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  • Thursday, March 20, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Gibson House Museum Eighteenth Annual Benefit

    The Gibson House Museum will hold its eighteenth annual benefit on Thursday, March 20 from 6:30 – 8:30 at The Algonquin Club on Commonwealth Avenue.  The 2014 honoree is Jonathan L. Fairbanks, an artist who is also one of the world’s foremost experts on American arts and antiques. He created the Department of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and served as its chief curator from 1970 to 1999. He is currently the director of the Fuller Craft Museum. Mr. Fairbanks has received many awards for his outstanding and diverse contributions to his field. We honor him particularly for his long-standing dedication to historic preservation and for increasing our knowledge and appreciation of 19th- and early 20th-century American architecture and decorative arts. Tickets may be reserved by calling 617-267-6338 or by visiting www.thegibsonhouse.org.

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  • Tuesday, March 13, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm – Bellevue House: Reimagined and Its Gardens Reinvented

    On Tuesday, March 13, Ronald Lee Fleming, FAICP, will present an illustrated lecture at The Ayer Mansion, 395 Commonwealth Avenue, as part of the 2011-2012 Jonathan L. Fairbanks Lecture Series Behind Closed Doors: Learning From Historic Interiors.  Ron’s talk is entitled Bellevue House: Reimagined and Its Gardens Reinvented.  The speaker has been featured in The New York Times home and garden section, and is an urban designer, author of The Art of Placemaking: Interpreting Community Through Public Art and Urban Design and preservationist.  Wine and cheese will be served at 6:30, with the program beginning at 7 pm.  Tickets ($25) may be purchased by mail (make checks payable to The Campaign for the Ayer Mansion and mail to The Campaign for the Ayer Mansion, Inc., 395 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215) or on line at www.AyerMansion.org.