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Tag: Pulitzer Prize

  • Tuesday, November 17, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Virtual Making History Gala

    The Massachusetts Historical Society will hold its annual Making History Gala online on November 17 from 6:30 – 7:30 pm. The benefit will feature Jon Meacham in conversation with Emily Rooney.

    Jon Meacham is a Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian, contributing writer to The New York Times Book Review, and contributing editor at TIME. His #1 New York Times bestseller, The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels, looks at tumultuous periods in American history when presidents and ordinary citizens came together to rebuild a civic trust.

    Emily is the creator and former host of Greater Boston. Since 1997, Emily has brought her journalistic credentials and deep knowledge of media, politics and culture to the GBH audience and has earned numerous awards, including the National Press Club’s prestigious Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism, a series of New England Emmy Awards, and Associated Press recognition for Best News/Talk Show. Before coming to GBH, Emily was director of political coverage and special events at Fox Network in New York from 1994 to 1997. Prior to that, she was executive producer of ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings. Emily also worked at WCVB-­TV in Boston from 1979 to 1993, where she served as news director for three years and as assistant news director before that.

    Honorary Chairs of the event are Governor Charlie Baker and First Lady Lauren Baker, Edward C. and Elizabeth B. Johnson, Henry Lee, CJ and Neil Musante, and Mayor Martin J. Walsh. $500 – register at www.masshist.org.

  • Monday, September 16, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Culinary Guild of New England’s 34th Annual Opening Meeting

    You’re invited to attend the Culinary Guild of New England’s 34th Annual Opening Meeting on Monday, September 16th, from 7 – 9 at Commander’s Mansion, 440 Talcott Avenue in Watertown.  Open to members, guests, and prospective members, our Opening Meeting is your chance to share some wine with old friends, meet new members, and to learn more about a very exciting year ahead for the Guild.  This year, Guild President Kris Piatt will be introducing our guest speaker, Beth Daley, award-winning Boston Globe reporter. Beth is an environmental reporter for The Boston Globe who is known for her coverage on fishing, climate change,and the environment. As a result of her work, Beth was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2008. For this event, Beth will be sharing the frequent mislabeling of fish in Boston area restaurants and supermarkets and sustainable fishing.  Wine and hors d’oeuvre will be served — and all attendees will have the opportunity to win one of several raffle prizes. Tickets for this event are just $10 for all attendees. And please remember — the Annual Opening Meeting is the most popular event of the year, so be sure to RSVP at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e81a79qp6090052a&c=058daff0-f51b-11e2-bd59-d4ae52a2cb52&ch=0590bd30-f51b-11e2-bd59-d4ae52a2cb52 now to confirm your seat at this event.

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  • Thursday, April 26, 10:30 am – Boston Committee Spring Meeting and Luncheon – Living on Earth

    The Boston Committee of The Garden Club of America invites members of its constituent fourteen clubs to its Spring Meeting and Luncheon on Thursday, April 26, beginning with registration at 10:30 am at The Country Club, 191 Clyde Street in Brookline. The featured speaker will be Steve Curwood.

    In 1970, as a writer for the Boston Phoenix just out of Harvard University, Steve broke the story that Polaroid’s instant photo system was key to apartheid pass system in South Africa. Steve moved on to the Boston Globe as an investigative reporter and columnist and shared the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service as part of the Boston Globe’s education team.  His production credits in public broadcasting include reporter and host for NPR’s Weekend All Things Considered, host of NPR’s World of Opera, producer for the PBS series The Advocates with Mike Dukakis, and creator, host and executive producer of Living on Earth, the prize-winning weekly environmental radio program heard for more than 20 years on public radio stations  and distributed by Public Radio International (PRI) since 2006.

    The cost of the lecture and luncheon is $50, lecture only $25. Please make your check payable to The Boston Committee of the GCA and mail to Jensie Shipley, 40 Dunster Road, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467 before April 19, 2012, and note on the memo portion of your check your Garden Club affiliation. All reservations will be held at the door. Garden Club of the Back Bay members will receive written invitations and a car pool notice in the mail.