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April 3,
2017
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Featured Stories
In The News
This Week's Featured Event
Arts, Entertainment & Events
Announcements
Deals & Promos
BID Services & Links
Construction & Utility Work Updates
City of Boston Services
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This Week's Featured Event
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'Orlando' by Virginia Woolf Opening at Modern Theatre April 6th
"Orlando," by Virginia Woolf will open at the Modern Theatre on Thursday, April 6th and run through Sunday, April 9th.
The play is about Duke Orlando, who awakens after a night of debauchery -- and finds he has been transformed into a duchess. Orlando tries to answer the vital question "Who then am I?" while traversing through 17th century Constantinople, and Victorian and 20th century England.
This is a Suffolk University Theatre student production directed by A. Nora Long and adapted by Sarah Ruhl. Tickets are $15 for general admission and $10 for students, Suffolk community with IDs and seniors. Click here for tickets and showtimes. |
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Arts, Entertainment & Events
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'Presenting Princess Shaw' and
'It's All True'
at
Emerson's
Bright Lights Series;
Screenings Feature Post-Film Talks
Emerson College's Bright Light Series continues with "Presenting Princess Shaw" on Tuesday, April 4th. This is a documentary about musician Princess Shaw, who placed her dreams on YouTube and then they became a reality. A discussion with Princess Shaw and writer/director Ido Haar will follow the screening.
On Thursday, April 6th, Emerson College's sixth annual student documentary festival called "It's All True" will take place. The evening of screenings culminates a two-day event.
Post-film discussions with special guest filmmakers, faculty and alumni will follow all screenings.
All screenings are free and open to the public and begin at 7 pm. Screenings take place in the Bright Family Screening Room (Paramount Center, 559 Washington St.). Seating is first-come, first-served. Tickets will be available, one per person, starting at 5 pm at the Paramount Center box office on the day of the show. Click here for more info about the Bright Light Series.
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Opening Reception for 'New England on Paper' and More
at the
Boston Athenaeum
The Boston Athenaeum (10 1/2 Beacon St.) hosts events that are open to members and nonmembers.
There will be an exhibition opening reception for "New England on Paper: Contemporary Art in the Boston Athenæum's Prints & Photographs Collection" on Wednesday, April 5th. This exhibition will showcase contemporary prints, drawings, and photographs by New England artists. The works on display-drawings, watercolors, linocuts, lithographs, hand-toned silver gelatin prints, digital photographs, and more-will reflect artistic interpretations of New England's built and natural environment. The gallery will be open to attendees at 5:30 pm, after which the Athenæum's Curator of Prints & Photographs, Catharina Slautterback, will make brief remarks. This event is free and open to the public and registration is not required. The event is from 5:30 to 7:30 pm.
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Boston LGBT Film Festival at
Paramount Center Through April 9th
The Boston LGBT Film Festival works to "stimulate thought and encourage dialogue while offering exposure and continued presence for filmmakers, artists and community organizations." The festival, opened March 31st, includes 11 individual screenings of fiction, documentaries and more at the Paramount Center and runs through April 9th.
Some of the festival films include the documentary "Out Run," which is about Ladlad, the world's first LGBT political party, which is in the Philippines.
Click here for more information about screenings, showtimes and tickets. |
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Brit Floyd Performing at
Orpheum Theatre April 9th
Brit Floyd, a British Pink Floyd cover band, is performing at the Orpheum Theatre on Sunday, April 9th. The concert starts at 7:30 pm. Click here for tickets.
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Boston International Film Festival at Paramount Center
April 14th through April 16th
The Boston International Film Festival will be at Emerson College's Paramount Center starting Friday, April 14th through Sunday, April 16th. There will be 13 film sessions showing films of varied time length from all around the world.
Some of the movies include "Snowflake," which is about "an introverted young girl, struggling with acceptance, who finds her voice with hip hop music." Also showing is the Vietnamese film, "Father and Son," which is about a father and son who live by a river making their living by fishing every day. The little boy contracts a serious illness and the treatment is very expensive. Will the father be able to catch enough fish to pay for it?
Click here for more information about the Boston International Film Festival, showtimes and to purchase tickets. |
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New Exhibit 'Aviary' Debuts at
Lafayette City Center Passageway
A new exhibit, "Aviary," is at the Lafayette City Center Passageway and has already compelled passersby to stop, look at the imagery, and not just fly through the hallway.
The Passageway is lined with works from 61 photographers from all corners of the country. Numerous photos of peacocks were submitted and only one person submitted an image of a bird in a cage.
The
Lafayette City Center Passageway connects Avenue de Lafayette to Macy's and is
open daily to the public from 10 am to 6 pm.
The exhibit is part of the ongoing photography series at the Passageway by the Griffin Museum of Photography. This exhibit is supported by the
Abbey Group,
Lafayette City Center and the
Downtown Boston Business Improvement District.
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Interactive Digital Art Installation by Camille Utterback at
Emerson College's Urban Arts Gallery
A new interactive digital art installation, Entangled, which tracks viewers' movements in order to create abstract and evolving painting-like projections on a screen, is at the Emerson Urban Arts: Media Art Gallery (25 Avery St.).
Entangled is a creation by international artist Camille Utterback. The art will be displayed on a 10x15 foot screen. The installation will run concurrently with Cybernetic Serendipity, an exhibition documenting what many consider to be the first digital media art exhibition, curated by Jasia Reichardt at the ICA in London in 1968.
Entrance to the gallery is
free and is open
Wednesday through Saturday 2 to 7 pm. The exhibit will be up
through April 22nd.
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Book a Private Tour of the
Freedom Trail Foundation's Revolutionary
Women Tour and More
The Freedom Trail Foundation offers several tours year-round as private tours and during select times of the year, including the Revolutionary Women Tour.
Special tours like the African-American Patriots Tours, Revolutionary Women Tours, Lantern Tours and Pirates & Patriots Tours are some of the tours available. Click here for more information about tours and to book a tour. |
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Additional BID Services & Info
- Communication and Business Networking
- Meetings with individual BID members to discuss neighborhood issues
- Entertainment programming
- Member Advocacy
- Capital/Public Improvements
- Wayfinding
- Please click here for the 2016 BID Report to learn about the transformation of Downtown Crossing
- For additional details and information on the complete range of BID services please contact Doug Meyer, Membership Services & Database Manager, at [email protected].
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Shed's BBQ Now Open on Bromfield Street; Serving Up Deliciousness!
The highly anticipated Shed's BBQ restaurant opened on March 29th and customers quickly flocked to get their fill of brisket, ribs, collard greens, cole slaw and more.
"My brother and I are from Texas and we grew up eating this food," said Shawn Wilson, above left, who owns the restaurant with her brother Edward Wilson, above right. "We wanted to bring a little bit of Texas to Boston."
The brother-sister team merged their names for the restaurant's name: Shawn + Edward = Shed's BBQ. The duo also tapped into their family's secret recipes for the BBQ sauces, rubs and more.
Shawn and Edward both listed numerous menu items as their favorites. Shawn cited the brisket, mac and cheese, pickled jalapenos and collard greens, while Edward named the brisket, ribs, turkey, baked beans and "pretty much everything."
Along with sandwiches, meat platters, rib platters and sides, Shed's BBQ also offers lighter options. There's the organic lemony rocket blend bowl, which has arugula, spinach, red oak leaf lettuce and signature dock leaves. Another option is the super food with rainbow kale bowl that includes shaved Brussels sprouts and chopped Napa cabbage.
The Wilsons are not new to downtown Boston's food scene, as they're the owners of the Viga Italian eateries, too. But they both said they've wanted to open a BBQ restaurant for more than a decade.
Shed's BBQ is located at 32 Bromfield St., and is open Monday through Friday 11 am to 3 pm. Click here for a full menu. Call 617-542-SHED for more info or to place an order.
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Doris O. Wong Associates
Celebrating 50th Anniversary
Congratulations to Doris O. Wong Associates, Inc., which
is celebrating its 50th anniversary providing verbatim transcripts of depositions and hearings to the legal community.
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| Doris Wong, President, middle. Left to right: Linda Fifield, Vice President; Doris Wong, President; Connie Psaros, Vice President. Fifield and Psaros are Doris' nieces. |
Located in downtown Boston since its inception, the firm has been a national leader in promoting technology to provide real time translation and a myriad of electronic transcript delivery options. Doris O. Wong Associates is located at 50 Franklin St. |
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Vendors Wanted for 2017
Downtown Boston
Arts & Crafts Market
The Downtown Boston BID is expanding the Downtown Boston Arts & Crafts Market program for 2017, and is seeking vendors to sell their products. The market will be at Readers Park by the Irish Famine Memorial at the corner of Washington and School streets. The market will operate on Wednesdays and Fridays from May 17th through September 29th.
All artwork, crafts and food offerings must be original and handmade by you or your studio or enterprise. No mass-produced goods are allowed.
The Downtown Boston Arts & Crafts Market accepts arts and crafts in the following categories: fiber arts, fine art (painting, photography, sculpture), Christmas ornaments and holiday items, Judaica, blown glass, stained glass, clay/ceramics, metal, wood furniture, clothing and accessories, children's clothing and toys, pet items, jewelry, artisan foods, personal products (soap and fragrances), home decor and more.
Click here for more information and a vendor application. Also please contact Kristen Flanagan, Project Manager, at [email protected] with questions. |
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Environmental Voter Project
Looking for Summer Interns
The Environmental Voter Project (55 Court St.) is looking for college students who are interested in summer internships involving environmental politics.
Summer interns will learn about the latest campaign mobilization techniques, conduct voter turnout and election research projects, gain valuable field and research skills for use on campaigns and more. Click here for more information and how to apply. |
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Mosaic Sushi and Ballpark Specials
Now Available at
Milk Street Café
Milk Street Café (50 Milk St.) recently added new items to their catering menu. New sushi items include salmon or tuna mosaic sushi, as well as baseball-themed items.
The new Spring Sushi platter is available through corporate catering all the time and every Monday in the café. There are several Boston-themed sushi rolls, including the Red Sox roll, the Wicked Smaht roll, the Public Garden roll and the Green Monstah roll. The Ballpark Specials menu for catering is available starting today (April 3rd -- Opening Day), and hot dogs, sausages and veggie burgers are available in the café today, too. Click here to learn more and order the Spring Sushi platter. Click here to learn more and order from the Ballpark Specials menu. |
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Artisan Bistro
Celebrating
Easter with
A La Carte Menu and
Brunch Buffet
Artisan Bistro (10 Avery St.) is offering an Easter brunch buffet on Sunday, April 16th. Served from 8 am to 3 pm, the buffet will feature a selection of locally sourced dishes and carving stations.
There will also be a fresh juice bar and Bloody Mary specials. Click here to see the Easter brunch buffet menu. Click here for the restaurant's Easter a la carte menu. The cost for the brunch buffet is $45 per adult and $20 for children 12 and under. Prices for the a la carte menu vary. |
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Storage Space Available for BID Members at
660 Washington Street
Downtown Boston BID members are being offered a special deal on storage space at 660 Washington St.
Storage spaces vary in size from 7x3 ft. to 8x5 ft. Prices vary from $85 to $125 per month. The lease is for monthly rentals of storage spaces.
Storage space renters will have to check in with the concierge to be permitted access because it is a residential building.
Items that cannot be stored include flammables (butane, oxygen tanks, etc), fresh food, weaponry and hazardous chemicals.
Please contact Niki Werth with questions or to view the space at 617-350-5501 or
[email protected].
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You Can Submit Your Own Event to the Downtown Boston BID Website
If you have an upcoming event you can now submit it to the Downtown Boston BID website. Click here to submit your own event.
Once approved by BID staff your event will be on the BID's calendar section and could be featured in the newsletter or on the BID social media accounts and promoted elsewhere.
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BID Ambassadors Provide Clean & Hospitality Services
in Downtown
The
Downtown Boston BID Ambassadors
provide clean and hospitality services seven days a week, nearly 24 hours a day. Ambassadors create a friendly, welcoming Downtown presence by helping visitors with directions, notifying fire and police personnel of incidents and more.
B
ID Ambassadors
provide walking escorts all day or night
-- they'll even tote an umbrella if it's raining or snowing! Please call 617-261-0066 to arrange an escort or for other BID ambassador services. You can also email [email protected].
- Ambassadors remove litter and graffiti
- Ambassadors clear handicapped ramps and storm drain openings
- Ambassador powerwash in Downtown Boston during warm weather
- Ambassadors maintain the BID's landscaping
- Masonry Ambassadors fix sidewalks and more
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Construction & Utility Work Updates
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New Developments Under Construction, Proposed Projects and More
Downtown Boston is continually transforming, with new buildings rising, as well as transportation projects taking place underground and at street level.
Looking for the latest u
pdates on developments, construction, sidewalk closings, and more? Click
here.
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Downtown Boston BID Weekly News Update
For questions and comments, please contact David Ertischek, newsletter editor, at:
[email protected]
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