September 13, 2007 — Vol. 43, No. 5
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SAT., SEPTEMBER 15

Busy Women… Caught in a rut? Looking to get your life back?
You are invited…To a free talk from 2-4 p.m. at Borders Books & Music, 6 Wayside Rd., Burlington, with Dr. Tyeese Gaines Reid, author of “The Get A Life Campaign,” a pocket guide for busy women. Whether you’re at crossroads in your career, love life, education, family matters, or your secret desires for more out of life, come talk with Dr. Tyeese Gaines Reid and other busy women about how to get the life you want and deserve. Autographed copies of Dr. Reid’s new book, “The Get A Life Campaign” will be available for purchase at the event. For more information, please visit http://www.getalife
campaign.com, or call 781-221-2188.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston’s Yawkey Club
Celebrates 2nd Annual Spirit of Roxbury
The Yawkey Club of Roxbury opens its doors to the community for the 2nd annual Spirit of Roxbury event from noon- 4 p.m. Parents, youth and business leaders are invited to join the Club in celebrating the strength of the community and the Club’s 98th year of service. The Spirit of Roxbury, which coincides with the national Boys & Girls Clubs Day for Kids, is free and will feature food, fun and Club tours. The Club is located at 115 Warren St.

WALK Four Corners
 Join Brandy, of Body by Brandy, for Four Corners Main Street’s last community walk of 2007. Meet at Mother’s Rest Park (420 Washington St.) at 8 a.m. for a comfortable, two-hour walk through the neighborhood. Participants receive a free t-shirt and water bottle with our WALK Four Corners logo! Call 617-287-1651 for more information.

Hispanic Heritage
Celebration
La Casa De Cultura/Center for Latino Arts, IBA is pleased to offer a FREE, multi-artist concert in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Including music from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Colombia. Performers include Grupo Borinken, Achuira and Manguito. 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. at the Jorge Hernandez Cultural Center, 85 West Newton St. For more information contact Alex Alverar 617-927-1717 or aalverar@iba-etc.org.

SAT., SEPTEMBER 15

South End Artists
to Open Studios
The 21st Annual South End Open Studios will be held Saturday, September 15 and Sunday, September 16 from 11:00AM until 6:00PM each day. Over 250 artists working in a wide range of media will welcome the public to their studios in Boston’s historic South End. Event weekend, information is available at Rebecca’s Cafe at the plaza at the Boston Center for the Arts at 531 Tremont St., in front of 560 Harrison Ave. and 535 Albany St. Free parking is available at 500 Harrison Ave. and across from 535 Albany St. Free shuttle buses are also available at these locations and throughout the South End. FREE TO THE PUBLIC. For additional information, visit www.useaboston.com or call 617-267-8862.

Garden Day Festival
New England Wild
Flower Society premieres a Gardeners Day Festival from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Horticulture experts give talks on the hour for the gardening public. Bring your toughest gardening questions to the “Plant Doctor” with office hours throughout the day, and attend gardening mini-seminars, all included with the regular Garden admission fee for adults of $7. Rain or shine, meet Paul Tukey, Laura Eisener, Greg Lowenberg and horticulture and plant conservation stars ready for “plant talk.” Take a guided tour at 10 a.m. or 2 p.m. and walk the 11 destination gardens of the ART GOES WILD: Innovation with Native Plants exhibit by W. Gary Smith at Garden in the Woods, honoring the Garden’s 75th anniversary, throughout the day. Garden in the Woods, 180 Hemenway Rd., Framingham, 508-877-7630, www.newenglandWILD.org.

Back to School Jam
The annual event is being held in Mission Hill for the first time this year, and will feature a new health aspect not found in past Back to School Events. The event will feature entertainment by Jam’n 94.5, food and refreshments, and raffles with prizes ranging from backpacks filled with school supplies to bicycles. Also, licensed pharmacists from MassMedLine (1-866-633-1617), Mass. College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’s state-wide prescription information hotline, will provide free asthma screenings, follow-up, and monitoring. The event is free and open to the public, and is sponsored by Rep. Jeffrey Sánchez, the Mission Main Tenant Task Force, and MCPHS. 11 a.m-3 p.m. at Mission Main, 41-43 Smith St.

 

SUN., SEPTEMBER 16

Boston Folk Festival
 The 10th Annual WUMB 91.9 FM Boston Folk Festival, Boston’s premier folk music showcase, will be featuring the best local folk musicians performing live on three stages, including an outdoor field stage overlooking Boston Harbor and the JFK Library and an indoor coffeehouse stage. Festival-goers enjoy free children’s activities, a craft bazaar and international food court. Patty Larkin, Vance Gilbert and Ellis Paul are among the dozens of Massachusetts-connected artists performing. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., UMass Boston Campus, 100 Morrissey Blvd. For more information call 617-287-6911.

The Stories Behind the Stones: The Great Women of Boston
Join guide Al Maze as he recounts the stories of some of the most celebrated and fascinating women of 19th and 20th century Boston buried at Forest Hills. A hotbed of feminism and firsts in the Victorian era, Boston gave rise to such pioneers as suffragist and abolitionist Lucy Stone; surgeon Dr. Susan Dimock; art and architecture patron Hepzibah Clarke Swan; historian-author Annie Haven Thwing; and others both notable and notorious — artists, politicians, School Board activists, even spirit mediums. 2 p.m. Admission: $9; wear comfortable shoes and bring water. Forest Hills Educational Trust, 95 Forest Hills Ave., Boston. Tel: 617-524-0128 x 22. www.forest
hillstrust.org.

MON., SEPTEMBER 17

Kennedy Library Forum:
Exploring the Space Frontier
On the 45th anniversary of President Kennedy’s Rice University speech about going to the moon, NASA Astronaut and Needham, MA native, Sunita Williams will share her experience on being a crew member of the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle. While on the International Space Station, Williams set a world record for women with four spacewalks totaling 29 hours and 17 minutes. Williams has logged a total of 195 days in space. This forum will be held from 5:30-7 p.m. in the Stephen Smith Center at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Columbus Point, Boston. Free and open to the public. To make reservations and for further information visit the Kennedy Presidential Library Web page at www.jfklibrary.org or call 617-514-1643.

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