Multicultural Resource Handbook
Welcome to the MGH Institute of Health Professions and to Boston! Boston is an exciting city for students, professionals and families alike. As you begin your transition into graduate student life, we hope that this guide will help you adjust to life in a new city that could be hundreds, possibly thousands, of miles away from home. Most of the information in this guide was compiled from promotional material provided by Boston area organizations on the Internet as well as input from members of the BWH and Institute community. This guide does not represent all the organizations in the area. It is meant to serve as a complement to the other resource materials you have already received. We hope your move to Boston goes smoothly. As you begin to experience life in Boston for yourself, please contact the Office of Student and Alumni Services with any questions or feedback.
General Resources for all “New-to-Boston” students
Office of Student and Alumni Services Boston Central (OSAS) Highlighting fun, family activities in Boston 36 1st Ave Building 34, 2nd Floor Straight from the Locals: Advice on Boston, MA 724-2742 Relocating to Boston Email: [email protected] Boston English is probably unlike anything you’ve ever heard- here’s a guide to get you Employee Assistance Program (EAP) started: The Employee Assistance Program offers short-term counseling, and referral General information on just about programs to help IHP students and their everything: Boston Online families with all types of personal, family, school and work-related concerns. The EAP Online forum where you can post questions provides free, confidential, and voluntary to be answered by locals: Universal Hub assessments, short-term problem-focused counseling, and referrals for treatment or Local online news like Boston.com has a lot other assistance, including a monthly of great information about things to do in support group for those involved with elder Boston! care. Please see their website or stop by OSAS for more information. 175 Charles River Park at MGH Other offices located at different Partners locations in the Greater Boston area, the North Shore, and on Cape Cod. Call (866) 724-4327 to speak to a counselor. Watch the newly admitted student orientation video on EAP.
Ethnic and Cultural Organizations/Associations
General Tips Independence Day, Bangladesh Check with your country’s consulate Liberation Day and other events office in Boston about any associations Also organizes concerts, fairs, dance, or programs that may be of interest to music events as part of its activities you. Also helps Bangladeshi kids to learn Talk to others in the Boston area about Bangla their experiences, a personal reference is always better than something found India Association of Greater Boston online! • A sociocultural organization, IAGB plays an important role in bringing the Indian community together to celebrate India’s South Asian Independence Day as “India Day” in Greater Boston area Pakistan Association of Greater Boston Non-political, non-sectarian, cultural New England Marathi Mandal and educational organization that • Serves the Marathi community by serves the Pakistani community by preserving Marathi culture through inviting scholars, poets, artists, and various cultural activities dignitaries from Pakistan to share their • Celebrates Marathi festivals such as knowledge, arts, and experience Ganesh Chaturthi, Diwali, Padwa and Organizes and participate in cultural Sankrant shows and festivals held in the Boston area and publishes a newsletter, Nida E Gurjar- Gujarati Association of New Waqt England Young Association of Pakistani • Well-established, non-profit Professionals coordinates their own organization from the New England events and networking programs Area that organizes year-round cultural events such as youth program, diwali, Bangladesh Association of New England navratri, spring/summer mela, Organization for Bangladeshi scholarship, charity fund-raising, community living in New England area grandparents club, drama, musical of USA (Connecticut, Maine, concerts, and poetry recitals Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) Telugu Association of Greater Boston Arranges Bangladeshi cultural programs (TAGB) and celebrates Bangla New Year, Bangla • Non-profit organization that provides a Language day, Bangladesh forum to connect people whose mother tongue is Telugu as well as those who love the Telugu language. • Serves the local community by promoting various cultural, educational and humanitarian activities. drama and encouraging local talents in Kerala Association of New England and around New England area • Non-profit, non-political, non-religious cultural organization working towards the betterment of the social lifestyle of European the Malayalee in the New England area • Major events for the year include the Boston French Library Alliance Française of Onam and Christmas Celebrations, Arts Boston & Talents Day, Annual Camp and Picnic Tel: (617) 912-0400 • KANE also allows the youth of the • Non-profit organization whose mission community to participate via KANE Jr; is to provide an authentic French this subgroup participates in the parent cultural and social experience events and also conducts events of its • Features a language school part of the own Alliance Française network, the 2nd largest private French Library in the US, Prabasi (Bengali) and the cultural center for the • Non-profit, tax exempt organization francophone world in New England established in 1981 to celebrate and • Calendar of Events promote Bengali and Indian culture within its community Irish Cultural Centre of New England Tel: (781) 821-8291 Bangla Biswa • Working in collaboration with Irish • Celebrates Durga Puja, Saraswati Puja, organizations and the Irish government Kali Puja, Bengali New Year, and an - as well as with the region's annual picnic for its members as well as educational, arts, and cultural concerts and other performances institutions - the ICCNE is poised to throughout the year expand current programming and to actively support Irish cultural activities Mandaara New England Kannada Koota throughout New England Organizes four major gatherings as part • Calendar of Events of its activities for the year: Ugadi is celebrated during spring followed by an Russian American Cultural Center of annual picnic in summer. The next Boston major gatherings are Ganesha Chaturthi Tel: (617) 542-0707 and Kannada Rajyothsava, as well as • Offers a multitude of services for people Deepavali and Childrens Day in interested in all things Russian November. • Specific services: Business translations (legal documents, adoption papers, New England Tamil Sangam birth certificates, diplomas, etc.), • Promotes Tamil language and Culture language classes, Russian and English since 1970's tutoring, celebrations and parties in • Non-profit organization that organizes observance of Russian holidays, events like movies, music, dance and lectures, talks, and concerts
Turkish Cultural Center of Boston higher education, & professional Tel: (617) 779-8222 networking • Non-profit organization devoted to the promotion of Turkish Culture and Dante Alighieri Society Language in Boston Tel: (617) 876-5160 • Organizes educational and cultural • Non-profit organization whose objective activities such as art exhibits, concerts, is to promote and foster Italian trips, children’s activities, movie language and culture screenings, lectures, seminars, dinners, • Organizes a cultural event every 3rd language courses, workshops, library Friday of the month events and informational programs about Turkey and Turkish culture Eastern Massachusetts Italian Language, Food, and Culture Club (21+, Fluent Turkish American Cultural Society of New Speakers Only) England • Non-profit, charitable, grass-roots North Shore Brits and Euros organization whose primary goals are to promote Turkish culture and heritage, German Expatriates in Boston to bring together the people of Turkish heritage, and to welcome and assist Greater Boston Area Greek Culture permanent residents, visitors, and Meetups students arriving from Turkey • Organizes conferences, seminars, Cine Club Francophone de Boston concerts, exhibitions as well as educational programs on Turkish culture Boston French Language Meetup
The Boston Euro Social Meetup Group Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese • A chance to meet and socialize with Speakers other local Euros and Europhiles and enjoy sharing stories and experiences living in Europe or places you visited in East Asian Europe. Meet Americans of European heritage who enjoy European culture. Asian Community Development All those from Western and Eastern Corporation European backgrounds are welcome. Tel: (617) 482-2380 • Non-profit that serves the Asian FIERI Boston: International Organization of American community of Greater Boston Students and Young Professionals • Youth development program: Asian Celebrating Italian Culture Voices of Organized Youth for Tel: (617) 567-6442 Community Empowerment (A-VOYCE) • Non-profit organization of young supports young people in projects that Italians, Italian Americans, and provide leadership development and Italophiles who promote the study of skill building Italian and Italian-American history, • Speakeasy– offers interpretation the department’s 40 community centers services between individuals and city to coordinate and improve city services service agencies, community and resources for Boston organizations and local businesses via neighborhoods cell phone Chinese Progressive Association Asian American Civic Association (AACA) Tel: (617) 357-4499 Tel: (617) 426-9492 • Grassroots community organization • Provides limited English speaking and which seeks to involve ordinary economically disadvantaged people community members in making with education, occupational training important decisions such as the and social services enabling them to campaign to save Chinatown realize lasting economic self-sufficiency • Sponsors the Chinese Youth Initiative • AACA has five major components: the and an Adult Education Program Workforce Development Center, the Education Center, Multi- Service Center, Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Sampan (biweekly newspaper), and the Association of New England Youth Initiative Tel: (617) 542-2574 • Sponsored programs include ping pong Greater Boston Chinese Cultural club, senior citizens dance program, ESL Association classes, Chinese chess club, mandarin Tel: (617) 332-0377 class, dance troupes, and music classes • Registered non-political, non-profit organization located in West Newton Chinatown Committee • Programs include GBCCA Library, the Tel: (617) 495-5526 Huaxin Chinese Language School , • Provides personal and academic Huaxin School of Arts, Huaxin After enrichment to children and teenagers, School Program, Chinese Music teaches English to adults, offers civic Ensemble, New England Chinese Youth and history classes for naturalization, Summer Camp and Chinese Cultural and provides tech resources Outreach Program • Programs include Chinatown • Sponsors and participates in many Afterschool Program, Chinatown Big Sib cultural events, such as the Dragon Boat program, Chinatown ESL/Citizenship Festival and First Night program, and Chinatown Teen Program • GBCCA Educational Outreach Program provides Chinese culture/language/arts Greater Boston Chinese Golden Age Center classes and workshops at GBCCA and Tel: (617) 357-0226 local schools • Committed to promoting the general welfare of Chinese-speaking Asian Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, elders including their psychosocial and Inc. economic well-being Tel: (617) 635-5129 • Assists elders to maintain their • An affiliate of the Boston Centers for independence and remain at home by Youth and Families, BCNC works with offering programs such as Nutrition, Adult Day Health, Elder-at-Risk, Lifeline, • Popular programs include the summer Transportation and Congregate Housing seedlings program, health careers exploration program, unique rhythms, Cambridge Center for Chinese Culture and the Three Kings Celebration that Tel: (781) 786-2050 or (781) 788-8558 happens annually in Mission Hill • Non-profit organization aimed at promoting Chinese culture through La Alianza Hispana afterschool programs in Waltham and Tel: (617) 427-7175 Cambridge as well as summer school • Programs include youth development, and weekend programs that include a after school programs, camps, and karaoke club, ballroom dancing club, family support groups as well as a ping pong club, and other spaces computer center at their main office available for rent Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Greater Boston Chinese Community Speakers Services Tel: (617) 472-9470 Venezuelan Cultural Events sponsored by Consulate General of Venezuela Japan Society of Boston Tel: (617) 522-0740 African American/Black Consulate General of Japan in Boston’s Cultural and Education Enrichment Black Boston Website (has links to local Japanese Events) • A community portal of events, businesses, culture, historical sites, job Korean Association of New England listings, and much more all pertaining to Tel: (781) 933-8822 Black Boston; a must-see multidimensional resource website
Hispanic The Boston Black Professionals Meetup Group Association of Latino Professionals for • The key objective of (TPNO) America: Boston Chapter Boston/New England Chapter is to establish links between the national Sociedad Latina (based in Mission Hill) organization and the community as well Tel: (617) 442-4299 as the corporate and political sectors in • A myriad of cultural events and the Boston area programs targeted towards Latino and • Economic, professional, and social Latina youth that are divided into 4 empowerment as well as networking categories: education and career opportunities for new Bostonians exploration, workforce development, cultural & arts enrichment, and civic NAACP- Boston Branch engagement Tel: (617) 427-9494 • Features news and social, historical, and networking events for all ages
Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts Tel: (617) 442-4519 • Invaluable resource that features an employment resource center, empowerment center, technology resources, parent & youth services, and much more
The Office for Multicultural Faculty Careers (OMC) has a website with helpful resources
Middle Eastern
Network of Arab American Professionals- Boston • Links to local events, job recruitment, cultural happenings, technology resources, art shows, music, and news
Center for Arab Culture Tel: (877) 222-9740 • Non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating Arabic language, culture, art, history, and Arab-American cultural experience • The Arabic School is currently located at Mt Ida College in Newton
YallaBoston! Events Calendar YallaBoston is a great resource to connect with other Middle Eastern nationals living in Boston; lots of online listings of local restaurants, markets, entertainment, and more!
Boston Palestine Film Festival • Promotes Palestinian art and culture in Massachusetts and Palestine
Athletic Clubs/Leagues General Resources • Organizes Chinese youth in the vicinity of Boston in a friendly group that YMCA/YWCA engages in athletics and social activities Find your local branch on the website • As the oldest Chinese athletic club in Boston Sports Clubs Boston, the BCFAC is the only organization that provides members BodyScapes access to a clubhouse in Chinatown and teaches the art of the Lion dance Boston Athletic Club alongside athletic programs
Sports Programs for Girls in Massachusetts Gund Kwok- Asian Women Lion & Dragon Dance Troupe The Boston Center for Adult Education also • Established in 1998 to give Asian has a wide variety of courses in the arts and women the opportunity to express their recreational activities which you can power and strength through the art of participate in for a nominal fee lion and dragon dance • Performing troupe of diverse Asian women of varying ages and South Asian occupations. Ten-week trial classes are offered to prospective members once or Massachusetts State Cricket League twice a year. Regular troupe members • Games played throughout Boston, begin meet once a week to practice routines, the season on the first weekend of May refine techniques, increase strength and and end in the middle of September endurance, build community and teamwork and prepare for performances European Chinese Medicine for Health/ NE School of The European Club at the Massachusetts Tai Chi Institute of Technology has several clubs • The New England School of Tai Chi is and league sports including summer tennis, located at 1564A Washington Street in basketball, soccer (football), volleyball, Holliston, MA. The school is a division of running, and handball. Check out their Chinese Medicine for Health. It is a website for details and contact information. professional Tai Chi training center, instructing individuals in both exercise and the healing potential of traditional East Asian Chinese Arts Gin Soon Tai Chi Chaun Boston Chinese Freemasons Athletic Club Federation • Oldest school teaching Tai Chi Chuan in The NAAP (Network for Arab American the Greater Boston Area today Professionals) sponsors tournaments and • All instructions at the headquarters, trips centered around sports such as soccer, private and group, are taught by Master skiing, snowboarding, and paintballing Gin Soon Chu and his son Vincent Chu
Hispanic (See general resources)
African American/Black
William J. Devine Golf Course at Franklin Park Tel: (617) 265-4084 • 18 hole public golf course minutes from downtown Boston with a state of the art club house and beautiful fairways
Sportsmen’s Tennis Club Tel: (617) 288-9092
Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center Tel: (617) 541-3535 • The center boasts not only state of the art athletic facilities including an indoor track and gymnasium but also various community outreach programs and events
Middle Eastern
Music/Art/Dance Schools and Classes General Tips/Resources offer music, art, and dance classes for its members and affiliates • Many of the cultural centers and associations listed in the “Ethnic Groups/Cultural • The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston offers Organizations/Associations” section art classes to all interested students regardless of age. For a list of offerings and harmonium, mridangam, sarod, please click the link to their website. vocal music, sitar, tabla, and veena • Boston Central’s link to Music and • Organizes seminars, workshops and Dance classes. concerts, the most popular of which is • More established area music schools the Classical Music Conference held including the Berklee College of Music, each year in April which brings talented Boston Conservatory, Longy School of artists from India to perform at a 3 day Music, Community Music Center of event Boston and much more. • The Boston Center for Adult Education Durga Krishnan’s New England School of also has an wide variety of courses in Carnatic Music the arts and recreational activities • Teaching and Promoting Carnatic Music which you can participate in for a in its purest Form and bringing Carnatic nominal fee. Music to Mainstream America
The Chhandam Institute of Kathak Dance South Asian • Non-profit organization dedicated to Kathak dance, affiliated with the Triveni School of Dance Chhandam Chitresh Das Dance • Founded by Nina Gulati, Triveni teaches Company in San Francisco, California as three forms of classical Indian dance: well as the Nritya Bharati Institute in Bharat Natyam from Tamil Nadu, Kolkata, India Kuchipudi from Andhra Pradesh, and • Provides a supportive and multi-cultural Odissi from Orissa environment in which to explore the • 175 students of all ages perform in benefits of Kathak dance festivals, cultural events and benefit • Offers classes for men, women, and performances throughout the year children of all ages • Triveni Dance Ensemble consists of Neena Gulati and her senior students Sangeetayan School of Hindustani Music that perform professionally around New • School of music dedicated to the England dissemination of Indian Music in the New England Area LearnQuest Academy of Music Sri Kuchipudi Natyalaya • Non-profit institution devoted to • Pioneering Kuchipudi dance institute in providing formal instruction in Indian the New England area Classical Music, both Hindustani and Carnatic Styles More Organizations • Classes are held in Waltham, Acton and Andover, MA on Saturdays and some weekday evenings European • Instruction in flute, guitar, carnatic vocal music, hindustani vocal music, keyboard European Piano School • State of the art teaching facilities and 7 Tel: (857) 246-4090 experienced piano teachers with • Dedicated to promotion, preservation training from Europe and advancement of Brazilian culture, • Weekly lessons on theory and different especially Afro-Brazilian culture and the styles of music as well as performance performing arts. The center is home to opportunities two long-standing performing entities: Group Capoeira Camara Angola and Samba Tremeterra. Instruction is East Asian provided in Capoeira Angola and Samba drum and dance, as well as traditional Boston Guzheng Ensemble instrument making. The BCCNE also • The only Guzheng ensemble in the New offers training and rehearsal space for a England area aimed at promoting full range of other martial arts and Chinese culture and music to the public performing arts, including African and Latin dance and percussion Odaiko New England • New England Area Japanese Drumming Group engaging and performing the art African American/Black of taiko OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Tel: (617) 522-3900 Association • Empowering the local community, • Offers classes through the Huaxin particularly youth, through educational School of Arts and has a Chinese Music programs in art, dance, and African Ensemble history • Sponsors various workshops including Tae Kwon Doe, meditation, theatre, Hispanic conflict resolution, and simple Q & A sessions Salsa Boston • Offers beginner Salsa lessons and a variety of events and club nights for Middle Eastern novice and experienced dancers alike Arabiqa (Karim Nagi) Havana Club Boston Tel: (617) 629-9262 • Offers a variety of lessons and club • Enthusiastic and talented teacher Karim nights for dancers of all skill levels Nagi leads workshops and classes in the Boston area centered around Arabic Mambos music, dance, and culture • Complimentary salsa lessons on club • Also leads a Boston area vocal ensemble nights from 9:30-11:00 that performs at various events in the • Open to ALL AGES; family friendly city
Brazilian Cultural Center of New England Sharq Music Ensemble Tel: (617) 924-7675 tradition and renews it with the vitality • SHARQ Arabic Music Ensemble is of modern musical acumen, perspective composed of Arab Americans. The and expertise. group specializes in traditional Arabic music, as it was performed for hundreds of years in the royal courts, art houses and concert halls of past Arabic kingdoms. SHARQ maintains this lost
Places of Worship/Religious Organizations General Tips/Resources • Harvard Longwood Muslims is an Islamic organization focused on Muslim • Attending a place of worship in your activities in the Longwood Medical area. community can be a great way to meet All are welcome to attend events and/or other families or individuals in your join the announcements email list. We community are here to provide relevant services for • Visit pluralism.org for a list of all major both Muslims and non-Muslims in the places of worship in Boston organized Longwood area. by religion (Click on “Religious Centers” • Organizes and maintains Friday prayers Link) as well as a prayer room for daily usage. • You can visit the website of the town Other activities include Ramadan you live in or check your local Yellow programs, lectures, and interfaith Pages for a list of religious organizations dialogue. and places of worship in your town • The list below is not comprehensive! Harvard Islamic Society Please use the links above or talk to Student Organization Center at Hilles others at work or in your neighborhood Box # 61 who can give you advice about the right 59 Shepard Street religious community for you and your Cambridge, MA 02138 family Email: [email protected]
Muslim Muslim American Society (MAS) Boston Chapter American Islamic Congress Tel: (617) 427-2636 Tel: (617) 266-0080 • A charitable, religious, social, cultural, • Non-religious civic association and educational, not-for-profit promoting programs that empower organization. It is a pioneering Islamic leadership among youth organization, an Islamic revival, and reform movement that uplifts the Harvard Longwood Muslims individual, family, and society 260 Longwood Avenue Boston, MA 02115 Islamic Center at Tufts University
Islamic Society of Northeastern University Brighton, MA 02135 360 Huntington Avenue, 3rd floor, Ell Hall Tel: (617) 254-1939 Boston, MA 02115 Society for Islamic Brotherhood (S.I.B.) Islamic Finder 724 Shawmut Avenue • Non-profit organization is dedicated to Roxbury, MA 02119 serving Islam on the Internet and Tel: (617) 442-2805 currently provides information about mosques (masjids), prayer times, Islamic Click Here for More Boston Area Mosques organizations, Islamic centers, and Muslim owned businesses all over the world Hindu
Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center Sri Lakshmi Temple Tel: (617) 858-6114 117 Waverly Street • A cultural landmark. The largest and Ashland, MA 01721 newest Islamic cultural center in New Tel: (508) 881-5775 England. Located in the heart of Boston • The temple has daily poojas as well as at Roxbury Crossing. Right off the special events and programs on major Orange Line T stop for "Roxbury religious holidays. The temple also Crossing." The ISBCC is not just a organizes cultural events as well mosque, but also houses a school, a including Hindustani and Carnatic library, an interfaith center, an classical music concerts, folk music exhibition space and a morgue and demonstrations, classical and modern significant community relations and dance performances, and theater. social services • Youth, Cultural and Educational Programs (YCEP) Committee organizes Islamic Masumeen Center of New England cultural and heritage based programs 115 Wood Street for children (ages 5-20) Hopkinton, MA Tel: (508) 497-3462 Ramakrishna Vedanta Society 58 Deerfield Street Islamic Society of Greater Worcester Boston, MA 02215-1803 57 Laurel Street Tel: (617) 536-5320 Worcester, MA 01605 Tel: (508) 752-4377 The Ganesh Hindu Temple 48 Edson Street Islamic Center of New England Dorchester, MA 02124 470 South Street Tel: (617) 298-7309 Quincy, MA 02169 Tel: (617) 479-8341 Sikh
Yusuf Mosque Gurudwara Sikh Sangat Boston 186 Chestnut Hill Avenue Sikh Sangat Society, is conveniently located • Current programs include ASEP: After near the border of Somerville and School Enrichment Program (K2 to 5th Cambridge grade), SEP: Summer Enrichment 561 Windsor Street Program (K2 to 5th grade), IRIS: Somerville, MA 02145 Information Referral and Interpretation Tel: (781) 975-1531 Service, VITA: IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Service, College Scholar’s Gurdwara Guru Nanak Darbar Award, Family Life Education Library, 226 Mystic Avenue Parent-Child Consultation, Adult Medford, MA 02155 Computer Literacy Classes, Workshops Tel: (781) 396-0769 and Training on Marriage and Parenting, Workshops and Training on Chinese- Jain American Biculturalism
Jain Sangh Boston Chinese Bible Study Group 223 Middlesex Turnpike 234 Franklin Street Burlington, MA 01803 Cambridge, MA 02139 Tel: (781) 221-7864 • Group of Chinese students and • The Jain Sangh not only runs daily professionals who meet regularly on services and events, it also has a Friday night for Bible study. See website pathshala for children located at the for schedule of meeting times. Marshall Simonds Middle School in Burlington. The school holds cultural Boston Chinese Catholic Community and religious classes once a month. See Chinese Catholic Pastoral Center website for more details. 78 Tyler Street Boston, MA 02111-1831 • Serves all Chinese Catholics from the Christian Archdiocese of Boston even though its host/anchor church is St. James the Indian Christian Fellowship of New England Greater, Boston (Chinatown), Hellenic Gospel Church Massachusetts. 187 Church Street • The predominant dialect is Cantonese, Newton, MA 02458 followed by Mandarin, Toishanese, and Tel: (508) 865-1574 Fujianese.
American Chinese Christian Educations & Chinese Bible Church of Greater Boston Social Services, Inc. 149 Old Spring Street 244 Harrison Avenue Lexington, MA 02421 Boston, MA 02111 Tel: (781) 863-1755 Tel: (617) 426-1070 • Non-profit, non-denominational 874 Beacon Street Christian outreach community service Boston, MA 02215 agency Tel: (617) 299-1266
Chinese Christian Church of New England 134 Camden Street 1835 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02118 Brookline, MA 02445-4206 Tel: (617) 427-0424 Tel: (617) 232-8652 First Church of Christ, Scientist Boston Chinese Evangelical Church 210 Massachusetts Ave Chinatown Campus Boston, MA 02115 249 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111 Tel: (617) 450-2000 Tel: (617) 426-5711 New Hope Baptist Church Newton Campus 1450 River Street 218 Walnut Street, Newtonville, MA 02460 Hyde Park, MA 02136 Tel: (617) 243-0100 Tel: (617) 272-3542 • One church composed of 6 congregations ministering in 3 different Charles Street AME languages, Cantonese, English, and 551 Warren Street Mandarin, over 2 campuses, Chinatown Dorchester, MA 02121 and Newton. Tel: (617) 442-2770
Hispanic Community Church, UCC of Blue Hill Church of Christ Boston 1505 Blue Hill Avenue 85 Seaverns Avenue Mattapan, MA 02126 Jamaica Plain, MA 02130-2866 Tel: (617) 296-5882 Tel: (617) 232-1416 Morning Star Baptist Church Iglesia Bautista Hispano American de 1257 Blue Hill Avenue Boston Mattapan, MA 02126 Hispanic Service- Sundays 11 am Tel: (617) 298-0278 88 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02108 Concord Baptist Church Tel: (617) 248-0008 180 Blue Hill Avenue Milton, MA 02186 Congregation Lion of Judah Tel: (617) 698-9300 68 Northampton Street Boston, MA 02118 Jewish Iglesia Bautista Hispana of Jamaica Plain 10 Kingsboro Park Synagogue Council of Massachusetts’s List Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 of Synagogues in Massachusetts (Search by Tel: (617) 522-9006 Town/City)
Click Here for More Hispanic Churches
People’s Baptist Church of Boston Specialty Foods/International Markets
The links below are to maps of some of the Click Here for the European Foods Market area's most popular international grocery Map! stores. Most of these stories carry not only traditional, imported vegetables, meats, Below is an excerpt from the MIT European and spices, but also carry local fresh Club’s advice for European nationals produce, frozen meals, imported goods, regarding food and dining: and rent out DVDs. Included are some grocery stores close to the city of Boston. Where could I buy French food (crepes, Since some of these stores are family baguettes, saucisson, croissants...)? owned, they may go out of business or Formaggio Kitchen (on Huron Ave, change ownership frequently. Phone Cambridge and South End, Boston) is a numbers are also provided. Please call great source for all French cuisine, including before you go and ask for hours and croissants, baguettes and brioches. Clear location. Flour also has great French baguette. They are located in Brookline but they distribute Highly Recommended Directory of Many through other places. Iggy's Bread in Ethnic Grocery Stores in Boston Area: Cambridge makes baguettes and • Boston Ethnic Markets patisseries. Bricco Panetteria in the North • Chow Hound is also a great place to talk End has delicious pastries and baguettes. to others about cheap, delicious eats You can also get real saucisson in the North around the city End. They must import it from some Midwestern state and call it by an Italian name, sobresata, but it is saucisson. The South Asian store is located on Cross Street, half-way between Endicott and Salem Streets. Catch Click Here for a Comprehensive South Asian the green line to Haymarket. Grocery Store Map! And Italian food? Some Highly Rated Stores: You can get Italian food mainly in the North Patel Brothers End. 425 Moody Street Waltham, MA 02453-0401 Where could I get fresh "mozzarella"? Tel: (781) 893-1003 In the North End at Purity Cheese (55 Endicott St). Foodland 2234 Massachusetts Avenue Cheese, wine...? Cambridge, MA 02140 Nice fresh cheese -not wrapped up but to Tel: (617) 349-0009 be sliced from big round cheeses- at the Wine and Cheese Cask, Washington St, Somerville. European
Cheap and good wine at Trader Joe's 57 Union Square grocery store on 727 Memorial Drive, Somerville, MA 02143 Cambridge, as well as high quality groceries Tel: (617) 625-0022 from Europe. Bazaar’s two locations are the right places for gourmet European foods. Modelos Market Café We have also heard that Market Basket at 501 Medford Street Union Square, 400 Somerville Ave, Somerville, MA 02145 Somerville, has a great selection of fruits Tel: (617) 625-2868 and vegetables. Tropical Foods 450 Melnea Cass Blvd East Asian Roxbury, MA 02119 Tel: (617) 442-7439 Click Here for a Comprehensive East Asian Grocery Store Map! African American/Black Some Highly Rated Stores: Mings Supermarket, Inc. Click Here for a Comprehensive African 1102 Washington Street American/Black Grocery Store Map! Boston, MA 02118 Tel: (617) 338-1588 Some Highly Rated Stores: South End Food Emporium C-Mart Supermarket 465 Columbus Avenue 109 Lincoln Street Boston, MA 02116-5960 Boston, MA 02111 Tel: (617) 536-7172 Tel: (617) 426-8888 Tropical Foods 50 Herald Street 450 Melnea Cass Blvd Boston, MA 02118 Roxbury, MA 02119 Tel: (617) 338-8811 Tel: (617) 442-7439
Kaba African Market Hispanic 29 Roxbury Street Roxbury, MA 02119 Click Here for a Comprehensive Hispanic Tel: (617) 445-5200 Grocery Store Map!
Some Highly Rated Stores: Middle Eastern/Halal Latin Market 3201 Washington Street Click Here for a Comprehensive Middle Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 Eastern Grocery Store Map! Tel: (617) 522-8719
Mineirao One Stop Mart Some Highly Rated Stores: Arax Market 585 Mount Auburn Street Watertown, MA 02472 Tel: (617) 924-3399
Sevan Bakery 599 Mount Auburn Street Watertown, MA 02472 Tel: (617) 924-3243
Alhoda Market 304 Prospect Street Cambridge, MA 02139 Tel: (617) 441-7854
Boston Halal Meat Market 114 Blackstone Street Boston, MA 02109 Tel: (617) 722-9969
Roxbury Alal Market 1433 Tremont Street Roxbury Crossing, MA 02120 Tel: (617) 606-7108
Movie Theaters and TV/Radio Programs South Asian Arlington, MA 02474 Tel: (781) 648-4340 Bollywood movies are shown at several theaters in the Boston area. Please see aapkamanoranjan.com for a list of current Regal Cinema films and show times. The most common 231 Turnpike Road “Bombay Cinema” theaters are listed Westborough, MA 01581 below: Tel: (844) 462-7342
Apple Cinemas Freshpond WJIB 740 AM Sargam 1 PM - 3 PM 168 Alewife Brook Parkway (Sundays) Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: (617) 229-6555 1330 AM Sounds of India 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Sundays) Capitol Theater 204 Massachusetts Avenue WNTN 1550 AM Jhankar Saturdays 10:30 "The ONLY locally produced live Chinese AM-12 PM program since 1992!" WMSX 1410 AM 9 - 11 AM (Sundays) WJDA 1300 AM 8 - 11 PM (Sundays) European
Boston French Library Alliance Française of Hispanic Boston French movies played twice a week with WUNI- Channel 27 English subtitles! Univision
Annual Boston Turkish Film Festival Boston Latino TV • The festival screens dozens of Turkish films complimented with great Turkish SPC Noticias – WUNR 1600 AM cuisine, concerts by up and coming Mon-Fri, 6 AM - 8 AM Turkish artists, and forums for discussion WAZN 1470 AM WRCA 1330 AM The Museum of Fine Arts Film Program WAMG 890 AM
Harvard Film Archive Con Salsa WBUR 90.9 FM Saturdays 10 PM - 3 AM
East Asian African American/Black The following theaters frequently show films from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Black Boston TV Shows Basic Black- WGBH Channel 2 The Brattle Theatre CityLine- Channel 5 Urban Update- Channel 7 The Coolidge Corner Theatre BBN TV- Comcast Channel 23
Harvard Film Archive See boston.blacksoftware.com for details
The Museum of Fine Arts Film Program Strand Theatre 543 Columbia Road Also keep an eye out for annual film Dorchester, MA 02125 festivals, such as: Tel:(617) 635-1403 Films at the Gate Five nights of free screenings of kung fu and Touch Radio 106.1 FM classic Chinese-language movies in Boston Chinatown in early September. WILD Radio 1090 AM
Middle Eastern
Arabic Hour TV Show Link to schedule of show times on local cable TV and online viewing:
Boston Palestinian Film Festival • Established to showcase the extraordinary narrative of Palestinians through the medium of cinema to audiences in the New England area. The festival is sponsored by Tawassul, an organization committed to sharing and celebrating Palestinian arts and culture
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Making international calls from a landline South Asian can be expensive. There are many online, prepaid calling card services to help you call Lokvani and stay in touch with relatives. Those • Lokvani provides a central portal for listed below are the most well-known and Indian Americans in Boston with frequently used. Please see individual information about everything from local websites for rates and details. events, art and culture, family programs, job searches, matrimonials, Skype etc.
Airtel Boston Indian NRI Classifieds • This website is comparable to Craigs Tel3Advantage List, providing Indian Americans in the community with a form to discuss issues Reliance Global Calling (South Asia) as well as conduct basic business.
Rebtel India Abroad
United World Telecom European WhatsApp MIT European Club’s Newsletter
Boston Accueil: Newsletter for French newcomers to Boston submissions, forums, dating and artist Boston Irish Reporter showcase
Russian Bulletins: Unity First russianday.com Russian Boston The Black Pages of New England Russian Life Tel: (617) 298-3000 bestperiodica.com Middle Eastern
East Asian Yalla Boston • Strives to spread awareness of the many Sampan local Middle Eastern communities in the • New England’s only bilingual Chinese- Boston and greater Massachusetts areas English newspaper by serving as an informational directory for numerous Middle Eastern World Journal businesses • This national Chinese-language newspaper maintains a Boston office and a bookstore at 216 Lincoln St.
Boston Chinese News • Published monthly by Southern Newspapers Group
Shenghuonet
Hispanic
El Planeta
El Mundo Boston
African American/Black
Bay State Banner • Weekly community newspaper with articles of interest for the Black community in Boston
Boston Offline • A website designed to link Boston’s African American community together: free job and business listings, event