Dorchester dancers Isabella Robbins, Matilda Curd, Rosalind Hornbach, and Mairead and Siobhan Manning are all performing in Boston Ballet’s production of Mikko Nissinen’s ‘The Nutcracker’ this holiday season. Robbins is a Page, Siobhan is a Polichinelle, while Mairead, Curd, and Hornbach are performing the role of Urchin. The Nutcracker opened Nov. 24 at the Citizens Bank
Amidst an atmosphere pulsating with festive enthusiasm and camaraderie, Dorchester’s Pope John Paul Park II came alive last Saturday as hundreds of runners converged at the edge of the Neponset River for the Dorchester Running Club’s annual Halfway to Dot Day 5k Road Race. “We started the event in 2013 with the purpose of just getting the neighborhood and community together to
Amidst an atmosphere pulsating with festive enthusiasm and camaraderie, Dorchester’s Pope John Paul Park II came alive last Saturday as hundreds of runners converged at the edge of the Neponset River for the Dorchester Running Club’s annual Halfway to Dot Day 5k Road Race. “We started the event in 2013 with the purpose of just getting the neighborhood and community together to
When Dorchester’s Madelyn Murphy laces up her skates, don’t expect to see kid gloves play on the ice; in fact, she takes the gloves off whenever she plays. Aggressive, offensive-minded and self-described as “sometimes rough,” Murphy burst onto the national hockey scene this summer in making the U18 USA Women’s Select Hockey team and participating in its Rivalry Series with
The 7th annual Halfway to Dot Day Road Race took place on Saturday, Dec. 10, on the Neponset Greenway and in Pope John Paul II Park. More than 500 registered for the event, which has no connection to the Dorchester Day Parade but does mark the halfway point on the calendar. More than 100 school-kids from the Murphy School and others participated in the Road Race as part of the