A dozen young musicians from around the country will return to Milton from their academic and professional lives to perform a hometown concert in celebration of the Milton Young Musicians Festival, which turns 25 in 2011. The featured performers are alumni of the festival who have gone on to work professionally in music.
Events
Milton Garden Club to host holiday Greens Sale
The Milton Garden Club is hosting its annual
Greens Sale
Featured are: Decorated fresh evergreen wreaths, rose hip wreaths, holiday arrrangements, table top trees, and gift items.
Proceeds help benefit town beautification projects.
WHEN: Saturday, December 4th from 9:00-11:00am
WHERE: Cunningham Hall / 75 Edge Hill Road / Milton, MA
Fuller Village Craft Fair
Get a jump on your holiday shopping and visit over 25 craftsmen under one roof. Huge Raffle and great prizes. Homemade pastries and lunch available. Proceeds to benefit the Fuller Village Resident Association.
WHEN: Saturday, 11/20 from 10:00am to 2:00pm.
WHERE: Fuller Village / 1372 Brush Hill Rd / Milton
Lecture: “Paddler, Spare that Tree!” Ecology of Trees & Our Waterways
Join the Milton Garden Club for a presentation by Russ Cohen, Rivers Advocate with the State of MA Riverways Program and learn the answers to questions shuch as:
- What should be done about trees lying in a river? Should they be removed, pruned, relocated, or left undisturbed?
Frankly Speaking: Stoodt Sings Sinatra to benefit Milton Food Pantry
Local music maven, Jeff Stoodt, will be bringing Sinatra’s ageless music to Milton this week. In a benefit for the Milton Food Pantry Stoodt will be singing Sinatra accompanied by the Joel Hiller Trio.
The opening act will feature Pat Neves. Admission: $15
WHEN: Saturday, November 20, 2010, 8 p.m.
WHERE: First Parish Church / 535 Canton Avenue Milton
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Temple Shalom screening the film Fiesteramos!
Temple Shalom of Milton will be showing Fiestaremos! on Saturday, November 20 at 7:00 p.m., and the public is invited to attend.
Fontbonne Academy Hosts Shakespeare Abridged, a Comedy
Please join Fontbonne’s for this hilarious version of Shakespeare’s works! You will laugh all the way home!
Showtimes are: Fri, 11/19 & Sat, 11/20 at 7 p.m. and Sun, 11/21, 2 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the door or through the Main Office 617-696-3241.
Lower Mills Holiday Stroll
The 3rd annual Lower Mills Holiday Stroll will take place on Thursday, November 18th from 5:30 to 8:00 pm in Lower Mills in Dorchester and Milton Village. Over 30 businesses will stay open late offering refreshments, special discounts, and/or displaying work from local artists.
Young Adult Film Series: Remember the Titans
The Milton Public Library will be screening Remember the Titans as part of their Young Adult Film Series. Starring Denzel Wahsington, the film tells the true story of an African-American coach hired to coach a high school team in the deep south during the early years of integration. (Watch trailer after the jump).
Meeting set for Lower Mills bridge project
from The Dorchester Reporter
A public meeting is set for Nov. 17 (at 6:30 p.m. in the Park Mill function room of the Baker Square Condominiums on Adams St) for Department of Conservation and Recreation officials to talk up plans to convert Lower Mills’ former railroad bridge over the Neponset River into a pedestrian bridge.
Built in 1917, the bridge is between Dorchester and Milton and was aimed at serving the Walter Baker Chocolate Factory, which has since been converted into condominiums. (Read the full story here.)