Weekly News Update

March 25, 2013

Featured Stories
In The News
Meetings & Notices
Deals & Promotions
Arts, Entertainment, Events

Downtown Events Calendar
BID Services
City Services
Real Estate Listings

In the News

Boston Globe, "Boston Ballet's 'Sleeping Beauty' Awakens The Senses," 3/23/13

Boston Herald, "BRA Pushing Forward
On Downtown [Pushcart] Vendors," 3/23/13

Boston Globe, "Deal On Greenway's Parcel 9 [Haymarket] Close To Finish Line," 3/22/13

Meetings & Notices

Public Hearing: Entertainment License

The Mayor's Office of Consumer Affairs & Licensing is holding a public hearing on Wednesday, April 10th, at 11 am, in City Hall (Room 801) regarding the Downtown Boston BID's 2013 entertainment license application. Call 617-635-4165 for more info.
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Employment Opportunity: Planner/Project Manager

The Downtown Boston BID is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Planner/Project Manager.

Please review the position requirements
here. Submit cover letters and resumes to [email protected].

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Internships Available

The Downtown Boston BID is seeking interested students to help out with a variety of projects. Please send cover letters
and resumes to [email protected].

Downtown Events Calendar

Visit the Happening Now section at www.downtownboston.org for a listing of all the exciting activities going on in downtown Boston right now and in upcoming weeks and months.

BID Services

Cleaning and powerwashing in downtown.
Friendly, welcoming downtown presence: helping visitors with directions, notifying fire & police personnel of incidents, and more.
Downtown beautification and capital improvement initiatives.
Summer arts & music shows; winter Holiday Market.
contact [email protected] for more.

City Services

Promote Your Downtown Events

If you are interested in promoting
your events through us, please email [email protected]. Event details should be sent no later than Friday at 12 pm for inclusion in the following Monday's newsletter. Thank You.

Real Estate Listings

Office, Residential, Retail/Restaurant

The Downtown Boston Business Improvement District is pleased to run real estate listings on www.downtownboston.org for available office, residential, and retail/restaurant space on behalf of Downtown Boston BID members.

Visit the Doing Business section of www.downtownboston.org to view the current set of listings. All questions pertaining to individual listings should be directed to the broker(s) affiliated with the listing.

THANK YOU!

Downtown Boston BID Weekly News Update

For questions and comments, please contact Doug Meyer, newsletter editor, at: [email protected]

Featured Stories

Easter In Downtown: Dinners & Events

Observe Holy Week and Easter Sunday in downtown with special events hosted by several downtown venues.

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Easter celebrations will be held at:

The Hyatt Regency (1 Ave. de Lafayette). Avenue One is serving a champagne brunch; call 617-422-5579 for reservations.
The Ritz-Carlton Boston Common
(10 Avery St.). The Ritz is serving an Easter brunch; call 617-574-7100 for reservations.

Holy Week services will be held at:

St. Paul's Cathedral (138 Tremont St.) is hosting daily services.
St. Anthony Shrine (100 Arch St.) is hosting services Thursday-Sunday.
Tremont Temple Baptist Church (88 Tremont St.) is hosting services Thursday, Friday, and Sunday.

We wish our readers a safe and happy Easter and Passover season.

The Loveliest Unicorn: OSH Restoration

Old State House continues to receive acclaim and develop partnerships dedicated to historic reservation. Its most recent announcement: a gift of $14,000 from Boston Duck Tours to restore the wooden unicorn that adorns its roof.

Old State House unicorn

The unicorn--symbolic of Old State House's British heritage--will be taken down for restoration in October. (During the final phase of restoration, it will be on display inside the museum, before it is placed back on the rooftop).

The restoration coincides with the historic museum's 300th anniversary commemoration. Keep reading for updates on all the tricenntenial celebrations!

Deals & Promotions

Sweet's New Springtime Flavors

Spring is here! (Even if doesn't yet feel like it.) To celebrate, Sweet has introduced new springtime flavors.

Sweet Spring 2013 cupcakes

Their spring menu includes a new confetti cake, springtime pastels (above), as well as chocolate caramel, banana split, cheesecake, and lemon raspberry. Visit here to place an order; call 617-227-2253 for more info.

Road Scholar Monthly Drawing

Educational travel firm Road Scholar is promoting its biggest-ever "Introduce A Friend" monthly gift certificate drawing.

RoadScholar

The winner will take home a $2,000 gift certificate good for any tour with Road Scholar. The friend that is introduced will win a $500 gift certificate good for their first Road Scholar trip.

The deadline to enter is Sunday, March 31st. Please call (617) 457-5418 for more information.

New Website, Lunchtime Discount
At Caf� De Boston

The popular self-serve restaurant Caf� de Boston, located at 75 Federal St., has rolled out a new website as well as a variety of new deals and offerings.

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Visit here to check out the weekly breakfast & lunch specials, including a 30% discount on lunch post-2:30 pm. Cafe de Boston has also joined the numerous eateries participating in LevelUp. It is offering 10% cash back for every $100 LevelUp order. Call 617-482-1006 for more information.

Arts, Entertainment, Events

"Neva" At Paramount Center

The great Russian playwright Anton Chekov was terrified of marriage, yet still wed Olga Knipper
in 1901. Three years later, he was claimed by tuberculosis.

In "Neva," playwright Guillermo Calderon explores Olga's life after Chekov's death, as a widower caught up in the explosive events of the 1905 Russian Revolution. Magazine Artez hails "Neva" for "reminding us just how powerful a work of art can be."

When: Wednesday, April 3rd-Thursday, April 7th
Where: Paramount Center (559 Washington St.)
Contact: Visit here for tickets and more info.