Please note, this event is open to Back Bay Association members only.
Make your lunch break a little sweeter with some champagne and cupcakes at DVF!
Pop into the Newbury Street location from 12pm – 2pm — RSVP and you’ll also enjoy 20% off your purchase all day!
Welcome to Beauty Brunch Back Bay, a Brunches of Boston event celebrating glamour, relaxation and excellent food.
Our host Post 390, is transforming part of their dining area into our exclusive spa and providing a separate dining space where you’ll enjoy a specially crafted two course brunch that includes bottomless banana bread and a mimosa. Beauty Brunch Back Bay attendees will receive complimentary hair styling from Mitchell John Salon stylists, make up services from Beauitful Belleza owner Carina Lopez, eyebrow waxing provided by Peaches and Pearls Skincare owner Jenn Irwin, 5-10 minute massages compliments of John John Mobile Massage, access to a full retail pop up from Fashion Fun Pop Up and tickets to the International Fine Arts Show.
This event is perfect for anyone looking for an excuse to be pampered. Whether you need some “me time”, want to catch up with friends over brunch and beauty or are celebrating a special occasion, join us for Beauty Brunch Back Bay and be Brunch Royalty!
Meet your Beauty Brunch Back Bay Glam Team!
Eric Hauck: Highly respected for his cutting edge hair styling and iconic cuts and known among industry professionals for having some of the best razor cutting skills, Eric Hauck has certainly made a name for himself as a leader in the competitive hair care business. He has worked backstage at some of Fashion Week’s biggest shows including Dior, Marc Jacobs, and Helmut Lang and on the pages of leading fashion and beauty publications in the US and internationally. After 11 years he has relocated to Boston where he is the Lead Stylist and Creative Director of Mitchell John Salon, as well as an Education Director at Living Proof.
Victoria Vitale: After 5 years of perfecting her craft, Victoria has become known for her voluminous blowouts and intricate updos. She has found the key to her success is fine attention to detail and ensuring a cohesive look. Joining Mitchell John was the next evolution of her training and after completing the rigorous training program faster than any other stylists has, she has become a rising star among the team.
Tickets to This Event Include:
- Two Course Brunch at Post 390 in private dining area*
- Complimentary Mimosa
- Complimentary hair styling provided by Mitchell John Salon**
- Complimentary make up servies from Beautiful Belleza
- Complimentary eyebrow waxing from Peaches and Pearls Skincare
- Complimentary 5-10 minute massages from John John Massage
- On-site shopping experience from Fashion Fun Pop
- Tickets to the International Fine Arts Show Boston
- A Brunches of Boston swag bag filled with gifts from local businesses
*gluten free and vegetarian options available upon request
**Hair styling limited to up-dos, styled pony tails, braids.
Please let us know if you will be joining Beauty Brunch Back Bay as part of a birthday celebration.
The Associates of the Boston Public Library is pleased to invite you to the 29th Annual Literary Lights awards dinner.
Join the BPL on Sunday, April 23, 2017, at the Boston Park Plaza for a spectacular black tie (optional) evening honoring distinguished authors from the Northeast for their contributions to literature and the written word. The evening begins with a reception at 6:00 PM, followed by dinner and the awards program at 7:00 PM.
The Associates of the Boston Public Library are honored to recognize the following authors as their 2017 Literary Lights:
Presented by: Hentry Louis Gates, Jr.
Appiah is a philosopher, novelist, professor and cultural theorist. He grew up in Ghana and earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy at Cambridge University in London. Professor Appiah has lectured around the world and taught at Princeton, Yale, Cornell, Duke and Harvard Universities before moving to New York University where he now teaches in the Department of Philosophy. In 2009 Forbes Magazine named him one of the world’s most powerful thinkers, in 2010 he was on the list of Foreign Policy Magazine’s top global thinkers, and he was awarded the National Humanitarian Medal at a White House ceremony in 2012. Appiah, the author of numerous books and articles, has traveled around the world giving lectures on multiculturalism, global citizenship, courage, identity, and religion. One of his early books, In My Father’s House, which explores the role of African American intellectuals in shaping contemporary African life, won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and the Herskovits Award for the most important scholarly work on African studies published in English. Appiah is well known for his columns and podcasts as the Ethicist for the New York Times.
Presented by: Christopher Lydon
Faludi is a journalist and author who has written extensively on gender issues. In 1991 she was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism for a piece on the leverage buyout of Safeway Stores, focusing on the “human cost of high finance.” After graduating from Harvard University, where she wrote for The Harvard Crimson, she was a contributor to the New Yorker, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Nation, as well as many other publications. In the 1980s Faludi wrote several pieces on the feminist movement and the resistance to it, resulting in her 1991 book, Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women, for which she won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction. She went on to write Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man, The Terror Dream, and, most recently, The Darkroom, which was inspired by her father’s transsexuality. She was a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies in the 2008-2009 academic year and a 2013-2014 Tallman Scholar in the Gender and Women’s Studies Program at Bowdoin College.
Presented by: Andre Dubus III
Lamb is the best-selling author of She’s Come Undone, I know This Much is True, The Hour I First Believed, and Wishin’ and Hopin’. His first two books were selected for Oprah’s Book Club, were New York Times best-sellers, New York Times Notable Books of the Year and, between them, have been translated into 18 languages. His latest novel is We Are Water. Lamb has also edited two volumes of essays: Couldn’t Keep it to Myself and I’ll Fly Away, written by students in his writing workshops at a women’s prison in Connecticut. He has taught creative writing in the English department at the University of Connecticut, was founder and director of the Writing Center at Norwich Free Academy, has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and Connecticut Commission for the Arts, and was honored with the Connecticut Center for the Book’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
Presented by: Gregory Maguire
Selznick graduated from RISD where he studied illustration and, while there, took classes in set design at Brown University. After graduation, he worked at a children’s book store in New York City while writing his debut book, The Houdini Box. In 2008 he won the Caldecott Medal from the American Library Association, for The Invention of Hugo Cabret, the first such award for a book this long; 533 pages with 284 illustrations. The book was adapted into a 2011 film, Hugo, directed by Martin Scorsese. He has also been awarded a 2002 Caldecott Honor for his illustrations of Barbara Kerley’s The Dinosaurs of Waterhorse Hawkins. In addition, Mr. Selznick has received the Texas Bluebonnet Award, the Rhode Island Children’s Book Award and the Christopher Award, given to media which “affirm the highest values of the human spirit.”
Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall (Keynote Speaker)
Presented by: David Leonard
Marshall was born in South Africa where, as a student, she led the National Union of South African Students, working to end oppressive minority rule and achieve equality for all South Africans. Marshall first came to the US as a high school exchange student in Wilmington, DL in 1962, as the civil rights battles were beginning to boil over, and later returned to the US for graduate school, where she became involved with the anti-war and the women’s movements. After Yale Law School, she entered private practice, became President of the Boston Bar Association, Vice President & General Counsel for Harvard University, and then went on to the State’s Supreme Court, where she became the first female Chief Justice of the oldest continuously serving appellate court in the Western Hemisphere. Though she has had many accomplishments, Justice Marshall is most renowned for her 2003 opinion which led Massachusetts to become the first state in the nation to outlaw the ban on same-sex marriage. Although she loved her time on the bench, Justice Marshall stepped down in 2010. She now mentors young lawyers at her former law firm, Choate Hall & Stewart, and teaches at Harvard University.
In addition to celebrating the accomplishments of these outstanding writers, proceeds from Literary Lights support the David McCullough Conservation Fund, William O. Taylor Art Preservation Fund, Associates Endowment Fund, and the Associates of the Boston Public Library’s operations. The Associates created the McCullough Fund in 2001 to provide a consistent source of funding for the conservation and preservation of books, manuscripts, works of art and historic documents in the BPL’s Special Collections.
If you would prefer to receive a mailed invitation or for more information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact the Associates office at associates@bpl.org or (617) 536-3886. Thank you.
Chef de cuisine Raphael Lambert
Sommelier Alexandre Sojfer
& Nathan Derri
Menu
Chesnut velouté, truffle oil & parmesan shaving
Pinot gris Grand cru Spiegel 2013 Schlumberger
Pan seared Sea Scallops over a creamy artichokes truffle risotto
Esprit du Chevalier Blanc 2013 Péssac Léognan
Grilled Venison, butternut squash mousseline,
Chanterelles mushrooms, Black truffles, fresh figs, jus naturel
Madiran, 2011 Ch Montus
Brie de Meaux, truffled Mascarpone
Banyuls 2015 Chapoutier
or
Chocolate tart filled in Cappucino creme brûlée
Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blanc NV Mesnil
Rory Caviness Craft Digest Cocktail
4 courses dinner menu $75 per person.
Add wine pairing $39.
For the whole table only.
Chef de cuisine Raphael Lambert
Sommelier Alexandre Sojfer
& Nathan Derri
Menu
Chesnut velouté, truffle oil & parmesan shaving
Pinot gris Grand cru Spiegel 2013 Schlumberger
Pan seared Sea Scallops over a creamy artichokes truffle risotto
Esprit du Chevalier Blanc 2013 Péssac Léognan
Grilled Venison, butternut squash mousseline,
Chanterelles mushrooms, Black truffles, fresh figs, jus naturel
Madiran, 2011 Ch Montus
Brie de Meaux, truffled Mascarpone
Banyuls 2015 Chapoutier
or
Chocolate tart filled in Cappucino creme brûlée
Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blanc NV Mesnil
Rory Caviness Craft Digest Cocktail
4 courses dinner menu $75 per person.
Add wine pairing $39.
For the whole table only.
Chef de cuisine Raphael Lambert
Sommelier Alexandre Sojfer
& Nathan Derri
Menu
Chesnut velouté, truffle oil & parmesan shaving
Pinot gris Grand cru Spiegel 2013 Schlumberger
Pan seared Sea Scallops over a creamy artichokes truffle risotto
Esprit du Chevalier Blanc 2013 Péssac Léognan
Grilled Venison, butternut squash mousseline,
Chanterelles mushrooms, Black truffles, fresh figs, jus naturel
Madiran, 2011 Ch Montus
Brie de Meaux, truffled Mascarpone
Banyuls 2015 Chapoutier
or
Chocolate tart filled in Cappucino creme brûlée
Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blanc NV Mesnil
Rory Caviness Craft Digest Cocktail
4 courses dinner menu $75 per person.
Add wine pairing $39.
For the whole table only.
Shop Vince and Raise Funds for Breast Cancer Research
Vince at 71 Newbury Street invites you to join them in raising funds for breast cancer research with Lion Heart. Twenty percent of all sales on November 18 will be donated to Lion Heart’s breast cancer research fundraising team.
Lion Heart is committed to finding a cure for breast cancer. Founded and led by Kathleen van Rijn, Lion Heart supports Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven and the Yale Cancer Center by endowing breast cancer research grants. 100% of all money raised is donated to Breast Cancer Research.
To learn more about Lion Heart, please click here.
To learn more about Vince, please click here.
Join Bright Horizons Back Bay for a pizza dinner in the park!
Bright Horizons at Back Bay invites you and your family to join us at the Frieda Garcia Park for Pizza in the Park. Meet and socialize with other Back Bay families — and enjoy some sheet painting fun with your little ones!
Come see what Bright Horizons® at Back Bay has in store for your child this year!
Are you trying to find the perfect fit for your child’s early education? Attend Bright Horizons’ Curriculum Night to find out how Bright Horizons® works with each age group to build on individual strengths and talents. Come see for yourself how small ideas turn into big projects at Bright Horizons®.
- Learn about World at Their Fingertips® and how it works with each age group to build on individual strengths and talents.
- Meet and talk with our engaging educators and see just how passionate they are about teaching.
- Explore activities your children will get to participate in on-site.
- See our emergent curriculum and how it uses your child’s own interests to inspire learning.
- Childcare and dinner will be provided!
Join the French Cultural Center for a wine tasting and dinner with La Voile.
Epicureans rejoice! To kick-off the French Cultural Center’s season of wine tastings, they will explore the lovely wines of Alsace with a wine tasting, followed by a separate three-course pairing dinner.
Come discover the lesser-known wines of Alsace, presented by Alexandre Sojfer, Resident Sommelier at La Voile and 1855 Bar à Vins. Alex will share his expertise working with vineyards from Alsace and why this region’s grounds are so prolific yet less available to the American market than other varietals.
Event in English. Advance RSVP strongly recommended. The general tasting is a standing event – this is not a sit-down seminar. Please email culture@frenchculturalcenter.org to request a seat/chair, if needed.
The following dinner is a sit-down three-course dinner in the French Cultural Center’s Library.
