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BPS Arts Department Citywide Arts Institute
“Creativity Cultivates Powerful Habits of Mind”
Saturday, March 27, 2010 from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Massachusetts College of Art & Design, located at 621 Huntington Avenue, Boston. Nurture your creativity! From drumming, dancing, and puppetry to visual art making and classroom observations, The Creativity Cultivates Powerful Habits of Mind Arts Institute will celebrate culture and arts learning. Fill your day with joyful arts professional development. Join the Boston Public Schools Arts Department, hosted by the Massachusetts College of Art and Design on Saturday, March 27, 2010 from 8:00 until 3:30. Space is limited. Register now! To register complete and submit the attached registration form by fax (617)635-9249 or email bpsartsdepartment@gmail.com no later than 5:00 p.m., Monday, March 22nd.

Arts Specialists Forum IV
Thursday, April 8, 2010 from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.
Boston Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
500 Walk Hill Street, Mattapan, MA 02126
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BPS Dance Festival 2009-2010
May 13, 2010 / Time and location TBA

Fiddle and Dance Workshop with Rachel Panitch
The Boston Public Quartet invites you to a Fiddle and Dance Workshop on February 6, 2010 from 12:30-1:30 PM at All-Saint's Ashmont 209 Ashmont Street, Dorchester. Bring you instrument and your feet! All are welcome to this event, especially Boston string players and their families. We will learn a few tunes, and then learn a few dances, and most importantly have fun! There will be Pizza too! Please email or call Betsy Hinkle for more information: 617-513-5325. Email betsyhinkle@gmail.com, or visit www.bostonpublicquartet.org

Boston Ballet Educational Series
Think about Boston Ballet for 2009/2010! Boston Ballet introduces the first ever educational series that brings together in-class studies with in-theater experiences. Make stories come alive! Go behind the scenes! Bring the ballet to your classroom! For more information call 617-456-6343. Read more...

Citydance is a scholarship dance program offered to third-grade students in the Boston Public Schools. Each fall, professional staff members from Boston Ballet provide lively workshops for more than 4,000 third-grade students. Those students who show a strong interest and natural aptitude for ballet are invited to Introduction to Ballet. Read more...

Introduction to Ballet is a ten-week course that invites Boston Public School students to the Boston Ballet studios in the South End to participate in a 90-minute dance class each week. Transportation to and from Boston Ballet is provided by the Boston Public School system, and classes, dancewear, and shoes are provided for all students enrolled. Read more...

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