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News
Index
The Upham's Corner Library
Safe Street Team Garners Win
Photos of the Blue Hills
State Poem: Blue Hills of MA
Boston Ballet at Strand - Vimeo
Photos from Upham's
Corner's Past
Preparing for Dorchester Day
How the Boston Youth Fund
Works
Coming Events
Strand
Theatre Events
3/17 - GOTCHA Youth Job Fair
3/18 - Dorchester Arts Breakfast
3/24 - Meatloaf
Dinner (DotDay)
4/1-3 - Kroc Center Dedication
4/16 - Gotcha Youth Summit
4/30 - Boston Shines
5/08 - Mothers' Day Walk for Peace
6/05 - Dorchester Day Parade
From Prior UCN Issues
GOTCHA
Youth
Program
Restaurant
at 33 Hancock - Update
Buttonwood
& NStar
Letter to Paul -
#2
Moreland
St vs. Liquor License
Photo
Series: Painted in White
Elder Art Exhibit
(Click for more details)
Artist Renato A.
D. Riccioni
Fri, March 18 2011 ยท 8:00am - 9:00am
Artist Renato A. D. Riccioni will discuss his artwork and journal for Sustainability
Guild International.
He is a recognized abstract painter and sculptor in the Italian
contemporary arts community and the
Principal Teacher for the Boston Public School/Museum of Fine Arts
Scholarship Program.
$5 cover - coffee/tea, Karen's incredible homemade scones and fresh
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News Index -
Revised Format
The helpful "News Index" has not kept up with the volume of news and
feature stories being reported, so we've changed the format.
NEWS INDEX now lists all issues published in chronological order with a
sub-listing of all articles.
Use CTRL F to search the page for the topic of interest.
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Photos of the Blue Hills
The Blue Hills of Massachusetts is the name of our state poem and the name of a state park of over 7000
acres set aside in Norfolk County, MA. (click to enlarge)
Here's an idea:
Let's take photos at the park and publish the poem.
Photos of the
Blue Hills
In March - quiet, cold, patient, proud and
beautiful.
Commonwealth's
State Poem
"Blue Hills of Massachusetts," the official state poem was adopted and
recorded into the General Laws in 1981.
"Blue Hills of Massachusetts"
by Katherine E. Mullen of Barre, Official Poem of the Commonwealth
Massachusetts! Massachusetts!
Lovely Bay State by the sea,
Chosen by the Pilgrim Fathers
In their search for liberty.
More . . .
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Upham's
Corner InSight into the News
Upham's Corner
Library -
A Cinderella whose Time has Come
Based on the BRA decision to approve the St. Kevin's project,
there is hope that a proposed replacement for the existing Upham's
Corner Library will be included in the first-floor design.
The
developers like this idea but its outcome depends on funding.
The Upham's Corner Library is like a Cinderella who has been waiting to
go to the ball for a long, long time while her many sisters have
celebrated.
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Door leading into library |
Upham's
Corner Library Series
Boston Ballet at the Strand
Students enjoying the Boston Ballet.
(Click to enlarge)
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On Friday, March 11, 2011 the Boston Ballet staged an eclectic set of
"dance tidbits," reflecting a
wide range of dance styles.
Boston school youth watched a
traditional ballerina in pink, which is what they expected.
But, to their surprise, they also got to see spectacularly agile male
dancers in the "modern dance" style.
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That helped
dispel the notion that ballet is "for girls."
Chris Harding's report (BNN) is delightful with comments by the
ballet's
artistic director, Mikko Nissinen, shots of the ballet performances,
interviews with the youth and
dance contributions by the youth in attendance.
The Strand Theatre shines in its ability to promote the arts to the
residents of Boston.
Vimeo
Report for BNN News by Chris Harding
Safe
Street
Team Garners Win for Upham's Corner
On
Saturday, March 12, 2011, officers from Area B-2
(Roxbury) assigned to the Uphams Corner Safe Street Team successfully
nabbed a man who stole items from a motor vehicle setup as part of a
sting operation.
Great big thanks to the Safe Street Team - Read the whole story
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 Elders
- Art Exhibit
Feb 16 - Mar 16, 2011
Upham's Corner Library
Over
60 people - artists, staff and guests attended the reception at the Upham's Corner
Library on 2/16/11.
View the
wonderful watercolors. Woodworking contributions were made by
members of the Men's Group. Popular with women is sewing and especially embrodery.
The art exhibit is a result of the USEP/PACE art therapy program.
Activities Director Paulette Sewell-Reid gives us a detailed history on
how the program got started - fascinating. You also get a chance
to meet the
artists.
The exhibition will be at the Upham's Corner library through March 16,
2011.
This art exhibit is A MUST SEE.
Story &
Photos
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Strand Theatre Events |
April
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SweeneyTodd, Presented through spacial
arrangements with Music Theatre
International, Admission is Free to the Public, no ticket required.
4/7 - 8pm, 4/8 - 8pm, 4/9 - 2pm & 8pm
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4/16
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Bird Street Youth Summit, Free to the Public
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4/30
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New England Urban Music Awards
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May
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5/06
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Boston Classical Orchestra Concert
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5/07
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Tech Goes Home Graduation
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5/14
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Chinese Cultural Dance Performance (day)
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5/15
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Boston City Singers
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5/22
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Boston Children's Chorus
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5/26
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Danza Contemporanea de Cuba, Cuban Ballet |
Boston Youth Fund -
How
it Works
Of the Mayor's three youth summer jobs programs, the Boston Youth Fund
is the largest. This year through the Hope Line over 7000 teens
entered the jobs pool and if funding remains at 2010 levels, 3300 youth
will be employed.
Details on this program
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 Upham's Corner History
Two great photos from "Dorchester, Volume 2" by Anthony Mitchell
Sammarco.
This book is a must read for anyone interested in the
history of our local community. Out of print, it is still
available through used book dealers online.
View photos
Dorchester
Day - Getting the Parade Rolling
Dorchester Day is scheduled for June 5, 2011, a
Sunday starting at 1pm
in Lower Mills and arriving hours later at Columbia Rd. 
But today is March, so why the rush? Because the parade is
EXPENSIVE and events are happening NOW to help raise funds and give DOT
residents a chance to celebrate early. UC News will be covering
events and reporting back.
Background on the Dorchester Day Parade.
For a complete list of events, check their website DotDay
website.
Coming Up: Meatloaf
Dinner, March 24, 6:30 PM, First Parish Church
 A Closer
Look at GOTCHA
Mar 7, 2011
"Get off the corner, hanging around."
Gotcha - a really terrific youth
leadership and development program and a collaborative of 20-25
non-profits. It works closely with the Boston Youth Fund all year
round for creating youth job opportunities.
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