Daily Archives: March 22, 2010

Saturday, April 10, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Spring Fling Auction

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You are invited to The Boston Nature Center’s Spring Fling Auction on Saturday, April 10, from 7 – 10 (auction closes promptly at 9:15), at The Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill Street, Mattapan, one of the Mass Audubon Society’s 47 wildlife sanctuaries.  Enjoy an evening of delicious appetizers and desserts, complimentary seltzer, beer and wine, and live jazz by musicians from the Community Music Center of Boston.  Honorary Committee Members include Governor Deval Patrick and First Lady Diane B. Patrick, Mayor Thomas Menino, Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz, Councillors Felix Arroyo, Maureen Feeney, John Connolly, Stephen Murphy, Charles Yancey, Robert Consalvo, and Ayanna Pressley.  Garden Club of the Back Bay member Chris Anderson sits on the working committee, so we encourage our members to participate in this worthy cause, which raises funds to benefit the Boston Nature Center Summer Camp and Teen Ambassador Scholarship Funds.  The very modest ticket price is $30 per person, $50 per couple, and all tickets will be held at the door.  RSVP no later than April 2, please, by calling 617-983-8500, or visit www.massaudubon.org/boston.

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Garden & Gun Magazine

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Yes, you read that right – Garden & Gun.  At first  we thought “Joke”, but in fact the editors say Garden & Gun is a Southern lifestyle magazine that’s all about the magic of the new South – sporting culture, food, music, art, literature, and naturally, gardens.  You can read all about it at www.gardenandgun.com.  A number of Southern landscape designers are profiled in back issues.  We wonder what a New England equivalent publication could be named?  Suggestions welcome at info@gardenclubbackbay.org.

Thursday, April 22 – Sunday, April 25 – CraftBoston 2010

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CraftBoston 2010 will open Thursday, April 22 at the Seaport World Trade Center, 200 Seaport Boulevard in Boston, and continue through Sunday, April 25.  CraftBoston is New England’s premiere juried exhibition and sale of contemporary craft, which showcases one of a kind and limited edition pieces in baskets, ceramics, decorative fiber, wearables, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, paper and wood.  CraftBoston features 200 artists as well as work by emerging artists from leading schools and universities, an artist mentor program, a craft book seller and an educational lecture series.

Garden Club of the Back Bay February speaker Dianne Plantamura informed us of this event.  The garden fountains and sculptures (see picture below)  of her husband Larry W. Elardo, a potter, will be represented at the event.  Hours are Friday and Saturday, 10 – 6, and Sunday 11 – 5.  $15 general admission, $13 seniors, $12 SAC members. For more information call 617-266-1810, or log on to the sponsor’s website, www.festivalnet.com.