Daily Archives: November 17, 2013

Sunday, December 8, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Made in the Shade: Sargent’s Watercolors of Italian Villa Gardens

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Join Teresa Carbone, co-curator of “John Singer Sargent Watercolors,” and follow Sargent’s footsteps through some of Italy’s most beautiful and renowned Renaissance and Baroque gardens. See how the artist selected his subjects, where he stood when painting them, and what he surprisingly chose to edit out. Teresa Carbone is the Andrew W. Mellon Curator of American Art, managing curator, Arts of the Americas, Brooklyn Museum. The program will take place at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston on Sunday, December 8, from 2 – 3 in the Remis Auditorium. $10 MFA members, seniors and students, $13 general public.

To order tickets by phone, call 1-800-440-6975; to order in person, visit any MFA ticket desk.

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Wednesday, November 20, 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Food Chain Restoration in the Face of Climate Change

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Recent years have brought spikes in the frequency of strange weather patterns and severe storms, with many blaming the increase on human-caused climate change. Farmer, author and activist Gary Paul Nabhan proposes that we look to the past for solutions-at crops and techniques used in regions that have historically endured this kind of weather. Hear his thoughts about the need for increased biodiversity on farmlands and strategies to relink the food chain at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University on Wednesday, November 20 at 7:30 pm in the Hunnewell Building. Read his opinions in Grist and the New York Times.
Fee $10 Arboretum member, $15 nonmember  Students: call 617.384.5277 to register free.

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Tuesday, November 19, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Jamaica Plain’s Historic Walter Street Burying Ground

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The Jamaica Plain Historical Society will present a talk on the Walter Street Burying Ground on Tuesday, November 19, from 7 – 8 at the Loring-Greenough House, 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain.  The Loring-Greenough House, Jamaica Plain’s 1760 colonial mansion, once had a family graveyard on its grounds. However, it had to be relocated as the area developed. The “residents” were moved to what was orginally the graveyard of the Second Parish Church in Roxbury, the Walter Street Burial Ground. The talk will focus on who is buried at the Walter Street Burial Ground, what graves have survived the test of time and what is still unknown about the site. Chris Child, Genealogist at the New England Historic Genealogical Society will be the speaker.  Free and open to the public.  For more information visit www.jphs.org.

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