Daily Archives: November 19, 2013

Thursday, November 21, 6:00 pm – Holiday Centerpieces Workshop

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Learn how to use a ring of mixed greens to form the foundation for your holiday centerpiece at Weston Nurseries, 93 East Main Street in Hopkinton, on Thursday, November 21 beginning at 6 pm. They’ll show you how to interchange décor with picks, glitter and more to move from one celebration to the next. This is recycling at its best! Of course, it goes without saying that there will be some treats, wine, soft drinks and plenty of lively conversation. Call a friend and have a Girls’ Nite Out together. Cost is $35, and you may sign up by telephoning 508-293-8091. Directions can be found at www.WestonNurseries.com.  Image from www.houzz.com.

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Friday, November 29, 7:30 am – Turkey Trot

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Join veteran trip leaders Larry and Joan Duprey for this look for late fall birds at one of the premier Massachusetts birding destinations, Plum Island. Warm up with a stop for some “chowda” before the end of the day. Carpool at 7:30 am from the Millers River Environmental Center, 100 Main Street, Athol, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the Athol Bird and Nature Club. For more information visit www.atholbirdclub.org.

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Wednesday, December 4, 1:00 pm – The Botanic Garden and Southeast Asian Cooking

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Items for a Southeast Asian meal in the middle of a New England winter are relatively easy to source in our global world.  this is possible because of research pioneered in botanic gardens, often overlooked immigrant entrepreneurs, and consumers who equate consuming ethnic food with cultural cosmopolitanism.  Professor Alex Orquiza, a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in American Studies at Wellesley College, shows how many of the plants from the Wellesley College Botanic Gardens connect to our everyday lives, with individual histories that include both old and new cultural exchanges.  The Wednesday, December 4 talk, beginning at 1 pm at the Wellesley College Botanic Gardens Visitors Center, includes a cooking demonstration.  Professor Orquiza is completing his first book, A Pacific Palate: Food, Culture, and American Imperialism in the Philippines, 1898-1935.  WCBG members free, nonmembers $10.  Sign up by calling 781-283-3094, or visit www.wellesley.edu/wcbgfriends.

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