Deals and Delights
Deals and Delights
 | Sip with skirt! at a business after hours social, 5:30-7pm, at the Garden in the Woods, Framingham. Metrowestchamber.org |
| Women’s Night at the Building Materials Resource Center, June 3 Women who are homeowners, interested in homeownership, and interested in the building trades can bring their questions about home maintenance and renovation projects to Women’s Night at the Building Materials Resource Center on Tuesday, June 3, 5:30-7:00 p.m. Those who attend can speak one-on-one with a variety of experts, all of whom are women: carpenter; general contractor; plumber; electrician; kitchen, window, and door specialist; window repair expert; pest management professional; landscaper; architect; holistic home design expert; attorney; Women in the Building Trades representative; home financing specialist; and home safety expert. The event will take place at the Resource Center store, located at 100 Terrace Street in Roxbury Crossing—a five-minute walk from the Roxbury Crossing MBTA station. Childcare will be provided free of charge, and refreshments will also be complimentary. “Women’s Night provides a unique forum where women can learn about home improvement in a supportive, knowledgeable atmosphere,” said Linda Lesyna, kitchen, window and door specialist at the Boston Building Materials Co-op. “By making women experts available and accessible, we hope to clearly explain issues related to home improvement projects and clear up any misconceptions.” The Building Materials Resource Center is a nonprofit organization that accepts donations of new and good-quality used building materials and resells them to the public, offering generous discounts to those who are income-eligible. In so doing, the Resource Center helps the environment by diverting good-quality materials from the waste stream and helps homeowners by providing affordable materials for home maintenance and repairs. For more information or to RSVP, contact the Building Materials Resource Center at 617-442-8917, ext. 235, or www.bostonbmrc.org. ### Building Materials Resource Center 100 Terrace Street Roxbury, MA 02120 |
| Women and the Credit Crisis is the topic at Feminism and Dessert, set for 7pm at the Center for New Words, 7 Temple St., Cambridge. Centerfornewwords.org |
 | Kick off your weekend with cocktails and a silent auction to launch Jumpstart’s Read for the Record. Jumpstart’s Read for the Record is a national campaign designed to build awareness around America’s crisis in early childhood education and Jumpstart’s role in solving the crisis by breaking the world record for the greatest number of children reading the same book on the same day. Join Boston’s young professionals on Thursday, June 5 at Ristorante Fiore (located at 250 Hanover Street) from 6-9 pm. The event, sponsored by Bank of New York Mellon, includes appetizers and a chance to sip specialty sangria, proceeds of which will be donated to Jumpstart. Silent auction items include tickets to a 2008-2009 Bruins home game with a Zamboni ride, a signed basketball from the Boston Celtics, gift certificates to Zipcar, and Box seats to a Red Sox home game. Potential guest appearance from a member of the Boston Bruins. A donation of $15 is suggested. RSVP to Lauren Fawls at Lauren.fawls@jstart.org or visit www.jstart.org/kickoff. |
 | Pride Week in Boston includes a host of events, including a parade and a festival in City Hall Plaza. Bostonpride.org |
| Have tea at 2pm with Mistress of the Sun author Sandra Gulland at Wellesley Public Library. Free. Wellesleybooksmith.com |
 | Historic New England celebrates |
| Distillery Open Studios & Art Sale Saturday, June 7th, 2008 Noon - 7pm Free to the Public www.distilleryboston.com The Distillery in South Boston will host its annual Spring Open Studios on Saturday, June 7th from Noon - 7pm. (Unlike the weekend-long events in the past, this one is for one-day only!) This year's event will include work from over 40 artists, craftspeople, and creative entrepreneurs. This year, The Distillery has organized a ground-level "Art Sale" and a "Silent Auction Exhibit" in The Distillery Gallery - both carrying the same theme: great affordable art. In addition, studio doors will be open throughout the building, inviting guests in for a view of the various creative spaces. The Art Sale will take place on the ground level at over a dozen tables where work will be on display and ready for purchase, much of it at a discount. Also on the first floor, The Distillery Gallery's "Silent Auction Exhibit" will feature an entire show consisting of pieces with a "starting bid" followed by a bidding sheet where interested parties can name their price in hopes of scoring a sweet deal. Purchases will be made directly from the artists, no gallery commission involved. |
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 | Women and Aging: Transforming Limiting Sunday, June 8, 9 am ! 2:30 pm at Fitness a la Carte, Milford Francesca Radbill, Empowerment Program Leader and Transformational Coach The intention of this workshop is to explore the changing image of women and aging, body issues in the transitional years, emotional blocks and limiting belief systems. Through a combination of coaching, visualization, group exercises and sharing, we will create strategies to facilitate release and leave you present to experiencing your life and your body in a new and powerful way. 9:30am - 12:15 Coaching and Movement Lunch will be provided by Max Radbill, a graduate of Johnson and Wales College and a senior at Keene State, majoring in Health and Fitness. Max has also worked for Canyon Ranch. 1:15 - 2:30 Yoga and Meditation |
| Check out the DeCordova’s annual Art in the Park show and sale, featuring local artists such as Kathy Burg (belts), Caitlin Burch (glasspendants), Pam LeBlanc (colorful handbags) and Marie Galvin (hats). Decordova.org |
 | Mind the (wage) gap: The Women, Wages & Work Conference at UMass Boston Campus Center will examine issues surrounding women’s financial security and the work-life balance. Register online: mccormack.umb.edu/womenwages&work.php |
 | Carriage House Salon & Spa’s 1st Annual Manicures & Margaritas event will benefit Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts. Tuesday, June 10th Cost $25, Call ahead of time to reserve tickets at 617-868-7800. Tickets will be sold at the door. The Carriage House Salon & Spa is located at: 33 Church Street Harvard Square Cambridge, MA 02138 |
 | WHAT: Nationally recognized author, stylist and wardrobe expert Mary Lou Andre will give Clarks’ customers one-on-one personal style advice on how to pair classic looks with the latest Summer trends for shoes, bags and accessories. (Clarks’ full collection can be viewed here). WHEN: Thursday, June 12, 2008 |
| To commemorate the life of Anne Frank, today is considered Diary Day, in celebration of her birthday. Jot a note in your journal in memory of Anne. |
| Book Club for the Curious www.mos.org |
| Party at the Environmental League’s annual Earth Night with music, auctions and food at the Children’s Museum. Earthnight.org |
 | Find your voice at the Women’s Leadership Conference at Framingham State College. Metrowestchamber.org |
 | Charles River swimming race, 8am. The mile-long course loops from Harvard to Longfellow bridges. charlesriverswimmingclub.org |
 | 16-19 Catch the NE Riptide, a women’s pro fastpitch softball team during their 4-game homestand against Akron this week. Riptide plays at Martin Field in Lowell. Neriptide.com |
| BLOOMSDAY BOSTON 2008 Love Across Boundaries WHO: The New Center for Arts and Culture in partnership with the Office of the Provost at Boston College. WHAT: Bloomsday Boston 2008, Love Across Boundaries Celebrating the themes of love in James Joyce’s “Ulysses” with readings by celebrities and costumed actors, food, wine and Guinness, music, festivities. This event includes actors, writers, scholars coming together to celebrate one of the most famous book in all of literature, James Joyce’s “Ulysses”. This year Bloomsday Boston 2008 highlights Love Across Boundaries as its theme. The evening will include a James Joyce expert speaking on the many aspects of love in the novel including the relationship of Leopold and Molly Bloom, and readings from Ulysses that touch on these elemental forces. A highlight of the evening will be a conversation with notable Bostonians whose love lives extend across boundaries of all kinds. There will be copies of Ulysses available for sale. Music and food will reflect Ireland and beyond! Joyce Kulhawik is the host for the event. She will host both the readings from the novel as well as the conversation with the couples – Love Across Boundaries. Actors Steven Barkhimer, Elise Audrey Manning and Elaine Theodore will reprise some of the roles they performed last year. Readers include Ted Reinstein, Tom O’Neill, Annette Miller and Rony Yedidia. WHEN: Monday, June 16, 2008, 5:30 – 9pm WHERE: Bapst Art Library, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 WHY: This event represents the third collaboration between the New Center for Arts and Culture and Boston College. The collaboration reinforces the aims of both institutions to foster creative, thought provoking programming for audiences in Greater Boston. ADMISSION: The event is free and open to the public. Handicap accessible. Food and beverage will be served and for sale throughout the evening. SCHEDULE: Reception 5:30 – 7pm Readings from Ulysses 7 – 8pm Conversation – Love Across Boundaries 8 - 9pm Finale – Molly Monologue 9pm About the New Center for Arts and Culture The New Center for Arts and Culture's purpose is to build community by exploring Jewish culture and the interconnectedness of all cultures, creating a dynamic setting that inspires artistic excellence, welcomes diversity, nurtures creativity and encourages participation in the arts and humanities. Inspired by the differences and commonalities that comprise our pluralistic society, the New Center engages the diversity of world cultures by presenting them through artistic performances, dynamic exhibitions, as well as talks and discussion. The New Center will build its permanent home on the Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston. Based on creative partnerships, it has produced breakthrough events including the highly successful WORDS ON FIRE series in 2003, the first reading of Robert Burstein’s new play SPRING FORWARD FALL BACK in 2004, THE POWER OF CONVERSATION in 2005, KLEZMER MEETS SWING in 2006, BLOOMSDAY BOSTON 2007 and OUT OF DARKNESS in 2008. For more information, please visit www.ncacboston.org. |
| Chill to the sounds of local crooner Jody Ebling with the White Heat Swing Orchestra at Boston Harbor Hotel, 6-10pm on Rowes Wharf. The hotel’s free summer series encompasses soul, blues, and swing music as well as movies under the stars. Bhh.com |
 | Mercy Otis Warren: Muse of the Revolution is the topic of the New England Women’s Club Memorial Lecture, 6:30pm at the Old State House Museum. FREE with museum admission. Bostonhistory.org |
 | Develop your potential as a leader at the Berkana Institute’s event at Cambridge College. http://www.berkana.org/women/boston-jun2008.html |
| The mainstay of summer parties, barbeques traditionally require outdoor space, a grill, and cooperative weather. On Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Sebastians Interactive Kitchen in Boston's Seaport District invites the public to learn how to host a successful barbeque without the luxury of a yard or a grill-rain or shine. The event features an interactive cooking demonstration by Sebastians Chef Mike Fuller followed by a multi-course indoor barbeque with beer and wine. Tickets for the event are $75 dollars per guest and can be purchased by calling (888) 563-8334 or emailing InteractiveKitchen@Sebastians.com. "Whether it's cooked on a stove or in your backyard, fresh ingredients and interesting flavors are what really set the stage for a great barbeque," says Fuller. "With our indoor barbeque tips and recipes, we are bringing barbeque to the masses. Now even urban apartment dwellers will be able to enjoy fabulous barbeques all summer long and well into the post season, regardless of the weather." The menu will include items that go beyond the usual staples of hot dogs and hamburgers. While preparing the meal, Fuller will share cooking tips and offer guidance on selecting wines that pair well with barbeque fare. Menu (subject to change based on seasonal availability) Mike's Cajun Style BBQ Shrimp Crock-pot Sausages Fresh Lobster and Onami Tomato Salad & Balsamic Reduction ~ Blackened Beef Tenderloin with Asian Vegetable Slaw ~ Slow-Cooked, Oven Roasted Ribs with Homemade Barbecue Sauce ~ Granita with Seasonal Fruits Semi-homemade Peach Ice-cream About Sebastians Interactive Kitchen Located in the heart of Boston's revitalized Seaport District, Sebastians Interactive Kitchen is designed for Interactive Cooking Parties and Team Building Events. The space boasts glass, stainless steel, oak, stone and maple finishes with lots of work space. It is stocked with high-end residential kitchen equipment, a showpiece Molteni cooking range, a feature video wall and sound system. And, there's also an elegant dining room with fireplace, full-service bar and a select collection of over 300 bottles of wine. Sebastians Interactive Kitchen is located at 157 Seaport Boulevard. For information about events call (888) 563-8334 or email InteractiveKitchen@sebastians.com. Gift certificates are available upon request. |
 | It’s Juneteenth, the oldest celebration of freedom from slavery. Let freedom ring! |
| How much truth lies in the phrase, you are what you wear? From Thursday, June 19 through Thursday, Sept. 25, Dress Redress will address how and why our identities are so closely linked to our clothing. The exhibition, presented by the Womens Studies Research Center (WSRC), will include painting, sculpture, collage, drawing, and installation by eight contemporary American artists. There is no denying clothings centrality in our lives. We cruise the catwalk, trick or treat, dress up and dress down, dress to kill and follow dress code, said Lisa Lynch, Exhibition Curator and Director of the Arts and External Relations at the WSRC. By presenting the myriad ways in which what we wear defines us, the exhibition aims to expand the dialogue about the formative and expressive nature of clothing for the individual and society. Exhibiting artists include Aparna Agrawal, Candice Smith Corby, Maryjean Viano Crowe, Carol Hamoy, Sandra Eula Lee, Esther Solondz, Andrew Thompson, and Leslie Wilcox. Through subthemes as varied as religion, memory, gender roles, popular media, and environmental awareness, each artist uses clothing as medium, subject, or theme to challenge us to rethink clothings significance. Some of the artworks in Dress Redress are worn, and others are unwearable; some are a stand-in for the human body or human experience, and others invoke childhood dreams or fears, but all address clothings capability to conceal or reveal identity. For example, Aparna Agrawal manipulates babies onesies to represent our need to create conceptual shields of armor. Each tiny garment wears its own protection, from a hardened exterior, to a sharp shield of shells, to a symbolically powerful pattern. Artist Sandra Eula Lee culls identity from what we discard and what we wear. In her sculptures, paper, plastic bags and other refuse breathe new life as replicas of her clothing. And Andrew Thompsons Clothes Document is an interactive project that will reach completion after the exhibitions opening reception. Thompson begins with a new set of clothing; after wearing each piece, he embroiders it with the date. The resulting garment displays the clothings history and represents the connection between clothing, memory and identity. Dress Redress is the WSRCs first exhibition to utilize the universitys indoor and outdoor spaces. Work by all artists will be on view in the centers library, salon, and Kniznick Gallery, and Leslie Wilcox sculpture will be exhibited on the grounds outside of the WSRC and The Rose Art Museum. An illustrated, color catalogue accompanies the exhibition. Opening Reception & Artist Talks Thursday, June 19, 5 6:30 p.m. Women's Studies Research Center (Un)Dressing Religion, Clothing, and Identity Thursday, Sept. 18, 12:30 2:00 p.m. Liberman Miller Lecture Hall, Womens Studies Research Center Panel Discussion in conjunction with DressRedress. Participants will include Eric Silverman, Visiting Research Associate, WSRC; and Lisa Fishbayn, Visiting Research Associate, WSRC Afternoon Art Friday, Sept. 19, 3 4:30 p.m. Womens Studies Research Center Tour of DressRedress with exhibition curator Lisa Lynch, followed by refreshments. Closing Reception Thursday, Sept. 25, 5 6:30 p.m. Womens Studies Research Center Followed by the Rose Art Museums fall opening reception For additional information about the exhibition and related events, visit http://www.brandeis.edu/centers/wsrc/. |
 | Savor Tibetan and Kenyan cuisine, cool Caribbean rhythms, and traditional Native American storytelling at the Cultural Survival Bazaar on Boston Common. Culturalsurvival.org |
| Summer Solstice is today…say goodbye to Spring. |
| Visual Arts and Live Music Transform Cabot Street, Beverly, on Saturday, June 21st for the Annual ARTSFEST Beverly 2008 as exhibiting Artists and Craftsmen arrive from all New England. Major Exhibits at Montserrat College of Art Galleries feature Nationally Acclaimed Painters Norman Laliberte and Joanne Mattera and "New Works In Encaustic Painting". Thousands are expected to visit Open Studios, Galleries, Restaurants & Cafes, and Join in Entertainments Designed for Family Fun. See beverlymainstreets.org for more info. |
 | Better jobs, better earning is the topic when Jacqueline Cooke, Regional Administrator from the US Dept. of Labor’s Women’s Bureau visits the Boston Women’s Network at the Holiday Inn, Brookline. Bostonwomensnetwork.org |
 | Celebrate Winesday at the Museum of Fine Arts and let Spanish wine ambassador Lisa Carly introduce you to Rioja Vineyards’ Garnacha and Verdejo varietals. Cost is $25, and includes hors d’oeuvres. 617.369.3474 |
| Hear some Dirty Words from Ellen Sussman’s Literary Encyclopedia of Sex, 7pm at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline. Brooklinebooksmith.com |
| Series: Concerts in the Courtyard Date: June 18-August 20 Where: Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The MFA Concert Program is thrilled to announce the Concerts in the Courtyard line up for this summer. Opening with Jose Gonzalez on June 18, our summer series runs through August 20, encompassing folk, Latin, and country, culminating with Still Black, Still Proud, An African tribute to James Brown. All concerts take place outside in the Courtyard on Wednesday evenings at 7:30 pm except where noted (if it rains, concerts are moved inside to Remis Auditorium). Highlights include: June 25: Grupo Fantasma, one of the country’s rising Latin acts, this band has played with Prince and appeared on Austin City Limits. July 2: Folk iconoclast Beth Orton makes a rare Boston appearance. July 16: Forro in the Dark brings an updated version of Brazilian dance music. Rising Latin music star Marta Topferova opens. July 23: The Hot 8 Brass Band brings their New Orleans blend of hip-hop, jazz and funk styles to the courtyard. August 14: MFA favorites Grizzly Bear return to the MFA with their otherworldly blend of acoustic instruments, layered vocals, and found sounds. Tickets are $20 MFA members, students, and seniors; $25 general admission. Exceptions: Daby Toure with Extra Golden on July 30: $24/$30 Still Black, Still Proud on August 20: $28/$35 Reservations for tables at the Courtyard level are available for $30 per table. Tables seat four comfortably and do not include wait service. Courtyard table seating is purchased in addition to concert admission tickets. To reserve a table in advance, please call the Remis Box Office at 617-369-3306. For a great view of the concert, Terrace level seating at Bravo Restaurant is available on the day of the concert only, starting at 3pm (not available for concerts moved indoors due to rain). $50 includes concert admission as well as a voucher towards your meal. Includes wait service. |
 | It’s a bird, it’s a plane … it’s a race! Get to Mansfield Airport June 26 to see the first of 100 female pilots in the Mansfield Air Race Classic arrive from a 2,400-mile streak across the country. Then, on June 28, celebrate the legacy begun by Amelia Earhart with a swing dancing party under the stars at the airport. See Marc08.org for info. |
| The Distillery Gallery in South Boston will come alive with vibrant works by four Boston area artists during "Marked Memory" opening on June 26th from 6:30 - 9:30pm. In works ranging from small to gigantic, from oil paint and water media to collage, each artist uniquely portrays a sense of time and memory. Corey Corcoran works from discarded strangers’ albums, snapshots from his family archive, and historic photographs. His works, full of pattern, color, and collage, create a curious narrative. Aimee Belanger’s intimate paintings are about absence, location, and the failure of memory. Objects are erased with broad brushstrokes, figures are silhouetted, and desolate landscapes stand still. Aimee works from imagination, struggling to remember and capture the feeling of spaces past. Justin Augspurg’s large narrative paintings, based on mythology and personal experiences, explore the line between abstraction and representation. To Justin, “the story demands figures, objects and places, but the paint will never submit to the illusion.” He is always reinforcing the stuff of paint—rock and oil, earth and water. Sarah Meyers also explores a sense of narration and abstraction in her paintings to evoke a sense of memory and emotion. Sarah uses paint to arrive at an expression of her feelings about life’s beauty and complexity, along with its sadness and finite nature. Sarah’s figures and landscapes exist on the surface as marks of paint and collage, both beautiful and ugly, bright and muddy, glittery and dark. Corey and Aimee
are both BFA graduates of the Mass College of Art and are actively
painting in The Distillery. Corey’s work has been featured in numerous
juried shows and publications and will soon be on view at the Kingston
gallery, The Fort Point Artist Community Gallery, and in the
experimental arts publication “Apenest.” Aimee recently held an
exhibition of her travel works in Brooklyn, and has also participated
in numerous juried shows throughout Massachusetts. Justin and Sarah
hold MFA’s from the University of New Hampshire and have studios in The
Maaco building and Joy Street Studios in Somerville. Justin, a
fellowship grant recipient of the Somerville Arts Council, has most
recently exhibited at The Roger Lapelle gallery in Philadelphia, The
Delaware College of Art, and at the Mass College of Art. Sarah’s
painting was a recent recipient of the national “Excellence in Art”
award and is part of the Liquitex Corporate Collection. Her paintings
were recently selected for the juried “American Summer” show at the
Kingston Gallery and the “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” show currently on view
at the Washington Street Arts Center. The Distillery Gallery is located at 516 East Second St., first floor, and is free and open to the public from 9am - 5pm, Monday through Saturday. |
 | Spa Event June 27 and 28 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Take time to relax with an Orlane skin care expert in a Neiman Marcus Natick Spa Room. Spa Level One RSVP: http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/info/store.jhtml?storeId=103/NA&_requestid=26356 |
 | Sat, June 28, 2008 www.centeratwestwoods.com |
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