Candelaria Norma Silva-Collins, a former Dorchester resident, author, and civic “connector,” died in North Carolina on March 24 of complications from cancer.. She was 71.
Students, staff and community members gathered at the school last Thursday (March 26) for Dever Digitizing Day, an initiative to create a digital archive preserving the school’s nearly seven decades of history.
The “Voices of Dorchester” program on April 11 presented by Historic New England and the Dorchester Historical Society aims to amplify stories from the time period using diaries, letters and personal accounts.
Dorchester vocalist Brian De Lorenzo will release his second big band album, “Toast of the Town, Vol. 2,” on Fri., April 24.
The Banshee, a Dorchester Avenue pub, comes alive with the authentic Irish language as speakers and learners chat and brush up on their skills in a once-per-month gathering.
The work of Jane Jacobs and the consequences of “The New Boston” came together March 8 in Fields Corner, in a conversation at JustBook-Ish between authors Richard Keeley and Karilyn Crockett.
