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News from the Friends February 2018
We are thrilled to be hosting Dinner with Friends onceagain at Hotel Commonwealth, joined by Host ChefJeremy Sewall and a bevy of Boston chefs. Enjoy
delicious food for a great cause!
Sponsorships starting at $2,500 and individual tickets($750) are available now.
Introducing our Chefs
Host Chef, Jeremy SewallAward-winning chef and co-owner of
Island Creek Oyster Bar Boston & Burlington,
Dancing for a Cure
The 8th annual Dancing for aCure took over Mashpee HighSchool on February 10 for anight of fun, fundraising, andof course dancing!Participants of all ages andabilities enjoyed dancing, facepainting, a photo booth, andan auction, all to raise moneyfor breast and ovarian cancerresearch at Dana-FarberCancer Institute. This year'sevent was a fabulous success,raising nearly $28,000.
Dancing for a Cure wasfounded by Friends of Dana-
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Row 34 Boston & Portsmouth, and Les Sablons
Guest Chefs
Linnea Blake Pastry Director, Eastern Standard Kitchen and Drinks,
Hotel Commonwealth
Andy HusbandsChef & Owner, Tremont 647 and The Smoke Shop
Seaport & Kendall Square
Island Creek Oyster Farm
William KovelChef & Owner, Catalyst Restaurant
Kim Lambrechts
Executive Chef, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Colin LynchChef & Partner, Bar Mezzana
David PunchChef & Restaurateur, Sycamore, Little Big Diner,
Farber Board Member SusanMendoza Friedman in 2006after a close friend, KarenSchek, was diagnosed withStage III Ovarian Cancer atage 51. Along with the facultyand parents of DanceDesigns, where she was atthat time the owner anddirector, Susan set out with amission: to channel danceenergy to help fight the battleagainst ovarian and breastcancers. Since then, Dancingfor a Cure has raised over$400,000 to support breastand ovarian cancer research.
To learn more about Dancingfor a Cure, visit their website.You can also see moreinformation about the event inthe Mashpee Enterprise andCape Cod Times, and checkout the Cape Cod Time's on-air interview with Susan!
Patient Services
On February 13, volunteersdelivered 250 gift bags topatients throughout theYawkey Center for CancerCare and the Charles A.Dana Building, as well asdelivering Valentine's Daygift baskets to the nurses ininfusion spaces in the
Buttonwood
Michael SchlowChef & Owner of restaurants across the country,
including Doretta Taverna & Raw Bar, Tico Boston
Ming TsaiChef & Owner, Blue Dragon, Chowstirs (Opening
2018)
Thank you to our generous sponsors!
Presenting Media SponsorBoston magazine
PioneerAnonymous
BONDStephen M. Chapman, SMC Management Corp.
Richard & Susan Smith Family FoundationLori & EJ Whelan
InnovatorEaton Vance Corporation
G2 Capital AdvisorsBob Richards & Family
ResearcherAKF Group, LLC
Bank of New England, Paul & MaryBeth FInnSuzanne & Jeffrey Bloomberg
David & Kathy CalabroSuzanne Chapman
Ingersoll CunninghamPeggy & David DavisDavid & Steffanie Finn
Lauren & Emil Frei, Berkeley Building CompanyJane R. Moss
Robert O'BlockSue & Joe Paresky
Qlik
Yawkey Center.
This month's bags featuredhandmade valentines fromthe 3rd grade students atBrookwood School alongwith their 8th grade buddies.Among other items includedwere cute and deliciousheart-shaped cookies fromWicked Good Cookies,puzzle books, lip balm, andhandmade lemon candiesfrom Pure Sugar Candy.
If you are interested ingetting involved with bagdeliveries or bag stuffings,or know of a company thatwould like to donate itemsfor the gift bags, contact ustoday!
All Occasion Cardsavailable on Etsy
Skanska USA BuildingJohn Thibault & Elaine Zouzas Thibault
Marilyn Wolman & Peter Blanshan
InvestigatorPatrick Bowler & Eileen MacElroy
DiCicco, Gulman & CompanyCheryl & Robert Eckel
Jennifer EckertMaura FitzGerald
Thomas F. Holt, Jr. & Jane M. HoltJ. & M. Brown Company, Inc.
Maxene Lieberman & Richard NicolazzoTobey & Richard OresmanMartin & Leeann Ouimet
Lesley & Jeff Prowda
If you are interested in volunteering at the event,please contact us for more information.
Friends Art Program: Preview New Acquisitionsand Explore Hidden Treasures
The art collection at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is comprisedof more than 1,500 works of art located throughout the
Longwood campus and its satellite centers. Periodically, aselection from our collection will be featured here and on our
website.
Loretta Bennett, Forever (For Old Lady Sally), 2006
These modern and colorfulcards, featuring artists inDana-Farber's own artcollection, are perfect forholidays, birthdays,congratulations, orcondolences. All areavailable with a lineddonation acknowledgementor blank interior. Each cardalso includes informationabout the artist and thework.
Cards are available forordering in packs of five. Toorder, visit the Friends' Etsyshop, call (617) 632-3909,or [email protected].
Spencer Finch, In BetweenColors, 2015
Amy Lamb, Freesia, 1998
Colin Berry, Shells, 2012
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Color aquatint, spit bite & soft ground etching31 x 46 inchesCorridor adjacent Conference Room 102A- Level 1DF/BWCC in clinical affiliation with South Shore Hospital
Gee’s Bend, Alabama is a small rural community nestled in acurve of the Alabama River. Founded in antebellum times, itwas the site of cotton plantations, primarily the lands of JosephGee and his relative Mark Pettway who bought the Gee estatein 1850. Isolated from much of the surrounding countryside,the formerly enslaved people remained as tenant farmers afterthe Civil War and developed a distinctive local culture.Combining materials to form uniquely bold, abstractcompositions, the Gee’s bend quilters revealed a genius forcolor and geometry. These quilts were originally made forpractical use, piled in layers on beds for warmth. The women of Gee’s Bend passed their skills and aestheticdown through at least six generations to the present.Representing a body of work completed between 1930 and2000, the "Quilts of Gee’s Bend" exhibition receivedtremendous international acclaim on its twelve-city Americantour. Art critics worldwide compared the quilts to the works ofimportant artists such as Henri Matisse and Paul Klee. TheNew York Times called the quilts "some of the most miraculousworks of modern art America has produced”.
Loretta Bennett is among the younger generation of quilterswhose work was included in the national touring exhibition.Collaborating with master printers, the quilt makers recentlymade etchings of their work with an innovative techniquedevised to make a transfer from an actual small-scaled,sampler quilt to an etching plate coated with a thin layer ofwax, then treated with acid to create the printable image. Original quilts by the late Allie Pettway, Housetop Blocks, 2007and Housetops w/ 19 patch, 2007, both gifts of Janet Porterand James O’Sullivan, can be viewed in the Dana 1A HumanResources/Occupational Health Wait.
"We never thought our quilts was artwork, we never heardabout a quilt hanging on a wall in a museum. Everybody wentto talking about our quilts and everybody wanted to meet usand see us and that’s what happened." Arlonzia Pettway
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