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 […]
Event Neighborhood: Roxbury
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 & […]
Mother’s Day Shopping and Live Jazz at Nubian Gallery
Come join us for Mother’s Day shopping at Nubian Gallery with The organizer of Roxbury’s Jazz; Fred Woodard Jazz Trio. Event is from Noon – 6:00 p.m., Live Jazz from 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
METCO IN-PERSON APPLICATION ASSISTANCE!
METCO IN-PERSON APPLICATION ASSISTANCE! Thursday, March 24, 8:30 am to 8 pm Saturday, March 26, 10 am to 1 pm Thursday, March 31, 8:30 am to 8 pm at the new METCO headquarters in Nubian Square! Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn about […]
“Poetry Alive”
Join Families Creating Together and teaching artist, Brenda Huggins for three sessions of “Poetry Alive!” a free series of interactive creative writing and visual art workshops that center around the themes of community and imagination. Express and share your creative ideas through a variety of fun and engaging artistic methods including drama games, poetry writing, […]
Mind Games Book Release and Signing
John Wilson and Black Figurative Tradition in American Art
Join us at the Dillaway-Thomas House at Roxbury Heritage State Park for this enlightening talk about Roxbury native John Wilson, renowned printmaker and sculptor! Edmund Barry Gaither, director and curator at the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, will explore the powerful role that Wilson’s art played in the formation of Black figurative […]
