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Authors & Innovators

Great ideas drive business! The Authors & Innovators Business Ideas Festival is a unique opportunity to take your business knowledge to the next level. This FREE event–now in its 8th year–is jam-packed with insights, idea exchange, and thoughtful, intelligent conversation. You will learn from business book authors, innovators, and top business minds as we engage […]

Sun-Music.net Presents The Jesse Taitt Quintet

Sun Music presents The Jesse Taitt Quintet Saturday November 2, 2024 at Scullers Jazz Club for two shows at 7pm and 9pm. Jesse will be performing songs from the American Songbook and his original compositions. Mr. Taitt is a multifaceted pianist, composer, arranger, and educator with a rich musical journey.  Jesse is Assistant Professor in […]

Steph Davis, marimba with Brian Stulligross,violin Amy Advocat, bass clarinet

The program “memory & will” looks to the past and imagines the future from an Afrocentric gaze. Where the first half is concerned with the liberating power of traditional African balafon music and African-American spirituals, the second half ushers in a new, Afrofuturist aesthetic representing the imaginative sonic world of tomorrow.Included in the Washington Post’s […]

Roxbury Cultural District to host inaugural Community Arts and Cultural Convening October 3, 5:30pm-8:30pm

Roxbury Cultural District to host inaugural Community Arts and Cultural Convening October 3, 5:30pm-8:30pm   The Roxbury Cultural District’s (RCD) inaugural Convening is an opportunity to present and gather feedback from community-based artists and residents on where RCD goes from here.     WHAT:            Roxbury Cultural District’s Community Arts and Cultural Inaugural Convening. The […]

The Art of Climate Action: Creativity at the Forefront of Change

Offered in connection with our current exhibition, Displacement, this panel discussion will seek to position the mitigation of earth’s changing climate as a shared responsibility and will explore the role that the creative economy–artists, designers, makers, educators–plays in shaping our future. With featured panelists Michael J. Bobbitt, Executive Director of Mass Cultural Council; Spencer Glendon, Founder of Probable […]

BlackBizBall 4th Annual 2024

BlackBizBall is an experience of a lifetime.  It is a formal event with a red carpet possession and live music as you enter—a walk into live music and networking galore.  Introduce yourself, share your card, ask for a person’s card, or discover who a new person is.  Enjoy soft live music and eat some ouderverse. […]

Twilight at MAAM: Fall Party

Reconnect with friends after a summer away, or make new connections, during Twilight at MAAM: Fall Party. Featuring MAAM’s current exhibition: Displacement with Boston favorite, DJ Dayglow serving an eclectic mix of pop and disco vibes throughout the galleries. Start the evening by awakening your senses during an activation of Katie Paterson’s artwork, To Burn, Forest, Fire, beginning promptly at 6:30pm*. Get creative in […]

“Is This America?” – Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer

IS THIS AMERICA?  A Free Music Event about Voting Rights  Celebrating the life and legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer   IS THIS AMERICA? tells the story of the great African American voting rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, who despite intimidation and threats of death, successfully advocated for the registration of Black voters in her home state of Mississippi […]

The 11th Big Head Community Festival

The National Center of Afro-American Artists and the Boston Juneteenth Committee are pleased to announce the 11th Big Head Community Festival on Saturday, September 14, 2024, from 12:00pm til dusk. The Festival will be held at 300 Walnut Avenue, Roxbury under the theme “Harmony In Motion – Canceling Violence Together”. This event coincides with the launching […]

ArrowFest at Arrow Street Arts

Arrow Street Arts presents ARROWFEST, an eleven-day extravaganza of over 40 performances and events in its renovated theater and new studio in Harvard Square from September 5-15. Presented by Arrow Street Arts and produced with Cambridge-based Liars and Believers (LaB), the festival will offer a wide variety of performances, events, and community gatherings celebrating the […]

The Joy of Kayaking 2024

Roxbury and Dorchester residents, celebrate Black Joy Day with a fun, free day of on-the-water and on-land activities. / Los residentes de Roxbury y Dorchester, celebran Black Joy Day can un día divertido y gratuito de actividades acuáticas y terresteres.

Author Talk Series

Join us for an Author Talk Series, in September, October, and November 2024! In collaboration with The Turner Free library, The Randolph Women’s Club is hosting a literary Authors Series on the empowerment of women.  We wish to honor the legacy of Mary Wilkins Freeman and show her significance to women in our time by […]