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March 14, 2016
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Featured Stories
Meetings & Notices
In The News
This Week's Featured Event
Deals & Promos
Arts, Entertainment & Events
Announcements
Construction & Utility Work Updates
BID Ambassador Services & Links
City of Boston Services
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Employment Opportunity:
Marketing & Brand Manager
The Downtown Boston BID is seeking a Marketing & Brand Manager. Reporting directly to the President/Chief Executive Officer, this position will be responsible for increasing the BID's brand visibility and awareness and for promoting BID assets in making the Downtown Boston BID a premier destination. Please click here for a full job description.
As the Brand Manager, he/she will be responsible for ensuring that the products and services provided by the BID resonate with the public with consistency and raise awareness. The Marketing & Brand Manager will serve as the point-person for developing, implementing and executing all marketing initiatives. These initiatives and activities include all print-, electronic-, social media-based campaigns and publications.
Please email resume with cover letter and salary history or requirements to: [email protected]. |
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Meeting Tonight: Midtown Cultural District Residents' Association
The Midtown Cultural District Residents' Association (MCDRA) is holding its March meeting tonight (Monday, March 14th). This meeting will be at the Suffolk University Law School (120 Tremont St., Room 295) at 7 pm.
The scheduled agenda includes: an update from the Boston Police Department and the MBTA Transit Police; Chris Cook, Commissioner of Boston Parks & Recreation, will lead a discussion on open space and the proposed new visitor center; and also updates on several proposed developments. Click here for more info about MCDRA.
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This Week's Featured Event
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Boston Ballet's 'Kaleidoscope' Opens March 17th at Opera House
The Boston Ballet's latest show "Kaleidoscope" opens at the Boston Opera House on March 17th.
"Kaleidoscope" is a beautiful fusion of works by 20th century masters. The program features George Balanchine's Kammermusik No. 2, the choreography of William Forsythe's The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, the movement of Leonid Yakobson's Pas de Quatre and the comic exuberance of L�onide Massine's Ga�t� Parisienne. Click here for tickets and showtimes.
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Arts, Entertainment & Events
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Boston Flower Show Preview Party to Benefit The Genesis Foundation for Children on March 15th
All proceeds from the Boston Flower Show Preview Party on March 15th will benefit The Genesis Foundation for Children (60 Temple Place). The Genesis Foundation for Children is a nonprofit that focuses on improving the lives of children born with genetic disorders.
The preview party will feature a live performance by American Idol star Haley Reinhart, and will be hosted by Karson & Kennedy of Mix 104.1, Mayor Martin Walsh will also speak.
This event will be at the Seaport World Trade Center on Tuesday, March 15th, 6:30 to 9:30 pm. Click here for tickets and more info. |
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A Beckett Trilogy: 'Not I/Footfalls/Rockaby' at Paramount Center Starting March 16th
Enjoy three one-woman plays by Samuel Beckett at Emerson College's Paramount Center. 'Not I/Footfalls/Rockaby' will be on stage from March 16th to 20th.
Click here for tickets and showtimes.
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Charitable Irish Society's 279th St. Patrick's Day Anniversary Dinner at
Omni Parker House
The Charitable Irish Society will host the 279th St. Patrick's Day Anniversary Dinner at the Omni Parker House (60 School St.) on March 17th at 6 pm.
Diarmaid Ferriter, professor of Modern History at University College, Dublin, will be the featured speaker and talk about the meaning and legacy of the Easter Rising of 1916. Ferriter is the author of five books on modern Irish history.
For registration and info please contact Hilda Landry at 617-228-4445. |
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Free Movies: Oscar Award-Winning 'Room' and 'Tangerine' from Emerson College's Bright Lights Film Series
The Emerson College's Bright Lights Film Series is a free movie series that is open to the public at the Paramount Center's Bright Family Screening Room (559 Washington St.).
On Tuesday, March 15th enjoy the Oscar award-winning movie "Room" and on Thursday, March 17th will be "Tangerine" and a discussion with actress Mya Taylor after the screening.
All screenings start at 7 pm and seating is first come, first served. There is no advance registration. Please click here for more info about screenings and updates on special guests. Click here for a trailer about the spring Bright Lights Film Series. |
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'Mistero Buffo' Debuts at Modern Theatre on March 18th
The side-splitting "Mistero Buffo" play will debut at the Modern Theatre on March 18th.
Mistero Buffo, by Italian Nobel Laureate Dario Fo, is modern interpretations of stories from the Gospels. But this play turn these familiar tales upside down. This play is directed by prize-winning director Bob Scanlan, who also created this original American translation. This play is produced in partnership with Suffolk University, and is a co-production with The Boston Poets' Theatre.
The show will run from March 18th to 28th. Click here for tickets and showtimes. |
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'I Now Pronounce You: Lucy Stone' at Old South Meeting House on March 25th
At "I Now Pronounce You: Lucy Stone (1818-1893)" at the Old South Meeting House, you'll learn about the first woman from Massachusetts to earn a college degree and a lifelong human rights supporter. This event is part of the Middays at the Meeting House series and will take place at 12:15 pm on Friday, March 25th.
Stone demanded that her marriage vows be rewritten and refused to take her husband's surname. As a public speaker she campaigned for equal rights for women and African-Americans, inspiring many women, including Susan B. Anthony, to join the suffrage moment.
This event is $6 and tickets can be purchased here. It is free to OSMH members. |
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Learn About Revolutionary Women from New Freedom Trail Tour
The Freedom Trail Foundation is piloting a new Revolutionary Women Tour, inviting visitors to discover four centuries of women who changed history from Boston. The tour is taking place on Saturdays and Sunday in March, in celebration of Women's History Month. This 90-minute tour feature tales of the early religious rebellions of Anne Hutchinson and Mary Dyer, patriotic actions of Abigail Adams and Mercy Otis Warren, abolitionist movements of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Harriet Tubman, prolific writings of authors Phillis Wheatley and Louisa May Alcott, and landmark speeches of Margaret Sanger and Susan B. Anthony. Led by 18th-century costumed guides, tours will visit the places where these women's voices were heard, their works published, and laid to rest along Boston's iconic red line.
The Revolutionary Women Tour departs from the Boston Common Visitor Information Center (139 Tremont St.) on Saturdays and Sundays in March at 12:45 pm. Freedom Trail Foundation walking tours are $14 for adults, $12 for seniors/students and $8 for children. |
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Daniel Faucher Wedding Gown Fashion in Downtown Boston March 31st
This March the BID and Platform Downtown are presenting several wedding-themed events -- The Bridal March Series. The last event in this series is going to be a wedding gown fashion show! "The Bridal March - Designer Dresses" is on Thursday, March 31st, at 1 Federal St. (9th Floor) from 6 to 8 pm. Come and enjoy a fashion show of award-winning bridal designer Daniel Faucher's newest beautiful creations. There will be a show and then a conversation with Faucher after the show. Click here to purchase tickets. |
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Art in Giving Gallery Exhibit
'Spring & Joy' Includes 10 Artists
Check out the latest exhibit "Spring & Joy" at the Art in Giving Gallery (100 Summer St. entrance via Devonshire Street).
"Spring & Joy" exhibits paintings by 10 artists inspired by the joy of spring, highlighting the uplifting, colorful time of the year.
The exhibit will be up through April 5th. The current hours for the gallery are Monday and Friday 10 am to 2 pm and by appointment by calling 617-877-4230. |
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Need a Blow Dry, Curl or Flat Ironing in a Jiffy? Hairo Touch-Up Bar to the Rescue
Leaving from the gym or headed to a dinner after work and want your hair to look amazing -- then Hairo Touch-Up Bar (2 Winter Place) is the spot for you.
Hairo is novel for several reasons -- one is that it is in the entryway of the trendy Yvonne's restaurant. Hairo is open Monday through Friday, from 8 am to 3 pm, closes, and then Yvonne's opens at 4 pm. Yvonne's hostess desk is actually inside Hairo.
Gina Archieri is the manager for Hairo and loves working Downtown. "It's a cool concept. We book every half hour. It's perfect if you have a meeting or dinner to go to. You can run in and get your hair touched up." The business offers blow drys or flat/curling ironing. You can come in with wet hair, too.
Walk-ins are welcome, otherwise book online by clicking here. |
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Late Night MBTA Service Ends This Weekend; Uber Offering $5 Pool Rides for Next Four Weekends
Beginning Friday night, March 18th, the MBTA is ending late-night Friday and Saturday service.
The last Red/Orange/Green/Blue Line trains and Silver Line (SL1) will depart Downtown stations at approximately 2 am on Saturday, March 19th. Click here for more info. Please e-mail [email protected] with any comments or questions regarding extended late-night services.
While the MBTA is ending late night service, Uber Boston is offering $5 uberPOOL rides along T subway lines during late night hours for four weekends starting March 19th. |
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Boston Releases Five-Year Small Business Plan; Small Business Center Being Created
The City of Boston announced a five-year small business plan after releasing a study about small businesses in Boston.
Click here for the full report. One recommendation is opening a new Small Business Center through a new Office of Small Business Development. This center would offer small businesses access to city services and resources, including a website offering direct access to permitting, licensing, and zoning functions, as well as tools to find vacant commercial space. This office would also consolidate existing departments that overlap with its mission. The department would be established July 1st.
Other recommendations, included allowing women- and minority-owned businesses to lease underutilized city property and space in new publicly-owned developments at lower rates.
The city will also look to expand We BOS, a program for women entrepreneurs, and creating networks of minority and immigrant business owners and entrepreneurs. |
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Vote for Downtown Businesses in
Boston Magazine's 'Best of Boston' Polls
Boston Magazine Readers' Poll for the Best of Boston 2016 kicked off last week, and several Downtown Boston businesses are nominated. Click here to vote. New polls will be added and voting ends at the end of May.
The following businesses are nominated:
Nine Zero Hotel for Boutique Hotel, Expressions for Streetwear, Trephin for Hair Salon, Roche Bros. for Supermarket, The Bar Method for Barre Studio, the Greenway and Boston Common/Public Garden for Public Green Space. |
A very nice volunteer of St. Francis House donated two round-trip tickets to anywhere JetBlue flies -- and the tickets are being raffled off. Each raffle ticket is $25 and all of the raffle money goes to St. Francis House. Click here to purchase a raffle ticket. The raffle closes on April 1st, with the drawing happening on April 4th.
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Macy's Great Shoe Sale Pre-Sale & Event
Macy's is hosting a Great Shoe Sale Pre-Sale & Event that if you buy more, you save more on women's shoes.
The pre-sale is from March 10th-15th and the sale is from March 16th through April 3rd. Buy one pair and save 25%, buy two or more pairs and save 30%. Earn Macy's Money Reward card money with a pre-sale purchase of $50 or more. |
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Last Chance to Enjoy Dine Out Boston at a Dozen Downtown Boston Restaurants
Dine Out Boston runs through March 18th, providing diners opportunities to enjoy restaurants and special menus for two weeks. There are also plenty of Downtown Boston restaurants offering special lunch and dinner menus. Click here to see what restaurants are participating this year and their menus.
The following is a list of Downtown Boston restaurants participating in Dine Out Boston:
Artisan Bistro (10 Avery St.) is offering $25 lunch and $38 dinner. Call 617-574-7176 for reservations and info.
Avenue One (1 Avenue de Lafayette, inside the Hyatt Regency Boston) is offering $25 lunch and $38 dinner. Call 617-422-5579 for reservations and info.
Back Deck (2 West St.) is offering $20 lunch and $33 dinner. Call 617-670-0320 for reservations and info.
Blu Restaurant (4 Avery St.) is offering $25 lunch and $38 dinner. Call 617-375-8550 for reservations and info.
Central Bistro (34 Summer St., 2nd Floor) is offering $33 dinner. Call 617-737-1777 for reservations and info.
The Marliave (10 Bosworth St.) is offering $38 dinner. Call 617-442-0004 for reservations and info.
The Merchant Kitchen & Drinks (60 Franklin St.) is offering $33 dinner. Call 617-482-6060 for reservations and info.
The Oceanaire Seafood Room (40 Court St.) is offering $25 lunch and $38 dinner. Call 617-742-2277 for reservations and info.
Parker's Restaurant (60 School St.) is offering $25 lunch and $38 dinner. Call 617-725-1600 for reservations and info.
Ruth's Chris Steak House (45 School St.) is offering $25 lunch and $38 dinner. Call 617-742-8401 for reservations and info.
Serafina Boston (10 High St.) is offering $38 dinner. Call 617-426-1234 for reservations and info. |
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Metro Meeting Centers Lunch and Learn Series on March 24th
The Metro Meeting Centers (101 Federal St. 4th Floor) is hosting a Lunch and Learn Series "Your Career by Design" on Thursday, March 24th.
Most of us spend more time at work than we do at home. Sometimes we arrive at work and think, "How did I get here?" It is important to focus on what you want, why it's important and then put a plan in place to have Your Career by Design.
This event is from 11:30 am to 1 pm. Seating is limited. Please call Maureen Ridings at 617-737-1200 to reserve your spot. |
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25th Annual Bridal Band Show at
DePrisco Jewelers Through March 19th
DePrisco Jewelers (333 Washington St. 4th Floor) is hosting its 25th Annual Bridal Band Show through March 19th.
DePrisco Jewelers' wedding ring suppliers will fill DePrisco stores with the largest and latest selection of wedding bands in the area. Call 617-227-3339 for more info.
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Get Bicycling! Hubway Stations Now Open in Downtown Boston
Need to get somewhere quick and want some exercise, then join Hubway and bicycle to where you need to go. Two Hubway stations opened last week in Downtown Boston -- at West and Tremont streets, and Boylston and Washington streets. Click here to learn more about Hubway and how to become a member.
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Construction & Utility Work Updates
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What's Being Built? Millennium Tower, Congress Square 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 updates on developments, construction, sidewalk closings, and more? Click here.  |
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BID Ambassador Services & Links
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BID Ambassadors Provide Walking Escorts and Directions
24 Hours a Day in Downtown
The Downtown Boston BID Ambassadors provide hospitality services seven days a week, nearly 24 hours a day, creating a welcoming environment for everyone. BID 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. Please call 20 to 30 minutes prior to desired escort. You can also email [email protected], which is encouraged.
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Additional BID Ambassador Services
- Friendly, welcoming downtown presence: helping visitors with directions, notifying fire and police personnel of incident, etc.
- Making sure handicapped ramps are not obstructed and storm drain openings are not clogged.
- Cleaning and powerwashing in Downtown Boston during warm weather.
- Landscaping, watering flowers during warm weather.
- Remove litter and graffiti
- Contact [email protected] for more.
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BID Internships Available
The Downtown Boston BID is seeking qualified, enthusiastic interns to assist with the following projects: - Office administration and customer service
- Policy research and analysis
- Data collection, input and management
Please send a cover letter and resume to [email protected]. |
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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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