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  • Tuesday, April 11, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm – À la Belle Époque

    The Friends of the Gibson House Museum invite you to “À la Belle Époque,” a fun and festive party with a French theme. The evening includes drinks, a light supper, a raffle, and French music performed by singer Angela Rossi, pianist Lefteris Kordis, and accordionist Sonny Barbato. The event takes place April 11 from 6 – 9 at the St. Botolph Club, 199 Commonwealth Avenue.

    Join us in honoring the French Library, our Back Bay neighbor, for its many years of providing high-quality French-language instruction and cultural programs that inspire our community. We recognize, too, the library’s dedication to preserving Boston’s architectural history with a recent renovation of its 1867 brownstone headquarters that sensitively balances future needs with a respect for the building’s original charm and character. 

    All proceeds will support the preservation and operation of the Gibson House Museum. Festive attire, French flair optional!

    Tickets are $150 and may be purchased by clicking HERE, or by sending a check with the names of your guests to the Gibson House Museum, 137 Beacon St., Boston, MA 02116. 

    Dancer Loïe Fuller (1862–1928) performs Danse serpentine in 1902

  • Through July 5 – Les Gardiens du Jardin: Gouache and Ink Drawings by Mary Beth McAllister

    Mary Beth McAllister’s Les Gardiens du Jardin is a collection of French characters inspired by and fashionably dressed as French packets of garden seeds. They masquerade as landscape architects, run Soupe Populaire, teach tiny seed packets, and have been known to commit a prank or two. They are city (Paris) and country (South of France) characters and slip easily in and out of the worlds of gourmand and garden. Even in work, they experience a joie de vivre!

    American artist and designer Mary Beth McAllister was influenced by a magical childhood garden, which became a muse for the worlds she creates in her paintings, sculptures and designer showhouses. McAllister’s work has been exhibited in numerous art exhibits on the East Coast and is in many private collections.

    Les Gardiens du Jardin (2015) are gouache and ink, and are a collection of drawings relating to all things French, gourmand and garden. The exhibit will be shown in the Gallery of the French Cultural Center, 53 Marlborough Street, through July 5. Hours are Monday, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Tuesday through Thursday, 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM, and Friday and Saturday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. For more information visit http://frenchculturalcenter.org/events/les-gardiens-du-jardin/

  • Friday, July 9, 6:00 pm – Bastille Day Street Fair

    Put on your tricolour and attend a street fair on Friday, July 9, beginning at 6 pm, with francophone music (you mean that accordion stuff, or are we talking Ravel?) dancing, French food and drink, celebrating freedom, community, cultural diversity and friendship between nations.  The event takes place on Marlborough Street, between Berkeley and Clarendon, and costs $28 in advance, $30 at the “door.”  For more information call 617-876-4275.

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