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Celebrate the 250th anniversary year of the birth of Charles Bulfinch.

Called one of America's first professional architects, Charles Bulfinsh defined the Federal style of architecture and the physical fabric of Boston. As architect, town planner, and selctman, Bulfinch designed some of the city's most enduring buildings and the street layout now known as the Bulfinch Triangle.

Bulfinch's story unfolds through some of his greatest works, including the Massachusetts State House, the residences on Beacon Hill, the sites of Boston's first theater and first Catholic cathedral, and his architectural masterpiece and financial ruin, the Tontine Crescent.

The first printing press in British North America was installed in 1638. Boston was a preeminent publishing center in Colonial America. The various Revolutionary-era print shops, such as "the "forge of sedition," played a major role in the fight for independence.

Boston remained a significant publishing center through the transcendental movement of the 19th century. Some 19th century printers and publishers evolved into publishing concerns important through the 20th century and still exist today.

Following the talk, attendees are invited to visit "The Printing Office of Edes and Gill" (Gary Gregory, master printer), a replica of an 18th century print shop in the Ebenezer Clough House.

This illustrated lecture examines the importance of food in the Colonial era as well as the development of etiquette, food marketing, styles of food service, and entertaining in the home.

Topics also include Colonial cooking equipment and practices as well as the history of cookbooks and social attutudes towards women and technology.

This tipsy tour of Boston tells the story of Boston through booze! Enjoy a downtown walk among the sites associated with saloons, tavern life, and the profitable rum trade.

Boston By Foot shakes and stirs fine cocktales served with run. revolution, and perhaos some refreshment.

A clutch of buildings owned by a prosperous merchant became rowdy Scollay Square. World War II made cities brown and dirty. Highways and urban renewal became civic mandates.

Tour the destruction of one of Boston's most colorful areas that paved the way for a daring regrouping of the city.