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Arias on the Steps – Free Concert at the UU Urban Ministry

Join us for performances from Marshall Hughes, Alan Rias, Sarah Cooper, and Isabel Randell as they perform operatic ballads from the steps of the Meetinghouse! There will be selections from Verdi, Bizet, Gershwin, and more. Bring a chair or blanket, and enjoy this wonderful free performance. No tickets or RSVP necessary.  Join us for this […]

Nubian Nights Goes Live in Nubian Square

Community Calendar Announcement Media Contact: Kelley Chunn For Immediate Release (cell) 617/388-7148 August 5- August 21st, 2022 kelley.roxburyculturaldistrict@gmail.com -Danny Rivera, DannyRivera563@gmail.com Nubian Nights Goes Live in Nubian Square (Roxbury, MA) Join the Roxbury Cultural District for the second iteration of “Nubian Nights,” a multimedia experience that has since been expanded to a live in-person activation […]

2022 Roxbury Community Cruise

Welcome Aboard, Roxbury, for YOUR FREE Community Cruise on Boston Harbor! Boston Harbor Now, along with Bay State Cruise Company and in partnership with The American City Coalition (TACC), welcomes all members of the Roxbury community on the Provincetown II for an evening of FREE food (from Fresh Food Generation), art, music (from Sista Dee […]

STEPRox Recovery Support Center’s Soft Opening

Come to our walk through where you can “Look & See” what we’ve done.                                                STEPRox has created a new welcoming space for the communities of Boston. We are a peer-led recovery center […]

2022 Community Open House (Hosted by: UU Urban Ministry)

2022 COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE (Hosted by: UU Urban Ministry) Spotlighting the best of Roxbury and the Boston-area! We have great organizations in this part of the city doing great things. The 2022 Community Open House event will feature more than a dozen organizations (below) from Roxbury and the Boston-area here to offer you information about […]

Suite Talk

Suite Talk:   This feature-length piece is rooted in the belief that no cultural, musical, or choreographic styles are mutually exclusive. We want to explore the possibilities of what lies beyond racism through hope and connection. The piece demonstrates that social change occurs when many people change themselves by seeing the world through the eyes of “the […]

Community Conversations

Boston Ward 12 and Ward 14 Democratic Committees present Community Conversations with Suffolk County Sheriff and Suffolk County District Attorney candidates. IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES State Primary Voter Registration Deadline: Wednesday, August 17, 2022 State Primary Election Day: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 General Election Voter Registration Deadline: Wednesday, October 19, 2022 General Election Day: Tuesday, November, […]

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 […]

Roxbury Sunflower Project – Radiant Community Launch with Free Sunflower Seed Giveaway

Roxbury Sunflower Project is a community wide collective action of planting and nurturing sunflowers. Now in its fifth year, Roxbury Sunflower Project is an annual tradition and our seeds are planted not only in many Boston neighborhoods but in other cities across the state and country. Sunflowers are potent and transformative symbols, honored in many cultures and countries over […]

The Fight for Equal Rights: African American Military Service in the World Wars

Celebrated World War I history scholar and author Dr. John H. Morrow Jr., will appear at the Boston Public Library’s Roxbury Branch on Saturday, May 21, 2022, at 10 AM. He will discuss The Fight for Equal Rights: African American Military Service in the World Wars. Veterans and Friends of Gourdin Memorial Park with the Hutchins Center for African & […]