Daily Archives: March 8, 2014


Thursday, March 20, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Gibson House Museum Eighteenth Annual Benefit

The Gibson House Museum will hold its eighteenth annual benefit on Thursday, March 20 from 6:30 – 8:30 at The Algonquin Club on Commonwealth Avenue.  The 2014 honoree is Jonathan L. Fairbanks, an artist who is also one of the world’s foremost experts on American arts and antiques. He created the Department of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and served as its chief curator from 1970 to 1999. He is currently the director of the Fuller Craft Museum. Mr. Fairbanks has received many awards for his outstanding and diverse contributions to his field. We honor him particularly for his long-standing dedication to historic preservation and for increasing our knowledge and appreciation of 19th- and early 20th-century American architecture and decorative arts. Tickets may be reserved by calling 617-267-6338 or by visiting www.thegibsonhouse.org.

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Monday, April 7 – Wednesday, April 9 – 2014 Northeast Natural History Conference

Join the Eagle Hill Institute on Monday, April 7 through Wednesday, April 9 for the 2014 Northeast Natural History Conference, to be held at the Sheraton Springfield Hotel in Springfield, Massachusetts. This conference promises again to be the largest regional forum for researchers, natural resource managers, students, and naturalists to present current information on the varied aspects of applied field biology (freshwater, marine, and terrestrial) and natural history for the Northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. It will serve as a premier venue to identify research and management needs, foster friendships and collegial relationships, and encourage a greater region-wide interest in natural history by bringing people with diverse backgrounds together. Impressed with the Sheraton Springfield Hotel as a wonderful conference facility and western Massachussetts as a central location within reasonable travel distance to so many institutions and organizations focused on natural history research, the organizers are returning there for the 2014 NENHC.

Special Conference Rates:
• $109 plus tax per night for a room with either one king or two queen beds
• $99 plus tax per night for students
• An extra person can share the room on a rollaway bed* for only an additional $15, making it even more affordable for those on a budget.

Individuals may call in directly to the Sheraton Springfield reservations desk at the number provided below. In order to receive the special rates, guests must identify themselves as attendees of the Northeast Natural History Conference and make their reservations by March 16th. In addition, students must identify themselves as students at time of registration and then provide student ID at time of check-in. After this date, discounted room rates may be available, but only at the discretion of the Hotel.

Sheraton Springfield Hotel
Address: One Monarch Place, Springfield, MA 01144
Phone: 413-781-1010 or 1-800-325-3535
To register for the conference, visit http://www.eaglehill.us/NENHC_2014/registration/registrationinfo.shtml before March 16.

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