United South End Settlements

Our beloved Platium Singers will hold a concert on Thursday May 24, 2012 at 7:00 PM at Lincoln Room, USES Harriet Tubman House. At the one-hour concert, they will perform standards, originals and sing-alongs for the whole family.

The Platinum Singers are a group of seniors who gather weekly to learn about singing, vocal health and now, song writing! They are directed by Elizabeth Anker. The Platinum Singers have performed at the Massachusetts State House and have been featured in the Boston Globe.

Please come and enjoy the amazing music performed by the senior singers in our community! Free admission and reception follows! The building is wheelchair accessible.

Finding the conviction and clarity to articulate “ I am…” is often as hard as it is to capture on film. This exhibit draws on photography from Peace in Focus’s international and domestic programs looking at: homecoming, identity, and community – as they frame the essence of “I am…”

Exhibition Viewing Dates: April 30 – May 30

From April 17-20, 8:00 am – 5:30 pm, this program allows children to engage in a wide variety of visual arts projects and techniques ranging from crafts projects to painting, printmaking and sculpture accumulating a portfolio to take home at the end of the session. Children will also have the opportunity to participate in enrichment activities such as yoga, music and dramatic play, concluding the session with a field trip to a local arts and cultural institution. It is a non-competitive environment that encourages each young artist to develop their interests.

Camp Hale, located on Squam Lake in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, has been providing a residential camping experience to approximately 125 boys every summer since 1900.

• Camp Hale Session 1 is from June 28 – July 19 for boys aged 7-10.
• Camp Hale Session 2 is from July 22 – August 14 for boys aged 11-14.
• NEW! Camp Hale Session 3 is from August 26 – August 30 for girls aged 8-14.

Not sure Camp Hale is for you? Check out one of the open houses, either June 2 at 48 Rutland St. Boston, MA from 1:00 to 4:00pm, or June 10 at Camp Hale Center Sandwich, NH (bus leaves at 8:00 am).

On June 12, 21012, from 6:00-9:00pm at the Harriet Tubman House, we will be recognizing some of the invaluable contributions several neighbors have made to improving the South End/Lower Roxbury community. We will be honoring the work done in our community by Representative Byron Rushing, Frieda Garcia, and Paulette Ford.

The children of the Starfish Classroom performed traditional dances and songs in order to celebrate the cultures from around the world represented in USES’ classrooms. Each piece was selected to reflect the unique cultural background of the students in the Starfish Classroom.

“In The Mix”, an inter-generational concert, was held at United South End Settlements’ (USES) Harriet Tubman House on Thursday afternoon, Mar. 29^th. Sixty youth from the Lake Highland Academy Singers from Orlando, Florida, and twenty senior citizens from USES’ Platinum Singers performed together and brought an impressive musical experience to more than 200 audience members.