I'm Back..... !

Thought you would get a kick out of this list of Meet-Up connections daytrips that I've made over the past seven years.

 

 

• Winesday - Wine Tasting Event at the MFA.
• ICA – Harbor walk Sounds Concert! (Cuban Jazz) - Free!
• French Film: A Castle in Italy- MFA Annual Boston French Film Festival.
• Cogswell's Grant in Essex, MA---Cogswell's Grant A mecca for lovers of American folk art, Cogswell’s Grant was the summer home of renowned collectors Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little. The ...
• By Invitation: Castle Hill at the Crane Estate...We have been invited by the Trustees of Reservations to a private guided tour, beginning with a brief history of the Inn at Castle Hill, a tour of Castle Hill at the Crane Estate's Great House, and concluding with a brief tour of the historic landscape, including a new restoration project.

 

• Mercury Orchestra at Sanders Theatre...evening's selections: Symphony No. 1 "Classical," Sergei Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2, Camille Saint-Saens Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique," Piotr Tchaikovsky...
• Shakespeare on the Common: Twelfth Night.
• Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site...Frederick Law Olmsted, Shaper of the American Landscape Perhaps more than any other person, Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) affected the way America looks
• Lyman Estate and Greenhouses...Lyman Estate, also known as "The Vale," is one of the finest examples in the United States of a country estate following the principles of eighteenth-century English naturalistic design.    
• Beacon Hill Art Walk...The Beacon Hill Art Walk is taking place on the first Sunday in June, from noon to 6pm, throughout the secret gardens and patios of Beacon Hill.
• New England Philharmonic: Firsts & Fantasies...
• The New England Philharmonic, under the direction of Richard Pittman, concludes its 37th season with an NEP commission and world premiere of Composer in Residence David...

 

• Fifth Annual Spring Brunch...Fifth Annual Spring Brunch at The South End's fashionable Club Café` as we celebrate five years as Boston's "Gay Men's Art & Architecture Meetup".
• Brimfield Antiques Fair...The Brimfield Antiques Show began in the 1950's and has become the largest and best-known outdoor antiques show in the country.
• McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College...The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College organizes and presents innovative, multidisciplinary exhibitions that receive national and international recognition...
• Sunday Afternoon at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum .
• NE Philharmonic: An American Anthem...
• Forbes House Museum...The Forbes House Museum—an Extraordinary Family, a Historic Place The Captain Robert Bennet Forbes House, also known as the R. B. Forbes House, is a house museum...
• Sunday Afternoon at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum...The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is at once an intimate collection of fine and decorative art and a vibrant, innovative venue for contemporary artists, musicians and...
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  • John Singer Sargent's Watercolors at MFA...The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, is one of the largest museums in the US, attracting over one million visitors yearly. It contains over 450,000 works.
  • From VA Museum of Fine Arts: Faberge Revealed...Faberge Revealed The name Fabergé is synonymous with refined craftsmanship, jeweled luxury and the Russian imperial family.
  • Currier Museum & Zimmerman House...The Currier Museum of Art is an internationally renowned art museum located in Manchester, New Hampshire. The Currier features European and American paintings, decorative arts, photographs and sculpture, including works by Picasso, Monet, O'Keeffe, Wyeth, and LeWitt with exhibitions, tours, and programs year-round.
  • Mercury Orchestra: Stravinsky & Rachmaninoff...The Mercury Orchestra celebrates Stravinsky & Rachmaninoff in concert at Harvard's historic Sanders Theatre. Program: Rite of Spring, Stravinsky Symphonic Dances,.
  • Boston Harbor Walk by Walk-Boston.
  • American Textile History Museum...A guided tour of the Museum's core exhibition, Textile Revolution:
  • In addition to artworks from the Addison's permanent collection, we will be viewing two special exhibitions, beginning with "For All The World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights" at 11:00, and moving on to "Secrets, Loss, Memory, and Courage: Works by Gay Male Artists"
  • Davis Museum at Wellesley...
  • Museum of Russian Icons and Gallery of African Art...
  • Harvard Museum of Natural History: The Glass Flowers...The Glass Flowers This unique collection of over 3,000 models was created by glass artisans Leopold Blaschka and his son, Rudolph. The commission began in 1886,...
    
    
    
    
    • Sunday at the Peabody Essex Museum--- A Museum of Art and Culture.
      The roots of the Peabody Essex Museum date to the 1799 founding of the East India Marine Society, an organization of Salem captains and supercargoes who had sailed beyond either the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn.
    • Mount Auburn Cemetery Fall Foliage & Architecture Walking Tour...
    • Historic Boston Walking Tour...an informal walking tour of sites and landmarks that highlight Boston's history and architecture, including Boston Common, the State House, King's Chapel and...
    • Os Gemeos: Institute of Contemporary Art...Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art will present the first solo exhibition in the United States of works by the Brazilian brothers Otavio and Gustavo..
    • Fuller Museum Group Tour..The Fuller Museum building was created by architects J.T. Anderson and Associates of Boston. Fuller Craft is filled with high ceilings, wide corridors, slate floors,...
    • Private Tour: Boston Public Library...The McKim Building is notable for its perfect proportions, its classic serenity, its modestly borne and elegance...
    • SoWa Art Walk - South End Open Studios...SoWa is the cultural district in Boston located South of Washington Street, which is where it gets its name.
    • Rose Art Museum's 50th Anniversary...The story of the Rose Art Museum is one of the most remarkable in the history of university art museums. Founded in 1961.
    • By Invitation: Massachusetts Historical Society...We have been invited for a free guided private tour of the significant artworks, the architecture, and the collected artifacts of the Massachusetts Historical Society,...
    • By Invitation: A Private Tour of Codman Estate.
    • Private Tour: Gloucester's Beauport Mansion, The Sleeper-McCann House.
    • Gropius House, Codman Estate & 26th Annual Antique Auto Show.
    • Architectural Walking Tour of Harvard Yard.
    • Willard House and Clock Museum...The Willard House and Clock Museum in North Grafton, Mass., circa 1718, is a festive place with historic roots. Willard House now offers a new Fine Arts tour.
    • Worcester Art Museum.
    • Ayer Mansion Private Tours.
    • Sunday Music Series at the Gardner...The longest-running museum music program in the nation, the Gardner Museum’s concert series enters its 84th consecutive season this September.
    • Sunday at the MFA.
    • The Gibson House Museum...Charles Gibson, Jr. The Gibson House Museum exists because of the vision and family pride of Charles and Rosamond Gibson's middle child, Charles Jr. He was a poet,...
    • Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University...The permanent collection of the Rose Art Museum is internationally recognized for its quality and comprehensiveness. The collection numbers over 8,000 objects.
    • Out at Plimoth Plantation & the Mayflower II.
    • The Art & Architecture of Trinity Church..Are you curious about why Trinity has appeared on the architectural community's "top ten" lists of significant buildings for over 100 years? Perhaps you'd like to know
    • Shakespeare on the Common: Othello.
    • deCordova Museum & Sculpture Park...The deCordova Sculpture Park encompasses 35 acres of beautiful rolling woodlands and lawns, and is the largest park of its kind in New England.
    • Shawsheen Village & West Parish Cemetery...We have been extended an invitation to visit two of Andover's Historic Places, including a tour of an historic garden cemetery chapel with 14 Tiffany stained glass...
    • Cambridge Symphony Orchestra: Pops on the Lawn.
    • Architecture Walk: Avenue of the Arts.
    • By Invitation: A Private Tour of Longfellow House...We have been invited on a private tour of the Longfellow House National Historic Site, beginning in the Formal Garden, and including the garden design, the architecture...
    • An Afternoon at House of the Seven Gables...Welcome to Salem's premiere historic site, located on the Harbor!
    • Fort Point [Leather District] Art Walk.
    • Asian Journeys: Collecting Art in Post-War America.
    • Museum of Russian Icons...The Museum of Russian Icons was founded as a non-profit educational museum by Gordon Lankton. The collection includes about 370 Russian icons, the largest collection of...
    • After Hours at the MIT Museum.
    • Harvard Art Museum: Re-View...A comprehensive selection of works from the Harvard Art Museum's three constituent museums — the Fogg Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, and Arthur M. Sackler Museum.
    • BU Art Gallery: Drawing Toward Home...Drawing Toward Home: Designs for Domestic Architecture from Historic New England This exhibition features one hundred drawings of New England houses dating from the...
    • Commonwealth Ave Mall Sculptures...This walking tour includes 15 sculptures and a printed map. This event is free and public parking is available. Boston’s Commonwealth Avenue finds its 19th century.
    • Cambridge Symphony Orchestra...The Cambridge Symphony Orchestra is a community group of adult amateur musicians performing concerts in and around Cambridge. In addition to public performances,...
    • Free Community Day at the MFA...In an effort to make the MFA even more accessible to the community, the Museum offers free general admission once per month.
    • Longfellow House...The Longfellow House was originally built in 1759 by John Vassall, a wealthy royalist. In 1774, he and his family hastily abandoned the house and fled to British...
    • The McMullen Museum at Boston College-The museum offers a collection of paintings which include works from Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Highlights of the collection, include Gothic and Baroque tapestries...
    • Institute of Contemporary Art.
    • Higgins Amory Museum...The Higgins Armory Museum enjoys the distinction of being the only museum in the Western Hemisphere entirely devoted to the study and display of arms and armor...
    • MY FIRST 'MEET-UP' WAS ON March 2, 2008
    
     
  I'm ready to keep on moving !