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March 20,
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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The 3rd Annual Fifth of March of Orations -- Speak Out! at Old South Meeting House March 22nd
From 1772 to 1775 rousing speeches were given at the Old South Meeting House (310 Washington St.) to commemorate the Boston Massacre. Come hear excerpts from some of the speeches at The 3rd Annual Fifth of March of Orations -- Speak Out! at the Meeting House on Wednesday, March 22nd.
Hear speeches given by John Hancock, Dr. Benjamin Church and Dr. Joseph Warren, performed by an inter-generational group of students, actors and historians. The speeches will be given in the grand hall -- the same place where the orations took place nearly 250 years ago.
This program is co-sponsored by Suffolk University's History Department and The Bostonian Society. This program is made possible with funding from the Lowell Institute. This event is free and open to the public, but registration is requested by clicking here. This event is at 6 pm. |
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Arts, Entertainment & Events
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The School Street Sessions Presents: Women Reading Women at
Omni Parker House March 25th
The School Street Sessions continues during Women's History Month with Women Reading Women on Saturday, March 25th at the Omni Parker House (60 School St.).
Simone John (bottom photo), Mary Buchinger, Martha Collins, Beatrice Greene and Mary Bonina (above photo) are all scheduled to read their own poems and the work of women who have influenced and inspired them. This reading continues a series of events celebrating the contributions women have made throughout history. This event is at 3:30 pm and is free and open to the public. |
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Boston Ballet's 'Kylián/Wings of Wax' Opening at Boston Opera House
March 23rd
The Boston Ballet's latest show, "Kylián/Wings of Wax," is opening at the Boston Opera House on Thursday, March 23rd.
The Boston Ballet describes the performance as a "dynamic program (that) showcases iconic works by three master choreographers and delightfully demonstrates the evolution of the art form -- from the timelessness of Balanchine to the contemporary craft of Kylián and Ekman"
Click here for tickets and showtimes. The show runs through April 2nd.
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Learn About The Birth of the
American Empire and More
at the
Boston Athenaeum
The Boston Athenaeum (10 1/2 Beacon St.) is hosting several events that are open to members and nonmembers.
"The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of the American Empire" is on Tuesday, March 21st from noon to 1 pm. Boston Globe foreign correspondent Stephen Kinzer will talk about American imperialism at the beginning of the 20th century. This event is free to members and nonmembers.
On Tuesday, March 21st and Thursday, March 23rd from 3 to 4 pm, join a docent for an Art and Architecture Tour focused on the history of the Athenæum, its iconic building and special collections. Tours are free, but limited in size so registration is requested by calling 617-227-0270, ext. 301 to register. This tour is open to the public.
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'Deprogrammed'
at
Emerson's
Bright Lights Series;
Screenings Feature Post-Film Talks
Emerson College's Bright Light Series continues with "Deprogrammed" on Thursday, March 23rd.
"Deprogrammed" is a documentary that features Ted "Black Lightning" Patrick and his anti-cult crusade. In the 1970s he started "reverse brainwashing" and it quickly grew to an underground network of concerned parents, ex-cultists turned-deprogrammers, and some law enforcement officials. The mission was to help remove people from cults. A discussion with director Mia Donovan will follow the screening. The documentary is part of the MIT Women Take the Reel Series.
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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Octavia E. Butler's 'Parable of the Sower' at Paramount March 23rd - 26th
ArtsEmerson is presenting Octavia E. Butler's 'Parable of the Sower,' which is a concert performance featuring an ensemble of 20 singers and musicians. There will be four performances at the Paramount Center from March 23rd through March 26th.
Musicians will perform "30 powerful songs drawn from 200 years of black music to give musical life to Butler's acclaimed science fiction novel of the same name." The novel tells the tale of Lauren Olamina, who lives in "a not-so-distant America, where climate change has driven society to violence and the brink of extinction."
Click here for showtimes and tickets. |
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Support Nonprofits,
Charities and More at Upcoming
B/SPOKE Studios
Fundraisers
If you enjoy cycling you will probably enjoy it even more at one of the many charitable fundraising cycling classes at B/SPOKE Studios (101 Federal St.). You'll get exercise and help out a worthy cause!
B/SPOKE doesn't donate to the individual charities, but does charge a heavily discounted rate to rent the studio.
Upcoming cycling fundraisers include:
March 24th: Mass Down Syndrome Congress
March 25th: UNICEF
March 26th: Girls on the Run
April 1st: Boston Police Foundation -- three rides, a hip-hop ride and a live DJ ride
Please email
Grace Goodearl at
[email protected] for more info, questions or if you are interested in participating in any of these rides.
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Celebrate Arts Matter Advocacy Day at the Paramount Center March 28th
Arts Matter Advocacy Day is on Tuesday, March 28th and will be a day full of speakers, performers, connecting with colleagues and an "Arts Matter March" from the Paramount Center to the State House to meet with legislators.
Events start at 9 am with registration, a performance by the Berklee College of Music Combo and more. Emerson College President Lee Pelton will address attendees, as will legislators and more. The march will start at 12:30 pm. Click here for the event's program and to RSVP. This is a free event. |
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Suffolk's Sawyer Business School Hosting 'Bridging the Gap: Trends in Marketing Conference' March 31st
The 6th Bridging the Gap: Trends in Marketing Conference will be on Friday, March 31st at Suffolk University's Sargent Hall (120 Tremont St., 5th Floor).
Topics will include the internet of things, social media strategy, experiential marketing, consumer analytics and academic perspectives. There will be speakers from DigitasLBI, Reebok, Trillia and more. The conference is being hosted by Suffolk University's Department of Marketing and Professional Marketing Association. Tickets are $5 for students and $15 for alumni, professionals and faculty. Click here to purchase tickets. The conference is from 9 am to 1:30 pm. |
World Music and Crash Arts are presenting Shaolin Warriors at the Orpheum Theatre on Saturday, April 1st at 8 pm.
This spectacular theatrical display features 20 kung fu masters showing many forms of Shaolin kung fu during death-defying martial arts displays. The show also provides insight into the daily life of the warriors and their Zen philosophy. Click here for more information and tickets. |
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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 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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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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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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Grand Hatching! New Chicken & Rice Guys Restaurant Open on Washington Street
A new Chicken & Rice Guys had its grand hatching today (March 20th) at 280 Washington St. Ebullient customers lined up outside of the door before the opening to receive complimentary food and chicken hats!
One lucky customer even won free Chicken & Rice Guys for life! "I'm kind of obsessed and have been going to Chicken & Rice Guys when it was just a food truck. This makes life even better," said grand prize winner Sam Wong while wearing a chicken hat.
The menu includes halal chicken, beef or lamb, a vegetarian option, rice and salad. There are also five very popular sauces.
Chicken & Rice Guys started as a food truck in 2012 and now has four bricks-and-mortar locations, including one at 86 Bedford St., as well as numerous food trucks.
Chicken & Rice Guys are also very involved in the community with their own foundation to support community service projects such as blood donations, charities and fundraising for student projects. |
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Employers Wanted:
Get Involved with the
Mayor's Summer Jobs Program
The City of Boston is engaging the private sector to participate in the
Mayor's Summer Jobs Program to provide meaningful jobs to Boston youth.
The city partners with the Boston Private Industry Council (PIC) to engage employers. The city also recruits new companies to hire Boston Public School students for seven-week summer internships. The summer jobs program is a great opportunity for Boston employers, large and small, to provide Boston teens lifelong work skills.
Click
here to learn more about why it's a good idea to hire a Boston Public Schools student. Click
here to see a guide for interested employers to learn more about the Summer Jobs Program.
For any other questions please contact Lauren Jones at [email protected].
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Weight Watchers' New Location at
189 Devonshire Street
Weight Watchers has a new downtown Boston location at 189 Devonshire St., and people already started losing weight at the first class on March 16th.
"There's no better program to lose weight and get healthy. We teach you how to eat healthy," said Arlene Lewis, Coach/Leader, above left. "At meetings people talk about the healthy meals they cooked, share what they eat, talk about how they ate a sleeve of Oreo cookies or four bagels."
"We talk about their week and what went well, including things in their life like visiting family. It's about community, the leaders and the meeting," said Ashley Poliseno, Territory Manager, above right.
Weight Watchers operates on a point system that educates people about how many "points" they can eat based upon their age, height and gender. Foods are assigned certain point levels so you can still eat things you enjoy, but limit yourself.
Weight Watchers also has products like cookbooks, nutritional bars, shakes and more that can help clients.
Weight Watchers also offers numerous modern technological conveniences to help customers, including a 24/7 click-to-chat online portal to talk to coaches anytime of the day and night, and an app that scans the nutritional value of items at the supermarket so you know how many points they represent.
Click
here for more info and a class schedule at the Devonshire Street location. You can also email Ashley Poliseno at
[email protected] for more info and questions.
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Hot Soups to Warm You Up on These
Cold Days in Downtown Boston
If you're looking to warm yourself up during these cold days you should try these hot soups at downtown Boston restaurants.
Barracuda Tavern (10 Bosworth St.) recommends you try their delicious beef stew, above, or their butternut squash soup. Either one will warm and fill you up!
Central Bistro (34 Summer St., 2nd Floor) recommends their
onion soup, above, that has
slow-cooked onions, beef broth, baguette, melting muenster and Swiss cheese. Also try their gluten-free
New England clam chowder with apple-smoked bacon, potatoes and bay leaves.
Other soups to try in the area are the creamy carrot miso soup or the farro mushroom soup at Clover (27 School St. or 160 Federal St.). Clover makes their soups in-house every day utilizing fresh local ingredients.
Milk Street Cafe (50 Milk St.) has soups of the day -- last week some of the special soups included roasted butternut squash and leek soup, and a Tuscan white bean soup.
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RSVP: Retailers and Restaurants
Info Sessions and Briefings Regarding
Sail Boston and the
2nd Annual Taste of Downtown Crossing
The Downtown Boston BID has partnered with Sail Boston and downtown Boston will be
the official shopping and dining destination for Sail Boston. As an official partner and sponsor the BID is inviting downtown Boston retailers and restaurants to participate in our information sessions and briefings on
Tuesday, March 21st, for Sail Boston.
More than four million people will gather in Boston from June 17th through June 22nd for Sail Boston.
The BID is also hosting an information session and briefing for restaurants about the 2nd Annual Taste of Downtown Crossing, which is taking place on Sunday, September 24th, 2017.
If you are interested in attending an informational session and briefing please
RSVP to
George Comeau, Marketing & Brand Activation Manager, at
[email protected].
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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. |
Win $100 in Free Catering By
Taking a Marketing Survey Project About Catering Services in Downtown
Are you involved in selecting caterers for your office meetings or events? If so, please take a few moments to participate in a short online survey for a Suffolk University Department of Marketing class.
The survey takes about 10 minutes to complete. In return for your time, you may enter a drawing to win a gift card for $100 in catering services. This project, to research the catering services marketplace in the Financial District of Boston, is part of a class, MKT 220 Business Research Methods, in the Sawyer Business School at Suffolk University. For more information, contact Professor Pelin Bicen at [email protected].
Please click here to access the survey. If the survey does not open, copy the link and paste it into a new browser window. The survey will end on March 24th.
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Arch Street Dental Offering
Free Custom Teeth Whitening Trays with
Exam, X-rays and Dental Cleaning
Arch Street Dental (103 Summer St.) is offering free custom teeth whitening trays (value $450) with the purchase of an exam, x-rays and d
ental
cleaning. Click here or call 617-463-9257 for more info.
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Boston College Club is a
Premier Business and Social Club;
Exclusive Offer for
BID Members to Join
The Boston College Club (100 Federal St., 36th Floor)
is one of Boston's premier business and social clubs. Currently the Club is offering a special preferred initiation fee offer available for BID members of only $60 (normally $800) -- and this offer is good through April 30th.
A base membership includes breakfast, lunch, dinner and cocktails, as well as numerous amenities such as complimentary WiFi and coffee station, private meeting rooms, event rooms for meeting and social events, monthly networking breakfasts and more.
A premium membership provides everything in a base membership and a lot more, including
50% off regular breakfast, lunch and dinner menus at the club; complimentary offers at the Ipswich Country Club;
complimentary meals at other locations throughout the country
and s
pecial offers and preferred rates at hotels and restaurants and for events.
Limited space is available so call Shannon McQuarry or Brooke Harvey in the Club's Membership Department at 617-946-2828 or email [email protected] to schedule a tour and complimentary lunch.
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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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