Friday (5th) – An evening to celebrate the 2015 Dorchester Day Parade Chief Marshal and honor the 2015 Mayor of Dorchester. Florian Hall, 55 Hallet St.
Cocktails at 6 p.m.
Dinner served at 7 p.m. Tickets not available at the door. To purchase tickets please call the Dorchester Day Parade Committee at 857-756-3675.

Sunday (7th) – Dorchester Day Parade starts at 1 p.m., Dorchester Avenue and Richmond Street to Columbia Road.

• Project DEEP and Blarney Stone co-sponsor the annual Dorchester Day 5k. Race starts at 12:15 p.m. from the Blarney Stone, 1505 Dorchester Ave.
Adult: $30 pre-race fee/$35 race day fee
Children under 12 yrs: $15 pre-race fee/$20 race day fee.
Free t-shirt for first 50 entries. Go to projectdeep.org.

Tuesday (9th) – Uphams Corner Main Streets (UCMS) celebrates its 20th year on June 9 at the Strand Theatre, 545 Columbia Rd. State Senator Linda Dorcena Forry will deliver the keynote address. Enjoy a night of music, entertainment, food, drink and a live auction. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased in advance at the UCMS offices or at the door. For more information contact Gillian Miller at gillian@uphamscorner.org or 617-265-0360.

• Community meeting on MBTA’s planned sale of the commuter parking lot next to Mattapan station is set for 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Mattapan Branch of the Boston Public Library at 1350 Blue Hill Avenue.

Thursday (11th) – JFK Library Forum, 6-7:30 p.m. Following a screening of the newly restored documentary, James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket, the filmmaker Karen Thorsen; Tufts professor Peniel Joseph; poet Nikky Finney and James Baldwin’s niece Aisha Karefa-Smart discuss his call for equality and its relevance today. JFK Library, Dorchester. Call 617-514-1643 to RSVP.

• The Dorchester YMCA’s Honors Event with Honorary Chair Jim Brett celebrates Dorchester and honors three outstanding OFD (originally from Dorchester) or DBC (Dorchester by choice) community leaders: Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh (Savin Hill), Dorchester Reporter founder Edward Ed Forry (Lower Mills), and Chancellor Keith Motley, University of Massachusetts Boston. 6 p.m. Venezia Boston, 20 Ericsson St. Dorchester. For tickets, $100, contact Pat O’Neill 617-265-5397; pattiashmont@gmail.com.

• Second annual Celebration of Summer to honor Boston native Donna Summer with a free roller disco event at City Hall Plaza from 6 – 10 p.m. Features DJ Kon of Dorchester, Elisa Hamilton, creator of Dance Spot Boston, Frieda Fries of Jacques’ Cabaret and the Boston Derby Dames roller derby team.