The Nineteenth Annual Gibson House Museum Benefit will take place Wednesday, April 1, from 6 – 8 at the Chilton Club in Boston. This elegant and fun affair helps support the mission of preserving and sharing the Gibson House as a unique time capsule of Back Bay Life. This year the benefit will honor author Anthony Mitchell Sammarco. To purchase tickets on line, or for more information, visit www.thegibsonhouse.org.
Anthony Mitchell Sammarco, author of Forest Hills Cemetery: 1848 – 2008, discusses the history of the cemetery and explores the rural cemetery movement of the nineteenth century on Thursday, August 4, from 5:30 – 7:30 at Historic New England’s Otis House in Boston. The reception, co-sponsored with The Victorian Society in America, NE Chapter, begins at 5:30, with the talk commencing at 6:30. $10 for HNE and Victorian Society members, $12 non-members. Registration is recommended – call 617-994-5934, or visit www.historicnewengland.org.
