Boston galas

Three people smiling and posing together in a warmly lit indoor setting. The person on the left is wearing a red one-shoulder dress and holding a copper mug with a straw. The person in the middle is wearing a colorful patterned shirt with a red beanie. The person on the right is wearing a black outfit with a bright pink scarf. The background shows blurred lights and other people.
City Life

A Party with a Legit Guacamole Bar

Renaming yourself after 88 years is a bold maneuver, but the Celebrity Series of Boston, which has mounted some of the city’s most remarkable live […]

Three people smiling at the camera in an indoor setting with warm lighting. The person on the left has short curly gray hair and is wearing a white top with black stripes on the sleeves and large earrings. The person in the middle is bald, wearing a dark suit jacket, white shirt, and black tie, with a pin on the lapel. The person on the right has light blonde hair, glasses, and is wearing a patterned gold and beige top with earrings.
City Life

“I Loved Him on ‘Frasier,’ Even If He Is a Yalie.”

It must be all those GLP-1s, because there was no fat lady singing at the Boston Lyric Opera’s Opera Gala featuring Ride of the Valkyries! […]

Arts & Entertainment

Gala-Hopping with Bentley Owners and Leslie Odom Jr.

If there were a high school yearbook for Boston monuments, we know who’d be voted most popular. Some 300 people in formalwear came out to […]

City Life

Bookworms Unite! Scenes from the Literary Lights Dinner at the Boston Public Library

As event cochair Lisa Pierpont astutely pointed out, “Hollywood might have actors and movies, but Boston has writers and books.” Accordingly, the Associates of the […]

City Life

Live from the Sneaker Gala, with Ed Markey and a Human Disco Ball

Boston’s heavy hitters were all at Big Night Live for what’s become affectionately known as “The Sneaker Gala,” despite the official (and somewhat unwieldy) name […]

City Life

Inside the Embrace Gala, a Black-Tie-And-Sneakers Soiree

Like the sculpture whose unveiling it was held to celebrate, the Embrace Gala was a grace note for Boston—a giant group hug across all walks […]

City Life

Back Bay Chatelaine Anne Fitzpatrick Channels Her Inner Isabella Stewart Gardner

Currently in first place for the “hostess with the mostest” category is Back Bay chatelaine Anne Fitzpatrick, who channeled her inner Isabella Stewart Gardner by […]

City Life

When the Prince and Princess of Wales Came to Boston

The Earthshot Prize Awards MGM Music Hall at Fenway December 2, 2022 The Prince and Princess of Wales took a risk in choosing Boston to […]

Life & Style

Dispatches from Boston’s Swankiest Parties

Seed Global Health 10-Year Anniversary Celebration InterContinental Boston November 7, 2022 “Teach a man to fish…” might as well be the tagline of Seed Global […]