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  • Friday, September 9, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – 25th Annual Rose Garden Party

    Join Boston Mayor Michelle Wu at the 25th Annual Rose Garden Party on Friday, September 9 from 5 – 7, benefiting free family-friendly programs and events in Boston Parks. The James P. Kelleher Rose Garden is located in the Back Bay Fens, featuring 3,000 rose bushes, perhaps, at this time of year, not at peak bloom, but definitely flowering. This event, generally held in June, had to be postponed this year, but our hot weather should still make for an entertaining and enjoyable evening.

    Included: Live and DJ entertainment, a silent auction, en plein air painting demonstration, passed hors d’oeuvres, and more. Garden party attire is enthusiastically encouraged.

    Be sure to enter the fun “Hats Galore” contest by dressing up in your finest Rose Garden Party hat. The judges are Gustavo Leon, Jonathan Soroff and Candice Wu, who will choose: the Most Creative, Most Elegant, Best Fascinator and Just For Men winners.

    Individual tickets are $150. The address of the Kelleher Rose Garden is 73 Park Drive. Get your tickets or donate at https://www.boston.gov/civic-engagement/rose-garden-party

  • Thursday, April 23, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm – 3rd Annual Derby Dash: Hats + Hearts for Horses

    Mystic, Frederick, Liberty, Otis, Baron, and Winston cordially invite you to a fabulous evening, the 3rd Annual Derby Dash: Hats & Hearts for Horses, on Thursday, April 23, from 5:30 – 8 in the Copley Place Rotunda, 100 Huntington Avenue.  Let’s break out the hats, food, and juleps in preparation for the 141st Kentucky Derby, in support of Boston’s Park Ranger Mounted Unit.  Festivities include a spirited Hat Contest for both men and ladies.  Ticket price includes complimentary libations and hors d’oeuvre.  Hat judges include Erica Corsano of The Herald, Kennedy Elsey of MIX 104.1, Jonathan Soroff of The Improper Bostonian, and Tina Sutton of the Boston Globe. Tickets are $150 ($125 for young professionals under 35), and may be purchased through PayPal at www.savebostonshorses.org, or you may mail a check to PO Box 67147, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467.  Image from www.stayclassycanton.com.