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FREE Labor Day COMMUNITY COOKOUT

The Supreme Team’s annual FREE Labor Day Community COOKOUT In collaboration with Urban Heat 98.1FM, Rhythm Nights, Row Dogs, Boston Police B3 and 365Dad Hosted by KENNY GRUBBS | Music by DJ Wade There will be FREE Food, Kids Dance Contest and activities for kids, teens and adults!! Food Trucks will be onsite (separate cost) […]

Steel Band + Urban Vibes

Second Church in Dorchester and The Vibe Coffeehouse Present Steel Band + Urban Vibes, outdoors concert with a Caribbean flavor. Saturday, August 10th, 2019 @ 4:00 – 8:00 pm Second Church in Dorchester, 600 Washington St, Dorchester, MA Featuring Nazarene Worship Centre Steel Orchestra direct from Trinidad & Tobago; with Minister Dalton Skerritt, keyboard and vocals […]

Upgrade My Life Boston

Reach your personal and professional goals with Dr. Allana Da Graca this summer! This free event will help you Create realistic goals Kickstart a new Business Create an Action Plan to reach new milestones Enroll here

Elma Lewis Playhouse in the Park

Elma Lewis was one of Boston’s most revered cultural icons. In the 1950s, she founded the Elma Lewis School for Fine and Performing Arts, where thousands of African-American children and adults learned cultural history, explored their creativity, and cultivated their artistic skills. In the 1960s, Miss Lewis and her students cleared an overgrown area in […]

WICKED BIG BUGS Exhibit – Franklin Park Zoo

Open through Sept. 2 Weekdays 10:30AM – 4:30PM; Weekends 10:30AM – 5:30PM Giant BUGS have invaded Franklin Park Zoo! Roles will be reversed as you venture through the exhibit and find yourself looking up into the eyes of an 8-foot-tall tarantula, or at the tail of a mighty emperor scorpion looming 15 feet in the […]

Day Seven Wellness: FREE Yoga

Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center is offering a series of programs at no cost to support the surrounding community’s health and well being! FREE Yoga Classes Fridays 6PM 632 Blue Hill Avenue, Dorchester, MA 02121

“40 Years Rising” Dorchester Bay Eco. Dev. Corp. Annual Fundraiser

Join us Thursday, June 6, 2019 to celebrate 40 years of building strong neighborhoods at Dorchester Bay EDC’s 40th-anniversary celebration, “40 Years Rising” at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. The event will honor changemakers Thomas P. Glynn, Ph.D., CEO of Harvard Allston Land Company and former CEO of Massachusetts Port Authority, and […]

“I Got Bank!” Book Giveaway & Signing

Join Teri Williams, President & COO of OneUnited Bank, the largest Black-owned bank in America, for this event: “I Got Bank! What My Granddad Taught Me About Money” BOOK GIVEAWAY & SIGNING THURSDAY, MAY 16th 4PM-6PM at the GROVE HALL Branch of the Boston Public Library 41 Geneva Avenue, Dorchester, MA 02121 Get a FREE […]

Life Interrupted Luncheon

Grieving hearts coming together to remember their loved ones. We will have prayer, educational presentation and a counselor on hand at this event. Lunch will also be served. Must RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/life-interrupted-luncheon-tickets-61076753213.

Scholar Athletes: allSA Awards Night

SCHOLAR ATHLETES presents allSA Awards Night Thursday, May 9th 5:30PM | The Strand Theatre 543 Columbia Road, Dorchester 02125 FREE & OPEN to the Public 5:30PM Red Carpet 6PM Award Presentation This event will recognize more than 230 awardees and scholarship recipients from 24 Scholar Athletes Zones across Boston, Everett and Springfield public high schools. […]

Mass Innovation Nights Showcasing African & African-American Founders of Tech Businesses

Greater Grove Hall Main Streets will be showcasing African and African-American founders of tech businesses with Mass Innovation Nights May 9th | 6PM-8:30PM ABCD’s Thelma Burns Building | 575 Warren Street, Dorchester, MA 02121 Less than 1% of all founders of tech companies are African-American or Hispanic. This event provides the community the opportunity to […]