December 20, 2007 – A Solstice Soirée
Bring your friends and join the Gardner for festive holiday drinks around the courtyard to celebrate the winter solstice in style!
- Courtyard Music: A live performance by brass quintet, in the courtyard decked out with holly, red twig dogwood, and poinsettias, sets the seasonal mood from 5-7pm
- Gallery Travels: Here’s a twist for this time of year: skip the Madonnas and discover pagan symbols of the season in the museum’s collection.
- Viewfinder: After the pagan art, get back to the roots of Christmas with discussions about The Annunciation at 6 & 7pm.
- Exhibition: Hear artist Cliff Evans discuss his new exhibition, Empyrean, a five-channel video created with images taken from the internet with George Fifield, director of the Boston Cyberarts Festival.
- Drawing in the Galleries: Sketch one of the museum’s unique gallery spaces; drop in anytime between 6 & 8pm
- PLUS: If you haven’t made your list and checked it twice, there’s time for last-minute purchases in the Museum Shop, from Venetian glass jewelry to prints of your favorite art
After Hours PLUS
December 20, 2007, 7:00pm - Jazz at the Gardner: Lucas Madrazo Quintet
Singer Lucas Madrazo has always had music in his life. A former Berklee student now a native New Yorker, Lucas returns to Boston for this special appearance. His performance at the Gardner is presented in collaboration with Berklee, in a series featuring the music school's finest students and recent grads.
More about this performance
Singer Lucas Madrazo has always had music in his life. Born in Toledo, Ohio, (the home of Art Tatum and Jon Hendricks) into a musical family, he studied piano and violin from the age of six. He later discovered his love for singing after appearing in numerous theatre productions around the Toledo area. Midway through high school, Lucas started sitting in with and learning from area jazz greats at Rusty's Jazz Cafe and Murphy's Place under the tutelage of Toledo/Detroit jazz legends Ramona Collins and Claude Black. Today, Lucas lives and performs in New York, and returns to Boston for this special appearance. His performance at the Gardner is presented in collaboration with Berklee, in a series featuring the music school's finest students and young alumni.
Program highlights include: TBD.
Performers:
Lucas Madrazo, vocals
with piano, guitar, bass and drums
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
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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.
View sample food and drink menus
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
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