Forbes House Museum is pleased to host a talk and book signing with Boston Globe photographer, Bill Brett, on Sunday, 22 March at 2pm at the FHM, 215 Adams Street, Milton, MA. Mr. Brett will promote his new book, Boston Irish: Photography by Bill Brett.
Milton students well represented in Scholastic Art Awards
Congratulations to this year’s Boston Globe Scholastic Art Award winners. Milton students from both public and private schools were recognized. Lesley Davison, the awards coordinator from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, said more than 8,000 students submitted nearly 20,000 works — 1,750 written pieces and 18,000-plus artworks — for review.
Sunday Brunch Series: Is French Jewry Really in Danger?
Congregation Beth Shalom of the Blue Hills is pleased to host Harriet J. Winer, Associate Vice President, Israel and Global Philanthropy Jewish Agency for Israel, North American Council.
Bees, Biochar and Butterflies
BEES, BIOCHAR & BUTTERFLIES has changed to the NEW DATE of WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2015 at the MILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY from 6:45 – 8:45 PM
Food notes: Artspace Milton @ ester; Italian specials; Irish music on the way and more
Here is a quick run down of local food events and happenings. Regardless of what or where you eat, enjoy your week end.
Join Artspace Milton for a Family Night Out @ ester on Sunday, March 8th @ 4p. Children learn the legend of the leprechaun through stories and create a captured leprechaun in a jar,
Photo for the day 03.05.15
Can you believe your eyes? Thank you Martha Cosgrove who grabbed this shot of a crocus and daffodils fighting the good fight! There’s hope. We welcome your photos. You can email them to frank@mytownmatters.com.
photo by Martha Cosgrove
Milton High Recycling Toters Buried In Snow! Club Members Take Action!
On Friday, February 27, the Milton High School Recycling Club gathered after school to shovel snow and free the recycling toters. The recycling toters have been engulfed in snow for the past several weeks so the trucks could not empty them. As a result, all recycling in the school was suspended. Twelve students and two advisors scavenged the school for shoveling equipment–one student even had to go home to bring back more shovels!
Milton’s Pauline Wells to be featured guest at Ronan Tynan’s St. Patrick’s Day concert
Pauline Wells & Ronan Tynan
The celebrated Irish Tenor, Dr. Ronan Tynan, is returning to Boston’s historic Wilbur Theatre on Sunday March 15th, at 7:30 pm, for a distinctive one night St. Patrick’s holiday concert.
For over 15 years, Ronan has enjoyed a very special relationship with American audiences.
Teen M.A.G. Club at the Milton Library celebrates Milton Reads
Thursday March 19, 2015 from 3pm to 5pm, join the after school library club TeenM.A.G. (Music, Art, and Gaming). Once a month, the teen librarian, Amy Rosa, invites any teens in grades 6 to 12 to join her downstairs in the Keys Community Room for open gaming, music, and arts and crafts.
State Senate takes its show on the road
from The Boston Globe
Senators Brian A. Joyce and Joan B. Lovely arrived in Braintree on Feb. 25 for a bus tour. – John Blanding – Globe staff
Have you heard the one about the 12 senators who got on a school bus?
No, it’s not the beginning of a joke. Nearly a dozen state senators really did get on a school bus. Last week, they rode around the South Shore. This week, they visited around Greater Boston. Next week, the South Coast. (Read the full story here.)
Forbes House Museum and Ireland’s Great Famine: Who Knows the Story? Part VI
By Robin M. Tagliaferri, FHM Executive Director
MyTownMatters and the Forbes House Museum are happy to offer a series of short stories and illustrations on Ireland’s Great Famine and its connection to Milton and Boston. Since 2011, the FHM has been collaborating with scholars and civic groups from the United States and Ireland, researching the Great Famine, which took place from 1845 to 1852. The FHM Great Famine project seeks to raise awareness for the historic 1847 humanitarian voyage of Captain Robert Bennet Forbes (1804- 1889), who transported 800 tons of food and other provisions to Cork, Ireland aboard the USS Jamestown at the height of the Famine.
In the last installment, social and political issues were explored as they related to Boston’s response to Ireland’s Great Famine. At the height of the famine in winter 1847, Bostonians struggled with the looming conflict of slavery and the on-going war with Mexico.