The Friends of the Public Garden invites you to a Members Reception Wednesday, October 10, at 6 pm, at the Union Club, 8 Park Street in Boston. This is a time to socialize and to hear David Dearinger, member of the Friends Sculpture Committee, talk about the unlikely transience of large public sculptures in Boston, including some of the ones that do (or did) grace Boston’s Public Garden and Commonwealth Avenue Mall. David is the Susan Morse Hilles Curator of Paintings & Sculpture at the Boston Athenaeum, and a specialist in nineteenth-century American sculpture. The event is free but please rsvp as space is limited. Email no later than Friday, October 5 at info@friendsofthepublicgarden.org. Call 617-723-8144 for information. Your membership can be renewed at this event. Motor Mart Garage is the reception sponsor – thank you.