#WhereToBe: 6.10.16–6.16.16
Each Friday, we feature a special “where to be” post on our blog to make sure every day of the week has some sort of cultural event to check out. We hope that you all can come out into the community, learn, and commemorate some influential people and events around Boston! Have something coming up that you’d like to see here? Tweet us Epicenter Community @epicentercom #WhereToBe
Tonight, Friday, 6.10.16
Black and White Party
Hosted by Discover Roxbury
Roxbury’s artists bring energy, vibrancy, and color to our lives everyday. Whether we see their artwork in galleries, on the street, or in our homes, their talents inspire joy, reflection, and a sense of wonder. At the Black & White Party, we celebrate and support Roxbury’s artists. As the theme suggests, the attire, decor, and food (to the extent possible) are all black and white. Black and white artwork is also for sale. Our goal is to void the venue of color to remind us of how important Roxbury’s artists are in bringing color to our lives.
Net proceeds from the party support Roxbury Open Studios.
When: 6:00pm
First Church in Roxbury | 10 Putnam St, Boston, 02119
Purchase Tickets Here: https://discoverroxbury.secure.force.com/ticket#sections_a0Fd000000g0ITjEAM ($25-$30)
Tomorrow, Saturday, 6.11.16
Boston Pride Parade
Hosted by Boston Pride
Boston Pride produces events and activities to achieve inclusivity, equality, respect, and awareness in Greater Boston and beyond. Fostering diversity, unity, visibility, and dignity; we educate, communicate, and advocate by building and strengthening community connections.
The 2016 Boston Pride Parade kicks off at Copley Square and ends at City Hall Plaza, rain or shine!
When: 12:00PM
Where: Copley Square to City Hall Plaza
Find out more info here: http://www.bostonpride.org/parade/
Sunday, 6.12.16
JP Block Party
Hosted by Boston Pride and Kristen Porter
Kristen Porter Presents (Dyke Night® & The List: Boston’s Queer Agenda) teams up with Boston Pride once again to host the outdoor JP Block party featuring a full 6 hours of entertainment.
What can you expect? 1,500 LBT women, queer and trans* folk and friends of all ages take over Perkins Street for a fun filled outdoor afternoon with vendors, food, cash bar (all ages, 21+ to drink).
The schedule of events:
2–3 pm: Face painting and games for kids.
ZILI MISIK: Live music-an all female acoustic & electronic fusion of roots music of the African diaspora. Reconnecting Haitian mizik rasin, Jamaican roots reggae, Afro-Brazilian samba, Afro-Cuban son, and African American spirituals, blues, jazz, and neo soul, Zili Misik honors its influences while creating a sound that is uniquely its own: New World Soul.
3–4 pm: 4th Annual Divas, Dogs & Drag Show
Featuring available for adoption rescue dogs showcased by some of Boston’s most celebrity drag queens and kings including the newly crowned Mr. & Mrs. Boston Pride. We welcome back emcee Sapphira Cristal, former queen of Boston Pride and Miss Gay NY.
4–8 pm: Dancing with DJ LeahV
After the show, the street morphs into one giant dance floor with DJ LeahV aka ‘The People’s DJ’. Her signature open format mixing and seamless genre-blending sets have won her the Boston Music Awards “DJ Artist of the Year,” Improper Bostonian’s “Boston’s Best DJ” and a feature at the Dinah Shore Weekend.
6:30 pm: Adrienne Mack-Davis with feleciacruz
Special guest performance. Blending hip-hop, soul, pop, r&b and dance music with her roots in the fundamentals of classical opera she figures why not have fun creatively and deliver art that the world truly needs beyond the superficiality that dominates the majority of mainstream popular
When: 2:00PM
Where: Perkins St (at Center St, Jamaica Plain, MA)
$10 Donation before 5 pm/ $15 donation after 5 pm ($5 additional will go directly to the Boston Pride Community Fund)
Find more information here: http://www.dykenight.com/jp-block-party/
Monday, 6.13.16
Cityside Comedy Club Presents Twanda Gona
Hosted by Comic InSite
Tawanda Gona is a 20 something comedian out of Boston. He started at the comedy studio at the age of 18 and slowly rose through the ranks of the Boston Comedy Scene, working his way to Comic In Residence of the Comedy Studio in 2013.
Recently he has appeared in the Cleveland Comedy Festival and the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival in Atlanta.
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EVERY Monday Comic InSite presents CitySide Comedy Club, located at Cityside Bar (1960 Beacon St. Brighton, MA). CitySide Comedy Club brings you the absolute best standup comics working today. With hilarious headliners, and frequent surprise guest comics, CitySide Comedy Club is the best spot for Standup Comedy in Boston on Mondays. Many of these comedians have been seen places like Conan, Comedy Central, Funny or Die, Sirius XM, HBO and more!
When: 8:00PM
Where: Cityside Bar | 1960 Beacon St, Brighton 02135
Tuesday, 6.14.16
Ladies Night at Brooklyn Boulders
Hosted by Brooklyn Boulders Sommerville
Join the BKB crew for our monthly Ladies Night!
All day, ladies pay $19 for a day pass (gear included!) From 7–10 in the evening, catch showcases from women DJs and tabling from local community businesses.
When: 7:00PM
Where: Brooklyn Boulders Somerville | 12 Tyler St, Somerville, 02143
More info can be found here: http://brooklynboulders.com/somerville/
Wednesday, 6.15.16
Juneteenth the Evolution of Freedom
Hosted by Epicenter Community
For the 4th Year Epicenter Community formally Future Boston and the Museum of Fine Arts have come together to create a night of live art and performance in honor and celebration of Juneteenth — the oldest national commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. See works by local visual, fashion, and performance artists; join a tour or talk to learn about works acquired through the MFA’s Heritage Fund for a Diverse Collection; and catch a screening from this year’s Roxbury International Film Festival — the largest New England film festival dedicated to celebrating films by, for, and about people of color.
Last year we brought over 2,200 community members and residents to the Museum of Fine Arts to continue the celebration for Freedom & this year is promised to be a night of exquisite aesthetics, sound, and performance.
This Year’s Community Partners Include:
The Bay State Banner, MALC, Mass Humanities, NU Crossing, LACED, Kickback Boston, Haley House Bakery Cafe, Outside The Box Agency, Killer BoomBox, CLLCTV, Dudley Dough, Grub Street, Company One, City Awake, B.R.E.A.D, Whole U, VENT, Socializing for Justice (SoJust), Boston Naturals, BeautyLynk, Exquisite Design Concepts, Kelley Chunn & Associates, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism (BINJ), Fab Empire, Franklin Park Art Grove, & Resilient Coders.
Artists | Designers | Panelists & Programming to be announced!
This Event is Free & Open to the Public | Youth & Families are Encouraged to Attend
When: 5:00 pm
Where:Museum of Fine Arts | 465 Huntington Ave, Boston, 02115
RSVP Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/juneteenth-evolution-of-freedom-tickets-24963258779
Thursday, 6.16.16
Lives at Stake: A Community Conversation On Mass Incarceration
Hosted by JP Progressives
National leaders acknowledge the mistake of “tough on crime” legislation. Why is Massachusetts slow to change these laws? What Can We Do About It? Join the discussion.
Keynote:
Rahsaan Hall
Director of the ACLU Racial Justice Program
Moderator:
Melissa Threadgill
Crime & Justice Institute,
Community Resources for Justice
Panelists:
Sonia Chang-Díaz
State Senator
Steven W Tompkins
Suffolk County Sheriff
Conan Harris
Boston Deputy Director of Public Safety Initiatives
Many Thanks to the Forum’s Cosponsors: Black Lives Matter Boston, Boston Mobilization, Bromley Heath Tenant Organization, Criminal Justice Policy Coalition, The Jamaica Plain Forum, JPNDC, Mass Campaign for Jobs Not Jails, Boston Workmen’s Circle Center for Jewish Culture and Social Justice Progressive WRox/Roz, EMIT End Mass Incarceration Together of Unitarian Universalist Mass Action Network
When: 7:00PM
Where: First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain | 633 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, 02130
