Boston Flora

Category: benefit

  • Sunday, April 25, 10:30 – 12:00 noon and 1:30 – 3:30 – Flowers in Our Life and Master Class with Els Teunissen

    As part of the Museum of Fine Arts’ Art in Bloom 2010, Els Teunissen will present a floral demonstration and illustrated lecture on Sunday, April 25, from 10:30 – 12 in the Remis Auditorium of the MFA, entitled Flowers in Our Life.  Later that afternoon, from 1:30 – 3:30, she will give a master class with hands on flower arranging instruction, with a class size limit of twenty.

    Els Teunissen is a renowned speaker in both the US and Europe.  She has arranged decorations for the Dutch royal family, the United Nations, and the Academy Awards, and represented the Flower Council of Holland at the Institute of Floral Design.

    The fee to attend the morning demonstration is $35, and the Master Class is $200.  You may purchase tickets to either or both events on line at www.mfa.org/tickets, or by calling 617-369-3306

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  • Saturday, April 24 – Monday, April 26 – Art in Bloom

    The MFA Associates invite you to take part in the 34th annual Art in Bloom at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Saturday, April 24 – Monday, April 26.  This extraordinary spring festival of art and flowers features garden clubs from around New England (including The Garden Club of the Back Bay) creating arrangements inspired by works of art throughout the Museum.  Family Day will be held Saturday from 11 – 3, floral demonstrations (see today’s other posts) will be held Sunday and Monday from 10:30 – noon, floral master classes will be offered on Sunday and Monday from 1:30 – 3:30, and elegant tea on Saturday and Sunday from 2 – 4, Member’s Night Sunday 6-8, and a Community Open House on Monday, 5 – 9.  Go to www.mfa.org for complete information and hours.  Tickets may also be purchased on line at www.mfa.org/tickets, or by calling 617-369-3306.

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  • Saturday, March 20, 6:00 pm – Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival

    Be prepared to be inspired because The Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival, hosted by local non-profit “e” inc., the Environmental Science Learning and Action Center, is back! WSEFF will take place on March 20th from 6-10 PM at The Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, 41 Berkeley Street in Boston’s South End. The evening will showcase 9 films – shorts, animations, documentaries – about pressing environmental issues, opening with the award winning documentary ‘Tapped’ about the privatization of water and the effects of buying back what you already own. Tickets also include a light supper, dessert, and a silent auction. Supper begins at 6 and films at 7:15. Dessert/Intermission is from 8:30 to 9 followed by the 2nd set of films from 9 to 10. Admission for the entire event is just $25 if purchased before March 1 and $30 after that. All proceeds benefit “e” inc.’s mission of bringing science literacy and community action to urban children and teens.  For more imformation log on to
    www.e-action.us, or call 617-227-1522.  You may also email drickystern@yahoo.com.

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  • Thursday, March 25, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Gibson House Museum Annual Benefit Gala

    The Gibson House Annual Benefit will be held Thursday, March 25 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm at  The Algonquin Club, 217 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston.  This year’s event honors Carl R. Nold, President and CEO, Historic New England, and Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Curator of American Art at the Harvard Art Museum.  Wear your best Victorian jewelry! $125 in advance, $150 at the door. For more information, and to reserve, log on to www.thegibsonhouse.org,  telephone 617-267-6338, or email info@thegibsonhouse.org.

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  • Thursday, April 8, 6:30 – 9:30 pm – Taste of the Back Bay

    The Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay’s 15th Annual Taste of the Back Bay will take place Thursday, April 8, from 6:30 – 9:30 pm at the Prudential Skywalk.  Participating restaurants include Asana at the Mandarin Oriental, Blue Restaurant and Cafe,  Brasserie JO, Cafeteria Boston, City Table, DaVinci Ristorante, Eastern Standard, Haru Sushi, Kashmir Restaurant, L’Espalier, Petit Robert Bistro, Sel de la Terre/Back Bay, Stanhope Grill at the Back Bay Hotel, Top of the Hub & Skywalk, Turner Fisheries, Vlora Mediterranean Restaurant and Wine Bar, and of course, beverages from Bauer Wines, Harpoon Brewery, and DeLuca’s Back Bay Market.  For tickets, and for more information, log on to www.nabbonline.com.

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  • Tuesday, March 23, 7:00 – 9:30 pm – A Feast for the Senses Preview Party

    Tower Hill Botanic Garden, The Trustees of Reservations, and the New England Wild Flower Society invite you to preview the new Boston Flower & Garden Show on Tuesday, March 23, from 7 – 9:30 pm at the Seaport World Trade Center, Boston.  As the season’s first blossoms mix with fresh warm earth, pussy willows, and the gentle ripple of streams, the promise of Spring will greet you like a convivial maitre d’.  (That is the purple prose of the invitation, may we point out)  Proceeds from the evening will be shared by Tower Hill and NEWFS, and you may buy tickets ($75 each) on line at three web sites:  www.newenglandwild.org, www.thetrustees.org, and www.towerhillbg.org.   The Preview Party is sponsored by Paragon Group and Stonewall Kitchen Cooking School.  With each ticket purchased, receive a cooking class certificate, up to a $50 value.  You just can’t lose!

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  • Wednesday, March 24, 6:00 – 9:00 pm – Tastefully Tower Hill

    Enjoy fabulous food and great company on Wednesday, March 24, from 6 – 9 pm, at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive in Boylston.  Sample an exclusive collection of sumptuous gourmet food tastings from central Massachusetts’ top restaurants and premier caterers at Tower Hill’s Spring fund raiser.   Cash bar, lively music, and casual chic attire.  For more information phone 508-869-6111 x 135, or email thbg@towerhillbg.org.

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  • Saturday, March 6, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon – Of a Powerful Nature

    Local artist Joanne Tarlin will be exhibiting her extraordinary art at the Wellesley Free Library March 6 through March 30.  A meet the artist reception will take place this Saturday, March 6, from 9 am – 12 noon.  She has generously offered to provide an individual membership to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society with the purchase of any piece of artwork at the show.  Her exhibit is entitled “Of a Powerful Nature: 20 Dynamic and Sensual Paintings.” A percentage of all sales will be donated to the Wellesley Free Library as well.

  • Saturday, March 20, 2:00 – 3:30 pm – Susan Dworkin: The Viking in the Wheat Field

    Join journalist Susan Dworkin on Saturday, March 20,  from 2 – 3:30 pm at the Berkshire Botanical Garden for an exploration of the world’s delicate supply of wheat, international agribusiness, scientific intrigue, and the Svalbard “Doomsday Vault.”  Learn about the extraordinary work of Bent Skovmand, one of the greatest plant scientists and pioneering seed bankers.  Follow his quest for “agriculture’s public library” as he spearheads an international effort to collect and preserve crop seeds to ensure that we won’t starve.  Dworkin will share tales of daring agricultural rescues and discuss the politics and perils of monoculture and patenting of plant genetic resources by corporations. She also will examine how the citizenry must overcome the urban-rural divide in order to protect the world’s harvest.  Enjoy a reception and book signing with the author following the lecture.  All proceeds benefit the Berkshire Botanical Garden Education Department.  Members of BBG $16, non-members $21.

    Susan Dworkin lives in the Berkshires.  She has written several biographies and social histories, including the bestseller The Nazi Officer’s Wife.  Her articles have appeared in Ms., Ladies Home Journal, The New York Times, and  other periodicals.  Her fascination with agriculture dates from early stints at the US Department of Agriculture and as a journalist covering agricultural aid programs in the Middle East.  For tickets and more information, log on to www.berkshirebotanical.org.

  • Saturday, March 13 – Longwood Symphony Orchestra Benefit Concert for The Food Project

    Founded in 1982, The Longwood Symphony Orchestra is recognized as a unique model of community engagement.  The group uses its performances to raise both funds and awareness through its healing Art of Music ™ program.  On Saturday, March 13, at the New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, the Longwood Symphony Orchestra will hold a concert benefiting The Food Project.  Tickets will be available for $40 per individual.  $100 will buy a ticket to the concert and a pre-concert reception.  $250 will purchase a ticket to the concert and reception, as well as two tickets for Food Project youth and/or members of their families.  For more information, or to reserve tickets, email events@thefoodproject.org.