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SOulFully Textured, A Natural Hair Experience

This one is for the culture! SOulFULLY Textured is a hair, health and beauty experience that celebrates the natural hair journey. Get ready for hair care, beauty, fashion, amazing vendors, and everything we love and embrace about our naturally textured hair and lifestyle. This one day event features: Vendor Shopping and Product Demonstrations Fashion and Dance […]

The Ties That Bind: A Different Celebration for Martin Luther King Day

Opera unMet and UUUM present “The Ties That Bind: A Different Kind of Celebration for Martin Luther King Day” Sunday January 20th, 2019 3PM at First Church Roxbury, 10 Putnam Street, Roxbury, MA. Under the direction of Marshall Hughes, the ensemble presents a thought provoking look at social justice and civil morality through words, song, […]

Our Story! A Celebration of the African & African American Experience Through Spoken Word, Music & Dance

Our Story: A Celebration of the African and African American Experience through Spoken Word, Dance and Music —directed by OrigiNation Founding Artistic Director and celebrated choreographer, Shaumba Yandje Dibinga and Anthony Robinson.   Our Story is a compilation of poetry, dance, music and scenes from historical and current events significant to African and African-American history.  These performances will […]

MLK Day Healthy Community Brunch

Madison Park Development Corporation is hosting an MLK Day Healthy Community Brunch for families and older adult residents of MPDC’s affordable housing properties as well as members of the broader Roxbury community. Eat a healthy brunch meal, engage in compelling dialogue and enjoy artistic performances celebrating the life & legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, […]

King’s Chapel Choir sings Spirituals!

The King’s Chapel Concert Series explores the historical, theological, and civil rights connections of the African-American spiritual. Music Director Heinrich Christensen leads the King’s Chapel Choir in a program that includes classic and newly written arrangements of beloved spirtuals. Discover examples of poetry from the Harlem Renaissance, and Robert Sirota’s original “Spiritual for Mother Emanuel,” […]

We Who Believe in Freedom: A Community Reading Event with Mimi Jones

The Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry, Roxbury Cultural Network and Mass Humanities are pleased to welcome long-time Roxbury resident, community organizer, and Civil Rights veteran Mimi Jones to facilitate a community reading series of works by influential women and people of color. Event is free, a hearty reception will be served, and there will be an opportunity […]

2/14 #valentines Valentine Comedy Mixer #vday #loveme #yesiwillbemy #valentine

Valentines Day Comedy Mixer “I Am My Own Valentine” Date Night “Yes, I will Be Mine”!!! #loveyourself #rosesforallladies No Valentine? No problem! It’s a new year, and we’ve all got a clean slate. Want to really wipe your slate clean? Bring a photograph of your ex or something you’re leaving behind and upon entering, throw […]

Boston Arts Academy Presents Memphis: The Musical

Boston Arts Academy Presents Memphis: The Musical Massachusetts Congresswoman-elect Ayanna Pressley will be receive the BAA Champion Award Actor and three-time NAACP Image Award winner Malik Yoba will host the post-show talkback BOSTON, MA – On Friday, January 25, 2019, Boston Arts Academy (BAA), the city’s only public high school for the visual and performing […]

2nd Annual “Solutions Series”

JOIN US! The Black Economic Council of Massachusetts (BECMA) in partnership with Roxbury Community College present the second annual “Solutions Series” Join BECMA, in partnership with Roxbury Community College, for its second annual “Solutions Series” event during Black History Month. Following up on our successful February 2018 event, “Solutions to Address Race and Economic Inequality […]