June 21, 2007 — Vol. 42, No. 45
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SAT., JUNE 23

2nd Annual Paige Academy Community Festival
Activities will include live music by Zili Misik (http://www.myspace.com
/zilimisik), pony rides, moon-walk, face painting, raffle, food and much more. 12-4 p.m., at Paige Academy 26/28 Highland Ave., Roxbury. Admissions is free but there will be small fees for activities and food. For more information please contact Bro. Ashe at (617) 445-6969 or visit our website at www.paigeacademy.org.

Youth In Crisis Ministry Inc., Present The Second Annual Food For Thought Cookout
Norfolk Park (In back of the Mildred Avenue Middle School, Mattapan) 11 a.m. -5 p.m. Guest speakers Thomas M. Menino, Police Commissioner Ed Davis, Reverend Shaun Harrison, Sr. Free food, games, raffle tickets, toy give-away, painted faces, live entertainment, basketball tournament, motivational speakers. DJ Rodney Ahkeem, mc. Sponsors: B-Smart program, Bold Teens, Sheriff Department, BPD, MBTA, West Selden Neighborhood Association, Don Kusser TV Quincy, Chez Vous, Mattahut.

“Lift Ev’ry Voice & Celebrate!” at the Willis Center 2007 African American Heritage, Youth & Family Festival Series
From 10 a.m.-7 p.m., rain or shine, at Institute Park on Salisbury St. in Worcester. Admission is free. This year’s outdoor festival takes place on two stages, with something for everyone. Performers include Hip hop gospel, by H.O.P.E. Recordz; R & B tinged hip-hop Committee Inc., Entertainment; gospel tinged blues and jazz with The Donna McElroy Quartet; pop, 70’s Funk with Decades by Dezyne; and gospel by Rodney McFadden. Liberian dance and workshop will be lead by Won Ldy Paye, and featuring Village Drum and Masquerade. Children’s performances & activities offer Afro-Caribbean drumming lead by Nisha Urushotham & the Aldergate Drummers; Capiera dance with Efraim Silva & the Ginga Brasileira Dance Co., Bonaparte the Magician, African mask making, face painting & doll making. The Price Chopper Hopper will be on hand for bouncing. Savor soul food from different ethnic and regions, including barbecue and fish fry and Jamaican foods! Contact: Gloria Hall
508-799-2934 x 30.

2006 Massachusetts Poetry Fellows Reading
Featuring Kristin Bock, Caroline Knox, Chloe Lopez, and Andrea Werblin. 2-4 p.m. Free. This event is part of On The Road: An Exhibition of Jack Kerouac’s Original Scroll Manuscript. The Revolving Museum, 22 Shattuck St., Lowell. For more information please visit: www.ontheroadinlowell.org.

SUN., JUNE 24

Opening Day — DCR and Community Boating Accessible Sailing on the Charles
Starting Sunday, June 24, the Dept. of Conservation and Recreation and Community Boating Inc. will begin offering a summer sailing program on the Charles River for people with disabilities, their friends, and families. Persons with disabilities and their guests will have the use of accessible sailboats and transfer equipment, staff assistance to get in and out of the boats, and sailing instruction. Several seat configurations in the boat are available for people with various disabilities. Community Boating will charge each participant $1 (One Dollar). Advance registration is required. Call Community Boating at 617-523-1038, ext. 23. Location: Community Boating Boathouse in the Esplanade, 21 David G. Mugar Way, Boston. More Information: Website: http://www.community-boating.org.
Email: info@community-boating.org.

TUES., JUNE 26

Join Us for a Community Conversation to Address Violence as a Public Health Issue
How can we mobilize to address the problem of youth violence as a major public health epidemic? Come and speak out on violence as it affects our mental, physical, and spiritual health. Admission is free and open to the public. These conversations will be taped for air on Boston Neighborhood Network, Channels 9 and 23. A light dinner will be served. 5:30-8:00 p.m., Mildred Avenue Middle School, 5 Mildred Ave., Mattapan. Moderator: Dr. Brian Gibbs, Public Health Practice, Harvard School of Public Health. To RSVP: Kelley Chunn & Associates, E-mail kcprmail@aol.com,
617-427-0997.

WED., JUNE 27

How to Become a Culinary Entrepreneur: An Introduction to Nuestra Culinary Ventures
Nuestra Culinary Ventures (NCV) is holding an information session for anyone interested in starting a catering, vending, or specialty food business. Sessions will be held from 2-3 p.m. and 6-7 p.m. at NCV, which is a commercial kitchen commissary located at 31 Germania St., Bldgs I & J, Jamaica Plain. Please register by calling 617-522-7900 or emailing ehall@nuestracdc.org. Check out NCV on the web at http://www.nuestracdc.org
/NCVweb/index.html. Cost is free.

 

THURS., JUNE 28

VerBaLizAtiOn presents...
AFRO-CINEMA
Boston’s longest-running open mic spot presents another evening of important film showing, followed by a brief discussion and then the open mic thereafter. Film of the Evening: “BAMBOOZLED” - directed by Spike Lee. Dark, biting satire of the television industry, focusing on Ivy-League educated black writer Pierre Delacroix at a major network. Frustrated that his ideas for a “Cosby Show”-esque take on the black family has been rejected by network brass, Delacroix devises an outlandish scheme: reviving the minstrel show. The hook: instead of white actors in black face, the show stars black actors in even blacker face. The show becomes an instant smash, but with the success also comes repercussions for all involved. Starring: Damon Wayans, Jada Pinkett Smith, Savion Glover, Tommy Davidson & Michael Rapaport. The Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, 300 Walnut Ave., Roxbury. New starting time - 6:30 p.m. SHARP!! Free to the public! Hosted by VCR. For information, contact VCR at 617-480-7663. For directions visit www.ncaaa.org.

Jewelry Making Workshop
If you have ever thought about making your own jewelry but have been procrastinating, then this hands-on workshop is for you. Learn the tools and materials necessary for making your own beautiful designs. The workshop will be facilitated by Malika Crichlow, who has been designing her own jewelry for years. Workshop is at 5 p.m., Upham’s Corner Branch Library, 500 Columbia Rd., Dorchester. Free and open to the public, but space is limited so call early and register.
617-265-0139.

Community Service Fair
 To community-based organizations, agencies, institutions and private sectors: ABCD/Elm Hill Family Service Center, 22 Elm Hill Ave., Dorchester, is hosting a Service Fair from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. (if rain, inside). You gain valuable information about the upcoming programs, many activities and resources available within our community and throughout the City of Boston. If interested in hosting a table at our service fair and for more information please contact: Shilo Kuriakose at 617-442-5900 ext. 203 or Shirley Feliciano at 617-442-5900 ext. 214. Sponsored by Elm Hill Family Service Center, Roxbury/North Dorchester APAC and Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD).

The Jamaica Plain Forum Presents “Protecting Local Business in the Big
Box Economy”
How do we protect Boston’s wonderful and vibrant independent business sector against encroachment by national chains and big box competition? Stacy Mitchell is an expert on maintaining vital Main Streets and independent business sectors. She’ll speak about concrete lessons from other communities. First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist Parish Hall, 6 Eloit St., Jamaica Plain at 7 p.m. This event is free. MBTA orange line to Green St. To learn more or contact the Jamaica Plain Forum, go to www.jamaicaplainforum.org.

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