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  • Thursday, April 18, 6:00 pm – Feeding Europe Under British Rationing: Relief Efforts For the Continent After the Second World War

    The Pepin Lecture Series in Food Studies and Gastronomy, cosponsored by Jacques Pepin and Boston University’s Master of Liberal Arts Program in Gastronomy, continues on Thursday, April 18 at 6 with a free lecture at 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 313, examining the complexities of Britain’s post-World War II position through the lens of its food relief to Europe. Specifically, it will investigate the efforts made by the Council of British Societies for Relief Abroad, which worked with the British government, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, and voluntary societies to feed the women and children of Europe, particularly those living in Germany and Austria. The discussion will demonstrate the ways that relief initiatives shifted over time due to domestic considerations, British foreign policies, and international relations. Attendees will gain a vital new perspective on Britain’s transatlantic relations and the tensions between the United States and Europe in the early days of the Cold War. For more information visit http://bu.edu/foodandwine

  • Tuesday, January 15, 5:15 pm – 7:30 pm – Camp Benson and the “GAR” Camps: Recreational Landscape of Civil War Memory in Maine

    The Massachusetts Historical Society will host C. Ian Stevenson, of Boston University, along with commentator Ian Delahanty of Springfield College, in an Environmental History Seminar on January 15 from 5:15 – 7:30 at the Massachusetts Historical Society headquarters, 1154 Boylston Street in Boston. The topic is Camp Benson and the “GAR” Camps: Recreational Landscapes of Civil War Memory in Maine, 1886 – 1910. This seminar examines sites where veterans transitioned the Civil War vacation toward a civilian audience: Camp Benson, where several Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) posts built a campground, and at the “GAR Camps” where a single veteran proprietor built rental cottages. The speakers ask why postwar civilians would want to mimic the veteran desire to associate healthful destinations with wartime memory. How do these outdoor landscapes explain the nation’s healing process from the Civil War? The seminar is free and open to the public.

    To RSVP: email seminars@masshist.org or call (617) 646-0579.

  • Wednesday, October 17, 7:30 pm – Food Heals Our Communities

    Community Servings is a Boston-based not-for-profit that engages the community in preparing and delivering made-from-scratch medically tailored meals to individuals coping with chronic illnesses throughout Massachusetts. In his talk at Wright-Locke Farm, CEO David Waters, will delve into the successful partnerships they’ve created with local farms and food purveyors through their “Abundance Initiative” to increase access to fresh produce in their kitchens, eliminate waste in the food system, and, ultimately, use food to heal.

    David Waters has been involved with Community Servings since its inception in 1989, moving from volunteer to board member, Board Chair, Director of Development, and eventually CEO, in 1999. Under David’s leadership, Community Servings has evolved from a small neighborhood meals program delivering dinner to 30 people, to a critical regional program providing 15 medically-tailored meals plans to 2,000 people with acute life-threatening illnesses, their dependents, and caregivers in 20 Massachusetts communities. He is the former Board Chair of the Association of Nutrition Service Agencies, and is a founding member of the national Food Is Medicine Coalition. In recognition of his leadership and impact at Community Servings and within the Greater Boston community, David was named a Barr Foundation Fellow in 2017. A resident of Cambridge, he holds graduate degrees from Middlebury College and Boston University.

    The session will be held at 7:30 at Wright-Locke Farm in Winchester on Wednesday, October 17 in our beautiful 1827 Barn, and will be followed up with a Q&A session. We will also offer a casual supper before each presentation. For more details, check out our website, http://wlfarm.org, or to RSVP, email Kim Kneeland at kkneeland@wlfarm.org.

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  • Tuesday, October 16, 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm – Daytime Floral Design

    Join the Boston Center for Adult Education, 122 Arlington Street, on October 16 from 2:30 – 4:30 for a relaxing afternoon of floral design. In this class, you’ll create your very own beautiful floral arrangement with the help of accomplished floral designer Jimmy Guzman. You’ll leave feeling refreshed, with your lovely floral arrangement to display in your home or give as a gift.

    Jimmy N. Guzman possesses an impressive breadth of experience in the hotel, catering, floral, and events industries having performed executive roles for various firms in and around Boston. His background includes: General Manager of a hotel and restaurant, Retail Manager for Winston Flowers‘ two acre flagship property in Chestnut Hill, Operations Manager for Off the Vine Catering, and Sales & Marketing Manager for an event design firm.

    JNG Event Consulting grew out of Jimmy’s immense desire to assist industry professionals with all aspects of event execution as well as to provide consultation on how to market their firms. Jimmy’s love of design and his love of people, lend passion to his work and he is able to contribute his expertise to events of all sizes.

    JNG Event Consulting is a proud sponsor of the American Theater Wing, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Emerald Necklace Conservancy, the Red Sox Foundation, and the Victim’s Rights Fund. JNG has also executed design for non-profit organizations such as the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children at the Fairmont Copley Plaza, the Boston Center for the Art’s “BCA Ball” at the Cyclorama, the Sumaria Foundation’s 2nd Annual Gala at the Mandarin Oriental, Boston, and the Philippine Medical Society’s Gala at the Four Seasons Hotel, Boston.

    Jimmy is the recipient of a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and Communications from Boston College (cum laude), and a Master of Science degree in Economic Development and Tourism Management from Boston University. While at Boston University, Jimmy completed a certificate course at Rittners’ School of Floral Design and took courses towards a Certificate in Professional Cooking from Newbury College, where he also served as an adjunct professor teaching hotel industry Issues.

    $45 for the session, plus a $25 materials fee. Register at https://bcae.org/product/daytime-floral-design-10-16-2018/

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  • Saturday and Sunday, August 18 – 19, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – An Introduction to Impressionist Painting in Oils & Acrylics

    Join in the fun of painting with impressionist techniques using color boldly, outdoors, in the botanical setting of Tower Hill Botanic Garden. This two day painting workshop on August 18 – 19 from 10 – 4 with Marcia Wise will enhance the use of color, color placement, values, and technical skills, and provide individual attention as well as group discussions & critiques.

    Oil paints, acrylics, and water soluble oil paints can be used in this workshop. A materials list will be sent upon registration. $150 for Tower Hill members, $165 for nonmembers. Register at https://towerhillbg.thankyou4caring.org/pages/event-registration-form—an-introduction-to-impressionist-painting-in-oils-and-acrylics

    A native of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, instructor Marcia R. Wise began painting lessons as a child studying in Provincetown, Ma. with impressionist painter Henry Hensche. She received formal training at L’Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Beaux Arts in Paris, France; The Art Institute of Boston; and Boston University. Marcia worked as an art teacher in public and private education, and she is now a full time studio artist with gallery representation in Boston & Provincetown, MA., Santa Fe, NM, Los Angeles, CA., New York, and Milford, DE. She also continues to teach private students as well as painting workshops locally, nationally and internationally. Each year Marcia takes people to paint in the Tuscan landscape in Italy. Marcia’s work has been in local and national exhibits as well as in juried shows, publications, and collections. Please visit her website at www.marciarwise.com.  Image below courtesy of Boston Voyager Magazine.

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  • Thursday, July 26, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Liz Glynn: Open House

    Join NOW + THERE, along with the City of Boston’s Public Art Fund and the Paula Cooper Gallery on July 26 from 5:30 – 7:30 for the public celebration of Liz Glynn: Open House, at Kenmore Mall on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall, near Kenmore MBTA Bus Station, close to 499 Commonwealth Avenue. Refreshments will be provided by Island Creek Oyster Bar and Eastern Standard. Logistical support and water provided by Cornwall’s, Hotel Commonwealth, and Boston University. Rsvp to NOW + THERE at http://www.nowandthere.org/openhousecelebration?mc_cid=4360ef39db&mc_eid=1b30ed92a6

    At the turn of the 20th century, New England’s wealthy elite gathered in opulent private salons and ballrooms in Boston to define their social status. These gathering spaces were the seat of power, privilege, and politics in the city. In contrast was a growing movement to create more democratic gathering spaces through the development of public parks. The founding and incorporation of parks like Boston Common (established 1660; park status 1850), and the Commonwealth Avenue Mall (dedicated in 1888 as a promenade for public enjoyment), were milestones in American urban planning, representing an early effort — still on-going today — to grant democratic access to public space. The artist will be in attendance.

    Open House, an installation created by Los Angeles-based, Boston-born artist Liz Glynn, is organized for the Commonwealth Avenue Mall by Now + There. Originally commissioned by the Public Art Fund in cooperation with the artist and Paula Cooper Gallery, Open House was first presented at Doris C. Freedman Plaza in Central Park, New York (see below). This new installment of Open House transforms the Commonwealth Avenue Mall West into an open air ruin of a ballroom. In this work the artist highlights class distinctions and the dynamics between public and private space and beckons you to take a seat and linger. Bringing this work to Boston during a time of rapid development, we are sparking a dialogue about economic inequality and supporting Glynn’s desire to incite future action. Glynn’s lavish Louis XIV sofas, chairs, and footstools evoke these extravagant late nineteenth century interiors, but with a twist — these objects feature sculpted additions and are cast in concrete, a utilitarian material more commonly seen in modern architecture. With this revision, the artist invites the public to enjoy a previously exclusive interior space that is now open and accessible to all.

    The work highlights historic class distinctions and references the architecture and interior design of New York’s William C. Whitney ballroom, a magnificent, now demolished, interior designed by Gilded Age architect Stanford White, the architect of the Boston Hotel Buckminster and numerous Commonwealth Avenue mansions.

    This fully-functioning furniture will offer residents and visitors alike a place of respite and reflection while also evoking the history of leisure in Kenmore Square and the often-manipulated wetlands of Charlesgate.

  • Tuesday, February 13, 5:15 pm – 7:30 pm – Governor Francis W. Sargent: Fisheries Manager

    Francis Sargent was a Cape Cod fisherman. Fishing brought him into the government as Director of Fisheries, then head of Public Works, and, eventually, Governor of Massachusetts. In his positions, Sargent bridged the gap between working-class fishers and government. This paper examines Sargent’s ability to speak directly to fishermen, arguing that his post-1974 disengagement from public life robbed fishermen of an ally who might have soothed tensions created by late-1970s federal regulations. The Massachusetts Historical Society will welcome Benjamin Kochan of Boston University and Brian Payne of Bridgewater State University on Tuesday, February 13 at 5:15 pm at 1154 Boylston Street in Boston. To RSVP: email seminars@masshist.org or call (617) 646-0579.

  • Wednesday, November 29, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Remembering German-Jewish Culture Through Its Culinary Traditions

    What happens to a food tradition when its culture starts to vanish? The advent of the Nazi era brought about the demise of 1000 years of Jewish life in Germany, along with the loss of a cuisine that differed greatly from the Eastern European one that is now generally accepted as the definition of Jewish food. This pre-Nazi food tradition lives on in the kitchens of some German Jews and in the memories of many others around the world. This Boston University talk, by Gabrielle Rossmer and Sonya Gropman, a mother-daughter author team with a German-Jewish background, will address issues of food and memory, food as cultural identity, and preserving and documenting traditional recipes. The free event on Wednesday, November 29 at 6 pm is part of the Pepin Lecture Series. Reservations are required; RSVP by calling 617-353-9852. Meets at Boston University: 725 Commonwealth Ave College of Arts and Sciences Room 224.

  • Friday, December 1, 6:00 pm – The Search for the True Chianti

    Bill Nesto, Master of Wine; Co-Founder, Wine Studies Program, Metropolitan College, Boston University; Senior Lecturer, Metropolitan College and School of Hospitality Administration, Boston University, and Frances Di Savino, Attorney and Author, will speak on Friday, December 1 at 6 pm in the Geological Lecture Hall at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, 24 Oxford Street in Cambridge, on The Search for the True Chianti.

    For most of the twentieth century, the name Chianti brought to mind a generic Italian red table wine in a straw-covered flask, rather than evoking the storied wine region in the heart of Tuscany. Bill and Frances, co-authors of Chianti Classico: The Search for Tuscany’s Noblest Wine, will share the story of their quest to discover the true Chianti. They will describe the evolution of Chianti as a wine region with historic, cultural, and geographic complexity, then guide guests through a tasting of wines from one of Chianti Classico’s iconic estates. Advance tickets required: $15 HMNH members/$20 nonmembers. Register at https://reservations.hmsc.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?EventID=13. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Free parking is available at the 52 Oxford Street Garage.

  • Thursday, November 30, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – David Tanis Market Cooking: Recipes and Revelations, Ingredient by Ingredient

    David Tanis has worked as a professional chef for over three decades, and is the author of several acclaimed cookbooks, including A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes—chosen as one of the 50 best cookbooks ever by the Guardian/Observer (U.K.)—and Heart of the Artichoke, which was nominated for a James Beard Award. He spent many years as chef with Alice Waters at Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, California; he ran the kitchen of the highly-praised Café Escalera in Santa Fe, New Mexico; and he operated a successful private supper club in his seventeenth-century walk-up in Paris. David Tanis Market Cooking is about seeking out the best ingredients, learning the qualities of each, and exploring the methods and recipes that showcase what makes those ingredients special—pulling from all the world’s great cuisines. Boston University’s Food and Wine Program will host David Tanis on Thursday, November 30 from 6 – 8 in the Demonstration Room, Room 117 at 808 Commonwealth Avenue. $80, includes demonstration and small tastings from the new cookbook, paired with a beverage. Register at http://www.bu.edu/foodandwine