A new kind of night out, Gardner After Hours is live music, art, conversation, cocktails and more in an inviting atmosphere. Linger around the courtyard bar, listen to live jazz or sample a new small plates menu in the café. Experience something different each month – from informal gallery talks to contemporary performance to cutting-edge new music concerts – and spend time in the galleries exploring what the Gardner is all about.
Art, music and atmosphere: what will you discover After Hours?
COMING UP:
May 15, 2008 – Caught on Paper
sabella and her husband Jack Gardner were always fascinated by horticulture and landscape design, and they created wonderful garden spaces at their home and at the museum. In addition to the living courtyard at the heart of the museum, images of flowers and plants abound in art throughout the museum, inspiring visitors as well as contemporary Artists-in-Residence.
Courtyard Music: Live music in the courtyard from 5-7pm.
Gallery Travels: Explore the flora, alive and in paint, throughout the museum.
Viewfinder: Hear more about what it takes to keep the courtyard in bloom in talks with greenhouse staff at 6:30 and 7:30pm.
Drawing in the Galleries: Sketch the courtyard from 6-9pm
Special Activity: Even your urban apartment can have a touch of the Gardners’ landscapes. Pot up your own nasturtium seeds (one of the museum’s signature plants) to take home. Weather permitting.
After Hours PLUS
May 15, 2008, 7:00pm - Special film screening of The Ephemeral In Focus Watch a documentary chronicling the contemporary artist team, Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey, and their use of grass as a photographic medium for an exhibition at the museum in 2002. Pushing the boundary of traditional definitions of artist materials, the work of Ackroyd and Harvey continues to astonish.
Admission is included with After Hours tickets but is limited to 250 people, on a first come, first served basis.
Originally formed in January of 2002 at Berklee College of Music and mentored by Cheryl Bentyne of the Manhattan Transfer, Syncopation performs catchy swing, Latin and pop tunes along with A capella jazz and improvisation pieces. Syncopation has performed across the US in festivals and on radio broadcasts. They have also been welcomed with open arms overseas, and recently returned from their third annual tour of Japan in September 2004, giving clinics and singing for sold-out audiences across the country.
Performers:
Aubrey Logan
Christine Fawson
David Scott
Tsunenori “Lee” Abe
Tickets
After Hours Tickets
Members: free | Adults: $12 | College Students: $5
After Hours Plus Tickets (Includes admission to After Hours)
Adults: $23 | Members: $15 | College Students: $10 Buy Now
Order by Phone
Box Office: 617 278 5156
Tickets also on sale at the door, subject to availability.
Due to space limitations, we cannot make special accomodations for groups at After Hours.
The Gardner Café
The Gardner Café is open during After Hours, serving sweet and savory small plates and drinks from 5–9pm. A cash bar, offering specialty cocktails, wine and beer, is also available alongside the courtyard in the museum starting at 5:30pm. Reservations are available for members only by calling 617 566 1088.
Small Plates Brazilian Style Braised Pork black beans, orange and cilantro - $8.00 Baked Rigatoni Bolognese, basil and Grana Padano - $9.00 Cold Poached Atlantic Salmon grapefruit, macadamia nuts and kaffir lime - $10.00 Cassava Soup bacon and scallion butter - $5.00 Imported and Domestic Cheeses raisin toast and apple - $6.00 Ginger Ice Cream - $5.00 Lime and Vanilla Panna Cotta stewed blackberries - $6.00 Banana Bread Pudding crème anglaise - $5.00
Bar Sake Lemon Drop (sake, lemon sugar, lemon zest and Thai basil) - $8.00
White wines - $6.00
Beer - $4.00
Soda and water - $2.00
Coffee - $2.50
Tea - $2.95
Remind Me
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By text message:
Text "Gardner" to 22122 from your cell phone
Join the Gardner Museum today to enjoy free admission to all ten After Hours events – plus unlimited museum access, invitations to members-only exhibition previews and events, discounts on tickets for concerts and at the Museum Shop, and more!
