On Thursday nights this fall, The Library at Boston Park Plaza will offer live music, featuring some of the area’s top local talent from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. To complement the live entertainment, a special small plates menu will be offered as well as a cocktail and wine menu.

September 7 – The Desmond Scaife Duo

September 14 – The Desmond Scaife Duo

September 21 – The Desmond Scaife Duo

September 28 – Nacim Ortiz

There is no cover charge.

On Thursday nights this fall, The Library at Boston Park Plaza will offer live music, featuring some of the area’s top local talent from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. To complement the live entertainment, a special small plates menu will be offered as well as a cocktail and wine menu.

September 7 – The Desmond Scaife Duo

September 14 – The Desmond Scaife Duo

September 21 – The Desmond Scaife Duo

September 28 – Nacim Ortiz

There is no cover charge.

Fairmont Copley Plaza will host a birthday party for its canine ambassador, Carly Copley, on Sunday, December 10, 2017 at 1pm. Hosting Carly’s 7th birthday will be Vanessa Welch, Anchor for Boston 25 News, who will be reading “Catie Copley” to guests. The reading will be followed by birthday cake (for humans) and special snacks for Carly’s canine friends. This beloved Boston holiday tradition is free and open to the public.

In lieu of gifts for the hotel’s pampered pooch, Fairmont Copley Plaza invites guests to bring a donation of towels, blankets or toys for the dogs and cats at the Animal Rescue League’s Boston Shelter.

Post 390 Hosts Bantam Cider Company, Lamplighter Brewing Company, Jack’s Abby, and Berkshire Brewing Company for Farm to Post Dinner

Beer isn’t just for drinking! Join Post 390 to kick off Farm to Post “Cooking with Craft Beer” on Wednesday, January 24. Post 390’s “Farm to Post” tasting series features a monthly spotlight on some of New England’s finest farmers, producers, vineyards, brewers, and fishermen and focuses on ingredients that are sourced locally, and produced sustainably. Every month or so Executive Chef Nick Deutmeyer and his team create a special “Farm to Post” menu highlighting products from these farms and producers.

The first dinner of the 2018 series will include a unique menu with craft beer and cider from Bantam Cider Company, Lamplighter Brewing Company, Jack’s Abby, and Berkshire Brewing Company incorporated into each dish.

Tickets are $55.00 and include a welcome reception, four course dinner, and beverage pairings. Chat with some of New England’s top craft brewers while you discover a new way to enjoy your favorite beers. Tax and gratuity are included. Limited tickets available.

Reception

Cheese display featuring 5 local cheeses each paired with its own beer or cider
La Quercia Copa with picholine olive crostini, ricotta, rojo cider reduction (paired with Bantam Bigsby)
Pork Rillettes with puffed pig’s skin, wunderkind cider mostarda, frisee (paired with Bantam Bigsby)

First Course

Orange Zest & Laurel Cured Ocean Trout
child of the sun ale & sunchoke soup, hedgehog mushrooms, battered caper berries, rye toast
Paired with Idle Hands Iron Garde

Second Course

Roast Squab with Pomegranate & Honey
crispy éponine ale polenta, beer pickled chili pepper, cooling herbs
Paired with Lamplighter IPA

Third Course

Kentucky Bourbon Filet Mignon
saxonator braised oxtail daube, garlic bone marrow toast, parsnip puree, brussels sprouts, pickled shallot
Paired with Jack’s Abby Framinghammer

Fourth Course

Rooted Barley Cake
scotch ale ice cream, lemon curd, brown butter mousse, pink pepper hazelnut brittle
Paired with Berkshire Brewing Raspberry Barleywine

For more information, please click here.

Boston Public Library Invites You for NOVA’s First Ever Science Trivia Night

Join the Boston Public Library for NOVA’s first ever Science Trivia Night! Bring your friends and form a team of up to six participants or meet fellow NOVA fans and form some bonds (pun intended). Get ready for some creative categories and great prizes as we test your knowledge of the natural world, space, the history of science, and more!

Food and drinks are available for purchase at the Newsfeed Café.

For more information, click here.

Migrating Colors – Opening and Cocktail Reception

Join us for an enlightening panel discussion and presentation on Haitian art and culture as we celebrate the Le Mois de la Francophonie 2018 and the opening of Migrating Colors, our March exhibit on view in our gallery.

Charlot Lucien, President of Haitian Artists Assembly of Massachusetts (HAAM), will introduce us to Haitian art, while several artists will lead a discussion regarding their origins and influences.

This panel discussion will be followed by a book signing and cocktail reception. All proceeds from the book sale benefit HAAM.

About Migrating Colors: This book is the result of 20 years of cultural advocacy and partnerships with cultural, state, city institutions, poets and storytellers throughout the New England area. It benefited from the support of professional photographers, editors and art partners from Rhodes Island to New Hampshire. The books contains foreword comments by Haitian American author Edwidge Danticat, recipient of the 2009 MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, Massachusetts State Senator Linda Dorcena Forry and Edmund Barry Gaither, Director and Curator of the National Center of Afro-American Artists (NCAAA) who has since the Haiti earthquake helped curate various exhibitions of the Assembly.

Take a Lunch Break & Come to Towne Stove & Spirits on Red Sox Opening Day!

Starting at Noon, we will be selling Hot Dogs for $2 until close!

BUT, toss a bean bag from home plate into the center of a corn hole & you can WIN a hot dog!

ALSO: ENTER for a chance to WIN FREE pair of Red Sox Tickets!

For more information please click here.

Join Post 390 Restaurant and Some of Massachusetts’ Best Breweries for our Annual Beer and Slider Party!

If you’ve been patiently biding your time for the chance to talk craft beer with the experts, Post 390 has the opportunity for you. On Sunday, April 8th, the contemporary Back Bay tavern hosts their annual Sip & Slide party featuring a line-up of local breweries (the sips) and a slew of gourmet sliders (the slides) from Executive Chef Nick Deutemeyer. From 12:00-2:00pm, you’ll get to mingle with the brewery reps from area faves like Jack’s Abby, Notch, Lamplighter, Berkshire Brewing, Two Roads, Harpoon and Bantam Cider. And you’ll get to snack on a wide variety of sliders including BBQ bulgogi, a breakfast sausage slider, and a banana bread whoopie pie slider. You’ll even get to cast your vote for your favorite combo (you can see the tentative match-ups below), which will enter you to win a range of fun prizes.

Beer and Sliders

Jack’s Abby Craft Lagers Blood Orange Wheat Lager & Korean BBQ Bulgogi Slider with Blood Orange Zest

Berkshire Brewing Company Green Gown American Double / Imperial IPA & Thinly Sliced Lamb Slider with Garam Masala, Tzaziki, Andhara Tomato Relish, Naan

Harpoon Brewery Weizenbock & Banana Bread Whoopie Pie Slider

Notch Brewing Cerne Pivo Euro Dark Lager & Fresh Fish Slider with Remoulade, Czech Bread

Two Roads Brewing Co. No Limits Hefeweizen & Dry-Rubbed Jamaican Jerk Pork Slider with Crispy Plantains, Grace Spiced Aioli, Coconut Bun

Lamplighter Brewing Co. Cuppa English Pale Ale & Breakfast Sausage Slider with Brioche Doughnut, Cheese, Maple Glaze

Bantam Cider Buzzwig & Grilled Cheese Slider with Shaved Apples, Fried Chicken, Pickled Shallots, Arugula

***To purchase tickets, please click here.

Volunteer Expo

With National Volunteer Week coming up April 15-21, Prudential Center is getting ready with our annual Volunteer Expo on April 12! You get the opportunity to meet with nonprofit groups from the Boston and Greater Boston areas that are all looking for volunteers.

Looking for an opportunity in the area but not sure what is available? Trying to find a group that fits your interests? With over 60 groups participating, this is the forum for you to find just what you’re looking for.

Participating groups may include:
American Lung Association
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center
Boston Art & Music Soul (BAMS) Fest
Boston Harbor Now
Boston Pride
Cancer Education and Research
Earthwatch
Epilepsy Foundation of New England
Fresh Truck
Heifer International
Junior League of Boston
Massachusetts Senior Medicare Patrol Program
New England Aquarium
People Making a Difference
Rescuing Leftover Cuisine
Rosie’s Place
Trinity Boston Foundation
Tutoring Plus
Youth Enrichment Services
AND MANY MORE!

For more information and to register, please click here.

26.2 looks good on you – join us STEPS from the the finish line for a #MarathonMonday Finish Line Party!

Join the Back Bay Social Club for a special Marathon Monday celebration. Doors open at 8am with a special Marathon Monday brunch menu. Back Bay Social Club will be serving specialty cocktails as well as Samuel Adams 26.2 on draft. There will also be giveaways throughout the day.

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