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UPCOMING EVENTS
ASHMONT GRILL’s innovative Give Back @ The Grill program enters its second year by supporting the 
Dot2Dot will be hosting their first open mic of 2012! Dinner will be held at 6:00 p.m. and the open mic will be held at 7:00 p.m. More information about the event will be released as we near the date. Check out dot2dot's 
This Sunday, January 29th, the Winter Farmers' Market will be called DORCHESTER READS! as friends of the Codman Square Library will be sponsoring this week's installment of our neighborhood market. Volunteers from Codman Academy will be reading to children and will be giving away free children's "Bounty Books" along with Bounty Bucks coupons! To top off a relaxing Sunday, free massages will be available from 1 to 3. 
Do you need information about how to afford college? Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Day will be taking place in a number of locations around Greater Boston this January! FAFSA Day is an opportunity to get free help completing your FAFSA for the 2012 - 2013 school year. While there are many locations hosting this event in the greater area, in the Dorchester / Roxbury area O'Bryant School of Math & Science will be open for FAFSA Day. The school is located at 55 Malcolm X Blvd, Roxbury, MA 02119. The event will be happening on January 29, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. Resources that will be available include: Computer Access, Online Filing and Spanish Translators.
On January 29, at 2:00 p.m. Stephen Puleo, author of Dark Tide, will discuss the historic Great Molasses Flood that ravaged the city of Boston on January 15, 1919. A very notable event in Boston's history, a 50-foot tall steel tank filled with 2.3 million gallons of molasses collapsed on Boston's waterfront. The flood demolished homes, and even a brick fire station! The flood ultimately killed 21 and injured 150, and became an unforgettable interest of historians and Bostonians for decades to come. The Dorchester Historical Society is located at 195 Boston Street. For more information about the Dorchester Historical Society, please visit their 
The Citywide Urban Agriculture Rezoning Kickoff and Visioning Meeting has been scheduled for Monday, January 30, 2012 at 6:00PM. The purpose of this meeting is to disseminate information about urban agriculture and elicit thoughts from community residents about ideas for urban agriculture in Boston. Participants will have the opportunity to take part in a visioning exercise to talk about their hopes and aspirations for urban agriculture in the city of Boston. 
