




Dorchester’s Strand Theatre served as the stage for a mayoral forum focused on arts and culture issues on July 30. The event, moderated by Jared Bowen, host of GBH’s “The Culture Show,” was hosted by Create the Vote Boston Coalition—a nonpartisan group organized by MASSCreative.

By R.J. Donovan. “The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks” is is captivating, an immersive, theatrical experience combining emotional storytelling, rare NASA archival footage, and

The Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation hosted the annual Caribbean Jerk Festival on the lawn of the Second Church in Codman Square last Saturday with scores of residents taking in the best cuisine and music from the neighborhood.

Historic New England and Mandorla Music will host their third annual David Chesnut Jazz Festival at the Eustis Estate, 1424 Canton Ave. in Milton, on Sat., Aug. 9.
Two Dorchester-based actors, Amanda Leigh and Larissa Lessard, have featured roles in the wild, genre-bending musical “Reefer Madness” that Moonstruck Theater Company will be producing at The Rockwell in Somerville from Aug. 14 through Aug. 23.

A knock on a church door, an unexpected alliance, a battle to preserve a neighborhood: This is the true story of “The Lot Next Door,” a play in development by the Dorchester Weather theater ensemble.