Lace up your sneakers and get the entire family warmed up for a day of outdoor fun along the Esplanade at the Hill House Backyard Dash. The 1 mile fun run/walk along the Charles River will take off from Fiedler Field, and will precede the community picnic and “backyard” themed kids festival, with family-friendly carnival games & activities ranging from obstacle courses to face-painting. There will also be the second annual toddler-trotted Diaper Dash for children 4 and under. Mayor Thomas Menino, along with Wally the Green Monster, will be on hand to add to the excitement of the day. The event is open to participants of all ages. The race fee is $10 per child, $15 per adult, and $50 for a family. Then, the day after the Dash, head over to Charles Street where several businesses will be offering deals and discounts to anyone wearing their Backyard Dash bracelet or medal. For more information, or to register on-line, log on to www.hillhouseboston.org.
Category: benefit
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Monday, May 18, 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. – Following in her Footsteps Awards Breakfast
Save America’s Treasures invites you to join them Honoring Eleanor Roosevelt: A Project to Preserve Her Val-Kill Home, at a breakfast where the Following in her Footsteps Award will be presented to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday, May 18, from 8-10 a.m. in the United Nations Delegates Dining Room, 46th Street and First Avenue, New York City. Guest speakers will include Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York. $250 ticket price. For further information contact Kristine Bruch at 212-228-7446, ext 15, or email kristine@mcevoyandassociates.com.
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Thursday, April 30, 5:30 pm – Boston Preservation Alliance Auction and Awards
Join the Boston Preservation Alliance for A Date with Deco at the Landmark, at 160 Federal Street in Boston. Silent and Live Auctions begin at 5:30. Hors d’oeuvres and cocktails by La Morra, Wines by Greenvale Vineyards in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Tickets $75 ($40 deductible contribution). For more information on the awards and auction items log on to www.bostonpreservation.org.
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Thursday, May 14, 5:30 – 8:30 – Go WILD! Fundraiser
Go WILD! An Evening of Garden Delights & Irresistible Plant Shopping, for the benefit of the New England Wild Flower Society, will include plant sales (including the popular Gardener to Gardener table), both live and silent auctions, music, festive food and beverages, and more. As an added bonus, spring ephemerals will be in bloom at Garden in the Woods. Tickets are $50 each or four for $150. You may order on line at www.newfs.org, or call Heather McDonald at 508-877-7360, x3208. All proceeds will support the Society and its programs.
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Sunday, April 5, 2 pm – Borromeo String Quartet at Forest Hills
The Borromeo will play one of Bach’s magnificent works for organ – the C Minor Passacaglia and Fugue – transcribed for string quartet by first violinist Nicholas Kitchen. This will be followed by one of the most wildly expressive of all quartets, Janacek’s Kruetzer Sonata, and will conclude with Beethoven’s first Razumosky Quartet Op. 59, No. 1. Presented by the Forest Hills Educational Trust. Forest Hills Cemetery, 95 Forest Hills Avenue, Jamaica Plain. Free Parking. For ticket prices and information, call 617-524-3354, or log on to www.foresthillstrust.org.
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Sunday, March 22, 3 pm – Food Project Benefit Concert
You are invited to a family concert by the Solar Winds Quintet featuring Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf on Sunday, March 22, 3 pm, at the First Parish Unitarian-Universalist Church of Watertown, 35 Church Street, near Watertown Square. $20 individual, $30 families. For more information contact Charlyn Bethell, 617-744-1987 or email urbeth@rcn.com. The Food Project is a past recipient of a grant from The Garden Club of the Back Bay
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Wednesday, May 6, 5:30 pm – Preservation Massachusetts 22nd Annual Awards Dinner
Celebrate sustainable green preservation at the 22nd Annual Awards Dinner of Preservation Massachusetts at The Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston. Each May, the Preservation Awards recognizes the efforts and accomplishments of individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to preserving the Commonwealth’s historic resources. Since 1988 the awards have been a festive gathering for the Massachusetts preservation community and an opportunity to spotlight individuals and corporations that generously support Preservation Massachusetts and its programs. For ticket and sponsorship information email Erin Kelly at ekelly@preservationmass.org, or visit www.preservationmass.org.
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Friday, March 27, 6-9 pm – Luscious Lemons
Sample a lemony collection of sumptuous gourmet food tastings from Central New England’s top restaurants and caterers at Tower Hill Botanic Garden’s “Limonaia” Annual Fundraiser, to raise money for the planned Limonaia to be built across from the Orangerie. Tickets, $35 per person. For more information call 508-869-6111 or log on to www.towerhillbg.org.
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Sunday, March 22, 4-6 pm – Gibson House Museum Annual Benefit
The Gibson House Annual Benefit will be held Sunday, March 22 at the Fairmont Copley Plaza. Cocktails, food, a jazz trio, raffle and live auction will kick off the celebration of the 150th anniversary of Catherine Hammond Gibson’s decision to build one of the first houses in the Back Bay. $125 in advance, $150 at the door. For more information, log on to www.thegibsonhouse.org.
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Thursday, April 2, 6:30 – 9:30 pm – Taste of the Back Bay
The Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay invites you to the 14th Annual Taste of the Back Bay, Prudential Skywalk, from 6:30 – 9:30 pm. Benefit for NABB’s many community programs, with a portion of the proceeds this year donated to Horizons for Homeless Children. The Taste offers a sampling of the finest food and drink available in Back Bay and the surrounding area, including signature dishes, fine wine, and micro-brewed beer. Reservations are $75 for NABB members, $85 for nonmembers, and $100 day of the event, if available. Reservations can be made online through www.nabbonline.com, or by calling 617-247-3961.