Contain
Yourself
After the snow clears,
Bostonians plant
themselves in spring
The Hub is bustling with harbingers of the
fair weather to come, including the 108th
Boston St. Patrick’s Day weekend and the
115th Boston Marathon, but it’s the Boston
Flower and Garden Show that seems to
ave
Date
Harvard Square
the
Regattabar
Jazz Festival
March 5
Poet Robert Pinsky
and pianist Stanley
Sagov team up for an
evening of poetry and
jazz with the Remembering the Future band.
800-882-1818;
charleshotel.com
THea Ter diSTric T
The Merchant
of Venice
March 29–
April 10
Oscar winner F. Murray
Abraham takes his turn
as Shylock in a modern
adaptation of the Bard’s
tale of money lending
and revenge at the Cut-
ler Majestic Theatre.
212-229-2819; tfana.org
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reset the city’s collective seasonal clock. Its
return to the Seaport World Trade Center,
March 16–20, puts the spotlight on container
gardening, with examples of how to create
beauty in any size space.
The show features more than 25 garden
displays from local and national landscape
professionals and nurseries, lectures and
seminars led by gardening gurus Ellen Ecker
Ogden and Tovah Martin, gardening demonstrations from leading experts and daily
cooking sessions using ingredients fresh
from the—you guessed it—garden. An on-site retail section allows green thumbs and
absolute beginners alike to load up on essentials. 781-237-5533; thebostonflowershow.com.
Eat Your Heart Out
This time of year
means fundraising,
which is all in good
taste—literally. First,
some 45 chefs turn
up with nibbles at the
annual Taste of the
South end, March 8
at the cyclorama, to
raise funds for the
aidS action commit-
tee.
aac.org
next, it’s an excel-
lent way to sample
from a roster of
nearly 100 restau-
rants: a three-course
lunch for $20.11 or
dinner for $30.11 dur-
ing Boston restaurant
week(s), March 6–11
and March 13–18.
restaurantweek
boston.com
Sou TH BoSTon
Chautauqua!
April 1—3
The National Theater
of the United States
of America performs
this traveling show,
combining song and
dance, comedy, feats of
strength and lectures
on history and politics.
Institute of Contemporary Art. 617-478-3100;
icaboston.org
Fenway
Opening Day
April 8–10
Big Papi and the Boys
of Summer are back,
opening the home sea-
son with a three-day
series against their
longtime rivals, the
New York Yankees.
boston.redsox.mlb.com
Sou TH end
Wine Riot
April 22–23
Crash courses on wine
varietals, regions and
vinification. Plenty of
food, music and more
than 250 wines to taste.
Park Plaza Castle.
secondglass.com/wineriot
