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Free reading of “A Soldier’s Play” at Strand on Monday
Jun. 13, 2013
Next Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the Strand, Dorchester theatre artists and their greater Boston colleagues will present a free staged reading of “A Soldier’s Play,” Charles Fuller’s 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about the murder of a black sergeant in segregated WWII barracks. Read more
Ashmont Hill organist comes ‘full circle’ with Sunday recital
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Aaron Sunstein
Ashmont Hill Chamber Music will present a benefit organ recital by native son Aaron Sunstein this Sunday at 4 p.m. at All Saints Church. Sunstein, a doctoral degree candidate at Indiana University, returns to Boston to perform this recital on the historic church’s magnificent C.B. Fisk organ. Tickets are $30, and in the spirit of AHCM’s commitment to community, complimentary tickets are available for those in need by contacting AHCM by email at info@ashmonthillchambermusic.org or phone at 774-573-0526. Read more
Sign of peace: Young artists send message through artwork
Apr. 24, 2013
Dorchester Responds to Bombing with Sign of Peace from Chris Lovett on Vimeo.
Dorchester responded to marathon bombing with sign of peace: See this BNN-TV interview with Liz Carney of Dot Art and artist/educator Madelyn Carney, which aired on Neighborhood Network News on Tuesday, April 23. Read more
Sparks uses Dot boxing club as setting for his latest video
Mar. 13, 2013
Clinton Sparks : Corey Burns photo
The Dorchester Boxing Club has the typical look of a boxing gym: There’s a ring, punching bags, and weights—the ideal setting for a fight.
However, it was a little back room inside the gym that caught the eye of multi-platinum producer and songwriter, Clinton Sparks. The Dorchester-bred Sparks used the club as part of the setting for a new video — shot on location last Friday—to support his latest track that debuts online today. “Boston Bass” is a remix of The Dropkick Murphy’s “Shipping Up To Boston.”
“This song is basically just a bootleg record,” Sparks told the Reporter. “I put a lot of records out on the Internet for fans to rage to. I flipped Dropkick Murphy’s “Shipping Up To Boston” and made it super mean in honor of St Patrick’s Day.
“I figured instead of just putting out a song, let me put a visual to it and show Boston because it is such a Boston song. I figured I might as well just bring you into what Boston looks like,” Sparks said. Read more
Soft opening this weekend for Erick Jean Center for the Arts
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Erick Jean Center for the Arts: Photo by Rosanne Foley The Dorchester Arts Collaborative (DAC) is inviting the public to stop by on Saturday (Feb. 16) and explore the brand-new, still-evolving Erick Jean Center for the Arts (EJCA) at 157 Washington Street in Codman Square. This weekend’s “soft” opening‑ from noon to 3p.m.— is largely to let Four Corner neighbors and interested Dot residents get a peek at the space and an idea about future programming. The Mayor and other local bigwigs have been invited to a grander official opening sometime in the spring which will feature musical performances on the plaza and many more solid details on DAC programming.
Visitors this Saturday can admire the inaugural gallery show by Dot’s prolific Destiny Palmer, have cookies and a hot beverage, pick up a schedule of classes and events, and catch a few class demos including one by local drummer Brandon Guillermo. Read more
Diary unlocks voice from Dorchester, circa 1870
Jan. 18, 2013
The Dorchester Historical Society has just re-published the journal of a young woman’s account of life here in the 1870s. The society will mark the book’s release a week from Sunday, Jan. 27 at 2 p.m., at the Carpenters Center, 750 Dorchester Ave. The free celebration will be held in conjunction with an illustrated talk by Andrew Saxe titled “The Ascent and Revival of the Railroad Suburb,” on the history and architecture of the houses of 18th and 19th century Dorchester, a town that Alice Stone Blackwell would have known well. Read more
Whatever happened to the Peace Abbey? ‘She went off to college’ (UMass Boston)
Jan. 10, 2013
Statues of Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi, Barack Obama and his grandmother, and Emily the Sacred Cow are now permanently on display on the fifth floor of Columbia Point’s Healey Library. Original sculptures (or fiberglass copies of them) by Lado Goudjabidze, the internationally acclaimed artist from the Republic of Georgia, are part of a windfall of art and archival materials donated to UMass Boston last July as part of the recent dissolution and sale of the famous-in-some-circles Peace Abbey in Sherborn, MA. Read more
Lyricist Dutch ReBelle on cusp of a breakout year
Jan. 10, 2013
Dutch ReBelle: Haitian-born lyricist and MC has new album in works for spring '13 and new music just out with the Famous Nobodies.Originally from Haiti, she started rapping when she was about 9 years old. But it wasn’t until she was a college student that she decided to pursue a music career. Now, Dutch ReBelle is poised for a breakout year that could put her and Boston on the national hip-hop stage once again.
She’s at work on her second full-length album, Vodou, due out in spring 2013, and just recently released the official video for her latest single, “Sunday Morning.” The release is getting strong reviews within Boston’s tight hip-hop community, building on the positive reception to her mix-tape and first album, “Married to the Music,” released last year.
ReBelle is also getting attention and critical acclaim for her contributions to the Boston trio Famous Nobodies, whose latest video for the single "What You Want" was just released this week. Read more
BC High students take on the satirical comedy ‘Art’
Jan. 3, 2013
This Friday and Saturday the Boston Teen Acting Troupe (BTAT) will present the multi-awarding satirical comedy “Art” at Boston College High School’s Bulger Performing Arts Center. Originally written in French by Yasmina Reza, the English-language version by Christopher Hampton went on to win multiple awards, including the Tony for Best Play of 1998.
Though all the actors are BC High students and the play is presented on the school’s campus, the production is not sponsored by the school. Read more
First Night infused with Dot talent
Dec. 27, 2012
Codman Academy students create dragons for First Night: Image courtesy Codman AcademyThis New Year’s Eve, indoors or out, everywhere you turn, you’ll find Dorchester residents sharing their creative talents to offer a wild welcome to 2013, from the flying dragons created at Codman Academy to a time-travelers’ ball orchestrated by an Ashmont Hill SteamCRUNK band.
This Monday, Dec. 31, First Night, Boston, America’s oldest, largest and most-often-copied New Year’s Eve cultural celebration, jam-packs the hours between noon and midnight with art, music, dance, fireworks and ice sculptures (including “Unity 2013” and “Jack and the Beanstalk”). Over 1000 artists will be featured in 200 exhibitions and performances in 40 Hub locations, entertaining hundreds of thousands.
One of the best-attended free public events will be the Panorama Magazine Grand Procession, which leaves from the Hynes Convention Center (HCC) at 5:30p.m. for the Common. Organizers describe this year’s theme, “From the Harbor to the Common, the subway to the street, our city is a study in contrasts, with elements from nature meeting the built environment at every intersection of our daily lives.”
The teens at Codman Academy interpreted this theme with “Flying Fire Dragons,” that possibly lurk underground, “made from large piles of total random materials,” according Sara Peattie of the Puppeteers Collaborative. Franklin Field/ Franklin Hill Dorchester “Healthy Boston” built “glowing house” lanterns for the parade. Read more
