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You are cordially invited to

Sparks!

A starry night in Nubian Square

MPDC’s Annual Fundraising Gala

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2024

6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Hibernian Hall Ballroom

184 Dudley Street

Roxbury, MA 02119

Tickets are on sale NOW! Purchase Tickets here.

See our 2024 Sponsorship Opportunities here.

Become a sponsor here.

Madison Park Development Corporation welcomes you to a festive, creative black-tie (*OPTIONAL*) gala at historic Hibernian Hall! Enjoy an evening of building community through meaningful awards, exciting performances, a delicious dinner, locally made beverages, and, of course, dancing!

**Please wear WHATEVER you’d like!**

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The Dewitt Center hosts a food pantry on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month!

WHERE: 122 Dewitt Drive, Roxbury, MA, 02119.

WHEN: The 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month at 11:00 am!

We will give away rice, beans, canned goods, fruit, pasta, and more!

*Everyone is welcome, but supplies are LIMITED!*

For more information:

please call 617.442.2805 or email [email protected]. 

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We will be hosting HBCU Tour Information Sessions, a great opportunity for students and parents seeking to learn more about HBCUs and expand their college choices! We look forward to seeing you!

Wednesday, October 23rd from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

The Dewitt Center

(122 Dewitt Drive, Roxbury, MA)

MPDC is pleased to announce that we will host a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Tour during Winter Break from February 17th to 21st, 2025!

Historically, Black colleges and universities have been academic, social, and spiritual safe havens for students seeking an intimate and purposeful college experience. HBCUs provide a diverse, inclusive, and supportive educational experience that has a life-long impact on student confidence, achievement, and belonging.

We want to provide this unique opportunity to Black and Brown students so they may consider all viable college options!

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Roxbury Sunflower Project End-of-Season Garden Party Friday, October 25, 2024 - 4:00 - 7:00 pm Freedom House, 5 Crawford Street, Roxbury, MA 02119

The Roxbury Sunflower Project, along with partners Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, Madison Park Development Corporation, United Neighbors of Lower Roxbury, Friends of Martin’s Park, and Speak for the Trees, will host the 2024 Roxbury Sunflower Project Garden Party on Friday, October 25, 2024 - 4:00 - 7:00 pm at the Freedom House, 5 Crawford Street, Roxbury, MA 02119. This free event is open to the public. It will celebrate the ongoing transformation of an open community lot in Grove Hall into a family-friendly space filled with large-scale sunflower plantings and accompanied by sister plantings throughout Boston. Now in its seventh year, artist Ekua Holmes’ Roxbury Sunflower Project is a multi-site public artwork consisting of three large-scale sunflower installations growing throughout the City of Boston from June to September 2024. This project is an expansion of Holmes’ Roxbury Sunflower Project, which began as a vision to use sunflowers to spread beauty and hope throughout the historically Black Boston neighborhood where the artist has lived since childhood. For Holmes, sunflowers represent resilience, inner beauty, self-determination, and the ability for a community to evolve and emerge while staying deeply grounded in its history and traditions. “Sunflowers have a radiance that sustains us by inviting us to turn toward the light in all things,” she shares. Sunflowers are heliotropic plants, which means they shift and turn to follow the movement and light of the sun throughout the sky each day. Other project themes are planting seeds, deep roots, resilience, radiance, beauty, and transformation. Holmes drew on these values to imagine the potential beauty in a large, empty lot in Grove Hall on the corner of Warren Street and Crawford Street. In June 2023, Madison Park Development Corporation acquired the lot and is thrilled to support the ongoing use of the lot for the Roxbury Sunflower Project as they explore options for further development of the site for the creation of affordable housing and retail opportunities. Highly visible and along many commuting routes, Holmes understood that the space had the possibility to become a central neighborhood gathering space full of joy and reflection for residents and passersby alike. This year’s celebration will feature, in part, Old School Hip Hop and R&B music with DJ Kitzner and ArtMaking with MassArt’s sparc! The ArtMobile, community resource tables, locally sourced snacks and refreshments, Children’s book and Teddy Bear giveaway, a historical presentation by London Parker McWhorter of UNLR, and an update of plans for the site from Madison Park Development Corporation. Roxbury Sunflower Project: End of Season Garden Party is collaboratively organized, planned, and planted by an interdisciplinary team of Roxbury Sunflower Project, United Neighbors of Lower Roxbury Community Garden, Friends of Martin’s Park, Speak for the Trees, Madison Park Development Corporation and the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Check out 639warren.org for more information about MPDC's project. Please save the date. [post_title] => Roxbury Sunflower Project End-of-Season Garden Party [post_excerpt] => The Roxbury Sunflower Project, along with partners Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, Madison Park Development Corporation, United Neighbors of Lower Roxbury, Friends of Martin’s Park, and Speak for the Trees, will host the 2024 Roxbury Sunflower Project Garden Party on Friday, October 25th. [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => roxbury-sunflower-project-end-of-season-garden-party [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-10-09 10:33:26 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-10-09 14:33:26 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://www.madison-park.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=7746 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => tribe_events [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [5] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 7693 [post_author] => 5 [post_date] => 2024-09-16 10:56:57 [post_date_gmt] => 2024-09-16 14:56:57 [post_content] =>

Ready for some October fun? MPDC is hosting an all-ages Harvest Celebration!

About MPDC’s Harvest Celebration: Join MPDC for an evening of family-friendly fun. Trick or treat yourself to activities, food, games, music, and more. At the end of the night, we’ll give out a prize for the Best Costume!

When: Thursday, October 31st, 2024; from 5:00 pm — 7:00 pm Where: The Dewitt Center (122 Dewitt Dr., Roxbury, MA 02119)

Cost: FREE!

For more information about MPDC’s Harvest Celebration, please email Will Smart at [email protected].

We hope to see you there!

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Join us for an unforgettable evening of performances at ALTARS: The Live Experience on Friday, November 15th, 7:00-9:00 PM at Hibernian Hall, as part of the City of Boston's Wake Up the Night program. 🌙🎶

Featuring world-class Boston-based artists: 🔥 Russell "Gutta" Fergusson – Krump Champion & Season 6 winner of "So You Think You Can Dance" 💃🏽 My’Kal Stromile – Boston Ballet Dancer & US Presidential Scholar in the Arts 📜 Alondra Bobadilla – Boston’s First Youth Poet Laureate 🎷 Phillip Young – Grammy-nominated Saxophonist 🇧🇷 SambaViva – Brazilian Dance Ensemble

PLUS, we'll screen Mariona Lloreta's award-winning short film ALTARS! 🎬

Stay for a brief Q&A with the performers and enjoy a delicious reception with food by Palestinian Chef Abdulla Awad from Yafa Cafe, TravelMug Cafe, and booze-free drinks by Curious Elixirs. 🍽🍹

🎟 Get your FREE tickets here: https://tinyurl.com/altarslive2024

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HIBERNIAN HALL

presents

ROXBURY ROOTS

an evening of gathering and storytelling around the campfire

Saturday, November 16, 2024

6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Doors open: 6 pm

at Hibernian Hall 184 Dudley Street, Roxbury, MA 02119

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE!

Join Hibernian Hall for a night of gathering and live storytelling around the campfire. "Roxbury Roots" is back by popular demand.

Allow the night to take you through a wide range of human experiences filled with laughter, tears, and truth. Each story is unique, and each voice is authentic, and we will go through each journey together.

Stick around for food, refreshments, and lots of prizes.

"Roxbury Roots" was created by Haris Lefteri (Creative Director of Hibernian Hall) and Leslie Stafford (Health Equity & Wellness Coordinator), who wanted to provide a platform for adventurers and storytellers. It opened in August 2022, and after popular demand, we are back for more.

All proceeds from this event will go to charity!

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