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Free symphony concert commemorates Duke Ellington on Friday, Nov. 8, 7 p.m.

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GMNC MONTHLY MEETING | MONDAY, JUNE 6TH @ 6:30 PM

REGISTER: https://rb.gy/mwdxy9 I. Franklin Park Action Plan | Liza Meyer, RLA, Chief Architect| Project Manager Please join us as our guest Liza Meyer guides us thru the proposed action plan, as well as a discussion about amenities and open space and traveling through the park. Franklin Park is Boston’s largest open space and a part […]

Ready Set Dance Summer Intensive

ReadySetDance! is a five-week program that aims to provide high-quality dance instruction and performance opportunities to youth ages 8-13.  The program is open to beginner, intermediate, and advanced young dancers who have expressed an interest in further developing or discovering their technical and performance skills.  Each dancer will receive 112.5 hours of instruction and free dance […]

FREE Central Sterile Processing Training (CSP) and Job Placement Services

Training Overview FREE training for all participants Training Start Date: July 5, 2022 Training Schedule: Monday to Friday from 9am—4pm Includes 10 hours per week of hands-on training in a CSP Hospital site on Wednesday Prepare to pass the National Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) Exam Job Placement Individualized job placement services at hospital […]

Preserving Roxbury’s Housing Through Adaptive Reuse

What is adaptive reuse? How has it supported preservation efforts in Boston? Join the Leventhal Map and Education Center at the Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library for a talk by this year’s Public Research Fellow, Madeline Webster, on adaptive reuse in the neighborhood of Roxbury. Maddie will discuss how Black Bostonians converted upper Roxbury’s Victorian-era single-family houses into […]

Roxbury’s Highland Park Neighborhood-wide Yard Sale!

On Saturday, June 4 (rain date: June 11) from 9 am – 2 pm, residents of Roxbury’s Highland Park and neighbors will be holding a neighborhood-wide yard sale. Over 15 families will be selling their wares outside their homes and at two community locations: The First Church of Roxbury (John Elliot Square) and the Hawthorne […]

Reel Fun Fishing Day at Deer Island

Come to Deer Island to help celebrate two very special Boston Harbor Islands National & State Park anniversaries with a day of fishing and fun! Learn how to fish for and identify striped bass and winter flounder with the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (Rods and other supplies provided) Meet National Park Service Rangers and be sworn […]

As Told By: X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X

Boston history comes alive on Friday, June 17, at the Strand Theatre! Don’t miss X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, the operatic retelling of the life of an American icon, produced by Boston Modern Orchestra Project in partnership with Odyssey Opera.  Tickets are now available, and all tickets are pay-what-you-want–reserve your seat here.  […]

Embrace Ideas Festival

The Embrace Ideas Festival is a yearly celebration of ideas grounded in arts, culture and public scholarship. This week-long gathering brings together local, state and national leaders to amplify anti-racism and a vision for a transformed Boston by 2030. Rooted in racial equity, healing, wellbeing, and joy, the theme of Embrace Ideas 2022, occurring June […]

The Colored Museum

MAY 20-JUNE 5 Fridays & Saturdays 8PM; Sundays 3PM SEE BELOW FOR BAY STATE BANNER EXCLUSIVE SAVINGS OFFER The Colored Museum has electrified, discomforted, and delighted audiences of all colors, redefining our ideas of what it means to be Black in contemporary America. Its eleven “exhibits” undermine Black stereotypes old and new and return to the […]

Ward 15 Democratic Committee meeting

Ward Committee Monthly Meeting Via Zoom 10:00 – 11:30 AM May 21, 2022 AGENDA   Welcome Vote to accept minutes from April Vote to elect Alana Olsen Westwater as an associate Committee member Interviews for 5th Suffolk: Tavares and Worrell Vote on endorsement for 5th Suffolk Next interviews: Suffolk DA? Use 5/23 AG debate in […]

Hamilton Garrett Music & Arts Academy “End of Year” Concert

Join the Hamilton-Garrett Academy at the celebratory “End of  Year” concert on Friday, June 10. The free event marks the 20th anniversary of the Academy and the 100th birth anniversary of its co-founder and namesake Ruth Hamilton. The performance occurs at the historic Charles Street AME Church, 551 Warren Street in Dorchester. The concert features […]