Tag: Repeal Day

  • Friday, December 5, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Etiquetteer’s 14th Annual Repeal Day Celebration

    The Gibson House Museum and Etiquetteer Robert B. Dimmick will once again host a glittering evening celebrating the repeal of Prohibition. Featuring hors d’oeuvre, cocktails, and stories of the parties thrown by our own Charlie Gibson–it’s an evening you won’t want to miss. The event is December 5, from 6 – 8, at the Museum

    Spots are limited, so be sure to reserve yours soon! Tickets ($100 plus $6 handling fee) may be purchased at https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/thegibsonhouse/items/676628/availability/1886168923/book/?full-items=yes

  • Friday, December 3, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Tenth Annual Repeal Day Celebration, Online

    Join Etiquetteer Robert B. Dimmick for the Tenth Annual Celebration of the Repeal of Prohibition to benefit the Gibson House Museum. The coronavirus is not keeping us from celebrating! This year’s virtual Repeal Day will include some special aspects:


    For the past ten years, Etiquetteer Robert B. Dimmick has led a celebration each December celebrating one of the more obscure aspects of the Gibson family’s residence at 137 Beacon Street: museum founder Charlie Gibson’s use of the third-floor bathroom for the production of Prohibition-era gin.

    While the pandemic prevents us from hosting an in-person party, the party is still going on! Just as in 2020, please join us via Zoom, on Friday, December 3, for Prohibition-era merriment, including a cocktail-mixing demonstration, Prohibition trivia, and an exclusive video tour of the Gibson House Red Study—a space too small to visit during a typical Repeal celebration. The evening will include an informal panel discussion hosted by Etiquetteer on the evolution of cocktail culture in the twenty-first century with some beloved friends of Repeal: our own Kirsten “Miss Kitty” Amann, co-author of Drinking Like Ladies and Jeremy Cooper, co-author with Andrew Klausner of their three-volume series, Cocktail Hour Meets….

    All proceeds from this event will benefit the preservation of the Gibson House Museum, the only historic house museum in Boston’s Back Bay. $60. Register by November 25 for the Zoom program HERE

  • Friday, December 4, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Fourth Annual Repeal Day Celebration

    Sponsored by Ryan and Wood’s Knockabout Gin and hosted by Etiquetteer Robert B. Dimmick, The Gibson House Museum will be the venue for the Fourth Annual Repeal Day Celebration on Friday, December 4 from 6:30 – 8:30. Prepare to enjoy an evening of Prohibition-era gaiety at 137 Beacon Street! Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails (LUPEC) staff the bar, featuring the Charlie’s Beacon cocktail. Sumptuous hors d’oeuvre will be served in the dining room. Hotcha! RSVP by November 30.  $75, members and nonmembers. Please pre-register at http://www.thegibsonhouse.org/events.html,
    info@thegibsonhouse.org, or 617-267-6338.

  • Monday, December 3, 6:00 pm – Repeal Day Anniversary Celebration

    Rumor has it that Charles Gibson bragged about the bathtub gin that he served at 137 Beacon Street during Prohibition. Join The Gibson House Museum on Monday, December 3 at 6 pm when the museum, in cooperation with Etiquetteer Robert Dimmick, hosts a benefit cocktail reception to celebrate the 79th anniversary of Repeal Day (December 5, 1933). We don’t have any of Charlie’s gin available, but the event will feature famous Knockabout Gin from Ryan and Wood Distillery in Gloucester.  For more information, email info@thegibsonhouse.org.