Ken Burns wins new honor
Brian LeMay, Executive Director of The Bostonian Society, announced that the Society will honor famed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns with its annual Boston History Award at a benefit gala on January 29 (6 - 9 PM) at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel. Robert Gallery, the Massachusetts President of Bank of America, is serving as the title sponsor of the event with Jane and Neil Pappalardo of Boston as co-chairs.
Ken Burns has produced and directed a number of outstanding historical documentaries for PBS, including The Brooklyn Bridge, which was nominated for an Academy Award ®, as well as The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz and, most recently, The War, an examination of World War II from the perspective of ordinary Americans. His current project, a 12-hour, six-part film titled The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, will air on PBS in the fall of 2009. He will preview clips from this new film at the gala.
The Society will also bestow a special preservation award on Cambridge Seven Associates Architects, Normandy Real Estate Partners, and Ames Hotel Partners for their redevelopment of the historic Ames Building, Boston’s first skyscraper. Built in 1889, the Ames Building currently is being redeveloped as a 123-room boutique hotel, and is scheduled to open in the fall of 2009.
Tickets to the gala are priced at $500 each ($400 tax-deductible) can be purchased by calling (617) 720-1713 ext. 10. The proceeds will support the programs, services, and collections of the Society and the Old State House Museum. For more information about the event and/or The Bostonian Society, visit www.bostonhistory.org or call (617) 720 – 1713.
About The Bostonian Society
The Bostonian Society was founded in 1881 to save Boston’s Old State House from demolition. Since that time, the Society served as the steward and protector of the Old State House, and has operated it on behalf of Boston’s citizens as an historic site and a museum of the city’s history. (Built in 1713, the Old State House is Boston’s oldest public building and is widely regarded as one of the most historically significant sites in the nation.) Today, the organization’s mission has grown to include many of the traditional functions of an historical society. , These include maintaining a research library on Boston history and an important collection of historical artifacts. The Society also organizes educational activities for students, exhibitions in the Old State House and other venues, and programs for families and the general public, including the city’s historic markers program.
Ken Burns has produced and directed a number of outstanding historical documentaries for PBS, including The Brooklyn Bridge, which was nominated for an Academy Award ®, as well as The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz and, most recently, The War, an examination of World War II from the perspective of ordinary Americans. His current project, a 12-hour, six-part film titled The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, will air on PBS in the fall of 2009. He will preview clips from this new film at the gala.
The Society will also bestow a special preservation award on Cambridge Seven Associates Architects, Normandy Real Estate Partners, and Ames Hotel Partners for their redevelopment of the historic Ames Building, Boston’s first skyscraper. Built in 1889, the Ames Building currently is being redeveloped as a 123-room boutique hotel, and is scheduled to open in the fall of 2009.
Tickets to the gala are priced at $500 each ($400 tax-deductible) can be purchased by calling (617) 720-1713 ext. 10. The proceeds will support the programs, services, and collections of the Society and the Old State House Museum. For more information about the event and/or The Bostonian Society, visit www.bostonhistory.org or call (617) 720 – 1713.
About The Bostonian Society
The Bostonian Society was founded in 1881 to save Boston’s Old State House from demolition. Since that time, the Society served as the steward and protector of the Old State House, and has operated it on behalf of Boston’s citizens as an historic site and a museum of the city’s history. (Built in 1713, the Old State House is Boston’s oldest public building and is widely regarded as one of the most historically significant sites in the nation.) Today, the organization’s mission has grown to include many of the traditional functions of an historical society. , These include maintaining a research library on Boston history and an important collection of historical artifacts. The Society also organizes educational activities for students, exhibitions in the Old State House and other venues, and programs for families and the general public, including the city’s historic markers program.