Dorchester Events

Start: 11/11/2008 - 6:00pm End: 11/11/2008 - 9:00pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

And just a reminder...Boston's longest-running open mic spot, commonly known as VerBaLizAtiOn,
will be celebrating its 9th year in existence on Veteran's Day -
Tuesday, November 11th (the same date of VerB's debut in 1999). Please
spread the word to everybody and come enjoy this anniversary jam for
one evening of poetry, spoken word, rhyme, music and most importantly
CAKE!!

@ Codman Square Tech Center 450 Washington St.,
Dorchester / Codman Sq. (on the corner of Park St. - across the street from the Grace Academy) 6:00pm SHARP!! (PLEASE ARRIVE ON TIME) Free to the Public Hosted by VCR The MBTA's #23 bus from either Ruggles or Ashmont will drop you right at the Center. For more info contact VCR at 617-480-7663 or bloodskinland@yahoo.com Free 2 the Public

Start: 11/10/2008 - 7:00pm End: 11/10/2008 - 11:59pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

The
Diamond Gala in 2007 seeded our Park Restoration Endowment. Income from
the fund will allow us to maintain the condition of the urban forest for
future generations. DotPark2 will continue to build the endowment. But
it will also be an evening you'll long remember.

Chris Douglass' latest
contribution to Dorchester dining, Tavolo, will be our hosts for the evening.
Favorites from the varied menu and more will be available along with beverages
at Tavolo's unique slate bar where staff chalk your name at your place.
The dining is free and valet parking will be available.

Seating
is limited and tickets are running out! Don't miss out!!!

Tavolo is at 1918 Dorchester
Avenue at the Carruth between Ashmont and Bailey streets and is accessible
from the T's Red Line. Tickets are $40. Tickets are limited and available
on a first come first serve basis. You may order them by clicking the
button above, or by sending a check to:

Dorchester Park Association
PO Box 240081
Dorchester MA 02124-0081

For further information, you
may call Richard O'Mara at Cedar Grove Gardens, (617) 825-8582.

If you can't
make the event but would still like to donate,
please visit our Support
the Park Page. Thanks!

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Start: 11/09/2008 - 10:00am End: 11/09/2008 - 12:00pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Urban Wilds Event

10:00 a.m.
Meet at parking lot on Enneking Parkway at Smithfield Rd.
Join the Friends of Stony Brook and walk the paved trail up the hill past Turtle Pond, with a stop at the pond overlook and a brief detour up Bald Knob to enjoy views of Hyde Park through the leafless trees. Walk will be an easy 2 miles with moderate hills. For more information call BNAN at 617-542-7696 or email info@bostonnatural.org

Click here to see a map of this event location  read more »

Start: 11/08/2008 - 8:30am End: 11/08/2008 - 3:00pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

2008 Tide Mill Conference: Tide Mills Through the Ages

Exploring the history of tide mills; the environmentally-friendly use of renewable energy; and adaptive use of old sites for creating energy and tourism.

Friday, November 7th, 6:30 pm onward

Reception with displays, publications, power point slide shows, molinological discussion and fellowship

Saturday, November 8th, registration 8:30 am, programs begin at 9:00 am and end at 3:00 pm

Speakers and subjects

Tom McErlean -- Nendrum, Ireland: The world’s oldest tide mill is Irish! Thomas McErlean shares his tales of archaeology at an 8th-century medieval tide mill

Stephan Claesson -- the discovery of a mid-17th century Penobscot River tide mill site in Brewer, Maine

Phil Crossman – Lumber, grain, granite and summer people: Phil Crossman shares what he's doing at his tide mill site, now a motel at Carver's Harbor on Vinalhaven Island, ME

Brian James-Strong – The history of gin distilling at the House Mill, London, England – the world’s largest surviving tidal mill

--Break for self-service lunch supplied by Dorchester Historical Society--

John Haggerty – Current happenings at the House Mill, London -- a mixture of politics, the 2012 Olympics, fundraising and plans for hydrogenation

John Goff/Carolyn Marks – The Souther shall rise again! Update on the preservation and restoration plans for the Souther Tide Mill (grist mill) in Quincy, MA

Chuck Parrott – Informal description of a computer model of an eighteenth-century tide mill found in Boston’s Big Dig (highway construction project)

Location is Dorchester Historical Society, 195 Boston Street, Dorchester, MA 02125

Contact: Earl Taylor, 781 272-6700 or ERMMWWT@aol.com

Suggested donation $25. It will be helpful if you let Earl know you will attend.  read more »

Start: 11/09/2008 - 9:00am End: 11/09/2008 - 11:30am Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

The Sharon's Park Greening Committee will be planting
Bulbs around the newly planted CityRoots trees this coming Sunday, November
9 at 9a.m. Please join the Committee in providing a healthy ambience for Sharon Park's visitors. For more information, please call
617-710-3793, or visit http://www.mccormackcivic.com/

Start: 11/10/2008 - 6:30pm End: 11/10/2008 - 8:00pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-5 When Monday, November 10, 2008, 6:30 – 8:30pm Where UCERM Empowerment Center
324 Blue Hill Ave
Dorchester, MA 02121-4306 Event type City Calendar Event Phone 617.635.4663 Contact Boston Home Center Cost Free Audience Adults, Young Adults (Ages 20-34) Neighborhood Dorchester Type of Event Workshops & Classes Details

You Will Learn: the variety of mortgage types and products available to homeowners and buyers.  read more »

Link bostonhomecenter.com

Start: 11/08/2008 - 9:30am End: 11/08/2008 - 12:30pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Stop by the Codman Square Health Center for the 3rd Annual Diabetes Tune-Up Day. The event will feature the following:

- Exercise Workshops Free

- Free Food

- Flu Shots

- Relaxation Workshops

- Dental/Eye Screenings

For more information, contact Maura Rowley at 617-822-8267  read more »

Start: 11/08/2008 - 1:00pm End: 11/08/2008 - 4:00pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Kids! Come and see how a symphony orchestra works! The Dorchester Symphony Orchestra (Your Hometown Orchestra) will hold a special open rehearsal for children. Come and talk to the players, see how they play their instruments and watch the orchestra rehearse! See how an orchestra prepares for a concert, why the players sit where they do, how each instrument sounds, and what the conductor does - everything you wanted to know about a symphony orchestra! Very interactive and totally fun! Refreshments too! Bring your parents!

Here's our website: http://www.dorchestersymphony.org   read more »

Start: 11/10/2008 - 2:00pm End: 11/10/2008 - 5:00pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Each Monday of October and November, Adams Street Library presents free Monday Matinees of some old-time classics! Popcorn will be provided and all are welcome. Be sure to check the dates below to find out what movies are playing.

 

Monday October 20  State of the Union (1948, 124 min) w/ Katherine Hepburn.
An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.
 
Monday October 27  Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1941, 113 min) w/ Ingrid Bergman.
Is it possible for all the evil and all the good in one man to be separated? What happens if they are?
 
Monday November 3  The Last Hurrah (1958, 121 min) w/ Basil Rathbone.
Frank Skeffington is an old Irish-American political boss, running for re-election as Mayor of a US town for the last time. Many feel this is a thinly disguised James Michael Curley.
 
Monday November 10  Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944, 138 min) w/ Van Johnson & Robert Mitchum.
In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.
 
Monday November 17  Captain’s Courageous (1937, 115 min) w/ Lionel Barrymore & Melvyn Douglas.
When a spoiled brat on an ocean liner falls overboard, he is picked up by a passing fishing boat, where he learns there’re more to life than money.
 
Monday November 24  Boy’s Town (1938, 96 min) w/ Mickey Rooney.
Against all odds Father Flanagan starts "Boys' Town" after hearing a convict's story.  read more »

Start: 11/13/2008 - 9:30am End: 11/13/2008 - 11:30am Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Parents and caregivers of children under 5 are invited and encouraged to attend this weekly neighborhood playgroup.  It is a great opportunity to connect with other local parents and give your child(ren) an opportunity to socialize with other youngsters.  Come for support, conversation, even snacks!  We have toys and equipment for children from birth to preschool and everyone is welcome.

Enter the door from the back parking lot and go down to Dunn Hall.  There is an elevator for wheelchair and stroller access.  Playgroup will not be held when BPS are closed due to inclement weather or other city-wide emergency.  We will meet on our regular day during school vacations and summer.  Older siblings are welcome at these times.

The playgroup is cooperatively run by the parents involved, with everyone taking joint responsibility for all tasks (providing snacks, maintaining the space, equipment, and supplies, planning special events, etc.)  Attendance is free and open to everyone.

For more information, please email Cara Gillis at cara.gillis@comcast.net or call DotTots Playgroup at 617-436-8227.  read more »

Start: 11/13/2008 - 10:00am End: 11/13/2008 - 12:00pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn Group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at Kenny Elementary. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Haitian. For more information, please contact Marie Wade at 617-756-9650 or mwade@boston.k12.ma.us.

Start: 11/10/2008 - 3:00pm End: 11/10/2008 - 5:00pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn Group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at Lee Elementary/Lee Academy. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Haitian. For more information, please contact Marie Wade at 617-756-9650 or mwade@boston.k12.ma.us.

Start: 11/10/2008 - 10:00am End: 11/10/2008 - 12:00pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn Group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at Lee Elementary/Lee Academy. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Haitian. For more information, please contact Marie Wade at 617-756-9650 or mwade@boston.k12.ma.us.

Start: 11/10/2008 - 9:30am End: 11/10/2008 - 11:30am Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn Group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at Kenny Elementary. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Spanish. For more information, please contact Kendra Bucklin at 617-756-9492or kbucklin@boston.k12.ma.us.

Start: 11/13/2008 - 4:00pm End: 11/13/2008 - 6:00pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn Group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at Kenny Elementary. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Haitian. For more information, please contact Marie Wade at 617-756-9650 or mwade@boston.k12.ma.us.

Start: 11/12/2008 - 4:00pm End: 11/12/2008 - 6:00pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn Group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Lee Elementary/Lee Academy. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Haitian. For more information, please contact Marie Wade at 617-756-9650 or mwade@boston.k12.ma.us.

Start: 11/12/2008 - 9:30am End: 11/12/2008 - 11:30am Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

FREE Countdown to Kindergarten Play to Learn Group for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at the Holmes Elementary. Come play and learn with us! Any Boston resident with a 1-3 year old child can attend. Registration is required, but is ongoing, and each playgroup is limited to 8-15 families. The playgroup leader speaks English and Haitian. For more information, please contact Marie Wade at 617-756-9650 or mwade@boston.k12.ma.us.

Start: 11/13/2008 - 1:00pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

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Thursdays at 2 p.m. Drop in for knitting, or other crafts and listen to
a classic novel or mystery.