The Scene In and Around Boston

The Scene In and Around Boston...
Copyright © 2010 Hilda M. Morrill

Tommy Choi, right, Executive Pastry Chef at Top of the Hub and Assistant Pastry Chef Angela Pettersern show off some of the cookies they made for the annual "Christmas Party with The Celtics" hosted by Top of the Hub and held at the Skywalk. (Photo by R. J. Donovan)
December 31, 2010 - Top of the Hub's Executive Pastry Chef Tommy Choi and Assistant Pastry Chef Angela Pettersern created personalized holiday/basketball cookies for guests when Top of the Hub and the Skywalk Observatory recently hosted a Boston Celtics holiday party...
Read More...

Pictured at the recent "Bubbles and Bites" benefit are, left to right, James Norton, SHADE Foundation Treasurer for Fundraising and Advocacy; event co-hosts, Shonda and Curt Schilling; and Mrs. Norton. (Photo by Nicole Chan)
December 24, 2010 - The fourth annual holiday "Bubbles and Bites" fund-raiser was held on December 8 at the Ritz-Carlton, Boston Common. The event was co-hosted by former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling and his wife Shonda, to benefit the SHADE Foundation of America... Read More...

Pictured left to right at the Commonwealth Avenue Mall lighting: Boston Parks Commissioner Antonia M. Pollak, Committee Fundraising Chair Mimi LaCamera, Committee Chair Ted Cutler, General Manager Jeffrey Seward of event sponsor Taj Boston Hotel, and City of Boston Chief of Public Property Mike Galvin. (Photo by Jon Seamans)
December 17, 2010 - City officials and members of the Committee to Light Commonwealth Avenue Mall gathered with Back Bay residents to illuminate the Mall immediately following the Boston Common Holiday Tree Lighting on December 2... Read More...

Fast Freddy from 104.1 FM is pictured squeezing palms with "Sara Palin" (aka Cecelia Thompson from the North Shore) at the "60th Anniversary Celebration of the Kowloon Restaurant" in Saugus. (Photo by Lauren Birmingham)
December 10, 2010 - On November 17-18, more than 2000 guests participated in the "60th Anniversary of the Kowloon Restaurant" in Saugus. The two-evening celebration was also a fund-raiser benefiting the Joey Fund and the Massachusetts Restaurant Association's Education Foundation... Read More...

Tony Bennett stopped by Opera Boston's annual gala at the Boston Harbor Hotel to pay tribute to his friend and the night's honoree, Boston radio legend Ron Della Chiesa. He is pictured here, left to right, with Opera Boston Board Chair Winifred Perkin Gray, Della Chiesa and event host Joyce Kulhawik. (Photo (c) Randy H. Goodman)
December 3, 2010 - Everyone is still reminiscing about "InnOvation 2010," Opera Boston's signature gala event in November that recognized the achievements of the-one-and-only Ron Della Chiesa... Read More...

Left to right in front: Congressman Michael Capuano; Dr. Gary Gottlieb, President and CEO of Partners Healthcare; and David Storto, President of Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. (Photo by Roger Farrington)
November 26, 2010 - Elected officials and health care leaders joined the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital community for a ceremonial ground breaking at the site of the New Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital facility...
Read More...

Bobby Watson and Darryl Settles, right, await the arrival of guests for the grand opening celebration outside the new Darryl's Corner Bar & Kitchen in the South End. (Photo by Randy Gross)
November 19, 2010 - Darryl Settles was back in his old stomping grounds as he celebrated the grand opening of his new restaurant, Darryl's Corner Bar & Kitchen in October... Read More...

World famous photographer Roger Farrington gets his picture taken for a change. An exhibition of his "The 30th Anniversary John Lennon Portfolio" is presently on view at the Panopticon Gallery inside the Hotel Commonwealth, Boston, through January 4, 2011. (Photo by Hilda M. Morrill)
November 12, 2010 - On Tuesday, December 7, we are invited to a talk and book signing by Ken Sharp, the author of "Starting Over: The Making of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Double Fantasy."... Read More...

Supporting the recent Dress for Success benefit at the St. John Boutique in Boston are, left to right, Thorunn Zimmermann and Kathy Huntington of Milton, June Gustafson of Marshfield, and Karen Moran of Milton. (Photo by Roger Farrington)
November 5, 2010 - The St. John Boutique in Boston recently hosted Dress for Success Boston in celebrating an exciting milestone of dressing more than five-thousand women in "interview appropriate" clothing... Read More...

Boston Symphony Orchestra's 2010 Opening Night Gala co-chairs, left to right, Robert and Megan O'Block and Lis Tarlow and Steve Kay. (Photo by Michael J. Lutch)
October 29, 2010 - The Boston Symphony Orchestra's 2010-2011 season opened on October 2, when the renowned Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel joined Music Director James Levine and the orchestra at Symphony Hall... Read More...

Joyce Hampers, second from left, toasts the opening of her new G2O Spa & Salon with, left to right, Community Servings CEO David Waters and "TV Diner's" Billy Costa and Jenny Johnson, the hosts of the party-a fundraiser for Community Servings. (Photo by FayFoto)
October 22, 2010 - Joyce Hampers recently celebrated the opening of her all-new G2O Spa & Salon on Newbury Street with a premiere fundraiser benefiting Community Servings...
Read More...

UNICEF New England Regional Board member Matthew Bane and daughters Isabeau and Lucca enjoy the Ritz-Carlton Tea. (Photo by Roger Farrington)
October 15, 2010 - The U.S. Fund for UNICEF recently hosted a private 3-D screening of the new family film "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole."... Read More...

Celebrating "Read Your Way to Fenway" are, left to right, Wally the Green Monster; Jesus Martinez, Danny Rivera, Juliana Fleming, Shaina Fils-Aime, Giobed Rivera, BPL President Amy Ryan, BPL Foundation's Daria McLean, Bank of America's Kevin Dolan and the BPL Foundation's Paul Kraft and Dr. Larry Cohn. (Photo by Roger Farrington)
October 8, 2010 - The Boston Public Library Foundation's annual "Read Your Way to Fenway" summer reading contest was a huge success... Read More...

Dawn Timlin, left, and Shonda Schilling, right, welcome keynote speaker Kellis Dunn to the "Say It With Flowers" event at Gillette Stadium. (Photo by 4U Productions Photography)
October 1, 2010 - On September 22, Shonda Schilling and Dawn Timlin hosted the "Sixth Annual Say It With Flowers" event to benefit the ALS Association Massachusetts Chapter at Gillette Stadium... Read More...

Event Chair and Trustee Carrie Minot Bell and Founding Trustee and President Stephanie Warburg, right, at The Max Warburg Courage Curriculum's "19th Annual Awards Luncheon." (Photo by Roger Farrington)
September 24, 2010 - Earlier this year, more than 300 people gathered at Northeastern University to celebrate The Max Warburg Courage Curriculum's "19th Annual Awards Luncheon"... Read More...

After his performance at the South Shore Music Circus, the ever-young and dynamic Tony Bennett celebrated his 84th birthday backstage with special guests including Kim Tunnicliffe of WBZ, left, and ChaChi LoPrete of WZLX, right. (Photo courtesy of South Shore Music Circus)
September 17, 2010 - Founded in 1951 in Cohasset, the South Shore Music Circus will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2011. According to Paula Kelly Gates, "We are just now starting to plan how to commemorate this big event"... Read More...

Popular crooner Tony Cibotti entertains lucky guests during his "Frank Sinatra Tribute" performance at the Deli After Dark in Dedham. (Photo by Hilda M. Morrill)
September 10, 2010 - One of the most entertaining and sociable events we've enjoyed this summer was an evening of great food and fabulous entertainment by the one-and-only crooner Tony Cibotti... Read More...

Museum of Fine Arts Director Malcolm Rogers and exhibition curator Anne Havinga, right, welcome special guest Estrellita Karsh, center, to the "Avedon Fashion 1944-2000" opening reception. (Photo courtesy of Museum of Fine Arts)
September 3, 2010 - Fashionable guests from the Greater Boston Area recently congregated at the Museum of Fine Arts to celebrate the opening of the stylish exhibition "Avedon Fashion 1944-2000" ... Read More...

Modeling their spectacular party masks, "Black and White Ball" co-chairs Robin Falzone, left, and Robin Kramer, right, are pictured with Ball sponsor Nancy Haas of Shreve, Crump & Low. (Photo by Roger Farrington)
August 27, 2010 - The Peabody Essex Museum hosted its annual fundraising gala in the spirit of Truman Capote's famous "Party of the Century." ... Read More...

DMH Commissioner Barbara Leadholm, right, with "Express Yourself" singer Wanetta Jackson, left, and "Angels in America" Broadway director George C. Wolfe, who was representing the President's Commission on the Arts and the Humanities from Washington D.C. (Photo by Roger Farrington)
August 20, 2010 - The 15th annual performance by the award-winning "Express Yourself" was recently held at the Citi Wang Theater stage featuring the artistic talents of more than 125 youths... Read More...

UNICEF 's Caryl Stern, center, with co-chairs Brandi Garnett, left, and Tiffany Ortiz at "The Children's Champion Award" celebration. (Photo by Roger Farrington)
August 13, 2010 - The U.S. Fund for UNICEF has honored the Boston Celtics with its Children's Champion Award at "A Night for Haiti" at the House of Blues... Read More...

Pictured at the annual "Friends of Silent Spring Institute Dinner" are Honoree Marilyn Riseman, center front, with Liz Walker, Friends chair Ellen Calmas and Joanne Prager, Marilyn's granddaughter. (Photo by Roger Farrington)
August 6, 2010 - The annual "Friends of Silent Spring Institute Dinner" was held at Boston's InterContinental Hotel. More than 325 guests attended the event, which raised nearly $300,000 for the Susan S. Bailis Breast Cancer Research Fund... Read More...

Leonard Nimoy's first major museum exhibition, Secret Selves at MASS MoCA.
July 30, 2010 - Inspired by Aristophanes' theory that humans were once double-sided creatures with two heads and multiple limbs, Leonard Nimoy's photographs in his latest exhibit "reveal his subjects' other half." The series of photos will be shown for the first time, opening at MASS MoCA this weekend.... Read More...

Carolyn and Peter Lynch hosted a reception at their home prior to the annual dinner gala for the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Carolyn, a NEHGS Trustee, was co-chair of the benefit gala. (Photo by Roger Farrington)
July 23, 2010 - The annual dinner gala for the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) was held recently at the Four Seasons Hotel for 180 guests. The evening, co-chaired by Carolyn Lynch and Susan Sloan, raised more than $100,000... Read More...

Vogue Magazine editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, far left, chats with high school students Isabel Farrington, Holly Heffernan and Callie McLaughlin, left to right, at the "Health Matters" Forum. (Photo by Roger Farrington)
July 16, 2010 - The Harris Center for Education and Advocacy in Eating Disorders 13th Annual Public Forum, "Health Matters: Weight and Wellness in the World of Fashion," was presented in conjunction with Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School this past spring... Read More...

C. Bernard Fulp and his wife, Boston Public Library Trustee Carol Fulp, were among the distinguished guests at the BPL Foundation's gala. (Photo by Roger Farrington)
July 9, 2010 - Mayor Thomas M. Menino and 300 guests celebrated at the Boston Public Library Foundation's "Spring Gala." The event surpassed its fundraising goal, bringing in more than $500K to help support youth programs and services... Read More...

Members of the band "Hot Mess" entertain guests at the opening of The Ocean Club at Marina Bay. (Photo by Jazz Martin)
July 2, 2010 - New England's largest outdoor nightclub recently opened in Quincy. The Ocean Club at Marina Bay, offering 62,000 square feet of nightlife and live entertainment, was formerly the Marina Bay Beach Club... Read More...

James Beard Foundation 2010 Award winners Marc Gaier, left, and Clark Frasier, right, welcome noted gardening authors and TV hosts Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman as special guests to their award winning restaurant, Arrows in Ogunquit, Maine. Arrows features an adjacent greenhouse and vegetable gardens which provide fresh produce for their innovative menus. (File photo by Hilda M. Morrill)
June 25, 2010 - Mark Gaier and Clark Frasier have been honored by the James Beard Foundation as "Best Chefs: Northeast," based on the independent volunteer panels of more than 600 food and beverage industry professionals from around the country... Read More...

Actress and UNICEF ambassador Tea Leoni, left, and Tiffany Ortiz at the "UNICEF Women's Luncheon Series" event. (Photo by Roger Farrington)
June 18, 2010 - 2010 marks the 8th year of the "UNICEF Women's Luncheon Series" in Boston. The luncheons attract women from the professional and philanthropic communities to an intimate event... Read More...

"Party in the Park" co-chairs, left to right: Janet Atkins, Jane Roy, Lynn Dale and Holly Safford. (Photo by Roger Farrington)
June 11, 2010 - The 7th annual "Party in the Park" was held in the beautiful Kelleher Rose Garden, on Boston's Fenway. Proceeds from the party benefited The Justine Mee Liff Fund for the Emerald Necklace Conservancy... Read More...

Marines from the U.S.S. Constitution will demonstrate musket firing on "Muster Day" at Old Sturbridge Village. (Photo courtesy of Susie Bonta)
May 28, 2010 - Old Sturbridge Village will celebrate an old-fashioned military "Muster Day" on Saturday, June 12, with a special appearance by the 1812 Marines from Boston's U.S.S. Constitution... Read More...

Pictured at the "28th Annual Elliot Norton Awards" held at the Paramount Theatre are noted actors, left to right, Brooke Adams, Cherry Jones, Tony Shalhoub and Karen MacDonald. (Photo by Leo Gozbekian)
May 28, 2010 - Guests of honor at the recent 28th Annual Elliot Norton Awards held at the Paramount Theatre in Boston included actors Tony Shalhoub (Monk) and his wife Brooke Adams "who, separately and together, have brought widespread distinction to our country's stages."... Read More...

Among the special guests at the festive Boston Pops Opening Night was "Isabella Stewart Gardner" (the lovely arts-and-entertainment reporter Joyce Kulhawik in a John Singer Sargent pose), who arrived at Symphony Hall via a horse-drawn carriage. (Photo by Hilda M. Morrill)
May 21, 2010 - The Boston Pops Opening Night 125th Anniversary Concert on May 4 featured guest soloists, Broadway sensation Idina Menzel, legendary trumpeter Doc Severinsen, and pianist Michael Chertock... Read More...

Pictured at the "22nd Literary Lights Dinner," in the Grand Ballroom of the Boston Park Plaza Hotel, are: left to right, "Literary Light" Stona Fitch; BPL Associates chair Vivian Spiro; and award presenter, author and dinner sponsor Gregory Maguire. (Photo by Roger Farrington)
May 14, 2010 - More than 350 guests and supporters of the Boston Public Library recently attended the "22nd Literary Lights Dinner," which was held in the Grand Ballroom of the Boston Park Plaza Hotel... Read More...

Pictured at the Friends of Boston's Homeless "23rd Annual Beyond Shelter Gala" are, left to right, John Rosenthal, the organization's founder; Barbara Ferrer, Boston Public Health Commission; and Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino. (Photo by Michelle O'Loughlin)
May 7, 2010 - The Friends of Boston's Homeless recently held the "23rd Annual Beyond Shelter Gala" at the House of Blues in Boston. Hosted by Mayor Thomas M. Menino... Read More...

At the reception in his honor, Monsieur Jean-Claude Bourbon, center, is pictured with Christofle President and CEO Nicolas Krafft, right, and Boston Christofle boutique manager Eva Merritt. (Photo by Roger Farrington)
April 30, 2010 - The Christofle boutique at Heritage On the Garden on Boylston Street, recently hosted a festive reception in honor of their Master Silversmith, Jean-Claude Bourbon...
Read More...

Models wear Denise Hajjar designs from her Spring/Summer Collection at "Eleanor's Affair," a benefit for the ALS Association of Massachusetts, held at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel. (Photo by Lou Goodman)
April 23, 2010 - "Eleanor's Affair" was held at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel with a Denise Hajjar fashion runway show featuring the designer's 2010 Spring/Summer Collection... Read More...

Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart will lead the "125th Anniversary Season" Gala Celebration. (Photo by Michael Lutch)
April 16, 2010 - On Tuesday, May 4 at 8 p.m., Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops open the orchestra's landmark "125th Anniversary Season" with a gala three-part program honoring the distinctive legacies of its most famous conductors: Mr. Lockhart, John Williams, and Arthur Fiedler... Read More...

April 9, 2010 - Boston Lyric Opera recently introduced the North American premiere of Welsh National Opera's acclaimed production of R. Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos at the Citi Shubert Theatre... Read More...

An incredible life-size giraffe made from all-natural materials was among the exotic elements in an African Safari-inspired flower show exhibit created by Jim Donahue of Green Animals Topiary Gardens in RI. (Photo by Hilda M. Morrill)
April 2, 2010 - "The 2010 Boston Flower & Garden Show" is but a happy memory now, and congratulations are in order to Show Director Carolyn Weston and the Needham based Paragon Group as they begin "a new tradition for New England."... Read More...

Terence and Kristin Connell of Boston's North End smile for the camera at the "Crystal Ball." (Photo by Karen Snyder)
March 26, 2010 - More than 400 guests enjoyed The Steppingstone Foundation's recent annual "Crystal Ball" at The Four Seasons Hotel in Boston. The black-tie Gatsby-themed soiree raised $80,000... Read More...

Home Upcoming Events Ongoing Events Previous Scenes Post Events

BostonGardens.com