posted when the event goes live) … One ticket per person please.
When: 8 p.m.
Where: Athleta (Boston), 92 Newbury St., Boston, MA
RSVP link will be posted when the event goes live. Keep up to date with the event here: www.facebook.com/events/1139340422771920/
Wednesday 10.12.16
BOS Lady Project + AAUW Work Smart Boston: Salary Negotiation
Hosted by: The Lady Project and BOS Lady Project
Did you know that women working full-time in the United States typically are paid 79 percent of what men are paid? This is a gap of 21 percent. The gender pay gap starts just one year out of college, and it only gets worse over the course of a career. We are teaming up with AAUW Work Smart Boston to offer a free salary negotiation workshop to learn how to negotiate and establish a fair salary early on in your careers. This workshop is facilitated by Kristina Desir.
Created for working women, this is an interactive workshop that teaches women to evaluate, negotiate and articulate their worth confidently in the job market. Whether you’re asking for a raise, starting a new job or aiming for a promotion, you’ll learn how to conduct research to establish a target salary.
When: 6:30 p.m.
Where: GA Boston, 51 Melcher St., Boston , MA
For more information: https://generalassemb.ly/education/salary-negotiation-bos-lady-project-aauw-work-smart-boston/boston/29852
Thursday 10.13.16
Open Mic ft. Amy Leon & Remi Kanazi
Hosted by: Boston University Students for Justice in Palestine
Join BU Students for Justice in Palestine and UMOJA BU in an open mic featuring Remi Kanazi, a well-known Palestinian poet and activist, and Amy León, a spoken-word artist, singer and activist.
When: 6:30 p.m.
Where: Boston University Central, 775 Commonwealth Ave., Boston MA
For more information, please visit: www.facebook.com/events/625567807603811/
Fashion Accessibility project
Epicenter Community held its Fashion Accessibility Project Charette at the Museum of Fine Arts last Wednesday as a part of Boston Fashion Week. Epicenter’s focus for this project was to facilitate authentic conversation about inclusion between the disability community and the fashion community. Boston Fashion Week designers KREYOL and Chynna Pope and organizations such as Arts Connect International and Arts Emerson are a part of this effort. The Charrette was a wonderful learning experience and a precursor for the forthcoming Fashion Accessibility Fashion Show on February 11, 2017.
