Talking About Community Violence: The Home for Little Wanderers hosts Community Violence Awareness Panel Discussion
The Home for Little Wanderers’ Safe-At-Home program is co-sponsoring “Community Violence: An Awareness Panel Discussion” from 10 a.m.-noon. The discussion, which is free and open to the public, will be held at The Home’s Knight Children’s Center, 161 South Huntington Ave., Jamaica Plain. Panelists include Anisha Chablani, Director Deputy of ROCA; Tina Chery, Founder, Louis D. Brown Peace Institute; Emmitt Folgert, Program Director of Dorchester Youth Collaborative; Phil Hindin, West Roxbury DYS Director; Michael Saunders, BCYF Streetworker Program Manager; and David Tavares, Director of the YMCA Emergency Family Shelter. Lunch will be provided following the panel discussion and Q&A. To register, contact Odeilmaris Rivera at 617-494-8652. Additional information about The Home for Little Wanderers and The Safe-At-Home program are available at www.thehome.org.
Living Well Presents A Screening of “Rock Bottom”
“Rock Bottom” follows the journeys of seven gay men struggling with an addiction to crystal meth, and their recovery efforts against a threatening backdrop of HIV infection. From grappling with the drug’s effects on their physical and mental health to wrestling with their darkest sexual desires and sensitive identity issues, “Rock Bottom” delivers a chilling portrait of a community in crisis. There will be a Q&A with special guest panelist, director Jay Corcoran, following the screening. 7 p.m. The MALE Center, 571 Columbus Ave., Boston. Please contact Jon Vincent at jvincent@fenwayhealth.org or 617-927-6218 for more info.
Annual Birds & Bards Festival
Celebrating nature, arts and poetry in over 1,000 acres of greenspace in the geographic heart of Boston. At Franklin Park and Franklin Park Zoo, Boston Nature Center, Forest Hills Cemetery, and Arnold Arboretum. Six local conservation and cultural organizations are presenting the third annual “Birds and Bards Festival” the weekend of May 2-4 at Boston’s Franklin Park, Boston Nature Center, Forest Hills Cemetery, Zoo New England, Arnold Arboretum, and Jamaica Plain’s Wake up the Earth event. This celebration of birds, poetry, and nature offers activities for all ages, including bird walks early each morning, an evening movie, lectures, guided history and art walks, poetry, crafts, and choral music. All programs are open to the pubic and most are free. For further information on the sponsoring organizations, please visit their websites: Boston Nature Center: www.massaudubon
.org/boston; Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site: www.nps.gov/frla; Franklin Park Coalition: www.franklinpark
coalition.org; Franklin Park Zoo: www.franklin
parkzoo.org; Forest Hills (Cemetery) Educational Trust: www.foresthillstrust.org; Arnold Arboretum: www.arboretum
.harvard.edu; International Migratory Bird Day: www.birdday.org.
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SAT., MAY 3
Dining on Main Street Walk
Tour Four Corners and sample delicious food along the way! At 2:30 p.m. we meet at the Erie/Ellington Community Room, 31 Erie St., Dorchester to receive a pedometer and walk Four Corners water bottle. We will loop around the commercial district for a 1.5 mile walk, stopping at FIVE restaurants for refreshments. Participants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult who can sign a waiver for them. Stops along the way: Four Corners Pizza Cafe; Island Style Jamaican Restaurant; Nice N Clean Jamaican Cuisine; Right Taste Jamaican Restaurant ; Vaughan’s Fish & Chips. For more information, please call Four Corners Main Street at 617-287-1651. This is a free event. Rain date is May 4.
South End Baseball Opening Day
Parade And Celebration
Parade and ceremony to celebrate opening day of South End Baseball’s 22nd season. South End Baseball is the largest free youth baseball program in the country and serves kids ages 4-18 from communities including the South End, Roxbury, Dorchester and Chinatown. The event will be held in Peter’s Park, in the heart of the South End. In addition to the parade and brief remarks, there will be pony rides and carnival activities for the kids, music, refreshments and of course, an opening day baseball game. Parade leaves Villa Victoria Plaza at 10 a.m., 100 East Dedham St., Boston. Parade route travels throughout the South End (W. Dedham/Tremont/
Waltham/Shawmut ending in Peter’s Park) Ceremony and celebration at Luis Tiant Field, Peter’s Park at 10:30 a.m., 1201 Washington St., Boston. Baseball game begins at 1 p.m.
SUN., MAY 4
Senior Citizen Day
Martha Exum Court #1, Lady Knights Templar, affiliated with, MWGW Carver Grand Lodge, Inc., AF & AM proudly presents their annual Senior Citizen Day Event on at 4 p.m. at the Russell Auditorium, 70 Talbot Ave., Dorchester. The event will have representatives from Mass Med Line, Medicare, American Cancer Society. Free Health Screenings, Glucose, Cholesterol, Blood Pressure checks and Prostate screenings provided by Boston Medical Center. Admission is free. Please come out and enjoy free raffles, giveaways and more. For more information please contact Aisha Johnson, 617-749-2068, Hallie Brisbon, 617-259-8463 or Valeta Miller, 857-205-1742.
Aardvark Jazz at Eastern Nazarene College
Aardvark Jazz Orchestra. The Spiritual Side of Jazz. 7:30 p.m. Wollaston Church of the Nazarene (on the college campus). 31 East Elm Ave., Quincy. MBTA Red Line, Wollaston Stop. Free admission. Information: 617-745-3614 or 617-776-8778.
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