This August, join Bar Boulud‘s Sommelier, David Bérubé, for an exclusive four-course beer dinner showcasing local Woburn craft brewer, Lord Hobo Brewing Co – beer for the discerning drinker. Tempting dishes from Chef de Cuisine Michael Denk and Pastry Chef Robert Differ will be paired appropriately with seasonal beer selections.
FEATURED MENU
PORK TROTTER CORN DOG
Glorious, New England Style Pale Ale, 6.5 ABV
TARTE FLAMBÉE
confit onion, fromage blanc, bacon
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HEIRLOOM SALAD
heirloom tomato, melon, romaine, charred cucumber, mint yogurt
Boomsauce, Imperial IPA, 8 ABV
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CHICKEN SUPREME
parsley butter, corn succotash, hominy, black trumpet mushrooms
Steal This Can, IPA, 6.5 ABV
Consolation Prize, Double IPA, 9.5 ABV
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ORANGE SORBET “BEER FLOAT”
housemade orange sherbet, vanilla sable cookie, chantilly, candied orange
Hobo Life, Session IPA, 4.5 ABV
*Ticket price includes gratuity and taxes.
Join Stephanie to celebrate the opening of her new gallery on Newbury Street!
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.
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.
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.
The Center is proud to host the show French Eyes on Boston, a collection of portraits and landscapes painted by Marguerite Wibaux, who moved to Boston from France in 2017.
Marguerite’s landscapes marry the Renaissance perspective tradition with an American expressionist approach. The paintings engage with the artist’s perceptions of various points of view in Boston. From a pictorial standpoint, the landscape series explores various mediums and techniques, mixing oil and spray paint with acrylic and collage.
But what is a city without its people? The second component of Marguerite’s work explores Boston’s youth through portraiture.
These paintings aim to pay tribute to a rich diversity of styles, personalities, genres, origins, and cultures in a visually thriving and energizing series.
The gallery opening will include a presentation of Marguerite’s work and a reception with light refreshments. Registration required.
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French artist and Boston resident Marguerite Wibaux will lead a workshop on alla-prima, a technique made famous by Matisse.
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Marguerite will lead this fascinating workshop, which will begin with an explanation of the technique and a presentation of the model. The attendees will then be invited to pick up their brushes and produce their own portraits, alla-prima. Easels, canvas, brushes and acrylic paint provided will be provided to all attendees.
About Marguerite Wimbaux
A member of the Center since 2017, Marguerite has quite the atypical career. After graduating with an MBA from the prestigious HEC Paris, Marguerite worked in advertising for the most-renowned French Maisons, from Cartier and Hermès to Van Cleef, Hennessy, the Italian Cavalli, and Armani.
These past experiences in the realm of couture translate into Marguerite’s art. There is a passion for patterns and an obsession with composition and structure, while staying true to the energy and character of her subjects.
The colorful diversity of Marguerite’s artwork is also influenced by her childhood. Marguerite was born in Argentina, and has lived in Peru, Italy, China, France, and the USA.
Currently, Marguerite’s pieces are commissioned and sent to galleries across the globe, from Milan to New York.
To learn more, visit Marguerite’s website: https://margueritewibaux.com/
An Ephemeral Exhibit with the Lasell Fashion Collection and Boston Fashion Week
Join the French Cultural Center in celebrating Boston Fashion Week with a unique look at curated French pieces from the Lasell Fashion Collection. This unique exhibit and separate private tour of the collection are for one evening only!
Free and open to the public, the general reception will start at 7:00 PM and run through 9:00 PM, with light refreshments.
Ephemeral Exhibit: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
The Fashion Collection team at Lasell University have curated an exceptional intimate fashion retrospective spanning two centuries and multiple designers. On display will be 17 pieces from the likes of Karl Lagerfeld, Sonia Rykiel, Jeanne Lanvin, and Comme des Garçons among others. These select pieces, including an original 1880 Parisian opera costume, will face each other in an exhibition that tells the story of their eras through their designs and the techniques used in their creation.
Jill M. Carey, Professor and Curator at Lasell University, Stephanie Hebert, Collections Manager, and their team of passionate students will be available to guide guests in this exceptional journey enriched by interactive components.
This event will mark the launching of the website and digital catalog of the University’s own permanent fashion collection.
Private Tour: 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Limited tickets to a private tour and presentation of historic French hand fans with fan historian and collector Shelly Goncalves, former president of the Fan Association of North America, are available for purchase.
About the Lasell Fashion Collection
Established in 1996, the Lasell Fashion Collection (LFC) contains approximately 3,000 objects and currently resides in the Donahue Center for Creative and Applied Arts. While the collection spans 200 years of fashion history, the LFC is notable for its 20th century designer fashions, with an emphasis on couture. In 2018, over 1,200 artifacts were transferred to the LFC upon the closure of the American Textile History Museum in Lowell, MA. This important acquisition enriched the breadth and depth of the LFC’s holdings, specifically in 19th and early 20th century everyday wear, undergarments, and accessories.
About Boston Fashion Week
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Boston Week! Boston Fashion Week was founded as a civic initiative in 1995. The force behind the week has been dedicated to creating opportunities that increase the viability and visibility of the local industry. The series of fashion related events throughout Greater Boston and beyond serves as a platform for both established industry professionals and aspiring newcomers to showcase their work as well as network with peers and the public.
Join the French Cultural Center and the Boston / Strasbourg Sister City Association for a gallery opening.
“In the fields of science and art, new paradigms emerge only when we dare to go beyond what is established.” – Irene Georgakoudi, Tufts University, Biomedical Engineering
The French Cultural Center is exploring science as the catalyst for artistic expression and art as the catalyst for scientific observation! Join them for the launch of their fall cultural programs with an intriguing gallery opening presented in partnership with the Boston/Strasbourg Sister City Association. The gallery opening will include a reception with light refreshments.
Free and open to the public, registration required.
Event in English with French transcripts.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Art on Science: 26 études (AS26) is a collaborative international art project sponsored by the Boston/Strasbourg Sister City Association (BSSCA) that crosses the lines between art, science, and culture. Thirteen artists from Boston and Strasbourg each were paired with scientists from their home city to explore a scientific theme. The result? A testament to the power of curiosity and creativity and 52 incredible works of art accompanied by written scientific commentaries.
Artists took tours of laboratories. Scientists made studio visits. Some pairs worked shoulder-to-shoulder with live specimens, while others communicated virtually to share ideas and resources. Come explore the fields of art and science with us as we unveil these intriguing works!
During this 3-day studio workshop Chris Firger will share a variety of the techniques he uses to create bold, dynamic, and eye-catching work.
During this 3-day studio workshop Chris Firger will share a variety of the techniques he uses to create bold, dynamic, and eye-catching works with acrylic paint. For experienced painters and beginners alike, this class will explore subjects such as composition, brushwork, layering, even varnishing, all with the goal of bringing more life to each painting you work on. Each day students can expect a lesson and demonstration from the artist in the morning, followed by painting and one on one instruction in the afternoon. Students will be responsible for bringing their own painting supplies (*see below), lunch, and reference photos. To purchase tickets click here.
The program will run Wednesday March 18 – Friday March 20, 2020. 9:30 – 4:30 with a one hour lunch break each day.
Tuition is $300 ($250 for Artist Members of the Copley Society of Art and $275 for Patrons and Young Collectors. Please call the gallery to apply your discount to the workshop tuition fee)
Enrollment: Registration is open from December 15 to March 10. Workshop is limited to 14 students.
*A full supply list and syllabus will be provided upon registration. If you would like more details or if you have additional questions please contact either Chris Firger at christopher.firger@gmail.com or the gallery at info@copleysociety.org
