BOSTON – Dressed to the nines, about 80 long-married Boston couples mingled in the esteemed Venetian Room at the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel in Back Bay, where Mayor Marty Walsh feted them Thursday during the city's 36th annual 50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration.
Serenaded by "Winiker Music," led by Bo and Bill Winiker, some of the couples who have all been married for at least 50 years got up to dance between courses served for the luncheon. After the meal, Walsh formally toasted the guests, standing with Herman and Judith Chernoff, who have been hitched for 68 years – the longest of any couple there.
BOSTON – The Institute of Contemporary Art received the biggest gift in its history Thursday as local philanthropist Barbara Lee donated 20 works of art valued at $42 million, museum officials said.
The Seaport District museum said the sculpture, prints, videos and a room-size installation would be added to the Barbara Lee Collection of Art by Women, which was established in 2014. Lee is a member of the ICA board.
