[DAC] Fwd: Discover Roxbury TOURS, TALKS, & Events...... Makes me Proud to be from Roxbury!

Tue Mar 18 15:45:23 EDT 2008

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> From: "Montgomery, Laura" <lmontgomery at bhcc.mass.edu>
> Date: March 18, 2008 3:21:19 PM EDT
> Subject: Discover Roxbury TOURS, TALKS, & Events......  Makes me  
> Proud to be from Roxbury!
>
>
Talks and Tours-Roxbury's History with
> State Representative:
> Byron Rushing
> Explore Roxbury's rich and diverse history this spring.
> A series of slide talks on Thursday night and
> Trolley tours on Saturday morning
>                        FREE!!
> Where:  The Dudley Branch Library, talks 6PM, tours 10AM-noon
> Come for just for the talk, just for the tour, or both.
>
>
> Roxbury's History from Native Americans to New Americans
> Appreciate the people and places from 1630 to today that make  
> Roxbury unique
> Talk: March 27 Trolley Tour: March 29
>
> Churches, Mosques and Synagogues
> Experience Roxbury's evolution from a strict Puritan community to  
> the diversity of religious institutions today
> Talk: May 8
> Trolley Tour May 10
>
> Social Activism and Community Organizing
> Hear about the struggles for social justice and equality in the  
> 20th century and today. If you were there, we invite you to share  
> your experiences.
> Talk: May 15
> Trolley Tour: May 17
>
> Trolley pick up is at Dudley Branch Library at 10AM
> or catch the trolley at Back Bay Station at 9:30AM
> Pre-registration required for the trolley tour only.
> Call 617 427 1006, or email :
>
> marcia at discoverroxbury.org.
>
> Or register for the trolley tour right here
>
> Thanks to the Fellowes Athenaeum Trust Fund for funding this program
>
Roxbury Women's History
> Trolley tour led by the Boston Women's Heritage Trail
> Saturday April 5, 10am-noon
> Hear the stories of the women of Roxbury-their accomplishments,  
> challenges and struggles.
> Pick up at Roxbury Heritage State Park, 183 Roxbury Street
> promptly at: 10AM or at Back Bay Station (Dartmouth Street) at 9:30am
>
> Pre-registration required, cost $10.
>
> Call Discover Roxbury 617 427 1006
> or email marcia at discoverroxbury.org.   Or buy a ticket here
>
>
COMING IN JUNE
> June 7:Artists at the Piano Factory-meet and converse with local  
> artists in their studios at the Piano Factory. Free!
> June 14: Roxbury in Bloom-our famous garden tour-check out  
> Roxbury's gorgeous flower and vegetable gardens including a small  
> farm!! A trolley tour, cost $10.
> In partnership with The Food Project and Earthworks
>
>
            OTHER ROXBURY EVENTS
>
> The Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists
> in cooperation with the Malcolm X/Ella L. Little-Collins Family  
> Foundation invites you to
> A conversation with Rodnell Collins
> Author of: Seventh Child: A Family Memoir of Malcolm X
> Mr. Collins will share his story of growing up with his Uncle  
> Malcolm, including the years spent on nearbyDale Street. This  
> program is part of the exhibition:MALCOLM X: in action-Photography  
> by Robert Haggins / Painting by Theodore           Charron Sunday,  
> March 16, 2008 3:00-5:00From the El to the Silver Line, photographs  
> by Keitha Lynn Hassell atRoxbury Community College, Media Arts  
> Building
> March 3-April 4
>
Even if you have lived here all your life...DISCOVER ROXBURY.
> Discover Roxbury is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
>
> Images: Dillaway Thomas House, Roxbury Heritage State Park,  
> Department of Conservation and Recreation
> Mary Eliza Mahoney, first African American nurse, educated at New  
> England Hospital for Women
> Garden on Discover Roxbury garden tour in 2007, by Charlie Rosenberg
> Portrait of Malcolm X by Theodore Charron
>
> Discover Roxbury
> email: marcia at discoverroxbury.org
> phone: 617-427-1006
> web: http://www.discoverroxbury.org
>
>
>
>

Donna Penn
See our fine art and notecard website at www.krausedesigninc.com

For info on the Dorchester Arts Collaborative & Dorchester Open  
Studios, see: www.thedac.org

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