Last night: Tonight Jan 30! What began in 2010 as a bright idea aimed at blasting winter-weary residents south-of-Boston out of their homes and into local restaurant seats is now, Dorchester-Milton Restaurant Week, apopular annual tradition.
Three-course dinners for $30.12 at nine cream-of-the-crop restaurants, each located within a few blocks of each other and listed below - plus free parking at all locations.
2012 Dorchester-Milton Restaurant Week is Sunday through Thursday nights between January 15 and 30.
As always, advance reservations are appreciated, but not required. >> Read More
Thinktank is a newer and more engaging form of pub quiz/bar trivia featuring a variety of questions accompanied by a visual component for the patrons to follow along with. thinktank is also very accessible for song, category, & feedback requests through facebook.com/thinktanktrivia, @thinktanktrivia on twitter, or in person.
Five runners will represent the Dorchester Family School Initiative in the Boston Marathon on April 15th. There will be a fundraiser on March 28th at the Blarney Stone. Food and entertainment is free. Donations at the door. 
On Sunday, December 11, Write On The DOT will host a poetry reading at Blarney Stone in Fields Corner. The reading will be from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30, and feature UMass-Boston MFA candidates, and writers in the Dorchester community, including Sam Cha, Aaron Devine, Johnny Diaz, Mariya "Morie" Deykute, and Christopher Kain. A summary of Write On The Dot's mission from their blog: "Write on the DOT is a reading series presented by students in UMass-Boston's Creative Writing MFA Program. The series seeks to create a space in which UMass writers and Dorchester writers can meet, mingle, and check out what each other are up to." For more information about Write On The DOT, check out their website 
