Gardner After Hours (Event Over)

Third Thursdays
5-9pm

A new kind of night out, After Hours is live music, art, conversation, cocktails and more in an inviting atmosphere. Linger around the courtyard bar and listen to live jazz or sample a new small plates menu in the café. Experience something different each month – from impromptu 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:

April 17, 2008 – Caught on Paper

Rare books and the immortal words of Dante are where Isabella Gardner’s passion for collecting first began. Explore connections between the written word and works of art in the collection.

• Courtyard Music: Seven Times Salt returns in the courtyard from 5-7pm. Listen.
• Gallery Travels: Take a special “poetry tour” of the museum, penned by Artist-in-Residence and poet Ann Lauterback.
• Viewfinder: View poetry and letters by Mrs. Gardner’s contemporaries in the unique Blue Room gallery, and enjoy poetry readings throughout the galleries.
• Exhibition: Explore Luxury for Export: Artistic Exchange Between India and Portugal Around 1600.
• Drawing in the Galleries: Sketch—or perhaps write a poem of your own?—between 6-9pm.

After Hours PLUS

April 17, 2008, 7:00pm - Jazz at the Gardner: Syncopation
Dubbed "the Manhattan Transfer of the 21st century" by the Boston Globe, vocal jazz group Syncopation performs cutting-edge jazz, pop and world music at small clubs and large festivals. But this is not your father's vocal group. Lee's splashy arranging style, Christine's hot trumpet playing, Dave's angular wailing, and Aubrey's trombone styling make Syncopation unique and contemporary.
On five Thursday nights throughout the year, Jazz at the Gardner presents the best emerging young musicians and recent graduates from the Berklee College of Music, such as these former students.